In Search of the Broad Spectrum Revolution in Paleolithic Southwest Europe.

1. Verfasser: Jones, Emily Lena
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cham : Springer, 2015.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (99 pages).
Schriftenreihe: SpringerBriefs in archaeology
ISBN: 9783319223513
Schlagworte:
Anthropologie
Electronic books.
Parallelausgabe: In Search of the Broad Spectrum Revolution in Paleolithic Southwest Europe (Print version:)
Online-Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Chapter 1: Paleolithic People, Paleolithic Landscapes
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Why Paleolithic Subsistence Choices?
  • 1.3 Why Southwest Europe?
  • 1.4 The Late Paleolithic of Southwest Europe
  • 1.5 Organization of This Volume
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Big Game, Small Game: Why It Matters
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Historical Examples of "Bigger Is Better"
  • 2.2.1 A Gap or a Mesolithic?
  • 2.3 The "Broad Spectrum Revolution"
  • 2.4 The Prey Choice Model and the Body-Size Proxy
  • 2.5 Alternatives to Traditional Applications of the Prey Choice Model
  • 2.5.1 Prey Mobility and Energetic Return
  • 2.5.2 Increasing Hunting Efficiency Through Innovation
  • 2.5.3 Gender, Age, and Prey Rank
  • 2.5.4 Niche Construction Theory
  • 2.6 Is Bigger Always Better?
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Climate and Environment in Late Paleolithic Southwest Europe
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Climate
  • 3.2.1 Ice Cores and Oxygen Isotopes
  • 3.2.2 Marine Cores
  • 3.2.3 Fossil Pollen
  • 3.2.4 Climate in Late Paleolithic Southwest Europe
  • 3.3 Environment and Landscape
  • 3.3.1 The Iberian Peninsula
  • 3.3.2 The Pyrenees
  • 3.3.3 Southern France
  • 3.4 Regionalization and Paleolithic People
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Human Subsistence and the Archaeofaunal Record of Late Paleolithic Southwest Europe
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Site Location and Human Subsistence
  • 4.3 Regionalization and Archaeofaunas
  • 4.3.1 Similarity Indices and Cluster Analysis
  • 4.3.2 Archaeofaunal Similarity in the Upper Paleolithic
  • 4.3.3 Archaeofaunal Similarity in the Epipaleolithic
  • 4.4 Persistent Regionalization: But with a Twist
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Archaeofaunal Diversity and Broad Spectrum Diets in Late Paleolithic Southwest Europe
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Measuring Changing Archaeofaunal Diversity.
  • 5.2.1 Diversity 1: Richness
  • 5.2.2 Diversity 2: Evenness
  • 5.2.3 Lagomorphs, Diet Breadth, and Changing Diversity
  • 5.2.4 Diversity, Diet Breadth, and Faunal Turnover
  • 5.3 Nestedness and Faunal Turnover
  • 5.3.1 Understanding Zooarchaeological Nestedness
  • 5.3.2 Calculating Nestedness: The NODF
  • 5.3.3 Regional Nestedness in Southwest Europe
  • 5.4 Landscape Transformations and Resource Stress
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Was There a Broad Spectrum Revolution in Southwest Europe?
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 What the Archeofaunas Say
  • 6.2.1 Mediterranean Iberia
  • 6.2.2 Euro-Siberian Iberia
  • 6.2.3 Southern France
  • 6.3 Environmental Change and Resource Stress
  • 6.4 Conclusions
  • References
  • Glossary
  • Index.

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