Sorting out the Muddle in the Middle: An Anthropologist's Post-Conference Appraisal

Chapters in this book

1. I-IV I
2. General Editor's Preface V
3. Preface VII
4. The Stratigraphic Record of Deep-Sea Cores and Its Implications for the Assessment of Glacials, Interglacials, Stadials, and Interstadials in the Mid-Pleistocene 1
5. Pleistocene Littoral-Sedimentary Cycles of the Mediterranean Basin: A Mallorquin View 25
6. The Contribution of the Volcanic Massif Central of France to European Quaternary Chronology 73
7. Loess Stratigraphy of Central Europe 99
8. The Mid-Pleistocene of the Rhine Basin 189
9. Middle Pleistocene Sedimentary Sequences in East Anglia (United Kingdom) 225
10. The Correlation and Duration of Middle Pleistocene Interglacial Periods in Northwest Europe 259
11. The Macro- faunas of Continental Europe During the Middle Pleistocene: Stratigraphic Sequence and Problems of Intercorrelation 309
12. Mid-Pleistocene Microfaunas of Continental Europe and Adjoining Areas 375
13. The Mammalian Faunas and Hominid Fossils of the Middle Pleistocene of the Maghreb 399
14. Pleistocene Faunal Evolution in Africa and Eurasia 419
15. Cultural Patterns in the Olduvai Sequence 477
16. Stratigraphy and Cultural Patterns in East Africa During the Middle Ranges of Pleistocene Time 495
17. Demography, Subsistence, and Culture During the Acheulian in Southern Africa 543
18. Archeological Occurrences in the Middle Pleistocene of Israel 571
19. A Comparison of the Late Acheulian Industries of Africa and the Middle East 605
20. Acheulean Sites and Stratigraphy in Iberia and the Maghreb 661
21. Cultural Evolution in France in its Paleoecological Setting During the Middle Pleistocene 745
22. Middle Pleistocene Hominids 809
23. Geological and Ecological Perspectives on the Middle Pleistocene 857
24. Sorting out the Muddle in the Middle: An Anthropologist's Post-Conference Appraisal 875
25. Correlation Charts Compiled at the Symposium APPENDIX 1 889
26. Delimitation of the Geologic Time Term "Middle Pleistocene" APPENDIX 2 901
27. Biographical Notes 905