Humanelephant Interactions From Past To Present George E Konidaris by George E. Konidaris, Ran Barkai, Bangelēs Turlukēs, Katerina Harvati 9783947251346, 3947251343 instant download after payment.

In recent decades, a significant number of Pleistocene (ca. 2.6 million
years–10,000 years ago) open-air and cave sites yielding elephant or
mammoth bones in direct association with hominin remains and/or lithic
artifacts have been discovered in Eurasia, Africa and America. Many of
them show strong evidence of acquisition and processing of proboscidean
carcasses by early humans, leading scientists to interpret them as
“elephant butchering sites”. Indeed, proboscidean exploitation by early
Homo has been proposed to have been critical for Palaeolithic human
lifeways, influencing not only their subsistence, but also other aspects
of early human evolution and adaptations. The nature and degree of
interactions between humans and elephants comprises an important field
in palaeoanthropological studies since decades, but many questions
remain still unanswered or partially explored. By bringing together
research papers from the fields of Palaeolithic Archaeology,
Palaeoanthropology, Palaeontology, Zooarchaeology, Geology, Ethnography
and Nutrition Studies, the book systematically covers a diverse array of
perspectives on elephant-human interactions across the world from the
Pleistocene times until today. The volume includes 19 contributions and
is organized into four thematic sections: 1) The Palaeolithic record, 2)
A view of the evidence, 3) Elephants in past human nutrition, and 4)
Ethnography – Human-elephant interactions in recent Africa.
Collectively, the volume not only showcases the current state of
knowledge, but also intends to provoke renewed interest for current and
further research, and build an interdisciplinary and synthetic
understanding of the significance of proboscideans throughout human
evolution.

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