Palaeolithic Societies Europe 2ed (Cambridge World Archaeology)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 8/21/2008
EAN 9780521658720, ISBN10: 0521658721
Paperback, 528 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 3 cm
Language: English
Palaeolithic societies have been a neglected topic in the discussion of human origins. In this book, which succeeds and replaces The Palaeolithic Settlement of Europe, published by Cambridge University Press in 1986, Clive Gamble challenges the established view that the social life of Europeans over the 500,000 years of the European Palaeolithic must remain a mystery. In the past forty years archaeologists have recovered a wealth of information from sites throughout the continent. Professor Gamble now introduces a new approach to this material. He examines the archaeological evidence from stone tools, hunting and campsites for information on the scale of social interaction, and the forms of social life. Taking a pan-European view of the archaeological evidence, he reconstructs ancient human societies, and introduces new perspectives on the unique social experience of human beings.
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Pulling aside the Palaeolithic curtain
2. The individual, society and networks
3. A Palaeolithic framework
locales, rhythms and regions
4. The first European societies 500,000–300,000 years ago
5. Neanderthal societies 300,000 to 60,000 years ago
6. The rhythms of social life 60,000–21,000 years ago
the transition from the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic in Europe
7. The extension of social life 60,000–21,000 years ago
regions and locales, networks and landscapes
8. The Palaeolithic societies of Europe
Notes
Bibliography
Site index
General index.