This superb survey of hunter-gatherer societies in Southwest Germany presents an overview of the archaeological record for three periods- the Late Paleolithic, the Early Mesolithic, and the Late Mesolithic. Michael A. Jochim employs his rigorously materialist orientation to suggest certain possibilities about the general organization of settlements, subsistence, and social relations of the cultures in question. He also discusses the data within the context of human events in western Europe during the same periods. The text is accompanied by 115 illustrations

1.Introduction. 2.The Changing Theoretical Landscape. 3.The Natural Landscape. 4.Sites on the Landscape: The Late Paleolithic. 5.Sites on the Landscape: The Early Mesolithic. 6.Sites on the Landscape: The Late Mesolithic. 7.Sites on the Landscape: Survey. 8.Sites on the Landscape: Nenauhof Nordwest. 9.Change through Time at Henauhof Nordwest. 10.Sites on the Landscape: Henauhof West. 11.Sites on the Landscape: 12.Henauhof Nordwest 2 Henauhof and the Federsee in the Regional Landscape. 13.The Late Paleolithic Landscape. 14.The Early Mesolithic Landscape. 15.The Late Mesolithic Landscape. 16.Southwest Germany in the West European Landscape. Index.