Palaeolithic
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Splendid Isolation: The Eruption of the Laacher See Volcano & Southern Scandinavian Late Glacial Hunter-Gatherers [Hardback]
Felix Riede (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9788771241273
Published by : Aarhus University Press
The year is 12,800 BP. Europe is entirely occupied by people of the so-called Upper Magdalenian culture. Well, not entirely one small region, southern Scandinavia, differs markedly from its neighbours. These lines open the first book-length treat... .... Learn More -
The Lower to Middle Palaeolithic Transition in Northwestern Europe: Evidence from Kesselt-Op de Schans [Paperback]
Ann Van Baelen (Author)
Regular Price: £52.00
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ISBN: 9789462700987
Published by : Leuven University Press
The shift from Lower to Middle Palaeolithic in northwestern Europe (dated to around 300,000–250,000 years ago) remains poorly understood and underexplored compared to more recent archaeological transitions. During this period, stone tool technolog... .... Learn More -
William Boyd Dawkins and the Victorian Science of Cave Hunting [Hardback]
Mark White (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781473823358
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
William Boyd Dawkins was a controversial Victorian geologist, palaeontologist and archaeologist who has divided opinion as either a hero or villain. For some, he was a pioneer of Darwinian science as a member of the Lubbock-Evans network, while fo... .... Learn More -
The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals [Hardback]
Donald R. Prothero (Author)
Regular Price: £27.00
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ISBN: 9780691156828
Published by : Princeton University Press
After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Roaming the earth were spectacular beasts such as saber-toothed cats, giant mastodonts, immense ground sloths, and gi... .... Learn More -
Ursidos en Medios Karsticos de la Cornisa Cantabrica (Pais Vasco y Navarra): Estudio tafonómico de conjunA arqueológicos y paleontológicos del Pleistoceno Superior y Holoceno [Paperback]
Aritza Villaluenga Martinez (Author)
Regular Price: £57.00
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ISBN: 9781407315485
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2810
This monograph develops a zooarchaeological and taphonomic study of four archaeological sites (Lezetxiki, Astigarragako Kobea, Labeko Koba and Ekain) and two paleontological caves (Muniziaga and Illobi) located in the eastern sector of the Cantabr... .... Learn More -
Solutrean Points of the Iberian Peninsula: Tool Making and Using Behaviour of Hunter-Gatherers During the Last Glacial Maximum (British Archaeological Reports International Series) [Paperback]
Isabell Schmidt (Author)
Regular Price: £42.00
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ISBN: 9781407314709
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2778
Five basic Solutrean point types from the Iberian Peninsula are analysed at local, regional and Pan-Iberian scales in this book. The author reports new results concerning production process and object biography in relation to raw material procurem... .... Learn More -
El Paisaje del Valle del Ason (Cantabria) a Finales del Tardiglaciar: Un Modelo Predictivo de Vegetacion Arborea Mediante Sig: Landscape in the Ason ... Archaeological Reports International Series) [Paperback]
Alejandro Garcia Moreno (Author)
Regular Price: £20.00
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ISBN: 9781407313870
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2730
The end of the Pleistocene in the Cantabrian Region (northern Iberia) witnesses a series of major environmental, social and cultural changes. From a climatic and environmental point of view, the Lateglacial is characterized by a high instability, ... .... Learn More -
How Compassion Made Us Human: The Evolutionary Origins of Tenderness, Trust and Morailty [Hardback]
Penny Spikins (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781781593103
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Our instinct to care about other people, whether they are close family or strangers, can seem unimportant in today's competitive societies. However, in this volume Penny Spikins argues that compassion lies at the heart of what makes us human. She ... .... Learn More -
Seabed Prehistory [Hardback]
Louise Tizzard (Author); Andrew Bicket (Author); Dimitri De Loecker (Author); Jonathan Benjamin (Editor); Philippa Bradley (Editor)
Regular Price: £33.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781874350804
Published by : Wessex Archaeology
Volume: 35
Archaeological investigation of Early Middle Palaeolithic flint tools, including hand axes, and faunal remains in the North Sea. This volume also examines submerged and buried landscapes. The methods used to recover artefacts and other remains and... .... Learn More -
A Tale of Two Swabian Caves: Geoarchaeological Investigations at Hohle Fels an Geißenklösterle [Hardback]
Christopher E. Miller (Author)
£37.00ISBN: 9783935751193
Published by : Kerns Verlag
Series: Tübingen Publications in Prehistory
The author uses the tools of Geoarchaeology to rewrite the history of human occupation at the sites of Geißenklösterle and Hohel Fels in Southwest Germany. .... Learn More
