Abstract
Abstract
The relevance of a study of the Eemian occupation of Europe lies largely in
the discussion on the environmental tolerances of early humans and in the limits
encountered during the reconstruction of Palaeolithic habitats. The traditional
vision is reviewed; then follows a discussion of Gamble’s studies (1986, 1987) in
which he postulated an absence of human occupation in North-Western Europe during
the Eemian. Gamble’s explanatory models and the reactions to his work are
presented. Finally, the relation is considered between the distribution pattern of
sites, the former dispersal of early humans across the European landscape, and the
implications of this evidence for hypotheses of environmental tolerances of
Palaeolithic humans.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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