Dolní Věstonice--Pavlov : explaining Paleolithic settlements in central Europe /

Richly illustrated throughout, including beautiful color renderings of scenes from Paleolithic life suggested by Svoboda's research, this first English translation of Dolní Věstonice-Pavlov: Explaining Paleolithic Settlements in Central Europe is sure to provide not only vital information for s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Svoboda, Jiří, 1953- (Author)
Other Authors:	Dibble, Suzanne (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the Czech.
Published:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2020].
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Peopling of the Americas publication.
Subjects:	Paleolithic period > Czech Republic > Dolní Věstonice Site. Human remains (Archaeology) > Czech Republic > Dolní Věstonice Site. Hunting and gathering societies > Czech Republic > Dolní Věstonice Site. Excavations (Archaeology) > Czech Republic > Dolní Věstonice Site. Dolní Věstonice Site (Czech Republic) Pavlov Hills (Czech Republic) > Antiquities.

Table of Contents:

The Expansion of Homo sapiens: The Paleoanthropological Context
The Discovery of Dolní Věstonice: Research History
A Calendar of the Ages: Chronology
The Face of the Landscape: Paleoecology
Hunters in the Landscape: Settlement Archeology
Everyday Life: Paleoethnology
Take but Do Not Exhaust: Subsistence
Materials and Artefacts: Technology
Before the Neolithic: Technological Innovation
The Domestication of Features: Rituals and Symbols
And Then Comes Death: Anthropology and Genetics
Collapse, Survival, and Regeneration
Appendix: Contributors to Specialized Volumes of the Dolní Věstonice Studies Series, no. 2-6, 12, 14, 18, 21.