Images of the Past
3rd Edition
Published on 16. July 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
564 pages
978-0-7674-1698-6 (ISBN)
Description
This well illustrated, site-by-site survey of prehistory captures the popular interest, excitement, and visual splendor of archaeology as it provides insight into current research, innovative interpretations, and important theoretical themes in the field.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
illustrations, maps
Dimensions
Height: 272 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1143 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7674-1698-6 (9780767416986)
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Persons
Doug Price is Weinstein Professor of European Archaeology and Director of the Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry at the University of WisconsinMadison, where he has been on the faculty for more than 35 years. He was also 6th Century Chair in Archaeological Science at the University of Aberdeen for several years beforehis retirement. He is currently Honorary Professor in the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. His research has involved substantial fieldwork on the beginnings of agriculture in southern Scandinavia and laboratory studies using strontium isotopes to study prehistoric human mobility. He has been involved in fieldwork in Denmark, Ireland, Wisconsin, Michigan, the Netherlands, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Israel, and New Mexico. He likes archaeology, most children, cooking, college football. He doesn't like lengthy, self-promoting descriptions by a book's author.
Gary Feinman is Curator of Mesoamerican Anthropology at The Field Museum in Chicago. He also is an AdjunctProfessor of Anthropology at both the University of IllinoisChicago and Northwestern University. Feinmans current research, which he directs with Linda Nicholas, is focused on understanding the economy and daily life at the time of the Monte Albi?n state in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, primarily through excavations at the site of El Palmillo. He also is involved in a regional settlement pattern project in eastern Shandong Province, China, with colleagues from The Field Museum and Shandong University. Feinman is the author of various books and articles and has conducted field researchin the North American Southwest. He has taught postgraduate classes in Mexico and China. In addition to archaeology, Feinman enjoys sports, hiking, time with family and friends, travel, and communicating about science and archaeology to the public through diverse media and means.
Gary Feinman is Curator of Mesoamerican Anthropology at The Field Museum in Chicago. He also is an AdjunctProfessor of Anthropology at both the University of IllinoisChicago and Northwestern University. Feinmans current research, which he directs with Linda Nicholas, is focused on understanding the economy and daily life at the time of the Monte Albi?n state in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, primarily through excavations at the site of El Palmillo. He also is involved in a regional settlement pattern project in eastern Shandong Province, China, with colleagues from The Field Museum and Shandong University. Feinman is the author of various books and articles and has conducted field researchin the North American Southwest. He has taught postgraduate classes in Mexico and China. In addition to archaeology, Feinman enjoys sports, hiking, time with family and friends, travel, and communicating about science and archaeology to the public through diverse media and means.
Content
Chapter 1. Principles of Archaeology
IntroductionFundamentals of ArchaeologyThe Discovery of Archaeological Sites * Archaeological Excavation * Analysis of Archaeological Materials * Sites and Settlements * Interpretation of Archaeological InformationSummary: The Relevance of Archaeology
Chapter 2. The First Humans
Introduction: The Dawn of HumanityHadarThe Family TreeLaetoliDating MethodsSwartkransHunters or Scavengers?OlduvaiThe Leakey FamilyKoobi ForaThe First ToolsSummary: Bones, Stones, and Human Behavior in the Plio/Pleistocene
Chapter 3. Out of Africa: Homo erectus
Introduction: From Hominid to HumanThe Paleolithic PeriodTrinilClimate and Environment in the PleistoceneZhoukoudianThe First EuropeansTerra AmataPleistocene MammalsKalambo Falls and OlorgesailieThe Acheulean HandaxeSummary: The End of the Lower Paleolithic
Chapter 4. The Hunters
Introduction: The Rise of Homo sapiensThe Origins of LanguageThe Klasies River Mouth CavesModern and Ancient DNAThe Valley of the NeanderthalsShanidar CavePalynology * The Fate of the Neanderthals * The Upper PaleolithicDolni VestoniceThe Cave of LascauxPortable ArtPinceventSymbols and NotationLake Mungo, AustraliaRadiocarbon DatingBeringiaMonte VerdeLindenmeierPleistocene ExtinctionSummary: The End of the Paleolithic
Chapter 5. Postglacial Foragers
Introduction: The World After 8000 B.C.Mount SandelThe Postglacial Environment of EuropeVedbaekBone Chemistry and Prehistoric SubsistenceElands Bay CaveNittanoCarrier MillsThe Human SkeletonGatecliff ShelterSummary: Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers
Chapter 6. The Origins of Agriculture
Introduction: The First Farmers'Ain MallahaWheat, Barley, Pigs, Goats, and SheepAbu HureyraPaleoethnobotanyJerichoArchaeozoologyCatalhoeyuekMehrgarhPotteryBan-po-ts'unRiceSpirit CaveEarly Metallurgy in ThailandGuila Naquitz CaveZea maysTehuacanGuitarrero CaveAgriculture in Native North America * Breast-Feeding and Birth SpacingSummary: The Spread of Agriculture
Chapter 7. Native North Americans
Introduction: The Diversity of Native American LifePoverty PointHopewellThe Archaeology of ExchangeCahokiaMonumental ArchitectureMoundvilleGrave GoodsThe Draper SiteSnaketownStudying Community Plan at SnaketownChaco CanyonOzetteChiefsSummary: The Clash of Worlds
Chapter 8. Ancient Mesoamerica
Introduction: Early State Development in MesoamericaSan Jose MogoteNonresidential ArchitectureSan LorenzoThe Olmec HorizonEl MiradorCarved StoneMonte AlbanSettlement Pattern SurveysTeotihuacanThe Mesoamerican BallgameTikalRaised and Drained Fields * Tikal's Monument RecordPalenqueWriting and CalendarsTulaChichen ItzaTenochtitlanAztec Markets * Human Sacrifice and CannibalismSummary: The End of Prehispanic Civilizations in Mexico
Chapter 9. South America: The Inca and Their Predecessors
Introduction: Prehispanic South AmericaEl ParaisoThe Maritime HypothesisChavin de HuantarThe Textiles of ParacasMocheThe Nazca LinesSipanTiwanakuChan ChanCuzco and Machu PicchuInca HighwaysHuanuco PampaSummary: The Organization of State Society
Chapter 10. Old World States and Empires
Introduction: The Old World After the Transition to AgricultureEriduTemplesUrukEarly Writing SystemsHarappa and Mohenjo-daroEconomic SpecializationHierakonpolisThe Cemetery at HierakonpolisGiza and Dynastic EgyptPyramidsAn-yangThe Roots of Chinese CuisineXianyangJenne-jenoGreat ZimbabweSummary: Theories of State Development
Chapter 11. Prehistoric Europe
Introduction: From the First Farmers to the Roman EmpireFranchthi CaveVarnaThe IcemanCharavinesThe Megaliths of Western EuropeStonehengeThe Aegean Bronze AgeKnossosMycenaeThe Bronze Age North of the AlpsBorum EshojVixThe Bog PeopleMaiden CastleSummary: Lessons from Prehistoric Europe
In Conclusion The Past as Present and Future
Appendix: Common Measurement Conversions and Equivalents
GlossaryReferences
Credits
Index
IntroductionFundamentals of ArchaeologyThe Discovery of Archaeological Sites * Archaeological Excavation * Analysis of Archaeological Materials * Sites and Settlements * Interpretation of Archaeological InformationSummary: The Relevance of Archaeology
Chapter 2. The First Humans
Introduction: The Dawn of HumanityHadarThe Family TreeLaetoliDating MethodsSwartkransHunters or Scavengers?OlduvaiThe Leakey FamilyKoobi ForaThe First ToolsSummary: Bones, Stones, and Human Behavior in the Plio/Pleistocene
Chapter 3. Out of Africa: Homo erectus
Introduction: From Hominid to HumanThe Paleolithic PeriodTrinilClimate and Environment in the PleistoceneZhoukoudianThe First EuropeansTerra AmataPleistocene MammalsKalambo Falls and OlorgesailieThe Acheulean HandaxeSummary: The End of the Lower Paleolithic
Chapter 4. The Hunters
Introduction: The Rise of Homo sapiensThe Origins of LanguageThe Klasies River Mouth CavesModern and Ancient DNAThe Valley of the NeanderthalsShanidar CavePalynology * The Fate of the Neanderthals * The Upper PaleolithicDolni VestoniceThe Cave of LascauxPortable ArtPinceventSymbols and NotationLake Mungo, AustraliaRadiocarbon DatingBeringiaMonte VerdeLindenmeierPleistocene ExtinctionSummary: The End of the Paleolithic
Chapter 5. Postglacial Foragers
Introduction: The World After 8000 B.C.Mount SandelThe Postglacial Environment of EuropeVedbaekBone Chemistry and Prehistoric SubsistenceElands Bay CaveNittanoCarrier MillsThe Human SkeletonGatecliff ShelterSummary: Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers
Chapter 6. The Origins of Agriculture
Introduction: The First Farmers'Ain MallahaWheat, Barley, Pigs, Goats, and SheepAbu HureyraPaleoethnobotanyJerichoArchaeozoologyCatalhoeyuekMehrgarhPotteryBan-po-ts'unRiceSpirit CaveEarly Metallurgy in ThailandGuila Naquitz CaveZea maysTehuacanGuitarrero CaveAgriculture in Native North America * Breast-Feeding and Birth SpacingSummary: The Spread of Agriculture
Chapter 7. Native North Americans
Introduction: The Diversity of Native American LifePoverty PointHopewellThe Archaeology of ExchangeCahokiaMonumental ArchitectureMoundvilleGrave GoodsThe Draper SiteSnaketownStudying Community Plan at SnaketownChaco CanyonOzetteChiefsSummary: The Clash of Worlds
Chapter 8. Ancient Mesoamerica
Introduction: Early State Development in MesoamericaSan Jose MogoteNonresidential ArchitectureSan LorenzoThe Olmec HorizonEl MiradorCarved StoneMonte AlbanSettlement Pattern SurveysTeotihuacanThe Mesoamerican BallgameTikalRaised and Drained Fields * Tikal's Monument RecordPalenqueWriting and CalendarsTulaChichen ItzaTenochtitlanAztec Markets * Human Sacrifice and CannibalismSummary: The End of Prehispanic Civilizations in Mexico
Chapter 9. South America: The Inca and Their Predecessors
Introduction: Prehispanic South AmericaEl ParaisoThe Maritime HypothesisChavin de HuantarThe Textiles of ParacasMocheThe Nazca LinesSipanTiwanakuChan ChanCuzco and Machu PicchuInca HighwaysHuanuco PampaSummary: The Organization of State Society
Chapter 10. Old World States and Empires
Introduction: The Old World After the Transition to AgricultureEriduTemplesUrukEarly Writing SystemsHarappa and Mohenjo-daroEconomic SpecializationHierakonpolisThe Cemetery at HierakonpolisGiza and Dynastic EgyptPyramidsAn-yangThe Roots of Chinese CuisineXianyangJenne-jenoGreat ZimbabweSummary: Theories of State Development
Chapter 11. Prehistoric Europe
Introduction: From the First Farmers to the Roman EmpireFranchthi CaveVarnaThe IcemanCharavinesThe Megaliths of Western EuropeStonehengeThe Aegean Bronze AgeKnossosMycenaeThe Bronze Age North of the AlpsBorum EshojVixThe Bog PeopleMaiden CastleSummary: Lessons from Prehistoric Europe
In Conclusion The Past as Present and Future
Appendix: Common Measurement Conversions and Equivalents
GlossaryReferences
Credits
Index