Environmental Archaeology and the Social Order

by Evans,John G.

• ISBN13: 9780415304030
• ISBN10: 0415304032
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Environmental Archaeology and the Social Order presents a wide variety of case studies, ranging from the early Palaeolithic to Post-modernity, and from Europe to the Andes, West and East Africa, and the USA. The book deals with both the theory and method of environmental archaeology, with significant sections on Neanderthals, Palaeolithic mobiliary art, and the origins of farming, as well as transhumance, climate as social construct, field survey, and the place of documents in environmental research.

Author Biography

John G. Evans is Professor in the School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	viii
Preface and acknowledgements	xiii
1 A brief history of environmental archaeology	1	(19)
2 Sociality and environment	20	(25)
3 Textures help a person think	45	(28)
4 Chalkland landscapes	73	(21)
5 Climate	94	(25)
6 Surveys in temperate and Mediterranean countries	119	(29)
7 Text, monuments and land	148	(24)
8 Transhumance	172	(29)
9 Hunting and death in Neanderthal Europe	201	(18)
10 The origins of farming in south-west Asia	219	(31)
11 Conclusions	250	(5)
Bibliography	255	(18)
Index	273