Overview

This landmark series provides the first comprehensive, site--by--site compendium of uniform descriptions and illustrations of fossils from all the major sites that document the human evolutionary past. The series is divided into three separate volumes, each focusing on a certain region: Volume 1: Europe; Volume 2: Asia; and Volume 3: Australia. The fossil sites are presented in alphabetical order, with each entry containing the morphological description; fossil illustrations; information on location; history of discovery; previous systematic assessments of the fossils; geological, archaeological, and faunal contexts; dating; and references to the primary literature.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jeffrey H. Schwartz ,  Ian Tattersall
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   Volume 1 ed.
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 21.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 25.90cm
Weight:   1.474kg
ISBN:  

9780471319276

ISBN 10:   0471319279
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   04 January 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Preface. PART 1: TERMINOLOGY AND CRANIODENTAL MORPHOLOGY OF GENUS HOMO. Descrptive Protocol. Descriptive Format. Abbreviations Craniodental Morphology and Terminology. Maps. PART 2: SITE--BY--SITE ATLAS OF EUROPEAN HOMINID FOSSILS. Introduction. Abri Pataud. Arago (Tautavel). Archi. Atapuerca: Gran Dolina. Atapuerca: Sima de los Huesos. Biache--Saint--Vaast. Bilzingsleben. Brno. Ceprano. Chancelade. Columberia (Bombarral). Combe--Capelle. Cro--Magnon. Dmanisi. Dolni Vestonice. Ehringsdorf (Weimar--Ehringsdorf). Engis. Feldhofer Grotto (Neanderthal). Figueira Brava. Fontechevade. Gibraltar: Devil's Tower. Gibraltar: Forbe's Quarry. Grimaldi Caves. Guattari (Monte Carlo). Hahnofersand. Hortus. Isturitz. Krapina Kulna. La Chapelle--aux--Saints. La Ferrassie. La Naulette. La Quina. Le Moustier. Mauer (Heidelberg). Mladec (Lautscherhole). Montmaurin. Ochoz. Pavlov. Pech de l'Aze. Petralona. Predmosti. Regourdou. Reilingen. Roc de Marsal. Saccopastore. Saint Cesaire. Sakajia. Scladina (Sclayn). Sipka. Spy. Steinheim. Subalyuk. Svitavka. Swanscombe. Velika Pecina. Verteszollos. Vindija. Vogelherd (Stetten). Zafarraya. Zlaty Kun.

Reviews

...very welcome addition to the evolutionary anthropologist's reference shelf... (Evolutionary Anthropology) ...This is a true thesaurus, in its literal meaning: a textbook to go back to several times for different scopes. (Nature, June 2002) ...a handsomely produced volume which will make a handy reference work for paleoanthropologists studying fossil cranial morphology. (American Journal of Human Biology, Vol. 15, No. 5, September/October 2003)

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