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Environment and archeology; an introduction to Pleistocene geography

Title
Environment and archeology; an introduction to Pleistocene geography, by Karl W. Butzer.
Author
Butzer, Karl W.
Publication
Chicago, Aldine Pub. Co. [1964]

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Description
xviii, 524 pages illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
Settlement patterns, colonization of Australia during late Pleistocene.
Subject
  • From 10 thousand to 2 million years ago
  • Prehistoric peoples
  • Paleoclimatology
  • Geology, Stratigraphic > Pleistocene
  • Paleontology > Pleistocene
  • Geology, Stratigraphic
  • Paleontology
  • Pleistocene Geologic Epoch
  • Milieu
  • Vor- und Frühgeschichte
  • Quartair
  • Milieu
  • Australia
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 472-510.
Contents
Introduction: Prehistoric environment, geography, and ecology; Pleistocene stratigraphy; Dating and absolute chronology -- Vegetation, soils, and geomorphology as environmental indices: The zonal concept; Vegetation and climate; Soil processes and soil types; Glacial and periglacial geomorphology; Humid, arid, and tropical geomorphology; Mammalian and human distributions -- Interpretation of Pleistocene sediments: Field and laboratory study of sediments; Stream and lake sediments; Wind-borne and slope sediments; Cave sediments; Coastal phenomena and sea level fluctuations; Geomorphological study of archeological sites -- Contributions of the biological sciences: Palynology and paleobotany; Paleontology and paleotemperatures -- Some Pleistocene environments of the Old World: Mid-latitude Europe during the Late Pleistocene; The Mediterranean region during the Late Pleistocene; The Sahara and eastern Africa during the Late Pleistocene; Some paleoclimatic problems of the interglacials; The climatic changes of the Pleistocene -- Man-land relationships in prehistory: Early subsistence and settlement patterns; Human origins in sub-Saharan Africa; Man-land relationships at the early Paleolithic culture level; The middle Paleolithic Neanderthalers and their environment; Late Paleolithic man-land relationships in Eurasia; Environmental change and cultural adaptation in early postglacial Europe; Agricultural origins in the Near East as geographical problem; The significance of agricultural dispersal into Europe and North Africa; Agricultural settlement and urban origins in the Near Eastern floodplains.
LCCN
  • 64021379
  • x281114993
OCLC
  • ocm00342446
  • 342446
  • SCSB-308784
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library