Animal teeth and human tools : a taphonomic odyssey in Ice age Siberia /

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"The culmination of more than a decade of fieldwork and related study, this unique book uses analyses of perimortem taphonomy in Ice Age Siberia to propose a new hypothesis for the peopling of the New World. The authors present evidence based on examinations of more than 9000 pieces of human an...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Turner, Christy G.
Otros Autores: Ovodov, Nicolai D., Pavlova, Olga V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Tools, Prehistoric > Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
Teeth, Fossil > Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
Paleontology > Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
Outils préhistoriques > Russie > Sibérie.
Dents fossiles > Russie > Sibérie.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Russie > Sibérie.
Paléontologie > Russie > Sibérie.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Paleontology.
Teeth, Fossil.
Tools, Prehistoric.
Siberia (Russia) > Antiquities.
Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Note on photograph identifications; 1 What is perimortem taphonomy, and why study it in Siberia?; Introduction; Preliminary remarks; Analogy and taphonomy; How this study began; The landscape; Studying perimortem taphonomy; An imaginary tale of winter death; 2 Bone damage and its meaning; Taphonomy: the man; A few historical accounts of perimortem taphonomy; Definitions of 26 perimortem taphonomic variables; Piece selection; Grand total; Summary; 3 The 30 Siberian archaeological and paleontological sites, distributed from the Ob River to the Sea of Japan.
  • 1 Afontova GoraBackground; Findings; Discussion; 2 Boisman II; Background; Findings; Discussion; 3 Bolshoi Yakor I; Background; Findings; Discussion; 4 Borabashevskaya; Background; Findings; Discussion; 5 Denisova Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 6 Dvuglaska Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 7 Gosudarev Log I; Background; Findings; Discussion; 8 Kamenka; Background; Findings; Discussion; 9 Kaminnaya Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 10 Kara-Bom; Background; Findings; Discussion; 11 Kirkalinskaya Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 12 Krasny Yar; Background; Findings.
  • Discussion13 Kurla I; Background; Findings; Discussion; 14 Malaya Seeya; Background; Findings; Discussion; 15 Mal'ta; Background; Findings; Discussion; 16 Maly Yaloman Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 17 Mokhovo Mine 1; Background; Findings; Discussion; 18 Nizhneudinskaya Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 19 Okladnikov Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 20 Proskuryakova Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 21 Razboinich'ya Cave; Background; The dog skull; Findings; Discussion; 22 Sarala Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 23 Shestakovo; Background; Findings.
  • Discussion24 Straschnaya Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 25 Ust-Kan Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 26 Ust-Kova; Background; Findings; Discussion; 27 Varvarina Gora; Background; Findings; Discussion; 28 Volchiya Griva; Background; Findings; Discussion; 29 Yelenev Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 30 Zhemchuzhnaya Cave; Background; Findings; Discussion; 4 Discussion: analyses, comparisons, inferences, and hypotheses; Summary of our descriptive perimortem taphonomic findings; Analytical findings; Bone damage, site definitions, literature comparisons, food ways.
  • What is an archaeological site?Some other comparisons; A modern assemblage; A Neolithic assemblage; An Upper Paleolithic assemblage; Damage signatures; Cooking; Meat caches; Site disturbance; Review of studies of modern carnivores with emphasis on hyenas; Modern hyenas; Hunting; Dens; Scavenging; Growth; Siberian humans and hyenas; Modern attitudes about hyenas; Human predation by carnivores; Other attacks on humans; Did late Pleistocene Siberian hyenas hunt humans?; Did humans eat hyenas?; Hyenas and archaeological stratigraphy; Who were the late Pleistocene humans of Siberia?

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