The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe

By Clive Gamble

Book Overview

Palaeolithic societies have been a neglected topic in the discussion of human origins. But in the past forty years archaeologists have recovered a wealth of information from Palaeolithic sites throughout the European continent that reveal many illuminating facets of social life over this 500,000-year period. Clive Gamble, introducing a new approach to this material, interrogates the data for information on the scale of social interaction, and the forms of social existence. The result is a reconstruction of ancient human societies, and a fresh perspective on the unique experience of human beings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521658721
• ISBN13: 9780521658720
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.7"