The Middle And Upper Paleolithic Archeology Of The Levant And Beyond (replacement Of Neanderthals By Modern Humans Series)
by Takeru Akazawa /
2017 / English / PDF
40.2 MB Download
This volume is a compilation of results from sessions of the Second
International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by
Modern Humans, which took place between November 30 and December 6,
2014, in Hokkaido, Japan. Similar to the first conference held in
2012 in Tokyo, the 2014 conference (RNMH2014) aimed to compile the
results of the latest multidisciplinary approaches investigating
the issues surrounding the replacement of Neanderthals by modern
humans. The results of the sessions, supplemented by off-site
contributions, center on the archeology of the Middle and Upper
Paleolithic of the Levant and beyond. The first part of this volume
presents recent findings from the Levant, while the second part
focuses on the neighboring regions, namely, the Caucasus, the
Zagros, and South Asia. The 13 chapters in this
volume highlight the distinct nature of the cultural
occurrences during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods of the
Levant, displaying a continuous development as well as a
combination of lithic traditions that may have originated in
different regions. This syncretism, which is an unusual occurrence
in the regions discussed in this volume, reinforces the importance
of the Levant as a region for interpreting the RNMH phenomenon in
West Asia.
This volume is a compilation of results from sessions of the Second
International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by
Modern Humans, which took place between November 30 and December 6,
2014, in Hokkaido, Japan. Similar to the first conference held in
2012 in Tokyo, the 2014 conference (RNMH2014) aimed to compile the
results of the latest multidisciplinary approaches investigating
the issues surrounding the replacement of Neanderthals by modern
humans. The results of the sessions, supplemented by off-site
contributions, center on the archeology of the Middle and Upper
Paleolithic of the Levant and beyond. The first part of this volume
presents recent findings from the Levant, while the second part
focuses on the neighboring regions, namely, the Caucasus, the
Zagros, and South Asia. The 13 chapters in this
volume highlight the distinct nature of the cultural
occurrences during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods of the
Levant, displaying a continuous development as well as a
combination of lithic traditions that may have originated in
different regions. This syncretism, which is an unusual occurrence
in the regions discussed in this volume, reinforces the importance
of the Levant as a region for interpreting the RNMH phenomenon in
West Asia.