Deep history : the architecture of past and present / Andrew Shryock and Daniel Lord Smail ; with Timothy Earle...[and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shryock, Andrew.

Contributor:

Smail, Daniel Lord.

Earle, Timothy K., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human evolution.

Social evolution.

Anthropology, Prehistoric.

World history.

Physical Description:

xvii, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]

Summary:

Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. In fact, the deep past was left out of most historical writing almost as soon as it was discovered. This breakthrough book, as important for readers interested in the present as in the past, brings science into history to offer a dazzling new vision of humanity across time. Team-written by leading experts in a variety of fields, it maps events, cultures, and eras across millions of years to present a new scale for understanding the human body, energy and ecosystems, language, food, kinship, migration, and more. Combining cutting-edge social and evolutionary theory with the latest discoveries about human genes, brains, and material culture, "Deep History" invites scholars and general readers alike to explore the dynamic of connectedness that spans all of human history.With Timothy Earle, Gillian Feeley-Harnik, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Clive Gamble, April McMahon, John C. Mitani, Hendrik Poinar, Mary C. Stiner, and Thomas R. Trautmann

Contents:

Imagining the human in deep time / Andrew Shryock, Thomas R. Trautmann, and Clive Gamble

Body / Daniel Lord Smail and Andrew Shryock

Energy and ecosystems / Mary C. Stiner and Gillian Feeley-Harnik

Language / April McMahon, Thomas R. Trautmann, and Andrew Shryock

Food / Felipe Fernández-Armesto with Daniel Lord Smail

Deep kinship / Thomas R. Trautmann, Gillian Feeley-Harnik, and John C. Mitani

Migration / Timothy Earle and Clive Gamble with Hendrik Poinar

Goods / Daniel Lord Smail, Mary C. Stiner, and Timothy Earle

Scale / Mary C. Stiner ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-323) and index.

ISBN:

9780520270282

0520270282

OCLC:

712114174