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The Prehistory of Home

Hardcover • 2012 • English

The Prehistory of Home

By Jerry Moore

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Many animals build shelters, but only humans build homes. No other species creates such a variety of dwellings. Drawing examples from across the archaeological record and around the world, archaeologist Jerry D. Moore recounts the cultural development of the uniquely human imperative to maintain domestic dwellings. He shows how our houses allow us to physically adapt to the environment and conceptually order the cosmos, and explains how we fabricate dwellings and, in the process, construct our l...Show more

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2012

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Original title

The Prehistory of Home

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