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Standardized Title:

Dolní Věstonice--Pavlov. English

Subjects:

Paleolithic period -- Czech Republic -- Dolní Věstonice Site.
Human remains (Archaeology) -- Czech Republic -- Dolní Věstonice Site.
Hunting and gathering societies -- Czech Republic -- Dolní Věstonice Site.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Czech Republic -- Dolní Věstonice Site.
Dolní Věstonice Site (Czech Republic).
Pavlov Hills (Czech Republic) -- Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology).
Human remains (Archaeology).
Hunting and gathering societies.
Paleolithic period.
Czech Republic -- Dolní Věstonice Site.
Czech Republic -- Pavlov Hills.

Summary:

"Richly illustrated throughout, including beautiful color renderings of scenes from Paleolithic life suggested by Svoboda's research, this first English translation of Dolní Věstonice-Pavlov: Explaining Paleolithic Settlements in Central Europe is sure to provide not only vital information for scholars, researchers, and students but also insightful and thought-provoking background for interested general readers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Expansion of Homo sapiens: The Paleoanthropological Context
2. The Discovery of Dolni Vestonice: Research History
3. A Calendar of the Ages: Chronology
4. The Face of the Landscape: Paleoecology
5. Hunters in the Landscape: Settlement Archeology
6. Everyday Life: Paleoethnology
7. Take but Do Not Exhaust: Subsistence
8. Materials and Artifacts: Technology
9. Before the Neolithic: Technological Innovation
10. The Domestication of Features: Rituals and Symbols
11. And Then Comes Death: Anthropology and Genetics
12. Collapse, Survival, and Regeneration.

Notes:

Translated from the Czech.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor:

Dibble, Suzanne, translator.

ISBN:

9781623498115
1623498112
9781623498122

OCLC:

1133661451