Encyclopedia of Prehistory

1. Front Matter

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2. Aceramic Neolithic

   • Edward Banning

   Pages 1-20

3. Akkadian

   • Harvey Weiss

   Pages 21-23

4. Arabian Upper Paleolithic

   • Peter N. Peregrine

   Pages 24-25

5. Central Indian Iron Age

   • Carla Sinopoli

   Pages 26-33

6. Central Indian Chalcolithic

   • Vasant Shinde, Shweta Sinha Deshpande

   Pages 34-39

7. Ceramic Neolithic

   • Edward Banning

   Pages 40-55

8. Chalcolithic

   • Thomas E. Levy

   Pages 56-74

9. Early Arabian Littoral

   • Peter N. Peregrine

   Pages 75-76

10. Early Arabian Pastoral

    • Juris Zarins

    Pages 77-85

11. Early Bronze Age

    • Jonathan M. Golden

    Pages 86-111

12. Early Dynastic Mesopotamia

    • Peter N. Peregrine

    Pages 112-115

13. Early Indus

    • Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

    Pages 116-121

14. Epipaleolithic

    • Nigel Goring-Morris

    Pages 122-126

15. Ganges Neolithic

    • Bhuvan Vikrama, Umesh Chattopadhyaya

    Pages 127-132

16. Gangetic India

    • Bhuvan Vikrama, Umesh Chattopadhyaya

    Pages 133-137

17. Halafian

    • Roger Matthews

    Pages 138-150

18. Indus Neolithic

    • Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

    Pages 151-155

19. Iranian Bronze Age

    • John Beierle

    Pages 156-159

20. Iranian Chalcolithic

    • Brian L. Peasnall

    Pages 160-195

The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents temporal dimension. Major traditions are an attempt to provide basic information also defined by a somewhat different set of on all archaeologically known cultures, sociocultural characteristics than are eth­ covering the entire globe and the entire nological cultures. Major traditions are prehistory ofhumankind. It is designed as defined based on common subsistence a tool to assist in doing comparative practices, sociopolitical organization, and research on the peoples of the past. Most material industries. but language, ideology, of the entries are written by the world's and kinship tics play little or no part in foremost experts on the particular areas their definition because they are virtually and lime periods. unrecoverable from archaeological con­ The Encyclopedia is organized accord· texts. In contrast, language, ideology, and ing to major traditions. A major tradition kinship ties arc central to defining ethno­ is defined as a group ofpopulations sharing logical cultures. similar subsistence practices. technology, There are three types of entries in the and forms oj sociopolitical organizati01I, Encyclopedia: the major tradition entry.

• Keramik
• Mesopotamia
• Neolithic
• bronze age
• chalcolithic
• iron age
• mesolithic
• paleolithic
• prehistory

"Taking as its purpose 'to provide basic information on all archaeologically known cultures,' the set treats each major cultural region of the planet individually, with entries contributed by an international array of experts. Entries are divided into four sections -- a discussion of the time during which the cutlure flourished, geographic location, diagnostic traits as known from the archaeological record (with subtraditions demarcated as identified), and representative sites -- followed by a list of references." (Choice, 41:6)

• Lawrence University, Appleton, USA

  Peter N. Peregrine

• Human Relations Area Files/Yale University, New Haven, USA

  Melvin Ember

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