Fire and CivilizationAllen Lane, 1992 - 247 من الصفحات Fire is a destructive force. It is also a great purveyor of the advancement of human life. In an exploration of this dichotomy, Goudsblom investigates man and his realtionship to--and fascination with--combustion from every possible perspective--historical, archaeological, anthropological, psychological, biological, ecological, and sociological--illuminating the legacy of fire on world history. |
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الصفحة 50
... forest ( formed after the last ice age ) stretched almost unbroken over all of central and northern Europe . The very domain of farming , as Clark notes , had to be carved out of this primeval forest . Under these conditions , pioneer ...
... forest ( formed after the last ice age ) stretched almost unbroken over all of central and northern Europe . The very domain of farming , as Clark notes , had to be carved out of this primeval forest . Under these conditions , pioneer ...
الصفحة 107
... forest fires on the mountains which have broken out spontaneously through the branches of trees being rubbed together by the wind . ( 2 : 77 ) 16 It is interesting that Thucydides called the conflagration bigger than anything ever seen ...
... forest fires on the mountains which have broken out spontaneously through the branches of trees being rubbed together by the wind . ( 2 : 77 ) 16 It is interesting that Thucydides called the conflagration bigger than anything ever seen ...
الصفحة 188
... forest , but each year great inroads are being made . The human population is steadily growing , and through networks of commerce and industry spanning the entire world the same economic forces and the same technical equipment are ...
... forest , but each year great inroads are being made . The human population is steadily growing , and through networks of commerce and industry spanning the entire world the same economic forces and the same technical equipment are ...
المحتوى
Fire Civilization The domestication of fire as a civilizing process Plan | 8 |
The stage of predominantly passive use of fire The transition to active use of fire | 20 |
The widening gap between humans and other animals Clearing land Cooking | 37 |
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