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Harvard University Press The Orientalizing Revolution
Book SynopsisAncient Greek culture is often described as a miracle, owing little to its neighbors. Walter Burkert argues against a distorted view, toward a more balanced picture. “Under the influence of the Semitic East—from writers, craftsmen, merchants, healers—Greek culture began its unique flowering, soon to assume cultural hegemony in the Mediterranean.”Trade ReviewBrilliant...[Burkert] is consistently thorough and challenging...Without denying the role of innate talent, he shows that much of the Greek miracle grew from an openness to influences from other cultures...[His] careful scholarship...has constructed the bridge that he set out to build. -- Carol G. Thomas * American Historical Review *An elegant and academically influential work...The Orientalizing Revolution can be enthusiastically recommended. -- Simon Hornblower * Times Literary Supplement *Burkert's The Orientalizing Revolution remains an outstanding, or rather the outstanding, contribution to the question of `Near Eastern influence on Greek culture in the Early Archaic Age. * Greece and Rome *This thought provoking work is an updated translation of Burkert's Die orientlisierende Epoche in der griechischen Religion und Literature, 1984...It is refreshing to see a classical scholar follow in the footsteps of eminent Near Eastern scholars such as Cyrus Gordon and Michael Astour who have long argued for interconnections in the ancient Mediterranean world. -- Mark W. Chavalas * Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. "Who Are Public Workers": The Migrant Craftsmen Historical Background Oriental Products in Greece Writing and Literature in the Eighth Century The Problem of Loan-Words 2. "A Seer or a Healer": Magic and Medicine "Craftsmen of the Sacred": Mobility and Family Structure Hepatoscopy Foundation Deposits Purification Spirits of the Dead and Black Magic Substitute Sacrifice Asclepius and Asgelatas Ecstatic Divination Lamashtu, Lamia, and Gorgo 3. "Or Also a Godly Singer": Akkadian and Early Greek Literature From Atrahasis to the "Deception of Zeus" Complaint in Heaven: Ishtar and Aphrodite The Overpopulated Earth Seven against Thebes Common Style and Stance in Oriental and Greek Epic Fables Magic and Cosmogony Conclusion Abbreviations Bibliography Notes Index of Greek Words General Index
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Princeton University Press Memphis Under the Ptolemies
Book SynopsisDrawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, this book examines the economic life and multicultural society of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis in the era between Alexander and Augustus.Trade ReviewWinner of the 1989 James H. Breasted Prize, American Historical Association "This thoroughly revised edition of a masterpiece of historical writing examines with precision and verve the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis in the period between Alexander and Augustus... She is especially sensitive to the syncretic, sometimes cacophonous, metropolitan life produced by a population drawn from throughout the Mediterranean basin, and by the confrontation of classical civilization itself on the verge of cultural upheaval, as Roman power gradually eclipsed Greek prestige and influence--with a civilization that reached back millennia. The result is a meticulous, vivid portrait of a profoundly foreign world."--The Atlantic "[A] masterful analysis of the surviving evidence for ancient Memphis."--John F. Oates, American Journal of Philology "[T]his book greatly enhances understanding of Egyptian history in the Ptolemaic period and the author is to be congratulated on her skill in welding the disparate sources into such an attractive whole."--Amelie Kuhrt, History "[A] book of utmost importance to all readers interested in ancient civilizations... Thompson's concentration on the Hellenistic period provides a penetrating study of all aspects of this city from the time of Alexander to Augustus."--C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Choice "This, in so many ways, is a book aimed at students and for that target audience is successful, and would make a sensible purchase."--Kate Phizackerley, Egyptological.com "Scott Soames' new book, What Is Meaning?, is an important book, both in the issues it raises and in its shortcomings. It is the first serious discussion of meaning (not 'semantic content' or some other term designed to sidestep the real issue) by a leading analytic philosopher of language in a long while, and its findings lead to a more realistic understanding of meaning and language."--Sergeiy Sandler, European Legacy "The text of the book is closely packed and authoritative in its presentation of the facts. Whilst this is not an 'easy read' the text is surprisingly readable and engaging. Indeed there is so much to be learned from these pages that one wants to turn the page and read on, and once a chapter is started it is difficult to put the book down... In short a masterful piece of scholarship looking at a complex and often overlooked period of Egyptian history. A book that any serious student of the Ptolemaic Period, or the Hellenistic world, would greatly benefit from reading."--Victor Blunden, Ancient Egypt "Princeton University Press has done students of Ptolemaic Egypt a great service by publishing a second edition of this rich and important book."--Andrew Erskine, European LegacyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables viii Prefaces ix Acknowledgments xv Abbreviations xvi A Note on Transliteration xix Chapter 1: The Second City 1 Chapter 2: Economic Life in Memphis 29 Chapter 3: Ethnic Minorities 76 Chapter 4: Ptolemies and Temples 99 Chapter 5: The Undertakers 144 Chapter 6: Apis and Other Cults 177 Chapter 7: Between Two Worlds: The Sarapieion 197 Chapter 8: Roman Memphis: An Epilogue 247 Appendixes A. Memphite Professions Additional to Those Recorded in the Zenon Archive 259 B. The Undertakers' Archive 260 C. A Property Settlement in 197 B.C. 262 D. Apis Bulls of the Ptolemaic Period 263 Bibliography 285 Index 319
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Princeton University Press Morgantina Studies Volume VI
Book SynopsisExcavation of the ancient city of Morgantina in southeastern Sicily since 1955 has recovered an extraordinary quantity and variety of pottery, both locally made and imported. This title presents advanced information about the sources of the clay used by the Morgantina potters, as revealed by X-ray fluorescence analysis of selected vases.Trade Review"This is a magisterial work, huge in its scope, exhaustively documented, and thoroughly authoritative. By virtue of its size and the manner of its excavation, with context carefully recorded, this body of ceramics is one of the most important excavated in Sicily for the period. The book will be tremendously useful for those excavating and studying the ceramics of Sicilian sites; I venture to predict that it will become a bible, much like the famous Agora XII of Brian Sparkes and Lucy Talcott. Because Morgantina imported a variety of wares, it will also become a source of dated comparanda for sites in other parts of the Mediterranean. This is a welcome addition to the library of works that present large and well-dated collections of Greek and Roman pottery."—Susan I. Rotroff, Washington University in St. LouisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*List of Text Figures, Tables, and Charts, pg. xiv*List of Plates, pg. xv*Editors' Preface, pg. xx*Preface, pg. xxi*Bibliography and Abbreviations, pg. xxiii*1. Introduction, pg. 3*2. Historical Sketch of Morgantina, 340 BCE-ca. 50 CE, pg. 6*3. The Pottery Deposits and Contexts, pg. 27*4. Regional Pottery Production Represented at Morgantina: Fabrics and Gloss, pg. 72*1. Introduction: Fine Pottery in Sicily in the Later 4th and 3rd Centuries BCE, pg. 81*2. Black-Gloss Pottery, Including Vases with Overpainted Decoration, pg. 83*3. East Sicilian Polychrome Wares, pg. 132*1. Introduction: The 2nd and 1st Centuries to ca. 35 BCE, pg. 139*2. Fine Wares of the First Half of the 2nd Century BCE, pg. 145*3. Campana C Black-Gloss Pottery, pg. 146*4. Other Black-Gloss and Miscellaneous Fine Wares, pg. 164*5. Republican Red-Gloss Pottery of the 1st Century BCE, pg. 169*6. Imported Eastern Sigillata A, pg. 193*7. Decoration on Tablewares, ca. 211-ca. 35 BCE, pg. 200*1. Introduction: The Last Decades of the 1st Century BCE and the First Half of the 1st Century CE, pg. 207*2. Early Italian Terra Sigillata, pg. 209*3. Regional Terra Sigillatas: Campanian Orange and Sicilian (?), pg. 223*1. Introduction: Moldmade Pottery at Morgantina from the Late 4th Century BCE to the First Half of the 1st Century CE, pg. 229*2. Medallion Wares, pg. 231*3. Vessels with Relief Appliques and Other Moldmade Ornament, pg. 270*4. Moldmade Hemispherical Relief Cups ("Megarian Bowls") and Related Relief Wares, pg. 274*5. Early Italian Terra Sigillata Relief Wares, pg. 282*6. Green-Glazed Wares, pg. 290*1. Fabrics and Origins, pg. 291*2. Chronology, pg. 294*3. Shape Typology and Decoration, pg. 296*VII. Catalogue, pg. 305*Appendix 1: The Evidence for Pottery Manufacture at Morgantina from the Later 4th Century BCE to the 1st Century CE, pg. 408*Appendix 2: The Provenance of Ceramics at Morgantina from the 3rd Century BCe through the 1st Century Ce as Defined by Portable eDXRF Analysis, by Malia Johnson and Maury Morgenstein, pg. 416*Appendix 3: Concordance of Shapes Found at Morgantina with Those Commonly Found in the Tombs of the 4th and the First Half of the 3rd Century BCE on Lipari, pg. 451*Appendix 4: The Morgantina Silver Treasure, pg. 458*Concordance of Inventory Numbers, pg. 462*Subject Index, pg. 470*Index of Deposits and Contexts, pg. 484*Plates, pg. 486
£157.50
Princeton University Press How Ancient Europeans Saw the World
Book SynopsisThe peoples who inhabited Europe during the two millennia before the Roman conquests had established urban centers, large-scale production of goods such as pottery and iron tools, a money economy, and elaborate rituals and ceremonies. Yet as Peter Wells argues here, the visual world of these late prehistoric communities was profoundly different froTrade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 2012 PROSE Award in Archeology & Anthropology, Association of American Publishers "[B]eautifully crisp and elegant... [Wells's] book deserves to be widely read and admired."--Peter Thonemann, Times Literary Supplement "With painstaking detail, Wells documents how objects tell the early European story, making a compelling case that historians ought to rethink the standard views."--Tom Siegfried, Science News "Archaeologist Wells takes a novel approach to exploring the way Bronze and Iron Age societies in Europe (2000BCE to 1CE) viewed themselves. Through analysing their artifacts, pottery, fibulae, swords and scabbards, and coins, as well as the arrangements of their graves and their public places, the author plausibly suggests that their views changed through time."--Choice "It is evident that Wells is constantly conscious of the fact that he is writing for a modem 'literate' person to who words are more important than visuals. He has explained every single object, without going on jargons. An interesting history of Europe."--R. Balashankar, Organiser "How Ancient Europeans Saw the World offers a completely new approach to the study of Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe, and represents a major challenge to existing views about prehistoric cultures."--World Book Industry "Wells presents thought-provoking ideas about Bronze Age and Iron Age Europeans. This book will stimulate further research on a very challenging topic, that is, the mindset of past populations. The extensive bibliography is very useful for archaeologists interested in this type of research."--Sarunas Milisauskas, Historian "This book is thought-provoking; its broad geographical scope is particularly relevant in this post-credit-crunch world where European integration is once more on the agenda."--Laura Slack, Time & MindTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Part I: Theory and Method Chapter 1: Of Monsters and Flowers 1 Chapter 2: Seeing and Shaping Objects 18 Chapter 3: The Visual Worlds of Early Europe 34 Chapter 4: Frame, Focus, Visualization 52 Part II: Material: Objects and Arrangements Chapter 5: Pottery: The Visual Ecology of the Everyday 72 Chapter 6: Attraction and Enchantment: Fibulae 99 Chapter 7: Status and Violence: Swords and Scabbards 112 Chapter 8: Arranging Spaces: Objects in Graves 131 Chapter 9: Performances: Objects and Bodies in Motion 155 Chapter 10: New Media in the Late Iron Age: Coins and Writing 176 Part III: Interpreting the Patterns Chapter 11: Changing Patterns in Objects and in Perception 188 Chapter 12: Contacts, Commerce, and the Dynamics of New Visual Patterns 200 Conclusion Chapter 13: The Visuality of Objects, Past and Present 222 Bibliographic Essay 231 References Cited 249 Index 281
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Princeton University Press Masada
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in History""Persuasive."---James Romm, New York Review of Books"Magness vividly describes the archaeological evidence for life on the mountaintop [of Masada]."---Josephine Quinn, London Review of Books"[Jodi Magness is] fascinating on the conflation of archaeology and nationalism in modern Israel’s use of the ‘Masada myth’."---Justin Marozzi, The Spectator"Filled with fascinating details; [Masada] is informative and judicious."---Glenn C. Altschuler, Jerusalem Post"Fascinating. . . . The overall high quality of [Masada] and its author’s personal acquaintance with both the archaeological and literary source material cannot be questioned."---Daniel Sugarman, Jewish Chronicle"All those interested in [Masada], or planning a visit, will find their understanding enriched by [Magness’s] clear and readable guide."---Matti Friedman, Mosaic"The appealing narrative launches itself in time-honoured fashion in medias res, with an account of the Roman siege that took place three years after the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70."---Claire Gruzelier, Classics for All Reviews"Archaeologist Jodi Magness succeeds in producing a rewarding and stimulating book that is accessible and up to date."---Michaël Girardin, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Jodi Magness’s new book, Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth, is an important contribution to our understanding of Masada and its historical context. Not only is it well-written, including personal experiences, her own research, and her association with the famous Israeli archeologists who supervised excavations at Masada; it also is a thorough presentation of what was discovered there, the historical period, and a comprehensive review of the literature and various theories about what happened there, and why. It is, therefore, an essential read."---Moshe Dann, The Jerusalem Report"Magness’s conversational style will inform and entertain both the general and specialist reader."---Lindsay Powell, Ancient History"Jodi Magness takes her readers on a whistle-stop tour of the excavations [at Masada]."---Michael Squire, Greece and Rome"[In Masada] Magness provides the reader with a panoptic overview of the context in which Masada was built, occupied and defended and draws together the latest archaeological research to elucidate the biography of the site itself . . . Magness . . . [gives] us a clear account integrating the latest scholarship with her intimate personal knowledge of the site. Her balanced and judicious tone throughout makes this book indispensable to anyone interested in understanding Masada’s contested past (and present)."---Gwyn Davies, Strata: Bulletin of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society"[Masada] will surely stimulate further discussion, at both the academic and popular level, on the archaeological evidence behind the myth as well as the general contribution of archaeology to our understanding of and relationship to cultural history."---Eyal Regev, Review of Biblical Literature"[Magness'] balanced and judicious tone throughout makes this book indispensable to anyone interested in understanding Masada’s contested past (and present)."---Gwyn Davies, Strata"[Magness is] a rare field archaeologist skilled in transforming technical findings into riveting and thoroughly readable historiography . . revealing why Masada has mattered to so many people throughout history and continues to do so today."---Karen B. Stern, American Journal of Archaeology"Magness has managed the difficult feat of writing for both the scholar and the interested non-specialist reader."---Gila Wertheimer, Jewish Book Council"[Masada is a] splendid book, which not only offers a cogent analysis of the controversy itself, but also furnishes a superb overview of both the Hasmonean and Herodian eras, a particularly tangled stretch of Jewish history . . .[Magness] expresses no firm opinion about whether Josephus is a trustworthy source of information about the siege of Masada – but instead is out to make accessible to the interested layperson not only the broader story of the fortress, but also the turbulent history of the two centuries that preceded the siege . . . Magness’ book is certain to be the ‘go to’ work about Masada for a long time to come."---David Rodman, Israel Affairs"This is a special book. . . . Masada is discussed from various angles in an enjoyable way."---Jan Willem van Henten, Journal for the Study of Judaism"Magness in her distinctive way has given us a wonderful presentation to supplement the huge literature on the archaeology of Masada. Her book is a perfect read for undergraduates, continuing education students, and the general reader."---Eric M. Meyers, Dead Sea Discoveries"The best single volume for understanding [Masada’s] remains in the context of both the first Jewish Revolt and the modern myth."---Michael Press, Palestine Exploration Quarterly
£22.50
Princeton University Press The House of Augustus
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[The House of Augustus] offers a learned, exciting and convincing demolition of the standard modern view of the ancient Palatine, and of the living arrangements of Rome’s first emperor."---Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement"The House of Augustus is a book of outstanding scholarship and independent but well-judged opinions, in which every chapter offers fresh information and insights. It is highly recommended."---Stuart Lyons, Classics for All"A most splendid book. . . . I am sure that in the future, all writers about Augustus will have to take this book into consideration."---Andrew Selkirk, Current World Archaeology"A highly engaging journey through the history of Rome and the Palatine, and particularly the spectacular career of Augustus . . . . Few historical detective stories could be as enjoyably informative and absorbing as this one."---Diana Bentley, Minerva"[Wiseman] publicly rights the archaeological record. . . . there is no doubt [that The House of Augustus] will challengeand reshape our understanding of the Palatine for a long time to come."---Nandini Pandey, Mnemosyne"[Wiseman] traces brilliantly how, as so often, past scholarly hypotheses slowly crystallized into assumptions that eventually petrified into facts. . . . This is an important book."---James Corke-Webster, Greece and Rome"Wiseman's enjoyable new view of Augustus is carefully built up from the ancient evidence: it is unorthodox, indeed revolutionary."---Oswyn Murray, Balliol College Annual Review"This is however a detective story, as much as historical writing, and Wiseman appears a dogged and unrelenting investigator, seeking the truth and examining above all else the contemporary voices."---Anthony Smart, Classical Journal
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Princeton University Press A Wonder to Behold Craftsmanship and the
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Princeton University Press Olympia
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Longlisted for the Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic League""Despite the site’s significance, the sheer quantity of material from and about Olympia means that producing an overview is a daunting prospect, and there has been a longstanding need for a detailed, up-to-date, English-language overview of the history of Olympia. Barringer’s book admirably fills that need, and will immediately become an essential point of reference"---Paul Christesen, Current World Archaeology"Barringer has done a superb job of sifting through the modern literature and adding her own insights so as to produce a fresh and comprehensive account of the site-history of Olympia, with modern controversies and debates highlighted and summarized. There is much here that will be new to others who, like me, thought they had a general familiarity with the site."---Tony Spawforth, Mediterranean Historical Review"Barringer’s work is both a monument to those who once achieved the extraordinary Olympic honour of being allowed to erect semi-godlike imagery of themselves within the Altis and may well be worthy of such kleos itself."---Dr. John A. Martino, The Journal of Classics Teaching
£31.50
University of British Columbia Press Obedient Autonomy
Book SynopsisIn the west, the idea of autonomy is often associated with a sense of freedom a self-interested state of being unfettered by rules or obligations to others. This original anthropological study explores a type of obedient autonomy that thrives on setbacks, blossoms as more rules are imposed, and flourishes in adversity. Obedient Autonomy analyzes this model, and explains its precepts through examining the specialized and highly organized discipline of archaeology in China.The book follows Chinese students on their journey to becoming full-fledged archaeologists in a bureaucracy-saturated environment. Often required to travel in teams to the countryside, archaeologists are uniquely obliged to overcome divisions among themselves, between themselves and their peasant-workers, and between themselves and bureaucratic officials. This analysis reveals how these interactions provide teachers of archaeology with stories used to foster obedient autonomy in their students. Moreover, it Trade ReviewThe author is pioneering a new field, using politically neutral social anthropology and its theoretical constructs to examine Chinese intellectual life. This approach makes this an important work with no lack of sound observations and it should initiate further enquiry. -- Bruce Gordon Doar * The China Quarterly, Fall 2005 *After extended research in the last nineties, Evasdottire worked out a model, or many patterns of behaviour, of archaeologists, which she illustrates with a great variety of portraits and stories. The result is of the highest interest, and very readable. The book opens new windows to understanding relationships among the Chinese, the ambitions and frustrations of the intellectuals, as well as the personal rewards of hard word and finding one’s proper place in society * Chinese Cross Currents, Summer 2005 *What stands out in this well-written and most interesting book is the lucidity and straightforward approach of its author. From experience gained as the result of intensive fieldwork, Erika Evadottir has become extremely well acquainted with the archaeology of China, and yet she has kept enough distance from her object of study to give us a confident picture of the field based on an analysis of the facts as well as a creative approach to theoretical speculation. That is why this book is not only worth reading by archaeologists interested in China but also an important contribution to research on intellectuals in China and their attitude towards the Chinese state and society. -- Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, East Asian Studies, University of Vienna * China Review International, vol.12, no.2, Fall 2006 *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Autonomy and Autonomies2 The Social Contract3 The Rule of Law4 The Separation of Powers5 Majority Rule6 Interest Groups7 Minority Rights8 The Pursuit of HappinessNotesReferencesIndex
£73.95
Baker Publishing Group - Baker Books Archaeology and the Old Testament
Book SynopsisThis richly illustrated resource offers illuminating archaeological information related to the Old Testament.
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Cornell University Press Pharaohs Workers
Book SynopsisPharaoh's Workers focuses on the archaeological site at Deir el Medina on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor. The workers who prepared the royal tombs and lived there in what has been called "the earliest known artists' colony" left a rich store of...Trade ReviewPharaoh's Workers will appeal to everyone interested in Near Eastern archaeology... An attractive addition to the reading list for undergraduate courses in history, religion, and archaeology. * Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin *This volume provides an excellent introduction to the varied evidence available for the study of the lives of the men and women who built and decorated Ramesside Period royal tombs. * Journal of the American Oriental Society *
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MB - Cornell University Press Pharaohs Workers The Villagers of Deir el Medina
Book SynopsisPharaoh's Workers focuses on the archaeological site at Deir el Medina on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor. The workers who prepared the royal tombs and lived there in what has been called "the earliest known artists' colony" left a rich store of...Trade ReviewPharaoh's Workers will appeal to everyone interested in Near Eastern archaeology... An attractive addition to the reading list for undergraduate courses in history, religion, and archaeology. * Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin *This volume provides an excellent introduction to the varied evidence available for the study of the lives of the men and women who built and decorated Ramesside Period royal tombs. * Journal of the American Oriental Society *
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Stanford University Press Artifact and Assemblage The Prehistoric and Early
Book SynopsisThis volume presents a detailed analysis of the artifacts discovered in the course of a large-scale and intensive regional survey - the Argolid Exploration Project, an environmental and archaeological survey of the Argolid peninsula in southern Greece conducted by Stanford University.Table of ContentsIntroduction Curtis Runnels, Daniel J. Pullen, and Susan Langdon; 1. The pottery of the Neolithic, Early Helladic I, and Early Helladic II periods Daniel J. Pullen; 2. The pottery of the Early Helladic III and Middle Helladic periods Gullog C. Nordquist; 3. The pottery of the Late Helladic period P. A. Mountjoy; 4. The pottery of the early Iron Age and Geometric periods Susan Langdon; 5. The Lithic artifacts: flaked stone and other nonflaked Lithics P. Nick Kardulias, and Curtis Runnels; Conclusions Curtis Runnels, Daniel J. Pullen, and Susan Langdon.
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University of Pennsylvania Press Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle Kingdom
Book SynopsisWith detailed illustrations and archival images, Egyptologist Wolfram Grajetzki describes and compares the opulent tombs of eminent and royal women from the late Middle Kingdom, shedding new light on how the gendered and social identities of these women were viewed in the court and preserved in the grave.Trade Review"A wonderful work. . . . Wolfram Grajetzki provides a fascinating glimpse of female burials and funerary culture of the late Middle Kingdom." * Danijela Stefanovi, University of Belgrade *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Court Type Burials Chapter 2. Other Burials of Women Chapter 3. Types of Jewelry in Late Middle Kingdom Burials Chapter 4. The Development of Egyptian Burial Customs Chapter 5. The King and the Women Buried Around Him Appendix. The Royal Women of the Twelfth Dynasty Chronology Notes Egyptian Tombs and Excavation Reports Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press Murujuga
Book SynopsisA fascinating case study of the archaeological site at Murujuga, AustraliaLocated in the Dampier Archipelago of Western Australia, Murujuga is the single largest archaeological site in the world. It contains an estimated one million petroglyphs, or rock art motifs, produced by the Indigenous Australians who have historically inhabited the archipelago. To date, there has been no comprehensive survey of the site's petroglyphs or those who created them. Since the 1960s, regional mining interests have caused significant damage to this site, destroying an estimated 5 to 25 percent of the petroglyphs in Murujuga. Today, Murujuga holds the unenviable status of being one of the most endangered archaeological sites in the world. Jose Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona provides a full postcolonial analysis of Murujuga as well as a geographic and archaeological overview of the site, its ethnohistory, and its considerable significance to Indigenous groups, before examining the colonial mistreatment of MTrade Review"It is hoped that this scholarly and extremely detailed publication will assist in providing the necessary research impetus and evidence to demand a review of the existing legislative framework of the WA Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 and its administrative processes . . . Hopefully the book can assist in preventing future landscape iconoclasm and be used as a scholarly reference and factual record of this significant but under protected part of our important cultural heritage of international significance. It is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the importance of this remote area of Australia, and a passionate plea for more effective strategies to conserve and protect its significant heritage values." * Historic Environment *"In his deep and valuable analysis of the destruction of Murujuga petroglyphs and landscapes, José Antonio González Zarandona helps us better understand a cultural catastrophe and, hopefully, prevent future landscape iconoclasm." * Jean Clottes, author of World Rock Art *"In this outstanding book, José Antonio González Zarandona argues persuasively that the categorization of Murujuga art as 'heritage' has marginalized contemporary Aboriginal perspectives and that the damage done to rock art imagery, sites, and landscapes adversely impacts indigenous well-being. This harsh critique is an impassioned call for the development of new strategies to conserve culturally significant places across Australia and the world." * Paul S.C. Taçon, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia *Table of ContentsForeword by Michel Lorblanchet List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I. MURUJUGA Chapter 1. Situating Murujuga Chapter 2. Murujuga and Its Meanings PART II. FROM THE COLONIAL GAZE TO THE ACADEMIC APPRECIATION OF ROCK ART Chapter 3. The Colonial Gaze Chapter 4. Rude Aesthetics Chapter 5. The Colonization of the Landscape PART III. ICONOCLASM, LANDSCAPE, AND HERITAGE Chapter 6. The Destruction of Landscape in Murujuga Chapter 7. The Making of Heritage PART IV. A THEROY OF LANDSCAPE ICONOCLASM Chapter 8. Landscape Iconoclasm Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Crossroads And Cosmologies Diasporas and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A useful review of the existence and variety of symbols derived from African religions as found in New World settings.... Also offers some provocative insights into the theory of cultural mixture within African-descended peoples." - Journal of Anthropological Research"
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Bioarchaeology and Identity in the Americas
Book SynopsisPresents an important shift in the interpretation of skeletal remains in the Americas. This title aims to demonstrate how bioarchaeologists can uniquely contribute to our understanding of the formation, representation, and repercussions of identity. It highlights the importance of skeletal evidence in helping us better understand our past.Trade ReviewExtends discussions of identity beyond the social meaning of age, sex, and social role to larger issues of group identity and ethnogenesis. The integration of biological and mortuary data results in new approaches to the construction of social identity."--Dale L. Hutchinson, University of North Carolina"Represents an important shift in the interpretation of skeletal remains in the Americas and is therefore highly significant. Also of interest to other social scientists investigating the biological and social nature of identity and embodiment, as well as to scholars whose geographical area of expertise lies outside the Americas."--Rebecca Gowland, Durham University
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Mesoamerican Figurines Smallscale Indices of
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Life and Death on the Nile
Book SynopsisA monumental synthesis of a half century of research, this book investigates three communities from the ancient Nubian civilization of the Nile River Valley. Excavations in this region first inspired the ""biocultural approach"" to human biology now used by anthropologists worldwide, and Life and Death on the Nile exemplifies the very best of this perspective.
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida French Colonial Archaeology in the Southeast and
Book SynopsisBrings together archaeological research on French colonial sites from Maryland, South Carolina, the Gulf Coast and Lower Mississippi Valley, the Caribbean, and French Guiana to explore the nature of French colonization. Specific contributions explore foodways, ceramics, plantations, architecture, and colonial interactions with Africans and Native Americans.
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia I Too am America Archaeological Studies of AfricanAmerican Life
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays reflects the broad spectrum of scholarship arising from an expanded definition of African-American archaeology, treating such issues as the analysis and representation of cultural identity, cultural interaction and change, and the sociopolitics of archaeological practice.
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University of Arizona Press Emil W.Haurys Prehistory of the American Southwest
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University of Arizona Press The Ancient Andean Village Marcaya in Prehispanic Nasca
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University of Arizona Press The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona
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University of Arizona Press Ruins and Rivals The Making of Southwest
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University of Arizona Press Anthropologies of Guayana
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The University of Alabama Press The Cahokia Mounds
Book SynopsisThis is a report of archaeological investigations conducted at Cahokia from 1921 to 1927 by Warren Moorehead, who confirmed that the mounds were built by indigenous people and who worked to assure preservation of the site. It includes his 1929 report along with portions of two preliminary reports.
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The University of Alabama Press Method and Theory in American Archaeology
Book SynopsisThis is a facsimile reprint of a 1958 title. It outlines the state of American archaeology at that time. It suggests that little interpretation was taking in place in American Archaeology, and offered an analytical perspective.Trade ReviewThis newly edited edition will give the large number of new millennium archaeologists a chance to read and own a pivotal work in American archaeological theory. - Stephen Williams Harvard University
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University of Alabama Press New Perspectives on the Origins of Americanist Archaeology
Book SynopsisIn this text, based on a symposium presented at the 1998 meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, experienced scholars take a retrospective look at the developing routes that have brought American archaeologists into the 21st century.Trade ReviewThis is a unique collection of original, in-depth archival/manuscript research that is chock-full of new insights and information about the origins of American archaeology. More than providing substance, this inspirational volume sets the standard and provides the model for archaeologists interested in pursuing similar studies into the poorly lit corners of our discipline's past. - James Stoltman University of Wisconsin
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The University of Alabama Press The Woodland Southeast
Book SynopsisThe Woodland Period (ca 1200BC to AD1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research since the late 1970s. Researchers learned that the peoples of the Southeast experienced increasing sedentism and population growth. This work covers research themes in this area.Trade Review1000 B.C.-A.D. 1000, the proverbial vacuum that Native and Southeastern archaeologists abhor? Well, no more! This volume provides wide ranging, up-to-date, and authoritative coverage of an important period in southeastern prehistory that, until now, has not received the emphasis it deserves. - James Stoltman University of Wisconsin
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The University of Alabama Press WCMcKern and the Midwestern Taxonomic Method
Book SynopsisThis volume explains the deep influence of biological methods and theories on the practice of Americanist archaeology by exploring W.C. McKern's use of Linnaean taxonomy as the model for development of a pottery classification system.
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The University of Alabama Press Crafting Prehispanic Maya Kinship
Book SynopsisBy contextualising classes and their kinship behavior within the overall political economy, Crafting Prehispanic Maya Kinship provides an example of how archaeology can help to explain the formation of disparate classes and kinship patterns within an ancient state-level society.
£26.96
The University of Alabama Press Megadrought in the Carolinas The Archaeology of
Book SynopsisConsiders the Native American abandonment of the South Carolina coast. In Megadrought in the Carolinas, John Cable demonstrates through the application of innovative ceramic analysis that a fifteenth-century abandonment event took place across an area of some 34.5 million acres centered on the South Carolina coast.Trade ReviewQuestions concerning regional abandonment and migration of agricultural societies loom large throughout all of North America. Cable has provided the first book-length topic on this issue as it applies to anywhere in eastern North America, and it will clearly set the tone for future efforts along these lines in the Southeast." - Charles R. Cobb, author of From Quarry to Cornfield: The Political Economy of Mississippian Hoe ProductionTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Central South Carolina Coast: At the Margins of South Appalachian Mississippian Interaction 2. A Model of Ceramic Change for the Eastern Wing of South Appalachian Mississippian 3. The Fifteenth-Century Depopulation of the Central South Carolina Coast 4. The Cultural and Natural Geography of Megadrought 5. Regions of the Greater Desert of Ocute 6. Migration to the Ring of Drought Resilience 7. Drought-Related Indigenous Disease Epidemics 8. The Broader Implications of Late Prehistoric Societal Collapse and Transformation in the Southern Latitudes of the United States during an Age of Global Warming References Index
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The University of Alabama Press Las Varas Ritual and Ethnicity in the Ancient
Book SynopsisReveals a rare case of finding ethnicity by relying solely on archaeological remains. Howard Tsai analyses data from the excavation of Las Varas within a theoretical framework based on current understandings of ethnicity, and demonstrates the potential for archaeologists to discover how ethnic identities were constructed in the past.Trade ReviewArchaeologists and anthropologists have been interested in ethnicity for many years. Las Varas is a welcome addition to this literature, offering a unique study of relationships between different ethnic groups in the chaupiyunga zone." - Christina Conlee, author of Beyond the Nasca Lines: Ancient Life at La Tiza in the Peruvian Desert
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The University of Alabama Press Signs of Power The Rise of Cultural Complexity in the Southeast
Book SynopsisBy focusing on the first instances of mound building, pottery making, fancy polished stone and bone, as well as specialized chipped stone, artefacts, and their widespread exchange, this book explores the sources of power and organization among Archaic societies.Trade ReviewThis volume aptly Illustrates the very complex nature of Archaic societies that constructed the earliest earthworks in the New World and sets their activities in the broader context of their times. - John Kelly, Washington University at St. Louis
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The University of Alabama Press The MoundBuilders Classics in Southeastern Archaeology
Book SynopsisIn this title, Henry Clyde Shetrone made available to general readers the archaeological research data and conclusions concerning the ancient mounds and earthworks that dot the landscape of eastern North America. He explained that their purposes were defensive and ceremonial, that they had been used for habitation, burial, and worship.
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The University of Alabama Press The RockArt of Eastern North America Capturing
Book SynopsisRock-art provides a record of human activity and ideology at particular sites. This text brings together 20 papers from research at sites in eastern North America. Discussions include the history, ethnography, recording methods, dating, and analysis of the subject sites and integrate these with the known archaeological data.Trade ReviewAnyone with an interest in rock-art must own this book! - F. Kent Reilly III, Southwest Texas State University
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The University of Alabama Press Plains Earthlodges
Book SynopsisThis collection of papers provides a comprehensive gathering of the current research into earthlodges in a variety of Plains Indian cultures - Mandan, Hidatsa, Cheyenne, Oglala Sioux - in the territory of the upper Missouri River and its tributaries.Trade ReviewAn excellent body of work that will serve as an important reference for many years. - George H. Odell, University of Tulsa
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The University of Alabama Press San Jacinto 1 A Historical Ecological Approach to an Archaic Site in Colombia
Book SynopsisThis volume presents the data gathered and the interpretations made during excavation and analysis of the San Jacinto 1 site. By examining the social activities of a human population in a highly seasonal environment, it adds to our contemporary understanding of the historical ecology of the tropics.Trade ReviewAn outstanding summary of the important San Jacinto site.... Few sites in the Americas offer this kind of window into early human complexity....The authors have written a remarkable synthesis of the ecological and behavioral issues surrounding early pottery making and intensive plant manipulation in the lowland tropics of Colombia. Geographers, anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, Latin Americanists, and archaeologists will find this an essential source of information on a key region of early South American civilization. - Tom D. Dillehay, Vanderbilt University
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The University of Alabama Press Woodland Period Systematics in the Middle Ohio Valley
Book SynopsisProvides a vocabulary for defining the cultural manifestation of the term Woodland. This volume represents an important step toward establishing terminology and taxa that are appropriate to interpreting cultural diversity in the region. It addresses the issues in the context of the Middle Ohio Valley Woodland Period research.
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University of Alabama Press Prehistoric America Classics in Southeastern Archaeology
Book SynopsisWith the settling of the New World, word spread throughout Europe of the native inhabitants, their artifacts, communities, and culture. This book addresses the antiquity of humans in the New World, drawing upon the scientific data compiled on the inhabitants and their cultures.
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The University of Alabama Press Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Chronology Content Context Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication Paperback
Book SynopsisOne of the most venerable concepts in Southeastern archaeology is that of the Southern Cult. The last comprehensive study of the melding of these concepts into the term Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (SECC) is quite old. This work presents data on the temporal and social contexts, artistic styles, and symbolic themes included in the complex.
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The University of Alabama Press thenatureofanancientmayacityresourcesinteractionandpoweratblue
Book SynopsisA comprehensive study of a unique Maya site offering the architectural features. This work reveals what daily Maya life was like.Trade ReviewClearly written, substantive, and well-organized, this volume is a summary of the most important aspects of the research and is designed to alert the discipline to the major discoveries and interpretations. - David Freidel, Southern Methodist University
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The University of Alabama Press Reachable Stars Patterns in the Ethnoastronomy of
Book SynopsisModern Westerners say the lights in the sky are stars, but culturally they are whatever we humans say they are. Some say they are Forces that determine human lives, some declare they are burning gaseous masses, and some see them as reminders of a gloried past by which elders can teach the young. This book offers a review of native American myths.Trade ReviewThis book is an absolutely amazing work. The content and organization are wonderful. It shows extensive research, synthesis, impeccable analysis of themes, and thought-provoking discussion throughout. - Carol Diaz-Granados, Research Associate and Lecturer, Washington University, St. Louis
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The University of Alabama Press Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia
Book SynopsisEnslaved Africans and their descendants comprised a significant portion of colonial Virginia populations, with most living on rural slave quarters adjacent to the agricultural fields in which they labored. This book shows how archaeological excavations into these home sites have provided unique windows into their daily lifeways and culture.Trade ReviewThe manuscript is thorough and richly textured in use of ethnohistoric, art history, archaeological, and historical data. This will be a useful and concise source of data. - Amy L. Young, Associate Professor of Anthropology, The University of Southern Mississippi ""This is a well-conducted piece of exciting synthetic research on a topic of interest to many archaeologists. This study features a thorough and sophisticated integration of ethnographic, documentary, and archaeological analyses. This work is an outstanding example of contextual archaeology."" - Laurie A. Wilkie, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
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The University of Alabama Press SunWatch Fort Ancient Development in the Mississippian World
Book SynopsisPresents a model for investigations of the Mississippian dimensions of Fort Ancient societies. This work focuses on the development of village social structure within a broad geographic and temporal framework, recognizing border areas as particularly dynamic contexts of social change.Trade ReviewThe book presents new data and new types of analyses for the SunWatch site, and does have the potential to contribute to the literature. This is particularly true since very few books dealing with the Fort Ancient archaeological tradition have been published in recent years. - Penelope B. Drooker, author of Mississippian Village Textiles as Wickliffe ""Cook presents some interesting ideas regarding Fort Ancient society and the consequences of interaction between Fort Ancient societies and Mississippian societies."" - John Scarry, author of Political Structure and Change in the Prehistoric Southeastern United States
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The University of Alabama Press Speaking with the Ancestors Mississippian Stone Statuary of the TennesseeCumberland Region Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication
Book SynopsisCompiling the data from early documents and public and private collections, this title remind us that the statuary should not be viewed in isolation, but rather as regional expressions of a much broader body of art, ritual, and belief. It also includes examples of southeastern Mississippian stone statuary, dating as far back as 1,000 years ago.
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The University of Alabama Press PreColumbian Jamaica Caribbean Archaeology and
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