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Argonauts of the Stone Age : Early Maritime Activitiy From The First Migrations From Africa to the End of the Neolithic /

By: Language: English Publication details: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing ; 2015.Description: viii, 253 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781784911430
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN772.25, P93 2015
Contents:
1. Lower Palaeolithic Seafarers – The Oldest Evidence of Migration and Sea-Crossing – 2. Middle Palaeolithic Seafarers – The Neanderthal and the Sea – 3. Upper and Final Palaeolithic Seafarers – The Expansion of Modern Humans – 4. Maritime Activity of Mesolithic Communities in Northern Europe – 5. Neolithic Voyagers – Farmers of the Sea – 6. Early Forms of Water Transport.
Summary: This is an important book. Too often in the past archaeologists have ignored or underestimated sea travel in early prehistory but the evidence has been growing and now it is presented to us in full in this thought provoking study. No longer can those interested in the human achievement neglect to take into account the astonishing achievements of our palaeolithic, mesolithic and neolithic ancestors.
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Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library GN772.25, P995 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 10688

Includes bibliographic references.

1. Lower Palaeolithic Seafarers – The Oldest Evidence of Migration and Sea-Crossing – 2. Middle Palaeolithic Seafarers – The Neanderthal and the Sea – 3. Upper and Final Palaeolithic Seafarers – The Expansion of Modern Humans – 4. Maritime Activity of Mesolithic Communities in Northern Europe – 5. Neolithic Voyagers – Farmers of the Sea – 6. Early Forms of Water Transport.

This is an important book. Too often in the past archaeologists have ignored or underestimated sea travel in early prehistory but the evidence has been growing and now it is presented to us in full in this thought provoking study. No longer can those interested in the human achievement neglect to take into account the astonishing achievements of our palaeolithic, mesolithic and neolithic ancestors.

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