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Graeme Barker

    Graeme Barker is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. His work explores the intricate relationships between past human societies and their environments, and how they have mutually transformed one another. Barker's research spans a wide spectrum of human history and ecologies. His approach offers a fascinating perspective on our past and its impact on the present.

    Graeme Barker
    Etruskové
    In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
    The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory
    • The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory

      Why Did Foragers Become Farmers?

      • 616 pages
      • 22 hours of reading

      The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory addresses one of the most debated and least understood revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and gathering to farming. Graeme Barker takes a global view, and integrates a massive array of information from archaeology and many other disciplines, including anthropology, botany, climatology, genetics, linguistics, and zoology. Against current orthodoxy, Barker develops a strong case for the development of agricultural systems in many areas as transformations in the life-ways of the indigenous forager societies, and argues that these were as much changes in social norms and ideologies as in ways of obtaining food. With a large number of helpful line drawings and photographs as well as a comprehensive bibliography, this authoritative study will appeal to a wide general readership as well as to specialists in a variety of fields.

      The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory
    • In the Footsteps of the Etruscans

      Changing Landscapes Around Tuscania from Prehistory to Modernity

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Exploring the archaeology around Tuscania, this book delves into the lives of farmers and shepherds over 7,500 years, examining prehistoric settlements before Etruscan urbanization. It highlights how urbanization influenced ordinary Etruscans and the effects of Roman expansion on rural communities. The narrative also addresses the aftermath of the empire's collapse and the rise of medieval villages, illustrating the dynamic relationship between Mediterranean peoples and their landscapes throughout history.

      In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
    • Dávno zmizelý národ vynikající pozoruhodnou úrovní kultury, jehož dějiny jsou spojeny s životem na Apeninském poloostrově v 8.–4. století před naším letopočtem. Etruskům se stal osudným vznik římského impéria. Římané je postupně začlenili do své říše, bez skrupulí a respektu převzali pokročilou kulturu a postupně asimilovali její nositele. Etruskové přitahují archeology z celého světa neprobádaností, rychlostí svého zmizení i rozvinutou kulturou, která ještě zdaleka neodhalila svá tajemství. Toto je první a úplný výklad o Etruscích a jejich společnosti, která vzkvétala v Itálii před vzestupem římské republiky.

      Etruskové