Late Pleistocene and early Holocene microblade-based industries in Northeastern Asia : a macroecological approach to foraging societies / Meng Zhang ; foreword by Lawrence Guy Straus.

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2021.

1 online resource (xxiv, 215 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour).

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The rise and fall of microblade technology during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene is not only a part of the panorama of global microlithisation, but also a key question linked to human adaptive change in the face of climate fluctuation. This monograph creatively uses Lewis Binford's macroecological approach developed from his book Constructing Frames of Reference (2001) against both interglacial and glacial climate conditions, to provide an explanation of variation and change among late Pleistocene and early Holocene microblade-based industries in northeastern Asia. It uses six case studies to discuss two waves of cultural change linked with issues of the origin of microblade technology and the Palaeolithic to Neolithic transition.

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December 04, 2023

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