Reindeer hunters of the ice age in Europe : economy, ecology, and the annual nomadic cycle

Reindeer hunters of the ice age in Europe : economy, ecology, and the annual nomadic cycle / Laure Fontana.

This book undertakes a thorough study of Reindeer in the Upper Pleniglacial and Tardiglacial societies in France. It addresses two main topics the economy of animal resources within the societies and the exploitation of Reindeer organized within the annual cycle, in terms of space and time, between...

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Main Author: Fontana, Laure (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2022.
Subjects:
Hunting, Prehistoric > France.
Hunting and gathering societies > France.
Reindeer hunting > France > History.
Nomads > France > History.
Hunting and gathering societies
Hunting, Prehistoric
Nomads
Reindeer hunting
France
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Contexts and object of study. Chapter 1. From the Aurignacian to the Magdalenian: Palaeolithic "cultures"?
  • Chapter 2. The environment of France in the Upper Pleniglacial and Tardiglacial
  • Chapter 3. Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
  • Chapter 4. Constitution of the corpus and study areas
  • Part 2. The place of reindeer in economies between 30,000 and 14,000 cal BP in France
  • Chapter 5. The reindeer's share of the hunt
  • Chapter 6. Reindeer hunting strategies
  • Chapter 7. Reindeer antlers: sourcing strategies and raw material management
  • Chapter 8. Conclusion: the status of the reindeer
  • Part 3. Reindeer mobility and human mobility
  • Chapter 9. State of play and objectives
  • Chapter 10. Migratory and sedentary reindeer
  • Chapter 11. Annual cycles of nomadism: several configurations or several visibilities?
  • Part 4. Discussion
  • Chapter 12. France's environment between 30,000 and 15,000 years: ecosystems to be defined
  • Chapter 13. A unique system beyond distinct ecosystems
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Figures and appendices
  • Annexes.

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