Volume 4: Europe
Buch, Englisch, 475 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1234 g
ISBN: 978-1-4684-7131-1
Verlag: Springer US
The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents also defined by a somewhat different set of an attempt to provide basic information sociocultural characteristics than are eth on all archaeologically known cultures, nological cultures. Major traditions are covering the entire globe and the entire defined based on common subsistence prehistory of humankind. It is designed as practices, sociopolitical organization, and a tool to assist in doing comparative material industries, but language, ideology, research on the peoples of the past. Most and kinship ties play little or no part in of the entries are written by the world's their definition because they are virtually foremost experts on the particular areas unrecoverable from archaeological con and time periods. texts. In contrast, language, ideology, and The Encyclopedia is organized accord kinship ties are central to defining ethno ing to major traditions. A major tradition logical cultures. is defined as a group of populations sharing There are three types of entries in the similar subsistence practices, technology, Encyclopedia: the major tradition entry, and forms of sociopolitical organization, the regional subtradition entry, and the which are spatially contiguous over a rela site entry. Each contains different types of tively large area and which endure tempo information, and each is intended to be rally for a relatively long period. Minimal used in a different way.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Physische Anthropologie, Paläoanthropologie, Evolutionäre Anthropologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Andronovo.- Aurignacian.- Bell Beaker.- Caucasian Bronze Age.- Caucasian Chalcolithic.- Caucasian Neolithic.- Corded Ware.- East-Central European Iron Age.- Eastern European Mesolithic.- Eurasian Steppe Nomad.- European Early Bronze Age.- European Megalithic.- Impressed Ware.- Kelteminar.- Linear Pottery.- Magdelenian.- Northeastern European Iron Age.- Northeastern European Bronze Age.- Northern Mediterranean Mesolithic.- Perigordian.- Roman Iron Age.- Romano-British.- Scandinavian Bronze Age.- Scandinavian Iron Age.- Scandinavian Neolithic.- Scythian.- Solutrean.- Southeastern European Bronze Age.- Southeastern European Early Chalcolithic.- Southeastern European Late Chalcolithic.- Southeastern European Neolithic.- West-Central European Early Iron Age.- West-Central European Late Iron Age.- Western European Earlier Bronze Age.- Western European Late Bronze Age.- Western European Mesolithic.
