1. The History of History
A Resume of Historical Views / The Archaeological Evidence / Recent Anthropological Perspectives
2. Agricultural Communities: The Near Eastern Evidence
The Neolithic Revolution / The Era of Incipient Cultivation / Evidence of Sedentary Food Production / The Mesopotamian Lowlands
3. The Rise of Civilization
The Ecological Basis: Contrasts and Consistencies / The Egyptian Civilization / The Sumerian Civilization / The Indus Civilization / The Oxus Civilization
4. Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization
Geography and Climate / The Rise of Agriculture / The Cultures of Ancient Mesoamerica / Teotihuacan / The Toltecs / The Aztecs
5. General Considerations
The Independent Development of Old and New World Civilizations / Urban Settlement / Political Systems and Historical Inquiry / Economics and Trade / Ideology: Social Action and Cultural Change
Titles of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Fagan, Quest for the Past: Great Discoveries in Archaeology, Second Edition (ISBN 9780881337914) and Kehoe-Pleger, Archaeology: A Concise Introduction (ISBN 9781577664505).
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