Identity of Man - As Seen By an Archaeologist

First published in 1982 in the Identity of Man Professor Clark considers a problem which has puzzled men from the authors of the books of the Old Testament to Charles Darwin and his successors: how to reconcile the animal appetites of men with their awareness of gods and their intimations of immortality.

List of contents

List of illustrations Acknowledgements Preface 1. Introduction 2. Men and Primates in Fossils and in life 3. Approaches to Archaeology 4. The Genesis of cultural diversity 5. The findings of ethnography 6. High culture in hierarchical societies 7. Homogenization and dehumanization References Index

About the author

Grahame Clark

Summary

First published in 1982 in the Identity of Man Professor Clark considers a problem which has puzzled men from the authors of the books of the Old Testament to Charles Darwin and his successors: how to reconcile the animal appetites of men with their awareness of gods and their intimations of immortality.

Product details

• Authors: Grahame Clark, Clark Grahame
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2023
• EAN: 9781032516752
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3251675-2
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, History: specific events and topics, Identity of man;archaeologist;cultural diversity