Lithic Technological Organization and Paleoenvironmental Change : Global and Diachronic Perspectives.

1. Verfasser: Robinson, Erick
Weitere Verfasser: Sellet, Frédéric
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cham : Springer, 2017.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (344 pages).
Schriftenreihe: Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation Ser. v.9
ISBN: 9783319644073
Schlagworte:
Stone age..
Global environmental change.
Electronic books.
Parallelausgabe: Lithic Technological Organization and Paleoenvironmental Change : Global and Diachronic Perspectives (Print version:)
Online-Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • About the Editors
  • Chapter 1: Lithic Technological Organization and Paleoenvironmental Change
  • "Forty-Seven Trips" After Forty Years
  • Chronological Resolution
  • Linking Technological Parameters to Environmental Conditions
  • Recording Strategies, Debitage, and Time-Series Data
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Provisioning Responses to Environmental Change in South Africa's Winter Rainfall Zone: MIS 5-2
  • Introduction
  • The Archaeology and Environments of Southern Africa's Winter Rainfall Zone
  • Provisioning, Mobility, and Population
  • Study Area
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discard Rates, Cores, and Retouched Flakes
  • Raw Material Proportions and Cortex
  • Open Site Data
  • Clanwilliam Dam Surveys
  • Doring River Surveys
  • Knersvlakte Surveys
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 3: The South Asian Microlithic: Homo sapiens Dispersal or Adaptive Response?
  • Introduction
  • The Timing of Homo sapiens' Arrival in India
  • Models for Microlithic Origins
  • The Middle Paleolithic to Microlithic Transition
  • Regional Case Studies
  • The Jurreru Valley
  • The Middle Son Valley
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4: The Hoabinhian of Southeast Asia and its Relationship to Regional Pleistocene Lithic Technologies
  • Introduction
  • South Asia
  • East Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Horizons of Change: Entanglement of Paleoenvironment and Cultural Dynamics in Australian Lithic Technology
  • Introduction
  • Australian Backed Artifacts
  • Environmental Change and Its Articulation to Technology
  • Technology and Environmental Context
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Human Adaptive Responses to Environmental Change During the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition in the Japanese Archipelago
  • Introduction.
  • Paleoenvironments from Late MIS3 to the Beginning of MIS1
  • Climatic Fluctuation and Geological Setting
  • Flora
  • Fauna
  • Materials and Methods
  • Data
  • Chronology
  • Lithic Technological Analysis
  • Intensity of Occupation
  • Pottery
  • Results
  • Kyushu Region
  • Kinki, Chugoku, and Shikoku Regions
  • Kanto/Chubu Region
  • Tohoku Region
  • Hokkaido Region
  • Summary
  • Discussion
  • Lithic Technological Difference Between Hokkaido (the Southern Paleo-SHK Peninsula) and the Paleo-Honshu Island
  • The Background of the Wide Appearance of Jomon Lithic Technology and Pottery
  • Regional Differences in Human Behavior During the Late Glacial
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Isolation, Exploration or Seasonal Migration? Investigating Technological Organization in the Late Middle Palaeolithic of Britain During Marine Isotope Stage 3
  • Introduction
  • The Nature of the British Late Middle Palaeolithic Record
  • Sites and Chronology
  • Technological Characterization
  • Climatic and Environmental Contexts
  • The Distinctiveness of the British Late Middle Palaeolithic
  • Cultural Isolation and Technological Homogeneity
  • Colonization, Exploration and Risk
  • Cyclical Landscape Exploitation
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Proto-Aurignacian Lithic Technology, Mobility, and Human Niche Construction: A Case Study from Riparo Bombrini, Italy
  • Introduction
  • Riparo Bombrini: An Overview
  • The Paleoenvironmental Record
  • Proto-Aurignacian Lithic Technology at Riparo Bombrini
  • Technology and Typology
  • Assemblage Curation
  • Raw Material Procurement
  • Bladelet Technology
  • Summary
  • Variability in Proto-Aurignacian Lithic Technology and Paleoenvironmental Conditions
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Environmental Change and Technological Convergence in Southern Germany
  • Introduction
  • Environmental Changes.
  • Directional Changes in Lithic Technology
  • Environmental and Technological Convergence
  • Gearing Up
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 10: Technology and Human Response to Environmental Change at the Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary in Eastern Beringia: A View from Owl Ridge, Central Alaska
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Archaeological Context
  • Paleoenvironmental Context
  • Materials and Methods
  • Owl Ridge Basics
  • Technological Organization and Human Response to Environmental Change
  • Results
  • Character of Owl Ridge Lithic Assemblages
  • Raw Material Procurement
  • Lithic Landscape
  • Raw Material Variability
  • Raw Material Transport
  • Raw Material Selection
  • Primary and Secondary Reduction Activities
  • Formal and Informal Technologies
  • Unifacial and Bifacial Technologies
  • Discussion
  • Do Lithic Raw Material Procurement and Selection Behaviors Change Through Time at Owl Ridge?
  • How Can We Explain Lithic Variability at Owl Ridge and in Central Alaska During the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene?
  • How Did Central Alaskans Respond to Changing Environments at the Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary?
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 11: Technological Change from the Terminal Pleistocene Through Early Holocene in the Eastern Great Basin, USA: The Record from Bonneville Estates Rockshelter
  • Introduction
  • Environments and Environmental Change in the Eastern Great Basin
  • Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene Archaeology at Bonneville Estates Rockshelter
  • Technological Change at Bonneville Estates
  • Raw Material Procurement
  • Technological Activities
  • Tool Production and Raw Material Selection
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 12: My Flute Is Bigger Than Yours: Nature and Causes of Technological Changes on the American Great Plains at the End of the Pleistocene
  • Introduction.
  • Statement of the Problem
  • Younger Dryas Dynamics
  • Modeling Clovis and Folsom Technological Organizations
  • Realized Technological Organizations
  • Projectile Point Designs
  • Tool-Caching Behavior
  • Specialized Tool Forms
  • Concluding Thoughts
  • References
  • Chapter 13: The Peopling of Southeastern South America: Cultural Diversity, Paleoenvironmental Conditions, and Lithic Technological Organization During the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene
  • Introduction
  • Landscape and Paleoenvironmental Conditions Since the Last Glacial Maximum
  • Cultural Diversity and Technological Organization
  • Paleo-American Points of the Southeast of the South American Plains
  • Fishtail Points
  • Recently Discovered Paleo-American Points
  • Tigre Points
  • Pay Paso Points
  • Lithic Resources and Raw Material Used in Paleo-American Point Assemblages
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 14: Changes in the Technological Organization and Human Use of Space in Southern Patagonia (Argentina) During the Late Holocene
  • Introduction
  • Background and Methodology
  • The Area
  • Results
  • Period I: 5300-3700 cal BP
  • Period II: 3700-2300 cal BP
  • Period III: 2300-1900 cal BP
  • Period IV: 1900-600 cal BP
  • Period V: 600-200 cal BP
  • Discussion and Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 15: The Costs and Benefits of Technological Organization: Hunter-Gatherer Lithic Industries and Beyond
  • Introduction
  • Technological Organization's Origin and Development
  • The Curation Concept
  • Problems
  • Scope of Application to Lithic Assemblages
  • Assemblage Analysis and Size-Composition Dependence
  • Scales of Observation and Strategies of Inference
  • Commensurateness of Time Scales
  • Theoretical Specification
  • History and Adaptation
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.

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