European Economic Prehistory: A New Approach

activities Africa agriculture animals appearance archaeological areas artefacts assemblages aurignacian became behaviour bones cave central Europe cereals changes climatic colonization communities contain continuity culture dated developed distribution domestic early East economies environment European evidence example explain faunal finds fish France groups hominids human hunting important increased indicate interglacial Italy killed late glacial later less lived lower material meat mesolithic Middle mousterian Nature Neanderthals neolithic North northern numbers obtained occupied origin patterns perhaps periods plant plant foods Pleistocene population prehistoric present probably problems production reason recent record red deer region reindeer remains represented result seems settlements sheep similar societies southern species stone subsistence suggested summer techniques temperatures traditional Upper Palaeolithic western whilst wild winter