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The Fifth Beginning: What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us about Our Future
Dr. Robert L. Kelly
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Description for The Fifth Beginning: What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us about Our Future
Hardback. "I have seen yesterday. I know tomorrow." This inscription in Tutankhamun's tomb summarizes The Fifth Beginning. In this book, the author explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: HBG; HD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
"I have seen yesterday. I know tomorrow." This inscription in Tutankhamun's tomb summarizes The Fifth Beginning. Here, archeologist Robert Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. In an eminently readable style, Kelly identifies four key pivot points in the six-million-year history of human development: the emergence of technology, culture, agriculture, and the state. In each example, the author examines the long-term processes that resulted in a definitive no-turning-back change for the organization of society. Kelly then looks ahead, giving us evidence for what he calls a fifth beginning, one that began about ... Read more
"I have seen yesterday. I know tomorrow." This inscription in Tutankhamun's tomb summarizes The Fifth Beginning. Here, archeologist Robert Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. In an eminently readable style, Kelly identifies four key pivot points in the six-million-year history of human development: the emergence of technology, culture, agriculture, and the state. In each example, the author examines the long-term processes that resulted in a definitive no-turning-back change for the organization of society. Kelly then looks ahead, giving us evidence for what he calls a fifth beginning, one that began about ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520293120
SKU
V9780520293120
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About Dr. Robert L. Kelly
Robert L. Kelly is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wyoming. He is a past president of the Society for American Archaeology, current editor of American Antiquity, author of The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers, and coauthor of two popular textbooks, Archaeology and Archaeology: Down to Earth. He has conducted archaeological research throughout the western United States for more than forty ... Read more
Reviews for The Fifth Beginning: What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us about Our Future
"This closely argued and beautifully written book is a brilliant statement as to why archaeology, and an archaeological perspective, are of central importance in today's world... It's a cliche these days to remark that a book belongs on everyone's bookshelves, but in this case it's the truth. Everyone interested in the past and the future will find this a wonderful ... Read more