Humans at the End of the Ice Age: The Archaeology of the Pleistocene—Holocene Transition

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The World at the End of the Last Ice Age....Pages 3-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-13
At the Transition....Pages 15-41
Plus Ça Change....Pages 43-60
The Impact of Late Pleistocene—Early Holocene Climatic Changes on Humans in Southwest Asia....Pages 61-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-81
The Archaeology of the Pleistocene—Holocene Transition in Southwest Europe....Pages 83-99
Resource Exploitation, Subsistence Strategies, and Adaptiveness in Late Pleistocene—Early Holocene Northwest Europe....Pages 101-128
The North European Plain and Eastern Sub-Balticum between 12, 700 and 8,000 bp ....Pages 129-157
The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition on the East European Plain....Pages 159-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-174
The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition in Greater Australia....Pages 175-199
Human Activities and Environmental Changes during the Late Pleistocene to Middle Holocene in Southern Thailand and Southeast Asia....Pages 201-213
The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition in Japan and Adjacent Northeast Asia....Pages 215-227
Siberia in the Late Glacial and Early Postglacial....Pages 229-242
Front Matter....Pages 243-253
Human Adaptation at the Pleistocene—Holocene Boundary (circa 13,000 to 8,000 bp ) in Eastern Beringia....Pages 255-276
The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition along the Pacific Coast of North America....Pages 277-301
The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition on the Plains and Rocky Mountains of North America....Pages 303-318
The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition in the Eastern United States....Pages 319-338
The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition in Southern South America....Pages 339-354
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
Surprises, Recurring Themes, and New Questions in the Study of the Late Glacial and Early Postglacial....Pages 357-363
Back Matter....Pages 365-380