The Lower Palaeolithic colonisation of Europe
Subtitle: antiquity, magnitude, permanency and cognition
By: Victoria Ling
Series: BAR international series -- 2316; BAR international series -- 2316.
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781407308999
Subjects: Human beings; Lower Paleolithic period; Migrations; Antiquities
Other titles: Lower Palaeolithic colonization of Europe; Lower Paleolithic colonization of Europe
Description: "The Lower Palaeolithic colonisation of Europe has traditionally been considered in terms of its antiquity. However, whilst establishing the antiquity of European colonisation is vital for gauging the range expansion of Pleistocene hominins, this alone provides little insight to the pattern of that colonisation. That is, establishing antiquity alone does not greatly help to address questions such as: how many dispersals were there into Europe? How long did each dispersal last? Were some regions more densely populated than others? This research investigates the pattern and character of the Lower Palaeolithic hominin colonisation of Europe, approached from four angles: 1. Long versus short chronology (antiquity of colonisation); 2) Dispersals versus in situ evolution (permanency of colonisation); 3) Population continuity versus discontinuity (palaeodemography of colonisation); 4) Mode 1 versus Mode 2 (cognitive capabilities of contemporaneous populations)." --Publisher's website.
Notes: Accompanying CD-ROM contains searchable database.

Includes bibliographical references.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Microsoft Access.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Long versus short chronology: the antiquity of European colonisation; title: In situ evolution versus dispersals: the permanency of European colonisation; title: Population continuity versus discontinuity: the palaeodemography of European colonisation; title: Mode 1 versus Mode 2: the cognitive capabilities of contempoaneous European populations; title: Methodology I: the database; title: Methodology II: the grading system; title: Results I: long versus short chronology; title: REsults II In situ evolution versus dispersals; title: Results III: Population continuity versus discontinuity; title: Results IV: Mode 1 versus Mode 2; title: Discussion.