Ebook: Prehistory: the making of the human mind

Part I: The discovery of prehistory -- The idea of prehistory -- Mapping the human past: Prehistory before 1940 -- Dating: the radiocarbon revolution -- The possibility of world prehistory -- Part II: The prehistory of mind -- The sapient paradox -- Toward a prehistory of mind -- Constructing the community -- Worldly goods-- Appropriating the cosmos -- From prehistory to history -- Prospect: the future of prehistory.;In this invaluable, brief account of human development prior to the last four millennia, Colin Renfrew delivers a meticulously researched and passionately argued chronicle about our life on earth, and our ongoing quest to understand it.