|
.. |  
Summary : This volume covers the emergence and the earliest history of humanity. The remains of the 3 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis, discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 and christened Lucy, show that the first human beings developed in Africa. The invention of writing and the founding of great unified states 5,000 years ago mark the end of this volume. Forty-nine authors from 31 countries specializing in all the necessary disciplines (archaeology, anthropology, geology, etc.) have helped to provide this overall view of the human adventure.
Editions
Foreword General Introduction The International Commission Series list List of figures List of maps List of plates List of tables The authors Acknowledgements Introduction to Volume
1 Part 1 : From anthropogenesis to the beginnings of food production A Anthropogenesis and the period of Homo habilis and Homo erectus 1. Anthropogenesis:
an overview 2. The period of
Homo habilis and Homo erectus: an overview 3. Africa during
the Lower Palaeolithic and the first settlements 4. Europe: Lower
and Middle Pleistocene archaeology 5. Western Asia in
the period of Homo habilis and Homo erectus 6. Southern Asia
in the period of Homo habilis and Homo erectus 7. Cha in the period
of Homo habilis and Homo erectus 8. Indonesia in the
period of Homo habilis and Homo erectus B. The period of Homo sapiens neanderthalensis and contemporaries 9. Physical anthropology of
the Neanderthalers and their contemporaries: an overview 10. Archaeology of
the Neanderthalers and their contemporaries: an overview 11. Africa in the
period of Homo Sapiens neanderthalensis and contemporaries 12. Europe (excluding
the former USSR) in the period of Homo Sapiens neanderthalensis
and contemporaries 13. The territory
of the former USSR during the Middle Palaeolithic 14. Western Asia
during the Middle Palaeolithic 15. Indonesia in
the period of Homo habilis and Homo erectus 16. China in the
period of Homo Sapiens neanderthalensis and contemporaries 17. Indonesia
in the period of Homo Sapiens neanderthalensis and contemporaries C The period of Homo Sapiens Sapiens (Modern humans) to the beginnings of food production 18. The period Homo
Sapiens Sapiens to the beginnings of food production: an overview
(excluding art) 19. The
origins of art: an overview 20. Africa from the
appearance of Homo Sapiens Sapiens to the beginnings of food
production 21. Europe during
the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic 22. The territory of
the former USSR during the Upper Palaeolithic 23. Palaeolithic
and Mesolithic art in Europe 24. Western Asia from
the end of the Middle Palaeolithic to the beginnings of food production 25. South Asia in the
period of Homo Sapiens Sapiens up to the beginnings of food
production (Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic) 26. China in the
period of Homo Sapiens Sapiens up to the beginnings of food
production 27. South-east Asia
and Japan in the period of Homo Sapiens Sapiens up to the beginnings
of food production 28. Australia and New
Guinea in the period of Homo Sapiens Sapiens up to about 5,000 years
ago 29. The origins of
humanity in America 30. Prehistory of North
America 31. Mexico and Central
America from the arrival of humans to the beginnings of food production
32. Central America,
the Caribbean, northern South America and the Amazon: the way of
life of the ancient hunters 33. Prehistory of the
non-Andean region of South America (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and
Argentina, 31,000-5,000 years ago) 34. The Equatorial
and tropical Andes from the arrival of humans to the beginnings
of food production 35. The western part
of South America (southern Peru, Bolivia, north-west Argentina and
Chile) during the Stone Age Part II : From the beginnings of food production to the first states 36. From the beginnings
of food production to the first states: an overview 37. Plant domestication:
an overview 38. Domestication of
animals from the beginnings of food production up to about 5,000
years ago: an overview 39. Late prehistory
of Egypt 40. Africa (excluding
Egypt) from the beginnings of food production up to about 5,000
years ago 41. Western Asia during
the Neolithic and the Chalcolithic (about 12,000 - 5,000 years ago) 42. Prehistory of
the Arabian Peninsula 43. Southern Asia
during the Neolithic and to the beginnings of the Bronze Age 44. Central and northern
Asia during the Neolithic 45. South-east Asia
and Korea from the beginnings of food production to the first states 46. China during
the Neolithic 47. Europe during the
Neolithic 48. The Aegean during
the Neolithic 49. Western Mediterranean
cultures during the Neolithic 50. The Balkan peninsula
and south-east Europe during the Neolithic 51. Central Europe
during the Neolithic 52. The European part
of the former USSR during the Neolithic and the Chalcolithic 53. Atlantic Europe
during the Neolithic 54. The north European
lowlands: Neolithic acculturation 55. Megalithic monuments
of Europe 56. Mining in Europe
during the Neolithic and the Chalcolithic 57. Mexico and Central
America: incipient food production 58. Central America,
the Caribbean, northern South America and the Amazon: the beginnings
of food production 59. The Equatorial
and tropical Andes from the beginnings of food production up to
5,000 years ago Afterword |
home | volumes | researcher network | online edition | new
Last update 03/01/01