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World Prehistory and Archaeology - Michael Chazan

World Prehistory and Archaeology

Pathways Through Time

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Buch | Softcover
460 Seiten
2017 | 4th New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-08946-4 (ISBN)
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An Integrated Picture of Prehistory as an Active Process of Discovery


World Prehistory and Archaeology: Pathways through Time, fourth 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 fourth 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 contemporary society.

Michael Chazan is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and the director of the Archaeology Centre at the University of Toronto, Canada. He earned his PhD in anthropology at Yale University, USA. Before coming to Toronto, Professor Chazan was a postdoctoral fellow with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, France, and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. His field experience includes excavations in New Jersey, France, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and South Africa. Professor Chazan’s previous publications include a monograph on the Lower Paleolithic site of Holon, Israel, co-authored with Liora Kolska-Horwitz.

Part One: The Past is a Foreign Country: Getting from Here to There


Introduction: Questions of Time and Ethics


Chapter 1: Getting Started In Archaeology


Chapter 2: Putting the Picture Together





Part Two: Human Evolution


Introduction: Our Place in Nature


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


Introduction: Definitions of 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


Introduction: Defining Social Complexity


Chapter 10: Complexity without the State


Chapter 11: Cities, Pyramids, and Palaces: Early States of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Aegean


Chapter 12: Locating the Source of Authority: Early States in 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


Appendices


References


Name Index


Subject Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 359 Halftones, black and white; 9 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 210 x 280 mm
Gewicht 1650 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Vor- und Frühgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-138-08946-X / 113808946X
ISBN-13 978-1-138-08946-4 / 9781138089464
Zustand Neuware
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