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JAS Arqueologia Amor Estratigráfico: El libro
Book SynopsisAfter years of waiting, with intermittent protests at the Arqueoart and JAS Arqueología headquarters, we have been able to carry out the edition of the final book on Stratigraphic Love with the entire first season, commented on and full of surprises. Worthy? Surely not, but we've had a great time doing it. So buy it and enjoy it. Rod and honour! Stratigraphy or death! A different archaeology is possible...
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Archaeopress AB Imo Pectore: Estudios Sobre Las Emociones En
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University of California Press A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A tale told for everyone. . . . This personal account by Kirch, the world’s foremost authority on the prehistory of the Hawaiian Islands, is based on a lifetime of research. . . . His account is both engaging and accessible. . . . It is a fascinating narrative, impossible to put down.” * CHOICE *"An exemplary prehistory written for a popular audience." * Archaeology in Oceania *"This volume provides a valuable source." * Journal of Historical Geography *"The writing, like the book's title, is engaging; it inspires reflection." * Journal of Pacific History *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Prologue: Islands out of Time Part One: VoyagesOne: A Trail of Tattooed Pots Two: East from Hawaiki Three: Follow the Golden Plover Four: Voyages into the Past Five: The Sands of Waimanalo Part Two: In Pele’s IslandsSix: Flightless Ducks and Palm Forests Seven: Voyaging Chiefs from Kahiki Eight: Ma‘ilikukahi, O‘ahu’s Sacred King Nine: The Waters of Kane Ten: “Like Shoals of Fish” Part Three: The Reign of the Feathered GodsEleven: ‘Umi the Unifier Twelve: ‘Umi’s Dryland Gardens Thirteen: The House of Pi‘ilani Fourteen: “Like a Shark That Travels on the Land” Fifteen: The Altar of Ku Sixteen: The Return of Lono Seventeen: Prophecy and Sacrifice Epilogue: Hawai‘i in World History Alphabetical List of Hawaiian Historical Persons Glossary of Hawaiian Words Sources and Further Reading Index
£27.00
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Forbidden Archeologys Impact
Book SynopsisThe author challenges the scientific community's long held beliefs on the theory of evolution and gives evidence for extreme human antiquity.Forbidden Archeology's Impact offers readers an inside look at how mainstream science reacts with ridicule, threats and intimidation to any challenge to its deeply held beliefs.
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Cambridge University Press Climate Clothing and Agriculture in Prehistory
Book SynopsisClothing was crucial in human evolution, and having to cope with climate change was as true in prehistory as it is today. In Climate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory, Ian Gilligan offers the first complete account of the development of clothing as a response to cold exposure during the ice ages. He explores how and when clothes were invented, noting that the thermal motive alone is tenable in view of the naked condition of humans. His account shows that there is considerably more archaeological evidence for palaeolithic clothes than is generally appreciated. Moreover, Gilligan posits, clothing played a leading role in major technological innovations. He demonstrates that fibre production and the advent of woven fabrics, developed in response to global warming, were pivotal to the origins of agriculture. Drawing together evidence from many disciplines, Climate Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory is written in a clear and engaging style, and is illustrated with nearly 100 imaTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. What separates us from nature?; Part II. Clothing in the Ice Age: 2. Climate change and the invention of clothes; 3. How clothes work to keep us warm; 4. The technology of Palaeolithic clothes; 5. Changing climates and early clothes; 6. Decorated clothes and Palaeolithic art; 7. Neanderthals and Tasmanians; 8. The value of making clothes visible; Part III. Global Warming and Agriculture: 9. Time for new clothes; 10. A half-baked revolution; 11. Agriculture and textiles in Eurasia; 12. Agriculture and textiles in the Americas; 13. Agriculture from Africa to Australia; Part IV. Feeding the Multitude: 14. A really revolutionary revolution; 15. Covering breasts and making more babies; Part V. Sedentism and Domestication: 16. Some loose ends; 17. Enclosure and fabrication; Appendix.
£80.74
The University of Alabama Press The Archaeology of Institutional Life
Book SynopsisInstitutions express community goals and values by defining the limits of socially acceptable behavior. Institutions are often vested with the resources, authority, and power to enforce the orthodoxy. This work instigates discussions on institutions in Western life, and the power of material culture to both enforce and negate cultural norms.
£26.96
Taylor & Francis ChristCentered Therapy
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£37.99
Cambridge University Press Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments
Book SynopsisPaleozoology and Paleoenvironmentsoutlines the reconstruction of ancient climates, floras, and habitats on the basis of animal fossil remains recovered from archaeological and paleontological sites. In addition to outlining the ecological fundamentals and analytical assumptions attending such analyzes, J. Tyler Faith and R. Lee Lyman describe and critically evaluate many of the varied analytical techniques that have been applied to paleozoological remains for the purpose of paleoenvironmental reconstruction. These techniques range from analyses based on the presence or abundance of species in a fossil assemblage to those based on taxon-free ecological characterizations. All techniques are illustrated using faunal data from archaeological or paleontological contexts. Aimed at students and professionals, this volume will serve as fundamental resource for courses in zooarchaeology, paleontology, and paleoecology.Trade Review'This volume offers students and professionals in zooarchaeology, paleontology, and paleoecology an important resource.' L. T. Spencer, Choice'… Faith and Lyman have succeeded in pioneering paleoenvironmental reconstruction via faunabased methods. Aimed primarily at upper-level students of ecology, zooarcheology, and paleontology, the book remains accessible to other readers interested in the subject. Every chapter keeps one foot in the historical past and another in the geologic past while keeping the focus on modern applications (and beyond). This volume will be an indispensable companion to both paleontologists and neonatologists interested in understanding past, present, and future environments.' Jeremy B. Stout, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of Contents1. Why a book on paleoenvironmental reconstruction from faunal remains?; 2. Fundamentals of ecology and biogeography; 3. Analytical assumptions; 4. Background of select paleozoological samples; 5. Environmental reconstructions based on the presence/absence of taxa; 6. Environmental reconstruction based on taxonomic abundances; 7. Taxon-free techniques; 8. Environmental inferences based on taxonomic diversity; 9. Transfer functions and quantitative paleoenvironmental reconstruction; 10. Size clines as paleoenvironmental indicators; 11. Some final thoughts.
£999.99
Taylor & Francis Elements of Architecture Assembling archaeology atmosphere and the performance of building spaces Archaeological Orientations
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Archaeopress Visual Culture, Heritage and Identity: Using Rock
Book SynopsisVisual Culture, Heritage and Identity: Using Rock Art to Reconnect Past and Present sets out a fresh perspective on rock art by considering how ancient images function in the present. In recent decades, archaeological approaches to rock paintings and engravings have significantly advanced our understanding of rock art in regional and global terms. On the other hand, however, little research has been done on contemporary uses of rock art. How does ancient rock art heritage influence contemporary cultural phenomena? And how do past images function in the present, especially in contemporary art and other media? In the past, archaeologists usually concentrated more on reconstructing the semantic and social contexts of the ancient images. This volume, on the other hand, focuses on how this ancient heritage is recognised and reified in the modern world, and how this art stimulates contemporary processes of cultural identity-making. The authors, who are based all over the world, off er attractive and compelling case studies situated in diverse cultural and geographical contexts.Trade Review'This is a fascinating book that breathes new life into a subject dominated so long by traditional exegetic interpretations of prehistoric rock art which have achieved little collective consensus, although it is fair to say they have advanced our understanding. It is illustrated with beautiful and vibrant images throughout, and its anthropological/ethnoarchaeological approach is highly commended.'—Mark Merrony (2021): ANTIQVVS, Volume 3, Issue 4'The editors are to be congratulated on promoting a relatively new concept in rock art research, namely bridging the philosophical gap between ancient and modern art forms, using anthropology and ethnography to legitimise the past and the way it interacts with the present. The publishers, Archaeopress, should also receive praise for producing such a handsome and colourful publication that truly reflects the beauty and rhetoric of modern (rock) art-making.' – George Nash (2022): Current World Archaeology #111Table of ContentsA Brief Note about the Editors ; Using Rock Art to Reconnect Past and Present: An Introduction – Andrzej Rozwadowski and Jamie Hampson ; Indigenous Art in New Contexts: Inspiration or Appropriation? – Jamie Hampson and Rory Weaver ; The Cave of Altamira and Modern Artistic Creation – Pilar Fatás Monforte ; Joane Cardinal–Schubert: Ancient Contemporary – Alisdair MacRae ; Face to Face with Ancestors: Indigenous Codes in the Contemporary Art of Siberia – Andrzej Rozwadowski and Magdalena Boniec ; Contemporary Views on Rock Art from Within the Frame: Indigenous Cultural Continuity and Artistic Engagement with Rock Art – Marisa Giorgi and Dale Harding ; PalimpsGestures: Rock Art and the Recreation of Body Expression – Lina do Carmo ; In the Name of the Ancestors: Repainted Identities and Land Memories – Laura Teresa Tenti ; Muraycoko Wuyta’a Be Surabudodot / Ibararakat: Rock Art and Territorialization in Contemporary Indigenous Amazonia – the Case of the Munduruku People from the Tapajos River – Jairo Saw Munduruku, Eliano Kirixi Munduruku and Raoni Valle ; Appropriation, Re-Appropriation, Reclamation: The Re-Use of New Zealand’s Most Renowned Māori Rock Art – Gerard O’Regan [Open Access: Download]; Reproduction, Simulation and the Hyperreal: A Case Study of ‘Lascaux III’ 2015–2017 – Robert J. Wallis
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Archaeopress From Hydrology to Hydroarchaeology in the Ancient
Book SynopsisFrom Hydrology to Hydroarchaeology in the Ancient Mediterranean: An interdisciplinary approach is devoted to the study of water management in ancient cities. It compares the approaches and methods adopted by researchers from different disciplinary sectors to identify the water conditions of past societies and to highlight the measures they have taken to adapt to their water resources. Deriving from an interdisciplinary meeting held in Aix-en-Provence (Mediterranean House of Human Sciences) in 2019, it brings together seven articles that present the innovative results of collaborations between archaeologists and environmental scientists, geologists, geomorphologists, and climatologists in particular. After an introduction that situates the discussions conducted in Aix-en-Provence within the framework of the Watertraces project, funded by the A*Midex foundation (Aix-Marseille University), most of the articles focus on the Sicilian situation. An initial synthesis covers all aspects of the question, followed by four case studies ranging from the 4th century BC to the 1st century AD. Case studies on Agrigento, Termini Imerese/Thermai Himerenses, Alesa/Halaesa, Solunte and Tyndaris are presented. The focus then moves to southern Italy (the Terme di Baia), and to Aegean Greece (the sanctuary at Delphi).Table of ContentsIntroduction – Sophie Bouffier and Vincent Ollivier ; The Impact of Climate, Resource Availability, Natural Disturbances and Human Subsistence Strategies on Sicilian Landscape Dynamics During the Holocene – Salvatore Pasta, Giuseppe D’Amore, Cipriano Di Maggio, Gaetano Di Pasquale, Vincenza Forgia, Alessandro Incarbona, Giuliana Madonia, César Morales-Molino, Silvio Giuseppe Rotolo, Luca Sineo, Claudia Speciale, Attilio Sulli, Willy Tinner and Matteo Vacchi ; Analyse historique des variations du débit provoqué par les séismes pendant les siècles XVe–XXe: le cas de Termini Imerese (Sicile centro-septentrionale) – Patrizia Bova, Antonio Contino and Giuseppe Esposito ; Le risorse idriche nel territorio di Alesa – Aurelio Burgio ; Aquae caldae. Note sparse sul termalismo e lo sfruttamento delle acque sulfuree nel territorio a est di Agrigento tra archeologia e paletnologia – Luca Zambito ; Archaeology and Hydrogeology in Sicily: Solunt and Tindari – Giovanni Polizzi, Vincent Ollivier, Olivier Bellier, Edwige Pons-Branchu and Michel Fontugne ; Baia (Bacoli-NA): l’acqua e il suo utilizzo nel complesso delle Terme romane – Daniele De Simone ; Natural Risks and Water Management in Delphi – Amélie Perrier, Isabelle Moretti and Luigi Piccardi
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Cambridge University Press Archaeological Science
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£111.00
Cambridge University Press Social Complexity in Prehistoric Eurasia
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Cambridge University Press Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Using R
Book SynopsisQuantitative Methods in Archaeology Using R is the first hands-on guide to using the R statistical computing system written specifically for archaeologists. It shows how to use the system to analyze many types of archaeological data. Part I includes tutorials on R, with applications to real archaeological data showing how to compute descriptive statistics, create tables, and produce a wide variety of charts and graphs. Part II addresses the major multivariate approaches used by archaeologists, including multiple regression (and the generalized linear model); multiple analysis of variance and discriminant analysis; principal components analysis; correspondence analysis; distances and scaling; and cluster analysis. Part III covers specialized topics in archaeology, including intra-site spatial analysis, seriation, and assemblage diversity.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Organization of the book; Part I. R and Basic Statistics: 2. Introduction to R; 3. Looking at data – numerical summaries; 4. Looking at data – tables; 5. Looking at data – graphs; 6. Transformations; 7. Missing values; 8. Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing; 9. Relating variables; Part II. Multivariate Methods: 10. Multiple regression and generalized linear models; 11. MANOVA and canonical and predictive discriminant analysis; 12. Principal components analysis; 13. Correspondence analysis; 14. Distances and scaling; 15. Cluster analysis; Part III. Archaeological Approaches to Data: 16. Spatial analysis; 17. Seriation; 18. Assemblage diversity; 19. Conclusions; 20. References.
£88.35
Cambridge University Press A Critique of Archaeological Reason
Book SynopsisIn A Critique of Archaeological Reason, Giorgio Buccellati presents a theory of excavation that aims at clarifying the nature of archaeology and its impact on contemporary thought. Integrating epistemological issues with methods of data collection and the role and impact of digital technology on archaeological work, the book explores digital data in order to comprehend its role in shaping meaning and understanding in archaeological excavation. The ability of archaeologists to record in the field, rather than offsite, has fundamentally changed the methods of observation, conceptualization, and interpretation of deposits. Focusing on the role of stratigraphy as the center of archaeological field work, Giorgio Buccellati examines the challenges of interpreting a ''broken tradition''; a civilization for which there are no living carriers today. He uses the site of Urkesh in Syria, where he has worked for decades, as a case study to demonstrate his theory.Trade ReviewWinner, 2021 Balzan Prize for Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, International Balzan Prize FoundationTable of Contents1. Introduction; Part I. Fundamentals: 2. Archaeology and grammar; 3. Categorization; 4. The search for objectivity; Part II. Analysis: 5. Stratigraphic analysis; 6. Typological analysis; 7. Integrative analysis; Part III. The Reassembled Construct: 8. The invention of a site; 9. The physical record; 10. The referential record; Part IV. The Privileged Venue: 11. Digital thought; 12. Digital text; 13. The archaeological record; Part V. The Wider Frame: 14. The relevance of structure; 15. The critical approach; 16. Hermeneutics; 17. Conclusion.
£98.80
Cambridge University Press The Give and Take of Sustainability
Book SynopsisSustainability strives to meet the needs of the present without compromising the future, but increasingly recognizes the tradeoffs among these many needs. Who benefits? Who bears the burden? How are these difficult decisions made? Are people aware of these hard choices? This timely volume brings the perspectives of ethnography and archaeology to bear on these questions by examining case studies from around the world. Written especially for this volume, the essays by an international team of scholars offer archaeological and ethnographic examples from the southwestern United States, the Maya region of Mexico, Africa, India, and the North Atlantic, among other regions. Collectively, they explore the benefits and consequences of growth and development, the social costs of ecological sustainability, and tensions between food and military security.Table of Contents1. Introduction. Multiple perspectives on tradeoffs Michelle Hegmon; 2. Diversity, reciprocity, and the emergence of equity-inequity tradeoffs Jacob Freeman, Andrea Torvinen, Ben A. Nelson and John M. Anderies; 3. Modeling tradeoffs in a rural Alaska mixed economy: hunting, working, and sharing in the face of economic and ecological change Shauna B. BurnSilver, Randall B. Boone, Gary P. Kofinas and Todd J. Brinkman; 4. Trading off food and military security in contact-era New Guinea Paul Roscoe; 5. Will agricultural technofixes feed the world? Short- and long-term tradeoffs of adopting high-yielding crops Amanda L. Logan; 6. Tradeoffs in precolumbian Maya water management systems: complexity, sustainability, and cost Christian Isendahl and Scott Heckbert; 7. Growth and inter-generational tradeoffs: archaeological perspectives from the Mimbres region of the US Southwest; 8. Vulnerability to food insecurity: tradeoffs and their consequences Margaret C. Nelson, Ann P. Kinzig, Jette Arneborg, Richard Streeter and Scott E. Ingram; 9. Tradeoffs in coast Salish social action: balancing autonomy, inequality, and sustainability Colin Grier and Bill Angelbeck; 10. Tradeoffs and human well-being: achieving sustainability in the Faroe Islands Seth D. Brewington; 11. Household- vs national-scale food storage: perspectives on food security from archaeology and contemporary India Katherine A. Spielmann and Rimjhim M. Aggarwal; 12. Some analytical tradeoffs of talking about tradeoffs: on perspectives lost in estimating the costs and benefits of inequality Alf Hornborg.
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Cambridge University Press Archaeology and Urban Settlement in Late Roman and Byzantine Anatolia
Book SynopsisThe site of medieval Euchaïta, on the northern edge of the central Anatolian plateau, was the centre of the cult of St Theodore Tiro (''the Recruit''). Unlike most excavated or surveyed urban centres of the Byzantine period, Euchaïta was never a major metropolis, cultural centre or extensive urban site, although it had a military function from the seventh to ninth centuries. Its significance lies precisely in the fact that as a small provincial town, something of a backwater, it was probably more typical of the ''average'' provincial Anatolian urban settlement, yet almost nothing is known about such sites. This volume represents the results of a collaborative project that integrates archaeological survey work with other disciplines in a unified approach to the region both to enhance understanding of the history of Byzantine provincial society and to illustrate the application of innovative approaches to field survey.Trade Review"The chapters in this book each serve as an important contribution to the history of Byzantine Anatolia and together have set a new standard for survey in the field." - Antiquity‘This impressive study adds to the various recent publications that, after too many years of text-conditioned interpretations, finally demonstrate how Byzantine archaeology and material remains can contribute strongly and decisively to the complex and frequently misunderstood history of the later first millennium.’ Paul Arthur, Medieval ArchaeologyTable of Contents1. Physical and historical introduction Hugh Elton; 2. Geology, geomorphology and paleoenvironments Warren J. Eastwood and Hakan Yiğitbaşıoğlu; 3. The survey: methods of survey, data collection and management, and artificial planning James M. L. Newhard; 4. Travel and communication Sarah Craft; 5. The countryside Peter Bikoulis; 6. The ceramics, agricultural resources and food Joanita Vroom; 7. The archaeology of the city and its hinterland Hugh Elton; 8. Euchaïta: from late Roman and Byzantine town to Ottoman village John Haldon; Appendix 1. Remote sensing and geophysical prospection Meg Watters; Appendix 2. The coins Alan Stahl; Appendix 3. Assigning function to survey data using heuristic geospatial modelling James M. L. Newhard, N. S. Levine and O. Adams; Appendix 4. Epigraphy Pawel Nowakowski and Frank Trombley.
£98.15
Cambridge University Press Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments
Book SynopsisPaleozoology and Paleoenvironmentsoutlines the reconstruction of ancient climates, floras, and habitats on the basis of animal fossil remains recovered from archaeological and paleontological sites. In addition to outlining the ecological fundamentals and analytical assumptions attending such analyzes, J. Tyler Faith and R. Lee Lyman describe and critically evaluate many of the varied analytical techniques that have been applied to paleozoological remains for the purpose of paleoenvironmental reconstruction. These techniques range from analyses based on the presence or abundance of species in a fossil assemblage to those based on taxon-free ecological characterizations. All techniques are illustrated using faunal data from archaeological or paleontological contexts. Aimed at students and professionals, this volume will serve as fundamental resource for courses in zooarchaeology, paleontology, and paleoecology.Trade Review'This volume offers students and professionals in zooarchaeology, paleontology, and paleoecology an important resource.' L. T. Spencer, Choice'… Faith and Lyman have succeeded in pioneering paleoenvironmental reconstruction via faunabased methods. Aimed primarily at upper-level students of ecology, zooarcheology, and paleontology, the book remains accessible to other readers interested in the subject. Every chapter keeps one foot in the historical past and another in the geologic past while keeping the focus on modern applications (and beyond). This volume will be an indispensable companion to both paleontologists and neonatologists interested in understanding past, present, and future environments.' Jeremy B. Stout, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of Contents1. Why a book on paleoenvironmental reconstruction from faunal remains?; 2. Fundamentals of ecology and biogeography; 3. Analytical assumptions; 4. Background of select paleozoological samples; 5. Environmental reconstructions based on the presence/absence of taxa; 6. Environmental reconstruction based on taxonomic abundances; 7. Taxon-free techniques; 8. Environmental inferences based on taxonomic diversity; 9. Transfer functions and quantitative paleoenvironmental reconstruction; 10. Size clines as paleoenvironmental indicators; 11. Some final thoughts.
£99.75
Transcript Verlag Popular Receptions of Archaeology: Fictional and
Book SynopsisPopular archaeology is a heterogeneous phenomenon: Focusing on the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, Egyptian mummies, and the ruin complex Great Zimbabwe in fictional and factual texts, Susanne Duesterberg analyses the popular reception of archaeology in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. She offers an interdisciplinary and comparative view on the reception of the different archaeologies, reflecting contemporary sociocultural concerns in connection with identity formation. With its focus on popular culture as well as identity and memory studies, the book appeals to both a general public and experts from various disciplines.
£44.79
Midsea Books Archaeology and the Sea in the Maltese Islands
Book SynopsisMalta and Gozo's geographical location in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea has, since ancient times, led to numerous ships passing through the islands' waters. Several records of this maritime activity exist in different archives and other evidence can be deduced from the seabed. Despite this, the maritime archaeology of our islands has remained largely unexplored. This book has been produced to address just a small part of this lacuna. By looking at the history of underwater archaeology in Malta and providing an overview of some of the most important finds from the seabed around the archipelago readers will be able to familiarize themselves with the fascinating world of our submerged cultural heritage. In order to portray the full story it was necessary to start at the beginning of underwater exploration in Malta. The authors had the opportunity to meet and interview a number of pioneers who took up scuba diving in the late 1950s and early 1960s. We are indebted to them for the inv
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings
Book SynopsisThe royal necropolis of New Kingdom Egypt, known as the Valley of the Kings (KV), is one of the most important--and celebrated--archaeological sites in the world. Located on the west bank of the Nile river, about three miles west of modern Luxor, the valley is home to more than sixty tombs, all dating to the second millennium BCE. The most famous of these is the tomb of Tutankhamun, first discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. Other famous pharaoh''s interred here include Hatshepsut, the only queen found in the valley, and Ramesses II, ancient Egypt''s greatest ruler. Much has transpired in the study and exploration of the Valley of the Kings over the last few years. Several major discoveries have been made, notably the many-chambered KV5 (tomb of the sons of Ramesses II) and KV 63, a previously unknown tomb found in the heart of the valley. Many areas of the royal valley have been explored for the first time using new technologies, revealing ancient huts, shrines, and stelae. New studies of the DNA, filiation, cranio-facial reconstructions, and other aspects of the royal mummies have produced important and sometimes controversial results. The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings provides an up-to-date and thorough reference designed to fill a very real gap in the literature of Egyptology. It will be an invaluable resource for scholars, teachers, and researchers with an interest in this key area of Egyptian archaeology. First, introductory chapters locate the Valley of the Kings in space and time. Subsequent chapters offer focused examinations of individual tombs: their construction, content, development, and significance. Finally, the book discusses the current status of ongoing issues of preservation and archaeology, such as conservation, tourism, and site management. In addition to recent work mentioned above, aerial imaging, remote sensing, studies of the tombs'' architectural and decorative symbolism, problems of conservation management, and studies of KV-related temples are just some of the aspects not covered in any other work on the Valley of the Kings. This volume promises to become the primary scholarly reference work on this important World Heritage Site.Table of ContentsContributors Abbreviations Preface Part I: Introduction Richard H. Wilkinson and Kent R. Weeks Part II: The Natural Setting 1. Geology of the Valley of the Kings Judith M. Bunbury 2. Toponyms of the Valley of the Kings and its Approaches Kent R. Weeks 3. The Hydrology of the Valley of the Kings: Weather, Rainfall, Drainage Patterns and Flood Protection in Antiquity Andreas Dorn Part III: The Development of the Royal Necropolis 4. The Egyptian Concept of a Royal Necropolis John H. Taylor 5. Earlier Royal Tombs, the Royal Cemeteries of Thebes and the Beginnings of the Valley of the Kings Aidan Dodson Part IV: Tomb Construction and Development 6. The Royal Necropolis Workmen of Deir el-Medina Robert J. Demarée 7. Choosing the Location for a Royal Tomb; The Workmen's Techniques and Tools; Units of Measurement; KV Huts and Work Places Andreas Dorn 8. The Component Parts of KV Royal Tombs Kent R. Weeks 9. Collisions, Abandonments, Alterations, Tomb Commencements/Pits and Other Features in the Valley of the Kings Lyla Pinch-Brock Part V: Royal Tomb Decoration 10. The Technology of Royal Tomb Decoration Stephen Rickerby and Lori Wong 11. Iconography; Palaeography; Decorative Elements; Distribution and Development of Scenes Heather L. McCarthy Part VI: Individual KV Tombs 12. Royal Tombs of Dynasty Eighteen Catharine H. Roehrig 13. Royal Tombs of the Nineteenth Dynasty Hartwig Altenmueller 14. Royal Tombs in Dynasty Twenty Aidan Dodson 15. Other Tombs: Queens and Commoners in KV Susanne Bickel Part VII: Contents of Royal KV Tombs 16. Sarcophagi Aidan Dodson 17. Canopics Aidan Dodson 18. Other Tomb Goods Campbell Price Part VIII: Getting to the Afterlife 19. Mortuary Ritual in the Valley of the Kings Alexandra von Lieven 20. Symbolic Aspects of Royal Tombs Richard H. Wilkinson 21. The Royal Funerary Books: The Subject Matter of Scenes and Texts Joshua Roberson Part IX: Destruction, Desecration and Reuse 22. Damnatio Memoriae in the Valley of the Kings Richard H. Wilkinson 23. Usurpation and Reuse of Royal Tombs Richard H. Wilkinson 24. Intrusive Burials and Caches John H. Taylor Part X: Human Remains from the KV and their Study 25. Early Study and the Unwrapping of Mummies Rosalie David 26. Modern Biomedical Studies Rosalie David and Ryan Metcalfe 27. Recent Identity and Relationship Studies, Including X-Rays and DNA Ryan Metcalfe Part XI: The Administration of the KV in Dynastic Times 28. The Temples of Millions of Years at Western Thebes Martina Ullmann 29. Policing and Site Protection; Guard Posts; Enclosure Walls Carola Vogel 30. Tomb Robberies in the Valley of the Kings Ogden Goelet Part XII: The KV from the End of the New Kingdom to the Late 20th Century 31. Late Dynastic, Graeco-Roman and Christian Times; Post-New Kingdom Graffiti Filip Coppens 32. The History of KV Exploration Prior to the Late 20th Century Joyce Tyldesley Part XIII: The KV in the Late 20th and the 21st Century and Beyond 33. Remote Sensing in the Valley of the Kings and its Hinterlands Sarah H. Parcak and Gregory D. Mumford 34. The Search for Other Tombs Stephen W. Cross 35. Tomb Recording: Epigraphy, Photography, Digital Imaging, 3-D Surveys Adam Lowe 36. Conservation and Flood Protection Michael Jones 37. Tourism in the Valley of the Kings Kent R. Weeks 38. The Valley of the Kings in the Lives of Modern Egyptians: The People of Qurna Kees van der Spek Appendix Index
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Oxford University Press, USA Geological Methods for Archaeology
Book SynopsisThis book discusses the application of geological methods and theory to archaeology. Written as a survey text covering appropriate methods and techniques taken from geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and geochronology, it shows the student the practicality and importance of the techniques'' use in solving archaeological problems. Specific techniques are illustrated by practical results obtained from their use on archaeological digs. The geographical scope is international, drawing on sites from both hemispheres, eg the Franchti Cave (Greece), St. Catherines Island (USA), the Roman site of Drand (France), and Monte Verde (Chile). The authors also address applications in less traditional areas such as underwater, historical, industrial, and conservation archaeology.Trade Review"Herz and Garrison (p viii) state that the purpose of their book . . . is to 'show archaeologists the many ways that geological sciences can help solve their problems.' The authors divide their book into four major sections with multiple chapters in each section. Part I, 'The Archaeological Site and Its Environment,' presents a discussion of geomorphology, sediments, and soils; Part II, 'Dating Techniques,' covers chemical, radioactive, and other methods of dating; Part III, 'Site Exploration,' addresses geophysical and geochemical applications to archaeology; and Part IV, 'Artifact Analysis,' offers a discussion of the analysis of the raw materials used to manufacture artifacts and features."--Geoarchaeology "Herz and Garrison (p viii) state that the purpose of their book . . . is to 'show archaeologists the many ways that geological sciences can help solve their problems.' The authors divide their book into four major sections with multiple chapters in each section. Part I, 'The Archaeological Site and Its Environment,' presents a discussion of geomorphology, sediments, and soils; Part II, 'Dating Techniques,' covers chemical, radioactive, and other methods of dating; Part III, 'Site Exploration,' addresses geophysical and geochemical applications to archaeology; and Part IV, 'Artifact Analysis,' offers a discussion of the analysis of the raw materials used to manufacture artifacts and features."--GeoarchaeologyTable of ContentsForeword ; 1. Scope of Archaeological Geology ; 2. Geomorphology in Archaeology ; 3. Sediments and Soils ; 4. Chemical Methods ; 5. Radioactive Methods: Radioactive Decay and Age Determination ; 6. Radiation Damage, Cosmogenic and Atom Counting Techniques ; 7. Other Chronological Methods ; 8. Archaeogeophysical Exploration ; 9. Soil Phosphate in Archaeological Surveys ; 10. Archaeological Materials - Rocks and Minerals ; 11. Instrumental Analytical Techniques ; 12. Metallic Minerals and Archaeological Geology ; 13. Ceramics ; 14. Applications of Stable Isotopes in Archaeological Geology
£61.75
Oxford University Press Shifting Sands
Book SynopsisBefore the 1970s, biblical archaeology was the dominant research paradigm for those excavating the history of Palestine. Today most people prefer to speak of Syro/Palestinian archaeology. This is not just a normal shift but reflects a major theoretical and methodological change. It has even been labelled a revolution. In the popular mind, however, biblical archaeology is still alive and well. In Shifting Sands, Thomas W. Davis charts the evolution and the demise of the discipline. Biblical archaeology, he writes, was an attempt to ground the historical witness of the Bible in demonstrable historical reality.Trade Reviewbalanced, informed and readable...a very good read. * Theology *
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OUP USA Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings
Book SynopsisThis handbook offers an invaluable and up-to-date resource on this criticial and fascinating World Hertiage siteTrade ReviewThis is the definitive guide, with over 600 pages covering the Valley's history, exploration, analysis, conservation and management. * Ancient Egypt *the essays offer a complex and comprehensive insight into the history, exploration and critical study of the Valley of the Kings * Emmet Jackson, Astene Bulletin *Table of ContentsContributors ; Abbreviations ; Preface ; Part I: Introduction ; Richard H. Wilkinson and Kent R. Weeks ; Part II: The Natural Setting ; 1. Geology of the Valley of the Kings ; Judith M. Bunbury ; 2. Toponyms of the Valley of the Kings and its Approaches ; Kent R. Weeks ; 3. The Hydrology of the Valley of the Kings: Weather, Rainfall, Drainage Patterns and Flood Protection in Antiquity ; Andreas Dorn ; Part III: The Development of the Royal Necropolis ; 4. The Egyptian Concept of a Royal Necropolis ; John H. Taylor ; 5. Earlier Royal Tombs, the Royal Cemeteries of Thebes and the Beginnings of the Valley of the Kings ; Aidan Dodson ; Part IV: Tomb Construction and Development ; 6. The Royal Necropolis Workmen of Deir el-Medina ; Robert J. Demaree ; 7. Choosing the Location for a Royal Tomb; The Workmen's Techniques and ; Tools; Units of Measurement; KV Huts and Work Places ; Andreas Dorn ; 8. The Component Parts of KV Royal Tombs ; Kent R. Weeks ; 9. Collisions, Abandonments, Alterations, Tomb Commencements/Pits and Other Features in the Valley of the Kings ; Lyla Pinch-Brock ; Part V: Royal Tomb Decoration ; 10. The Technology of Royal Tomb Decoration ; Stephen Rickerby and Lori Wong ; 11. Iconography; Palaeography; Decorative Elements; Distribution and Development of Scenes ; Heather L. McCarthy ; Part VI: Individual KV Tombs ; 12. Royal Tombs of Dynasty Eighteen ; Catharine H. Roehrig ; 13. Royal Tombs of the Nineteenth Dynasty ; Hartwig Altenmueller ; 14. Royal Tombs in Dynasty Twenty ; Aidan Dodson ; 15. Other Tombs: Queens and Commoners in KV ; Susanne Bickel ; Part VII: Contents of Royal KV Tombs ; 16. Sarcophagi ; Aidan Dodson ; 17. Canopics ; Aidan Dodson ; 18. Other Tomb Goods ; Campbell Price ; Part VIII: Getting to the Afterlife ; 19. Mortuary Ritual in the Valley of the Kings ; Alexandra von Lieven ; 20. Symbolic Aspects of Royal Tombs ; Richard H. Wilkinson ; 21. The Royal Funerary Books: The Subject Matter of Scenes and Texts ; Joshua Roberson ; Part IX: Destruction, Desecration and Reuse ; 22. Damnatio Memoriae in the Valley of the Kings ; Richard H. Wilkinson ; 23. Usurpation and Reuse of Royal Tombs ; Richard H. Wilkinson ; 24. Intrusive Burials and Caches ; John H. Taylor ; Part X: Human Remains from the KV and their Study ; 25. Early Study and the Unwrapping of Mummies ; Rosalie David ; 26. Modern Biomedical Studies ; Rosalie David and Ryan Metcalfe ; 27. Recent Identity and Relationship Studies, Including X-Rays and DNA ; Ryan Metcalfe ; Part XI: The Administration of the KV in Dynastic Times ; 28. The Temples of Millions of Years at Western Thebes ; Martina Ullmann ; 29. Policing and Site Protection; Guard Posts; Enclosure Walls ; Carola Vogel ; 30. Tomb Robberies in the Valley of the Kings ; Ogden Goelet ; Part XII: The KV from the End of the New Kingdom to the Late 20th Century ; 31. Late Dynastic, Graeco-Roman and Christian Times; Post-New Kingdom Graffiti ; Filip Coppens ; 32. The History of KV Exploration Prior to the Late 20th Century ; Joyce Tyldesley ; Part XIII: The KV in the Late 20th and the 21st Century and Beyond ; 33. Remote Sensing in the Valley of the Kings and its Hinterlands ; Sarah H. Parcak and Gregory D. Mumford ; 34. The Search for Other Tombs ; Stephen W. Cross ; 35. Tomb Recording: Epigraphy, Photography, Digital Imaging, 3-D Surveys ; Adam Lowe ; 36. Conservation and Flood Protection ; Michael Jones ; 37. Tourism in the Valley of the Kings ; Kent R. Weeks ; 38. The Valley of the Kings in the Lives of Modern Egyptians: The People of Qurna ; Kees van der Spek ; Appendix ; Index
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Taylor & Francis Archaeological Fantasies How Pseudoarchaeology Misrepresents the Past and Misleads the Public
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Debating the Archaeological Heritage Duckworth Debates in Archaeology
Book SynopsisRobin Skeates is Reader in Archaeology at the University of Durham and author of Visual Culture and Archaeology: art and social life in prehistoric South-East Italy and Debating the Archaeological Heritage.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Loot Legitimacy and Ownership The Ethical Crisis in Archaeology Duckworth Debates in Archaeology
Book SynopsisColin Renfrew was formerly Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeology, University of cambridge, UK, where he is now Senior Fellow. His publications include Figuring It Out: Parallel Visions of Artists and Archaeologists (2003); Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos, 1974-77, and Prehistory: the Making of the Human Mind (both 2007).
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Collecting the Dead Archaeology and the Reburial Issue
Book SynopsisCressida Fforde is an independent researcher and consultant, working for various indigenous groups and, most recently, the Auckland War Memorial Museum. She is co-editor of 'The Dead and Their Possessions: repatriation in principle, policy and practice' (2001).
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Ethics and Burial Archaeology by Sayer Duncan Author ON Jun242010 Paperback
Book SynopsisDuncan Sayer is Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). He is co-editor of Mortuary Practice and Social Identities in the Middle Ages (2009) and a founding member of the Association for the Study of Death and Society.
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Bloomsbury USA 3pl Archaeology and Heritage An Introduction
Book SynopsisThis work is intended as an approachable introduction aimed at students of archaeology, history or museum and heritage studies. It attempts to take a fresh approach by providing an introduction to themes in the field of heritage as it relates to the material legacy of our past.Table of ContentsPreface: The Aims of this Book Introductory Interlude: A Note About Literature and Discourses of Heritage and Archaeology 1. Heritage All Around Us 2. Components of the Heritage and Their Treatment 3. Institutions of Heritage 4. 'Public' Archaeologies 1: Defining the Public 5. 'Public' Archaeologies 2: Engaging with the Public 6. The Value 'Debate' in Archaeology 7. Relocating Heritage in Archaeology
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Cambridge University Press Bioarchaeology of Infants and Children
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Cambridge University Press A Critique of Archaeological Reason
Book SynopsisIn A Critique of Archaeological Reason, Giorgio Buccellati presents a theory of excavation that aims at clarifying the nature of archaeology and its impact on contemporary thought. Integrating epistemological issues with methods of data collection and the role and impact of digital technology on archaeological work, the book explores digital data in order to comprehend its role in shaping meaning and understanding in archaeological excavation. The ability of archaeologists to record in the field, rather than offsite, has fundamentally changed the methods of observation, conceptualization, and interpretation of deposits. Focusing on the role of stratigraphy as the center of archaeological field work, Giorgio Buccellati examines the challenges of interpreting a ''broken tradition''; a civilization for which there are no living carriers today. He uses the site of Urkesh in Syria, where he has worked for decades, as a case study to demonstrate his theory.Trade ReviewWinner, 2021 Balzan Prize for Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, International Balzan Prize FoundationTable of Contents1. Introduction; Part I. Fundamentals: 2. Archaeology and grammar; 3. Categorization; 4. The search for objectivity; Part II. Analysis: 5. Stratigraphic analysis; 6. Typological analysis; 7. Integrative analysis; Part III. The Reassembled Construct: 8. The invention of a site; 9. The physical record; 10. The referential record; Part IV. The Privileged Venue: 11. Digital thought; 12. Digital text; 13. The archaeological record; Part V. The Wider Frame: 14. The relevance of structure; 15. The critical approach; 16. Hermeneutics; 17. Conclusion.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Archaeologies of Conflict Debates in Archaeology
Book SynopsisJohn Carman is Senior Lecturer in Heritage Value, Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham, UK, Co-Director of the Bloody Meadows Project, and convenor of ESTOC: European Studies of Terrains of Conflict. He is the author of Against Cultural Property: Archaeology, Heritage and Ownership in this series.Table of ContentsIntroduction Archaeology and Conflict Studies Prehistoric Conflict Historic Battlefields Modern Conflict The Potential for Conflict Archaeology Conclusions Bibliography Index
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Royal Hill Press Battle for the Firstborn
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Institut Geopolymere Why the Pharaohs Built the Pyramids with Fake Stones: More and More Scientists Agree and Disclose 20 Years of Investigation
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De Gruyter Doing Experimental Media Archaeology: Practice
Book SynopsisIn recent years, there has been a growing interest in the use of experimental approaches to the study of media histories and their cultures. Doing media archaeological experiments, such as historical re-enactments and hands-on simulations with media historical objects, helps us to explore and better understand the workings of past media technologies and their practices of use. By systematically refl ecting on the methodological underpinnings of experimental media archaeology as a relatively new approach in media historical research and teaching, this book aims to serve as a practical handbook for doing media archaeological experiments. Doing Experimental Media Archaeology: Practice is the twin volume to Doing Experimental Media Archaeology: Theory, authored by Andreas Fickers and Annie van den Oever.
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Brill Hrozný and Hittite: The First Hundred Years
Book SynopsisThis volume collects 33 papers that were presented at the international conference held at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in November 2015 to celebrate the centenary of Bedřich Hrozný’s identification of Hittite as an Indo-European language. Contributions are grouped into three sections, “Hrozný and His Discoveries,” “Hittite and Indo-European,” and “The Hittites and Their Neighbors,” and span the full range of Hittite studies and related disciplines, from Anatolian and Indo-European linguistics and cuneiform philology to Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, history, and religion. The authors hail from 15 countries and include leading figures as well as emerging scholars in the fields of Hittitology, Indo-European, and Ancient Near Eastern studies.Table of ContentsAbbreviations Introduction Part 1: Hrozný and His Discoveries 1 Hrozný’s Excavations at Kültepe and the Resurrection of a Bronze Age Palace Gojko Barjamovic 2 Hrozný’s Excavations, 1924–1925: Sheikh Sa’ad, Tell Erfad Jan Bouzek 3 Hrozný and the Decipherment of Hieroglyphic Luwian J.D. Hawkins 4 Bedřich Hrozný and the Aegean Writing Systems: An Early Decipherment Attempt Artemis Karnava 5 A Fruitful Collaboration between E. Sellin and B. Hrozný during his Viennese Years: The Cuneiform Texts from Tell Taanach and Their Impact on Syro-Levantine Studies Regine Pruzsinszky Part 2: Hittite and Indo-European 6 Consonant Clusters, Defective Notation of Vowels and Syllable Structure in Caromemphite Ignasi-Xavier Adiego 7 Tagging and Searching the Hittite Corpus Dita Frantíková 8 The Phonetics and Phonology of the Hittite Dental Stops Alwin Kloekhorst 9 Über die hethitische 3. Sg. Präsens auf -ia-Iz-zi Martin Joachim Kümmel 10 The Word for Wine in Anatolian, Greek, Armenian, Italic, Etruscan, Semitic and Its Indo-European Origin Reiner Lipp 11 Satzanfänge im Hethitischen Rosemarie Lühr 12 Hittite Historical Phonology after 100 Years (and after 20 Years) H. Craig Melchert 13 MUNUS/fduttarii̯ata/i- and Some Other Indo-European Maidens Veronika Milanova 14 One Century of Heteroclitic Inflection Georges-Jean Pinault 15 From Experiential Contact to Abstract Thought: Reflections on Some Hittite Outcomes of PIE *steh2- ‘to stand’ and *men- ‘to think’ Marianna Pozza 16 Hittite Syntax 100 Years Later: The Case of Hittite Indefinite Pronouns Andrei V. Sideltsev 17 Das unerwartete in der altassyrischen Nebenüberlieferung hethitischer Wörter Zsolt Simon 18 The Personal Deictic Function of Hittite kāša, kāšma and kāšat(t)a: Further Evidence from the Texts Charles W. Steitler 19 Lycian Erimñnuha Jan Tavernier 20 The Indo-European Feminine, the Neuter, and the Diagnostic Value of the τὰ ζῷα τρέχει rule in Greek and Anatolian Annette Teffeteller 21 Sidetisch – Ein Update zu Schrift und Sprache Christian Zinko and Michaela Zinko Part 3: The Hittites and Their Neighbors 22 The LÚ.MEŠ SAG and Their Rise to Prominence Tayfun Bilgin 23 Virginity in Hittite Ritual Billie Jean Collins 24 Venus in Furs: Sappho fr. 101 Voigt between East and West Alexander Dale 25 A Problem of Meaning: Variations in Hittite Landscape as Narrated in the Sun-god’s mugawar (CTH 323) Romina Della Casa 26 „Fehler“ und Fehlschreibungen in hethitischen Texten Susanne Görke 27 Personennamen der hethitischen Großreichszeit als Quellen religiöser Verhältnisse Manfred Hutter 28 Die Gottheit Nikarawa in Karkamiš Sylvia Hutter-Braunsar 29 From Nerik to Emar Patrick M. Michel 30 The Last Foothold of Arzawa: The Problem of the Location of Puranda and Mount Arinnanda Revisited Rostislav Oreshko 31 Phrygia and the Near East Maya Vassileva 32 The Disappearance of Telipinu in the Context of Indo-European Myth Roger D. Woodard 33 Foreign Medical Knowledge in Ḫattuša: The Transmission and Reception of Mesopotamian Therapeutic Texts in the Hittite World Valeria Zubieta Lupo Index
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Taylor & Francis Inc What the Dying Teach Us Lessons on Living
Book SynopsisWhat the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living is a spiritual approach to health care that teaches the reader about values, hope, and faith through actual experiences of terminally ill persons. This unique approach to health care teaches the living how to deal with grief and the bereavement process through faith and prayer. Priests, pastors, chaplains, and psychotherapists will learn how to treat parishioners or patients with the values the dying leave behind, allowing part of their deceased loved one’s beliefs and teachings to guide them through the grieving process. In the end, you will also become aware of your spiritual self while helping others heal and renew their soul.While What the Dying Teach Us concentrates on the values you can learn from the terminally ill, the author includes his own views on: how our tears manifest the depth into which our relationship with a deceased loved one travels how dimensions of reality lead us to appreciate the present exTable of ContentsContents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Lessons on Healing, Hope, and Peace A Moment of Grace Healing Moments I’ll Be with You Lessons of Hope from the Dying A Transformed Life Where the Soul Never Dies Eternal Love A Peace That Passes All Understanding Tears of Honor Part Two: Lessons on Spirituality Words of God The Freeing Power of Questions Perceptions of Reality and Death Keeping the Magic Alive Lamaze Lessons for the Soul Creating Spiritual Awareness Painting Pictures We Cannot See Soul Retrieval Part Three: Evaluative Lessons on Living Spiritual Ethics in the Medical Setting Healing Relationships Facing the Unknown: A Structured Experience Reflections Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Inc Pastoral Care and Counseling in Sexual Diversity
Book SynopsisLearn to reach out to these hidden Christians! Offering a wide variety of points of view from the welcoming to the traditional, Pastoral Care and Counseling in Sexual Diversity addresses one of the crucial issues facing the church in these shifting times. Pastors of all Christian churches, whatever their denomination or theology, are likely to be faced with pastoral care or counseling of someone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered. This valuable compendium examines various ways you can meet the spiritual and psychological needs of these members of your congregation. Pastoral Care and Counseling in Sexual Diversity addresses the basic problems of sexual diversity, including definitions of sexual orientations and issues of human development. It offers wise guidance for offering pastoral care and counseling, and it provides tested solutions for the problems counselors face in dealing with these individuals. Pastoral Care and Counseling in Sexual DTable of ContentsContents About the Contributors Foreword Sexual Diversity: An Issue for Counselors and Churches Changes in Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Among Mental Health Professionals: What Pastoral Counselors Need to Know Does “Confidentiality” Have Limits? Relationships Between Pastors and Counselors Pastoral Care of Sexual Diversity in the Black Church Gay and Lesbian Christians: Faith and Coping in the Church Pastoral Care with Marriages and Domestic Partnerships A Developmental Model for Effective Treatment of Male Homosexuality: Implications for Pastoral Counseling Pastoral Care and the Formation of Sexual Identity: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Love the Sinner: A Pastoral Response to Homosexuality A Practical Theology of “Welcoming” What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality? What Does the Bible Call Us, as Christians, to Do on This Issue? A Welcoming Ministry for All God’s Children Counseling Lesbians A Pastoral Theology for the Sinned Against: Adult Christian Women Sexually Abused as Children Disenfranchised Bereavement: Pastoral Care of Complicated Grief Reactions to AIDS-Related Losses AIDS Services Organizations: A Call to Ministry Index Reference Notes Included
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Taylor & Francis Inc International Perspectives on Pastoral Counseling
Book SynopsisGain fresh perspectives on pastoral care and counseling from international experts!This informative book will show you how pastoral care and counseling are viewed and practiced in Africa, India, Korea, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Central America, South America, Germany, and the United Kingdom. You'll find new perspectives on theoretical and practical aspects of pastoral care and counseling as well as fascinating case studies and unique insights on how culture affects this type of ministry.In his Preface, Dr. Howard Clinebell, Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Psychology and Counseling at the Claremont School of Theology, explains the need for this book: “In the radically new world of the 21st century, pastoral counselors of all races and ethnic backgrounds will be challenged by a growing need to provide competent help to burdened individuals, couples, families, and communities of different cultural backgrounds and worldviews than their own.”InternTable of Contents About the Contributors Preface Introduction Pastoral Counseling in the Philippines: A Perspective from the West Global Issues of Pastoral Counseling: With Particular Attention to the Issues of Pastoral Counseling in the Philippines Cultural Landscapes of Pastoral Counseling in Asia: The Case of Korea with a Supervisory Perspective The Future Landscape of Pastoral Care and Counseling in the Asia Pacific Region Pastoral Counseling in Chinese Cultural Contexts: Philosophical, Historical, Sociological, Spiritual, and Psychological Considerations Pastoral Counseling in Indonesia Pastoral Care and Counseling: An Asian Perspective Pastoral Care in Latin America Pastoral Action in the Midst of a Context of Economic Transformation and Cultural Apathy Planting Pastoral Counseling Seeds in Brazilian Soil: Creating and Recreating Models Journeying on the Margins: Moments in Pastoral Care and Counselling, from the Inner City of Pretoria Complexity and Simplicity in Pastoral Care: The Case of Forgiveness Pastoral Counseling in Multi-Cultural Contexts Index Reference Notes Included
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Taylor & Francis Inc Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes There
Book SynopsisAbuse, although often not detected or reported, existed in every facility we surveyed. It is a serious problem.Old, weak, and often cognitively impaired, nursing home patients can be easy targets for physical, psychological, material, and financial mistreatment at the hands of those entrusted with their care, safety, and well-being. Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes: There Is No Safe Place examines the dark side of nursing homes, where not every employee has the commitment of Mother Theresa. This groundbreaking book applies criminological theory to help develop practical methods of controlling abuse and presents the results of the first and only nationwide study on the theft of patients’ belongings, a form of abuse too often ignored by the nursing home industry. Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes surveys employees, administrators, and family members of patients in 47 nursing homes throughout the United States. Their responses pTable of Contents Preface PART I: NURSING HOMES AND THEORIES OF ABUSE Chapter 1. The Nature of Nursing Homes Myths and Facts About Nursing Homes How Nursing Homes Got Started Nursing Homes As Bureaucracies Nursing Homes As Total Institutions Barriers to Nursing Home Abuse Research Chapter 2. Nursing Aides: The Backbone of Care in Nursing Homes Workforce Issues and Problems of Nursing Home Aides Narratives of Nursing Home Aides Chapter 3. Understanding Abuse Why Nursing Homes May Be Good for Abusers Nursing Homes and the Motivated Offender Patients and Their Possessions As Suitable Targets Guardianship in Nursing Homes Countervailing Forces Summary PART II: NURSING HOME THEFT Chapter 4. Employees and Theft Results from the Survey of Employees Conclusions About Employees Chapter 5. The Victims and Their Families Family Members’ Reports of Theft What Is Stolen? Conclusion Chapter 6. Preventing and Reducing Theft Theft Precautions for Patients Theft Precautions for Nursing Homes Reporting of Theft Theft Prevention Training Programs PART III: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL MALTREATMENT Chapter 7. Physical Abuse and Neglect Abandonment, Segregation, and Neglect Government Reform Committee Types of Physical Abuse Sexual Abuse Neglect Chapter 8. Psychological Abuse and Neglect Types of Psychological Abuse Some Effects of Psychological Abuse Neglect Chapter 9. Reducing the Risk of Physical and Psychological Abuse Screening Practices Staff Education and Training Advocacy PART IV: FRAUD, REFORM, AND RECOMMENDATIONS Chapter 10. Exploitation of Nursing Home Patients: Their Finances and Rights Financial Abuse Reform of Nursing Home Regulations Chapter 11. Summary and Conclusions Appendix. Methodology Data Collection Employee Questionnaires Measuring Theft Response Rates from the Survey of Employees Victimization Survey Family Members’ Questionnaire Glossary References Index
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Taylor & Francis Inc Sex and the Sacred: Gay Identity and Spiritual
Book SynopsisA down-to-earth look at the spiritual power of sexSex and the Sacred examines the spiritual dimension of human sexuality in a way that is free of religious affiliation but still open to traditional religion and belief in God. Dr. Daniel Helminiak, author of the best-selling What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality, looks at the relationship between sexuality and spirituality, first, from a humanistic perspective and, then, a more familiar Christian point of view. In particular, he encourages LGBTI people to reclaim their spiritual heritage without apology. This unique book emphasizes spiritual commitment as an essential facet of LGBTI/queer consciousness and addresses such burning themes as coming out, the importance of self-acceptance, gay marriage, gay bashing, and the ethics of gay sex. Sex and the Sacred combines a psychological approach to spirituality with common sense and compassion, inspiring a break from moralistic religion and an understanding of what true spirituality means. The book applies this understanding to Christian topics such as the Bible, Fundamentalism, and the future of Christianity, and shows how coming out was an issue for Jesus, how homosexual experience relates to the Christian Trinity, and how Western Civilization became so sex-negative.Sex and the Sacred presents in the end a radical vision of Christianity open to all people. Religious leaders of all denominations, educators, counselors, members of the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender community, non-religious spiritual seekers, and anyone interested in the relationship between spirituality and sexuality will find this book enlightening and uplifting. Sex and the Sacred examines: the spiritual drive that is built into human sexuality the standard religious arguments against gay marriage a sustained argument that Biblical Fundamentalism is not Christian spiritual lessons from the AIDS epidemic the right and wrong of sexqueer and otherwise homosexuality in Catholic teaching and practice sexual ethics without religion a vision for a renewed Christianity within a global community Table of Contents The Cover Art: A Gay Spiritual Journey (Heather L. Marrs) Foreword (Moderator Troy D. Perry) Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Spiritual Dimension of the Lesbian and Gay Experience The Senseless Burden of a Bad Conscience The Meaning of Spiritual The Inner Push Toward Spiritual Growth Coming Out As a Spiritual Exercise Love As a Spiritual Exercise Gay Strength, Virtue, Wisdom, and Spiritual Growth Detours from the Spiritual Path The Tug-of-War Between Religion and Spirituality Spirituality Without God or Religion Chapter 2. A Spiritual Lesson from the AIDS Epidemic A Humanist Spirituality The Spiritual Dimension of the Gay and Lesbian Experience Nontheist Gay Spirituality in the Face of Death Final Considerations Chapter 3. Sexuality and Spirituality: Friends, Not Foes Positive Attitudes Negative Attitudes Reemerging Positive Attitudes Renewed Interest in Spirituality Integration of Body, Psyche, and Spirit Embodied Spirituality Means of Integration Conclusion Chapter 4. Sexual Self-Acceptance and Spiritual Growth Spiritual Development and Human Development Sexual Self-Acceptance and Self-Esteem Sexuality and the Handicapped Acceptance of One’s Homosexuality and Self-Esteem Conclusion Chapter 5. Sexual Pathways to Spiritual Growth Sexual Arousal and Orgasm: Focus on the Individual Loving Another Person: Focus on the Couple The Pollyanna Effect: Focus on the Human Family and the Cosmos Loneliness, That Endless Yearning: Focus on the Infinite The Goodness of Creation: Enter Belief in God Sexual Fulfillment in God: Enter Concern for Union with God Summary About Sexuality and Spirituality Chapter 6. Sexual Ethics Without Religion The True Nature of Ethics Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Dimensions of Human Sexuality Ethical Guidelines The Personal and Interpersonal Nature of Human Sexuality The Social Implications of Human Sexuality The Promise of Ethical Living Chapter 7. The Right and Wrong of Sex, Queer and Otherwise The Challenge of Ethics for the Gay Community Reasons to Consider Sexual Ethics Gay Is Good Science-Based Ethics One’s Personal Best Ethical Guidelines The Ethical Attitude Chapter 8. The Spiritual Crisis in Religion and Society The Sad Record of Religion and Violence The Political Side of Religion Religion, Spirituality, and the Current Dilemma Humanity As Inherently Spiritual Built-In Requirements of Spiritual Fulfillment Science That Is Open to God A Spiritual Response to Religiously Motivated Violence Chapter 9. Jesus: A Model for Coming Out Mark’s Picture of Jesus Jesus As God Incarnate in Later Christianity Jesus’ Self-Understanding Jesus’ Claim to Unprecedented Authority Jesus’ Crisis of Identity Jesus’ Experience of Being Himself Jesus As Everymanand Everywoman The Lesson of Mark and Jesus Chapter 10. The Trinitarian Vocation of the Gay Community Christian Belief About the Trinity Human Relationships Within the Gay Community The Gay Community As Trinitarian The Vocation of Gay Christians Chapter 11. Homosexuality in Catholic Teaching and Practice The Heterosexual Issue: Birth Control The Nature of Sex Comple
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Taylor & Francis Inc Great Awakenings: Popular Religion and Popular
Book SynopsisAs religious fervor grows, Dr. Fishwick, a recipient of the Ray and Pat Browne Award for Lifetime Achievement from The American Culture Association, takes a sweeping look at religion in the United States--the country with the highest church attendance in the Western world. Popular religion can take many shapes and forms. It can wax and wane, but it cannot be eliminated or ignored. That is what prompted him to write Great Awakenings: Popular Religion and Popular Culture.He ponders how religion affects American life and popular culture, and why religion has become a major force in contemporary politics. How has the Electronic Revolution furthered the religious right? What does popular religion tell us about popular culture? And about our faith?He identifies and explores five great religious revivals or “Great Awakenings:” the Atlantic Seaboard Awakening the Urban Awakening the Modernist Awakening the Celebrity Preacher Awakening the Electronic AwakeningFishwick explores the current events preceding and during each awakening, its leaders, followers, and critics. Great Awakenings gives a new understanding of the American religious past and leaves us with an anticipation for the next great awakening. Table of ContentsContents Preface Introduction The Atlantic Seaboard Awakening The Appalachian Awakening The Urban Awakening The New American Gospel Confronting the Serpent The Modernist Awakening Civil Religion Secular Salvation Religion on the Airwaves Star to the Stars The Aging Eagle The Electronic Awakening Dixie’s Holy Warriors The Chicken Little Panic Big Mac and Big Jesus: Brave New McWorld Some Final Thoughts Further Information Further Reading Index
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Historical Archaeologies of Cognition:
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays draws inspiration from the late James Deetz's In Small Things Forgotten (1977). Deetz's seminal work broke new ground by using structuralist theory to show how artefacts reflected the 'worldviews' or ideologies of their makers and users, and went on to claim that the American colonial world had been structured according to a British intellectual blueprint, the so-called 'Georgian Order'. Thirty years on, this influential thesis has been substantially revised by more recent scholarship, but Deetz's central premise, that the systematic study of mundane material objects such as tombstones, architecture, and furniture, can render palpable the intangible aspects of human cognition and belief systems, has become a fundamental tenet of modern historical archaeology. Drawing upon James Deetz's insight that everyday objects from the recent past are freighted with social significance, and that material culture operates alongside language as a system of communication, the authors present a series of case studies which unravel specific cultural moments in well-documented historical periods across the modern world. The very best historical archaeologies create intimate material histories that expose constructions of race, class, gender, and have the capacity to challenge taken-for-granted knowledge and received political histories. The studies in this volume range in date from the early 17th century to the late 20th century and are unified by the way in which they employ theory from archaeology and anthropology to elucidate the complex links between human thought and action. The authors in this volume make a significant contribution to archaeological knowledge through their ability to move beyond simple materialities to create interesting human stories that transcend purely descriptive show-and-tell accounts of archaeological sites. Chapters by international scholars from North America, Europe, and Australia demonstrate the vitality of their approaches to historical archaeology through a series of compelling case studies. For the first time to an Anglophone audience this volume presents the latest research from Finland and Spain.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Finding Belief, Desire, and Benevolence James Symonds and Jeff Oliver Part I Landscapes, Power, and Belief Chapter 2 Catholic Artefacts in a Protestant Landscape: A Multi-vocal Approach to the Religiosity of Jamestown's Colonists Brent R. Fortenberry & Travis G Parno (both at Boston University) Chapter 3 Discipline, church and landscape: Tornio Northern Finland, during the 17th and 18th centuries Timo Ylimaunu (University of Oulu) Chapter 4 "Believe, Hon": Markets, Faith, and Archaeology in 21st Century Baltimore David Gadsby (US National Park Service) Part II Faith in Fashion Chapter 5 Trans-Atlantic Perspectives on 18th-Century Clothing Carolyn L. White (University of Nevada, Reno) Chapter 6 Articles of Faith and Decency: the Huguenot refugees Greig Parker (University of Sheffield) Part III Colonial Entanglements Chapter 7 Methodists in Paradise Jonathan Prangnell & Kate Quirk (both at the University of Queensland) Chapter 8 Reflections on Resistance: Agency, Identity and being Indigenous in Colonial British Columbia Jeff Oliver Part IV Confinement & Resistance Chapter 9 Silent resistance and the V-sign campaign in Channel Islander internee camps in Germany during WWII Gillian Carr (University of Cambridge) Chapter 10 America's World War II Internment Camps: Japanese American patriotism and defiance at Manzanar Jeff Burton (US National Park Service) Chapter 11 A place of fear: Long Kesh/Maze prison site, Northern Ireland Laura McAtackney (University College Dublin) Part V Death & Remembrance Chapter 12 Faith in Action: theology and practice in commemorative traditions Harold Mytum (University of Liverpool) Chapter 13 The Changing Memories and Meanings of World War One Expressed Through Public Commemorations Sam Walls (University of Exeter)
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Bayesian Approach to Intrepreting Archaeological
Book SynopsisStatistics in Practice A new series of practical books outliningthe use of statistical techniques in a wide range of applicationareas: Human and Biological Sciences Earth and Environmental Sciences Industry, Commerce and Finance The authors of this important text explore the processes throughwhich archaeologists analyse their data and how these can be mademore rigorous and effective by sound statistical modelling. Theyassume relatively little previous statistical or mathematicalknowledge. Introducing the idea underlying the Bayesian approach tothe statistical analysis of data and their subsequentinterpretation, the authors demonstrate the major advantage of thisapproach, i.e. that it allows the incorporation of relevant priorknowledge or beliefs into the analysis. By doing so it provides alogical and coherent way of updating beliefs from those held beforeobserving the data to those held after taking the data intoaccount. To illustrTable of ContentsThe Bayesian Approach to Statistical Archaeology. Outline of the Approach. Modelling in Archaeology. Quantifying Uncertainty: The Probability Concept. Statistical Modelling. Bivariate and Multivariate Distributions. Bayesian Inference. Implementation Issues. Interpretation of Radiocarbon Results. Spatial Analysis. Sourcing and Provenancing. Application to Other Dating Methods. The Way Forward. References. Index.
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University of California Press Constructing Frames of Reference
Book SynopsisMany consider Lewis Binford to be the single most influential figure in archaeology in the last half-century. His contributions to the New Archaeology changed the course of the field, as he argued for the development of a scientifically rigorous framework to guide the excavation and interpretation of the archaeological record. This book, the culmination of Binford's intellectual legacy thus far, presents a detailed description of his methodology and its significance for understanding hunter-gatherer cultures on a global basis. This landmark publication will be an important step in understanding the great process of cultural evolution and will change the way archaeology proceeds as a scientific enterprise. This work provides a major synthesis of an enormous body of cultural and environmental information and offers many original insights into the past. Binford helped pioneer what is now called ethnoarchaeologythe study of living societies to help explain cultural patterns in the archaeological recordand this book is grounded on a detailed analysis of ethnographic data from about 340 historically known hunter-gatherer populations. The methodological framework based on this data will reshape the paradigms through which we understand human culture for years to come.
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