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Ancient Society is an 1877 book by the American anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan.Building on the data about kinship and social organization presented in his 1871 Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, Morgan develops his theory of the three stages of human progress, i.e., from Savagery through Barbarism to Civilization.
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State begins with an extensive discussion of Morgan's Ancient Society, which aims to describe the major stages of human development, and agrees with the work that the first domestic institution in human history was the matrilineal clan. Morgan was a pioneering American anthropologist and ...
Israel Exploration Journal: Israel Exploration Society: 1950: 2 — — Journal of African Archaeology: Brill: 2003: 2: Delayed (3 years) 1612-1651 (print) 2191-5784 (web) Journal of Ancient History — 1937: 4 — — Journal of Anthropological Archaeology: Elsevier: 1982: 4 — 0278-4165: Journal of Anthropological Research [13] University of ...
This list of history journals presents representative notable academic journals pertaining to the field of history and historiography.It includes scholarly journals listed by journal databases and professional associations such as: JSTOR, Project MUSE, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, [1] Goedeken (2000), [2] or are published by national or regional ...
The various institutions of society such as the legal and political system are instruments of ruling class domination and serve to further its interests. Marx believed that western society developed through four main epochs—primitive communism, ancient society, feudal society and capitalist society. Primitive communism is represented by the ...
Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BC – AD 500, ending with the expansion of Islam in late antiquity. [1] The three-age system periodises ancient history into the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age, with recorded history generally considered to begin with the Bronze Age. The start and end of ...
The Journal of Near Eastern Studies [1] is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press, covering research on the ancient and medieval civilizations of the Near East, including their archaeology, art, history, literature, linguistics, religion, law, and science.
Tylor's work can be connected to theories present in 19th century literature including Lewis Henry Morgan's "ethnical periods". Among 19th century anthropologists, many saw what now may be called "tribal" states and societies, as lacking in form, progress, and development.