| Title: |
The world at 18 000 BP. Volume 1: High latitudes |
| Number of Pages: |
353 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Monograph
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| Abstract: |
Papers from the 1987 Toronto conference on 'Hunter-gatherers at the Last Glacial Maximum: the global record' are introduced by the editors (pp 1-23) with 'Pleistocene polyphony: the diversity of human adaptation at the Last Glacial Maximum' they herald a new approach, assembling archaeological data on a global scale. T H van Andel (24-38) in 'Living in the last high glacial - an interdisciplinary challenge' assesses the kinds of information obtainable from palaeoenvironments of 18 000 years ago (coasts, ice extents, plant and animal resources, etc) and examines their relevance and limitations. Beatrice Schmider (40-53) looks at 'The Last Pleniglacial in the Paris Basin (22 500-17 000 BP)' where Creswellian industries appeared in the W and NW of the study area during the late glacial. A comprehensive examination of 'The northwestern European plain around 18 000 BP' comes from Marcel Otte (54-68) who covers the area from the Loire to the Oder including the area now under the North Sea. He considers three stages, before, during, and after the Last Glacial Maximum, starting at about 35 000 BP. The phenomena show such complexity that no single mechanical explanation can be found for them; there is diffusion of technologies both westwards and eastwards, and a retreat from the NW during a very cold loess-formation phase (20 000-15 000 BP) was only temporary, recolonization occurring well before the Bölling warming and indicating new adaptive possibilities. The Creswellian developed during the Bölling phase, c 13 000 BP, but maintained a distinction from the Late Magdalenian. H M Wobst (331-43) sums up the volume in 'Afterword: minitime and megaspace in the Palaeolithic at 18K and otherwise'; the world data suggest that these early people may turn out as varied and dynamic as modern Homo sapiens. |
| Issue Editor: |
Olga Soffer
Clive Gamble
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| Year of Publication: |
1989
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| ISBN: |
0 04 4451261 |
| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
North Sea |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
The Last Pleniglacial |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 13 000 Bp (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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20TH CENTURY
(Historic England Periods)
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| Pleistocene (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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PALAEOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1989
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| Source: |
BIAB
(British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
