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  • The Invisible Sex

    Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory

    "This jauntily written, highly convincing analysis . . . argues that women of prehistory were pivotal in a wide range of culture-building endeavors." — Publishers WeeklyShaped by cartoons and museum dioramas, our vision of Paleolithic times tends to feature fur-clad male hunters fearlessly attacking mammoths while timid women hover fearfully behind a boulder. In fact, recent research has shown ... Leer más

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  • The World at 18 000 BP

    Volume 1, High Latitudes

    Edición de Olga Soffer, Clive Gamble ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Involving contributions from archaeology, geology, ethnography, anthropology and prehistory, The World at 18 000 BP: High Latitudes (first of the two volumes, and originally published in 1990) surveys the world scene 18,000 years ago. Following an introduction (common to the two volumes) on the diversity of human adaptations at the last glacial maximum, Volume 1 covers high latitudes: Europe, Asia ... Leer más

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  • The World at 18 000 BP

    Volume 2, Low Latitudes

    Edición de Clive Gamble, Olga Soffer ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Involving contributions from archaeology, geology, ethnography, anthropology and prehistory, The World at 18 000 BP: Low Latitudes (second of the two volumes, and originally published in 1990) surveys the world scene 18,000 years ago. Following an introduction (common to the two volumes) on the diversity of human adaptations at the last glacial maximum, Volume 1 covers high latitudes: Europe, Asia ... Leer más

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    Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory

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  • From Kostenki to Clovis

    Upper Paleolithic—Paleo-Indian Adaptations

    Edición de Olga Soffer, N.D. Praslov ...
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  • The World According to Color

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  • The Delusions of Crowds

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  • Babel

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