Research Catalog

Title

• The people of Palomas : Neandertals from the Sima de las Palomas del Cabezo Gordo, southeastern Spain / edited by Erik Trinkaus and Michael J. Walker.

Publication

College Station, Texas : Texas A&M University Press, [2017]

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Additional Authors

• Trinkaus, Erik
• Trinkaus, Erik.
• Walker, Michael J.

Description

viii, 278 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map; 29 cm.

Summary

"The Neandertal site at Sima de las Palomas del Cabezo Gordo, located in Murcia in southeastern Spain, is unique in several respects. Its most important contribution to the field of study, however, may be the fact that it consists of the remains of multiple individuals, adding appreciable breadth to the available data for a greater understanding of Neandertals. Further, its location in the Iberian Peninsula south of the Pyrenees suggests potential for studying a population that may have been somewhat isolated from contemporaneous groups of early humans. This comprehensive analysis represents the first detailed overview of the human fossil assemblage found at the Sima de las Palomas site. While scientific discussion continues regarding the precise impact of Neandertals upon modern human physiology and biology, The People of Palomas adds significantly to our knowledge of the human fossil record of the Late Pleistocene."--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

• Texas A&M University anthropology series ; number nineteen

Uniform Title

• Project Muse UPCC books
• Texas A & M University anthropology series no. 19.

Subject

• Antiquities, Prehistoric > Murcia (Region)
• Body Remains
• Dental anthropology
• Human growth
• Murcia (Spain : Region) > Antiquities
• Neanderthals
• Neanderthals > Murcia (Region)
• Paleodontology > methods
• Prehistoric peoples > Murcia (Region)
• Spain
• Teeth > Growth

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-272) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: The Neandertals from the Sima de las Palomas / Erik Trinkaus and Michael J. Walker -- The context of the Sima de las Palomas Neandertals / Michael J. Walker, Mariano V. López, Maria Haber, and Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas Neandertal sample / Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas cranial remains / Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas mandibles / Erik Trinkaus, Josefina Zapata, Priscilla Bayle, Katharine A. Robson Brown, Miguel Alcaraz, A. Vincent Lombardi, and Michael J. Walker -- The Palomas dental remains: preservation, wear, and morphology / Josefina Zapata, Priscilla Bayle, A. Vincent Lombardi, Alejandro Pérez-Pérez, and Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas dental remains: size and proportions / Beatriz Pinilla and Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas dental remains: shape morphometrics / Beatriz Pinilla -- The Palomas dental remains: enamel thickness and tissue proportions / Priscilla Bayle, Mona le Luyer, and Katharine A. Robson Brown -- The Palomas dental remains: postcanine wear / Beatriz Pinilla, Alejandro Romero, and Alejandro Pérez-Pérez -- The Palomas dental remains: nonmasticatory wear / John C. Willman -- The Palomas oral paleopathology and stress indicators / Sarah A. Lacy, Josefina Zapata, A. Vincent Lombardi, John C. Willman, and Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas postcrania / Erik Trinkaus, Katharine A. Robson Brown, Jon Ortega, and Klára Karaková -- The Palomas body size and proportions / Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas mortality patterns / Erik Trinkaus -- The people of Palomas / Erik Trinkaus -- References -- Contributors -- Index.

ISBN

• 9781623494797
• 1623494796
• 9781623494803 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2016039265

OCLC

957705106

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library