Understanding Early Civilizations: A Comparative Study

Trigger, Bruce G.

ISBN 10: 0521822459 / ISBN 13: 9780521822459

Verlag: Cambridge University Press 2003-05-05, US, 2003

Beschreibung

757 pages. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Faint smoke smell. Record # 463772.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 463772

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Understanding Early Civilizations: A Comparative Study
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press 2003-05-05, US
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521822459
• ISBN-13: 9780521822459
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1. Auflage
• Zustand: Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

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Inhaltsangabe

A detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs, peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the Yoruba. Equal attention is paid to similarities and differences in their sociopolitical organization, economic systems, religion, and culture.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bruce G. Trigger is James McGill Professor in the Department of Anthropology at McGill University. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and has carried out archaeological research in Egypt and the Sudan. His current interests include the comparative study of early civilizations, the history of archaeology, and archaeological and anthropological theory. He has received various scholarly awards, including the prestigious Prix Léon-Gérin from the Quebec government, for his sustained contributions to the social sciences. He is an honorary fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and an honorary member of the Prehistoric Society (UK). His numerous books include The Children of Aataentsic: A History of the Huron People to 1660 (1976), A History of Archaeological Thought (Cambridge 1989), Early Civilizations: Ancient Egypt in Context (1993), and Sociocultural Evolution (1998), and The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume 1 (Cambridge 1996), co-edited with Wilcomb E. Washburn.