Title: The Palaeolithic societies of Europe /
Authors: Gamble, Clive.; Gamble, Clive.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Paleolithic period Europe.; Tools, Prehistoric Europe.; Anthropology, Prehistoric Europe.; Europe Antiquities.
Abstract: "In this book Clive Gamble challenges the established view that the social life of Europeans over the 500,000 years of the European Palaeolithic must remain a mystery. In the past forty years archaeologists have recovered a wealth of information from sites throughout the continent. Professor Gamble now introduces a new approach to this material. He interrogates the archaeological evidence from stone tools, hunting and campsites for information on the scale of social interaction, and the forms of social life. Taking a pan-European view of the archaeological evidence, he reconstructs ancient human societies, and introduces new perspectives on the unique social experience of human beings."--Jacket.
Contents: Pulling aside the Palaeolithic curtain -- The individual, society and networks -- A Palaeolithic framework: locales, rhythms and regions -- The first European societies 500,000-300,000 years ago -- Neanderthal societies 300,000 to 60,000 years ago -- The rhythms of social life 60,000-21,000 years ago: the transition from the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic in Europe -- The extension of social life 60,000-21,000 years ago: regions and locales, networks and landscapes -- The Palaeolithic societies of Europe.