Late Stone Age Hunters of the British Isles
by Smith, ChristopherPub. Date: 2002-01-31
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary
Places the evidence for the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods, conventionally viewed mainly in terms of stone tool typologies, in a wider ecological and geographical context.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Acknowledgements | p. x |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Hunters and Gatherers in Action | p. 11 |
| Hunters and Gatherers in the Archaeological Record | p. 27 |
| An Interpretative Framework | p. 40 |
| The Lateglacial and Early Postglacial Environment | p. 47 |
| Case Studies I: Hunters of the Lateglacial Tundra | p. 76 |
| Case Studies II: Hunters of the Boreal Forest and Deciduous Woodlands | p. 110 |
| Case Studies III: Coastal Adaptations | p. 139 |
| The Lateglacial and Early Postglacial Settlement of the British Isles | p. 159 |
| Epilogue | p. 181 |
| Appendix: Radiocarbon Dates for Hunter-Gatherer Sites in the British Isles between 13,000 Bp and 5000 Bp | p. 183 |
| References | p. 190 |
| Index | p. 199 |
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