Globalization in prehistory : Contact, Exchange, and the "People Without History" / edited by Nicole Boivin, Michael D. Frachetti.

Other author Boivin, Nicole, 1970- editor.
Other author Frachetti, Michael D., editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
Subjects
Commerce, Prehistoric.
Culture diffusion.
Local exchange trading systems.

Contents Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction; Globalisation; Finding a Place for the People without History; Materialising Globalisation; De-urbanising Globalisation; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; One What's the Point?; Introduction; Globalization and Great Divides; A Potted History: Ceramic Vessels, Hunter-gatherers and Archaeological Discourse; Coarse Chronology for the Old World; Detailing Distribution; Evaluating Alternatives; Mobility and Continuity; Nets and Networks.
Contents What's the Point? The Functions of Vessel Form what's the Point? Ceramic Globalization in Prehistory?; Notes; References; Two Globalising Interactions in the Arabian Neolithic and the 'Ubaid; Introduction; Prehistoric Globalisation: Definition, World-systems and Interconnectivity; Globalisation as a Dynamic Process; Arabian-'Ubaid Interactions: Boat Remains and Ceramic Evidence; The Arabian Neolithic: Context and Connections; Media of Communication: Symbolic Objects; Discussion of Symbolic Objects; Caches of Symbolic Objects and Function; Architecture.
Contents Identity in Kuwait during the 'Ubaid/Arabian Neolithic PeriodA Transport Revolution of the Sixth-Fifth Millennium bc; Conclusions; References; Three Domesticate Dispersal, Human Agency and Connectivity in Island Southeast Asia during the Holocene; Competing Versions of the Past; Archaeological Traces as Proxies of Interaction; Domesticated Animals and Plants in ISEA-NG, ca. 4000-3000 cal BP; The Historical Significance of Domesticate Dispersals; Gourds; Rice (Oryza sativa); Areca Palm (Areca catechu); Recasting the Past; References; Four Bronze Age Participation in a "Global" Ecumene.
Contents IntroductionGlobalization and Participation; Four Regional Burial Traditions across Eurasia (2200-1500 bce); Burials of the Late Bactria-Margiana Archaeology Complex (BMAC); The Zerafshan Valley; Semirech'ye; Northwest China (Siba/Qijia/Kermekek/Yanbulak); Seeing the Global through the Lens of the Local; Placing the Body: Body Position; Grave Materials: Ceramics/Food; Grave Materials: Metal (Copper/Bronze); Exotic Objects; Discussion; Notes; References; Five Prehistoric Globalizing Processes in the Tao River Valley, Gansu, China?; Introduction; Globalization Theories and (Ab)Uses.
Contents Ancient Globalization?Globalizing Processes; Local Developments in the Qijia Culture; Tao River Valley; Qijia Technology and Interaction; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Six Global Networks and Local Agents in the Iron Age Eurasian Steppe; Introduction; Global Networks in Iron Age Eurasia; Local Agents in the Eurasian Steppe; Mongolian Altai; Middle Irtysh; Lower Don; Configurations of Global Prestige; Bridging Elites: Global Connectivity in a Disjunctive Small World; References; Seven Nomads and Caravan Trade in the Syrian Desert; Abstract; Why Nomads and Caravan Trade?
Abstract Challenges contemporary understandings of 'globalization' by focusing on the role of non-state prehistoric societies and their vast realms of connectivity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 28, 2018).
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