More Than Meets the Eye: Studies on Upper Palaeolithic Diversity in the Near East

by Anna Belfer-Cohen and A. Nigel Goring-Morris

These twenty-three papers focus on recent research into the Upper Palaeolithic of the Levant, a murky period of human history (ca 45,000 to 20,000 years ago) during which modern patterns of human behaviour and communication became the norm. The vast majority of archaeological data from this period relates to chipped stone tools and most contributors focus on defining and distinguishing the two main traditions in lithic technology - the Levantine 'Aurignacian'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842170821
• ISBN13: 9781842170823
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.1" x 11.9"