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The Death of Prehistory (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,753
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The Death of Prehistory (Hardcover): Peter R. Schmidt, Stephen A. Mrozowski

The Death of Prehistory (Hardcover)

Peter R. Schmidt, Stephen A. Mrozowski

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Since the eighteenth century, the concept of prehistory was exported by colonialism to far parts of the globe and applied to populations lacking written records. Prehistory in these settings came to represent primitive people still living in a state without civilization and its foremost index, literacy. Yet, many societies outside the Western world had developed complex methods of history making and documentation, including epic poetry and the use of physical and mental mnemonic devices. Even so, the deeply engrained concept of prehistory-deeply entrenched in European minds up to the beginning of the twenty-first century-continues to deny history and historical identify to peoples throughout the world. The fourteen essays, by notable archaeologists of the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia, provide authoritative examples of how the concept of prehistory has diminished histories of other cultures outside the West and how archaeologists can reclaim more inclusive histories set within the idiom of deep histories-accepting ancient pre-literate histories as an integral part of the flow of human history.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: November 2013
First published: 2014
Editors: Peter R. Schmidt • Stephen A. Mrozowski
Dimensions: 221 x 144 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-968459-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological theory
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
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LSN: 0-19-968459-6
Barcode: 9780199684595

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