Peregrine / Ember Encyclopedia of Prehistory

Volume 3: East Asia and Oceania
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4615-1189-2
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 386 Seiten, eBook

The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents also defined bya somewhatdifferent 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 ofhumankind. It is designed as practices, sociopolitical organization, and a tool to assist in doing comparative materialindustries,butlanguage,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 ofpopulations sharing There are three types ofentries 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.

Peregrine, Peter N.

Ember, Melvin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chulmun.- Dawenkou.- Daxi.- Early Australian.- Early Nomad.- Early Xiajiadian.- East Asian Middle Paleolithic.- Easter Island.- Eastern Central Asia Neolithic and Bronze Age.- Eastern Central Asia Paleolithic.- Fijian.- Hawaiian.- Hoabinhian.- Hongshan.- Island Southeast Asia Late Prehistoric.- Japanese Upper Paleolithic.- Jomon.- Late Xiajiadian.- Late Australian.- Lapita.- Longshan.- Mainland Southeast Asia Late Prehistoric.- Majiabang.- Maori.- Marquesan.- Melanesian.- Micronesian.- Mumun.- New Guinea Neolithic.- Ordosian.- Peiligang.- Samoan.- Southeast Asia Neolithic and Early Bronze.- Southeast Asia Upper Paleolithic.- Southeast China Early Neolithic.- Southeast China Late Neolithic.- Tahitian.- Tongan.- Yangshao.- Yayoi.- Zhoukoudianian.