Proponents of the model known as the “human revolution” claim that modern human
behaviors arose suddenly, and nearly simultaneously, throughout the Old World ca. 40 …

Archaeological data are frequently cited in support of the idea that big game hunting drove
the evolution of early Homo, mainly through its role in offspring provisioning. This argument …

One of the most important challenges in anthropology is understanding the disappearance
of Neanderthals. Previous research suggests that Neanderthals had a narrower diet than …

A study of Hadza hunting and scavenging practices, patterns of medium/large mammal
carcass dismemberment and transport from kill sites to base camps, and subsequent …

The earliest sites at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania are among the best documented and most
important for studies of human evolution. This book investigates the behavior of hominids at …

By 50,000 years ago, the effects of a 'symbolic explosion'—an efflorescence of human art,
song, dance and ritual—were rippling across the globe. Applied to archaeological evidence …

Over the decades, Anatolian metal artifacts have been the focus of extensive scientific
analysis. Now fifteen years of field work, current surveys, excavations, and analytical …

From Gustavo Politis, one of the most renowned South American archaeologists, comes the
first in-depth study in English of the last “undiscovered” people of the Amazon. His work is …

Praise for the first edition:" The most up-to-date and wide-ranging encyclopedia work on
human evolution available."--American Reference Books Annual" For student, researcher …

As part of a widening interest in site fonnation processes, archaeologists have turned to
ethnoarchaeology for insight into the factors that contribute to variability in the spatial …