Creating The Human Past
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Creating The Human Past
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Author : Robert G. Bednarik
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2013-06-15
Creating The Human Past written by Robert G. Bednarik and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-15 with Social Science categories.
This book examines systematically both the theoretical and practical issues that have characterized the discipline over the past two centuries. Some of the historically most consequential mistakes in archaeology are dissected and explained, together with the effects of the related controversies.
The Fifth Beginning
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Author : Robert L. Kelly
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2019-02-12
The Fifth Beginning written by Robert L. Kelly and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-12 with Social Science categories.
“I have seen yesterday. I know tomorrow.” This inscription in Tutankhamun’s tomb summarizes The Fifth Beginning. Here, archaeologist Robert L. Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. In an eminently readable style, Kelly identifies four key pivot points in the six-million-year history of human development: the emergence of technology, culture, agriculture, and the state. In each example, the author examines the long-term processes that resulted in a definitive, no-turning-back change for the organization of society. Kelly then looks ahead, giving us evidence for what he calls a fifth beginning, one that started about AD 1500. Some might call it “globalization,” but the author places it in its larger context: a five-thousand-year arms race, capitalism’s global reach, and the cultural effects of a worldwide communication network. Kelly predicts that the emergent phenomena of this fifth beginning will include the end of war as a viable way to resolve disputes, the end of capitalism as we know it, the widespread shift toward world citizenship, and the rise of forms of cooperation that will end the near-sacred status of nation-states. It’s the end of life as we have known it. However, the author is cautiously optimistic: he dwells not on the coming chaos, but on humanity’s great potential.
The Matter Of History
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Author : Timothy J. LeCain
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-09-11
The Matter Of History written by Timothy J. LeCain and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-11 with History categories.
The Matter of History links the history of people with the history of things through a bold new materialist theory of the past.
Prehistory
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Author : Colin Renfrew
language : en
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Release Date : 2009
Prehistory written by Colin Renfrew and has been published by Random House Digital, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
In this invaluable, brief account of human development prior to the last four millennia, Colin Renfrew delivers a meticulously researched and passionately argued chronicle about our life on earth, and our ongoing quest to understand it.
The Future Of Human History
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Author : Jagmohan Dyal Singh
language : en
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-12
The Future Of Human History written by Jagmohan Dyal Singh and has been published by Partridge Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-12 with Political Science categories.
The book is an authors understanding of the human evolution and its consequences for the world and the humans themselves, and also the causes of human differences that are visible and those that are inconspicuous to the human eyethose differences that, according to the author, are responsible for the social differences in all human societies. The author tries to take a journey through the possible human past to outline the differences that arose in various human social groups and their methods of governance as he tries to understand through his mind and reasons why those differences arose. The author explains the reasons of the Dark Ages and its consequences on the development of the entire human civilization as a whole. The author tries to understand the differences in various methods of governance and through historical experiences he tries to convey the superiority of one method that is well above the others for a better social development. He goes through the reasons of nomadic domination on the sedentary people throughout history until the emergence of superiority of the scientific method and its implication in unifying the world into a one great democracy and why it could not be possible. The authors understanding of the past is applied to his reasoning of the present world and what the future holds for the people of this planet as determined by the vision of their political leadership and the application various world political systems.
Making Silent Stones Speak
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Author : Kathy D. Schick
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1994-02-03
Making Silent Stones Speak written by Kathy D. Schick and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-02-03 with Science categories.
In this dramatic reconstruction of the daily lives of the earliest tool-making humans, two leading anthropologists reveal how the first technologies-- stone, wood, and bone tools-- forever changed the course of human evolution. Drawing on two decades of fieldwork around the world, authors Kathy Schick and Nicholas Toth take readers on an eye-opening journey into humankind's distant past-- traveling from the savannahs of East Africa to the plains of northern China and the mountains of New Guinea-- offering a behind-the-scenes look at the discovery, excavation, and interpretation of early prehistoric sites. Based on the authors' unique mix of archaeology and practical experiments, ranging from making their own stone tools to theorizing about the origins of human intelligence, "Making Silent Stones Speak" brings the latest ideas about human evolution to life.
Archaeology
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Author : Mark Q Sutton
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-07-17
Archaeology written by Mark Q Sutton and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-17 with Social Science categories.
Illuminating the world of archaeology. Archaeology conveys the excitement of archaeological discovery and explains how archaeologists think as they scientifically find, analyze, and interpret evidence. The main objective of this text is to provide an introduction to the broad and fascinating world of archaeology from the scientific perspective. Discussions on the theoretical aspects of archaeology, as well as the practical applications of what is learned about the past, have been updated and expanded upon in this fourth edition. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Discuss the theoretical aspects of archaeology. Apply what has been learned about the past. Identify the various perspectives archaeologists have.
Man In The Past Present And Future
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Author : Ludwig Buchner
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2019-10-19
Man In The Past Present And Future written by Ludwig Buchner and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-19 with categories.
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
The Dawn Of Everything
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Author : David Graeber
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2021-10-19
The Dawn Of Everything written by David Graeber and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-19 with History categories.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022 'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' The Guardian For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a reaction to indigenous critiques of European society, and why they are wrong. In doing so, they overturn our view of human history, including the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery and civilization itself. Drawing on path-breaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we begin to see what's really there. If humans did not spend 95 per cent of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing all that time? If agriculture, and cities, did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organization did they lead to? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful possibilities than we tend to assume. The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision and faith in the power of direct action. 'This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast' Nassim Nicholas Taleb 'The most profound and exciting book I've read in thirty years' Robin D. G. Kelley
Deep History
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Author : Andrew Shryock
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2011
Deep History written by Andrew Shryock and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
Combining cutting-edge social and evolutionary theory with the latest discoveries about human genes, brains, and material culture, this book invites scholars and general readers alike to explore the dynamic of connectedness that spans all of human history.