Encyclopedia Of Prehistory: Volume 2: Arctic And Subarctic
by Melvin Ember /
2012 / English / PDF
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The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents also defined by a
somewhat different set of an attempt to provide basic information
sociocultural characteristics than are eth on all archaeologically
known cultures, nological cultures. Major traditions are covering
the entire globe and the entire defined based on common subsistence
prehistory of humankind. It is designed as practices,
sociopolitical organization, and a tool to assist in doing
comparative material industries, but language, ideology, research
on the peoples of the past. Most and kinship ties play little or no
part in of the entries are written by the world's their definition
because they are virtually foremost experts on the particular areas
unrecoverable from archaeological con and time periods. texts. In
contrast, language, ideology, and The Encyclopedia is organized
accord kinship ties are central to defining ethno ing to major
traditions. A major tradition logical cultures. There are three
types of entries in the is defined as a group of populations
sharing Encyclopedia: the major tradition entry, similar
subsistence practices, technology, and forms of sociopolitical
organization, the regional subtradition entry, and the which are
spatially contiguous over a rela site entry. Each contains
different types of tively large area and which endure tempo
information, and each is intended to be rally for a relatively long
period. Minimal used in a different way.
The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents also defined by a
somewhat different set of an attempt to provide basic information
sociocultural characteristics than are eth on all archaeologically
known cultures, nological cultures. Major traditions are covering
the entire globe and the entire defined based on common subsistence
prehistory of humankind. It is designed as practices,
sociopolitical organization, and a tool to assist in doing
comparative material industries, but language, ideology, research
on the peoples of the past. Most and kinship ties play little or no
part in of the entries are written by the world's their definition
because they are virtually foremost experts on the particular areas
unrecoverable from archaeological con and time periods. texts. In
contrast, language, ideology, and The Encyclopedia is organized
accord kinship ties are central to defining ethno ing to major
traditions. A major tradition logical cultures. There are three
types of entries in the is defined as a group of populations
sharing Encyclopedia: the major tradition entry, similar
subsistence practices, technology, and forms of sociopolitical
organization, the regional subtradition entry, and the which are
spatially contiguous over a rela site entry. Each contains
different types of tively large area and which endure tempo
information, and each is intended to be rally for a relatively long
period. Minimal used in a different way.
