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A Quarterly Review of Archaeology Edited by Martin Carver A Quarterly Review of Archaeology Edited by Martin Carver Research \^^ The Warrior of Tattes ~v A Neanderthal face? —-^ The Middle Palaeolithic in Arabia A social interpretation of Mesolithic dwellings China: Politics and bronze vessels in the western Zhou period The earliest burials in Micronesia Method Ecuador: A computer simulation or coastal voyt, A microscopic understanding of On the Web hafting A ivindow on Russian archaeology; Debate Symbols of Mayan kingship; Neanderthals, fiction and narratii A Renaissance laboratory recovered; The British Museum of the Mind Mexico's human-duck imaqery ISSN 0003 59HX Antiquity is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal which aims to present new research, methods and matters of general professional and public interest accessibly to the extended family of modern archaeology. The Antiquity website carries news, views and information about research in progress, as well as indices of previous editions. Find us on http://antiquity.ac.uk Antiquity, was founded in 1927 by O.G.S. Crawford and is owned by the Antiquity Trust, a registered charity. The Trustees of The Antiquity Trust are: Warwick Bray, John Coles, Barry Cunliffe, Anthony Harding, Paul Mellars, Lord Renfrew, Stephen Shennan and Sir David Wilson. The Directors of Antiquity Publications Ltd, owned by the Antiquity Trust and responsible for producing Antiquity are: Joan Oates, Andrew Rogerson, Andrew Sherratt, Richard Skaer and Anthony Snodgrass. Antiquity is hosted by the Department of Archaeology, University of York (Head: Jane Grenville). Editor: Correspondents Professor Martin Carver Janet Ambers British Museum, UK (Scientific dating) Managing Editor: [email protected] Paul Bahn (General) Kate Wescombe pgbahn @anlabyrd. karoo, co. uk Website Manager: Gina Barnes Durham University, UK (China) Emily Smyth gina. 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The proto-figurine from La Roche-Cotard, Langeais 661 (Indre-et-Loire, France) Jean-Claude Marquet & Michel Lorblanchet The Middle Palaeolithic of Arabia: Implications for modern human origins, behaviour 671 and dispersals Michael D. Petraglia & Abdullah Alsharekh Mesolithic dwelling places in south Scandinavia: their definition and social 685 interpretation Ole Gron Did Neanderthals eat inner bark? 709 Dennis M. Sandgathe & Brian Hayden Early human burials in the western Pacific: evidence for a c.3000 year old occupation 719 on Palau Scott M. Fitzpatrick Mesolithic and Neolithic cultures co-existing in the upper Rhone valley 732 Thomas Perrin Cutting a long story short? The process of neolithization in the Dutch delta 740 re-examined Daan Raemaekers Early multi-resource nomadism: Excavations at the Camel Site in the central Negev 749 Steven A. Rosen Bronzes, mortuary practice and political strategies of the Yan during the early 761 Western Zhou period Yan Sun Recent radiocarbon results and King Solomon 771 Israel Finkelstein & Eli Piasetzky The Warrior of Lattes: an Iron Age statue discovered in Mediterranean France 780 Michael Dietler & Michel Py Method Prehistoric trade between Ecuador and West Mexico: a computer simulation of coastal 796 voyages Richard T. Callaghan Towards an understanding of hafting: the macro- and microscopic evidence 805 Veerle Rots Debate Neanderthals as fiction in archaeological narrative 816 Abigail Hackett & Robin Dennell The British Museum at 250 828 Barry Cunliffe, Colin Renfrew, Chris Godsen & Helen Geake Reviews Among the New Books 834 N. James Review articles Palaeolithic archaeology in united Europe DIMITRA PAPAGIANNI reviewing 842 Desolate landscapes: Ice-Age settlement in eastern Europe. John F. Hoffecker. Lithic resource management during the Belgian Early Upper Paleolithic: effects of variable raw material context on lithic economy (Etudes et recherches archeologiques de l'Universite de Liege no. 91). Rebecca Miller. LAurignacien entre mer et ocean: reflexion sur I'unite des phases anciennes de lAurignacien dans le sudde la France (Societe prehistorique francaise Memoir 29). Francois Bon. Die mittelpalaolithische Freilandstation von Salzgitter-Lebenstedt: Genese der Fundstelle und Systematik der Steinarbeitung (Salzgitter-Forschungen Vol. 3). Andreas Pastoors. Recent studies in the final Palaeolithic of the European plain: proceedings of a UISPP Symposium, Stockholm, 14-17 October 1999. Berit Valentin Eriksen & Bodil Bratlund (ed.). Eastern Woodlands of North America DEAN R. SNOW reviewing 847 Windover: multidisciplinary investigations of an Early Archaic Florida cemetery. Glen H. Doran (ed.). The archaeology and history of the Native Georgia tribes. Max E. White. Catawba Valley Mississippian: ceramics, chronology, and Catawba Indians. David G. Moore. Etowah: the political history of a chiefdom capital. Adam King. Archaeology of the Everglades. John W. Griffin (ed. Jerald T. Milanich & James J. Miller). Bottle Creek: a Pensacola Culture site in south Alabama. Ian W. Brown (ed.) Classic period south-eastern Maya households PATRICIA A. MCANANY reviewing 854 Before the volcano erupted: the ancient Ceren village in Central America. Payson Sheets (ed.). Hinterland households: rural agrarian household diversity in northwest Honduras. John G. Douglass. Bronze Age and early Iron Age Crete SUSAN SHERRATT reviewing 858 Catalogue of pottery from the Bronze and Early Iron Age settlement ofVrokastro in the collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology and the Archaeological Museum, Herakleion, Crete (Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Vol. 1; University Museum Monograph 113). Barbara J. Hayden. External relations of Early Iron Age Crete, 1100-600 BC (Archaeological Institute of America Monographs n.s. No. 4). Donald W. Jones. Book reviews Christina Fredengren. Crannogs: a study of peoples interaction with lakes, with particular 861 reference to Lough Gara in the north-west of Ireland. JON C. HENDERSON Mark Clinton. The souterrains of Ireland. ROGER MlKET 863 David Freke. Excavations on St Patrick's Isle, Peel, Isle of Man, 1982-88: prehistoric, 864 Viking, Medieval and later. DAVID GRIFFITHS Wayne D. Cocroft & Roger J.C. Thomas (ed. PS. Barnwell). Cold war: building for 865 nuclear confrontation 1946-1989. BARRIE TRINDER Irene S. Lemos. The Protogeometric Aegean: the archaeology of the late eleventh and 867 tenth centuries BC JAMES WHITLEY Paul Arthur. Naples from Roman town to city-state (Archaeological Monographs of the 868 British School at Rome Vol.12). ROBERT COATES-STEI>HENS Michael Pietrusewsky & Michele Toomay Douglas. The human skeletal remains: 870 Ban Chiang, a prehistoric village site in northeast Thailand (Vol. 1; University Museum Monograph 111). CHARLES HICHAM Val Attenbrow. Sydney's
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