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Prehistory: the making of the human mind

By Colin , Renfrew

Book information

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group;Modern Library
Year
2008
ISBN
9781588368089, 1588368084
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
425 kB (435416 bytes)
Series
Modern Library chronicles
Edition
Modern library ed
Pages
(xiii, 219 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
HISTORY--Ancient--General;Prehistoric peoples;AnthPrehistoric;AntiquitiesPrehistoric;Human evolution;HISTORY -- Ancient --

Description

Part I: The discovery of prehistory -- The idea of prehistory -- Mapping the human past: Prehistory before 1940 -- Dating: the radiocarbon revolution -- The possibility of world prehistory -- Part II: The prehistory of mind -- The sapient paradox -- Toward a prehistory of mind -- Constructing the community -- Worldly goods-- Appropriating the cosmos -- From prehistory to history -- Prospect: the future of prehistory.;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.

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