Reassessing paleolithic subsistence
Subtitle: the Neandertal and modern human foragers of Saint-Césaire
By: Eugène Morin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781107023277
Subjects: Animal remains (Archaeology); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology; Neanderthals; Hunting and gathering societies; Prehistoric Hunting; Paleolithic period
Description: "In the field of human evolution, few subjects have generated as much controversy as the fate of the Neandertals. Most debates have centered on the problem of their affiliation with early modern humans. This book examines the hypothesis that Neandertals and early modern humans differed in terms of subsistance. To assess this hypothesis, the analysis focuses on animal bones accumulated by these groups at Saint-Cesaire, a collapsed cave in western France. The faunal evidence suggests that Neandertals and early modern humans exploited a similar range of game species"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.