The Cambridge Ancient History

Volume 1, Part 1, Prolegomena and Prehistory

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23613541
AutoresD L Linton, E Sollberger, F Moseley, K W Butzer, Dorothy A E Garrod, W F Albright, T O Lambdin, D R Hughes, T R Brothwell, Max E L Mallowan, Elise J Baumgartel, O P R De Vaux, H W Catling, S S Weinberg
EditoresI E S Edwards, C J Gadd, N G L Hammond
Año1970
Fecha de publicación1970-12-02
Open AccessSí
TipoBOOK
RevistaCambridge Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/chol9781139054249
WikidataQ99519405
OpenAlexW4392847088
Open LibraryOL34714483M
ISBN9781139054249
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

The present volume begins with an account of what is known about the remotest geological ages and comprises chapters on the different kinds of evidence concerning man and his physical environment up to the end of the Predynastic Period in Egypt and the parallel stages of development in Mesopotamia, Persia, Anatolia, Palestine, Cyprus, Greece and the Islands. To trace the history of these very early times it is necessary to rely chiefly on material remains, since writing had not then been invented. The text offers a setting against which the cultural progress of the historical epoch can be viewed. Archaeological investigation may be expected to bring to light more evidence to fill some of the present gaps in our knowledge, but already it is clear that the gulf between historical and prehistorical times in much of the ancient world is narrower than was once supposed.

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