- 500 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This is an introduction to human prehistory written for complete beginners with a global perspective. It is written in a jargon-free style that covers 6 million years of the remote past from human origins to the first pre-industrial civilizations, balancing theoretical discussion with descriptions and analysis of major sites and cultural developments.
World Prehistory provides a unique and balanced narrative of what happened in the prehistoric past and why. The book is well worth acquiring, as it provides essential historical background to a wide variety of subjects, from written history and environmental studies to climate change. Chronological tables, numerous illustrations, guides to further reading, and stand-alone boxes on some archaeological methods, key sites, and some people of the past amplify much of the basic narrative.
This global prehistory is aimed at people with no background in archaeology, undergraduates at all levels, and participants in graduate seminars on a wide range of subjects. Numerous people with a general interest in archaeology and multidisciplinary history have acquired and enjoyed this book.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Chronologies and Measurements
- Part I Prehistory
- 1 Introducing World Prehistory
- Part II The World of the First Humans
- 2 Human Origins
- 3 African Exodus
- Part III The Birth of the Modern World
- 4 Diaspora
- 5 The Origins of Food Production
- 6 The Earliest Farmers
- 7 Chiefs and Chiefdoms
- Part IV The First States: Preindustrial Civilizations
- 8 State-Organized Societies
- 9 Mesopotamia and the Eastern Mediterranean World
- 10 Egypt and Africa
- 11 South, Southeast, and East Asia
- Part V Preindustrial States in the Americas
- 12 Lowland Mesoamerica
- 13 Highland Mesoamerica
- 14 Andean States
- Epilogue
- Glossary of Technical Terms
- Glossary of Archaeological Sites and Cultural Terms
- References
- Index