World prehistory and archaeology : pathways through time /
Michael Chazan.
- Boston ; London : Pearson Allyn and Bacon, c2008.
- xxxix, 518 pages : illustrations (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: questions of time and ethics -- Getting started in archaeology -- Putting the picture together -- Introduction: our place in nature -- Early hominids -- Neanderthals -- The origin of modern humans -- Peopling Australia and the Americas -- Introduction: perspectives on agriculture -- Towers, villages, and longhouses -- The origin and spread of maize agriculture -- A feast of diversity -- Introduction: defining social complexity -- Complexity without the state -- Urban states -- Enigmatic states -- Empires -- Epilogue: bringing it home. pt. 1, pt. 2, pt. 3, pt. 4,