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Author	Mithen, Steven J.
Title	After the ice : a global human history, 20,000-5000 BC / Steven Mithen.
Imprint	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.

LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS	MESSAGE
OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION	GN740 .M58 2004	AVAILABLE

Table of Contents
1	The birth of history	3
2	The world at 20,000 BC	8
3	Fires and flowers	20
4	Village life in the oak woodland	29
5	On the banks of the Euphrates	40
6	One thousand years of drought	46
7	The founding of Jericho	56
8	Pictograms and pillars	62
9	In the valley of ravens	72
10	The town of ghosts	80
11	Heaven and hell at Catalhoyuk	88
12	Three days on Cyprus	97
13	Pioneers in northern lands	110
14	With reindeer hunters	122
15	At Star Carr	134
16	Last of the cave painters	143
17	Coastal catastrophe	150
18	Two villages in Southeast Europe	158
19	Islands of the dead	168
20	At the frontier	178
21	A Mesolithic legacy	187
22	A Scottish envoi	196
23	Searching for the first Americans	210
24	American past in the present	221
25	On the banks of Chinchihaupi	229
26	Explorers in a restless landscape	236
27	Clovis hunters on trial	246
28	Virginity reconsidered	258
29	Herders and the 'Christ-child'	266
30	A double-take in the Oaxaca Valley	274
31	To Koster	286
32	Salmon fishing and the gift of history	296
33	A lost world revealed	304
34	Body sculpture at Kow Swamp	312
35	Across the arid zone	319
36	Fighting men and a serpent's birth	327
37	Pigs and gardens in the highlands	337
38	Lonesome in Sundaland	348
39	Down the Yangtze	359
40	With the Jomon	370
41	Summer in the Arctic	381
42	A passage through India	396
43	A long walk across the Hindu Kush	407
44	Vultures of the Zagros	420
45	Approaching civilisation in Mesopotamia	430
46	Baked fish by the Nile	443
47	On Lukenya Hill	453
48	Frogs' legs and ostrich eggs	462
49	A South African tour	469
50	Thunderbolts in the tropics	483
51	Sheep and cattle in the Sahara	490
52	Farmers in the Nile Valley and beyond	499
	Epilogue : 'the blessings of civilisation'	504

Description	xiii, 622 p. : ill. (some ill.) ; 24 cm.
Note	Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.
Bibliography Note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The beginning -- The birth of history -- The world at 20,000 BC -- Western Asia -- Fires and flowers -- Village life in the oak woodland -- On the banks of the Euphrates -- One thousand years of drought -- The founding of Jericho -- Pictograms and pillars -- In the valley of ravens -- The town of ghosts -- Heaven and hell at �atlah�y�k -- Three days on Cyprus -- Europe -- Pioneers in northern lands -- With reindeer hunters -- At Star Carr -- Last of the cave painters -- Coastal catastrophe -- Two villages in Southeast Europe -- Islands of the dead -- At the frontier -- A mesolithic legacy -- A Scottish envoi -- The Americans -- Searching for the first Americans -- American past in the present -- On the banks of Chinchihuapi -- Explorers in a restless landscape -- Clovis hunters on trial -- Virginity reconsidered -- Herders and the 'Christ-child' -- A double-take in the Oaxaca Valley -- To Koster -- Salmon fishing and the gift of history -- Greater Australia and East Asia -- A lost world revealed -- Body sculpture at Kow Swamp -- Across the arid zone -- Fighting men and a serpent's birth -- Pigs and gardens in the highlands -- Lonesome in Sundaland -- Down the Yangtze -- With the Jomon -- Summer in the Arctic -- South Asia -- A passage through India -- A long walk across the Hindu Kush -- Vultures of the Zagros -- Approaching civilisation in Mesopotamia -- Africa -- Baked fish by the Nile -- On Lukenya Hill -- Frogs' legs and ostrich eggs -- A South African tour -- Thunderbolts in the tropics -- Sheep and cattle in the Sahara -- Farmers in the Nile Valley and beyond.
Subject	Prehistoric peoples.
	Hunting and gathering societies.
	Primitive societies.
	Human beings -- Migrations.
	Antiquities, Prehistoric.
	Civilization, Ancient.
ISBN	0674015703 (alk. paper)
OCLC #	54677732

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