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Titre(s) : Quaternary of the Levant [Texte imprimé] : environments, climate change, and humans / edited by Yehouda Enzel,..., Ofer Bar-Yosef, ...
Publication : Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2017]
Description matérielle : xv, 771 pages, [32] pages of color plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28
cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Quaternary of the Levant presents extensive and up-to-date research from a region
that displays unique interactions between climate, the environment and human evolution.
Focusing primarily on southeast Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel, it brings
together more than 80 contributions from the field's leading researchers. Together
they review 2.5 million years of environmental change and human cultural evolution.
Information from key prehistoric sites and palaeoanthropological studies contributing
to our understanding of "out of Africa" migrations, Neanderthals, cultures of modern
humans and the origins of agriculture, are assessed within the context of glacial-interglacial
cycles, marine isotope cycles, plate tectonics, geochronology, geomorphology, palaeoecology
and genetics. The book is divided into five parts: The Evolution of Current Landscapes
and Basins; Archaeology of Human Evolution; Palaeoecology; Landscapes of Rift, Coastal
Plain, Alluvial Streams, Loess and Soils; and Humans in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
Complemented by overview summaries that draw together the findings of each chapter,
the resulting coverage is wide-ranging and cohesive. The cross-disciplinary nature
of the volume makes it an invaluable resource for academics and advanced students
of Quaternary science and human prehistory, as well as an important reference for
archaeologists working in the region"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Enzel, Yehouda (1955-....). Éditeur scientifique
Bar-Yosef, Ofer (1937-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Néolithique -- Moyen-Orient
Société préhistorique -- Moyen-Orient
Paléoanthropologie -- Moyen-Orient
Paléoclimatologie -- Moyen-Orient
Paléoécologie -- Quaternaire (ère géologique)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107090460. - ISBN 1107090466 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb453407682
Notice n° :
FRBNF45340768
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)