World prehistory : a brief introduction /: a brief introduction. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian M. Fagan and Nadia Durrani.
• Authors: Fagan, Brian M; Durrani, Nadia
• Contents: Preface A Note on Chronologies and Measurements PART I: PREHISTORY Introduction: Archaeology and Prehistory 1 Introducing World Prehistory PART II: THE WORLD OF THE FIRST HUMANS Introduction: Beginnings 2 Human Origins 3 African Exodus PART III: THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN WORLD Introduction: Moderns, Migrations, and Farmers 4 Diaspora 5 The Origins of Food Production 6 The Earliest Farmers 7 Chiefs and Chiefdoms PART IV: EARLY CIVILIZATIONS Introduction: Old World Civilizations 8 State-Organized Societies 9 Mesopotamia and the Eastern Mediterranean World 10 Egypt and Africa 11 South, Southeast, and East Asia PART V: PRE-INDUSTRIAL STATES IN THE AMERICAS Introduction: Mesoamerican and Andean States 12 Lowland Mesoamerica13 Highland Mesoamerica14 Andean Civilizations Epilogue Glossary of Technical Terms Glossary of Archaeological Sites and Cultural terms
• Edition: Tenth edition
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 930; 569.5; Prehistoric peoples; Anthropology, Prehistoric; Human evolution; Antiquities, Prehistoric; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology; Anthropology, Prehistoric; Antiquities, Prehistoric; Human evolution; Prehistoric peoples; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429772818; 0429772815; 9780429430381; 0429430388; 9780429772801; 0429772807; 9780429772795; 0429772793
• Related ISBNs: 1138366293; 9781138366299
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 05, 2020).
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