xvi, 287 pages : 24 cm

Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 1970

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: how we know what we do about preliterate and early literate cultures and their environment -- From savage hunter to primitive farmer: the new skills and tools essential to stock raising and agriculture (?-5000 B.C.) -- The spread of farming and the emergence of embryonic cities and of writing (5000-3000 B.C.) -- Of monuments, ships, metallurgy and military technology (3000-2000 B.C.) -- Of chariots, sea-going ships and the expansion of trade (2000-1000 B.C.) -- Of Greeks and roads and riding horses (1000-300 B.C.) -- The late Greek and Roman engineers and their devotion to machinery (300 B.C.-A.D. 500) -- The Barbarians of northern Europe, India, China and the New World

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