Written by Brian Fagan, World Prehistory covers the entire world, not just the Americas or Europe, and places major emphasis on both theories and the latest archaeological and multidisciplinary approaches.
Institute of Archaeology , London , 1976 20 Clark , G. & Hutchinson , J. ( ed . ) The Early History of Agriculture . ( Phil . Trans . Roy . Soc . B , vol . 275 , no . 936 , pp . 1-213 ) . Royal Society , London , 1976 21 Clarke , D. L. ...
For early settlement, see J. Allen and J. F. O'Connell, eds., Getting from Sunda to Sahul, in G. Clark, F. Leach, ... while Stuart Struever and Felicia Holton's Koster: Americans in Search of Their Past (New York: Anchor Books, ...
World Prehistory: A Brief Introduction
Written in an accessible and jargon-free style, this engaging volume tells the story of humanity from our beginnings in tropical Africa up to the advent of the world's first urban civilizations.
Beginnings (6 to 2 Ma) -- Out of Africa (2 Ma and later) -- Enter Homo sapiens (300,000 years ago and later) -- Modern humans in the North (50,000 to 12,000 years ago) -- After the ice (15,000 years ago and later) -- Farmers and herders (c. ...
World Prehistory: A New Outline
World Prehistory: The Basics tells the compelling story of human prehistory, from our African origins to the spectacular pre-industrial civilizations and cities of the more recent past.
The volume addresses the study of world prehistory, the archaeological record, process of archaeological research, the dawn of humanity, the first humans and the origins of culture, the emergence of modern humans, the upper Paleolithic ...
Written in an accessible and jargon-free style, this engaging volume tells the story of humanity from our beginnings in tropical Africa up to the advent of the world’s first urban civilizations.
This is an introduction to human prehistory written for complete beginners with a global perspective.
Written in an accessible and jargon-free style, this engaging volume tells the story of humanity from our beginnings in tropical Africa up to the advent of the world’s first urban civilizations.
This is a brief survey of world archaeology, designed for readers with no previous experience of the subject. The book should appeal to those who want an overview of the...