The Human Past has established itself as a thorough and authoritative survey of human prehistory and the development of civilizations. Written by an international team of respected experts in the field, it presents a streamlined overview that can be broken down into a series of chapters focusing on individual regions and time periods. The Fourth Edition has been completely revised with key theme feature boxes, a new chapter on the peopling of the Americas, a section on methods and theories, full-color maps, timelines, illustrations, new coverage of sites and discoveries, and a fully updated e-media package, including all images from the book, test questions, and videos--Provided by publisher.
Lod (Lydda), Israel: From Its Origins Through the Byzantine Period, 5600 B.C.E. - 640 C.E.
The Middle Neolithic in Southern France: Chasséen Farming and Culture Process
This volume will appeal to scholars in archaeology, anthropology, and ecology.
"This book brings together the work of archaeologists investigating prehistoric hunter-gatherers (foragers) and early farmers in both the Southwest and the Great Basin.
This volume examines the origins and development of plant domestication in the Ancient Near East, along with various aspects of the new Man-Nature relationship that characterizes food-producing societies.
Introduction -- Hunting architecture -- Rangifer hunting and hunters -- The ancient Great Lakes: paleoenvironment and archaeology throughout the Pleistocene-Holocene transition -- Hunting architecture underwater: interdisciplinary ...
"How recent investigations of cerros de trincheras sites changed what we know about early agriculture in the Arizona-Mexico border region A detailed summary of research at cerros de trincheras sites and what it reveals about early ...
Manure Matters: Historical, Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives