Encyclopedia Of Prehistory: Volume 4: Europe
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. is defined as a
group of populations sharing There are three types of entries in
the similar subsistence practices, technology, Encyclopedia: the
major tradition entry, 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. is defined as a
group of populations sharing There are three types of entries in
the similar subsistence practices, technology, Encyclopedia: the
major tradition entry, 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.