John F. Hoffecker is a research associate at the institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of many publications on the archaeology of people in cold environments.

• FiguresTablesForewordRichard G. KleinPreface and AcknowledgmentsHuman Evolutionary Ecology and Eastern EuropeEnvironmental SettingMiddle Pleistocene SettlementNeanderthal AdaptationsThe Transition to Modern HumansPeople of the Loess SteppeRetrospectiveBibliographyIndex

Most English-reading archaeologists know that Eastern European prehistory can illuminate cultural evolution over tens of thousands of years. . . . Now, for the first time, they have a readily available, highly readable, authoritative, and comprehensive source to inform both themselves and their students. (from the Foreword by Richard G. Klein) Hoffecker presents a concise review of the Paleolitic archaeology of east Europe, wrapping together in one volume an extensive bibliography that includes many Russian-language sources not readily available to non-Russian speakersàWell illustrated with a selection colleges and universities with course offerings at the undergraduate and graduate level in anthropology, archaeology, and environmental studies. (Choice) John Hoffecker has written a very worthy addition to the small, but substantive collection of books by Americans that make the Paleolithic record of Eastern Europe accessible to the Anglophone community of paleanthropologists/prehistorians. . . . An excellent, well-written, scholarly work by a specialist with a long track record in Russian and Arctic archaeology. (Journal of Anthropological Research)

John F. Hoffecker is a research associate at the institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of many publications on the archaeology of people in cold environments.

• FiguresTablesForewordRichard G. KleinPreface and AcknowledgmentsHuman Evolutionary Ecology and Eastern EuropeEnvironmental SettingMiddle Pleistocene SettlementNeanderthal AdaptationsThe Transition to Modern HumansPeople of the Loess SteppeRetrospectiveBibliographyIndex

Most English-reading archaeologists know that Eastern European prehistory can illuminate cultural evolution over tens of thousands of years. . . . Now, for the first time, they have a readily available, highly readable, authoritative, and comprehensive source to inform both themselves and their students. (from the Foreword by Richard G. Klein) Hoffecker presents a concise review of the Paleolitic archaeology of east Europe, wrapping together in one volume an extensive bibliography that includes many Russian-language sources not readily available to non-Russian speakersàWell illustrated with a selection colleges and universities with course offerings at the undergraduate and graduate level in anthropology, archaeology, and environmental studies. (Choice) John Hoffecker has written a very worthy addition to the small, but substantive collection of books by Americans that make the Paleolithic record of Eastern Europe accessible to the Anglophone community of paleanthropologists/prehistorians. . . . An excellent, well-written, scholarly work by a specialist with a long track record in Russian and Arctic archaeology. (Journal of Anthropological Research)

John F. Hoffecker is a research associate at the institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of many publications on the archaeology of people in cold environments.

• FiguresTablesForewordRichard G. KleinPreface and AcknowledgmentsHuman Evolutionary Ecology and Eastern EuropeEnvironmental SettingMiddle Pleistocene SettlementNeanderthal AdaptationsThe Transition to Modern HumansPeople of the Loess SteppeRetrospectiveBibliographyIndex

Most English-reading archaeologists know that Eastern European prehistory can illuminate cultural evolution over tens of thousands of years. . . . Now, for the first time, they have a readily available, highly readable, authoritative, and comprehensive source to inform both themselves and their students. (from the Foreword by Richard G. Klein) Hoffecker presents a concise review of the Paleolitic archaeology of east Europe, wrapping together in one volume an extensive bibliography that includes many Russian-language sources not readily available to non-Russian speakersàWell illustrated with a selection colleges and universities with course offerings at the undergraduate and graduate level in anthropology, archaeology, and environmental studies. (Choice) John Hoffecker has written a very worthy addition to the small, but substantive collection of books by Americans that make the Paleolithic record of Eastern Europe accessible to the Anglophone community of paleanthropologists/prehistorians. . . . An excellent, well-written, scholarly work by a specialist with a long track record in Russian and Arctic archaeology. (Journal of Anthropological Research)