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UNINA9910348220603321 |
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Titolo |
The archaeology of human ancestry : power, sex, and tradition / / edited by James Steele and Stephen Shennan |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-81448-8 |
1-134-81449-6 |
1-280-16848-X |
9786610168484 |
0-203-97413-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (428 p.) |
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Collana |
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Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ShennanStephen |
SteeleJames <1960-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Paleolithic period |
Prehistoric peoples |
Primates |
Human behavior |
Cognition and culture |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Contributors; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Comparative Approaches to Hominid Socioecology; Part II Origins of the Archaeological Record; Part III The Sexual Division of Labour in Modern Human Foraging Societies; Part IV Cognition and Cultural Dynamics in Modern Human Societies; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Human social life is constrained and defined by our cognitive and emotional dispositions, which are the legacy of our foraging ancestors. But how difficult is it to reconstruct the social systems and cultural traditions of those ancestors? The Archaeology of Human Ancestry provides a stimulating and provocative answer, in which archaeologists |
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