World Prehistory and ArchaeologyRoutledge, 5 ott 2015 - 504 pagine An integrated picture of prehistory as an active process of discovery. 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. |
Sommario
EARLY STATES | |
PART | |
A FEAST OF DIVERSITY | |
Review Questions | |
CONTENTS | |
Government | |
Recording Methods | |
Counting Bones | |
The Development of Farming Societies | |
Archaeology and the Environment | |
Early | |
CHAPTER 10 | |
A Constructed Landscape | |
Summing Up the Evidence | |
The Development of Pueblo Bonito | |
The Chacoan Network | |
Ethnoarchaeology | |
Chapter Summary Key Terms | |
Organizing Time | |
Systems Theory | |
Archaeoacoustics Evolutionary Archaeology FROM THE FIELD Why Do I Do Archaeology? by Joe Watkins | |
CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED IN ARCHAEOLOGY PUTTING THE PICTURE TOGETHER | |
CHAPTER 3 | |
The Early Hominin Radiation | |
Following the Footsteps of Our Ancestors | |
The Archaeological Evidence | |
Living Floors and Base Camps | |
The Initial Occupation of Western Europe | |
Neanderthal Genetics | |
Site Organization and the Use of Fire | |
Summary Key Terms | |
The African Middle Stone | |
Comparing the Middle Stone Age and the Middle Paleolithic | |
Fate of the Neanderthals | |
Archaeological Evidence | |
Chronology | |
Summary Key Terms | |
Human Burials | |
Dating the Earliest Human Occupation | |
Artwork | |
Experimental Archaeology | |
Clovis First | |
Early Arrival Model | |
The Skeletal Evidence | |
Beyond Clovis | |
PART THREE | |
CHAPTER 7 | |
Domestication | |
Ritual | |
Paleoethnobotany | |
CHAPTER 5 | |
Summing Up the Evidence | |
The Formative Period | |
The Adena and the Hopewell | |
CHAPTER 9 | |
The First Farmers | |
Clearing Forests and Draining Swamps | |
Domestication in the Andean Highlands | |
Summing Up the Evidence | |
Summing Up the Evidence | |
Summary Key Terms | |
Chronology | |
Surplus and Specialization | |
The Setting | |
The Author on His Fieldwork Excavating at Giza | |
CHAPTER 4 | |
Violence and Warfare | |
The Setting and Chronology | |
Writing | |
The Three Dynasties | |
Conflict and Consolidation | |
Summing Up the Evidence | |
Mummies of the Tarim Basin | |
Underwater Archaeology | |
Summary Key Terms | |
Mesoamerica | |
Summing Up the Evidence | |
The Setting and Chronology | |
Geophysical Methods | |
Maya Hieroglyphics | |
Ritual Violence and Warfare | |
Summing Up the Evidence | |
Ritual and Human Sacrifice | |
Summary Key Terms | |
The Setting and the Temple | |
Chavín de Huántar The Beginnings of Social | |
Summing Up the Evidence | |
Metallurgy | |
Building Empire | |
Summing Up the Evidence | |
Summary Key Terms | |
EPILOGUE BRINGING IT BACK HOME | |
APPENDICES | |
Glossary | |
REFERENCES | |
CREDITS | |
CHAPTER 13 | |
NAME INDEX | |
UseWear Analysis | |
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World Prehistory and Archaeology: Pathways Through Time Michael Chazan Anteprima non disponibile - 2014 |