Screen LibraryMigration and disruptions : toward a unifying theory of ancient and contemporary migrations /
In this groundbreaking unifying theory of migration, a group of researchers from various anthropological disciplines attempt to identify the social and environmental disruptions that led to migration, regardless of its temporal space. Never before has such a diverse group of scholars met to identify...
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University Press of Florida,
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| Publisher Address: | Gainesville, FL : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
In this groundbreaking unifying theory of migration, a group of researchers from various anthropological disciplines attempt to identify the social and environmental disruptions that led to migration, regardless of its temporal space. Never before has such a diverse group of scholars met to identify and codify across time the reasons humans migrate. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780813060804 : 081306080X |
| Index Number: | GN370 |
| CLC: | D523.8 |
| Call Number: | D523.8/M636-29 |
| Contents: | Part I: A conceptual framework. -- Introduction: bridging the past and present in assessing migration / Brenda J. Baker and Takeyuki Tsuda -- Unifying themes in studies of ancient and contemporary migrations / Takeyuki Tsuda, Brenda J. Baker, James F. Eder, Kelly J. Knudson, Jonathan Maupin, Lisa Meierotto, and Rachel E. Scott -- Part II: Past perspectives -- The Anglo-Saxon migration: an archaeological case study of disruption / Catherine Hills -- Religious disruption and the Islamic conquest of Andalucía / Sonia Zakrzewski -- Causes and consequences of migration in epiclassic Northern Mes |