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Download or read book Prehistoric Cultural Ecology and Evolution written by Donald O. Henry and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering the most comprehensive study of southern Jordan, this illuminating account presents detailed data from over a hundred archaeological sites stretching from the Lower Paleotlithic to the Chalcolithic periods. The author uses archaeological and paleoenvironmental evidence to reconstruct synchronic and evolutionary aspects of the cultural ecology of the prehistoric inhabitants of southern Jordan. This study exemplifies that cultural historic and processual approaches are integral to examining prehistoric cultural ecology. Numerous artifact illustrations as well as tables and appendixes containing primary data are included.