Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Butzer, Karl W.
2. Isaac, Glynn Llewelyn, 1937-
3. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
4. Congrès international des sciences anthropologiques et ethnologiques, 9th, Chicago, 1973.

Description

1. xv, 911 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Series statement

1. World anthropology

Uniform title

1. World anthropology

Subject

1. From 10 thousand to 2 million years ago
2. Geology, Stratigraphic > Pleistocene
3. Paleontology > Pleistocene
4. Animal behavior
5. Paleontology
6. Paleolithic period > Congresses
7. Human evolution > Congresses
8. Geology, Stratigraphic > Pleistocene > Congresses
9. Ethology
10. Paleontology
11. paleontology
12. Paleolithic period
13. Human evolution
14. Animal behavior
15. Geology, Stratigraphic
16. Pleistocene Geologic Epoch
17. Pleistozän
18. Stratigraphie
19. Ökologie
20. Hominisation
21. Kulturwandel

Genre/Form

1. Congress
2. proceedings (reports)
3. Conference papers and proceedings
4. Conference papers and proceedings.
5. Actes de congrès.

Contents

1. The stratigraphic record of deep-sea cores and its implications for the assessment of glacials, interglacials, stadials, and interstadials in the mid-Pleistocene / N.J. Shackleton -- Pleistocene littoral-sedimentary cycles of the Mediterranean Basin : a Mallorquin view / K.W. Butzer -- The contribution of the Volcanic Massif Central of France to European quaternary chronology / P. Bout -- Loess stratigraphy of central Europe / G.J. Kukla -- The mid-Pleistocene of the Rhine Basin / K. Brunnacker -- Middle Pleistocene sedimentary sequences in East Anglia (United Kingdom) / B.G. Gladfelter -- The correlation and duration of Middle Pleistocene interglacial periods in northwest Europe / C. Turner.
2. The macro-fauna of continental Europe during the Middle Pleistocene : stratigraphic sequence and problems of intercorrelation / H.D. Kahlke -- Mid-Pleistocene microfaunas of continental Europe and adjoining areas / D. Jánossy -- The mammalian faunas and hominid fossils of the Middle Pleistocene of the Maghreb / J.-J. Jaeger -- Pleistocene faunal evolution in Africa and Eurasia / V.J. Maglio -- Cultural patterns in the Olduvai sequence / M.D. Leakey -- Stratigraphy and cultural patterns in East Africa during the middle ranges of Pleistocene time / G. Ll. Isaac -- Demography, subsistence, and culture during the Acheluian in southern Africa / H.J. Deacon.
3. Archeological occurrences in the Middle Pleistocene of Israel / O. Bar-Yosef -- A comparison of the late Archeulian industries of Africa and the Middle East / J.D. Clark -- Acheulian sites and stratigraphy in Iberia and the Maghreb / L.G. Freeman -- Cultural evolution in France and its paleoecological setting during the Middle Pleistocene / H. de Lumley -- Middle Pleistocene hominids / D.R. Pilbeam -- Geological and ecological perspectives on the Middle Pleistocene / K. W. Butzer -- Sorting out the the muddle in the middle : an anthropologist's post-conference appraisal / G. Ll. Isaac.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Papers resulting from a Wenner-Gren conference at Burg Wartenstein.
2. Proceedings of a Burg Warnstein symposium sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and reported to the IXth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographies.