This is an introduction to human prehistory written for complete beginners with a global perspective, written in a jargon-free style that covers 3 million years of the remote past from human origins to the first pre-industrial civilizations, balancing theoretical discussion with descriptions.
This is an introduction to human prehistory written for complete beginners with a global perspective, written in a jargon-free style that covers 3 million years of the remote past from human origins to the first pre-industrial civilizations, balancing theoretical discussion with descriptions.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Brian M. Fagan is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He graduated from Cambridge University. His many books include eight bestselling undergraduate texts on archaeology (with Nadia Durrani), with whom he also wrote Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival from our Ancestors. Nadia Durrani, FSA, read archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge University before taking a PhD in archaeology from University College London. An editor and author within archaeology, she has collaborated widely with Brian Fagan including as co-author of Bigger Than History: Why Archaeology Matters.
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Preface Acknowledgments A Note on Chronologies and Measurements Part I Prehistory: 1. Introducing World Prehistory Part II The World of the First Humans: 2 Human Origins 3. African Exodus Part III The Birth of the Modern World: 4 Diaspora, 5 The Origins of Food Production 6 The Earliest Farmers 7 Chiefs and Chiefdoms Part IV The First States (Preindustrial Civilizations): 8 State-Organized Societies 9 Mesopotamia and the Eastern Mediterranean World 10 Egypt and Africa 11 South, Southeast, and East Asia PART V Preindustrial States in the Americas: 12 Lowland Mesoamerica 13 Highland Mesoamerica 14 Andean States Epilogue Glossary of Technical Terms Glossary of Archaeological Sites and Cultural Terms References Index.
Preface Acknowledgments A Note on Chronologies and Measurements Part I Prehistory: 1. Introducing World Prehistory Part II The World of the First Humans: 2 Human Origins 3. African Exodus Part III The Birth of the Modern World: 4 Diaspora, 5 The Origins of Food Production 6 The Earliest Farmers 7 Chiefs and Chiefdoms Part IV The First States (Preindustrial Civilizations): 8 State-Organized Societies 9 Mesopotamia and the Eastern Mediterranean World 10 Egypt and Africa 11 South, Southeast, and East Asia PART V Preindustrial States in the Americas: 12 Lowland Mesoamerica 13 Highland Mesoamerica 14 Andean States Epilogue Glossary of Technical Terms Glossary of Archaeological Sites and Cultural Terms References Index.
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