Aurignacian Lithic Economy Ecological Perspectives from Southwestern France /

• Main Author: Blades, Brooke S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Drawing data from a classic region for Paleolithic research in Europe, this book explores how early modern humans obtained lithic raw materials and analyzes the different utilization patterns for locally available materials compared with those from a greater distance. The author locates these patter...

Table of Contents:

• Environment, Technology, and Mobility
• The Aurignacian: Systematics, Geochronology, and Paleoenvironment
• Lithic Raw Material Studies in the Périgord
• An Analysis of Lithic Economy
• Aurignacian Lithic Raw Material Economy
• Lithic Economy and Aurignacian Mobility Strategies.