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THIS LANDMARK STUDY TRACES THE BEGINNINGS OF ARCHITECTURE BY LOOKING AT THE LATEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH
From the dawn of human society, through early civilizations, to pre-Columbian American societies, Architecture of First Societies traces the different cultural formations that developed in various places throughout the world to form the built environment. It is the first book to explore the beginnings of architecture from a global perspective.
Viewing ancient cultures through a lens of both time and geography, this history of early architecture brings its subjects to life with full-color photographs, maps, and drawings. The author cites the latest discoveries and analyses in archaeology and anthropology and discovers links to the past by examining how indigenous societies build today. “Encounters with Modernity” sections examine some of the political issues that village life and its architectural traditions face in the modern world.
This fascinating and engaging tour of our architectural past:
Architecture of First Societies is ideal reading for anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the strong relationships between geography, ecology, culture, and architecture.
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.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: Foundations
Chapter 1: the South African Cultural Emergence
Chapter 2: Late Pleistocene - Early Holocene
Chapter 3: Savanna- and Forest Peoples Today
Chapter 4: the Great Northern Continuum: Part 1
Chapter 5: the Great Northern Continuum: Part 2
Chapter 6: the Mound and Plaza Societies of the Americas
Part Two: Plants, Animals and Rituals
Chapter 7: Introduction: Village Worlds
Chapter 8: Agro-Pastoral Transitions
Chapter 9: Expansion into Europe
Chapter 10: Cattle-Tending Societies
Chapter 11: Emergence of Central and South American Agriculture Societies
Part Three: Global Expansions
Chapter 12: Africa and Eurasia Transformed
Chapter 13: the World of Portable Architecture
Chapter 14: East Asian Rice Continuum
Chapter 15: African Transformations
Chapter 16: the Arrival of Agro-Centrism in the North America Coda
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