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To the West of Spanish Cantabria: The Palaeolithic Settlement of Galicia
A. de Lombera Hermida and R. Fábregas Valcarce
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This volume is a synthesis of the results obtained by the researchers in the oriental region of Galicia from the paleontological, zooarchaeological, geomorphological and archaeological point of view. Its aim is to show the great potentiality of the Quaternary research of the NW Iberian in an area poorly known by the scholars but which may provide essential information to the understanding of the Palaeolithic: the eastern mountains of Galicia and the hinterland Tertiary depressions. Their geographical situation, as a crossroads among the Meseta and the Atlantic and Cantabrian regions; their geological features, karstic systems and evidences of glacial landscape; as well as the quality of their archaeo-palaeontological records, turn them into an exceptional area for the study of the Quaternary.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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Foreword
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I. THE STATE OF THE ART QUATERNARY STUDIES ON NW IBERIA
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CHAPTER 1: PALAEOLITHIC RESEARCH IN GALICIA
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CHAPTER 2: THE UPPER PLEISTOCENE PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION OF GALICIA: A GEOMORPHOLOGICAL APPROACH
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CHAPTER 3: UPPER PLEISTOCENE CAVE BEARS FROM GALICIA (NW OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA): A PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH
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CHAPTER 4: SMALL VERTEBRATES OF GALICIA (NW SPAIN) DURING THE UPPER PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE
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CHAPTER 5: ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMAL RESOURCES IN THE UPPER PLEISTOCENE AND EARLY HOLOCENE OF NORTHWEST IBERIA
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CHAPTER 6: THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT
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II. FILLING IN THE GAP: NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE EASTERN AREA OF NW IBERIA
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CHAPTER 7: A RESEARCH PROGRAM ON THE PALAEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT OF INLAND GALICIA (NW SPAIN)
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CHAPTER 8: GEOMORPHOLOGY AND RELATIVE CHRONOLOGY OF THE HUMAN OCCUPATIONS DURING THE PLEISTOCENE AT THE BASIN OF MONFORTE DE LEMOS (LUGO, GALICIA)
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CHAPTER 9: THE PALAEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT OF THE MONFORTE BASIN (LUGO, GALICIA)
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CHAPTER 10: CAVES AND PEOPLE. ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT THE EASTERN MARGINS OF NW IBERIA
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CHAPTER 11: THE UPPER PLEISTOCENE SITE OF COVA EIRÓS (TRIACASTELA, LUGO, GALICIA)
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CHAPTER 12: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN THE BECERREÁSITES (EASTERN LUGO): VALDAVARA CAVE AND VALDAVARA 3
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Published: 2011
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407338422 (ebook)
- 9781407308609 (paperback)
BAR Number: S2283