Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface

Introduction

1. Handaxes in the Imjin Basin
Seonbok Yi

Part I For Understanding Diversity and Variability

2. Tradition and Context: Challenges in the Interpretation of the Early Paleolithic
Michael A. Jochim

3. Historical Connection and Formal Convergence in the Lower Paleolithic of Eurasia
Geoffrey. A. Clark

4. Some General Thoughts on Lower Paleolithic Technological Dispersals: Implications for Understanding the Movius Line
Parth R. Chauhan

5. Evolutionary Trends in Asian Homo erectus and Their Implications for Technological/Behavioral Changes Yousuke Kaifu

Part II Paleolithic Evidence in East Asia

6. Assessment and Critique of Chronometric Ages Associated with “Early” Acheulean Assemblages in the Indian Subcontinent
Michael D. Petraglia

7. Acheulean Tools in the Indonesian Paleolithic
Truman Simanjuntak

8. The Nature of Paleolithic Handaxes from China and Its Implications for Lower Paleolithic Cultural Variation Gao Xing

9. Current Topics in Siberian Paleolithic Prehistory: Land Use, Mobility, and Technological Organization in the Transbaikal
Ian Buvit and Karisa Terry

10. Pre- to Early Upper Paleolithic in Northeast Asia: Some Geochronological Evidence
Masami Izuho and Yuichi Nakazawa

Part III Discussion

Discussion

List of Contributors