Short-term occupations in Paleolithic archaeology : definition and interpretation /: definition and interpretation. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: João Cascalheira, Andrea Picin, editors.
• Other Names: Cascalheira, João; Picin, Andrea
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Introduction to Short-Term Occupations in Palaeolithic Archaeology; 1 Introduction; 2 Towards a Definition of Short-Term Occupations; 3 Methodological Approaches in the Identification of Short-Term Occupations; 4 Exploring the Short-Term Occupations on a Broader Perspective; 5 Hunter-Gatherers in Carnivore Contexts; 6 Final Remarks; Bibliography; Part I: Methodological and Theoretical Approaches to Short-Term Occupations; Use of Lithic Assemblages for the Definition of Short-Term Occupations in Hunter-Gatherer Prehistory 1 The Archaeological Use of 'Short-Term Occupation'2 Materials and Methods; 2.1 Case Studies; 2.2 Variables; 2.3 Statistics; 3 Results; 4 Discussion; 5 Conclusion; References; Inside the Palimpsest: Identifying Short Occupations in the 497D Level of Cova Gran (Iberia); 1 Identifying Archaeological Short-Term Occupations: Limits and Possibilities; 1.1 Mobility, Settlement and Site Formation Processes; 2 Short-Term Events: A Proactive Analytic Framework; 3 Artefacts, Hearths, Blocks: Preliminary Characterization of Level 497D; 3.1 497D Vertical Resolution: The Basis of Contextual Integrity 3.2 Deciphering Vertical Internal Order3.3 Raw Material Inputs; 3.4 Hot Spot RMUs: Searching Time on the Horizontal Scale; 3.5 One or Multiple Events?; 4 Discussion: Characterizing Archaeological Short-Term Events in 497D; References; Part II: Settlement Dynamics in Western-Central Europe; Short-Term Occupations During the Early Middle Paleolithic in Eastern Germany; 1 Introduction; 2 Short-Term Occupations and Palimpsests; 3 Sites on Former Riverbanks; 3.1 Markkleeberg; 3.2 Zwochau; 4 Settlement Dynamics on Riverbanks During the Early Middle Paleolithic; 5 Conclusions; Bibliography Models of Raw Material Exploitation as an Indicator of Middle Paleolithic Mobility: Case Studies from Uplands of Northern Central Europe1 Introduction; 2 Raw Materials; 3 Models of Raw Material Exploitation as a Premise of Group Mobility; 4 Case Studies; 5 Discussion; 6 Conclusion; References; Take Shelter! Short-Term Occupations of the Late Paleolithic and the Mesolithic in the French Far West; 1 Lateglacial and Mesolithic Research in Western France; 2 Armorican Massif Rock-Shelters: Small, Diversified, and Unrecognized; 3 Methods; 3.1 Premises; 3.2 Seeking Rock-Shelters 3.3 Chaine Opératoire as a Conceptual Tool to Analyze Networks4 Results; 4.1 An Occupation of Rock-Shelters Still Limited to the Early Azilian; 4.1.1 Archaeological Context; 4.1.2 Lateglacial Rock-Shelters in Brittany; 4.1.3 Some Evidence of Short-Term Occupations; 4.2 Mobility in the Mesolithic of Brittany; 4.2.1 Archaeological Context; 4.2.2 Mesolithic Rock-Shelters in Brittany; 4.2.3 Some Evidence of Short-Term Occupations; 5 Discussion; 5.1 Elements for Defining a Short-Term Occupation Based on Archaeological Data Available in Western France; 5.2 An Attempt at Diachronic Perspective
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (294 pages)
• Subjects: 930.1; Social archaeology; Demographic archaeology; Paleolithic period; Occupations -- History; Demographic archaeology; Occupations; Paleolithic period; Social archaeology; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030274030; 3030274039
• Related ISBNs: 9783030274023
• Notes: Note: References; Note: Print version record.
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