Mousterian Lithic Technology : : An Ecological Perspective / / Steven L. Kuhn.

Human beings depend more on technology than any other animal--the use of tools and weapons is vital to the survival of our species. What processes of biocultural evolution led to this unique dependence? Steven Kuhn turns to the Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) and to artifacts associated with Neander...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1995
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 301
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 4 halftones 58 line drawings 50 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. NEANDERTALS AND THE MOUSTERIAN
  • 2. TECHNOLOGY, FORAGING, AND LAND USE: A STRATEGIC APPROACH
  • 3. ARCHAEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT IN WEST-CENTRAL ITALY: BACKGROUND TO RESEARCH
  • 4. CORE REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY
  • 5. LITHIC RAW MATERIAL ECONOMY
  • 6. IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES CITED
  • INDEX