Humans at the End of the Ice Age

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The World at the End of the Last Ice Age

      • Lawrence Guy Straus

      Pages 3-9

3. The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition in Africa and The Near East

   1. Front Matter

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   2. At the Transition

      • Peter J. Mitchell, Royden Yates, John E. Parkington

      Pages 15-41

   3. Plus Ça Change

      • Angela E. Close

      Pages 43-60

   4. The Impact of Late Pleistocene—Early Holocene Climatic Changes on Humans in Southwest Asia

      • Ofer Bar-Yosef

      Pages 61-78

4. The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition in Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-81

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   2. The Archaeology of the Pleistocene—Holocene Transition in Southwest Europe

      • Lawrence Guy Straus

      Pages 83-99

   3. Resource Exploitation, Subsistence Strategies, and Adaptiveness in Late Pleistocene—Early Holocene Northwest Europe

      • Berit Valentin Eriksen

      Pages 101-128

   4. The North European Plain and Eastern Sub-Balticum between 12, 700 and 8,000 bp

      • Romuald Schild

      Pages 129-157

   5. The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition on the East European Plain

      • Pavel M. Dolukhanov

      Pages 159-169

5. Asian and Australia during the Pleistocene—Holocene Transition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-174

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   2. The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition in Greater Australia

      • Jim Allen, Peter Kershaw

      Pages 175-199

   3. Human Activities and Environmental Changes during the Late Pleistocene to Middle Holocene in Southern Thailand and Southeast Asia

      • Surin Pookajorn

      Pages 201-213

   4. The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition in Japan and Adjacent Northeast Asia

      • C. Melvin Aikens, Takeru Akazawa

      Pages 215-227

   5. Siberia in the Late Glacial and Early Postglacial

      • William R. Powers

      Pages 229-242

6. Environments and People at the Pleistocene—Holocene Boundary in the Americas

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Human Adaptation at the Pleistocene—Holocene Boundary (circa 13,000 to 8,000 bp) in Eastern Beringia

      • David R. Yesner

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   3. The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition along the Pacific Coast of North America

      • Jon M. Erlandson, Madonna L. Moss

      Pages 277-301

Humans at the End of the Ice Age chronicles and explores the significance of the variety of cultural responses to the global environmental changes at the last glacial-interglacial boundary. Contributions address the nature and consequences of the global climate changes accompanying the end of the Pleistocene epoch-detailing the nature, speed, and magnitude of the human adaptations that culminated in the development of food production in many parts of the world. The text is aided by vital maps, chronological tables, and charts.

• glacial-interglacial boundary
• holocene
• ice age
• late pleistocene
• pleistocene

`Its significance can scarcely be overstated, and its contribution, in presenting up-to-date regional syntheses and discussions of the key issues, could hardly be more timely...Throughout this volume fascinating and important issues were presented...extremely well edited.'
Antiquity, September 1997

`[An] excellent volume on this important period of time.' Geoarchaeology: An International Journal '

`This book fills a significant gap and makes and important contribution to the literature.'
The Holocene 8, 1998

• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

  Lawrencs Guy Straus

• University of Aarhus, Højbjerg, USA

  Berit Valentin Eriksen

• University of Oregon, Eugene, USA

  Jon M. Erlandson

• University of Alaska, Anchorage, USA

  David R. Yesner

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