The human past : world prehistory & the development of human societies /
Edited by Chris Scarre.
- 4th ed.
- London : Thames & Hudson, 2018.
- 768 p. : ill., charts, graphs, maps, photos.
Previous edition: 2013.
Includes bibliographical references.
The study of the human past -- African origins -- Hominin dispersals in the Old World -- The rise of modern humans -- The origins, antiquity, and dispersal of the first Americans -- The world transformed: from foragers and farmers to states and empires -- From mobile foragers to complex societies in southwest Asia -- East Asian agriculture and its impact -- Australia and the Indo-Pacific islands during the Holocene -- Origins of food-producing economies in the Americas -- Holocene Africa -- Holocene Europe -- Peoples and complex societies of ancient southwest Asia -- The Mediterranean world -- South Asia : from early villages to Buddhism -- Complex societies of east and southeast Asia -- Mesoamerican civilization -- From village to empire in South America -- Complex societies of North America -- The human past : retrospect and prospect.
The Human Past has established itself as a thorough and authoritative survey of human prehistory and the development of civilizations. Written by an international team of respected experts in the field, it presents a streamlined overview that can be broken down into a series of chapters focusing on individual regions and time periods. The Fourth Edition has been completely revised with key theme feature boxes, a new chapter on the peopling of the Americas, a section on methods and theories, full-color maps, timelines, illustrations, new coverage of sites and discoveries, and a fully updated e-media package, including all images from the book, test questions, and videos.--Provided by publisher.
9780500293355 (pbk.)
Prehistoric peoples. Human evolution. Hunting and gathering societies. Agriculture, Prehistoric. Antiquities, Prehistoric.