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Societies in Transition
by Oxford University
Lecture series from Linacre College. Including a series of anthropology lectures, Societies In Transition
Episodes
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Societies in Transition: Industrial Transformation
Professor Palmer looks at the Industrial Revolution and how it transformed societies. She also examines the idea that the Revolution is as important to civilization as the transition from hunter-gatherers to farming societies thousands of years ago.
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Societies in Transition: The End of Roman Civilization
Dr Ward-Perkins (Trinity College, Oxford) examines the Roman-made ecological disasters and examines how far the environmental pollution contributed to the fall of Rome and why this matters in today's world.
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Societies in Transition: Volcanogenic Origins of the Classical World
A lecture on the origins of the classical world: from the growth of Minoan Crete during the Bronze Age, 2000 BCE, where a possible volcanic eruption on Santorini led to the destruction of Minoan Crete and a catalyst to the creation of the Classical world.
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Societies in Transition: Early Metallurgy Around the World
Professor David Killick (Dept. Anthropology, University of Arizona) talks about the invention of metallurgy and the transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age and what the social roles of emerging metallurgy were in societies throughout the world.
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Societies in Transition: Farming in Island Southeast Asia
Professor Graeme Barker talks about the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to farming societies in the Stone Age in South East Asian Islands. He discusses the various reasons why this transition took place and the advantages it brought to people.
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Societies in Transition: The Neanderthal-Modern Human Transition
Professor Chris Stringer, Research Leader in the Paleontology department at the Natural History Museum, discusses skeletal, DNA and behavioural evidence that sheds light on the transition between neanderthals and modern humans.
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Lecture series from Linacre College. Including a series of anthropology lectures, Societies In Transition
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Lecture series from Linacre College. Including a series of anthropology lectures, Societies In Transition
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