| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
240 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 32 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
The Illustrated history of humankind / American Museum of Natural History ; v. 2 |
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Illustrated history of humankind ; v. 2.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The great transition / Lennart Palmqvist -- Hunter-gatherers and farmers in Africa / Richard G. Klein -- Stone Age hunter-gatherers and farmers in Europe / Peter Rowley-Conwy -- The megalith builders of Western Europe / Göran Burenhult -- Bronze Age chiefdoms and the end of Stone Age Europe / Anthony Harding -- Stone Age farmers in Southern and Eastern Asia / Peter Bellwood and Gina Barnes -- Pacific explorers / J. Peter White -- Farmers of the New World / David Hurst Thomas -- Why only some became farmers / Noel B. Broadbent, Göran Burenhult, and Moreau Maxwell -- Australia : the different continent / J. Peter White. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Looks at the period from 10,000 B.C. to 2,000 B.C., and discusses human impact on the environment, the worship of the goddess, and social and gender roles. |
| Subject |
Stone age.
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Agriculture, Prehistoric.
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Agriculture, Prehistoric. (OCoLC)fst00801820
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Stone age. (OCoLC)fst01133823
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| Added Author |
Burenhult, Göran.
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| ISBN |
0062502646 |
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9780062502643 |
| Standard No. |
x281714427 |
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