Transitions Before the Transition Evolution and Stability in the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age

Modern human origins and the fate of the Neanderthals are arguably the most compelling and contentious arenas in paleoanthropology. The much-discussed split between advocates of a single, early emergence of anatomically modern humans in sub-Saharan Africa and supporters of various regional continuit...

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Other Authors: Hovers, Erella (Editor), Kuhn, Steven (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2006, 2006
Edition:1st ed. 2006
Series:Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • General Introduction
  • On Naming Things
  • Observations on Systematics in Paleolithic Archaeology
  • Testing Retouched Flake Tool Standardization During the Middle Paleolithic
  • Diversity of Lithic Production Systems During the Middle Paleolithic in France
  • Trajectories of Change in the Middle Paleolithic of Italy
  • Stasis and Change During the Crimean Middle Paleolithic
  • Monospecific or Species-Dominated Faunal Assemblages During the Middle Paleolithic in Europe
  • Middle Paleolithic Settlement Patterns in the Levant
  • Housekeeping, Neandertal-Style
  • The Middle Paleolithic of the Levant
  • Middle Paleolithic Subsistence Ecology in the Mediterranean Region
  • Projectile Technologies of the African MSA
  • From Acheulean to Middle Stone Age in the Kapthurin Formation, Kenya
  • The Use of Space in the Late Middle Stone Age of Rose Cottage Cave, South Africa
  • “Now You See it, Now You Don't”—Modern Human Behavior in the Middle Paleolithic
  • Between Observations and Models