The Past in Perspective

An Introduction to Human Prehistory

Feder (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

640 Seiten

2019 | 8th edition
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-005993-4 (ISBN)

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Ideal for introduction to archaeology and world prehistory courses, The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory, eighth edition, is an engaging and up-to-date chronological overview of human prehistory. Kenneth L. Feder introduces students to "the big picture"--the grand sweep of human evolutionary history--presenting the human past within the context of fundamental themes of cultural evolution. Feder's unique, refreshing, and accessible narrative personalizes the past and makes it relevant to today's students. Using a consistent chapter format--"Prelude, Chronicle, Issues and Debates, Messages from the Past, and Case Study Close-up"--Feder helps students master both what we know and what is still debated about the complex story of the human past.NEW TO THIS EDITIONNew and updated material on cutting-edge technology, such as remote imaging of archaeological landscapesUpdated research on Stonehenge and Göbekli TepeNew sections on the use of lidar in mapping the Maya and the prevalence and role of human sacrifice among the AztecsNew discussions of the Gini coefficient in calculating the degree of economic inequality that characterizes ancient complex societies, and death, wealth, status, and power in Chaco Canyon and Cahokia.This title is available as an eBook. Please contact your Learning Resource Consultant for more information.

Kenneth L. Feder is Professor of Anthropology at Central Connecticut State University. He is the author of several books, including Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology, Ninth Edition (2017), and Linking to the Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology, Second Edition (OUP, 2007).

PrefaceEncountering the PastProbing the PastAfrican RootsThe Human LineageThe First Humans: The Evolution of Homo sapiensExpanding Intellectual Horizons: Arts and Ideas in the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone AgeExpanding Geographic Horizons: New WorldsAfter the Ice: The Food-Producing RevolutionRoots of Complexity: The Origins of CivilizationAn Explosion of Complexity: Mesopotamia, Africa, and EuropeThe Evolution of the StateAn Explosion of Complexity: The Indus Valley and ChinaAn Explosion of Complexity: MesoamericaAn Explosion of Complexity: South AmericaAn Explosion of Complexity: North AmericaEvolutionary Epilogue

Erscheinungsdatum	25.09.2019
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	980 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-005993-1 / 0190059931
ISBN-13	978-0-19-005993-4 / 9780190059934
Zustand	Neuware