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Footmarks : a journey into our restless past
Leary, Jim2023
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On paths, roads, seas, in the air and in space, there has never been so much human movement. In contrast we think of the past as static, 'frozen in time'. But archaeologists have in fact always found evidence for humanity's irrepressible restlessness. Now, latest developments in science and archaeology are transforming this evidence and overturning how we understand the past movement of humankind. In this book, archaeologist Jim Leary traces the past 3.5 million years to reveal how people have always been moving, how travel has historically been enforced (or prohibited) by people with power and how our forebears showed incredible bravery and ingenuity to journey across continents and oceans. With Leary to show the way, you'll follow the footsteps of early hunter-gatherers preserved in mud and tread ancient trackways hollowed by feet over time. Passing drovers, wayfarers and pilgrims, you'll see who got to move, and how people moved. And you'll go on long-distance journeys and migrations to see how movement has shaped our world.
Main title:
Footmarks : a journey into our restless past / by Jim Leary.
Author:
Imprint:
Thriplow, UK : Icon Books, 2023.London : Icon Books, 2023.©2023.
Collation:
xvi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The stillness of the pastMoving mattersPrintmaking : writing on the earthFootfall : walking as performancePathmarking : lines in the landscapePilgrim : moved by the spiritOverstepping : restriction and resistanceRoutefinding : following the old waysFeet follow hooves : walking with animalsTranshumance : traversing the uplandsWanderland : shaping and being shapedWayfaring : being lost and losing oneselfRoadrunning : travelling the social realmFlowing : journeying with the ferrymanWeatherscape : of skies and seasonsTime's march : crossing continentsOne way : routes and rootsSeafaring : across oceans of time.
ISBN:
9781837730254 (paperback)
Dewey class:
304.809
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
528971
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 304.809 FOO | Available |