MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
ISBN-100824828844
ISBN-139780824828844
eBay Product ID (ePID)46589643
Product Key Features
Book TitleContact and Exchange in the Ancient World
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWorld, World / Asian
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorPeter B. Golden
Book SeriesPerspectives on the Global Past Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-000188
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal930
SynopsisDo civilizations independently invent themselves or are they the result of cultural diffusion? The contributors to this volume do not attempt to provide a definitive answer to this contentious question, one of the most debated issues of the past century. Instead, they shift the focus from theory to reality by presenting empirical evidence on a wide range of cultural phenomena in history and prehistory, thereby demonstrating the processes whereby cultural traits are acquired and modified - the dynamics of transmission and transformation. The range of topics covered in this volume is of extraordinary breadth. Attention is paid to biological organisms at the cellular level on the one hand and to developments spanning an entire continent on the other. Employing an impressive battery of disciplinary approaches (history, archaeology, art history, linguistics, philology, biology, anthropology), the contributors have created a picture of the human past that is certain to stimulate future research.
LC Classification NumberGN345.6
