This analysis of early society seeks to show the beginnings of social order and its first steps towards the classical civilization of the ancient and modern world. A stimulating and authoritive study in history and sociology.
This analysis of early society seeks to show the beginnings of social order and its first steps towards the classical civilization of the ancient and ...
This monumental volume in the History of Civilization Series has done a great service to learning in giving a very good outline of the earliest civilization of Europe. It covers the Orient, Crete, the Aegean, Maritime Civilization, Greece, the Balkans, the Danube, Eurasia, Northern Cultures, Forest Cultures, Islands of the Western Mediterranean, Iberia, Alpine Culture, and the British Isles.
This monumental volume in the History of Civilization Series has done a great service to learning in giving a very good outline of the earliest civili...
V. Gordon Childe is probably the most widely read early archaeologist of the 20th century and one of the world's most renowned prehistorians. A thorough understanding of the evolution of Childe's theoretical perspective is crucial to an understanding of the foundations of social archaeology. For the first time, a diverse collection of Childe's writings have been brought together in one volume. These fourteen essays, from his earliest seminal work in 1935 to his reflective essay 'Retrospect' written in 1958 shortly before his death, document the progression of this dynamic thinker. Essays such...
V. Gordon Childe is probably the most widely read early archaeologist of the 20th century and one of the world's most renowned prehistorians. A thorou...
Craft Specialization and Social Evolution In Memory of V. Gordon Childe Edited by Bernard Wailes V. Gordon Childe was the first scholar to attempt a broad and sustained socioeconomic analysis of the archaeology of the ancient world in terms that, today, could be called explanatory. To most, he was remembered only as a diligent synthesizer whose whole interpretation collapsed when its chronology was demolished. There was little recognition of his insistence that the emergence of craft specialists, and their very variable roles in the relations of production, were crucial to an understanding of...
Craft Specialization and Social Evolution In Memory of V. Gordon Childe Edited by Bernard Wailes V. Gordon Childe was the first scholar to attempt a b...
Originally published in 1930, this book provides a detailed account of the Bronze Age, which was intended to take up the story of pre-historic industrial development in North-western Europe from where M. C. Burkitt's Our Early Ancestors left it. Numerous illustrative figures and a comprehensive bibliography are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Bronze Age and the development of technology in general.
Originally published in 1930, this book provides a detailed account of the Bronze Age, which was intended to take up the story of pre-historic industr...
Originally published in 1956, this concise book brought together wisdom from V. Gordon Childe based upon 10 years of his lectures on the principles of archaeological classification, terminology and interpretive concepts. It examines meanings of technical terms and methodologies used in prehistoric archaeology, for those new to the area.
Originally published in 1956, this concise book brought together wisdom from V. Gordon Childe based upon 10 years of his lectures on the principles...
This volume, originally published in 1935, sought to reveal the significance of Scottish prehistory for the development of understanding of European prehistory. Written at a time of rapid accumulation of new relics and monuments and the insights from them, Professor Childe presented some important new data and made tentative conclusions for the future results from these finds. After an introduction to the geography of Scotland the book looks at evidence from cairns, tombs and stone circles and then addresses chronologically the evidence from Early Bronze Age to Late and onto the Iron Age,...
This volume, originally published in 1935, sought to reveal the significance of Scottish prehistory for the development of understanding of Europea...
This book offers a detailed survey on major archaeological discoveries in the Near and Middle East. This classic account focuses on the findings in three great centers of ancient civilization: Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus valley. Professor Childe discusses the excavation of the three cities of Mohenjo-daro and Chanhu-daro on the Indus and Harappa on the Ravi, and what these sites have revealed about Indian civilization in the third millennium B.C. He describes the findings at the numerous tells between Mesopotamia and the Indus basin, and in the three provinces of the Fertile Crescent; the...
This book offers a detailed survey on major archaeological discoveries in the Near and Middle East. This classic account focuses on the findings in th...
This volume, originally published in 1935, sought to reveal the significance of Scottish prehistory for the development of understanding of European prehistory. Written at a time of rapid accumulation of new relics and monuments and the insights from them, Professor Childe presented some important new data and made tentative conclusions for the future results from these finds. After an introduction to the geography of Scotland the book looks at evidence from cairns, tombs and stone circles and then addresses chronologically the evidence from Early Bronze Age to Late and onto the Iron Age,...
This volume, originally published in 1935, sought to reveal the significance of Scottish prehistory for the development of understanding of Europea...
