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Author : Hallam Leonard Movius
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Total Pages : 125 pages
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Download or read book Early Man and Pleistocene Stratigraphy in Southern and Eastern Asia written by Hallam Leonard Movius and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hallam L. Movius
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ISBN 13 : 9780527012496
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Early Man and Pleistocene Stratigraphy in Southern and Eastern Asia written by Hallam L. Movius and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Non-Aboriginal material.
Author : Fumiko Ikawa-Smith
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110810034
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Early Paleolithic in South and East Asia written by Fumiko Ikawa-Smith and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
ISBN 13 : 9781422377130
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (771 download)
Download or read book Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 38, Part 4, 1948) written by and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robin Dennell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107729130
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Southern Asia, Australia, and the Search for Human Origins written by Robin Dennell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to focus on the role of Southern Asia and Australia in our understanding of modern human origins and the expansion of Homo sapiens between East Africa and Australia before 30,000 years ago. With contributions from leading experts that take into account the latest archaeological evidence from India and Southeast Asia, this volume critically reviews current models of the timing and character of the spread of modern humans out of Africa. It also demonstrates that the evidence from Australasia should receive much wider and more serious consideration in its own right if we want to understand how our species achieved its global distribution. Critically examining the 'Out of Africa' model, this book emphasises the context and variability of the global evidence in the search for human origins.
Author : Christopher J. Bae
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824898109
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book The Paleoanthropology of Eastern Asia written by Christopher J. Bae and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research in human evolution in Asia has long been thought to lag far behind similar research in Africa and Europe. However, the limited dissemination of findings is often to blame, rather than a lack of scholarship. The Paleoanthropology of Eastern Asia attempts to rectify this misconception by synthesizing research on human evolution in eastern Asia into a single authoritative and definitive text. Covering the span of time from more than two million years ago to the end of the last Ice Age 15,000 years ago, this book examines key events, such as the arrival of the earliest hominins in eastern Asia and the evolution and interaction of various hominin species, including Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, and and a few more in between. While fossils reveal what these hominins may have looked like, the rich Paleolithic archaeological record yields insights into their behavior: Hand axes have been found in eastern Asia where they were previously believed to have been absent. Watercraft was used by foragers as early as 40,000 years ago to voyage to the Japanese archipelago. In Indonesia, cave art paintings older than those from the Lascaux caves in France have been reported. Such new and important discoveries continue to emerge. Providing comprehensive coverage of paleoanthropological research in eastern Asia—from the groundbreaking finds in a cave near Beijing in the early twentieth century to the discovery and identification of new human species during the twenty-first century—this book will captivate anyone interested in the human evolutionary record.
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192649310
Total Pages : 1329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)
Download or read book Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Archaeology written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 1329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Archaeology is a relatively young though fast growing discipline. The intellectual heart of cognitive archaeology is archaeology, the discipline that investigates the only direct evidence of the actions and decisions of prehistoric people. Its theories and methods are an eclectic mix of psychological, neuroscientific, paleoneurological, philosophical, anthropological, ethnographic, comparative, aesthetic, and experimental theories, methods, and models, united only by their focus on cognition. The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Archaeology is a landmark publication, showcasing the theories, methods, and accomplishments of archaeologists who investigate the human mind, including its evolutionary development, its ideation (thoughts and beliefs), and its very nature-through material forms. The volume encompasses the wide spectrum of the discipline, showcasing contributions from more than 50 established and emerging scholars from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. Prominent among these are contributions that discuss the epistemological frameworks of both the evolutionary and ideational approaches and the leading theories that ground interpretations. Significantly, the majority of chapters deliver substantive contributions that analyze specific examples of material culture, from the oldest known stone tools to ceramic and rock art traditions of the recent millennium. These examples include the gamut of methods and techniques, including typology, replication studies, cha?nes operatoires, neuroarchaeology, ethnographic comparison, and the direct historical approach. In addition, the book begins with retrospective essays by several of the pioneers of cognitive archaeology, presenting a broad range of state-of-the-art investigations into cognitive abilities, tackling thorny issues like the cognitive status of Neandertals, and concluding with speculative essays about the future of an archaeology of mind, and of the mind itself.
Author : Gina L. Barnes
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1785700715
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)
Download or read book Archaeology of East Asia written by Gina L. Barnes and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2015-10-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology of East Asia constitutes an introduction to social and political development from the Palaeolithic to 8th-century early historic times. It takes a regional view across China, Korea, Japan and their peripheries that is unbounded by modern state lines. This viewpoint emphasizes how the region drew on indigenous developments and exterior stimuli to produce agricultural technologies, craft production, political systems, religious outlooks and philosophies that characterize the civilization of historic and even modern East Asia. This book is a complete rewrite and update of The Rise of Civilization in East Asia, first published in 1993. It incorporates the many theoretical, technical and factual advances of the last two decades, including DNA, gender, and isotope studies, AMS radiocarbon dating and extensive excavation results. Readers of that first edition will find the same structure and topic progression. While many line drawings have been retained, new color illustrations abound. Boxes and Appendices clarify and add to the understanding of unfamiliar technologies. For those seeking more detail, the Appendices also provide case studies that take intimate looks at particular data and current research. The book is suitable for general readers, East Asian historians and students, archaeology students and professionals. Praise for The Rise of Civilization in East Asia: “… the best English introduction to the archaeology of East Asia … brilliantly integrates the three areas into a broad regional context.” Prof. Mark Hudson
Author : Benjamin W. Roberts
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441969705
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Investigating Archaeological Cultures written by Benjamin W. Roberts and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-04 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defining "culture" is an important step in undertaking archaeological research. Any thorough study of a particular culture first has to determine what that culture contains-- what particular time period, geographic region, and group of people make up that culture. The study of archaeology has many accepted definitions of particular cultures, but recently these accepted definitions have come into question. As archaeologists struggle to define cultures, they also seek to define the components of culture. This volume brings together 21 international case studies to explore the meaning of "culture" for regions around the globe and periods from the Paleolithic to the Bronze Age and beyond. Taking lessons and overarching themes from these studies, the contributors draw important conclusions about cultural transmission, technology development, and cultural development. The result is a comprehensive model for approaching the study of culture, broken down into regions (Russia, Continental Europe, North America, Britain, and Africa), materials (Lithics, Ceramics, Metals) and time periods. This work will be valuable to all archaeologists and cultural anthropologists, particularly those studying material culture.
Author : Ravi Korisettar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134828551
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Early Human Behaviour in Global Context written by Ravi Korisettar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Human Behaviour in a Global Context will be of use to students and professionals who are interested in prehistory, Paleolithic archaeology, and paleoanthropology. Those interested in our ancestors and their place in the natural world will also benefit from the information presented in this book. Chapters focus on: * the nature of archaeological evidence * stone tool technology * subsistence practices * settlement distributions.
Author : Rintaro Ono
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1838803572
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (388 download)
Download or read book Pleistocene Archaeology written by Rintaro Ono and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an overview of recent research in the field of Pleistocene Archaeology around the world. The main topics of this book are: (1) human migrations, particularly by Homo sapiens who have migrated into most regions of the world and settled in different environments, (2) the development of human technology from early to archaic hominins and Homo sapiens, and (3) human adaptation to new environments and responses to environmental changes caused by climate changes during the Pleistocene. With such perspectives in mind, this book contains a total of nine insightful and stimulating chapters on these topics, in which human history during the time of the Pleistocene is reviewed and discussed.
Author : Sanz, Nuria
Publisher : UNESCO
ISBN 13 : 9231000438
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Human origin sites and the World Heritage Convention in Asia written by Sanz, Nuria and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathleen D. Morrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521016360
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Forager-Traders in South and Southeast Asia written by Kathleen D. Morrison and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-12-05 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In both South and Southeast Asia, many upland groups make a living - in whole or part - through gathering and hunting, producing not only subsistence goods but commodities destined for regional and even world markets. These forager-traders have had an ambiguous position in ethnographic analysis, variously represented as relics, degraded hunter-gatherers, or recent upstarts. Forager-Traders in South and Southeast Asia adopts a multidisciplinary approach to these groups, presenting a series of comparative case-studies that analyse the long-term histories of hunting, gathering, trading, power relations, and regional social and biological interactions in this critical region. This book is a fascinating and important addition to the current revisionist debate, and a unique attempt to re-conceptualize our knowledge of forager-traders within the surrounding context of complex polities, populations and economies in South and Southeast Asia.
Author : Dani, Ahmad Hasan
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231027190
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book History of Civilizations of Central Asia written by Dani, Ahmad Hasan and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 1992-12-31 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1 of this UNESCO multi-volume series traces the history of man in this vast region from the Palaeolithic beginnings to circa 700 BC, when the foundations of the Achaemenian Empire were laid. The earliest history of man is evidenced and the food producing areas of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and the Indus Valley explored. The Bronze Age and the first signs of urbanization from the Indus to the Oxus are described as is the development of the nomadic pastoral tribes, such as the Aryans, whose history can be seen in proper perspective through archaeological evidence now available. A comprehensive first instalment for any enthusiast interested in the history and development of Asia.
Author : Dominik Bonatz
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9971696428
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (716 download)
Download or read book Crossing Borders written by Dominik Bonatz and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on recent field research and excavation finds, the contributions in this volume focus on cultural practices and materials which reflect processes of integration, specification and diversification in the prehistory and early history of Southeast Asia. With chapters on the variability and distribution of lithic assemblages, funerary practices, the spread of Neolithic cultures and field agriculture, and the development of Metal Age remains, different approaches are presented to interpret these phenomena in their specific environmental context. Crossing Borders contains 25 papers presented at the 13th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists (EurASEAA). Held in Berlin in 2010, the conference was jointly organized by the Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology at the Freie Universitat Berlin and the German Archaeological Institute. The peer-reviewed proceedings bring together archaeologists, art historians and philologists who share a common interest in Southeast Asia's early past.
Author : National Academy of Sciences
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309113725
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Biographical Memoirs written by National Academy of Sciences and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-02-03 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 3, 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Act of Incorporation that brought the National Academy of Sciences into being. In accordance with that original charter, the Academy is a private, honorary organization of scientists, elected for outstanding contributions to knowledge, who can be called upon to advise the federal government. As an institution the Academy's goal is to work toward increasing scientific knowledge and to further the use of that knowledge for the general good. The Biographical Memoirs, begun in 1877, are a series of volumes containing the life histories and selected bibliographies of deceased members of the Academy. Colleagues familiar with the discipline and the subject's work prepare the essays. These volumes, then, contain a record of the life and work of our most distinguished leaders in the sciences, as witnessed and interpreted by their colleagues and peers. They form a biographical history of science in America-an important part of our nation's contribution to the intellectual heritage of the world.
Author : Michael D. Petraglia
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402055625
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Evolution and History of Human Populations in South Asia written by Michael D. Petraglia and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-22 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume of its kind on prehistoric cultures of South Asia. The book brings together archaeologists, biological anthropologists, geneticists and linguists in order to provide a comprehensive account of the history and evolution of human populations residing in the subcontinent. New theories and methodologies presented provide new interpretations about the cultural history and evolution of populations in South Asia.
