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The upper palaeolithic revolution in global perspective: papers in honour of Sir Paul Mellars

The upper palaeolithic revolution in global perspective: papers in honour of Sir Paul Mellars
The upper palaeolithic revolution in global perspective: papers in honour of Sir Paul Mellars
The Palaeolithic is the only period in archaeology that can be studied globally. In the last half century one prehistorian, Sir Paul Mellars, has changed the shape and direction of such studies, adding immeasurably to what we know about humanity's earliest origins and the timing of crucial transitions in the journey. The Upper Palaeolithic Revolution in global perspective is a collection of essays in his honour. Contributions cover both his own area of primary interest (Franco-Cantabria) as well as many other regions of the world, all of which he has considered while writing about the Human Revolution in its wider geographical context. Papers in this volume examine the archaeological record of the Upper Pleistocene from Australia, through eastern and western Asia and Africa to northern Spain and the classical Perigord region of France, a cornerstone region which Mellars has been researching and publishing on since 1965. To papers on chronology, typology, subsistence and social complexity are added historical and theoretical contributions, along with a biography. These illustrate not only Paul Mellars's impact on the current shape and direction of Palaeolithic studies but also how the subject has changed and continues to change.
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Boyle, Katherine
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Boyle, Katherine, Gamble, Clive and Bar-Yosef, Ofer (eds.) (2010) The upper palaeolithic revolution in global perspective: papers in honour of Sir Paul Mellars , Cambridge, GB. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 177pp.

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The Palaeolithic is the only period in archaeology that can be studied globally. In the last half century one prehistorian, Sir Paul Mellars, has changed the shape and direction of such studies, adding immeasurably to what we know about humanity's earliest origins and the timing of crucial transitions in the journey. The Upper Palaeolithic Revolution in global perspective is a collection of essays in his honour. Contributions cover both his own area of primary interest (Franco-Cantabria) as well as many other regions of the world, all of which he has considered while writing about the Human Revolution in its wider geographical context. Papers in this volume examine the archaeological record of the Upper Pleistocene from Australia, through eastern and western Asia and Africa to northern Spain and the classical Perigord region of France, a cornerstone region which Mellars has been researching and publishing on since 1965. To papers on chronology, typology, subsistence and social complexity are added historical and theoretical contributions, along with a biography. These illustrate not only Paul Mellars's impact on the current shape and direction of Palaeolithic studies but also how the subject has changed and continues to change.

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Published date: 2010
Organisations: Archaeology

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Local EPrints ID: 391485
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/391485
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Editor: Katherine Boyle
Editor: Clive Gamble
Editor: Ofer Bar-Yosef

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