The British Lower Palaeolithic : Stones in Contention

Author: McNabb, John

Archaeological theory

Published on 27 July 2007 by Taylor & Francis Ltd (Routledge) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 446 pages, 36 Tables, black and white; 93 Halftones, black and white
235 x 157 x 21 | 750g

Taking as its central theme the issue of whether early Hominins organized themselves into societies as we understand them, John McNabb looks at how modern researchers recognize such archaeological cultures. He examines the existence of a stone tool culture called the Clactonian to introduce the multidisciplinary nature of the subject.

In analyzing the various kinds of data archaeologists would use to investigate the existence of a Palaeolithic culture, this book represents the latest research in archaeology, population dispersals, geology, climatology, human palaeontoloty, evolutionary psychology, environmental and biological disciplines and dating techniques, along with many other research methods.