The Cambridge Illustrated History Of Prehistoric Art

Author : Paul G. Bahn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521454735
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art written by Paul G. Bahn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautifully illustrated in color with many rare and unique photographs, prints, and drawings, "The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art" presents the first balanced and truly worldwide survey of prehistoric art. A fascinating study of an often neglected area, the book is a powerful combination of illustration and analysis. 164 color plates. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Paul G. Bahn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139488090
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Art written by Paul G. Bahn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul G. Bahn provides a richly illustrated overview of prehistoric rock art and cave art from around the world. Summarizing the recent advances in our understanding of this extraordinary visual record, he discusses new discoveries, new approaches to recording and interpretation, and current problems in conservation. Bahn focuses in particular on current issues in the interpretation of rock art, notably the 'shamanic' interpretation that has been influential in recent years and that he refutes. This book is based on the Rhind Lectures that the author delivered for the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 2006.

Author : Patricia Buckley Ebrey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521669917
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Illustrated History of China written by Patricia Buckley Ebrey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-05-13 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the over eight thousand year history and civilization of China.

Author : Colin Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521669924
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Illustrated History of France written by Colin Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-05-28 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining superb illustration with authoritative text, this is a major political and social history of France from earliest times to the eve of the new millennium. Colin Jones offers not only an expert's account of political, social and cultural developments, but also a fresh and full interpretation of French history. The Cambridge Illustrated History of France places an innovatory emphasis on the importance of issues of regionalism, class, gender and race in the French heritage. Ranging across social, political, geographical and cultural lines - from prehistoric menhirs to the Pompidou Centre, from Louis XIV's Versailles to twentieth-century high-rises, from Marie Antoinette to Marie Claire - the author provides a host of lively and penetrating new insights into the shaping of the modern nation.

Author : Greg Woolf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521827751
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Roman World written by Greg Woolf and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-03 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New history richly illustrated in colour and aimed at the general reader.

Author : Paul G. Bahn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780521669467
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Illustrated History of Archaeology written by Paul G. Bahn and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We humans have always possessed a deep curiosity about our origins and past. Indeed, as far back as 600 B.C. a Babylonian king excavated a temple floor laid 3,200 years before his time. Archaeology, to paraphrase Colin Renfrew, is a history of self-discovery, and for that reason it holds attraction for all peoples and all cultures. The Cambridge Illustrated History of Archaeology exploits our fascination with our past. It tells the story of those explorations that have helped shape our knowledge of history--from early digging in Greece and the Near East through the unearthing of sites in Europe to the archaeological finds of the Americas, Africa, and Australasia. It chronicles the development of archaeology from the crude fumblings of early antiquaries to the sophisticated digs of the present day. The team of experts under the guidance of Paul Bahn attempts to strike a balance between spectacular discoveries, such as the tomb of Tutankhamen, and the equally important progress of ideas. At the same time, they describe the often colorful roles of leading characters and set them against the social background of their times. It is hoped that many present and future general readers and amateur archaeologists will uncover much of interest in this book. Paul Bahn is the author of many books about archaeology, including The Bluffer's Guide to Archaeology (1989) and Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice (with Colin Renfrew, 1991).

Author : Colin Renfrew
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107647754
Total Pages : 1892 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge World Prehistory written by Colin Renfrew and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 1892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge World Prehistory provides a systematic and authoritative examination of the prehistory of every region around the world from the early days of human origins in Africa two million years ago to the beginnings of written history, which in some areas started only two centuries ago. Written by a team of leading international scholars, the volumes include both traditional topics and cutting-edge approaches, such as archaeolinguistics and molecular genetics, and examine the essential questions of human development around the world. The volumes are organised geographically, exploring the evolution of hominins and their expansion from Africa, as well as the formation of states and development in each region of different technologies such as seafaring, metallurgy and food production. The Cambridge World Prehistory reveals a rich and complex history of the world. It will be an invaluable resource for any student or scholar of archaeology and related disciplines looking to research a particular topic, tradition, region or period within prehistory.

Author : Barry Cunliffe
Publisher : Oxford Illustrated History
ISBN 13 : 9780192854414
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe written by Barry Cunliffe and published by Oxford Illustrated History. This book was released on 2001 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive account of prehistoric Europe from the coming of the Stone Age to the fall of the Roman Empire, providing information on the changing landscape of Europe and responses and adaptations to these changes.

Author : Barry Cooper
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268107157
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paleolithic Politics written by Barry Cooper and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using his background in political theory and philosophical anthropology, Barry Cooper is the first political scientist to propose new interpretations of some of the most famous extant Paleolithic art and artifacts in Paleolithic Politics. This book is inspired by Eric Voegelin, one of the major political scientists of the last century, who developed an interest in the very early symbolism associated with the caves and rock shelters of the Upper Paleolithic, but never finished his analysis. Cooper, who has written extensively on Voegelin’s theories, takes up the enterprise of applying Voegelin’s approach to an analysis of portable and cave art. He specifically applies Voegelin’s philosophy of consciousness, his concept of the compactness and differentiation of consciousness, his argument regarding the experience and symbolizations of reality, and his notion of the primary experience of the cosmos to images previously regarded as pedestrian. Cooper demonstrates the political significance of the earliest expressions of human existence and is among the first to argue that political life began not with the Greeks, but 25,000 years before them. Archaeologists, prehistorians, and political scientists will all benefit from this original and provocative work.

Author : Colin Renfrew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2049 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge World Prehistory written by Colin Renfrew and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 2049 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Cambridge World Prehistory provides a systematic and authoritative examination of the prehistory of every region around the world from the early days of human origins in Africa two million years ago to the beginnings of written history, which in some areas started only two centuries ago. Written by a team of leading international scholars, the volumes include both traditional topics and cutting-edge approaches, such as archaeolinguistics and molecular genetics and examine the essential questions of human development around the world. The volumes are organised geographically, exploring the evolution of hominins and their expansion from Africa, as well as the formation of states and development in each region of different technologies such as seafaring, metallurgy and food production. The Cambridge World Prehistory reveals a rich and complex history of the world. It will be an invaluable resource for any student or scholar of archaeology and related disciplines looking to research a particular topic, tradition, region or period within prehistory"--