essay

The world at the end of the last Ice Age

humans at the end of the ice age : the archaeology of the pleistocene-holocene transition • New York • Published In 1996 • Pages: 3-9

By: Straus, Lawrence Guy.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This introductory chapter of an edited volume sets the tone, asking how humans responded to the environmental transitions of 13,000–8000 years ago. It provides a global perspective on the issues under consideration, framing the regional syntheses in other chapters.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Reviews and critiques
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Organization and analysis of results of research
Climate
Fauna
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Early Paleo-Indian
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2017
RegionThe area the document pertains to
New World
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
New World
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry; 2016
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not applicable
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
13,000-8000 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
not specified
NotesAdditional notes
Lawrence Guy Straus
Includes bibliographical references (p. 8-9)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
96008914
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Paleo-Indians