The Central European Magdalenian Regional Diversity and Internal Variability /

• Main Author: Maier, Andreas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Biodiversity.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Earth Sciences.

This monograph on the Central European Magdalenian aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the archeological record of this period. It sheds new light on five regional groups between the Rhône valley to the west and the Vistula-valley to the east, which existed roughly between 20,000 and 14,000...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to the Central European Magdalenian–Area, Corpus and Major Questions
• Part I: Methodological and Theoretical Framework
• Collecting Data for Large-Scale, Literature-Based Studies
• Theoretical Framework
• Part II: Analyzing the Central European Magdalenian
• Past Research on the Magdalenian and its Current Implications
• Environmental Diversity
• Cultural Diversity and Regional Grouping
• Part III: Interpreting the Central European Magdalenian
• Territories and Land-Use Patterns
• The Recolonization of Central Europe
• Small-World Networks–Backbone of the Magdalenian Society?
• Summary
• Zusammenfassung: (German translation of Chapter 10: Summary)
• Appendix.