This is primary descriptive volume on the most important paleontological site for research into the emergence of humans, the development of a modern pattern of hunting and gathering societies in the Middle Upper Paleolithic Era. Erik Trinkhaus is among the most distinguished paleoanthropologists and a member of the National Academy. Svoboda is the project leader on the Pavlovian site.
1.: Erik Trinkaus and Jiri Svoboda: Introduction 2.: Jiri A. Svoboda: The Archeological Framework 3.: Jiri A. Svoboda: The Archeological Contexts of the Human Remains 4.: Jiri A. Svoboda: The Burials: Ritual and Taphonomy 5.: Trenton W. Holliday, Simon W. Hillson, Robert G. Franciscus, and Erik Trinkaus: The Human Remains: A Summary Inventory 6.: Simon W. Hillson, Robert G. Franciscus, Trenton W. Holliday, and Erik Trinkaus: The Ages at Death 7.: Jaroslav Bruzek, Robert G. Franciscus, Vladimir Novotny, and Eric Trinkaus: The Assessment of Sex 8.: Robert G. Franciscus and Emanuel Vlcek: The Cranial Remains 9.: Petr Lisonek and Erik Trinkaus: The Auditory Ossicles 10.: Robert G. Franciscus, Emanuel Vleck, and Erik Trinkaus: The Mandibular Remains 11.: Simon W. Hillson: Dental Morphology, Proportions, and Attrition 12.: Trenton W. Holliday: Body Proportions 13.: Erik Trinkaus: Body Length and Body Mass 14.: Trenton W. Holliday: The Vertebral Columns 15.: Trenton W. Holliday: The Costal Skeletons 16.: Erik Trinkaus: The Upper Limb Remains 17.: Erik Trinkaus: The Pelvic Remains 18.: Erik Trinkaus: The Lower Limb Remains 19.: Erik Trinkaus, Simon W. Hillson, Robert G. Franciscus, and Trenton W. Holliday: Skeletal and Dental Paleopathology 20.: Erik Trinkaus and Jiri A. Svoboda: The Paleobiology of the Pavlovian People References
