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Critical issues in European Quaternary Biostratigraphy

The papers presented here form the Special Issue of Quaternary Science Reviews on European Quaternary Biostratigraphy. New and testable frameworks for the subdivision of Pleistocene time are proposed, based upon the evidence from three fossil groups that have a long history of biostratigraphical application in Europe, namely pollen, molluscs and mammals. In addition, the potential biostratigraphical value of beetles, chironomids, ostracods and testate amoebae is explored. The diverse lines of fossil evidence are consistent with a more complex chronology than previously envisaged for the Pleistocene and underline the need for future multiproxy studies, underpinned by a sound lithostratigraphy and consistent numerical dating.

The mammalian faunas of Pakefield/Kessingland and Corton, Suffolk, UK: evidence for a new temperate episode in the British early Middle Pleistocene

It has been recognised for some time that early Middle Pleistocene mammal faunas in Britain can be divided into an earlier group with Mimomys savini (e.g. West Runton Freshwater Bed—WRFB), and a later group with Arvicola terrestris cantiana (Boxgrove, Westbury, Ostend), representing two or more temperate/interglacial stages. On the basis of the available early Middle Pleistocene non-marine molluscan faunas, Meijer and Preece (in: C. Turner (Ed.), The Early Middle Pleistocene in Europe, Balkema: Rotterdam, 1996, pp. 53–82.) and Preece (Quaternary Science Reviews 20 (2001)) recognised three biostratigraphic groups, representing at least three temperate stages. These are largely compatible with the vertebrate faunas, but new evidence presented here strongly indicates that Pakefield/Kessingland represents an additional, hitherto unrecognised temperate stage with Mimomys savini, younger than the WRFB but older than Little Oakley, Boxgrove and Westbury.New exposures and finds from the Cromer Forest-bed Formation at Pakefield, Suffolk have prompted a fresh look at the palaeontology of Pakefield/Kessingland and also Corton, which has a similar lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic sequence. The large-mammal fauna (at least in part pollen substage II) includes Hippopotamus sp., Palaeoloxodon antiquus, and Megaloceros dawkinsi—none of which has so far been found in the WRFB—strongly suggesting that the Suffolk sites represent a distinct stage. Further, no records of ‘southern’ European plant, invertebrate or vertebrate taxa have been found in the WRFB, whereas the plants Trapa natans and Salvinia natans—indicating summers warmer than now—are known from Pakefield/Kessingland and Corton, providing corroborative evidence for a stage distinct from the Cromerian s. s.

BURBANK, D. W. & ANDERSON, R. S. 2000. Tectonic Geomorphology. x+274 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Science. Price £52.50 (paperback). ISBN 0 632 04386 5.

Geomorphology, the study of the external form of the Earth, has undergone its own evolutionary transformation in the past 40 years, parallelling and interacting with profound changes effected in geology by plate tectonics. The overlap and cross-fertilization between the two disciplines is nowhere more obvious than in the realm of Quaternary Science and in the definition of the younger interdisciplinary field of Environmental Sciences or, to give a recent bandwagon term, Earth Systems Studies. Whilst many widely-used introductory geology and geomorphology textbooks now give adequate coverage to concepts of traditional geomorphology, they usually fail to capture the breadth of interdisciplinarity required for the successful study of tectonic geomorphology; Burbank & Anderson now provide us with the near-perfect alternative at a …

Integration of ice core, marine and terrestrial records (INTIMATE) from around the North Atlantic region:: an introduction

This paper explains the background to the Integration of ice-core, marine and terrestrial records (INTIMATE) programme of the International Quaternary Union (INQUA) Palaeoclimate Commission. It reviews the aims and objectives of INTIMATE, summarises progress to date, and considers future research priorities and directions. It also provides a context for six research papers in this Special Issue of Quaternary Science Reviews that were presented at the INTIMATE symposium held at the INQUA Congress, Durban, South Africa in August, 1999.

Comment: climatic inferences from glacial and palaeoecological evidence at the last glacial termination, southern South America. R.D. McCulloch, M.J. Bentley, R.S. Purves, N.R.J. Hulton, D.E. Sugden and C.M. Clapperton (2000) (Journal of Quaternary Science, 15, 409–417)

Comment: climatic inferences from glacial and palaeoecological evidence at the last glacial termination, southern South America. R.D. McCulloch, M.J. Bentley, R.S. Purves, N.R.J. Hulton, D.E. Sugden and C.M. Clapperton (2000) (Journal of Quaternary Science, 15, 409–417)

AMS at ANTARES – The first 10 years

The status and capabilities of the ANTARES AMS facility after 10 years are reviewed. The common AMS radioisotopes, 10Be, 14C, 26Al, 36Cl and 129I, are routinely analysed. A capability for the detection of 236U and other actinide isotopes has been developed. The measurement program includes support to Quaternary science projects at Australian universities and to ANSTO projects in global climate change and nuclear safeguards.

Past global changes and their significance for the future K. D. ALVERSON, F. OLDFIELD and R. S. BRADLEY (eds) Publisher Pergamon, Oxford 2000; Quaternary Science Reviews (vol. 19, no. 1–5) (479pp) Journal version US$57/DFL 124 Hardcover US$64/DFL,139

Journal of Quaternary ScienceVolume 15, Issue 6 p. 657-658 Book Review Past global changes and their significance for the future K. D. ALVERSON, F. OLDFIELD and R. S. BRADLEY (eds) Publisher Pergamon, Oxford 2000; Quaternary Science Reviews (vol. 19, no. 1–5) (479pp) Journal version US$57/DFL 124 Hardcover US$64/DFL,139 Chris Turney, Chris Turney Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EY, EnglandSearch for more papers by this author Chris Turney, Chris Turney Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EY, EnglandSearch for more papers by this author First published: 05 September 2000 https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1417(200009)15:6<657::AID-JQS553>3.0.CO;2-0AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume15, Issue6September 2000Pages 657-658 RelatedInformation

Observations of thermal transfer OSL signals in glacigenic quartz

The conclusions of Rhodes and Pownall (Rhodes, E.J., Pownall, L., 1994. Zeroing of the OSL signal in quartz from young glaciofluvial sediments. Radiation Measurements 23, 329–333) were somewhat discouraging for the prospects of using quartz OSL for dating glacigenic sediments, while the more detailed study of Rhodes and Bailey (Rhodes, E.J., Bailey, R.M., 1997. The effect of thermal transfer on the zeroing of the luminescence of quartz from recent glaciofluvial sediments. Quaternary Science Reviews (Quaternary Geochronology) 16, 291–298) provided more encouragement. Specifically, the latter authors were able to account for the relatively high D e values observed for recent glacigenic (dominantly glaciofluvial) sediments in terms of an anomalously high thermal transfer effect, rather than simply insufficient bleaching prior to deposition. In other locations, the OSL of quartz from glacigenic material appears to provide reliable age estimates, and does not suffer from these effects (Owen, L.A., Richards, B., Rhodes, E.J., Cunningham, W.D., Windley, B.F., Badamgarav, J., Dorjnamjaa, D., 1998. Relic permofrost structures in the Gobi of Mongolia: age and significance. Journal of Quaternary Science 13 (16), 539–548; Richards, B.W., Owen, L.A., Rhodes, E.J., 2000. Timing of Late Quaternary glaciations in the Himalayas of northern Pakistan. Journal of Quaternary Science 15, 283–297). In this paper, laboratory bleached samples from both the above studies are remeasured, using an experimental design to correct for OSL sensitivity changes, which has some similarities to the single aliquot regenerative dose (SAR) protocol of Murray and Wintle (Murray A.S., Wintle A.G., 2000. Luminescence dating of quartz using an improved single-aliquot regenerative-dose protocol. Radiation Measurements 32, 57–73). Clear evidence of thermal transfer OSL signals, generated during the preheating procedure, is presented. Further measurements, using the full SAR protocol, demonstrate that the source of this charge is related to natural dosing. For one sample, the apparent effect is subtracted effectively by the SAR protocol. Another sample studied in detail shows a striking relationship between the thermally transferred OSL signal and the total TL observed during the ramping of the preceding preheat treatment.

Diet, Body Size, and Landscape Use among Holocene People in the Southern Cape, South Africa

Diet, Body Size, and Landscape Use among Holocene People in the Southern Cape, South Africa

New Evidence for Economic and Technological Diversity in the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic A: Wadi Faynan 16

Previous articleNext article No AccessReportsNew Evidence for Economic and Technological Diversity in the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic A: Wadi Faynan 161Steven Mithen, Bill Finlayson, Anne Pirie, Denise Carruthers, and Amanda KennedySteven MithenDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]) (Mithen and Kennedy)/Centre of Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Finlayson)/Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. ([email protected]) (Pirie)/Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Carruthers). 23 xi 99 Search for more articles by this author , Bill FinlaysonDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]) (Mithen and Kennedy)/Centre of Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Finlayson)/Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. ([email protected]) (Pirie)/Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Carruthers). 23 xi 99 Search for more articles by this author , Anne PirieDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]) (Mithen and Kennedy)/Centre of Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Finlayson)/Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. (106130.312[email protected]) (Pirie)/Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Carruthers). 23 xi 99 Search for more articles by this author , Denise CarruthersDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]) (Mithen and Kennedy)/Centre of Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Finlayson)/Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. ([email protected]) (Pirie)/Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Carruthers). 23 xi 99 Search for more articles by this author , and Amanda KennedyDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]) (Mithen and Kennedy)/Centre of Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Finlayson)/Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. ([email protected]) (Pirie)/Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Carruthers). 23 xi 99 Search for more articles by this author Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]) (Mithen and Kennedy)/Centre of Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Finlayson)/Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. ([email protected]) (Pirie)/Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Carruthers). 23 xi 99PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Current Anthropology Volume 41, Number 4August/October 2000 Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/317393 Views: 114Total views on this site Citations: 7Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Bill Finlayson, Steven Mithen, Sam Smith On the Edge: Southern Levantine Epipalaeolithic–Neolithic Chronological succession, Levant 43, no.22 (Jul 2013): 127–138.https://doi.org/10.1179/175638011X13112549592961Mordechai Stein, Adi Torfstein, Ittai Gavrieli, Yoseph Yechieli Abrupt aridities and salt deposition in the post-glacial Dead Sea and their North Atlantic connection, Quaternary Science Reviews 29, no.3-43-4 (Feb 2010): 567–575.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.10.015Benjamin S. Arbuckle Revisiting Neolithic Caprine Exploitation at Suberde, Turkey, Journal of Field Archaeology 33, no.22 (Jul 2013): 219–236.https://doi.org/10.1179/009346908791071277Steven Mithen Did farming arise from a misapplication of social intelligence?, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 362, no.14801480 (Jan 2007): 705–718.https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2006.2005Steven Mithen, Phil Austen, Amanda Kennedy, Helen Emberson, Neil Lancaster, Bill Finlayson Early Neolithic woodland composition and exploitation in the Southern Levant: a comparison between archaeobotanical remains from WF16 and present-day woodland at Hammam Adethni, Environmental Archaeology 12, no.11 (Jul 2013): 49–70.https://doi.org/10.1179/174963107x172741Alan H. Simmons, Mohammad Najjar Ghwair I: A Small, Complex Neolithic Community in Southern Jordan, Journal of Field Archaeology 31, no.11 (Jul 2013): 77–95.https://doi.org/10.1179/009346906791072052Ian Kuijt Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Late Natufian at 'Iraq ed-Dubb, Jordan, Journal of Field Archaeology 29, no.3-43-4 (Jul 2013): 291–308.https://doi.org/10.1179/jfa.2004.29.3-4.291

Comparison of cosmogenic radionuclide production and geomagnetic field intensity over the last 200 000 years

The production rate of cosmogenic radionuclides such as 10Be or 14C is known to vary as a function of the geomagnetic field intensity. It should, therefore, be possible to extract a record of palaeofield intensity from the deposition record of these radionuclides in marine or terrestrial sediments and ice cores. Field intensity variations, however, are not the only factor that has influenced the cosmogenic radionuclide records. In the case of 14C, variations of the global carbon cycle, caused by reorganization of the ocean circulation patterns from the last glacial to the present interglacial, are superimposed. 10Be is not affected by these variations because it is not part of the carbon cycle, but its deposition rates in marine sediments vary as a function of lateral sediment redistribution and boundary scavenging intensity. A global stacked record of 10Be deposition rates, corrected for sediment redistribution by normalizing to 230Thex, was shown to remove most of the disturbances, and provides a record of 10Be production rate variations over the last 200 000 years, which translates into geomagnetic field intensity variations. This dataset is compared with palaeofield intensities reconstructed from marine sediments by palaeomagnetic methods, from variations in atmospheric 14C/12C derived from independent calibrations of 14C ages, such as U/Th dating and tree ring chronology, and from 36Cl and 10Be fluxes in polar ice cores. Potential influences of the Earth’s orbital parameters and insufficient correction for orbitally triggered climate variations on the palaeointensity reconstructions are assessed. It is argued that the palaeointensity records derived from marine sediments are not significantly affected by these factors.

Quaternary beetles: A review and issues for Australian studies

AbstractFew Australian entomologists, ecologists, biogeographers or Quaternary researchers are familiar with the details of Quaternary beetle research. Since the 1950s the study of fossil beetles has developed to become an important discipline of the Quaternary sciences. Unfortunately, however, the significance of the discipline for ecological and evolutionary research has been slow to penetrate mainstream entomological, ecological, and evolutionary thought. This paper outlines the history, methods and results of Quaternary beetle studies, based primarily upon research from the well‐studied Northern Hemisphere, and then examines issues relevant to Australian research. Analysis of Quaternary beetle assemblages from Australia can contribute to the reconstruction of past environments and climates, in particular quantitative estimation of past temperature regimes, and potentially, effective precipitation. Of more significance to entomology, however, is the potential to reconstruct climatically‐induced changes in distribution, essential for understanding the Quaternary biogeographic history of Australia's insect fauna. Furthermore, it will be possible to examine evidence, or the lack thereof, for speciation during the Quaternary, in the context of Quaternary environmental change.

Past global changes and their significance for the future K. D. ALVERSON, F. OLDFIELD and R. S. BRADLEY (eds) Publisher Pergamon, Oxford 2000; Quaternary Science Reviews (vol. 19, no. 1-5) (479pp) Journal version US$57/DFL 124 Hardcover US$64/DFL,139

Journal of Quaternary ScienceVolume 15, Issue 6 p. 657-658 Book Review Past global changes and their significance for the future K. D. ALVERSON, F. OLDFIELD and R. S. BRADLEY (eds) Publisher Pergamon, Oxford 2000; Quaternary Science Reviews (vol. 19, no. 1–5) (479pp) Journal version US$57/DFL 124 Hardcover US$64/DFL,139 Chris Turney, Chris Turney Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EY, EnglandSearch for more papers by this author Chris Turney, Chris Turney Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EY, EnglandSearch for more papers by this author First published: 05 September 2000 https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1417(200009)15:6<657::AID-JQS553>3.0.CO;2-0AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume15, Issue6September 2000Pages 657-658 RelatedInformation

How well can we simulate past climates? Evaluating the models using global palaeoenvironmental datasets

Global syntheses of palaeoenvironmental data are required to test climate models under conditions different from the present. Data sets for this purpose contain data from spatially extensive networks of sites. The data are either directly comparable to model output or readily interpretable in terms of modelled climate variables. Data sets must contain sufficient documentation to distinguish between raw (primary) and interpreted (secondary, tertiary) data, to evaluate the assumptions involved in interpretation of the data, to exercise quality control, and to select data appropriate for specific goals. Four data bases for the Late Quaternary, documenting changes in lake levels since 30 14 C kyr BP (the Global Lake Status Data Base), vegetation distribution at 18 14 C kyr and 6 14 C kyr BP (BIOME 6000), aeolian accumulation rates during the last glacial-interglacial cycle (DIRTMAP), and tropical terrestrial climates at the Last Glacial Maximum (the LGM Tropical Terrestrial Data Synthesis) are summarised. Each has been used to evaluate simulations of Last Glacial Maximum (LGM: 21 calendar kyr BP) and/or mid-Holocene (6 cal. kyr BP) environments. Comparisons have demonstrated that changes in radiative forcing and orography due to orbital and ice-sheet variations explain the first-order, broad-scale (in space and time) features of global climate change since the LGM. However, atmospheric models forced by 6 cal. kyr BP orbital changes with unchanged surface conditions fail to capture quantitative aspects of the observed climate, including the greatly increased magnitude and northward shift of the African monsoon during the early to mid-Holocene. Similarly, comparisons with palaeoenvironmental datasets show that atmospheric models have underestimated the magnitude of cooling and drying of much of the land surface at the LGM. The inclusion of feedbacks due to changes in ocean- and land-surface conditions at both times, and atmospheric dust loading at the LGM, appears to be required in order to produce a better simulation of these past climates. The development of Earth system models incorporating the dynamic interactions among ocean, atmosphere, and vegetation is therefore mandated by Quaternary science results as well as climatological principles. For greatest scientific benefit, this development must be paralleled by continued advances in palaeodata analysis and synthesis, which in turn will help to define questions that call for new focused data collection efforts.

On Territoriality and Sedentism

Previous articleNext article No AccessDiscussion and CriticismOn Territoriality and SedentismBrian HaydenBrian HaydenDepartment of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 ([email protected]). 16 ii 99 Search for more articles by this author Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 ([email protected]). 16 ii 99PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Current Anthropology Volume 41, Number 1February 2000 Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/300109 Views: 126Total views on this site Citations: 9Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Luci M. Simpson, Terry L. Jones Sedentism and Settlement in Native California: Research Progress and Prospects, California Archaeology 12, no.11 (May 2020): 59–92.https://doi.org/10.1080/1947461X.2020.1755188Ian Gilligan Climate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory, 296 (Nov 2018).https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108555883Leore Grosman and Natalie D. Munro A Natufian Ritual Event, Current Anthropology 57, no.33 (Apr 2016): 311–331.https://doi.org/10.1086/686563Greg Wadley, Brian Hayden Pharmacological Influences on the Neolithic Transition, Journal of Ethnobiology 35, no.33 (Oct 2015): 566–584.https://doi.org/10.2993/etbi-35-03-566-584.1Victor D. Thompson, C. Fred T. Andrus Evaluating Mobility, Monumentality, and Feasting at the Sapelo Island Shell Ring Complex, American Antiquity 76, no.22 (Jan 2017): 315–343.https://doi.org/10.7183/0002-7316.76.2.315Brian Hayden Big Man, Big Heart? The Political Role of Aggrandizers in Egalitarian and Transegalitarian Societies, (Jan 2011): 101–118.https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116269_7Francesco d’Errico, Marı́a Fernanda Sánchez Goñi “A Garden of Eden for the Gibraltar Neandertals? A reply to Finlayson et al.”, Quaternary Science Reviews 23, no.9-109-10 (May 2004): 1210–1216.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.12.016Brian Hayden Richman, Poorman, Beggarman, Chief: The Dynamics of Social Inequality, (Jan 2001): 231–272.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72611-3_7Timothy A. Kohler The Final 400 Years of Prehispanic Agricultural Society in the Mesa Verde Region, KIVA 66, no.11 (Jul 2016): 191–204.https://doi.org/10.1080/00231940.2000.11758427

New Evidence for Economic and Technological Diversity in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A: Wadi Faynan 16

Previous articleNext article No AccessReportsNew Evidence for Economic and Technological Diversity in the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic A: Wadi Faynan 161Steven Mithen, Bill Finlayson, Anne Pirie, Denise Carruthers, and Amanda KennedySteven MithenDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]) (Mithen and Kennedy)/Centre of Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Finlayson)/Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. ([email protected]) (Pirie)/Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Carruthers). 23 xi 99 Search for more articles by this author , Bill FinlaysonDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]) (Mithen and Kennedy)/Centre of Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Finlayson)/Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. ([email protected]) (Pirie)/Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Carruthers). 23 xi 99 Search for more articles by this author , Anne PirieDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]) (Mithen and Kennedy)/Centre of Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Finlayson)/Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. ([email protected]) (Pirie)/Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Carruthers). 23 xi 99 Search for more articles by this author , Denise CarruthersDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]) (Mithen and Kennedy)/Centre of Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Finlayson)/Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. ([email protected]) (Pirie)/Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Carruthers). 23 xi 99 Search for more articles by this author , and Amanda KennedyDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]) (Mithen and Kennedy)/Centre of Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Finlayson)/Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. ([email protected]) (Pirie)/Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Carruthers). 23 xi 99 Search for more articles by this author Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]) (Mithen and Kennedy)/Centre of Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Finlayson)/Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. ([email protected]) (Pirie)/Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Old High School, 12 Infirmary St., Edinburgh EH1 1LT, U.K. ([email protected]) (Carruthers). 23 xi 99PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Current Anthropology Volume 41, Number 4August/October 2000 Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/317393 Views: 121Total views on this site Citations: 7Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Bill Finlayson, Steven Mithen, Sam Smith On the Edge: Southern Levantine Epipalaeolithic–Neolithic Chronological succession, Levant 43, no.22 (Jul 2013): 127–138.https://doi.org/10.1179/175638011X13112549592961Mordechai Stein, Adi Torfstein, Ittai Gavrieli, Yoseph Yechieli Abrupt aridities and salt deposition in the post-glacial Dead Sea and their North Atlantic connection, Quaternary Science Reviews 29, no.3-43-4 (Feb 2010): 567–575.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.10.015Benjamin S. Arbuckle Revisiting Neolithic Caprine Exploitation at Suberde, Turkey, Journal of Field Archaeology 33, no.22 (Jul 2013): 219–236.https://doi.org/10.1179/009346908791071277Steven Mithen Did farming arise from a misapplication of social intelligence?, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 362, no.14801480 (Jan 2007): 705–718.https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2006.2005Steven Mithen, Phil Austen, Amanda Kennedy, Helen Emberson, Neil Lancaster, Bill Finlayson Early Neolithic woodland composition and exploitation in the Southern Levant: a comparison between archaeobotanical remains from WF16 and present-day woodland at Hammam Adethni, Environmental Archaeology 12, no.11 (Jul 2013): 49–70.https://doi.org/10.1179/174963107x172741Alan H. Simmons, Mohammad Najjar Ghwair I: A Small, Complex Neolithic Community in Southern Jordan, Journal of Field Archaeology 31, no.11 (Jul 2013): 77–95.https://doi.org/10.1179/009346906791072052Ian Kuijt Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Late Natufian at 'Iraq ed-Dubb, Jordan, Journal of Field Archaeology 29, no.3-43-4 (Jul 2013): 291–308.https://doi.org/10.1179/jfa.2004.29.3-4.291

Diet, Body Size, and Landscape Use among Holocene People in the Southern Cape, South Africa

Diet, Body Size, and Landscape Use among Holocene People in the Southern Cape, South Africa

INQUA and Quaternary science at the Millennium: a personal retrospective

INQUA and Quaternary science at the Millennium: a personal retrospective

High-resolution records from European Lakes

This is the introduction to a series of seven papers jointly published in this issue of Quaternary Science Reviews on “High Resolution Records from European Lakes” reporting results related to the European Lake Drilling Programme (ELDP) – an ESF research programme to further the recovery and interpretation of lacustrine palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental archives. Further information on ELDP can be obtained via the World Wide Web: http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/pb3/pb33/eldphome/and http://www.esf.org/lp/lp_009a.htm.

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This volume concerns the application of high-resolution coastal records to developing and testing tectonics models. The case studies are at scales ranging from global to regional and local, and deal with glacio-isostasy, relative sea-level changes and seismic and aseismic crustal deformation at a variety of time scales. Data are drawn from a wide variety of disciplines, including geology, seismology, geodesy, geomorphology, geochronology and archaeology. The contributions within the book are from leading practitioners of field, laboratory and theoretical aspects of coastal tectonics. They provide a multidisciplinary, international review at a time when satellite monitoring, advanced modelling and sophisticated dating are transforming the subject from a descriptive historical branch of Earth science into a predictive tool addressing real societal needs. The book will be of interest to a wide audience including academics with an interest in tectonics and/or Quaternary science and professionals involved in seismic hazard or coastal development/protection.