The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe (Cambridge World Archaeology)

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Palaeolithic societies have been a neglected topic in the discussion of human origins. But in the past forty years archaeologists have recovered a wealth of information from Palaeolithic sites throughout the European continent that reveal many illuminating facets of social life over this 500 000-year period. Clive Gamble introducing a new approach to this material interrogates the data for information on the scale of social interaction and the forms of social existence. The result is a reconstruction of ancient human societies and a fresh perspective on the unique experience of human beings.