TY - BOOK AU - Morin,Eugène TI - Reassessing paleolithic subsistence: the Neandertal and modern human foragers of Saint-Césaire SN - 9781139150972 AV - GN772.22.F7 M655 2012 U1 - 569.9/8609364 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Paleolithic period KW - France KW - Saint-Césaire Rockshelter KW - Neanderthals KW - Animal remains (Archaeology) KW - Hunting and gathering societies KW - Hunting, Prehistoric KW - Homme de Néanderthal KW - Saint-Césaire, Abri-sous-roche de KW - Chasseurs-cueilleurs KW - Chasse préhistorique KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Archaeology KW - bisacsh KW - NATURE KW - Fossils KW - fast KW - Saint-Césaire Rockshelter (France) KW - Saint-Césaire, Abri-sous-roche de (France) KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The research problem -- Human origins and the problem of Neandertals -- Foraging theory and the archaeological record -- Saint-Césaire -- The fauna -- Taphonomy -- Seasonality -- Transport decisions and currency analysis -- Testing the hypotheses -- Diet breadth at the regional level -- An alternative look at the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition N2 - "In the field of human evolution, few subjects have generated as much controversy as the fate of the Neandertals. Most debates have centered on the problem of their affiliation with early modern humans. This book examines the hypothesis that Neandertals and early modern humans differed in terms of subsistance. To assess this hypothesis, the analysis focuses on animal bones accumulated by these groups at Saint-Cesaire, a collapsed cave in western France. The faunal evidence suggests that Neandertals and early modern humans exploited a similar range of game species"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=439012 ER -