Jarzombek Architecture of First Societies

A Global Perspective
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-42105-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 672 Seiten, E-Book

"This book is the most comprehensively global andcritically sensitive synthesis of what we now know of the materialand socio-cultural evolution of the so-called First Societies.Written by a distinguished architectural historian and theorist,this truly remarkable and indispensable study shows how thematerial culture of our forebears, from building to clothing, food,ritual and dance, was inextricably bound up with the mode ofsurvival obtained in a particular place and time...It is astudy that will surely become required reading for every student ofmaterial culture."--Kenneth FramptonStarting with the dawn of human society, through earlycivilizations, to the pre-Columbian American tribes,Architecture of First Societies: A Global Perspective tracesthe different cultural formations that developed in various placesthroughout the world to form the built environment. Looking throughthe lens of both time and geography, the history of earlyarchitecture is brought to life with full-color photographs, maps,and drawings. Drawing on the latest research in archaeological andanthropological knowledge, this landmark book also looks at howindigenous societies build today in order to help inform the past.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jarzombek, Mark M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Part One: Foundations 1
Chapter 1: The Human World 3
Chapter 2: Late Pleistocene--Early Holocene Societies49
Chapter 3: Savanna and Forest Peoples Today 87
Chapter 4: The Great Northern Continuum: Part I 117
Chapter 5: The Great Northern Continuum: Part II 151
Chapter 6: The Mound and Plaza Societies of the Americas 191
Chapter 7: Plants, Animals, and Rituals 225
Chapter 8: The First Agro-Pastoral Perspectives 263
Part Two: Transitions 297
Chapter 9: Village and Chiefdom Worlds 299
Chapter 10: Expansion into Europe 315
Chapter 11: Emergence of Central and South American AgricultureSocieties 397
Chapter 12: Cattle-Tending Societies 451
Chapter 13: The World of Portable Architecture 477
Chapter 14: The Oceanic Horticultural Continuum 515
Chapter 15: African Transformations 549
Chapter 16: Agro-Centrism in North America 575
Coda: Encounters with Modernity 637
Index 643

Über Autor(innen)

MARK JARZOMBEK is Associate Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning and Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture at MIT. He is the author of several books, and coauthor with Francis D.K. Ching and Vikramaditya Prakash of A Global History of Architecture, Second Edition.