Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Issues of Evolution and Chronology

   1. Evolutionary Implications of Altered Perspectives on Hominine Demes and Populations in the Later Pleistocene of Western Eurasia

      • F. Clark Howell

      Pages 5-27

   2. Chronological and Biogeographic Perspectives on Later Human Evolution

      • Chris Stringer

      Pages 29-37

   3. The Chronology of the Middle Paleolithic of the Levant

      • Ofer Bar-Yosef

      Pages 39-56

   4. Progress in ESR and U-Series Chronology of the Levantine Paleolithic

      • Henry P. Schwarcz, W. J. Rink

      Pages 57-67

   5. Gif Labotatory Dates for Middle Paleolithic Levant

      • Helene Valladas, Norbert Merrier, Jean-Louis Joron, Jean-Louis Reyss

      Pages 69-75

   6. The Faunal Sequence of the Southwest Asian Middle Paleolithic in Relation to Hominid Dispersal Events

      • Eitan Tchernov

      Pages 77-94

3. Archaeological Assemblages: Cultural Interpretations and Subsistence Strategies

   1. The Earliest Paleolithic Occupation in Syria

      • Sultan Muhesen

      Pages 95-105

   2. Site Formation Processes in Kebara and Hayonim Caves and Their Significance in Levantine Prehistoric Caves

      • Paul Goldberg, Ofer Bar-Yosef

      Pages 107-125

   3. Intrasite Spatial Patterns and Behavioral Modernity

      • Donald O. Henry

      Pages 127-142

   4. The Lithic Assemblages of Amud Cave

      • Erella Hovers

      Pages 143-163

   5. Hayonim Cave Lithic Assemblages in the Context of the Near Eastern Middle Paleolithic

      • Liliane Meignen

      Pages 165-180

   6. Bitumen as Hafting Material on Middle Paleolithic Artifacts from the El Kowm Basin, Syria

      • Eric Boëda, Jacques Connan, Sultan Muhesen

      Pages 181-204

   7. The Technological Abilities of the Levantine Mousterians

      • Naama Goren-Inbar, Anna Belfer-Cohen

      Pages 205-221

   8. The Role of Hunting and Scavenging in Neandertal Procurement Strategies

      • John D. Speth, Eitan Tchernov

      Pages 223-239

   9. Pleistocene Species Trends at Hayonim Cave

      • Mary C. Stiner, Eitan Tchernov

      Pages 241-262

   10. Neandertal and Early Modern Human Mobility Patterns

       • Daniel E. Lieberman

       Pages 263-275

   11. Prospects for Stable Isotopic Analysis of Later Pleistocene Hominid Diets in West Asia and Europe

       • Stanley H. Ambrose

       Pages 277-294

4. The Human Fossils

   1. Climatic Changes, Paleogeography, and the Evolution of the Neandertals

      • Jean-Jacques Hublin

      Pages 295-310

   2. Sapiens and Neandertals

      • Baruch Arensburg, Anna Belfer-Cohen

      Pages 311-322

In this fascinating volume, the Middle Paleolithic archaeology of the Middle East is brought to the current debate on the origins of modern humans. These collected papers gather the most up-to-date archaeological discoveries of Western Asia - a region that is often overshadowed by African or European findings - but the only region in the world where both Neandertal and early modern human fossils have been found. The collection includes reports on such well known cave sites as Kebara, Hayonim, and Qafzeh, among others. The information and interpretations available here are a must for any serious researcher or student of anthropology or human evolution.

• Evolution
• Middle Paleolithic
• Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• hominid
• human evolution
• neandertals
• paleolithic
• paleolithic archaeology
• pleistocene

`I recommend this book as an excellent summary of this emerging reality.'
American Scientist, 87 (1999)
`This text is a must for researchers in Old World prehistory or the origins of modern humans and would serve well as a classroom text on Eurasian prehistory.'
Science Books and Films (September/October 1999)

• International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan

  Takeru Akazawa

• University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  Kenichi Aoki

• Harvard University, Cambridge

  Ofer Bar-Yosef

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