Origins and Revolutions

Origins and Revolutions
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 9781139462495
ISBN-13 : 1139462490
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Book Synopsis Origins and Revolutions by : Clive Gamble

Download or read book Origins and Revolutions written by Clive Gamble and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-26 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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