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The Past in Prehistoric Societies.

The idea of prehistory dates from the nineteenth century, but Richard Bradley contends that it is still a vital area for research. He argues that it is only through a combination of oral tradition and the experience of encountering ancient material culture that people were able to formulate a sense...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bradley, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1 Introduction: Darwin's Christmas dinner; 2 Acknowledging antiquity: towards an archaeology of distant origins; 3 Entering the present: legacies of the immediate past; 4 Projecting future pasts: monuments and the formation of memory; 5 Remaking ancient pasts: from revision to revival; 6 Conclusion: prehistoric times; Bibliography; Index.