The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe
The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe
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USDPalaeolithic societies have been a neglected topic in the discussion of human origins. But in the past forty years archaeologists have recovered a wealth of information from Palaeolithic sites throughout the European continent that reveal many illuminating facets of social life over this 500,000-year period. Clive Gamble, introducing a new approach to this material, interrogates the data for information on the scale of social interaction, and the forms of social existence. The result is a reconstruction of ancient human societies, and a fresh perspective on the unique experience of human beings.
- Reconstructs ancient human societies
- A pan-European overview of the archaeological evidence
- Explains the unique social life of humans by using archaeological data
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'This book is essentially a 'state of the art', a synthesis of work which has been done during the past four decades on European Palaeolithic history. As such, the very extensive bibliography is particularly valuable.' Kleio
Product details
December 1999Paperback
9780521658720
528 pages
248 × 176 × 28 mm
1.089kg
5 b/w illus. 13 maps 106 tables
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Table of Contents
- 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.
