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Desolate landscapes: Ice-Age settlement in Eastern Europe

John F. Hoffecker 2003, c2002 © Rutgers University Press
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright and Permissions
  • Dedication
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Foreword by Richard G. Klein
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Note on Citation Style
  • Chapter 1 Human Evolutionary Ecology and Eastern Europe
    • The Great Leap: An East European Perspective
    • Human Evolutionary Ecology in Northern Environments
      • Principles of Evolutionary Ecology
      • Human Ecology in Northern Environments
    • Human Ecology and Symbols
  • Chapter 2 Environmental Setting
    • Modern Landscape and Climate
    • Pleistocene Stratigraphic Framework and Paleolithic Sites in Eastern Europe
    • Reconstructing Pleistocene Environments in Eastern Europe
    • Middle and Late Pleistocene Stratigraphy and Landscapes
      • [Intro]
      • Middle Pleistocene (OIS 19-6)
      • Last Interglacial and Early Glacial (OIS 5)
      • Pleniglacial (OIS 4-2)
    • Landscape and Paleoanthropology in Eastern Europe
  • Chapter 3 Middle Pleistocene Settlement
    • [Intro]
    • Hominid Colonization of Northern Latitudes
    • The Problem of East European Colonization
    • Middle Pleistocene Sites in Eastern Europe
      • [Intro]
      • Early Middle Pleistocene Sites (OIS 19-9)
      • Late Middle Pleistocene Sites (OIS 8-6)
    • Conclusions: Middle Pleistocene Settlement in Eastern Europe
  • Chapter 4 Neanderthal Adaptations
    • [Intro]
    • Neanderthal Evolution and Adaptation
      • Neanderthal Origins
      • Neanderthal Morphology
      • Neanderthal Behavior and Ecology
    • Neanderthal Sites in Eastern Europe
      • [Intro]
      • General Patterns of Settlement
      • East European Plain: Southwest Region
      • East European Plain: Central Region
      • East European Plain: Southern Region
      • Crimea
      • Northern Caucasus
    • East European Neanderthals: Skeletal Morphology
    • Lithic Technology and Tools
      • [Intro]
      • Lithic Technology
      • Stone Tools and Their Uses
    • Other Aspects of Technology
    • Diet and Foraging Strategy
      • [Intro]
      • East European Plain
      • Crimea and Northern Caucasus
    • Neanderthal Socioecology
      • [Intro]
      • Symbols and Language
      • Occupation Floors and Site Structure
    • Neanderthal Adaptation in Eastern Europe: Summary and Conclusions
  • Chapter 5 The Transition to Modern Humans
    • [Intro]
    • Origins and Dispersal of Modern Humans
    • Early Modern Human Sites in Eastern Europe
      • [Intro]
      • East European Plain: Southwest Region
      • East European Plain: Central and Northern Regions
      • Crimea and Northern Caucasus
    • Early Modern Humans of Eastern Europe: Skeletal Morphology
    • Modern Human Technology and the Early Upper Paleolithic of Eastern Europe
      • [Intro]
      • East European Plain: Southwest Region
      • East European Plain: Central and Northern Regions
      • Crimea and Northern Caucasus
    • Ornaments and Art in the Early Upper Paleolithic
    • Diet and Foraging Patterns
      • [Intro]
      • Analysis of Faunal Remains in Archaeological Sites
      • Intersite Patterning and Transport of Raw Materials
    • Early Upper Paleolithic Socioecology
    • The Transition to Modern Humans in Eastern Europe: Summary and Conclusions
  • Chapter 6 People of the Loess Steppe
    • [Intro]
    • Modern Humans during the Last Glacial Maximum
    • Last Glacial Maximum Sites in Eastern Europe
      • [Intro]
      • East European Plain: Southwest Region
      • East European Plain: Central Region
      • East European Plain: Southern Region
      • Crimea and Northern Caucasus
    • Skeletal Remains in Late Upper Paleolithic Sites
    • Technology in the Late Upper Paleolithic
      • [Intro]
      • Early Last Glacial Maximum: Eastern Gravettian
      • Late Last Glacial Maximum and Late Glacial: Epigravettian
    • Ornaments and Art in the Late Upper Paleolithic
    • Diet and Foraging during the Last Glacial Maximum
      • [Intro]
      • East European Plain: Southwest Region
      • East European Plain: Central Region
      • Southern Plain, Crimea, and Northern Caucasus
    • Late Upper Paleolithic Socioecology
  • Chapter 7 Retrospective
  • Text Boxes
    • Text Box 1: The Productivity Paradox of the Loess-Steppe and Human Ecology
    • Text Box 2: Measuring Technological Complexity among the Neanderthals
    • Text Box 3: Modern Humans, Symbols, and a Revolution in Technological Ability
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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Mean annual temperature and brachial index in selected modern populations, illustrating the trend toward shorter distal limb segments in colder environments

Figure 1.1. Mean annual temperature and brachial index in selected modern populations, illustrating the trend toward shorter distal limb segments in colder environments

(based on data in Kelly 1995, 67-69, table 3.1)

Effective temperature and the percentage of meat and fish in the diet among recent hunter-gatherers

Figure 1.2. Effective temperature and the percentage of meat and fish in the diet among recent hunter-gatherers

(modified after Kelly 1995, 128, figure 4.7)

Effective temperature and average distance of residential moves among recent hunter-gatherers with low dependence (≤20 percent) on aquatic foods

Figure 1.3. Effective temperature and average distance of residential moves among recent hunter-gatherers with low dependence (≤20 percent) on aquatic foods

(redrawn from Kelly 1995, 131, figure 4.8)

Contribution of hunting to diet and territory size (log square km) among recent hunter-gatherers

Figure 1.4. Contribution of hunting to diet and territory size (log square km) among recent hunter-gatherers

(based on data in Oswalt 1976, 173, table 9.1)

Effective temperature and technological complexity (measured in total "technounits" for food-getting technology) among selected recent hunter-gatherers

Figure 1.5. Effective temperature and technological complexity (measured in total "technounits" for food-getting technology) among selected recent hunter-gatherers

Patterns of adaptation to northern environments among recent hunter-gatherers

Patterns of adaptation to northern environments among recent hunter-gatherers

Figure 1.6. Patterns of adaptation to northern environments among recent hunter-gatherers

Map of Eastern Europe, illustrating modern political boundaries and major geographic features

Map of Eastern Europe, illustrating modern political boundaries and major geographic features

Figure 2.1. Map of Eastern Europe, illustrating modern political boundaries and major geographic features

(based on data from the New Oxford Atlas 1978, 98)

Temperature in northern Eurasia expressed as number of days per year with temperatures above 0 degrees C

Figure 2.2. Temperature in northern Eurasia expressed as number of days per year with temperatures above 0 degrees C

Oxygen-isotope stages and East European loess-soil stratigraphy

Oxygen-isotope stages and East European loess-soil stratigraphy

Figure 2.3. Oxygen-isotope stages and East European loess-soil stratigraphy

(redrawn from Ivanova 1977, 154, fig 12)

Paleolithic open-air site buried in loess-derived colluvium: Korman' IV in the Middle Dnestr Valley

Figure 2.4. Paleolithic open-air site buried in loess-derived colluvium: Korman' IV in the Middle Dnestr Valley

(redrawn from Velichko 1990, 106, fig 2)

Late Pleistocene loess and buried soil profiles for the East European Plain

Figure 2.5. Late Pleistocene loess and buried soil profiles for the East European Plain

(redrawn from Grichuk 1984, 170-171, fig 17.10)

Environments of the Last Interglacial climatic optimum (OIS 5e)

Figure 2.6. Environments of the Last Interglacial climatic optimum (OIS 5e)

(redrawn from Grichuk 1984, 176-177, fig 17.14)

Environments of the Last Glacial Maximum (OIS 2)

Figure 2.7. Environments of the Last Glacial Maximum (OIS 2)

Map of Middle Pleistocene sites in Eastern Europe

Map of Middle Pleistocene sites in Eastern Europe

Figure 3.1. Map of Middle Pleistocene sites in Eastern Europe

Treugol'naya Cave

Treugol'naya Cave

Figure 3.2. Treugol'naya Cave

(modified from Doronichev 1992, fig. 5)

Stone artifacts recovered from Treugol'naya Cave in the Northern Caucasus

Figure 3.3. Stone artifacts recovered from Treugol'naya Cave in the Northern Caucasus

(modified from Praslov 1968, 25, fig. 4 and 41, fig. 13)

Stratigraphy of Mikhailovskoe (left) and Khryashchi localities on the Northern Donets River

Figure 3.4. Stratigraphy of Mikhailovskoe (left) and Khryashchi localities on the Northern Donets River

(modified from Praslov 1968, 45, fig. 14)

Flake cores recovered from the lower buried soil at Mikhailovskoe on the Northern Donets River

Figure 3.5. Flake cores recovered from the lower buried soil at Mikhailovskoe on the Northern Donets River

Map of Late Pleistocene Mousterian sites in Eastern Europe

Map of Late Pleistocene Mousterian sites in Eastern Europe

Figure 4.1. Map of Late Pleistocene Mousterian sites in Eastern Europe

(after Ivanova 1959, 229, fig. 5)

Topographic setting of Mousterian sites in the Middle Dnestr Valley

Figure 4.2. Topographic setting of Mousterian sites in the Middle Dnestr Valley

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