Description |
1 online resource (xii, 163 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series |
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Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology.
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Contents |
Introduction : current issues in Oldowan research / David R. Braun and Erella Hovers -- Remarks on the current theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of early technological strategies in eastern Africa / Ignacio de la Torre and Rafael Mora -- From homogeneity to multiplicity : a new approach to the study of archaic stone tools / Eudald Carbonell [and others] -- An overview of some African and Eurasian Oldowan sites : evaluation of hominin cognitive levels, technological advancement and adaptive skills / Deborah Barsky -- Early Homo occupation near the Gate of Tears : examining the paleoanthropological records of Djibouti and Yemen / Parth R. Chauhan -- Homo floresiensis and the African Oldowan / Mark W. Moore and Adam R. Brumm -- Methodological issues in the study of Oldowan raw material selectivity : insights from A.L. 894 (Hadar, Ethiopia) / Talia Goldman-Neuman and Erella Hovers -- Variability in raw material selectivity at the late Pliocene sites of Lokalalei, West Turkana, Kenya / Sonia Harmand -- Oldowan technology and raw material variability at Kanjera South / David R. Braun [and others] -- Obsidian exploitation and utilization during the Oldowan at Melka Kunture (Ethiopia) / Marcello Piperno [and others] -- Are all Oldowan sites palimpsests? : if so, what can they tell us about hominin carnivory? / Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo -- The environmental context of Oldowan hominin activities at Kanjera South, Kenya / Thomas W. Plummer [and others] |
Summary |
An understanding of the uniquely human behavior of stone tool making tackles questions about hominins' ability to culturally transmit and expand their base of social and practical knowledge and their cognitive capacities for advanced planning. This book presents enquiries into the technological and adaptive significance of Oldowan stone tools |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Springer eBooks |
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Stone age -- Africa -- Congresses
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Stone age -- Eurasia -- Congresses
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Prehistoric peoples -- Africa -- Congresses
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Prehistoric peoples -- Eurasia -- Congresses
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Tools, Prehistoric -- Africa -- Congresses
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Tools, Prehistoric -- Eurasia -- Congresses
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Human evolution -- Congresses
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Stone age -- Africa
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Stone age -- Eurasia
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Prehistoric peoples -- Africa
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Prehistoric peoples -- Eurasia
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Tools, Prehistoric -- Africa
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Tools, Prehistoric -- Eurasia
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Human evolution.
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Social sciences.
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Anthropology.
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Archaeology.
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Paleontology.
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Social Sciences
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Anthropology
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Archaeology
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Paleontology
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social sciences.
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anthropology.
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archaeology.
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paleontology.
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Prehistoric peoples -- Africa.
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Prehistoric peoples -- Eurasia.
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Tools, Prehistoric -- Africa.
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Tools, Prehistoric -- Eurasia.
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Human evolution.
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Stone age -- Africa.
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Stone age -- Eurasia.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Antiquities
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Human evolution
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Prehistoric peoples
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Stone age
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Tools, Prehistoric
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Oldowan
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SUBJECT |
Africa -- Antiquities -- Congresses
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Eurasia -- Antiquities -- Congresses
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Eurasia -- Antiquities.
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Africa -- Antiquities.
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Africa
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Eurasia
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Afrika
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Hovers, Erella.
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Braun, David R. (David Royce)
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ISBN |
9781402090608 |
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1402090609 |
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1282037986 |
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9781282037984 |
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