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Akrotiri Aetokremnos
archaeological methodology
Author_Alan H Simmons
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Chipped Stone
Chipped Stone Artifacts
Chipped Stone Assemblage
Dwarf Elephants
earliest
early
early human maritime migration
Early Neolithic
Early Seafarers
Early Seafaring
East Timor
Epipaleolithic Sites
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Homo Sapiens Sapiens
human dispersal studies
insular faunal adaptation
islands
lithic technology
lower
Lower Paleolithic
Lower Paleolithic Materials
mediterranean
Mediterranean Islands
middle
Middle Paleolithic
Mis
paleolithic
Paleolithic Materials
Paleolithic Sites
pre-Neolithic Occupation
pre-Neolithic Sites
prehistoric navigation
Pygmy Hippo
Quaternary extinction
Radiocarbon Determinations
seafarers
seafaring
Thumbnail Scrapers
UPPER PALEOLITHIC
Younger Dryas
Product details
- ISBN 9781611321142
- Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Apr 2014
- Publisher: Left Coast Press Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Over the past decade, evidence has been mounting that our ancestors developed skills to sail across large bodies of water early in prehistory. In this fascinating volume, Alan Simmons summarizes and synthesizes the evidence for prehistoric seafaring and island habitation worldwide, then focuses on the Mediterranean. Recent work in Melos, Crete, and elsewhere-- as well as Simmons’ own work in Cyprus-- demonstrate that long-distance sailing is a common Paleolithic phenomenon. His comprehensive presentation of the key evidence and findings will be of interest to both those interested in prehistory and those interested in ancient seafaring.
Alan H. Simmons is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA. He has excavated extensively in Cyprus, in the Middle East, and in the American Southwest, including heading a long-term project at the prehistoric site of Akrotiri Aetokremnos on Cyprus. Simmons is author of half a dozen books and over 150 research papers and reports on the prehistory of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. His book The Neolithic Revolution in the Near East won the G Ernest Wright Book Award of the American Schools for Oriental Research. Katelyn Benedetto is a graduate student in anthropology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA.
