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Sourcebook of Paleolithic Transitions

Methods, Theories, and Interpretations

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Editors:
  1. Marta Camps

    1. Dept. Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, U.S.A.

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  2. Parth Chauhan

    1. CRAFT Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, Gosport, U.S.A.

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  • Brings together an international group of leading researchers to discuss past, present and future research on the Paleolithic transitions
  • Approaches the topic from a anthropological and theoretical perspective
  • The cases are from around the world, making this a truly international sourcebook
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Has the Notion of “Transitions” in Paleolithic Prehistory Outlived Its Usefulness? The European Record in Wider Context

      • Lawrence Guy Straus
      Pages 3-18

    3. Accidents of History: Conceptual Frameworks in Paleoarchaeology

      • Geoffrey A. Clark
      Pages 19-41

    4. Defining Modernity, Establishing Rubicons, Imagining the Other—and the Neanderthal Enigma

      • Olga Soffer
      Pages 43-64

    5. The Longest Transition or Multiple Revolutions?

      • John A. J. Gowlett
      Pages 65-78

    6. Quantifying Transitions: Morphometric Approaches to Palaeolithic Variability and Technological Change

      • Stephen J. Lycett
      Pages 79-92

    7. ESR Dating at Hominid and Archaeological Sites During the Pleistocene

      • Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Anne R. Skinner, Joel I.B. Blickstein, L.V. Golovanova, V.B. Doronichev, M.R. Séronie-Vivien
      Pages 93-119

    8. The South Asian Paleolithic Record and Its Potential for Transitions Studies

      • Parth R. Chauhan
      Pages 121-139

    9. DISCUSSION 1: An Overview of Matters Transitional, From the Outside Looking In

      • Angela E. Close
      Pages 141-152

  4. Lower to Middle Paleolithic Transitions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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    2. Assessing the Lower to Middle Paleolithic Transition

      • Michael Chazan
      Pages 237-243

    3. The East Asian Middle Paleolithic Reexamined

      • Christopher J. Norton, Xing Gao, Xingwu Feng
      Pages 245-254

    4. The Lower to Middle Paleolithic Transition in South Asia and Its Implications for Hominin Cognition and Dispersals

      • H. James, M.D. Petraglia
      Pages 255-264
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About this book

As the study of Palaeolithic technologies moves towards a more analytical approach, it is necessary to determine a consistent procedural framework. The contributions to this timely and comprehensive volume do just that. This volume incorporates a broad chronological and geographical range of Palaeolithic material from the Lower to Upper Palaeolithic. The focus of this volume is to provide an analysis of Palaeolithic technologies from a quantitative, empirical perspective. As new techniques, particularly quantitative methods, for analyzing Palaeolithic technologies gain popularity, this work provides case studies particularly showcasing these new techniques. Employing diverse case studies, and utilizing multivariate approaches, morphometrics, model-based approaches, phylogenetics, cultural transmission studies, and experimentation, this volume provides insights from international contributors at the forefront of recent methodological advances.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, U.S.A.

    Marta Camps

  • CRAFT Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, Gosport, U.S.A.

    Parth Chauhan

About the editors

 Parth R. Chauhan is an Indian-American Research Associate with the Stone Age Institute (Indiana, USA). He obtained his PhD from the University of Sheffield (UK) in 2005 and his MA from Deccan College Postgraduate Research Institute (Pune, India) in 1998. His research interests include Old World prehistory, Palaeolithic archaeology, hominin dispersals, Asian paleoanthropology, vertebrate paleontology and taphonomy and lithic technology. He is currently carrying out research on early human technological and environmental adaptations during the Quaternary of India and Yemen.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sourcebook of Paleolithic Transitions

  • Book Subtitle: Methods, Theories, and Interpretations

  • Editors: Marta Camps, Parth Chauhan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76487-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-76478-8

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-1369-1

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-76487-0

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 574

  • Topics: Archaeology, Paleontology, Anthropology

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