After the ice : a global human history, 20,000-5000 BC

Steven Mithen

<p>20,000 B.C., the peak of the last ice age--the atmosphere is heavy with dust, deserts, and glaciers span vast regions, and people, if they survive at all, exist in small, mobile groups, facing the threat of extinction.<p>But these people live on the brink of seismic change--10,000 years of climate shifts culminating in abrupt global warming that will usher in a fundamentally changed human world. "After the Ice" is the story of this momentous period--one in which a seemingly minor alteration in temperature could presage anything from the spread of lush woodland to the coming of apocalyptic floods--and one in which we find the origins of civilization itself. <p>Drawing on the latest research in archaeology, human genetics, and environmental science, "After the Ice" takes the reader on a sweeping tour of 15,000 years of human history. Steven Mithen brings this world to life through the eyes of an imaginary modern traveler--John Lubbock, namesake of the great Victorian polymath and author of "Prehistoric Times." With Lubbock, readers visit and observe communities and landscapes, experiencing prehistoric life--from aboriginal hunting parties in Tasmania, to the corralling of wild sheep in the central Sahara, to the efforts of the Guila Naquitz people in Oaxaca to combat drought with agricultural innovations.<p>Part history, part science, part time travel, "After the Ice" offers an evocative and uniquely compelling portrayal of diverse cultures, lives, and landscapes that laid the foundations of the modern world.

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書名 After the ice : a global human history, 20,000-5000 BC
著作者等 Mithen, Steven J.
Mithen Steven
出版元 Harvard University Press
刊行年月 2004, c2003
ページ数 xiii, 622 p., [24] p. of plates
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 0674015703
NCID BA70832067
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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