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Prehistory depends heavily on sociology. Peoples of the world during this period do not exactly correspond to modern divisions, but these divisions can be used to organizate the study of prehistory. Most communities of this period were small and do not appear on a list of major cities. Principles of social structure and change are especially important in examination of this period. |
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Sociology can be applied to early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory.
Nations of the world are useful in organizing information about prehistory. Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples can all be considered.
These can be applied to early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory.
Few modern cities can be traced to this period, but some can possibly be identified as the site develops.
Social structure and change can be applied to early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory.
Social change can be applied to early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory.
Particular changes can be considered for early prehistory, and continue through middle prehistory and late prehistory. The agricultural revolution may have begun in middle prehistory, and was well underway in late prehistory. The Agrarian revolution seems to have begun in antiquity, and the industrial revolution was much later.
Social change factors can be applied to prehistory in general. Institutional change, cultural change, demographic change, and natural change can be considered.
Social change processes can be applied to prehistory in general. Innovation can be considered in prehistory. Transmission can be connected. Adaptation can be considered in prehistory. Extinction can be considered in prehistory.
Social types can be applied to early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory. Industrial societies and agrarian societies did not yet exist. In this period they are limited to horticultural societies and hunting and gathering societies.
Social structure can be used to examine early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory. Community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and anthropological structure are all fairly simple for the types of societies that existed.