ARCLG179: Themes in Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic Archaeology: Andrew Garrard Academic Year 2015/16 Archived
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Lecture 1. History of Palaeoanthropology (29 Sept) – Christopher Dean 8 items
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Highly Recommended Reading; 3 items
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Debating humankind's place in nature, 1860-2000: the nature of paleoanthropology - c20070131773909
Book (Arch: BB 1 DEL; Issue Desk DEL 4)
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Missing links: the hunt for earliest man - 19810002160919
Book (Arch: BB 1 REA)
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Paleoanthropology: The last half-century - 2000
Article
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Theories of human evolution: a century of debate, 1844-1944 - 1987, c19860631152644
Book (Anthrop: B 30 BOW; History of Science: RG 5 BOW)
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The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex - , , 1888
Book (For reprints see: History of Science: RG 4 DAR)
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The antiquity of man - 1925
Book (Order from Library Stores)
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The fossil evidence for human evolution: an introduction to the study of paleoanthropology - , 19780226109372,0226109380
Book (Arch: BB 1 CLA; Anthrop: B 45 CLA)
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Bones of contention: controversies in the search for human origins - c1987067152688x
Book later editions also available. (Arch: BB 1 LEW)
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2. History of Palaeolithic Archaeology (Fri 10 Oct. Anthro. Room 128) – Matt Pope 7 items
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Highly Recommended Reading: 2 items
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Bones of contention: controversies in the search for human origins - c1987067152688x
Book (Arch: BB 1 LEW)
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From Sangiran to Olduvai, 1937-1960: The quest for 'centres' of hominid origins in Asia and Africa - 20019053564640
Chapter pp. 45-66. (Arch: BB1 Qto COR)
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The establishment of human antiquity - 19830122972503
Book (Arch: AG GRA; or order from Library Stores)
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Historical Overview of Paleoanthropological Research - 2007
Chapter pp. 1-56. (Online book – see library catalogue)
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The neandertals: changing the image of mankind - , 19940712660348,0224036483
Book (Arch: Issue Desk TRI; Anthrop: B 34 TRI) E-book also available.
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The wisdom of the bones: in search of human origins - , 19960297816705,0679426248
Book (Arch: BB 1 WAL)
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Lecture 3. Primate Evolution and Behaviour (13 Oct) – Christophe Soligo 8 itemsResearch on non-human primates forms an integral part of palaeoanthropological research due to thecomparative insights non-human primates provide into human evolution. Tool use, hunting and therecent discovery and descriptions of local cultural traditions in a range of non-human primate speciesare some of the most obvious behaviours exhibited by extant primates with a direct relevance tohuman evolution. Similarly, the fossil record of non-human primates is of foremost importance in that itprovides insights into the physical and temporal framework within which the earliest phases of humanevolution took place. This session will give students an overview of the latest developments in thefields of palaeoprimatology and comparative primate behaviour.
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Highly Recommended Reading: 3 items
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Primate Evolution and the Environment - 2007
Article
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Primate behavioral ecology - c20070205444326
Book (Arch: BB 3 STR; Anthrop: B 24 STR)
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The second inheritance system of chimpanzees and humans - 2005-9-1
Article
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Primate adaptation and evolution - c19980122603419
Book 2013 edition also available. (Anthrop: B 34 FLE)
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The primate fossil record - 20020521663156
Book (Anthrop: B 40 HAR)
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Primate origins and evolution: a phylogenetic reconstruction - , c1990069108565x,069108565X
Book (Anthrop: B 34 MAR)
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Primate communities: Past, present, and possible future - , 2004
Article
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Chimpanzee cultures - , 19940674116623
Book (Arch: BB 1 WRA; Anthrop B 36 WRA)
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Lecture 4. Adaptation, Phylogeny and Reconstruction of Behaviour (20 Oct) – Christophe Soligo 7 itemsThe process of natural selection is central to understanding how the environment has shaped humanevolution. It also provides the theoretical framework for using skeletal evidence to reconstructbehaviour of humans and other animals in the past. In this session we go through concepts ofadaptation, how to test hypotheses of adaptation, and the challenges of then using evidence of adaptation to reconstruct behaviour.
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Highly Recommended Reading: 3 items
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Homoplasy and homology: Dichotomy or continuum? - 05/2007
Article
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Reconstructing behavior in the primate fossil record - c2002030646604x
Book pp. 1-41 (Arch: BB 3 PLA; Anthrop; B 44 PLA)
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Adaptation - , c19960125964218,012596420X
Book (Biology J 7 ROS)
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Human uniqueness and theoretical content in paleoanthropology - 1990-6
Article
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Inferring phylogenies - c20040878931775
Book (Biology J 9 FEL)
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Cladistics: the theory and practice of parsimony analysis - 19980198501390,0198501382
Book (Biology: A 9 KIT)
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Adaptation and natural selection: a critique of some current evolutionary thought - c19660691079005
Book (Science: Issue Desk WIL; Zoology: 22 e WIL)
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Lecture 5. Plio-Pleistocene environments (27 Oct) – Phil Hopley 6 itemsThe climatic and ecological context of human evolution is crucial to the understanding of homininadaptations and the speciation and extinction of early hominins. This seminar will outline trends inglobal and African climate in the Plio-Pleistocene and will discuss the geological and palaeontologicalevidence used to reconstruct hominin environments. We will discuss different hypotheses relating tothe micro- and macro-evolutionary responses of hominins and other species to Plio-Pleistoceneclimatic change. Hominin ecomorphology will be discussed within the context of changingenvironments.
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Highly Recommended Reading: 3 items
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ATMOSPHERE: Climate Change and Human Evolution - 27/01/2006
Article
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Evolution and Climate Variability - 1996
Article
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Lecture 6. Taphonomy and Site Formation Studies (10 Nov) – Ignacio de la Torre and Andrew Garrard 12 itemsPaleolithic sites are commonly found in caves and rockshelters, eroding out of cuts in alluvial deposits,as well as in open-air sites in arid and semi-arid environments. Each of these settings has formationprocesses that are distinct, and often heavily impacted by natural factors. In order to determine whichcharacteristics of a site are the result of human behavior, and which stem from natural taphonomicprocesses, it is essential for archaeologists to understand the human and natural factors that interactto transform an ephemeral camp site, chipping station or base camp into the archaeological depositswe excavate and record. In this session we will discuss the taphonomy of hunter-gatherer sites inrockshelters, alluvial settings and arid environments.
Early Sites
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Highly Recommended Reading: 2 items
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Chapter Digitised Reading
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Formation processes of the archaeological record - 19870826309631,082630964X,9780826309631,9780826309648
Book (Arch: Issue Desk SCH6)
Later Sites
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Highly Recommended Reading: 2 items
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Practical and theoretical geoarchaeology - , c20060632060441
Book (Chapter 6 on “Aeolian settings and geomorphological environments” and Chapter 8 on “Caves and Rockshelters”) Malden MA, Blackwell Science: 169-187. (Arch: BA 10 GOL; Issue Desk GOL2)
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Site formation processes in Kebara and Hayonim Caves and their significance in Levantine prehistoric caves - , 19980306459248
Chapter (Arch: BC 120 AKA; Issue Desk AKA)
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Lecture 7. Human Fossil Record I: Earliest Hominins and Australopithecines (17 Nov) – Matt Skinner 8 itemsThe palaeontological record of ancient hominins is covered in detail in the Palaeoanthropology optioncourse. The purpose of these two lectures is to provide a brief overview of general patterns in thehuman fossil record over the last seven million years, including the major groups of hominin species,current understanding of their evolutionary relationships, and major questions in humanpalaeontology. The first lecture covers the earliest putative hominins and species of the genusAustralopithecus.
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Highly Recommended Reading: 2 items
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The species and diversity of Australopiths - Kimbel B.
Chapter pp. 1539-1573. E-book
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The earliest putative hominids - 2007
Chapter pp. 1519-1538. E-book
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An introduction to human evolutionary anatomy - , c19900120455900,0120455919
Book (Arch: BB 1 AIE; Anthrop: B 25 AIE)
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Australopithecus sediba: A New Species of Homo-Like Australopith from South Africa - , , , 09/04/2010
Article
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Species Concepts and Species Delimitation - 2007
Article
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Diet and the evolution of the earliest human ancestors - , 05/12/2000
Article
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Ardipithecus ramidus and the Paleobiology of Early Hominids - , , , 02/10/2009
Article
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The hominin fossil record: taxa, grades and clades - , 04/2008
Article
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Lecture 8. The Human Fossil Record II: The Genus Homo (24 Nov) – Anna Barros 9 itemsThis lecture begins with a discussion of the origins of the genus Homo and covers species up to andincluding modern humans.
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Highly Recommended Reading: 2 items
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The Origin of Neandertals - 2009
Article
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New fossils from Koobi Fora in northern Kenya confirm taxonomic diversity in early Homo - , , , 2012-8-8
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Five years of - 2010
Article
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A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome - , , , 07/05/2010
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Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia - , , , 2007-9-20
Article
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Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia - , , , 23/12/2010
Article
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Modern human origins: progress and prospects - 29/04/2002
Article
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Evolution in the Genus - , 12/2011
Article
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The changing face of genusHomo - , 1999
Article
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Lecture 9. Genetics and Human Evolution (01 Dec) – Mark Thomas 8 itemsThe study of molecular information revolutionised anthropology in the 1960s and 1970s, pointing tomajor conclusions such as the close relationships of humans to chimpanzees and the relatively highlevels of genetic variation within human populations as opposed to between. In recent decadesgenetics has taken a central place in understanding modern human origins, and the study of ancientDNA may give us a complete Neanderthal genome within a matter of years. This session combinesthe history of understanding with current major topics in human evolutionary genetics.
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Highly Recommended Reading: 2 items
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Human evolutionary genetics: origins, peoples & disease - , , c20040815341857
Book (Arch: BB 1 JOB; Medical Science: BK 10 JOB)
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The history and geography of human genes - , , c19940691087504
Book (Arch: BB 1 CAV)
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Genetics and the making of Homo sapiens - 2003-4-24
Article
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A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome - , , , 07/05/2010
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Neandertal DNA Sequences and the Origin of Modern Humans - , , , 1997-7
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Human evolution and the Y chromosome - , 12/1996
Article
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Genetic Diversity in Hominoid Primates - 1997
Article
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Haplotype Trees and Modern Human Origins - 2005
Article
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Lecture 10. Evolution of Human Life History (08 Dec) – Christopher Dean 8 itemsHumans are long-lived primates who give birth to highly dependent infants and have an extendedperiod of childhood. Determining when the modern human life history pattern emerged sheds light onthe evolution of human behaviour and social organisation. In this session we review current evidencefor these changes and the methods by which they are studied in the fossil record.
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Highly Recommended Reading: 3 items
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A theory of human life history evolution: Diet, intelligence, and longevity - , , , 2000
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Toward a Life History of the Hominidae - 1995
Article
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Growth and development in the Nariokotome Youth, KNM-WT 15000 - , 20091402099797,9781402099793
Chapter pp. 101-120. (Arch: BB 1 GRI)
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Life history and cognitive evolution in the apes - 0521783356
Chapter
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The evolution of thought: evolutionary origins of great ape intelligence - , 20040521783356
Book (Anthrop: B 34 RUS; Online see library catalogue)
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Dental Development as a Measure of Life History in Primates - 1989
Article
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The evolution of life histories - 19920198577419
Book
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Lecture 11.Stone Tool Technology and Analysis (12 Jan) – Norah Moloney 8 itemsThe next two sessions explore th develoment of lithic technology throught the Palaeoloithic and the analytical techniques and the methodological and interpretative issues involved in the study of stone tool assemblages. The classes will be accompanied by practical handling sessions with archaeological material from the Institute of Archaeology's collections.
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Highly Recommended Reading: 1 item
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Lithics: macroscopic approaches to analysis - c20050521849764,0521615003,9780521849760,9780521615006
Book
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Handbook of paleolithic typology - , 1993-0924171235
Book
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Stone tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic near East: a guide - 20131107006988,9781107006980
Book
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Flintknapping: making and understanding stone tools - 19940292790821,029279083X
Book
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Lecture 12. Stone Tool Technology and Analysis II (19 Jan) - Nora Maloney 0 itemsContinuation of above
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Lecture 13. Reconstructing Behaviour from Stone Tool Assemblages (26 Jan) - Matt Pope 11 itemsUndertaking a thorough technological analysis of a stone tool assemblage should never be viewed asa final outcome in itself. Stone tools provide a widespread, durable and informative record of pasthuman behavior and therefore should be seen as a valuable route to reconstructing paterns oflandscape use, social organisation and palaeoecology. In this session case studies from NorthEuropean Lower and Middle Palaeolithic are presented for discussion as case studies Examples fromthe palaeolithic sites of Boxgrove and La Cotte de St Brelade are presented in order to sure howtechnology, taphonomy and contextual studies can combine to dleiover detailed accounts of ancienthuman life-ways.
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Highly Recommended Reading: 4 items
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Stone Age visiting cards: approaches to the study of early hominid land-use patterns - 1981
Chapter Digitised reading
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Behavioural implications of biface discard: assemblage variability and land-use at the Middle Pleistocene site of Boxgrove. - 20041842171305
Chapter (Arch: Issue Desk WAL 7)
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Variables versus models of early Pleistocene hominid land use - 1994-7
Article
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Modeling the formation of Early Stone Age artifact concentrations - 11/1987
Article
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Life and Death of a Boxgrove Biface. - 1993
Chapter Digitised reading
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La Cotte de St. Brelade 1961-1978: excavations by C.B.M. McBurney - , , 19860860942074
Book (Arch: DAA 410 C.4 CAL)
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Observations on the relationship between Palaeolithic individuals and artefact scatters at the Middle Pleistocene site of Boxgrove, UK - , 20050415284325,0415284333
Chapter (Arch: BB 1 GAM)
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Boxgrove: a Middle Pleistocene hominid site at Eastham Quarry, Boxgrove, West Sussex - , , , 19991850746702
Book (Arch: DAA 410 Qto ROB; Issue Desk ROB 2)
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Article Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 25:1-16. (Arch: Journal) PRINT
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Geoarchaeological analysis of an acheulean site at Kalambo Falls, Zambia - 01/1992
Article
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Lecture 14. Hunter-Gatherers - Immediate v Delayed Return (02 Feb)- James Woodburn 10 itemsEthnographic work amongst recent and contemporary hunter-gatherers has often been used to help in interpreting the archaeological signature of behaviour left by Paleolithic societies. In this session, social organization, subsistence patterns and ideological orientations amongst such groups will be discussed with a particular emphasis on the differences between 'immediate' and 'delayed return' communities.
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Highly Recommended Reading: 3 items
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Hunter-gatherers and human evolution - 13/04/2005
Article
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The Original Affluent Society - 0415320100
Chapter
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Egalitarian Societies - 1982
Article
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Hunter-gatherers: archaeological and evolutionary theory - c19910306436507
Book
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In the 'Land of Milk and Honey': Obiek adaptations to their forests and neighbours - 0521240638,0521284120,2735100197
Chapter
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The foraging spectrum: diversity in hunter-gatherer lifeways - c1995156098466x,156098466X,1560984651
Book
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As well as words: Congo Pygmy hunting, mimicry and play - 0199545855,0199545863,9780199545858,9780199545865
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Egalitarian societies revisited - 1845452135,157181616X,1571816178,1845452143
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Lecture 15. Application of Ethnoarchaeology (09 Feb) – Todd Whitelaw 13 itemsArchaeological interpretations are inevitably based on some form of analogy with the present. Suchanalogies may simply reflect the researcher's implicit and intuitive understandings of human natureand the natural world or may derive from focused empirical studies and formalized behaviouralmodels. In this session there will be a consideration of the role of ethnoarchaeological (andexperimental) approaches for inspiring, making explicit, and testing fruitful analogies, and movingbeyond this to constructing models for interpreting past behaviour. The promise, pitfalls and specialchallenges of applying analogies and models to the deep past will be considered.
General:
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Highly Recommended Reading: 3 items
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Behavioral Ecology and Archaeology - 2006
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Hunter-gatherers and anthropology; Hunter-gatherers and prehistory - 1995156098466x,156098466X,1560984651
Chapter pp. 1-37, 333-34. (Arch: BB 6 KEL; Issue Desk KEL 2).
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Ethnoarchaeology Needs a General Theory of Behavior - 1995
Article
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Constructing frames of reference: an analytical method for archaeological theory building using hunter-gatherer and environmental data sets - c20010520223934
Book (Arch: AH Qto BIN; Issue Desk BIN 9)
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The importance of experimental replicative and functional studies in Palaeolithic archaeology - 19913774924848
Chapter pp. 109-124. (Arch: DC 100 Qto CLA; Issue Desk CLA 30; TC 3266).
Examples of application:
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Highly Recommended Reading: 3 items
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Researching ambiguity: frames of reference and site structure - 19870231060815,0231060807
Chapter 449-512. (Reprinted in L. Binford (1989) Debating Archaeology. New York: Academic Press: 223-63). (Arch: HC KEN; AH BIN).
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Some dimensions of variability in the social organization of community space among foragers - 19911879621002
Chapter pp. 139-188. (Arch: BD Qto GAM; PDF on Academia.edu).
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Order without architecture: functional, social and symbolic factors in huntergatherer settlement organisation - 19940415157439,0415067286
Chapter pp. 217-43. (Arch: AH PAR; Anth: E 15 PEA; PDF on Academia.edu).
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Lecture 16. Reconstructing Subsistence Strategies (Thurs 27 Feb: 2-4 pm) – Simon Parfitt (At Natural History Museum) 11 itemsThe reconstruction of subsistence strategies is central to understanding many aspects of early humanbehaviour and has been the focus of some of the most-highly charged debates in contemporarypalaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic archaeology. In this session we will discuss the archaeologicaland paleontological evidence used to reconstruct subsistence strategies, by examining faunal remainsfrom the Natural History Museum collections. We will focus on three principal topics relating to theorigin of meat eating in the Early Pleistocene, Middle Pleistocene 'big game hunters', and the questionof cannibalism and ritual treatment of human remains in the Upper Palaeolithic. We will review howdiverse lines of evidence (e.g. from plant remains, isotopic analysis of human remains and dentalcalculus) can be integrated to provide more a complete reconstruction of early human diet.
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Highly Recommended Reading: 4 items
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Earliest Directly-Dated Human Skull-Cups - , , 2011-2-16
Article
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Evolution of the human diet: the known, the unknown, and the unknowable - 20070195183460,0195183479,9780195183467,9780195183474
Book (particularly chapters by Bunn, Blumenschine) (Arch: Issue Desk UNG; BB 1 UNG)
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The Tortoise and the Hare - 2000
Article
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The Raw and the Stolen: Cooking and the Ecology of Human Origins - , , , 12/1999
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Lecture 17. Case Study: Primate Evolution (03 Mar) – to be announced 1 item
Details to follow
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Lecture 18. Case Study: Human Fossil Record (10 Mar) – to be announced 1 item
Details to follow
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Lecture 19. Case Study: Earlier Palaeolithic (Thurs 13 Mar: 2-4 pm) – Nick Ashton (At British Museum, Franks House) 1 item
Details to follow
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Lecture 20. Case Study: Later Palaeolithic (24 Mar) – Andrew Garrard 1 item
Details to follow
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ASSESSMENTS 18 items
The course will be assessed by two essays of between 3,800 – 4,200 words each (see Word-lengthsection below), one of which should be on a 'Palaeoanthropological' topic (see Group A essays below)and one on a 'Palaeolithic Archaeological' topic (see Group B essays below). They can be written inany order. It is very important to select essay topics which do not overlap closely with those beingwritten for other courses being undertaken as part of the degree. If you are uncertain, please checkwith the Course Co-ordinator.The deadlines for the essays will be:- Essay 1: Friday January 24- Essay 2: Friday May 2
WORD-LENGTH
UCL has very strict regulations relating to word-length. For work that exceeds the specified maximumlength by less than10% the mark will be reduced by ten percentage marks; but the penalised mark willnot be reduced below the pass mark, assuming the work merited a pass. For work that exceeds thespecified maximum length by 10% or more, a mark of zero will be recorded. The following should notbe included in the word-count: title page, contents pages, lists of figure and tables, abstract, preface,acknowledgements, bibliography, captions and contents of tables and figures, and appendices.
CITING OF SOURCES
Coursework should be expressed in a student's own words giving the exact source of any ideas,information, diagrams etc. that are taken from the work of others. Any direct quotations from thework of others must be indicated as such by being placed between inverted commas.Plagiarism is regarded as a very serious irregularity which can carry very heavy penalties. It isyour responsibility to read and abide by the requirements for presentation, referencing and avoidanceof plagiarism to be found in the IoA 'Coursework Guidelines' on the IoA websitehttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/administration/students/handbook.
PRESENTATION
Essays and other assessed work must be word-processed (unless otherwise specified) and should beprinted on one or both sides of the paper, using 1.5-line spacing. Bibliographies may be in single linespacing. Adequate margins should be left for written comments by the examiner. Students areencouraged to use diagrams and/or tables where appropriate. These should be clearly referred to atthe appropriate point in the text, and if derived from another source, this must be clearlyacknowledged.
SUBMISSION OF COURSEWORK
Students are required to submit hard copy of all coursework to the course co-ordinators pigeon holevia the Red Essay Box at Reception by the appropriate deadline. The coursework must be stapled toa completed blue coversheet (available from the web, from outside Room 411A or from the library).
Please note that students should put their Candidate Number, not their name, on all coursework.They should also put the Candidate Number and course code on each page of their work. (Yourcandidiate number is a 5 digit alphanumeric code which will be found on portico).
Please note that there are stringent penalties for late submission across all Departments of UCL.Late submission will be penalized in accordance with these regulations unless permission has beengranted by the Course Co-ordinator in advance of the deadline and an Extension Request Form (ERF)completed. See MA/MSc degree handbook or Coursework Guidelines on the IoA website for detailshttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/administration/students/handbook/submission.
Date-stamping will be via 'Turnitin' (see below), so in addition to submitting hard copy, students mustalso submit their work to Turnitin by midnight on the day of the deadline.
It is essential that students upload all parts of their coursework to Turnitin (ie including the bibliographyand images). This ensures that a complete electronic copy of all work is available in case an essaygoes astray. Please be assured that markers will not include these additional elements when checking wordcounts. Please put your Candidate number at the start of the title line on Turnitin,followed by a short title of the coursework.
Students who encounter technical problems submitting their work to Turnitin should email the natureof the problem to ioa-turnitin@ucl.ac.uk in advance of the midnight deadline in order that the TurnitinAdvisers can notify the Course Co-ordinator that it may be appropriate to waive the late submissionpenalty.
If there is any other unexpected crisis on the submission day, students should telephone or(preferably) e-mail the Course Co-ordinator, and follow this up with a completed ERF.
For this course, the Turnitin 'Class ID' is: 611840 and the 'Class Enrolment Password' is:IoA1314
Further information concerning Turnitin is given on the IoA website:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/administration/students/handbook/turnitinTurnitin advisors will be available to help you via email: ioa-turnitin@ucl.ac.uk if needed.
TIMESCALE FOR RETURN OF MARKED COURSEWORK TO STUDENTSYou can expect to receive your marked work within four calendar weeks of the official submissiondeadline. If you do not receive your work within this period, or a written explanation from the marker,you should notify the IoA's Academic Administrator, Judy Medrington.
KEEPING COPIES AND RETURN OF COURSEWORK TO COURSE COORDINATORPlease note that it is an Institute requirement that you retain a copy (this can be electronic) of allcoursework submitted. When your marked essay is returned to you, you should return it to the courseco-ordinator within two weeks, so that it can be second-marked and is available to the Board ofExaminers. You may like to keep a copy of the comments if you are likely to wish to refer to theselater.
COMMUNICATIONIf any changes need to be made to the course arrangements, these will normally be communicated byemail. It is therefore essential that you consult your UCL e-mail account regularly.
ATTENDANCEA register will be taken at each class. If you are unable to attend a class, please notify the lecturer byemail. Departments are required to report each student's attendance to UCL Registry at frequentintervals throughout each term. A 70% minimum attendance at all scheduled sessions is required(excluding absences due to illness or other adverse circumstances, provided that these are supportedby medical certificates or other documentation, as appropriate).
DYSLEXIA AND OTHER DISABILITIESIf you have dyslexia or any other disability, please make your lecturers aware of this. Please discusswith your lecturers whether there is any way in which they can help you. Students with dyslexia arereminded to indicate this on each piece of coursework.
FEEDBACKIn trying to make this course as effective as possible, we welcome feedback from students during thecourse of the year. All students are asked to give their views on the course in an anonymousquestionnaire which will be circulated at one of the last sessions of the course. These questionnairesare taken seriously and help the Course Co-ordinator to develop the course. The summarisedresponses are considered by the Institute's Staff-Student Consultative Committee, TeachingCommittee, and by the Faculty Teaching Committee.
If students are concerned about any aspect of this course we hope they will feel able to talk tothe Course Co-ordinator, but if they feel this is not appropriate, they should the AcademicAdministrator (Judy Medrington), or the Chair of Teaching Committee (Dr. Katherine Wright).
ESSAYS – GROUP A: PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY
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A1. History of palaeoanthropology. Write a synthesis of the history of interpretation of human evolution, focusing on a specific time period of your choice (e.g. late C19 / early C20). (N.B. If you ch 8 items
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Theories of human evolution: a century of debate, 1844-1944 - c19860801832586
Book (Anthrop: B 30 BOW; History of Science: RG 5 BOW)
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Human uniqueness and theoretical content in paleoanthropology - 1990-6
Article
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The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex - , , 1888
Book (For reprints see: History of Science: RG 4 DAR)
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Debating humankind's place in nature, 1860-2000: the nature of paleoanthropology - c20070131773909
Book (Arch: BB 1 DEL)
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The antiquity of man - 1915
Book (Order from Library Stores)
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Bones of contention: controversies in the search for human origins - c1987067152688x
Book
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Missing links: the hunt for earliest man - 19810002160919
Book
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Paleoanthropology: The last half-century - 2000
Article
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A2. Adaptation and primate evolution. Review and evaluate the methods for studying adaptation in the primate fossil record, focusing your discussion on one of the major primate radiations. 10 items
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Useful references: 10 items
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Human uniqueness and theoretical content in paleoanthropology - 1990-6
Article
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Primate adaptation and evolution - c19980122603419
Book (Anthrop: B 34 FLE)
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The primate fossil record - 20020521663156
Book (Anthrop: B 40 HAR)
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Primate origins and evolution: a phylogenetic reconstruction - , c1990069108565x,069108565X
Book (Anthrop: B 34 MAR)
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Reconstructing behavior in the primate fossil record - c2002030646604x
Book (Anthrop: B 34 RAV)
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Primate origins: adaptations and evolution - , c2007
Book E Book
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Adaptation - , c19960125964218,012596420X
Book (Anthrop: B 34 FLO)
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Anthropoid origins: new visions - , c20040306481200
Book
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Primate Evolution and the Environment - 2007
Article
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Adaptation and natural selection: a critique of some current evolutionary thought - c19660691079005
Book (Science: Issue Desk WIL; Zoology: 22 e WIL)
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A3. Hominin dispersals. Discuss the biogeographic history of the hominin clade, focusing on possible reasons behind the major dispersal events. 9 items
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EARLY DISPERSALS OF FROM AFRICA - , 10/2004
Article
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Article pp. 84-107. (Arch: BC 120 PET)
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An Asian perspective on early human dispersal from Africa - , 22/12/2005
Article
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The Homo floresiensis cranium (LB1): Size, scaling, and early Homo affinities - , , 25/03/2008
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'Out of Africa': an investigation into the earliest occupation of the Old World - 20041841716049
Book (Arch: Issue Desk LAN; BB 1 LAN Qto)
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A fourth hominin skull from Dmanisi, Georgia - , , , 11/2006
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A4. Neanderthals and Modern Humans. Synthesise what we know of the evolution and biology of Neanderthals and modern humans, focusing on the possible causes for the apparent demise of Neanderthals and 9 items
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Neanderthal contraction and modern human colonization of Europe - , 2000
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The Neanderthal legacy: an archaeological perspective from western Europe - 1996
Book E-book
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Modern Human Origins: Progress and Prospects - 2002
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The Neanderthal-H. sapiens interface in Eurasia - 20041402051204,9781402051203
Chapter (Arch: BB 1 HAR)
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Neandertals and moderns mixed, and it matters - 24/10/2006
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A5. Hominin adaptations. Discuss the development and significance of the bipedal locomotor adaptation in human evolution. 7 items
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Terrestriality, bipedalism and the origin of language - 19960197261647
Chapter (Arch: TC 1424; Anthrop: B 36 RUN)
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Endurance running and the evolution of Homo - , 18/11/2004
Article
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The evolution of human bipedality: ecology and functional morphology - 1994-3
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The primate semicircular canal system and locomotion - , , , 26/06/2007
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The obstetric pelvis of A.L. 288-1 (Lucy) - , 1986-5
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B1. Changing paradigms in the history of Palaeolithic archaeology. Review the history of research and theoretical agendas on the study of the earliest paleoanthropological sites from Africa OR Asia. ( 10 items
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In the footsteps of Eve: the mystery of human origins - , , c20000792277287,0792276825,9780792277286
Book (Arch: BB 1 BER; Anthrop: B 34 BER)
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A Personal Memoir - 19900852550200
Chapter (Arch: DC 100 ROB; Issue Desk ROB 4)
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From Sangiran to Olduvai, 1937-1960: The quest for 'centres' of hominid origins in Asia and Africa - 20019053564640
Chapter pp. 45-66. (Arch: BB1 Qto COR)
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Archaeology in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1800-1960 - 1985
Article
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Hominids, Pebble Tools and the African Villafranchian - 06/1954
Article
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Unveiling man's origins: ten decades of thought about human evolution - , 19700416147003
Book (Arch: BB 1 LEA)
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Bones of contention: controversies in the search for human origins - c1987067152688x
Book (Arch: BB 1 LEW)
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The wisdom of the bones: in search of human origins - , 19960297816705,0679426248
Book (Arch: BB 1 WAL)
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B2. Evolution of diet 10 itemsReview and critique the various lines of evidence for the evolution of hominin diet prior to the emergence of modern humans. Discuss the potential importance of plant versus animal foodsand the impact of the development of cooking.
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Hunting, power scavenging, and butchering by Hadza foragers and by Plio- Pleistocene Homo - 20010195131398
Chapter pp. 199-218. (Arch: BB 1 STA; Issue Desk STA 3)
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Neandertal hunting and meat-processing in the Near East - , 20010195131398
Chapter pp. 52-72. (Arch: BB 1 STA; Issue Desk STA 3)
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Diet and the evolution of the earliest human ancestors - , 05/12/2000
Article pp. 167-190. (particularly chapters by Bunn, Blumenschine) (Arch: Issue Desk UNG; BB 1 UNG)
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Evolution of the human diet: the known, the unknown, and the unknowable - 20070195183460,0195183479,9780195183467,9780195183474
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The Raw and the Stolen: Cooking and the Ecology of Human Origins - , , , 12/1999
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B3. Earliest technology. 8 itemsUsing all evidence you find relevant (fossil, lithic, environmental, etc.) assess the nature ofvariation in the Oldowan Industry (2.6-1.5 Ma). Is it essentially uniform across time and space,or is there meaningful evidence of chronological and/or regional variation? Does the recordimply the presence of more than one tool-making species or "culture" in the Oldowan, and arehow valid are named variants like the "pre-Oldowan", "Developed Oldowan" and "KarariIndustry"?
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Towards a technological reassessment of East African pliopleistocene lithic assemblages - , 19980415117631
Chapter pp. 84-107. (Arch: BC 120 PET)
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The Oldowan: case studies into the earliest Stone Age - , c20060979227607,9780979227608
Book pp. 3-42. (Arch: TC 3531; DCD Qto TOT)
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Raw material selectivity of the earliest stone toolmakers at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia - , , , 2005-4
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Omo Revisited: Evaluating the Technological Skills of Pliocene Hominids - 08/2004
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The oldowan reassessed: A close look at early stone artifacts - 1985-3
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B4. Origin of Modern Humans 9 itemsThe origin of modern humans is a major area of current interest in human evolutionary studies,with many important new contributions in recent years. How do archaeologists define andidentify "behavioural modernity" and what does the most current evidence indicate regardingthe potential cause(s), nature, timing, and location of its emergence? What is the importance ofarchaeological evidence in relation to fossil and genetic evidence in understanding modernhuman origins?
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Origins and revolutions: human identity in earliest prehistory - 20070521860024,0521677491,9780521860024,9780521677493
Book (chapter 2) (Arch: BC 140 GAM; Issue Desk GAM 3)
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The Origin of Modern Human Behavior - 2003
Article
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Rethinking the human revolution: new behavioural and biological perspectives on the origin and dispersal of modern humans - c20071902937465,9781902937465
Book (Arch: BB 1 MEL; Issue Desk MEL 14)
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The prehistory of the mind: a search for the origins of art, religion and science - 19960500050813
Book (chapters 8-10). (Arch: BB 1 MIT; Issue Desk MIT 3)
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Modern human origins: progress and prospects - 29/04/2002
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B5. Taphonomy and site formation processes. 10 itemsInterpreting the hominin activity areas uncovered in Palaeolithic excavations requires a detailed understanding of the taphonomic and diagenetic processes which may have occurred since site abandonment. With reference to sites from the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic, evaluate the methods used in unravelling site formation processes and reconstructing activity areas.
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Book (Arch: DAA 410 S.4. AND)
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Taphonomy and experimentation - 08/2002
Article
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Site formation processes in Kebara and Hayonim Caves and their significance in Levantine prehistoric caves - , 19980306459248
Chapter (Arch: BC 120 AKA; Issue Desk AKA)
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Neanderthals in the Levant: behavioral organization and the beginnings of human modernity - 20030826458033
Book (chapters 8-9) (Arch: DBA 100 HEN)
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Breathing life into fossils: taphonomic studies in honor of C.K. (Bob) Brain - , , , c20070979227615,9780979227615
Book
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Modeling the formation of Early Stone Age artifact concentrations - 11/1987
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