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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Grant S. McCallPublisher: Left Coast Press Inc Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.880kg ISBN: 9781611322224ISBN 10: 1611322227 Pages: 390 Publication Date: 30 November 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Stone Tool Technology and the Organizational Approach 3 The Organization of Early Stone Age Lithic Technology 4 The Organization of Middle Stone Age (MSA) Lithic Technology 5 Fear and Loathing in Paleolithic Faunal Analysis 6 Implications of Lower and Middle Pleistocene Faunal Assemblage Composition 7 Implications of Lower and Middle Pleistocene Hominin Bone Modification Patterns 8 Alternative Perspectives on Hominin Biological Evolution and Ecology 9 ConclusionReviewsMuch of the current paleoanthropological research on the past 200,000 years focuses on the development of modern features of anatomy (fossils) and culture (through archaeology). Anthropologist McCall (Tulane) argues in this forceful volume that it is too much, and he proposes a more ecological and organizational approach to understanding the evolution of the human record prior to Homo sapiens...Some of these ideas are novel; others are becoming widely discussed in the field (there are few references since 2011). A good source for seminar discussions and conference arguments. Summing Up: Recommended. - E. Delson, Lehman College CUNY Much of the current paleoanthropological research on the past 200,000 years focuses on the development of modern features of anatomy (fossils) and culture (through archaeology). Anthropologist McCall (Tulane) argues in this forceful volume that it is too much, and he proposes a more ecological and organizational approach to understanding the evolution of the human record prior to Homo sapiens...Some of these ideas are novel; others are becoming widely discussed in the field (there are few references since 2011). A good source for seminar discussions and conference arguments. Summing Up: Recommended. - E. Delson, CUNY Herbert H. Lehman College Author InformationGrant S. McCall is Associate Professor of Archaeology at the Department of Anthropology of Tulane University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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