La Mesopotamia arcaica

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From the first crude stone tools used by man two-and-a-half million years ago up to the early medieval period, this eye-opening journey through human innovations draws on modern science and the latest research to explore some of history's most fascinating inventions. Beginning with the basic technologies of stone and fire, bone and wood, the survey moves on to answer such fundamental questions as How and where did agriculture evolve? and How did Romans and others heat and plumb their dwellings? This unique guide to some of humanity's most remarkable inventions is a testimony to the brilliant...

De part et d'autre de l'Atlantique, deux mondes longtemps unis sous l'autorité d'une même couronne, qu'elle soit espagnole ou portugaise, ont fini par se séparer au début du xixesiècle. Les Indes occidentales sont alors devenues l'Amérique latine mais les héritages préhispaniques et coloniaux n'ont pas cessé d'influencer les paysages urbains, les sociétés rurales et les mentalités collectives du monde latino-américain. Réunies pour rendre hommage au professeur Jean-Pierre Berthe, les quarante-six contributions présentées ici veulent donner de ce vaste ensemble, hétérogène...

Este libro está destinado para quienes se interesan por las raíces de las sociedades de los Andes. La obra de Chantal Caillavet abarca varios siglos de la protohistoria e historia del Ecuador desde el periodo prehispánico, e incluso preincaico, hasta la época colonial y tiempos más cercanos a nosotros. Si bien el trabajo se centra en la región norteña, no deja de considerar los Andes septentrionales en su conjunto. Al mismo tiempo, procura situar la perspectiva ecuatorianista en un contexto comparativo dentro de horizontes más amplios y relacionados con regiones vecinas, en especial...