Origins and Revolutions : Human Identity in Earliest Prehistory
by
Clive Gamble
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521677491
ISBN-13
9780521677493
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 2nd, 2007
Print length
366 Pages
Weight
590 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 15.50 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Prehistoric archaeologyArchaeology by period / region
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Gamble examines how changing identities can be understood and charts the prehistory of innovations. Theoretically innovative and supported with in-depth case-studies, this important and challenging book will be essential reading for every student and scholar of prehistory.
In this study Clive Gamble presents and questions two of the most famous descriptions of change in prehistory. The first is the 'human revolution', when evidence for art, music, religion and language first appears. The second is the economic and social revolution of the Neolithic period. Gamble identifies the historical agendas behind 'origins research' and presents a bold alternative to these established frameworks, relating the study of change to the material basis of human identity. He examines, through artefact proxies, how changing identities can be understood using embodied material metaphors and in two major case-studies charts the prehistory of innovations, asking, did agriculture really change the social world? This is an important and challenging book that will be essential reading for every student and scholar of prehistory.
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