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| Genre/Form: | Encyclopedias Encyclopédies |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Encyclopedia of prehistory. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2001-c2002 (OCoLC)657159812 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter N Peregrine; Melvin Ember; Human Relations Area Files, inc. |
| ISBN: | 0306462648 9780306462641 0306462559 9780306462559 0306462567 9780306462566 0306462575 9780306462573 0306462583 9780306462580 0306462591 9780306462597 0306462605 9780306462603 0306462613 9780306462610 0306462621 9780306462627 030646263X 9780306462634 |
| OCLC Number: | 42476753 |
| Notes: | " Published in conjunction with the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University." |
| Description: | 9 v. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
| Contents: | v. 1. Africa -- v. 2. Arctic and Subarctic -- v. 3. East Asia and Oceania -- v. 4. Europe -- v. 5. Middle America -- v. 6. North America -- v. 7. South America -- v. 8. South and Southwest Asia -- v. 9. Cumulative index. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember. |
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"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) Read more...
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