The archaeology of human ancestry power, sex, and tradition
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2005.
1996. |
| Series: | Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) (Series)
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429714406719 |
| Summary: | 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 and biological anthropologists set out and demonstrate their reconstructive methods. Contributors use observations of primates and modern hunter-gatherers to illuminate the fossil and artefactual records. Thematic treatment covers the evoluti |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (428 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134814480 9781134814497 9781280168482 9786610168484 9780203974131 |
