People of the Earth: Introduction to World Prehistory - Couverture rigide

Fagan, Brian M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0673399087 ISBN 13 : 9780673399083

Editeur : Longman, 1989

Synopsis

This narrative traces the beginnings of humankind, surveying the prehistory of the world from the earliest times to the advent of literate civilization. The study examines the major theories of origin and the development of both the Old World and the New. In this edition, there is an expanded emphasis on the cultural complexity of early humans and their societies and on contemporary theories of biological and cultural evolution.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Brian Fagan is one of the leading archaeological writers in the world and an internationally recognized authority on world prehistory. He studied archaeology and anthropology at Pembroke College, Cambridge University, and then spent seven years in sub-Saharan Africa working in museums and in monument conservation and excavating early farming sites in Zambia and East Africa. He was one of the pioneers of multidisciplinary African history in the 1960s. Since 1967, he has been Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he has specialized in lecturing and writing about archaeology to wide audiences.

Professor Fagan has written six best-selling textbooks:

Ancient Lives: An Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory; In the Beginning Archaeology: A Brief Introduction; World Prehistory; Ancient Civilizations (with Chris Scarre); and this volume—all published by Prentice Hall—which are used around the world. His general books include The Rape of the Nile, a classic history of Egyptology; The Adventure of Archaeology; Time Detectives; Ancient North America; The Little Ice Age; and Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest Inhabitants. He was also General Editor of the Oxford Companion to Archaeology. In addition, he has published several scholarly monographs on African archaeology and numerous specialized articles in national and international journals. He is also an expert on multimedia teaching and the recipient of the Society for American Archaeology's first Public Education Award for his indefatigable efforts on behalf of archaeology and education.

Brian Fagan's other interests include bicycling, sailing, kayaking, and good food. He is married and lives in Santa Barbara with his wife and daughter, four cats (who supervise his writing), and last but not least, a minimum of four rabbits.

Présentation de l'éditeur

For courses in Introduction to Archaeology.

This comprehensive and well-established text is appropriate for courses in world prehistory taught in anthropology departments. It tells the beginning student a narrative story of human prehistory with a global voice and without a specific theoretical viewpoint. Designed to show how today's diverse humanity developed biologically and culturally over millions of years against a background of constant climatic change, it treats all areas of the world evenly and covers all periods of prehistory from human origins to the appearance of literate civilizations. Recent discoveries, new archaeological methodologies, and the latest theories of human biological and cultural evolution are emphasized throughout.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Longman
• Date d'édition: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0673399087
• ISBN 13: 9780673399083
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 6
• Nombre de pages: 672
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible