Exploring prehistory: how archaeology reveals our past / Pam J. Crabtree

By: Crabtree, Pam J [author]
Publisher: Boston : McGraw-Hil, c2006Description: xxiii, 483 pages: illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0072978147DDC classification: 930.1
Contents:
Exploring the past -- Setting the stage : who were our earliest human ancestors? -- The earliest archaeological sites : the first stone tools -- Homo ergaster and Lower Paleolithic in Africa and the Near East -- The lower Paleolithic in Asia and Europe -- The Middle paleolithic and the appearance of the Neanderthals -- The appearance of modern humans -- Late Paleolithic cultures of the Near East and Africa -- The industries and cultures of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe -- Art and cognition in the Upper Paleolithic -- The initial human colonization of Australia -- The peopling of the New World -- The Mesolithic Period in Europe -- Post-Pleistocene adaptations in the Americas : the development of the Archaic -- The origins of agriculture : a crucial step -- Last foragers and first farmers : the origins of agriculture in the Old World -- Agricultural origins in the New World -- The consequences of the agricultural revolution -- The development of cities and states : Mesopotamia and the urban revolution -- The Indus age : the origins of urbanism in South Asia -- The rise of complex societies in Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa -- Early cities and states in China -- Later prehistoric Europe : a different pattern of cultural complexity -- Complex societies in Mesoamerica -- Cities, states, and empires in the Andes -- Middle range and complex societies in North America -- The future of archaeology.
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Includes index.

Exploring the past --
Setting the stage : who were our earliest human ancestors? --
The earliest archaeological sites : the first stone tools --
Homo ergaster and Lower Paleolithic in Africa and the Near East --
The lower Paleolithic in Asia and Europe --
The Middle paleolithic and the appearance of the Neanderthals --
The appearance of modern humans --
Late Paleolithic cultures of the Near East and Africa --
The industries and cultures of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe --
Art and cognition in the Upper Paleolithic --
The initial human colonization of Australia --
The peopling of the New World --
The Mesolithic Period in Europe --
Post-Pleistocene adaptations in the Americas : the development of the Archaic --
The origins of agriculture : a crucial step --
Last foragers and first farmers : the origins of agriculture in the Old World --
Agricultural origins in the New World --
The consequences of the agricultural revolution --
The development of cities and states : Mesopotamia and the urban revolution --
The Indus age : the origins of urbanism in South Asia --
The rise of complex societies in Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa --
Early cities and states in China --
Later prehistoric Europe : a different pattern of cultural complexity --
Complex societies in Mesoamerica --
Cities, states, and empires in the Andes --
Middle range and complex societies in North America --
The future of archaeology.

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