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Hunter-Gatherer Landscape
Michael A. Jochim
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Description for Hunter-Gatherer Landscape
Paperback. A survey of hunter-gatherer societies in Southwest Germany that presents an overview of the archaeological record for three periods - the Late Paleolithic, the Early Mesolithic, and the Late Mesolithic. It discusses the data within the context of human events in western Europe during the same periods. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 850.
As an archaeologist with primary research and training experience in North American arid lands, I have always found the European Stone Age remote and impenetrable. My initial introduction, during a survey course on world prehis tory, established that (for me, at least) it consisted of more cultures, dates, and named tool types than any undergraduate ought to have to remember. I did not know much, but I knew there were better things I could be doing on a Saturday night. In any event, after that I never seriously entertained any notion of pur suing research on Stone Age Europe-that course ... Read more
As an archaeologist with primary research and training experience in North American arid lands, I have always found the European Stone Age remote and impenetrable. My initial introduction, during a survey course on world prehis tory, established that (for me, at least) it consisted of more cultures, dates, and named tool types than any undergraduate ought to have to remember. I did not know much, but I knew there were better things I could be doing on a Saturday night. In any event, after that I never seriously entertained any notion of pur suing research on Stone Age Europe-that course ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Series
Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306457418
SKU
V9780306457418
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Reviews for Hunter-Gatherer Landscape
"Throughout the text it is apparent that Jochim acknowledges the importance of social factors, and that such considerations cannot be answered solely from ecological criteria ... interpretations offered by Jochim are intriguing. With Jochim's expertise in hunter-gatherer productive economies, he is uniquely qualified to bind together subsistence with social and ideological aspects of the ... Read more