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The Central European Magdalenian

Regional Diversity and Internal Variability

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Andreas Maier

    1. Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

  • First analysis of the archaeological record of the Central European Magdalenian
  • Broadens your understanding of the regional diversity of Central European Magdalenian (CEM) hunter-gatherer groups
  • Maximizes reader insights into the recolonization process of Central Europe after the Last Glacial Maximum

Part of the book series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology (VERT)

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This monograph on the Central European Magdalenian aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the archaeological record of this period. It sheds new light on five regional groups between the Rhône valley to the west and the Vistula-valley to the east, which existed roughly between 20,000 and 14,000 years ago. Readers will discover that these groups are characterized with regard to their environmental setting (including faunal and vegetational aspects), lithic raw material and mollusk shell procurement, typology, technology and artesian craftworks. The work also explores an alternative interpretation of bidirectional recolonization from both Franco-Cantabria and Eastern Central Europe after the Last Glacial Maximum. This book will appeal to researchers and scholars in archaeology and cognate fields.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Introduction to the Central European Magdalenian: Area, Corpus, and Major Questions

    • Andreas Maier
    Pages 1-5

  3. Methodological and Theoretical Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Collecting Data for Large-Scale, Literature-Based Studies

      • Andreas Maier
      Pages 9-35

    3. Theoretical Framework

      • Andreas Maier
      Pages 37-45

  4. Analyzing the Central European Magdalenian

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Past Research on the Magdalenian and Its Current Implications

      • Andreas Maier
      Pages 49-61

    3. Environmental Diversity

      • Andreas Maier
      Pages 63-80

    4. Cultural Diversity and Regional Grouping

      • Andreas Maier
      Pages 81-180

  5. Interpreting the Central European Magdalenian

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Territories and Land-Use Patterns of the Five Regional Groups

      • Andreas Maier
      Pages 183-230

    3. The Recolonization of Central Europe

      • Andreas Maier
      Pages 231-241

    4. Small-World Networks: Backbone of the Magdalenian Society?

      • Andreas Maier
      Pages 243-245

    5. Summary

      • Andreas Maier
      Pages 247-251

    6. Zusammenfassung

      • Andreas Maier
      Pages 253-257

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 259-455
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Reviews

“The Central European Magdalenian: Regional Diversity and Internal Variability is an ambitious volume for which its author, Andreas Maier, should be congratulated. … Maier has put together a welcome addition to the literature, one that should be read by archaeolo­gists and anthropologists interested in the Late Pleistocene, hunter-gatherers, hominin colonization, quantitative meth­ods, and material culture of stone and bone. … Maier’s monolithic con­tribution has helped to point the way forward in the study of Magdalenian archaeology.” (Metin I. Eren, PaleoAnthropology, 2020)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Andreas Maier

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Central European Magdalenian

  • Book Subtitle: Regional Diversity and Internal Variability

  • Authors: Andreas Maier

  • Series Title: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7206-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7205-1Published: 23 September 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0418-0Published: 29 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-7206-8Published: 09 September 2015

  • Series ISSN: 1877-9077

  • Series E-ISSN: 1877-9085

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 455

  • Number of Illustrations: 163 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Paleontology, Archaeology, Biodiversity, Anthropology

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