Human-elephant interactions: from past to present

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dc.contributor.author Konidaris, George E.
dc.contributor.author Barkai, Ran
dc.contributor.author Tourloukis, Vangelis
dc.contributor.author Harvati, Katerina
dc.date.accessioned 2021-08-19T08:35:17Z
dc.date.available 2021-08-19T08:35:17Z
dc.date.issued 2021-08-19
dc.identifier.isbn 978-3-947251-49-0 de_DE
dc.identifier.other 176790598X de_DE
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10900/118016
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-59390
dc.identifier.uri http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-1180166 de_DE
dc.description korrigierter Nachdruck, nur Änderungen im Impressum de_DE
dc.description.abstract In recent decades, a significant number of Pleistocene (ca. 2.6 million years–10,000 years ago) open-air and cave sites yielding elephant or mammoth bones in direct association with hominin remains and/or lithic artifacts have been discovered in Eurasia, Africa and America. Many of them show strong evidence of acquisition and processing of proboscidean carcasses by early humans, leading scientists to interpret them as “elephant butchering sites”. Indeed, proboscidean exploitation by early Homo has been proposed to have been critical for Palaeolithic human lifeways, influencing not only their subsistence, but also other aspects of early human evolution and adaptations. The nature and degree of interactions between humans and elephants comprises an important field in palaeoanthropological studies since decades, but many questions remain still unanswered or partially explored. By bringing together research papers from the fields of Palaeolithic Archaeology, Palaeoanthropology, Palaeontology, Zooarchaeology, Geology, Ethnography and Nutrition Studies, the book systematically covers a diverse array of perspectives on elephant-human interactions across the world from the Pleistocene times until today. The volume includes 19 contributions and is organized into four thematic sections: 1) The Palaeolithic record, 2) A view of the evidence, 3) Elephants in past human nutrition, and 4) Ethnography – Human-elephant interactions in recent Africa. Collectively, the volume not only showcases the current state of knowledge, but also intends to provoke renewed interest for current and further research, and build an interdisciplinary and synthetic understanding of the significance of proboscideans throughout human evolution. de_DE
dc.language.iso en de_DE
dc.publisher Universität Tübingen de_DE
dc.relation.ispartofseries Tübingen Paleoanthropology Book Series – Contributions in Paleoanthropology;1
dc.relation.hasversion 978-3-947251-34-6
dc.rights cc_by-nc-nd de
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.de de
dc.subject.other Elefanten de_DE
dc.subject.other Mammut de_DE
dc.subject.other Pleistozän de_DE
dc.subject.other Paläanthropologie de_DE
dc.subject.other Paläontologie de_DE
dc.subject.other Archäozoologie de_DE
dc.subject.other Ethnologie de_DE
dc.title Human-elephant interactions: from past to present de_DE
dc.type Book de_DE
utue.publikation.fakultaet Tuebingen Paleoanthropology Book Series – Contributions in Paleoanthropology Band 1: Human-elephant interactions: from past to present de_DE
utue.publikation.source Tuebingen Paleoanthropology Book Series – Contributions in Paleoanthropology Band 1: Human-elephant interactions: from past to present de_DE

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