Chazan, Michael.

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,

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Prehistoric peoples.
Anthropology, Prehistoric.
Archaeology.

GN 740 / .C43 2008

930.1