World Prehistory and Archaeology
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World Prehistory and Archaeology: Pathways through Time, third edition, provides an integrated discussion of world prehistory and archaeological methods. This text emphasizes the relevance of how we know and what we know about our human prehistory.
A cornerstone of World Prehistory and Archaeology is the discussion of prehistory as an active process of discovery. Methodological issues are addressed throughout the text to engage readers. Archaeological methods are introduced in the first two chapters. Succeeding chapters then address the question of how we know the past to provide an integrated presentation of prehistory.
The third edition involves readers in the current state of archaeological research, revealing how archaeologists work and interpret what they find. Through the coverage of various new research, author Michael Chazan shows how archaeology is truly a global discipline.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:
Gain new perspectives and insights into who we are and how our world came into being.
Think about humanity from the perspective of archaeology.
Appreciate the importance of the archaeological record for understanding contemporary society.
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Michael Chazan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Director of the Archaeology Centre at the University of Toronto. He earned his Ph.D. in anthropology at Yale University. Before coming to Toronto, Dr. Chazan was a postdoctoral fellow with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Among his field experience are excavations in New Jersey, France, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and South Africa. Dr. Chazan’s publications include a monograph on the Lower Paleolithic site of Holon, Israel, coauthored with Liora Kolska-Horwitz. Dr. Chazan is currently engaged in a project on the Earlier Stone Age of South Africa. The project pulls together an international team of researchers to study a series of spectacular sites located in the Northern Cape Province.
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In this Section:
1) Brief Table of Contents
2) Full Table of Contents
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Part One: The Past Is A Foreign Country: Getting From Here To There
Chapter 1. Getting Started in Archaeology
Chapter 2. Putting the Picture Together
Part Two: Human Evolution
Chapter 3. Early Hominins
Chapter 4. From Homo erectus to Neanderthals
Chapter 5. The Origin of Modern Humans
Chapter 6. The Peopling of Australia and The New World
Part Three: Perspectives On Agriculture
Chapter 7. Towers, Villages, and Longhouses
Chapter 8. Mounds and Maize
Chapter 9. A Feast of Diversity
Part Four: The Development Of Social Complexity
Chapter 10. Complexity Without The State
Chapter 11. Cities and Pyramids: Early States Of Mesopotamia And Egypt
Chapter 12. Enigmas and Diversity: Early States In Europe And Asia
Chapter 13. From City to Empire: Social Complexity In Mesoamerica
Chapter 14. Bringing the Four Parts Together: States And Empire In The Andes
Epilogue Bringing It Back Home
Appendices
References
Credits
Name Index
Subject Index
FULL CONTENTS
Part One: The Past Is A Foreign Country: Getting From Here To There
Chapter 1. Getting Started In Archaeology
1.1 Reading the Landscape
1.2 Excavation
1.3 Artifacts and Ecofacts
1.4 Biases in Preservation
1.5 Quantification and Sampling
1.6 Creating a Chronology
1.7 Comparison
1.8 Conservation and Display
Chapter 2. Putting The Picture Together
2.1 Origins of Archaeology
2.2 The Emergence of Archaeology
2.3 Developing Method and Theory
2.4 Archaeology as Science
2.5 Alternative Perspectives
2.6 Archaeology at the Trowel’s Edge
Part Two: Human Evolution
Chapter 3. Early Hominins
3.1 The Fossil Record
3.2 Setting the Scene
3.3 The Origin of Tool Use
3.4 Hunting and Sharing Food
3.5 The Expansion of the Hominin World
Chapter 4. From Homo erectus To Neanderthals
4.1 Defining the Ice Age
4.2 Before the Neanderthals
4.3 Neanderthals
4.4 Aspects of Neanderthal Culture and Adaptation
Chapter 5. The Origin Of Modern Humans
5.1 What Is a Modern Human?
5.2 Early Modern Humans in Africa
5.3 Early Modern Humans in the Middle East
5.4 The Arrival of Modern Humans in Europe and the Fate of the Neanderthals
5.5 The Upper Paleolithic
5.6 Explaining the Upper Paleolithic
Chapter 6. The Peopling Of Australia And The New World
6.1 Modern Humans in East Asia
6.2 Australia
6.3 The New World
Part Three: Perspectives On Agriculture
Chapter 7. Towers, Villages, And Longhouses
7.1 Setting the Scene
7.2 Stage 1: Kebaran and Geometric Kebaran
7.3 Stage 2: The Natufian
7.4 Stage 3: The Early Neolithic
7.5 Stage 4: Late Neolithic
7.6 Assessing the Neolithic Revolution
7.7 The Spread of Agriculture to Europe
Chapter 8. Mounds And Maize
8.1 Plant Domestication in Mesoamerica
8.2 Maize Agriculture in the
8.3 Eastern North America
Chapter 9. A Feast Of Diversity
9.1 Africa
9.2 New Guinea
9.3 The Andes
9.4 East Asia
Part Four: The Development Of Social Complexity
Chapter 10. Complexity Without The State
10.1 Stonehenge
10.2 Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon
10.3 Cahokia
10.4 Great Zimbabwe
10.5 Comparative Perspectives
Chapter 11. Cities And Pyramids: Early States Of Mesopotamia And Egypt
11.1 Mesopotamia
11.2 Egypt
11.3 Africa beyond the Nile Valley
Chapter 12. Enigmas And Diversity: Early States In Europe And Asia
12.1 The Indus Valley
12.2 China
12.3 Beyond the Chinese Boundary: Japan, Central Asia, and Cambodia
Chapter 13. From City To Empire: Social Complexity In Mesoamerica
13.1 The origins of Urbanism and Social Complexity
13.2 Teotihauc£n
13.3 The Maya
13.4 The Aztec
Chapter 14. Bringing The Four Parts Together: States And Empire In The Andes
14.1 ChavÉn de Hu£ntar
14.2 Nasca and Moche
14.3 The Inca Empire
Epilogue Bringing it Back Home
Appendices
Glossary
References
Credits
Name Index
Subject Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.2.2013 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 273 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 900 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-205-95310-7 / 0205953107 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-205-95310-3 / 9780205953103 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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