Book
World prehistory : a brief introduction
Record details
- ISBN: 0673523721
- ISBN: 9780673523723
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Physical Description:
print
xv, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Edition: 3rd ed.
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins College Publishers, ©1996.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-272) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. Prehistory -- 1. The study of world prehistory -- "In the beginning" -- Pseudoarchaeology -- Prehistory, archaeology, and world prehistory -- Major developments in human prehistory -- Linear and cyclical time -- Dating the past -- Space -- The present and the past -- 2. Explaining prehistory -- Culture, culture history, and cultural process -- The mechanisms of culture change -- Culture as adaptation -- Multilinear cultural evolution -- Stages of social development -- Multicausal culture change -- Analogy : the ethnographic present -- The meaning of the past -- Current theoretical approaches. |
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| Subject: | Prehistoric peoples Anthropology, Prehistoric Human evolution Antiquities, Prehistoric Evolution |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | GN 740 .F34 1996 | 251044 | Stacks | Available | - |