Early Human Behaviour in Global Context - 9780415117630

Taylor & Francis

Early Human Behaviour in a Global Context will be of use to students and professionals who are interested in prehistory, Paleolithic archaeology, and paleoanthropology. Those interested in our ancestors and their place in the natural world will also benefit from the information presented in this book.\n Chapters focus on:\n * the nature of archaeological evidence\n * stone tool technology\n * subsistence practices\n * settlement distributions.\n > List of contributors. Preface Michael D. Petraglia and Ravi Korisettar\n1. The Archaeology of the Lower Palaeolithic: background and overview Ravi Korisettar and Michael D. Petraglia\n2. Techniques for the Chronometry of the Palaeolithic: evidence for global colonization Ashok K Singhvi, Gunther A. Wagner and Ravi Korisettar 3. Towards a Technological Reassessment of East African Plio-Pleistocene Lithic Assemblages Brian V. Ludwig and J. W. K. Harris\n4. The Lifeways of Homo erectus inferred from Archaeology and Evolutionary Ecology:.