Animal Teeth and Human Tools
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Animal Teeth and Human Tools

A Taphonomic Odyssey in Ice Age Siberia

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
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Animal Teeth and Human Tools

A Taphonomic Odyssey in Ice Age Siberia

About this book

The culmination of more than a decade of fieldwork and related study, this unique book uses analyses of perimortem taphonomy in Ice Age Siberia to propose a new hypothesis for the peopling of the New World. The authors present evidence based on examinations of more than 9000 pieces of human and carnivore bone from 30 late Pleistocene archaeological and palaeontological sites, including cave and open locations, which span more than 2000 miles from the Ob River in the West to the Sea of Japan in the East. The observed bone damage signatures suggest that the conventional prehistory of Siberia needs revision and, in particular, that cave hyenas had a significant influence on the lives of Ice Age Siberians. The findings are supported by more than 250 photographs, which illustrate the bone damage described and provide a valuable insight into the context and landscape of the fieldwork for those unfamiliar with Siberia.

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Yes, you can access Animal Teeth and Human Tools by Christy G. Turner II,Nicolai D. Ovodov,Olga V. Pavlova in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Physical Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Note on photograph identifications
  4. 1 What is perimortem taphonomy, and why study it in Siberia?
  5. 2 Bone damage and its meaning
  6. 3 The 30 Siberian archaeological and paleontological sites, distributed from the Ob River to the Sea of Japan
  7. 4 Discussion: analyses, comparisons, inferences, and hypotheses
  8. 5 Conclusions for seven questions
  9. Appendix 1 Tables
  10. Appendix 2 Scientific names for Siberian Pleistocene species identified in one or more of the 30 faunal assemblages
  11. Appendix 3 Listvenka
  12. References
  13. Index