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- Ancient Man - A collection of resources and links, categorized by continent, for exploring prehistoric people and early civilizations.
ancientman.com
- Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins - Norman Berdichevsky finds that this book by Colin Renfrew upsets established ideas. From Contemporary Review.
www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2242/1597_274/54140921/print.jhtml
- Early Peoples - This website housed at the history dept. at Hanover College offers a series of links that direct the surfer to a variable range of sites that discuss neolithic, paleolithic and bronze age peoples across Europe.
history.hanover.edu/ancient/before.htm
- Ecological Role of Prehistoric Humans - An overview of how populations altered ecosystems and extinguished species prior to developing advanced technology.
www-personal.umich.edu/~dallan/nre220/outline4.htm
- Edge 3rd Culture - A talk by Jared Diamond, Ph.D. from UCLA that addresses the question of why human history unfolded differently on different continents for the last 13,000 years.
www.edge.org/3rd_culture/diamond/diamond_p1.html
- Human Prehistory: An Exhibition - Offers an overview of human evolution and prehistory with a particular emphasis on early human developments in the Old World. The graphically enhanced tours open with a discussion of the origins of the study of "hominid evolution".
users.hol.gr/~dilos/prehis.htm
- NM's Creative Impulse Prehistory - A collection of links broken down by time period.
history.evansville.net/prehist.html
- Prehistoric Man by History Link 101 - Offers links categorized in five areas: art, daily life, maps, pictures, and research on early man.
www.historylink101.com/prehistory.htm
- Prehistory and Disease - A educational series created by the BBC that discusses the origins of modern medicine.
www.bbc.co.uk/education/medicine/nonint/menus/prdtmenu.shtml
- Prehistory Objectives - Portion of World History course, which provides an overview of both the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods as well as a section on different theoretical models used to conceptualize prehistory.
www.stedwards.edu/bss/aflorek/phobj.htm
- Prehistory of Alaska - An overview from the American National Park Service. Includes a bibliography of print resources on the topic.
www.nps.gov/akso/akarc
- Prehistory.org - A portal offering prehistory news, research and conference information.
www.prehistory.org
- Reflections on Prehistory - Offers an overview of prehistory ranging from topics on early hominids to regional discussions of prehistory in the Near East and the American Southwest.
www.jqjacobs.net/anthro/prehisty.html
- Stone Age Habitats - Overview of construction by early humans. Includes a summary of environmental alteration by prehistoric peoples.
www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/habitat
- Systematics in Prehistory - Robert C. Dunnell questions the validity of the concepts and assumptions of scientific classification of prehistoric societies based upon artifacts. A hypertext companion to the book with the same title that features chapter summaries and a glossary.
www.anthro.washington.edu/Faculty/FacultyPages/dunnell/BOOK/book.html
- The Long Foreground: Human Prehistory - An interactive tutorial produced by the Learning Commons of Washington State University.
www.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/lfopen-index.html
- The Prehistoric Society - Concerned with prehistory world-wide, its membership is drawn from many countries. Newsletters online, lectures, events, grants, merchandise.
www.ucl.ac.uk/prehistoric
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