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008			951012s1999 nyuab b 001 0 eng
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020			_a0195085728 (alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm33359988
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050	0	0	_aGN740 _b.W46 1996
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100	1		_aWenke, Robert J. _921548
245	1	0	_aPatterns in prehistory : _bhumankind's first three million years / _cRobert J. Wenke.
250			_a4th ed.
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c1999.
300			_aviii, 712 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_g1. _tPrehistory, History, and Archaeology -- _g2. _tFundamentals of Archaeology -- _g3. _tThe Origins of Culture -- _g4. _tThe Origins of Homo Sapiens Sapiens -- _g5. _tThe First Americans -- _g6. _tThe Origins of Agriculture -- _g7. _tThe Evolution of Complex Societies -- _g8. _tThe Origins of Complex Societies in Southwest Asia -- _g9. _tThe Origins of Complex Societies in Egypt -- _g10. _tThe Evolution of Complex Societies in the Indus Valley -- _g11. _tThe Evolution of Complex Societies in China -- _g12. _tLater States and Empires of the Old World -- _g13. _tThe Evolution of Complex Societies in Mesoamerica -- _g14. _tThe Evolution of Complex Societies in Andean South America -- _g15. _tEarly Cultural Complexity in North America -- _g16. _tPrehistory in Perspective.
520			_aPatterns in Prehistory takes an in-depth look at humankind's first three million years. From the origins of early hominids several million years ago to the evolution of the first great states and civilizations, this comprehensive survey of world prehistory also confronts important philosophical issues about the study of the past.
520	8		_aThe author reflects on the archaeological methods and theories of the 1960s and 70s while reviewing the methodological revisions of the 80s and 90s, relating the archaeological data from hundreds of sites to the great questions of prehistorical change.
520	8		_aHe focuses on the four great transformations in the history of our genus: the evolution of "culture" itself; the first appearance of "us," Homo Sapiens; the evolution of agriculture; and the first appearances of cultural and social "complexity" in the form of the great civilizations of antiquity.
520	8		_aThoroughly revised and updated, this fourth edition incorporates the most recent archaeological discoveries and addresses the insights and limitations of the new wave of "post-processual" or "cognitive" archaeology.
650		0	_aMan Prehistoric _921549
650		0	_aArchaeology. _921550
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