World Prehistory and Archaeology
An Integrated Picture of Prehistory as an Active Process of Discovery
World Prehistory and Archaeology: Pathways through Time, fourth edition, provides an integrated discussion of world prehistory and archaeological methods. This text emphasizes the relevance of how we know and what we know about our human prehistory. A cornerstone of World Prehistory and Archaeology is the discussion of prehistory as an active process of discovery. Methodological issues are addressed throughout the text to engage readers.
Archaeological methods are introduced in the first two chapters. Succeeding chapters then address the question of how we know the past to provide an integrated presentation of prehistory. The fourth edition involves readers in the current state of archaeological
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An Integrated Picture of Prehistory as an Active Process of Discovery
World Prehistory and Archaeology: Pathways through Time, fourth edition, provides an integrated discussion of world prehistory and archaeological methods. This text emphasizes the relevance of how we know and what we know about our human prehistory. A cornerstone of World Prehistory and Archaeology is the discussion of prehistory as an active process of discovery. Methodological issues are addressed throughout the text to engage readers.
Archaeological methods are introduced in the first two chapters. Succeeding chapters then address the question of how we know the past to provide an integrated presentation of prehistory. The fourth edition involves readers in the current state of archaeological research, revealing how archaeologists work and interpret what they find. Through the coverage of various new research, author Michael Chazan shows how archaeology is truly a global discipline.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:
* Gain new perspectives and insights into who we are and how our world came into being.
* Think about humanity from the perspective of archaeology.
* Appreciate the importance of the archaeological record for contemporary society. An excellent overview for the introductory student in Prehistory and Archaeology. Taking a globalized focus to social complexity, Chazan has created a text that holistically takes humans from their earliest hominin origins through the expansion of civilizations around the world. In doing so, Chazan includes introductory archaeological principles, new information on hominin evolution, and does not preclude the State as a necessity of social complexity.
- Brad Biglow, Florida State College at Jacksonville, USAPart One: The Past is a Foreign Country: Getting from Here to There
Introduction: Questions of Time and Ethics
Chapter 1: Getting Started In Archaeology
Chapter 2: Putting the Picture Together
Part Two: Human Evolution
Introduction: Our Place in Nature
Chapter 3: Early Hominins
Chapter 4: From Homo erectus To Neanderthals
Chapter 5: The Origin of Modern Humans
Chapter 6: The Peopling Of Australia and the New World
Part Three: Perspectives on Agriculture
Introduction: Definitions of Agriculture
Chapter 7: Towers, Villages, and Longhouses
Chapter 8: Mounds and Maize
Chapter 9: A Feast of Diversity
Part Four: The Development of Social Complexity
Introduction: Defining Social Complexity
Chapter 10: Complexity without the State
Chapter 11: Cities, Pyramids, and Palaces: Early States of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Aegean
Chapter 12: Locating the Source of Authority: Early States in Asia
Chapter 13: From City to Empire: Social Complexity in Mesoamerica
Chapter 14: Bringing the Four Parts Together: States and Empire in the Andes
Epilogue
Appendices
References
Name Index
Subject Index
An Integrated Picture of Prehistory as an Active Process of Discovery
World Prehistory and Archaeology: Pathways through Time, fourth edition, provides an integrated discussion of world prehistory and archaeological methods. This text emphasizes the relevance of how we know and what we know about our human prehistory. A cornerstone of World Prehistory and Archaeology is the discussion of prehistory as an active process of discovery. Methodological issues are addressed throughout the text to engage readers.
Archaeological methods are introduced in the first two chapters. Succeeding chapters then address the question of how we know the past to provide an integrated presentation of prehistory. The fourth edition involves readers in the current state of archaeological