The British Lower Palaeolithic : stones in contention / John McNabb.

Author/creator McNabb, John
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Descriptionxix, 420 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Clactonian culture--Great Britain.
Fossil hominids--Great Britain.
Tools, Prehistoric--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Antiquities.

Contents Strangers in a strange land : the Clactonian problem outlined and defined -- Geological and other frameworks -- The Clactonian sites in their physical context -- Hominin occupation in the Cromerian complex and in the early part of the Anglian glaciation -- Hominin occupation just before, during, and just after marine isotope stage 11 : the Swanscombe interglacial -- Hominin occupation just before, during, and just after marine isotope stage 9 : the Purfleet interglacial -- Hominin occupation just before, during, and just after marine isotope stage 7 : the Aveley interglacial -- The European scene -- The story so far -- A twentieth century child : non-handaxe assemblages from before 1900 to 1950 -- Coming of age in the brave new world : the Clactonian from the 1950s to the present -- The contentious stones -- How well behaved was Homo heidelbergensis?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 377-406) and index.
LCCN 2007006658
ISBN9780415427272 (hbk.)
ISBN0415427274 (hbk.)
ISBN9780415427289 (pbk.)
ISBN0415427282 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks GN 772.2.C53 M36 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold