Deep history : the architecture of past and present / Andrew Shryock and Daniel Lord Smail ; with Timothy Earle [and others].

Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. In fact, the deep past was left out of most historical writing almost as soon as it was discovered. This breakthrough book, as important...

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Main Author: Shryock, Andrew
Other Authors: Smail, Daniel Lord, Earle, Timothy K., 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
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Summary:Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. In fact, the deep past was left out of most historical writing almost as soon as it was discovered. This breakthrough book, as important for readers interested in the present as in the past, brings science into history to offer a dazzling new vision of humanity across time. Team-written by leading experts in a variety of fields, it maps events, cultures, and eras across millions of years to present a new scale for understanding the hu.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 342 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-323) and index.
ISBN:9780520949669
0520949668
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.