The earliest Europeans : : a year in the life : survival strategies in the lower Palaeolithic /

The earliest Europeans : : a year in the life : survival strategies in the lower Palaeolithic / / Robert Hosfield.

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The Earliest Europeans explores the early origins of man in Europe through the perspective of 'a year in the life': how hominins in the Lower Palaeolithic coped with the year-round practical challenges of mid-latitude Europe with its distinctive temperatures, seasonality patterns, and avai...

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Hosfield, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Oxford, England : : Oxbow Books,, [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 A seasonal approach p. 1
  • A seasonal perspective: a Palaeolithic 'just so' story? p. 1
  • Fundamentals of seasonality p. 3
  • 2 Lower Palaeolithic Europe p. 15
  • The Pleistocene world p. 15
  • Glacial and interglacial cycles p. 15
  • Long-term Pleistocene change p. 28
  • The woods and the trees p. 33
  • Nature of the Lower Palaeolithic record p. 56
  • The earliest occupations of Europe p. 60
  • Outstanding questions ... and a seasonal approach p. 69
  • 3 A winter wonderland? p. 73
  • It's grim in Europe: a winter challenge p. 73
  • Cold, dark and short days ... everywhere? p. 74
  • Surviving winter p. 79
  • Built for the cold? p. 81
  • A hairy hominin? p. 84
  • Put the heating on ... p. 87
  • Clothing, or I can't feel my fingers p. 97
  • Shelters? p. 107
  • Winter is coming, the deer aren't getting fat p. 112
  • Winter plants? p. 124
  • Scavenging as a strategy: shovelling revisited p. 126
  • 'Every mile is two in winter ...' p. 131
  • Conclusion: a winter's tale p. 139
  • 4 Springtime
  • a land awakening p. 143
  • Spring renewal p. 143
  • Spring relocations? p. 143
  • Spring resources: plant and animal foods p. 150
  • Animals and plants in the diet ... but how? p. 160
  • European Homo: always a hunter? p. 165
  • Food, and other stresses? p. 169
  • Who were the foragers...? p. 173
  • Food sharing ... or, where is everyone else? p. 181
  • Springtime babies? p. 189
  • Childbirth and demanding infants: energetics and social costs p. 191
  • Daily living: local spring lives? p. 200
  • Spring: breathing new life p. 202
  • 5 Summertime ... was the living easy? p. 207
  • Hot days ... and dry days? p. 207
  • Water ... and wildfires? p. 209
  • Summer foods p. 211
  • Long days, not lazy days p. 219
  • Learning in a Lower Palaeolithic childhood p. 229
  • Childs' play ...? p. 243
  • A world beyond the horizon? p. 246
  • Summer conception: hunting with benefits? p. 249
  • Long days ... and dry days p. 250
  • 6 Autumn
  • rich in food and colour p. 253
  • Wild harvests ... and shorter days p. 253
  • Ruts and nuts p. 253
  • Autumn migrations and winter in the sun? p. 256
  • How far do we have to go ...? p. 263
  • Are we nearly there yet? p. 267
  • Preparing for winter? p. 270
  • Other sorts of stockpiling? p. 282
  • An ability to plan? Preparing clothing p. 285
  • An ability to plan? A lithic perspective p. 292
  • Autumn: season of mists and mellow fruitfulness? p. 301
  • 7 A year in a supremely skilled life? p. 303
  • The hominin year: a seasonal perspective p. 303
  • Adapting to a seasonal Europe? p. 303
  • Continuity in a seasonal world p. 310
  • Coping with seasonal Europe: biology and technology p. 311
  • How different were H. heidelbergensis and H. antecessor? A seasonal perspective p. 312
  • A seasonal world: hominins on the edge? p. 313
  • Benefits of a seasonal perspective p. 315.

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