Early Architects. Space, Time and Society
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, February 2013, Pages: 384
Starting with the dawn of human society, through early civilizations, to the pre-Columbian American tribes, Architecture of First Societies: A Global Perspective traces the different cultural formations that developed in various places throughout the world to form the built environment. Looking through the lens of both time and geography, the history of early architecture is brought to life with full-color photographs, maps, and drawings. Drawing on the latest research in archaeological and anthropological knowledge, this landmark book also looks at how indigenous societies build today in order to help inform the past.
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
Mark M. Jarzombek
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