Research Catalog

Title

Those who have vanished : an introduction to prehistory / Ronald L. Wallace.

Author

Wallace, Ronald L.

Publication

Homewood, Ill. : The Dorsey Press, 1983.

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Details

Description

xiii, 527 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Subject

• Prehistoric peoples
• Vor- und Frühgeschichte

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. The emergence of hunting -- The science of archeology -- The search for the earliest humans -- Interpretations of the fossil evidence -- Homo erectus: the evolution of hunting -- Neanderthal: the emergence of ritual -- Cro-Magnon: the great exploration -- The foraging traditions -- pt. 2. Farmers and chiefs -- The domestication revolution: theory and excavation in the eastern Mediterranean -- Seedtime and harvest: the old world and the new -- Warriors and farmers in Anatolia and Europe -- Iron, trade, and the African kingdoms -- Highland traders and the passage to Indus -- The exploration of the Pacific -- Chiefs of the eastern Woodlands -- Ritual and trade in the American West, Mexico, and Peru -- pt. 3. The rise of urban elites -- The evolution of the urbanized state -- Highlands, lowlands, and conflict in Mesopotamia -- Exchange, reward, and coercion: early urbanization in Indus, Egypt, and China -- Elites in Mesoamerica: from Olmec to the Mayan decline -- Kingdoms at the end of prehistory: Aztec and Inca -- The modern world and the role of prehistory.

ISBN

• 0256024480
• 9780256024487

LCCN

82072763

OCLC

• ocm09529245
• 9529245
• SCSB-602948

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library