Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xxiii, 563 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "Textbook for introduction to archaeology and world prehistory courses"--

Subject

1. Prehistoric peoples
2. Human evolution
3. Fossil hominids
4. Human remains (Archaeology)

Contents

1. Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- 1. Encountering the Past -- 2. Probing the Past -- 3. African Roots -- 4. The Human Lineage -- 5. The First Humans: The Evolution of Homo sapiens -- 6. Expanding Intellectual Horizons: Arts and Ideas in the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Age -- 7. Expanding Geographic Horizons: New Worlds -- 8. After the Ice: The Food-Producing Revolution -- 9. Roots of Complexity: The Origins of Civilization -- 10. An Explosion of Complexity: Mesopotamia, Africa, and Europe -- 11. An Explosion of Complexity: The Indus Valley and China -- 12. An Explosion of Complexity: Mesoamerica -- 13. An Explosion of Complexity: South America -- 14. An Explosion of Complexity: North America -- Evolutionary Epilogue -- Glossary -- Hominin Cheat Sheet -- References -- Index.

Call number

1. JFE 14-147

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Feder, Kenneth L.

Title

1. The past in perspective : an introduction to human prehistory / Kenneth L. Feder.

Publisher

1. New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Edition

1. Sixth edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2013014192

ISBN

1. 9780199950737 (pbk.)
2. 0199950733 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. JFE 14-147