Prehistory :
Renfrew, Colin, 1937-
Prehistory : the making of the human mind / Colin Renfrew. - Modern library paperback ed. - New York : Modern Library, 2009. - xiii, 219 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - A Modern Library chronicles book ; v. 30. . - Modern Library chronicles ; 30. .
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in hardcover by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, in 2007, and subsequently in the United States in hardcover by Modern Library ... in 2008"- -T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-204) and index.
Part I : The discovery of prehistory -- The idea of prehistory -- Mapping the human past : Prehistory before 1940 -- Dating : the radiocarbon revolution -- The possibility of world prehistory -- Part II : The prehistory of mind -- The sapient paradox -- Toward a prehistory of mind -- Constructing the community -- Worldly goods -- Appropriating the cosmos -- From prehistory to history -- Prospect : the future of prehistory.
In this invaluable, brief account of human development prior to the last four millennia, Colin Renfrew delivers a meticulously researched and passionately argued chronicle about our life on earth, and our ongoing quest to understand it.
0812976614 9780812976618
Anthropology, Prehistoric.
Prehistoric peoples.
Human evolution.
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
GN740 / R464 2009
Prehistory : the making of the human mind / Colin Renfrew. - Modern library paperback ed. - New York : Modern Library, 2009. - xiii, 219 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - A Modern Library chronicles book ; v. 30. . - Modern Library chronicles ; 30. .
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in hardcover by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, in 2007, and subsequently in the United States in hardcover by Modern Library ... in 2008"- -T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-204) and index.
Part I : The discovery of prehistory -- The idea of prehistory -- Mapping the human past : Prehistory before 1940 -- Dating : the radiocarbon revolution -- The possibility of world prehistory -- Part II : The prehistory of mind -- The sapient paradox -- Toward a prehistory of mind -- Constructing the community -- Worldly goods -- Appropriating the cosmos -- From prehistory to history -- Prospect : the future of prehistory.
In this invaluable, brief account of human development prior to the last four millennia, Colin Renfrew delivers a meticulously researched and passionately argued chronicle about our life on earth, and our ongoing quest to understand it.
0812976614 9780812976618
Anthropology, Prehistoric.
Prehistoric peoples.
Human evolution.
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
GN740 / R464 2009