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Prehistory : the making of the human mind / Colin Renfrew.
Penn Museum Library GN470 .R39 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Renfrew, Colin, 1937-2024.
- Series:
- Modern Library chronicles ; 30.
- A Modern Library chronicles book ; v. 30
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology, Prehistoric.
- Prehistoric peoples.
- Human evolution.
- Antiquities, Prehistoric.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Modern library edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Modern Library, Random House Pub. Group, 2008.
- Contents:
- Part I The Discovery of Prehistory 1
- 1 The Idea of Prehistory 3
- 2 Mapping the Human Past: Prehistory Before 1940 12
- 3 Dating: The Radiocarbon Revolution 35
- 4 The Possibility of World Prehistory 45
- Part II The Prehistory of Mind 65
- 5 The Sapient Paradox 67
- 6 Toward a Prehistory of Mind 86
- 7 Constructing the Community 114
- 8 Worldly Goods 135
- 9 Appropriating the Cosmos 153
- 10 From Prehistory to History 172
- Prospect: The Future of Prehistory 186
- Figures: Chronology of Human Development 190.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2007 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London"- -T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-204) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780679640974
- 0679640975
- OCLC:
- 190786084
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