Site-internal spatial organization of hunter-gatherer societies

Case Studies from the European Palaeolithic and Mesolithic. Papers Submitted at the Session (C58) "Come in - and Find Out: Opening a New Door Into the Analysis of Hunter-gatherer Social Organisation and Behaviour", held at the 15th U.I.S.P.P. Conference in Lisbon, September 2006. Edited by Sabine Gaudzinsk-Windheuser, Olaf Jöris, Martina Sensburg, Martin Street & Elaine Turner. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Forschungsinstitut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte/International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences.

14 papers provide a review of the current state of research into the spatial analysis of western Eurasian Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites. Covering a broad temporal and geographical range, these studies reflect the enormous variety of spatial evidence preserved in the archaeological records of these periods. The studies also demonstrate that the use of differing emphasis on temporal depth and varying degress of resolution con contribute to patterns not only within the overall site context, but also enable us to reconstruct activities down to the level of the individual person. VI,276 Seiten mit 18 Tab., 19 Farb- und 148 s/w-Abb., Großformat, broschiert (RGZM-Tagungen; Band 12/Schnell + Steiner/Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums 2011)