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• Title:The past in perspective : an introduction to human prehistory / Kenneth L. Feder (Central Connecticut State University).
  
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• Author/Creator:Feder, Kenneth L., author.
  
• Published/Created:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: GN740 .F43 2017
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Prehistoric peoples--Textbooks.
  Human evolution--Textbooks.
  Fossil hominids--Textbooks.
  Human remains (Archaeology)--Textbooks.
  
• Edition:Seventh edition.
  
• Description:xxviii, 596 pages ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"A college textbook for the Introduction to Prehistory course"--Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780190275853 paperback ; acid-free paper
  0190275855 paperback ; acid-free paper
  9780190275891 instructor edition ; acid-free paper
  0190275898 instructor edition ; acid-free paper
  9780190275860 electronic book
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Encountering the Past
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Foreign Country
  Anthropological Perspective
  Ancient World
  Age Of The Earth
  Wreck Of A World
  Noah's Flood
  Equable And Steady Change
  Fairy Stones?
  John Frere's Discovery
  More Stone Tools ... And Bones
  Slow Agency Of Existing Causes
  Ancient Humans Revisited
  Cultures Ancient And Changing
  Charles Darwin And The Antiquity Of Life
  Evolutionary Philosophy
  Mutability Of Species
  Origin Of Species
  Human Evolution
  Cultures Evolving
  Our Modern View
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  2. Probing The Past
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Epistemolgy: How We Know What We Know
  "Science" In The Study Of The Past
  Paleoanthropological And Archaeological Sites
  How Sites Are Formed
  How Sites Are Preserved
  How Sites Are Found
  How Information Is Recovered
  Archaeology At A Distance: Noninvasive Methods Of Data Collection
  Analyzing Archaeological Data
  How Artifacts Are Analyzed
  How Ecofacts Are Analyzed
  How Human And Prehuman Skeletal Remains Are Analyzed
  Determining The Age Of A Site Or Specimen
  Dating Techniques Based On Radioactive Decay
  Dating Techniques Based On Biology
  Dating Techniques Based On Radiation Damage
  Dating By Measuring Paleomagnetism
  Ethics Of Archaeological Research
  Message From The Part
  Coping With Crap: Pseudoscience In Archaeology
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  3. African Roots
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Chronicle
  Miocene Preface
  Fossil Apes Of The Miocene
  Why The Study Of Apes Is Relevant To The Study Of Humanity
  What Happened To The Apes At The End Of The Miocene?
  Irony Of Extinction
  First Hominins
  Late Miocene Hominins
  Genus Australopithecus
  Australopithecus Afarensis
  Fork In The Hominin Road
  Ability To Make Tools
  Different Path
  -Homo
  Oldowan Technology
  Tools And Talk
  Fate Of Homo Habilis
  New Hominin Star
  Issues And Debates
  What Were The First Steps In Hominin Evolution?
  How Do We Know The Hominins Were Upright?
  Is There Other Evidence For Bipedality?
  Why Bipedalism?
  Upright Provider
  Upright Scavenger
  Efficient Walker
  Endurance Runner
  Were The Early Hominins Hunters?
  Where Did The Idea For Stone Tools Come From?
  Why Is The Fossil Record Of Human Evolution So Complicated?
  Messages From The Past
  Has Evolution Programmed Us To Be Killers?
  Case Study Close-Up
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  4. Human Lineage
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Chronicle
  Homo Erectus
  Evolutionary Position Of Homo Erectus
  Hominins Conquer The World
  East Asia
  Homo Erectus: Ocean Explorer?
  China And India
  Europe
  Age Of Ice
  Oxygen Isotope Curve
  Homo Erectus: The Toolmaker
  Subsistence
  Issues And Debates
  Did The Pleistocene Cause The Evolution Of Homo Erectus?
  What Enabled The Geographic Expansion Of Homo Erectus?
  Intelligence
  Control Of Fire
  "Art" Of Making Tools
  Homo Erectus Art?
  Who Were The Hobbit Hominins?
  Raising Homo Erectus
  Where Are The Handaxes?
  When Did Homo Erectus Become Extinct?
  Messages From The Past
  We Are Everywhere And Culture Makes It Possible
  Case Study Close-Up
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  5. First Humans
  Evolution Of Homo Sapiens
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Chronicle
  Premodern Humans: Fossil Evidence
  Premodern Humans: Cultural Evidence
  Neandertals
  Morphological Evidence
  Fossil Evidence
  Neandertal Culture
  Stone Tools
  Subsistence
  Compassion
  Ancient Family
  Symbolic Expression
  Burial Of The Dead
  Anatomically Modern Homo Sapiens
  Explaining The Evolution Of Us
  Consensus View
  Evidence
  Consensus View
  Evidence
  Consensus View
  Evidence
  Consensus View
  Evidence
  Consensus View
  Stone Tools Of Anatomically Modern Human Beings: Utilitarian Works Of Art
  Issues And Debates
  Why Are The Neandertals Extinct?
  Neandertals: A Separate Species
  Our Hominin Relatives: Genetic Gifts, Genetic Burdens
  Messages From The Past
  Human Beings: An Evolutionary Success Story?
  Case Study Close-Up
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  6. Expanding Intellectual Horizons
  Art And Ideas In The Upper Paleolithic And Late Stone Age
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Chronicle
  New Ideas: Reflections Of The Modern Human Mind
  1. New And Improved Stone-Tool Technologies
  2. New Hunting And Weapons Technologies
  3. Broadening The Subsistence Base
  4. Branching Out In Raw Materials And Developing New Technologies
  5. New Uses For Plant Materials
  6. Acquisition Of Raw Materials From A Great Distance
  7. Larger Sites Of Population Aggregation
  8. Abundance Of Nonutilitarian Objects
  9. More Elaborate Burials
  10. Symbolic Expression Through The Production Of Art
  Revolution Of Intellect: The Meaning Of Upper Paleolithic Art
  Earliest Art: Australia And Africa
  Upper Paleolithic Art In Europe
  Figurines
  Sound Of Music
  Issues And Debates
  What Does The Art Of The Upper Paleolithic Mean?
  Importance Of Living Long: The Grandmother Effect
  Messages From The Past
  Why Do We Destroy?
  Case Study Close-Up
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  7. Expanding Geographic Horizons
  New Worlds
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Chronicle
  Settlement Of Greater Australia
  Paleogeography In The Western Pacific
  Road To Sahul
  Discovery Of Greater Australia
  Earliest Occupation Of Greater Australia
  Archaeology Of Sahul
  Willandra Lakes
  Spread Through Australia
  Australian Interior
  Tasmania
  Greater Australia: A Broad Range Of Adaptations
  East Into The Pacific
  Pacific Islander "Age Of Exploration"
  Pacific Geography
  Pacific Archaeology
  Coming To America
  Source Of Los Indios
  When Did The First Migrants Arrive?
  When Was Beringia Exposed And Open For Travel?
  When Was Eastern Siberia First Inhabited?
  What Is The Age Of The Earliest New World Sites?
  First Human Settlement Of America
  One If By Land
  Two If By Sea
  First Skeletons
  Alaska
  Denali And Nenana
  Settlement Of The Americas: Summary
  Clovis
  Clovis Technology
  Clovis Subsistence
  Into The Arctic
  Issues And Debates
  Why Were The Pacific Islands Settled?
  Could Native Americans Really Have Come From Europe Instead Of Asia?
  Who
  -Or What
  -Killed The American And Australian Megafauna?
  Messages From The Past
  Tragedy Of Extinction
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  8. After The Ice
  Food-Producing Revolution
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Chronicle
  Europe
  Mesolithic Subsistence Patterns
  Diversity And Regionalization
  Asia
  Africa
  Australia
  North America
  Regionalism In The New World Archaic
  Koster: Emblem Of The Archaic
  South America
  Shift From Food Collection To Food Production
  Humans Taking The Place Of Nature: Artificial Selection
  Archaeological Evidence Of Human Control Of Plant And Animal Species
  Geography
  Size
  Seed Morphology
  Osteological Changes
  Population Characteristics
  It's A Dog's Life
  Near East
  Late Pleistocene Foragers In The Near East
  First Agriculturalists
  Mesoamerica
  First Agriculturalists In The New World
  Shift To Domesticated Foods Among The People Of The Tehuacan Valley
  Greatest Native American Contribution To Food
  Africa
  Chronology Of Food Production
  Neolithic Cultures South Of The Sahara
  Asia
  Chronology Of Food Production In China
  Food Production In South Asia
  Food Production In Southeast And Northeast Asia
  Domestication In Central Asia
  Europe
  Shift To Agriculture In Western Europe
  North America
  Indigenous Domestication North Of Mexico
  Appearance Of Maize In The Eastern Woodlands
  American Southwest
  South America
  Three Regional Neolithics
  Animal Domestication In South America
  Cotton
  Issues And Debates
  How Was Domestication Accomplished?
  Domestication Of Wheat
  From Teosinte To Maize
  Rice
  Remarkably Modern Cuisine Of The Ancient World
  Why Agriculture?
  Niche Construction
  Climate Change
  Multitude Of Reasons
  Implications Of The Neolithic: The Roots Of Social Complexity
  Message From The Past
  Food, Glorious Food
  Case Study Close-Up
  Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  9. Roots Of Complexity
  Origins Of Civilization
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Construction Of Stonehenge
  Imagining Stonehenge
  Chronicle
  Simplicity And Complexity
  Development Of Complexity: Before Agriculture
  Revolution In Subsistence, A Revolution In Society
  From Rank Societies To Chiefdoms
  Complexity's Traces In The Old World
  Jericho
  Catalhoyuk
  Mesopotamia: Land Between The Rivers
  Roots Of Complexity In Southwest Asia
  Complexity's Traces In The New World
  Olmec
  South America
  Issues And Debates
  Why Does Complexity Develop In The First Place?
  Messages From The Past
  Are Complexity And Inequality Inevitable?
  Case Study Close-Up
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  10. Explosion Of Complexity
  Contents note continued: Mesopotamia, Africa, And Europe
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Chronicle
  Evolution Of The State
  Character Of Civilization
  Food Surplus
  Social Stratification
  Labor Specialization
  Formal Government
  Large, Dense Populations
  Record Keeping
  Monumental Works
  Geography Of Civilizations
  Mesopotamia
  Accelerating Change: The Ubaid
  Role Of Irrigation
  Power Invested In The Temple
  Mesopotamia's First Cities: The Uruk Period
  Beginning Of The Written Record
  Egypt Of The Pharaohs
  Egyptian Neolithic
  Hierakonpolis
  First Writing
  First Pharaoh
  Flowering Of Egypt
  Pyramid Age
  Other African Civilizations Beyond Egypt
  Great Zimbabwe
  Glory Of Zimbabwe
  Minoan Crete
  Who Were The Minoans?
  Palace At Knossos
  Issues And Debates
  Why Did State Societies Develop?
  Conflict Models
  Integration Models
  Many Paths To Civilization
  Messages From The Past
  One-Percenters: The Ancient Roots Of Inequality
  Case Study Close-Up
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  11. Explosion Of Complexity
  Indus Valley And China
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Chronicle
  Indus Valley Civilization
  Flood Control And Civilization In The Indus Valley
  Cultural Convergence
  Cities Of The Indus
  Indus Script
  "A Peaceful Realm"
  Collapse
  Civilization Of Ancient China
  Lung-Shan Culture
  Acceleration Toward Civilization
  Shang Civilization
  Issues And Debates
  Why Were The Elites Of State Societies So Conspicuous In Their Consumption?
  Messages From The Past
  Universality Of Human Genius
  Case Study Close-Up
  Terra-Cotta Army Of The First Emperor Of The Qin Dynasty
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  12. Explosion Of Complexity
  Mesoamerica
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Chronicle
  Maya
  Maya Writing
  Peak Of The Maya
  Defeat Of Tikal
  Post-Classic Reorganization
  Teotihuacan
  Teotihuacan History
  Monumental City
  Residences Of Teotihuacan's Citizens
  Reach Of Teotihuacan
  Monte Alban
  Aztecs
  Issues And Debates
  Why Did The Maya Collapse?
  What Does "Collapse" Even Mean?
  Messages From The Past
  Ancient Alienation
  Case Study Close-Up
  Who Were The Rulers Of Copan?
  Grandeur That Was Copan
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  13. Explosion Of Complexity
  South America
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Chronicle
  Moche
  Empires: Tiwanaku
  Empires: Wari
  Empires: Chimu
  Empires: The Inca
  Inca Royalty
  Inca Agricultural Infrastructure
  How Did The Inca Support Their Economic System?
  Inca Military Empire
  State Without Writing?
  End Of The Inca State
  Issues And Debates
  Why Do Civilizations Collapse?
  Messages From The Past
  Are We Destined To Collapse?
  Case Study Close-Up
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  14. Explosion Of Complexity
  North America
  Chapter Overview
  Prelude
  Chronicle
  Complexity In Prehistoric America North Of Mexico
  Development Of Complexity
  Mississippian Civilization
  Cahokia
  American Southwest
  Hohokam
  Mogollon
  Ancestral Puebloan
  Northwest Coast Of North America
  Issues And Bebates
  What Happened To The Ancestral Puebloans?
  Messages From The Past
  Time Traveling: You Can Visit The Past
  Case Study Close-Up
  Death Of A King
  Summary
  To Learn More
  Key Terms
  Evolutionary Epilogue
  Civilization Chronology
  Map Of Civilization
  Hominin Species Glossary.