Upper Paleolithic of the Central Russian Plain (eBook)
539 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-8918-2 (ISBN)
The book presents details of the archaeological inventories and assemblages found at the 29 sites, together with the geography and geology of the study area. It then uses environmental data to model environmental conditions and resource distribution during the various periods of human occupation, as well as to predict optimal strategies for exploiting available resources. Subsequent chapters present the relative and chronometric dating schemes. The book also elucidates the man-land relationships, ensuing subsistence strategies, settlement types present in the archaeological record, settlement systems, and sociopolitical behavior.
The text will be significant to archaeologists, paleoecologists, and anthropologists interested in hunter-gatherers and late Pleistocene adaptations.
The Upper Paleolithic of the Central Russian Plain examines the hunter-gatherer adaptations on the Upper Paleolithic central Russian Plain. The book offers both a culture history for the area and an explanation for the changes in human adaptation. It presents what has been found at 29 major Upper Paleolithic sites occupied over a period of some 14,000 years. The book presents details of the archaeological inventories and assemblages found at the 29 sites, together with the geography and geology of the study area. It then uses environmental data to model environmental conditions and resource distribution during the various periods of human occupation, as well as to predict optimal strategies for exploiting available resources. Subsequent chapters present the relative and chronometric dating schemes. The book also elucidates the man-land relationships, ensuing subsistence strategies, settlement types present in the archaeological record, settlement systems, and sociopolitical behavior. The text will be significant to archaeologists, paleoecologists, and anthropologists interested in hunter-gatherers and late Pleistocene adaptations.
Front Cover 1
The Upper Paleolithic of the Central Russian Plain 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Dedication 6
List of Figures 12
List of Tables 18
Preface 22
Acknowledgments 24
Chapter 1. Introduction 26
OBJECTIVES AND SIGNIFICANCE 26
PAST RESEARCH IN THE STUDY AREA 32
HISTORY OF PALEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE USSR 33
METHODOLOGY AND ASSUMPTIONS 40
Chapter 2. Upper Paleolithic Sites on the Central Russian Plain 43
GEOGRAPHY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE STUDY AREA 43
PLEISTOCENE STRATIGRAPHY AND CHRONOLOGY 51
PROFILES OF THE SITES 62
RAW DATA TABLES 139
Chapter 3. The Environmental Given 169
THE STUDY AREA TODAY 169
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE LATE VALDAI 172
THE BRYANSK INTERSTADIAL: 27,000–24,000 B.P. 182
ENVIRONMENT BETWEEN 24,000 AND 20,000 B.P. 194
THE VALDAI MAXIMUM: 20,000–18,000 B.P. 198
CLIMATE AFTER THE GLACIAL MAXIMUM: 18,000–12,000 B.P. 201
THE STRUCTURE OF THE LANDSCAPE IN THE LATE VALDAI 209
Chapter 4. Chronology and Land Use 237
RELATIVE DATING OF THE SITES 237
CHRONOMETRIC DATING OF THE SITES 252
PROPOSED CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERING OF THE SITES 257
UPPER PALEOLITHIC LAND USE: THE LOCATION OF THE SITES 259
CONCLUSIONS 272
Chapter 5. Subsistence Practices and Duration of Occupation in the Late Valdai 274
METHODOLOGY 274
SUBSISTENCE AND FLORAL RESOURCES 276
STORAGE STRATEGIES 278
SUBSISTENCE AND FAUNAL RESOURCES 283
SEASONALITY OF OCCUPATION 353
MODELING CHANGES IN SUBSISTENCE PRACTICES 375
Chapter 6. Site Types and the Settlement System 379
SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS: PRESENT AND PAST 379
DATA FROM THE CENTRAL RUSSIAN PLAIN 382
CLASSIFICATORY METHODOLOGY 411
TYPES OF SITES ON THE CENTRAL RUSSIAN PLAIN 413
POPULATION AND DURATION OF OCCUPATION 429
SETTLEMENT SYSTEM ANALYSIS 442
Chapter 7. Sociopolitical Integration 458
INTRODUCTION 458
ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODOLOGY 459
SOCIAL NETWORKS 460
SOCIOPOLITICAL RELATIONSHIPS AND ORGANIZATION 477
RITUAL BEHAVIOR 493
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 495
Chapter 8. Conclusions and Implications 501
INTRODUCTION 501
DATA AND MODELS 501
PROBLEMS OF TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE 505
THE CENTRAL RUSSIAN PLAIN MICROCOSM AND THE EUROPEAN UPPER PALEOLITHIC WORLD 509
THE DATA AND OUR THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTS 513
References 520
Index 552
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.10.2013 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4832-8918-4 / 1483289184 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4832-8918-2 / 9781483289182 |
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