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Desolate landscapes: Ice-Age settlement in Eastern Europe
John F. Hoffecker
Year: 2003, c2002.
Publisher:  Rutgers University Press. 
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table of contents
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
A-H
I-O
P-Z
About the Author
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Title: Desolate landscapes : Ice-Age settlement in Eastern Europe John F. Hoffecker.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2003, c2002.
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Subject Headings: • Neanderthals -- Europe, Eastern
• Prehistoric peoples -- Europe, Eastern
• Human evolution
• Human beings -- Effect of climate on
• Europe, Eastern -- Antiquities
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