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Loading... Origins and Revolutions: Human Identity in Earliest Prehistoryby Clive Gamble
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The author goes far beyond the legitimate domain of archaeology when he tries to understand human identity in prehistory from the shapes of their tools. Who knows, he might be right in his analysis but we'll never know for sure. This book was a bit too speculative for my liking. no reviews | add a review
In this study Clive Gamble presents and questions two of the most famous descriptions of change in prehistory. The first is the 'human revolution', when evidence for art, music, religion and language first appears. The second is the economic and social revolution of the Neolithic period. Gamble identifies the historical agendas behind 'origins research' and presents a bold alternative to these established frameworks, relating the study of change to the material basis of human identity. He examines, through artefact proxies, how changing identities can be understood using embodied material metaphors and in two major case-studies charts the prehistory of innovations, asking, did agriculture really change the social world? This is an important and challenging book that will be essential reading for every student and scholar of prehistory. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)599.93Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Mammals Humans Genetics, evolution, developmentLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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