Description
Book SynopsisStarting 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.
Trade Review“This entry-level textbook will suit beginning students and general readers interested in architecture, anthropology, agricuulture, ecology, history and geography. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and general readers.” (Choice, 1 May 2014)
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Part One: Foundations 1
Chapter 1: The Human World 3
Chapter 2: Late Pleistocene—Early Holocene Societies 49
Chapter 3: Savanna and Forest Peoples Today 87
Chapter 4: The Great Northern Continuum: Part I 117
Chapter 5: The Great Northern Continuum: Part II 151
Chapter 6: The Mound and Plaza Societies of the Americas 191
Chapter 7: Plants, Animals, and Rituals 225
Chapter 8: The First Agro-Pastoral Perspectives 263
Part Two: Transitions 297
Chapter 9: Village and Chiefdom Worlds 299
Chapter 10: Expansion into Europe 315
Chapter 11: Emergence of Central and South American Agriculture Societies 397
Chapter 12: Cattle-Tending Societies 451
Chapter 13: The World of Portable Architecture 477
Chapter 14: The Oceanic Horticultural Continuum 515
Chapter 15: African Transformations 549
Chapter 16: Agro-Centrism in North America 575
Coda: Encounters with Modernity 637
Index 643
