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Record Nr.

414341BIB

Titolo

The Cambridge world prehistory / edited by Colin Renfrew, Paul G. Bahn

Editore

New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2014

ISBN

978-0-521-11993-1 (set)

978-1-10702377-2 (v. 1)

978-1-10702378-9 (v. 2)

978-1-10702379-6 (v. 3)

Descrizione fisica

3 v. : fotogr., c. geogr., c. tematiche, ill. ; 29 cm

Classificazione

132 M

501 B

Classe di argomenti

Storia generale -- Libri generali e manuali in inglese

Archeologia -- Saggi, varia

Altri autori (Persone)

Bahn, Paul G., coll.

Renfrew, Colin, 1937-, ed.

Locazione

Sala Lettura

Collocazione

S.L. 132 M 18/1

S.L. 132 M 18/2

S.L. 132 M 18/3

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale linguistico

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note

Testo su due colonne

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliografia alla fine dei contributi e indici

Nota formattata di

v. 1: Africa, South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific. -- v. 2: East Asia and the Americas. -- v. 3: West and Central Asia and Europe

Sommario

Dai preliminari: "The Cambridge World Prehistory provides a systematic and authoritative examination of the prehistory of every region around the world from the early days of human origins in Africa two million years ago to the beginnings of written history, which in some areas started only two centuries ago. Written by a team of leading international scholars, the volumes include both traditional topics and cutting-edge approaches, such as archaeolinguistics and molecular genetics and examine the essential questions of human development around the world. The volumes are organised geographically, exploring the evolution of hominins and their expansion from Africa, as well as the formation of states and development in each region of different technologies such as



seafaring, metallurgy and food production. The Cambridge World Prehistory reveals a rich and complex history of the world. It will be an invaluable resource for any student or scholar of archaeology and related disciplines looking to research a part