Climate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Preh...

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Beschreibung

The first book on the origin of clothes shows why climate change was crucial - for the origin of agriculture too.

Über den Autor

Ian Gilligan, one of the world's leading authorities on the origins of clothing, holds university degrees in medicine, psychology, prehistoric archaeology and biological anthropology, and is an Honorary Associate in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sydney. He has authored a book on the clothing of Australian Aborigines and his work has been published and cited in numerous scientific journals.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction: 1. What separates us from nature?; Part II. Clothing in the Ice Age: 2. Climate change and the invention of clothes; 3. How clothes work to keep us warm; 4. The technology of Palaeolithic clothes; 5. Changing climates and early clothes; 6. Decorated clothes and Palaeolithic art; 7. Neanderthals and Tasmanians; 8. The value of making clothes visible; Part III. Global Warming and Agriculture: 9. Time for new clothes; 10. A half-baked revolution; 11. Agriculture and textiles in Eurasia; 12. Agriculture and textiles in the Americas; 13. Agriculture from Africa to Australia; Part IV. Feeding the Multitude: 14. A really revolutionary revolution; 15. Covering breasts and making more babies; Part V. Sedentism and Domestication: 16. Some loose ends; 17. Enclosure and fabrication; Appendix.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sozialwissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781108455190
ISBN-10:	1108455190
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Gilligan, Ian
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Ian Gilligan
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.03.2019
Gewicht:	0,655 kg