The Evolution of Human Hunting by Matthew H. Nitecki (English) Paperback Book

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New techniques of paleoanthropology and taphonomy, and new information on human remains are added to the traditional approaches to the study of past human hunting and other foraging behavior.

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The successful early adaptations of man involve a complex interplay of biological and cultural factors. There is a rapidly growing number of paleontologists and paleoanthropologists who are concerned with hominid foraging and the evolution of hunting. New techniques of paleoanthropology and taphonomy, and new information on human remains are added to the traditional approaches to the study of past human hunting and other foraging behavior. There is also a resurgence of interest in the early peopling of the New World. The present book is the result of the Ninth Annual Spring Systematics 10, 1986, in the Symposium, on the Evolution of Human Hunting, held on May Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. We are grateful to the NSF (grant no. BNS 8519960) for partial financial support in arranging the symposium. In preparation of this volume we have received assistance from many people, particularly the reviewers of individual chapters; it is impossible to name them all. We must however single out Drs. Richard G. Klein and Glen H. Cole for their encouragement at various stages of preparation of the symposium and this volume, and for being a help to the anthropological knowledge. Zbigniew Jastrzebski assisted with the figures and Paul K. Johnson diligently typed the camera-ready copy, and patiently coordinated the endless book-making chores.

Author Biography

Matthew H. Nitecki, curator of fossil invertebrates at the Field Museum of Natural History.

Table of Contents

The idea of human hunting.- Reconstructing how early people exploited animals: problems and prospects.- Were there elephant hunters at Torralba?.- Bodies, brawn, brains and noses: human ancestors and human predation.- Hunting in late Upper Paleolithic Western Europe.- Prehistoric, plains-mountain, large-mammal, communal hunting strategies.- Analysis of kill-butchery bonebeds and interpretation of Paleoindian hunting.- The Pleistocene archaeology of Beringia.- Richard E. Morian Mastodont procurement by Paleoindians of the Great Lakes region: hunting or scavenging?.- Taphonomy and hunting.- Contributors.

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The successful early adaptations of man involve a complex interplay of biological and cultural factors. There is a rapidly growing number of paleontologists and paleoanthropologists who are concerned with hominid foraging and the evolution of hunting. New techniques of paleoanthropology and taphonomy, and new information on human remains are added to the traditional approaches to the study of past human hunting and other foraging behavior. There is also a resurgence of interest in the early peopling of the New World. The present book is the result of the Ninth Annual Spring Systematics 10, 1986, in the Symposium, on the Evolution of Human Hunting, held on May Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. We are grateful to the NSF (grant no. BNS 8519960) for partial financial support in arranging the symposium. In preparation of this volume we have received assistance from many people, particularly the reviewers of individual chapters; it is impossible to name them all. We must however single out Drs. Richard G. Klein and Glen H. Cole for their encouragement at various stages of preparation of the symposium and this volume, and for being a help to the anthropological knowledge. Zbigniew Jastrzebski assisted with the figures and Paul K. Johnson diligently typed the camera-ready copy, and patiently coordinated the endless book-making chores.

Details ISBN146848835X Author Doris V. Nitecki Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Year 2012 ISBN-10 146848835X ISBN-13 9781468488357 Format Paperback Publication Date 2012-06-15 Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Place of Publication New York, NY Country of Publication United States DEWEY 639.10901 Short Title EVOLUTION OF HUMAN HUNTING 198 Language English Media Book Pages 476 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4684-8833-3 UK Release Date 2012-06-15 AU Release Date 2012-06-15 NZ Release Date 2012-06-15 US Release Date 2012-06-15 Illustrations 57 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 476 p. 57 illus. Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987 Alternative 9780306428210 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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