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The Palaeolithic Settlement of Europe.

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1988

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A major new survey of prehistoric hunter‑gatherer societies in Europe reviews the latest data and interpretations for scientific research. Dr Gamble presents an imaginative yet comprehensive framework of Europe’s oldest societies.

Abstract

A major new survey of the prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies of Europe, this book reviews the newest information and interpretations for scientific research. Palaeolithic studies are at an exciting point of transition. The explosion in ethno-archaeological studies has fundamentally challenged our models and interpretations amongst all classes of data and at all spatial scales of analysis. Furthermore the traditional concerns of dating and quaternary studies have also passed through their own revolutions and palaeolithic archaeology is the direct beneficiary. Dr Gamble presents in an imaginative but comprehensive framework our changing perspectives of Europe's oldest societies.