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How and why do ceramics
and their production
change through time? This
ethno-archaeological
study attempts to answer
these questions by
tracing social change
among potters and changes
in the production and
distribution of their
pottery in a single
Mexican community between
1965 and 1997. It is of
interest to
anthropologists and
archaeologists.
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Presents a
geoarchaeological
investigation of the
processes involved in the
formation of the
Neolithic site at
Paliambela in the
Northern Pieria region of
Central Macedonia,
Northern Greece which
unusually comprises both
a tell and flat/extended
component. It also
presents and interprets
the results of
geoarchaeological
analysis of core-data.
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Ancient market activities
are dynamic in the
economies of most ancient
states, yet they have
received little research
from the archaeological
community. This book
addresses the
development, change,
and organizational
complexity of ancient
markets from an
archaeological
perspective.
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From deserts to jungles,
from deep caves to
mountain tops, from
pebble tools to satellite
photographs, from
excavation to abstract
theory, archaeology
interacts with various
disciplines in its
attempts to reconstruct
the past. This work
reflects the popularity
of archaeology - a
subject which appeals as
a pastime, career, and
academic discipline.
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Presents the cultural
evolution of the Mixteca
Alta in a chronological
framework. This title
traces the nuu, the
kingdoms of the famous
Mixtec codices, through
post-classic and classic
periods to their
beginnings in the states
of the Terminal
Formative, revealing
their origin, evolution,
and persistence through
two cycles of growth and
collapse.
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Historical archaeology is
a branch of global
archaeology that has
grown into an
increasingly global
community. The essays in
this book have been
commissioned from leading
international researchers
to create a wide-ranging
digest of historical
archaeology.
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Provides surveys of the
cities of the ancient
Near East, Egypt, and
the Greek and Roman
worlds, from an
archaeological
perspective, in their
cultural and historical
contexts. This title is
suitable for university
students in archaeology,
ancient history, and
classical studies and to
students of ancient
civilizations at
high-school level.
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Paganism is held to be
the fastest growing
'religion' in Britain.
This book examines
interfaces between
paganisms and
archaeology, considering
the emergence of 'sacred
sites' in pagan and
heritage discourse and
implications of pagan
involvement for heritage
management, archaeology,
anthropology - and for
pagans themselves.
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Setting the scene with
descriptions of the
natural environment,
summaries of prehistoric
sites, and
archaeologists' knowledge
of Denver's early
inhabitants, this title
presents the region's
history. It is suitable
for lay readers, amateur
archaeologists,
professional
archaeologists, and
academic historians.
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Tells the story of
archaeological travel and
excavation in Iraq - then
Mesopotamia - from the
time of the great Arab
geographers to the 2003
devastation of the Iraq
National Museum. This
title chronicles the
development of scientific
archaeology in
Mesopotamia, and the
growing Iraqi involvement
in archaeology.
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Written by an
international team of
experts, the Handbook
makes accessible a full
range of theoretical and
applied approaches to the
study of material
culture, and the place
of materiality in social
theory, presenting
current thinking about
material culture from the
fields of archaeology,
anthropology, geography,
and science and
technology studies.
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A comprehensive overview,
by period and region,
of the archaeology of
ritual and religion. The
coverage is global, and
extends from the earliest
prehistory to modern
times. Written by over
sixty renowned
specialists, the
Handbook presents the
very best in current
scholarship, and will
also stimulate further
research.
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Divided into four
distinct sections and
drawing across various
disciplines, this volume
seeks to reappraise the
place of archaeology in
the contemporary world by
providing a series of
essays that critically
engage with both old and
current debates in the
field of public
archaeology.
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Among the many sites in
Tuscany, which have been
the subject of
archaeological attention
during the past several
decades is Poggio
Civitate. This work talks
about the building that
provides a picture of the
architectural development
of an Etruscan site from
the mid seventh through
late sixth century BCE.
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75, 000 years ago...
early humans built a
stone calendar that
predates all other
man-made structures found
to date. Who were they?
Why did they need a
calendar? This book
places the many ancient
ruins of southern Africa
at a point in history
that we modern humans
have never faced before
some 75, 000 ago.
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Neighbours of the
better-known Itza in the
central Peten lakes
region of Guatemala, the
Kowoj Maya have been
studied for little more
than a decade. This book
summarises the results of
research into this
ethno-political group. It
is suitable for
archaeologists,
historians,
ethnohistorians, art
historians, and
epigraphers.
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The most wide-ranging,
comprehensive, and
up-to-date dictionary of
archaeology available.
Over 4, 000 entries cover
artefacts, techniques,
terminology, people,
places, and periods. The
second edition includes
strong coverage of
archaeological resource
management and
archaeological theory. An
essential book for
amateurs and
professionals alike.
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Intends to stress the
cultural, social and
cognitive aspects that
are important goals and
perspectives of
technological studies,
and that technological
studies can contribute
vitally to the
interpretation of our
prehistory. This book
contains ten case
studies, which employ
the study of technology
as a primary methodology.
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RACE: Are We So
Different? offers a new
and fully-illustrated
primer on the meaning of
race in American culture.
It is part of a unique
national public education
project and exhibition of
the American
Anthropological
Association (AAA),
currently touring the
United States. www.
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Explains the practice of
masoncraft in the Middle
Ages, using evidence
from a number of sources.
This book investigates
how a study of certain
features in these
buildings, such as the
stonework and building
joints, can contribute
to our knowledge of
working practices of
masons in medieval
England.
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Public archaeology, as a
field of research and
practice, has been
developing since the
1970s in English-speaking
countries, particularly
in the United States,
Britain, and Australia.
This title examines
theories and practices of
public archaeology
through relevant case
studies from different
regions throughout the
world.
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This amazing book shows
you how to make your love
dreams come true using
the Law of Attraction.
Free yourself up from
past hurts, patterns of
bad relationships and
draining friendships -
and bring about a change
within your life that
will last forever.
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This sophisticated
volume, authored by
leading archaeologists
and historians of the
classical world, is
designed to encourage
critical thinking about
the role of ancient
material culture in
modern times and the role
of modern preoccupations
in shaping the study of
ancient material.
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Examining the role of
Chinese ceramics in
Japan, this book delves
into the meaning,
motivation for, and
rapid development of
Japanese porcelain from
many angles. The
political and fiscal
advantage that one lord
found for his domain in
creating its own local
'china' is placed in the
context of the domestic
and international market
economy.
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Examining the life of
Cornelia, famed as the
epitome of virtue and
intelligence, this book
presents a study of the
woman who represented the
ideal of the Roman
"matrona". It examines
her attributes: daughter
of Scipio Africanus,
wife of an aristocrat,
and mother of the
Gracchi; and how these
enabled her to move in
high echelons of society.
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This guide contains the
listings for some 200
leading organisations and
projects concerned with
heritage-related
voluntary work around the
world. There are jobs
lasting from a week to a
few months for all levels
of expertise, not only
on archaeological digs
but also in museums and
conservation.
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Beginning with an account
of Troy's involvement in
"The Iliad" and the
question of the
historicity of the Trojan
War, this title reveals
how the Hittite texts
illuminate this question,
which has fascinated
scholars and travellers
since the Renaissance. It
also documents the
archaeological watershed
discoveries from the
Victorian era.
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Taking as its central
theme the issue of
whether early Hominins
organised themselves into
societies as we
understand them, this
book looks at how modern
researchers recognise
such archaeological
cultures. It also
analyses the various
kinds of data
archaeologists would use
to investigate the
existence of a
Palaeolithic culture.
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In 1983, during
archaeological
investigations of Jameson
Land in Northeast
Greenland, Kalaallit
Nunaata Katersugaasivia
(Gronlands Landsmuseum)
excavated a winter
dwelling from the last
Thule Eskimo settlement
in that area. This book
deals with the results of
the excavation,
analysing and presenting
them from an
ethno-archaeological
point of view.
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The study of identity is
increasingly recognized
as a fundamental division
of archaeological
enquiry. This title acts
as a sourcebook in
archaeology of identities
and brings together
seventeen articles,
which cover issues, such
as: gender and sexuality;
ethnicity, nationalism
and caste; age; ideology;
and, disability.
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Africa - a mysterious
continent? In ancient
times Africa was not the
mysterious date continent
of more recent legend but
a land known to be of
promise and a destination
that Asians migrations,
and European refugees,
resorted to during the
onset of the Ice Age and
later over millennia.
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Explores how some of
North America's earliest
people used the Rocky
Mountain landscape 10,
000 to 7, 500 years ago.
Based on research
comparing more than 600
painstakingly documented
late Paleoindian
projectile points from
Colorado and Utah, this
book reveals profound
regional differences
along three axes of
projectile point
variability.
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Written by two experts
with unrivalled
information and knowledge
of Silbury Hill, and
combining scholarly
research and readable
narrative, this book
sets out the
archaeological story of
Silbury: from an early
recognition of its
importance to antiquarian
and archaeological
investigations of the
hill.
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This text is a
groundbreaking work by
archaeologist Lynn
Meskell that examines the
conflicts inherent in
natural vs. cultural
heritage. The author
brings archaeological and
ethnographic evidence to
bear on a holistic
understanding of one
nation's
self-identification by
developing its protected
areas and cultural
heritage sites.
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A comprehensive
investigation into the
different ways in which
archaeologists use flaked
stone artefacts as a
basis for reconstructing
the distant human past.
This book features
definitions of technical
terms; worked examples
illustrating how
collections of flakes,
cores and rolls are
analysed and interpreted.
It includes a CD-ROM.
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This volume describes the
villa estate and how it
was managed, its fields,
equipment and
outbuildings and looks at
the interdependence of
villas and towns and
examines the rate of the
villas and their estates
when Roman rule ended.
Throughout the book,
examples are chosen from
sites that can be seen
today.
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The drystone-wall
field-boundary system of
the Aran Islands is one
of Ireland's richest
cultural landscapes,
retaining remarkable
continuity with the past:
a unique combination of
the forces of humankind
and nature. This book
explores this landscape
and traces the threat to
traditional methods and
the agricultural
landscape from changes in
farming.
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We use the word 'Celtic'
fast and loose - it
evokes something mythical
and romantic about our
past - but what exactly
does it mean?
Furthermore, why do
people believe that there
were Celts in Britain and
what relationship do they
have to the ancient
Celts? This book focuses
on how the Celts were
re-invented in the
sixteenth centuries.
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Based on an international
conference on landscape
archaeology, this volume
includes 15 contributions
from participants from
six different countries,
who analyse the
territories of the main
ancient cities of the
west, north and south
coasts of the Black Sea
region, discussing them
also in a comparative,
Mediterranean
perspective.
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The book focuses on the
forty-seven great men and
women who have been
responsible for the most
important discoveries in
our history. It is
presented in three
accessible sections:
Founders of Archaeology;
Pioneers of Archaeology;
and Modern
Archaeologists.
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This guide shows an
archaeological range from
neolithic cairns to
medieval palaces, from
industrial workers'
cottages to Roman
fortresses. A gazetteer
combines with the
narrative to produce a
history of North
Perthshire on the
boundary of Highland and
Lowland.
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This compelling book
examines the power of the
skies on human
civilization. It explores
constellation lore,
considers the present-day
context, and offers
first hand accounts of
celestial events and
interviews with
practitioners of
cosmology
archaeoastronomy.
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Covers human origins in
Africa and the
colonization of the world
by anatomically modern
humans. This book also
contains chapters on the
great cultures of Egypt
and Africa, the
Mediterranean world,
Europe, South and East
Asia and North, Central
and South America.
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Every year, archaeology
uncovers dozens of
fragments that change the
way we look at ourselves.
This guide covers over
three million years of
human development across
the world - from the
emergence of the first
humans via the cave
paintings of Lascaux to
the ancient civilisation
of Mesopotamia and
prehistoric cultures of
Siberia.
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This is a reprint of a
1952 book about South
America and Atlantis. It
is the result of
extensive research into
vanished civilizations
and lost continents. The
author explores the
mystery of the Amazon
women warriors, lost
cities, gigantic
prehistoric animals,
Atlantean ruins and
ancient cataclysms.
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Methodologies and
legislative frameworks
regarding the
archaeological
excavation, retrieval,
analysis, curation and
potential reburial of
human skeletal remains
differ throughout the
world. This book provides
information on the
excavation of
archaeological human
remains and the law
through 62 individual
country contributions.
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A collection of case
tudies addressing
significant
anthropological issues in
the Americas from the
perspective of
environmental
archaeology. Each study
demonstrates how and why
the information obtained
using environmental
techniques is important
to anthropologists
instead of describing,
critiquing, or
advocating a method.
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Looks behind the aspects
of archaeology such as
the discovery and
excavation of sites, the
study of human remains
and animal bones,
radiocarbon dating,
museums and 'heritage'
displays, and reveals
the methods used by
archaeologists. This
title also explains how
the subject emerged from
an amateur pursuit into a
serious discipline.
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Mazes and labyrinths in
various forms have been a
preoccupation of mankind
for thousands of years.
This text traces the
history of mazes
worldwide from the
earliest known examples,
and then describes those
which have been created
in Britain's gardens,
parks and landscape.
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Describes Scandinavian
flint types and evaluates
in terms of knappability,
limitations posed by
nodule size, and
prehistoric availability.
This book discusses flint
formation, geographic
distribution of flint
sources in Scandinavia,
provenience studies, and
patination. It is
intended as a guide for
archaeologists working
with flint.
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Brings out what one can
learn from the study of
human remains, how human
remains have been
obtained, the ethical
dilemmas surrounding
working with human
remains, and the legal
and political
complexities of
repatriation and
reburial. This book
introduces a realm of
science, as opposed to
the more popular fields
of anthropology.
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The excavations at
Panayia Ematousa offer an
insight into a rural site
of the Hellenistic and
Early Roman periods. This
volume presents the
results of the Danish
excavation of the site
(1991-1999). It contains
a series of contributions
discussing neglected
issues within the period
based in part on the
results of the
excavations.
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What happens when science
falls prey to a political
agenda? Himmler, the
chief of the SS and
architect of the Nazi
network of death camps,
was obsessed with
re-writing history. This
work aims to uncover the
true story of the
scientists and
archaeologists Heinrich
Himmler deployed to find
proof for his theories of
a prehistoric Aryan
master race.
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Provides synthesis of the
period between the
collapse of the Bronze
Age civilization in the
thirteenth and twelfth
centuries BC, and the
rise of the Greek
civilization in the eight
century BC. With chapter
bibliographies,
distribution maps and
illustrations, this work
argues that many
characteristics of
Ancient Greece developed
in the Dark Ages.
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The Mixtec, or the
people of Nuu Savi
(Nation of the Rain God),
one of the major
civilizations of ancient
Mesoamerica, made their
home in the highlands of
Oaxaca, where they
resisted both Aztec
military expansion and
the Spanish conquest.
This title presents and
interprets the sacred
histories narrated in the
Mixtec codices.
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* The first historical
assessment of a critical
period in archaeology *
Takes as its focus the
so-called English
landscape tradition --
the ideological
underpinnings of which
come from English
Romanticism, via the
influence of the "father
of landscape history":
W.G.
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A professional field
guide and practical
companion to archaeology,
that is packed with
information to take the
amateur or student from
beginner to advanced
level. It features how-to
photographic sequences of
field surveys and
step-by-step excavations,
and guidance on handling
and recording finds and
dating artefacts.
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Spatial analysis is the
archaeology of space and
place and is concerned
with the creation of a
cultural landscape
focusing on
archaeoastronomy,
geoarchaeology and
ancient landscapes. This
book contains papers that
were selected from the
34th Chacmool
Archaeological Conference
to examine human
interaction with the
environment.
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The Carnegie Institution
of Washington sponsored
archaeological,
ethnographic,
linguistic, and
historical investigations
in the Maya region of
southern Mexico and
northern Central America
between 1914 and 1957.
This is a set of reports
from Carnegie
Institution's Maya
program that collects
hundreds of documents
from a World
archaeological project.
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This book describes
inventions and designs of
engineers from 300 B.C.
to 1600 A.D., with a
handful of exceptions
from before and after.
The inventions are
documented by
archaeological finds and
range from those very
well known to some hardly
known at all.
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Suserup Skov in Denmark
is a well-preserved
beech-dominated forest
reserve dating back to
4200 BC - it is a direct
descendent of the
primeval forests. This
volume collects the work
of several research
projects focusing on the
forests natural dynamics,
ecology, and
biodiversity.
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Archaeology studies human
cultures through the
recovery, documentation,
analysis and
interpretation of
material remains and
environmental data,
including architecture,
artefacts, features,
biofacts, and
landscapes. Because
archaeology's aim is to
understand mankind, it
is a humanistic
endeavour. This book
presents research in this
field.
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Examines the specific
case of Repression in
Latin America. This book
describes the techniques
that offers a valuable
resource of information
for archaeologists
working to reconstruct
other historical periods
without reliable written
sources, and shed light
on the nature of
political repression
worldwide.
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An illustrated
instructional guide that
explains the examination
and analysis of stone
tools and stone-tool
sites anywhere in the
world. It explores the
production, function,
and context of stone
tools to understand how
human cultures used
lithic tools at
particular sites and to
give readers the
practical skills for
lithic and site analysis.
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The introduction of
geographical information
systems (GIS) remote
sensing, and virtual
reality have expanded the
scale at which data is
interpreted. This book
discusses the cultural,
social and spatial
aspects of scale and its
impact on archaeology in
practical and applicable
cases.
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Presents the inside story
of one of the major
intellectual
breakthroughs of our time
- the great decipherment
of an ancient Maya script
revised with the advanced
developments. This title
features 113
illustrations that
provide details about the
people and texts that
have enabled us to read
the Maya script.
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Presents lectures given
by professors of
archaeology Helle
Vandkilde, Claus von
Carnap-Bornheim and James
Graham-Campbell. This
book includes Vandkilde's
lecture on 'Archaeology,
Anthropology and
Globalisation' that
touches upon her future
project in Papua New
Guinea combining
archaeology and social
anthropology.
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Focuses on growth in
areas such as material
culture, human evolution
and the political use of
the past. This book
answers such questions
as: what are the basic
concepts of archaeology;
how and what do we know
about people and objects
from the past; what makes
a good explanation in
archaeology; and, how do
we know where to look.
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This book presents
analyses of burned and
unburned flint items
which provide evidence
for the controlled use of
fire at the 790,
000-year-old Acheulian
site of Gesher Benot
Ya'aqov. It shows that
fire was already in
regular use some 800, 000
years ago.
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Presents an examination
of the significant temple
site at Karnak. This
title includes an array
of illustrations, maps,
plans and photographs and
entails some of the most
illustrious names
associated with Ancient
Egypt: Hatshepsut;
Tuthmosis III; Amenhotep
III; Akhenaten;
Tutankhamun; and,
Ramessess II.
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Conflict and Battlefield
Archaeology is a growing
and important topic
within archaeology.
Written by one of the
field's most prominent
scholars, this book
offers an important
overview to research in
the field and explores
potential future
developments.
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An objective guide to
this fascinating science
of history and culture
Archaeology continually
makes headlines--from
recent discoveries like
the frozen Copper-Age man
in the Italian Alps to
the newest dating of the
first people in America
at over 14, 0000 years
ago.
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The Dumbuck crannog
excavations in 1898-9,
caused one of the most
vitriolic controversies
in Scottish archaeology.
The excavation was
recorded in detail in
colourful pictures by
William Donnelly. This
book tells the story of
the excavations, the
controversy and the
enduring mystery of
Dumbuck crannog.
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Examines the extent to
which economic processes
were driven by and
integrated with religious
ritual in ancient
Mesoamerica. This book
explores how traditional
rituals intertwined with
various sectors of the
economy. It questions the
idea that materialism
alone motivates the
production, exchange,
and use of objects.
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Deals with topics, such
as hunting in Roman
Britain; how food reached
the Roman frontier; what
was sold in the grocery
shops of Roman Pompeii
and Ostia; the use of
stimulants in ancient
societies; and feasting
in Mycenae and the
Aegean. This is the first
volume of a series from
the Department of
Archaeology at Nottingham
University.
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Ranging across Ancient
Egyptian material
culture, social and
economic experiences,
and the mindset of its
people, this book
includes two chapters
exploring the last ten
centuries of Ancient
Egyptian civilization and
who, in ethnic terms,
the ancients were. It is
suitable for the students
of Ancient Egypt.
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Ancient Colchis, which
was located on the
eastern coast of Black
Sea, is best known from
Greek mythology as the
land where Jason and the
Argonauts went in search
of the Golden Fleece and
Jason fell in love with
Medea, who helped the
hero complete his
legendary feat. This
title provides an
overview of life at Vani,
a religious center in
Colchis.
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Intended for students at
all levels studying
Ancient Rome. Experienced
scholars, Lynda Garland
and Matthew Dillon
present material from the
early Republic to the
assassination of Julius
Caesar. Providing
documents pertaining to
the Roman Republic, this
title includes: source
material on political
developments in the Roman
Republic, and more.
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This definitive
collection of over 30
influential articles on
the international
heritage and landscape
covers topics ranging
from theoretical
perspectives on the
impact of time, history
and memory on the
experience and ordering
of (urban) landscapes,
to concepts of heritage
in history, archaeology,
anthropology and
geography. Among the
contributors
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Suitable for students
studying archaeology,
this title introduces the
commonly examined
archaeological methods,
concepts, and themes,
and provides the
necessary skills to
understand them. It
explains how to interpret
the material students may
meet in examinations and
how to succeed with
different types of
assignments and exam
questions.
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Presents the history of
Victoria. This book
includes tales of
mysterious tunnels,
hidden passageways and
labyrinthine networks. It
contains stories of
tunnels in Chinatown,
which connected gambling
rooms and opium dens and
provided escape routes
during police raids.
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Over the centuries how
did our ancestors relate
to their environment -
the climate, the sea,
the soil and other
animals. This title
presents a history of the
interactions between
people and their
biophycial environment in
the British Isles - from
the earliest inhabitants
down to the emergence of
towns and cities in the
middle ages.
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Tells the tale of modern
archaeology through 50
chronologically arranged
profiles of iconic
excavations - from the
Dead Sea Scrolls to the
Death Pit of Ur, from
Machu Picchu to the Mary
Rose, and from Hoxne to
Hallstatt. This book
includes site profiles
which are accompanied by
boxed features shedding
light on the
archaeological techniques
used.
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Enriches the evident
attractions of Crete,
Thera, Delow, Samos and
Rhodes with the
remarkable stories of
their past. This book
explores the stories
behind their ancient
ruins, the stories of
their discovery and their
discoverers, the stories
of glory and triumph, of
beauty and
accomplishment.
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This text is a
groundbreaking work by
archaeologist Lynn
Meskell that examines the
conflicts inherent in
natural vs. cultural
heritage. The author
brings archaeological and
ethnographic evidence to
bear on a holistic
understanding of one
nation's
self-identification by
developing its protected
areas and cultural
heritage sites.
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Explores approaches to
the detailed information
that archaeologists have
for the study of our
early ancestors. Rather
than explaining the
archaeology of stones and
bones as the product of
group decisions, this
book investigates how
individual action created
social life.
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The prehistory and early
history of northern
societies is unfolding
through archaeological
and historical research
and through
interdisciplinary studies
including natural
sciences. This title
includes articles on
approaches to dynamic
analysis of Palaeo-Eskimo
artefacts; interaction
with the environment; and
dynamics of small scale
societies.
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This work is an
introduction to the
structure and context of
archaeology in Britain.
It reviews the vital
issues facing
archaeologists during a
period in which the
discipline has become
increasingly diverse,
and analyzes the
questions of principle
and practice that have
arisen.
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Addresses the
interlocking themes of
realism, objectivity,
existentialism and
politics. This work
defends objectivity in
science, knowledge, and
ethics, and examines
both subjective idealism
and existentialist
critiques of objectivity.
It also examines some of
the themes from different
angles, keeping the
politics of the issues at
the forefront.
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