An edition of Prehistory (2009)

Prehistory

the making of the human mind

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Colin Renfrew
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An edition of Prehistory (2009)

Prehistory

the making of the human mind

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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.

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Publisher
Modern Library
Language
English
Pages
219

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

"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.

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New York
Series
A Modern Library chronicles book -- v. 30, Modern Library chronicles -- 30.
Copyright Date
2007

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Dewey Decimal Class
930.1
Library of Congress
GN740 .R46 2009

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Pagination
xiii, 219 p. :
Number of pages
219

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24882350M
ISBN 10
0812976614
ISBN 13
9780812976618
LCCN
2010292572

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