| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 269 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The prehistory of home -- Starter homes -- Mobile homes -- Durable goods -- Model homes -- Apartment living -- Gated communities -- Noble houses -- Sacred homes -- Home fires -- Going home -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Many animals build shelters, but only humans build homes. No other species creates such a variety of dwellings. Drawing examples from across the archaeological record and around the world, archaeologist Jerry D. Moore recounts the cultural development of the uniquely human imperative to maintain domestic dwellings. He shows how our houses allow us to physically adapt to the environment and conceptually order the cosmos, and explains how we fabricate dwellings and, in the process, construct our lives. The Prehistory of Home points out how houses function as symbols of equality or proclaim the social divides between people, and how they shield us not only from the elements, but increasingly from inchoate fear"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dwellings, Prehistoric.
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Dwellings, Prehistoric. |
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Architecture, Prehistoric.
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Architecture, Prehistoric. |
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Home.
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Home. |
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Social archaeology.
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Social archaeology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Moore, Jerry D. Prehistory of home. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012 9780520272217 (DLC) 2011035704 (OCoLC)748812882 |
| ISBN |
9780520952133 (electronic book) |
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0520952138 (electronic book) |
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1280116617 |
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9781280116612 |
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9780520272217 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520272218 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786613520906 |
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