The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe

Palaeolithic societies have been a neglected topic in the discussion of human origins. But in the past forty years archaeologists have recovered a wealth of information from Palaeolithic sites throughout the European continent that reveal many illuminating facets of social life over this 500,000-year period. Clive Gamble, introducing a new approach to this material, interrogates the data for information on the scale of social interaction, and the forms of social existence. The result is a reconstruction of ancient human societies, and a fresh perspective on the unique experience of human beings.

• Author
• Clive Gamble

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 528

• Publisher
• Cambridge University Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780521658720

• Genres
• prehistory, archaeology

• Release date
• 1999