People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory Paperback - 2009

Brian Fagan is one of the leading archaeological writers in the world and an internationally recognized authority on world prehistory. He studied archaeology and anthropology at Pembroke College, Cambridge University, and then spent seven years in sub-Saharan Africa working in museums and in monument conservation and excavating early farming sites in Zambia and East Africa. He was one of the pioneers of multidisciplinary African history in the 1960s. From 1967 to 2003, he was professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he specialized in lecturing and writing about archaeology to wide audiences. He is now professor emeritus. Professor Fagan has written six best-selling textbooks: "Ancient Lives" "An Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory"; "In "the """Beginning"; "Archaeology: A Brief Introduction"; "People of the Earth"; "World Preh""istory"; and "A Brief History of Archaeology"--all published by Prentice Hall--which are used around the world. His general books include "The Rape of the Nile," a classic history of Egyptology; "The Adventure of Archaeology"; "Time Detectives"; "Ancient North America"; "The Little Ice Age"; and "The Great Warming." He is general editor of the "Oxford Companion to Archaeology." In addition, he has published several scholarly monographs on African archaeology and numerous specialized articles in national and international journals. He is also an expert on multimedia teaching and received the Society for American Archaeology's first Public Education Award for his indefatigable efforts on behalf of archaeology and education.