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Archaeology and Humanity's Story

Author : Deborah I. Olszewski
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN : 0190930128

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Archaeology and Humanity's Story by Deborah I. Olszewski Pdf

This student-friendly textbook introduces the archaeological past from approximately seven million years ago through later politically complex societies. Now fully updated in its second edition, Archaeology and Humanity's Story: A Brief Introduction to World Prehistory does not attempt to discuss every archaeologically important site and development in prehistory and early history. Rather, it presents key issues from earlier prehistory and then organizes the chapters on politically complex societies using a similar framework. This allows students to easily compare and contrast different geographical regions. Each of these chapters also highlights a specific case study in which similar themes are examined, such as the written word; resource networks, trade, and exchange; social life; ritual and religion; and warfare and violence. Each chapter includes several sidebar boxes, a timeline showing the chronology relevant to that chapter, and The Big Picture, Peopling the Past, and Further Reflections features.

The Dawn of Everything

Author : David Graeber,David Wengrow
Publisher : Signal
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780771049835

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The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber,David Wengrow Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Renowned activist and public intellectual David Graeber teams up with professor of comparative archaeology David Wengrow to deliver a trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution--from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state," political violence, and social inequality--and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation. For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike--either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could only be achieved by sacrificing those original freedoms, or alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. Graeber and Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a conservative reaction to powerful critiques of European society posed by Indigenous observers and intellectuals. Revisiting this encounter has startling implications for how we make sense of human history today, including the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery, and civilization itself. Drawing on path-breaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we learn to throw off our conceptual shackles and perceive what's really there. If humans did not spend 95% of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing all that time? If agriculture, and cities, did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organization did they lead to? What was really happening during the periods that we usually describe as the emergence of "the state"? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of human history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful, hopeful possibilities, than we tend to assume. The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision, and a faith in the power of direct action.

Archaeology from Space

Author : Sarah Parcak
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781250198297

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Archaeology from Space by Sarah Parcak Pdf

National Geographic Explorer and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak welcomes you to the exciting new world of space archaeology, a growing field that is sparking extraordinary discoveries from ancient civilizations across the globe. In Archaeology from Space, Sarah Parcak shows the evolution, major discoveries, and future potential of the young field of satellite archaeology. From surprise advancements after the declassification of spy photography, to a new map of the mythical Egyptian city of Tanis, she shares her field’s biggest discoveries, revealing why space archaeology is not only exciting, but urgently essential to the preservation of the world’s ancient treasures. Parcak has worked in twelve countries and four continents, using multispectral and high-resolution satellite imagery to identify thousands of previously unknown settlements, roads, fortresses, palaces, tombs, and even potential pyramids. From there, her stories take us back in time and across borders, into the day-to-day lives of ancient humans whose traits and genes we share. And she shows us that if we heed the lessons of the past, we can shape a vibrant future. Includes Illustrations

Patterns in Prehistory

Author : Robert J. Wenke
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : UOM:39015018934144

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Patterns in Prehistory by Robert J. Wenke Pdf

World Prehistory and Archaeology

Author : Michael Chazan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1118 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317347507

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World Prehistory and Archaeology by Michael Chazan Pdf

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.

The Fifth Beginning

Author : Robert L. Kelly
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520303485

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The Fifth Beginning by Robert L. Kelly Pdf

“I have seen yesterday. I know tomorrow.” This inscription in Tutankhamun’s tomb summarizes The Fifth Beginning. Here, archaeologist Robert L. Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. In an eminently readable style, Kelly identifies four key pivot points in the six-million-year history of human development: the emergence of technology, culture, agriculture, and the state. In each example, the author examines the long-term processes that resulted in a definitive, no-turning-back change for the organization of society. Kelly then looks ahead, giving us evidence for what he calls a fifth beginning, one that started about AD 1500. Some might call it “globalization,” but the author places it in its larger context: a five-thousand-year arms race, capitalism’s global reach, and the cultural effects of a worldwide communication network. Kelly predicts that the emergent phenomena of this fifth beginning will include the end of war as a viable way to resolve disputes, the end of capitalism as we know it, the widespread shift toward world citizenship, and the rise of forms of cooperation that will end the near-sacred status of nation-states. It’s the end of life as we have known it. However, the author is cautiously optimistic: he dwells not on the coming chaos, but on humanity’s great potential.

The Past in Perspective

Author : Kenneth L. Feder
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Fossil hominids
ISBN : 0190275855

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The Past in Perspective by Kenneth L. Feder Pdf

An engaging and up-to-date chronological introduction to human prehistory, this text introduces students to the big picture of human evolutionary history, presenting the human past within the context of fundamental themes of cultural evolution.

Tales of Ancient Worlds

Author : Stefan Milosavljevich,Neon Squid
Publisher : Neon Squid
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684492121

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Tales of Ancient Worlds by Stefan Milosavljevich,Neon Squid Pdf

Exciting nonfiction stories of intrepid archaeologists and their amazing discoveries from history, written by archaeology YouTuber Stefan Milosavljevich.

The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere

Author : Paulette F. C. Steeves
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496225368

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The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere by Paulette F. C. Steeves Pdf

2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere is a reclaimed history of the deep past of Indigenous people in North and South America during the Paleolithic. Paulette F. C. Steeves mines evidence from archaeology sites and Paleolithic environments, landscapes, and mammalian and human migrations to make the case that people have been in the Western Hemisphere not only just prior to Clovis sites (10,200 years ago) but for more than 60,000 years, and likely more than 100,000 years. Steeves discusses the political history of American anthropology to focus on why pre-Clovis sites have been dismissed by the field for nearly a century. She explores supporting evidence from genetics and linguistic anthropology regarding First Peoples and time frames of early migrations. Additionally, she highlights the work and struggles faced by a small yet vibrant group of American and European archaeologists who have excavated and reported on numerous pre-Clovis archaeology sites. In this first book on Paleolithic archaeology of the Americas written from an Indigenous perspective, The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere includes Indigenous oral traditions, archaeological evidence, and a critical and decolonizing discussion of the development of archaeology in the Americas.

Archaeology: the Whole Story

Author : Paul Bahn,Brian M. Fagan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-30
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 0500292760

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Archaeology: the Whole Story by Paul Bahn,Brian M. Fagan Pdf

Global in perspective and covering over four million years of history, this accessible volume provides a chronological account of both the development of the human race and the order in which modern societies have made discoveries about their ancient past. Beginning deep in prehistory, it takes in all the great archaeological sites of the world as it advances to the present day. A masterful combination of succinct analysis and driving narrative, Archaeology: The Whole Story also addresses the questions that inevitably arise as we gradually learn more about the history of our species: what are we? Where did we come from? What inspired us to start building, writing and all the other activities that we traditionally regard as exclusively human? A concluding section explains how we know what we know: for example, how seventeen prehistoric shrines were discovered around Stonehenge using magnetometers, ground-penetrating radars, and 3D laser scanners; and how DNA analysis enabled us to identify some bones discovered beneath a car park in Leicester as the remains of a fifteenth-century king of England.

A Short History of Humanity

Author : Johannes Krause,Thomas Trappe
Publisher : Random House
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780753554975

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A Short History of Humanity by Johannes Krause,Thomas Trappe Pdf

Humanity has often found itself on the precipice. We've survived and thrived because we've never stopped moving... 'Stops you dead in your tracks ... An absolute revelation' Sue Black, bestselling author of All That Remains In this eye-opening book, Johannes Krause, Chair of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Humanity, offers a new way of understanding our past, present and future. Marshalling unique insights from archaeogenetics, an emerging new discipline that allows us to read our ancestors' DNA like journals chronicling personal stories of migration, Krause charts two millennia of adaption, movement and survival, culminating in the triumph of Homo Sapiens as we swept through Europe and beyond in successive waves of migration - developing everything from language, the patriarchy, disease, art and a love of pets as we did so. We also meet our ancestors, from those many of us have heard of - such as Homo Erectus and the Neanderthals - to the wildly unfamiliar but no less real: the recently discovered Denisovans, who ranged across Asia and, like humans, interbred with Neanderthals; the Aurignacians, skilled artists who, 40,000 years ago, brought about an extraordinary transformation in what our species could invent and create; the Varna, who buried their loved ones with gold long before the Pharaohs of Egypt did; and the Gravettians, big game hunters who were Europe's most successful early settlers until they perished in the face of the toughest opponent humanity had ever faced: the ice age. As well as being a radical new telling of our shared story, this book is a reminder that the global problems that keep us awake at night - climate catastrophe; the sudden emergence of deadly epidemics; refugee crises; ethnic conflict; over-population - are all things we've faced, and overcome, before.

Patterns in Prehistory

Author : Robert J. Wenke
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN : UOM:39015017495303

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Patterns in Prehistory by Robert J. Wenke Pdf

This comprehensive review of world prehistory is organized around the five topics central to archaeology: the origins of culture, the development of physically "modern" people, the Pleistocene cultures, the establishment of agricultural economies, and the rise of complex states and empires. It presents a coherent philosophy of the field, reflecting the "new archaeology" of the 1960s and 70s while reviewing the methodological revisions of the 1980s, and relates the archaeological data from hundreds of sites to the great questions of prehistorical change. Thoroughly revised and brought up to date in light of recent scholarship, the second edition is more compact and even easier to use. It features expanded coverage of Egypt and Mexico, 25 new illustrations, and a wealth of anecdotal material. Clear and lively, Patterns in Prehistory is that rare book that will fascinate general readers and students alike." -- Publisher.

An Enchantment of Digital Archaeology

Author : Shawn Graham
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1789208718

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An Enchantment of Digital Archaeology by Shawn Graham Pdf

The use of computation in archaeology is a kind of magic, a way of heightening the archaeological imagination. Agent-based modelling allows archaeologists to test the ‘just-so’ stories they tell about the past. It requires a formalization of the story so that it can be represented as a simulation; researchers are then able to explore the unintended consequences or emergent outcomes of stories about the past. Agent-based models are one end of a spectrum that, at the opposite side, ends with video games. This volume explores this spectrum in the context of Roman archaeology, addressing the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities of a formalized approach to computation and archaeogaming.

World Prehistory

Author : Brian M. Fagan
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Anthropology, Prehistoric
ISBN : UVA:X002755232

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World Prehistory by Brian M. Fagan Pdf

This brief survey of world archaeology, designed for readers with no previous experience of the subject, provides an overview of the major developments in the early human past. Special attention is given to the latest findings on evolution

Archaeology at Home

Author : Hein B. Bjerck
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Dwellings
ISBN : 1800500734

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Archaeology at Home by Hein B. Bjerck Pdf

A deep dive into the entanglements between humans and their things. It explores the notion that things themselves "remember" when left by "their" people.