Mixed Harvest

Stories from the Human Past
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78920-620-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 351 g

In unforgettable stories of the human journey, a combination of storytelling and dialogue underscore an excavation into the deep past of human development and its consequences. Through a first encounter between a Neanderthal woman and the Modern Human she called Traveler, to the emergence and destruction of the world’s first cities, Mixed Harvest tells the tale of the Sedentary Divide, the most significant event since modern humans emerged. Rob Swigart’s latest work humanizes the rapid transition to agriculture and pastoralism with a grounding in the archaeological record.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swigart, Rob

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgments

I. Shelter

     Prelude: The Pit of Bones

     Bringer

     The Horse Hunters

     Strife

     Judgment

     Drummer

     In Darkness

     Boy and Leaf

     The Snail Creek Shaman

     Raising Stone

     Feasting

     Waters Bitter and Sweet

II. House

     Frozen Tears

     Tracks

     The Journey

     Mud People

     Motherbaby

     The Beast Without

     The Beast Within

     Of Pots and Plans

III. Home

     An Introduction to Origins

     The Need for Walls

     The House of Heaven

     Scribe

     New Year

     Borders

     Descendants

     Empire’s Poet

     Lamentation

Afterword

Suggested Reading

Über Autor(innen)

Swigart, Rob
Rob Swigart, PhD (Comparative Literature) taught for 35 years at a university, published eleven novels and poetry in The Atlantic, Poetry, and other journals, and co-authored a business book while working as a research affiliate with the Institute for the Future.