Environmental Archaeology and the Social Order [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784999903321
• Autore: Evans John G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2003
• ISBN: 1-134-40995-8; 0-203-71176-9; 1-280-02439-9; 0-415-30404-0; 1-134-40996-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1; 930.1028; 930/.1/028
• Soggetti: Environmental archaeology; Environmental archaeology -- Case studies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Environmental Archaeology and the Social Order; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. A brief history of environmental archaeology; 2. Sociality and environment; 3. Textures help a person think; 4. Chalkland landscapes; 5. Climate; 6. Surveys in temperate and Mediterranean countries; 7. Text, monuments and land; 8. Transhumance; 9. Hunting and death in Neanderthal Europe; 10. The origins of farming in south-west Asia; 11. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Presenting a wide variety of case studies, ranging from the early Palaeolithic to Post-modernity, and from Europe to the Andes, West and East Africa, and the USA, Environmental Archaeology and the Social Order deals with both the theory and method of environmental archaeology.Including significant sections on Neanderthals, Palaeolithic mobiliary art and the origins of farming, as well as transhumance, climate as social construct, field survey and the place of documents in environmental research, Professor Evans interprets his findings in ; social constructionist terms, creati