Tilling Nature - Harvesting Culture. Exploring Images of the Human Being in the Transition to Agriculture.

Elisabeth Rudebeck

Tilling Nature - Harvesting Culture. Exploring Images of the Human Being in the Transition to Agriculture.

Elisabeth Rudebeck

Arkeologi

Forskningsoutput: Avhandling › Doktorsavhandling (monografi)

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I denna avhandling undersökes och diskuteras människosyn i arkeologisk forskning i ett långtidsperspektiv. Frågorna kring existentiella bilder av människan fokuseras kring det arkeologiska problemet jordbrukets uppkomst. Teorier om jordbrukets uppkomst från klassisk tid fram till det sena 1900-talet diskuteras med avseende på människosyn och dess förändring över tid och relation till samtida sociala och politiska processer.

Originalspråk	engelska
Kvalifikation	Doktor
Tilldelande institution	Arkeologi
Handledare	Olausson, Deborah, handledare
Tilldelningsdatum	2000 maj 25
Förlag	Almqvist & Wiksell International
ISBN (tryckt)	91-22-01872-7
Status	Published - 2000

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Date: 2000-05-25
Time: 13:15
Place: Edens hörsal, Paradisgatan

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Name: Hodder, Ian
Title: Professor
Affiliation: Stanford

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