Kenneth L. Feder, Michael Alan Park

Human Antiquity: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology

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Produktbeschreibung

Provides an integrated introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 561
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 188mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 957g
• ISBN-13: 9780767416955
• ISBN-10: 0767416953
• Artikelnr.: 22003993

Autorenporträt

Ken Feder received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Connecticut in 1982. He is a full professor in the Department of Anthropology at Central Connecticut State University where he has taught since 1977. He is the founder and director of the Farmington River Archaeological Project, an on-going survey of an inland, upland valley in north central Connecticut. He is the author of several books including Human Antiquity: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology (with Michael Park); Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology; A Village of Outcasts: Historical Archaeology and Documentary Research at the Lighthouse Site; The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory; Field Methods in Archaeology (co-editor with Tom Hester and Harry Shafer); Lessons from the Past: An Introductory Reader in Archaeology (editor); and Dangerous Places: Health, Safety, and Archaeology (co-edited with David Poirier). He is a Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. He has been the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award at Central Connecticut State University. He has appeared on a number of television documentaries about archaeology for BBC Horizon, the History Channel, and the Learning Channel. He lives in West Simsbury, Connecticut with his wife, two sons, and three bad cats.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I. THINKING ABOUT THE PAST 1. Frameworks 2. Eden Questioned:
Historical Perspectives Contemporary Issue: Scientific Creationism: An Old
Idea in a New Form 3. Evolution: An Overview PART II. THE STUDY OF THE PAST
4. Understanding Change: Modern Evolutionary Theory Contemporary Issue: The
Human Genome 5. Learning About the Past: The Primates Contemporary Issue:
Why Save the Primates? 6. Learning About the Past: Behavioral Models for
Human Evolution 7. Learning About the Past: The Material Record
Contemporary Issue: Preserving the Past PART III. THE STORY OF THE HUMAN
PAST 8. The Emergence of the Human Lineage Contemporary Issue: Are
Chimpanzees Hominids? 9. The Human Lineage Established Contemporary Issue:
The Hunting Hypothesis 10. The Human Lineage Evolves 11. On the Origin of
Our Species Contemporary Issue: Suppose Neandertal Survived 12. The
Evolution of Modern Humanity Contemporary Issue: Race and the Fossil Record
13. New Ideas, New Worlds: Life in the Upper Paleolithic 14. The Origins of
Agriculture Contemporary Issue: Our Worst Mistake? 15. The Evolution of
Civilization Contemporary Issue: The Collapse of Civilization An
Evolutionary Afterword Glossary of Human and Nonhuman Primates Glossary of
Terms Bibliography Index