World Prehistory and Archaeology
Pathways Through Time
Michael Chazan
- 452 pages
- English
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World Prehistory and Archaeology
Pathways Through Time
Michael Chazan
About This Book
World Prehistory and Archaeology provides an integrated discussion of world prehistory and archaeological methods, presenting an up-to-date perspective on what we know about our human prehistory and how we come to know it.
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, following which the question of how we know the past is discussed. This fifth 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 that archaeology is truly a global discipline. In this edition there is a particular emphasis on the relevance of archaeology to contemporary society and to the major issues that face us today.
This edition will provide students with a necessary grounding in the fundamentals of archaeology, before engaging them with the work that goes into understanding world prehistory. They will be given the tools to place this knowledge in the context of the modern world, acknowledging the relevance of archaeology to the concerns of today.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- List of Boxed Features
- Preface: New for the Fifth Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Contemporary Relevance of Archaeology: Imagining a World Without Us
- Part I The Past is a Foreign Country: Getting from here to there
- Contemporary Relevance of Archaeology: The Future of Human Evolution
- Part II Human Evolution
- Contemporary Relevance of Archaeology: Restoring Connections with the Natural World
- Part III Perspectives on Agriculture
- Contemporary Relevance of Archaeology: Exploring the Moral Grounds of Economic Relations
- Part IV The Development of Social Complexity
- Epilogue: Bringing It Back Home
- Bibliography
- Figure and Photo Credits
- Index