The human past : world prehistory and the development of human societies /

The human past : world prehistory and the development of human societies /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Fourth edition.
Imprint:	London : Thames & Hudson, 2018. ©2018
Description:	768 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Prehistoric peoples. Human evolution. Hunting and gathering societies. Agriculture, Prehistoric. Antiquities, Prehistoric. Agriculture, Prehistoric. Antiquities, Prehistoric. Human evolution. Hunting and gathering societies. Prehistoric peoples.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11446761

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Varying Form of Title:	World prehistory and the development of human societies
Other authors / contributors:	Scarre, Christopher, editor.
ISBN:	0500294208 9780500294208 050029335X 9780500293355
Notes:	Previous edition: 2013. Includes bibliographical references (pages 714-745), glossary, and index.
Summary:	The Human Past has established itself as a thorough and authoritative survey of human prehistory and the development of civilizations. Written by an international team of respected experts in the field, it presents a streamlined overview that can be broken down into a series of chapters focusing on individual regions and time periods. The Fourth Edition has been completely revised with key theme feature boxes, a new chapter on the peopling of the Americas, a section on methods and theories, full-color maps, timelines, illustrations, new coverage of sites and discoveries, and a fully updated e-media package, including all images from the book, test questions, and videos.--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

The study of the human past
African origins
Hominin dispersals in the Old World
The rise of modern humans
The origins, antiquity, and dispersal of the first Americans
The world transformed: from foragers and farmers to states and empires
From mobile foragers to complex societies in southwest Asia
East Asian agriculture and its impact
Australia and the Indo-Pacific islands during the Holocene
Origins of food-producing economies in the Americas
Holocene Africa
Holocene Europe
Peoples and complex societies of ancient southwest Asia
The Mediterranean world
South Asia : from early villages to Buddhism
Complex societies of east and southeast Asia
Mesoamerican civilization
From village to empire in South America
Complex societies of North America
The human past : retrospect and prospect.