{"product_id":"architecture-of-first-societies-9781118142103","title":"Architecture of First Societies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Foundations 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Human World 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Late Pleistocene—Early Holocene Societies 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Savanna and Forest Peoples Today 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Great Northern Continuum: Part I 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The Great Northern Continuum: Part II 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Mound and Plaza Societies of the Americas 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Plants, Animals, and Rituals 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: The First Agro-Pastoral Perspectives 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Transitions 297\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Village and Chiefdom Worlds 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Expansion into Europe 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Emergence of Central and South American Agriculture Societies 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Cattle-Tending Societies 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: The World of Portable Architecture 477\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: The Oceanic Horticultural Continuum 515\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: African Transformations 549\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Agro-Centrism in North America 575\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda: Encounters with Modernity 637\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 643\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406836048215,"sku":"9781118142103","price":105.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118142103.jpg?v=1730497284","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/architecture-of-first-societies-9781118142103","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}