Knowledge And Power In Prehistoric Societies
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Knowledge and Power in Prehistoric Societies
Author | : Lynne Kelly |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2015-05-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781107059375 |
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This book explores the role of formal knowledge systems in small-scale oral cultures in both historic and archaeological contexts.
The Power of Ritual in Prehistory
Author | : Brian Hayden |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 411 |
Release | : 2018-09-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781108426398 |
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Secret societies in tribal societies turn out to be key to understanding the origins of social inequalities and state religions.
Ideology Power and Prehistory
Author | : Theoretical Archaeology Group (England). Conference |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1984-05-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0521255260 |
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This book starts from the premise that methodology has always dominated archaeology to the detriment of broader social theory.
The Memory Code The Secrets of Stonehenge Easter Island and Other Ancient Monuments
Author | : Lynne Kelly |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2017-02-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781681773827 |
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The discovery of a powerful memory technique used by our Neolithic ancestors in their monumental memory places—and how we can use their secrets to train our own minds In ancient, pre-literate cultures across the globe, tribal elders had encyclopedic memories. They could name all the animals and plants across a landscape, identify the stars in the sky, and recite the history of their people. Yet today, most of us struggle to memorize more than a short poem. Using traditional Aboriginal Australian song lines as a starting point, Dr. Lynne Kelly has since identified the powerful memory technique used by our ancestors and indigenous people around the world. In turn, she has then discovered that this ancient memory technique is the secret purpose behind the great prehistoric monuments like Stonehenge, which have puzzled archaeologists for so long. The henges across northern Europe, the elaborate stone houses of New Mexico, huge animal shapes in Peru, the statues of Easter Island—these all serve as the most effective memory system ever invented by humans. They allowed people in non-literate cultures to memorize the vast amounts of information they needed to survive. But how? For the first time, Dr. Klly unlocks the secret of these monuments and their uses as "memory places" in her fascinating book. Additionally, The Memory Code also explains how we can use this ancient mnemonic technique to train our minds in the tradition of our forbearers.
The Creation of Inequality
Author | : Kent Flannery,Joyce Marcus |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 646 |
Release | : 2012-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674064973 |
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Flannery and Marcus demonstrate that the rise of inequality was not simply the result of population increase, food surplus, or the accumulation of valuables but resulted from conscious manipulation of the unique social logic that lies at the core of every human group. Reversing the social logic can reverse inequality, they argue, without violence.
Prehistoric societies
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:987252297 |
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Social Complexity and Complex Systems in Archaeology
Author | : Dries Daems |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2021-02-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781000344738 |
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Social Complexity and Complex Systems in Archaeology turns to complex systems thinking in search of a suitable framework to explore social complexity in Archaeology. Social complexity in archaeology is commonly related to properties of complex societies such as states, as opposed to so-called simple societies such as tribes or chiefdoms. These conceptualisations of complexity are ultimately rooted in Eurocentric perspectives with problematic implications for the field of archaeology. This book provides an in-depth conceptualisation of social complexity as the core concept in archaeological and interdisciplinary studies of the past, integrating approaches from complex systems thinking, archaeological theory, social practice theory, and sustainability and resilience science. The book covers a long-term perspective of social change and stability, tracing the full cycle of complexity trajectories, from emergence and development to collapse, regeneration and transformation of communities and societies. It offers a broad vision on social complexity as a core concept for the present and future development of archaeology. This book is intended to be a valuable resource for students and scholars in the field of archaeology and related disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, as well as the natural sciences studying human-environment interactions in the past.
Prehistory
Author | : Chris Gosden |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : HISTORY |
ISBN | : 9780198803515 |
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Recent archaeological discoveries from China and central Asia have changed our understanding of how human civilization developed in the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history. In this new edition of his Very Short Introduction, Chris Gosden explores the current theories on the ebb and flow of human cultural variety.