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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Medieval Horse and its Equipment, c.1150-1450
Book SynopsisOver 400 recent finds associated with horses and excavated in London, from the utilitarian to the highly decorated, illustrated and discussed. Whether knight's charger or beast of burden, horses played a vital role in medieval life. The wealth of medieval finds excavated in London in recent years has, not surprisingly, included many objects associated with horses. This catalogue illustrates and discusses over four hundred such objects, among them harness, horseshoes, spurs and curry combs, from the utilitarian to highly decorative pieces. London served by horse traffic comes vividly in view. The introductory chapter draws on historical as well as archaeological sources to consider the role of the horse in medieval London. It looks at the price of horses and the costs of maintaining them, the hiring of 'hackneys' forriding, the use of carts in and around London, and the work of the 'marshal' or farrier. It discusses the evidence for the size of medieval horses and includes a survey of finds of medieval horse skeletons from London. It answersthe key questions, how large a 'Great Horse' was, and why it took three horses to pull a cart. This is a basic work of reference for archaeologists and those studying medieval artefacts, and absorbing reading for everyone interested in the history of the horse and its use by humankind. JOHN CLARK is Curator (Medieval) at the Museum of London.Trade ReviewA fascinating book. This is a basic work of reference for archaeologists and those studying medieval artefacts. * TREASURE HUNTING *Provides a thorough insight into the horse, its work and the people who depended on it in the city of London. * THE RICARDIAN *This volume provides many paths into the intricate history of the medieval world. Such a book, focused on the object, reminds us of the evocative power of certain otherwise-humble finds. ... A worthy reference book, one which in its presentation of both commonplace and unusual objects increases our knowledge of the physical reality in which the medieval individual lived. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *A very highly recommended book that should be a required reading for living history or equestrian followers everywhere. * WWW.RANDLESREVIEWS.CO.UK *
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Archetype Publications Ltd Metals and Mines: Studies in Archaeometallurgy
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Wordwell Swords Castle: Digging History
Book SynopsisSwords Castle is not a castle in the accepted sense of the term but rather the best remaining upstanding example of a medieval episcopal palace in Ireland. Attributed to the first Anglo-Norman archbishop of Dublin, John Comyn, it was founded in the later twelfth century as the administrative center of an extremely wealthy manor.Swords, which is c. 15km north of Dublin, is the county town of Fingal. This publication describes the results of the three seasons of archaeological excavation carried out at the castle as part of the Swords Castle: Digging History?Fingal Community Excavation Project 2015?2017, which was designed to address recently identified research and knowledge gaps.The book provides a comprehensive account of the fascinating history of the castle and the detailed archaeological excavations at the site.
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ANU Press Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago
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Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000-250
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2009 Society for American Archaeology Book Award Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius is based on the most up-to-date archaeological discoveries. It introduces new data, as well as new ways to think about them - modes of analysis that, while familiar to archaeological practitioners in the West and in Japan, are herein applied to evidence from the Chinese Bronze Age for the first time. The treatment of social stratification, clan and lineage organisation, as well as gender and ethnic differences will be of interest to those involved in the general or comparative analysis of grand themes in the Social Sciences.
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Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department André Leroi–Gourhan on Technology, Evolution, an
Book SynopsisA selection of Leroi-Gourhan’s most important texts—many translated into English for the first time. André Leroi-Gourhan is undoubtedly one of the most acclaimed figures of twentieth-century anthropology and archaeology. In France, his intellectual importance rivals that of the Claude Lévi-Strauss, yet Leroi-Gourhan’s major contributions are almost entirely unknown in the Anglophone world. This collection seeks to change that. This selection highlights some of his chief influences, such as elaborating a theory of technology, which argues that material culture focuses on the object in use and how use is a dynamic feature that has specific consequences for human evolution and human society. With serious ramifications for our understanding of material culture, putting Leroi-Gourhan’s thinking about technology into English will have an immediate and transformative impact on material culture studies.
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Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department Cultural Histories of the Material World
Book SynopsisBringing together the work of over twenty international scholars from various disciplines, Cultural Histories of the Material World provides a substantial collection of works that explore materiality and material culture from a historical perspective. These scholars represent some of the most innovative voices in their respective fields, using historiographical lens to chronicle how the field of material culture has operated between multiple disciplines and has grown to prominence in the last two decades, both inside and beyond the academy. Essential reading for the study of material culture and including writing by Bill Brown, Nancy Troy, Horst Bredekamp, Ja&sacute Elsner, and Pamela H. Smith, this book builds on the recent proliferation of works that address materiality and offers unified collection of key perspectives on the material turn across the humanities.
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Sea Raven Press Britannia Rules: Goddess-Worship in Ancient
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Sun Dogs Creations Glimpses of Germany: From Bavaria to Berlin
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Lockwood Press Roman Sculpture in Context
Book SynopsisThis volume tackles a pressing issue in Roman art history: that many sculptures conventionally used in our scholarship and teaching lack adequate information about their find locations. Questions of context are complex, and any theoretical and methodological reframing of Roman sculpture demands academic transparency. This volume is dedicated to privileging content and context over traditions of style and aesthetics. Through case studies, the chapters illustrate multivariate ways to contextualize ancient objects. The authors encourage Roman art historians to look beyond conventional interpretations; to reclaim from the study of Greek sculpture the Roman originals that are too often relegated to discussions of "copies" and "models"; to consider the multiple, dynamic, and shifting contexts that one sculpture could experience over the centuries of its display; and to recognize that post-antique receptions can also offer insight into interpretations of ancient viewers. The collected topics were originally presented in three conference sessions: "Grounding Roman Sculpture" (Archaeological Institute of America, 2019); "Ancient Sculpture in Context" (College Art Association, 2017); and "Ancient Sculpture in Context II: Reception" (College Art Association, 2019).Table of Contents1 Introduction Anne Hrychuk Kontokosta and Peter D. De Staebler 2 The Statues on the Propylon of the Sebasteion Complex at Aphrodisias: "Grounding" and the Interpretation of Archaeological Context Julia Lenaghan 3 Grounding the Ny Carlsberg Vespasian: Analysis and Alternatives Steven L. Tuck 4 The Bronze Captive in the Rhone River and Roman Art History Kimberly Cassibry 5 The Sleeping Hermaphrodite: Reception and Interpretation in Three Eras Elizabeth McGowan 6 The "Lansdowne Homer": A Neo-Attic Relief Depicting the Seer Calchas Grounded in Ancient and Modern Collections Kenneth Lapatin 7 Provenance, Historic Restorations, and the "Perseus Triumphant" Statue Type: An Overlooked Group of Heroic Hunter Portrait Statues from Imperial Rome Mark B. Abbe 8 Investigating the Ungrounded: The Paired Portrait Busts of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna in the Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University Julie Van Voorhis and Mark B. Abbe 9 The Farnese Hercules and Hercules within Roman Baths Maryl B. Gensheimer 10 Body/Culture: Display and Reception of the Farnese Hercules Marice Rose 11 Roman Sarcophagi in Context from the Catacomb of Praetextatus Sarah Madole Lewis 12 Lions at the Door: Ancient Context, Reuse, and Recreation on Italian Romanesque Facades Steve Burges 13 Eros and the Army (Constantinople and Context) Benjamin Anderson 14 Virtual Context for Roman Sculpture Sebastian Heath 15 Further Reflections on Groundedness Elizabeth Marlowe Contributors
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Our Communities Our Children Publishing LLC Kheru Nefer: Beautiful Night (Kings and Queens)
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Ametsa Memoirs of a Mansion
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Children of Spring Street: The Bioarchaeology of Childhood in a 19th Century Abolitionist Congregation
Book SynopsisThis book examines how the shifts in the early 19th century in New York City affected children in particular. Indeed, one could argue that within this context, that “children” and “childhood” came into being. In order to explore this, the skeletal remains of the children buried at the small, local, yet politically radical Spring Street Presbyterian Church are detailed. Population level analyses are combined with individual biological profiles from sorted burials and individual stories combed from burial records and archival data. What emerges are life histories of children—of infants, toddlers, younger children, older children, and adolescents—during this time of transition in New York City. When combined with historical data, these life histories, for instance, tell us about what it was like to grow up in this changing time in New York CityTable of Contents1: Introduction.- 2: Sketch of a City.- 3: Hearth and Home: Infants, Birth through 1.5 Years of Age.- 4: Exposures: Toddlers and Younger Children, 1.5-4.5 Years of Age.- 5: Restless Youth: Older Children, 4.5-9.5 Years of Age.- 6: Transitioning: 9.5-14.5 Years of Age.- 7: Deconstructing Childhood.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Reading Prehistoric Human Tracks: Methods & Material
Book SynopsisThis Open Access book explains that after long periods of prehistoric research in which the importance of the archaeological as well as the natural context of rock art has been constantly underestimated, research has now begun to take this context into focus for documentation, analysis, interpretation and understanding. Human footprints are prominent among the long-time under-researched features of the context in caves with rock art. In order to compensate for this neglect an innovative research program has been established several years ago that focuses on the merging of indigenous knowledge and western archaeological science for the benefit of both sides.The book gathers first the methodological diversity in the analysis of human tracks. Here major representatives of anthropological, statistical and traditional approaches feature the multi-layered methods available for the analysis of human tracks. Second it compiles case studies from around the globe of prehistoric human tracks. For the first time, the most important sites which have been found worldwide are published in a single publication. The third focus of this book is on firsthand experiences of researchers with indigenous tracking experts from around the globe, expounding on how archaeological sciencecan benefit from the ancestral knowledge. This book will be of interest to professional archaeologists, graduate students, ecologists, cultural anthropologists and laypeople, especially those focussing on hunting-gathering and pastoralist communities and who appreciate indigenous knowledge.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction (Andreas Pastoors and Tilman Lenssen-Erz).- Part I: Methodological Diversity in the Analysis of Human Tracks.- Chapter 2. Inferences from Footprints: Archaeological Best-Practice (Matthew R. Bennett and Sally C. Reynolds).- Chapter 3. Repetition without Repetition: A comparison of the Laetoli G1, Ileret, Namibian Holocene and Modern Human footprints using Pedobarographic Statistical Parametric Mapping (Juliet McClymont and Robin H. Crompton).- Chapter 4. Reproduce to Understand: Experimental Approach based on Footprints in Cussac Cave (Southwestern France) (Lysianna Ledoux, Gilles Berillon, Nathalie Fourment and Jacques Jaubert).- Chapter 5. Experimental Re-Creation of the Depositional Context in which Late Pleistocene Tracks were found on the Pacific Coast of Canada (Duncan McLaren, Quentin Mackie and Daryl Fedje).- Chapter 6. Reading Spoor: Epistemic Aspects of Indigenous Knowledge and its Implications for the Archaeology of Prehistoric Human Tracks (Tilman Lenssen-Erz and Andreas Pastoors).- Part II: Case Studies from Around the Globe.- Chapter 7. Perspectives on Pliocene and Pleistocene Pedal Patterns and Protection: Implications for Footprints (Erik Trinkaus, Tea Jashashvili and Biren Patel).- Chapter 8. Frozen in the Ashes: The 3.66-million-year-old Hominin Footprints from Laetoli, Tanzania (Marco Cherin, Angelo Barili, Giovanni Boschian, Elgidius B. Ichumbaki, Dawid A. Iurino, Fidelis T. Masao, Sofia Menconero, Jacopo Moggi Cecchi, Susanna Sarmati, Nicola Santopuoli and Giorgio Manzi).- Chapter 9. Steps from History: The Happisburgh Footprints and their Connections with the Past (Nick Ashton).- Chapter 10. Reconsideration of the Antiquity of the Middle Palaeolithic Footprints from Theopetra Cave (Thessaly, Greece) (Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika and Sotiris K. Manolis).- Chapter 11. On the Tracks of Neandertals: The Ichnological Assemblage from Le Rozel (Normandy, France) (Jérémy Duveau, Gilles Berillon, Christine Verna, Gilles Laisné and Dominique Cliquet).- Chapter 12. Hominin Footprints in Caves from Romanian Carpathians (Bogdan P. Onac, Daniel S. Veres and Chris Stringer).- Chapter 13. Episodes of Magdalenian Hunter-Gatherers in the Upper Gallery of Tuc d'Audoubert (Ariège, France) (Andreas Pastoors, Tilman Lenssen-Erz, Tsamgao Ciqae, /Ui Kxunta, Thui Thao, Robert Bégouën and Thorsten Uthmeier).- Chapter 14. Following the Father Steps in the Bowels of the Earth: The Ichnological Record from the Bàsura Cave (Upper Palaeolithic, Italy) (Marco Avanzini, Isabella Salvador, Elisabetta Starnini, Daniele Arobba, Rosanna Caramiello, Marco Romano, Paolo Citton, Ivano Rellini, Marco Firpo, Marta Zunino and Fabio Negrino).- Chapter 15. Prehistoric Speleological Exploration in the Cave of Aldène in Cesseras (Hérault, France): Human Footprint Paths and Lighting Management (Philippe Galant, Paul Ambert (†) and Albert Colomer (†)).- Chapter 16. The Mesolithic Footprints retained in one Bed of the Former Saltmarshes at Formby Point, Sefton Coast, North-West England (Alison Burns).- Chapter 17. Prehistoric Human Tracks in Ojo Guareña Cave System (Burgos, Spain): The Sala and Galerías de las Huellas (Ana I. Ortega, Francisco Ruiz, Miguel A. Martín, Alfonso Benito-Calvo, Luis Bermejo and Theodoros Karampaglidis).- Part III: Experiences with Indigenous Experts.- Chapter 18. Tracking with Batek Hunter-Gatherers of Malaysia (Lye Tuck-Po).- Chapter 19. Identify, Search and Monitor by Tracks: Elements of Analysis of Pastoral Know-How in Saharan-Sahelian Societies (Laurent Gagnol).- Chapter 20. Trackers' Consensual Talk: Precise Data for Archaeology (Megan Biesele).- Chapter 21. An Echo from a Footprint: A Step too Far (Steve Webb).- Chapter 22. Walking Together: Ways of Collaboration in Western-Indigenous Research on Footprints (Hannah Zwischenberger).
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Food, Social Change and Identity
Book SynopsisUnlike food publications that have been more organized along regional or disciplinary lines, this edited volume is distinctive in that it brings together anthropologists, archaeologists, area study specialists, linguists and food policy administrators to explore the following questions: What kinds of changes in food and foodways are happening? What triggers change and how are the changes impacting identity politics? In terms of scope and organization, this book offers a vast historical extent ranging from the 5th mill BCE to the present day. In addition, it presents case studies from across the world, including Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and America. Finally, this collection of essays presents diverse perspectives and differing methodologies. It is an accessible introduction to the study of food, social change and identity.Table of ContentsChapter 1:Introduction: Food, Social Change and Identity by Cynthia Chou and Susanne KernerChapter 2: Ingesting the Contemporary: Food and Angst by Mandy ThomasChapter 3: Fish, Identity and Social Change by Richard WilkChapter 4: The Social Life of Food by Tamara BrayChapter 5: Prejudice, Assimilation and Profit: The Peculiar History of Italian Cookery in the United States by Anthony BucciniChapter 6: Narratives on an Independent Cuisine: Catalan Food as Identity in the Contemporary Independence Movement by Venetia JohannesChapter 7: The Danish Meal Partnership: A Shortcut to a Healthier Diet by Claus Egeris Chapter 8: Food and Identity in the 5th mill BCE by Susanne KernerChapter 9: In Search of Authenticity: Roti John and the Banana Pancake Trail by Cynthia Chou and Martin Platt
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Ancient Textile Production from an
Book SynopsisThe diverse developments in textile research of the last decade, along with the increased recognition of the importance of textile studies in adjacent fields, now merit a dedicated, full-length publication entitled “Ancient Textile Production from an Interdisciplinary Perspective: Humanities and Natural Sciences Interwoven for our Understanding of Textiles”. With this volume, the authors and the editors wish to illustrate to the current impact of textile archaeology on the scholarly perception of the past (not limited to archaeology alone). The volume presents new insights into the consumption, meaning, use and re-use of textiles and dyes, all of which are topics of growing importance in textile research. As indicated by the title, we demonstrate the continued importance of interdisciplinarity by showcasing several ‘interwoven’ approaches to environmental and archaeological remains, textual and iconographic sources, archaeological experiments and ethnographic data, from a large area covering Europe and the Mediterranean, Near East, Africa and Asia. The chronological span is deliberately wide, including materials dating from c. 6th millennium BCE to c. mid-14th century CE. The volume is organised in four parts that aim to reflect the main areas of the textile research in 2020. After the two introductory chapters (Part I: About this Volume and Textile Research in 2020), follow two chapters referring to dyes and dyeing technology in which analytical and material-based studies are linked to contextual sources (Part II: Interdisciplinarity of Colour: Dye Analyses and Dyeing Technologies). The six chapters of Part III: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Textile Tools discuss textiles and textile production starting from the analyses of tools, whether functional or as representative of technological developments or user identity. Archaeological and cultural contexts as well as textile traditions are the main topics of the six chapters in Part IV: Traditions and Contexts: Fibres, Fabrics, Techniques, Uses and Meanings. The two final chapters in Part V: Digital Tools refer to the use of digital tools in textile research, presenting two different case studies. Table of Contents List of contributors.- Part I: About this volume and textile research in 2020.- Chapter 1. Introduction (Agata Ulanowska, Karina Grömer, Ina Vanden Berghe and Magdalena Öhrman).- Chapter 2. Old Textiles – New Possibilities. Ten Years on (Eva Andersson Strand, Ulla Mannering and Marie-Louise Nosch).- Part II: Interdisciplinarity of Colour: Dye analyses and dyeing technologies.- Chapter 3. Monobromoindigo: The Singular Chromatic Biomarker for the Identification of the Malacological Provenance of Archaeological Purple Pigments from Hexaplex Trunculus Species (Zvi C. Koren).- Chapter 4. Sasanid Dyes from Ancient Persia – Case Study Chehrābād in Northern Iran (Ina Vanden Berghe and Karina Grömer).- Part III: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Textile Tools.- Chapter 5. Textile Production in Some Early Neolithic Settlements in North Macedonia (Zlata Blažeska and Jasemin Nazim).- Chapter 6. Tradition versus Innovation? Horizontal (Ground-) and Vertical (Warp-weighted) Looms at Koukonisi, Lemnos (Tina Boloti).- Chapter 7. Weaving Traditions in Archaic Sicily: The Case Study of Portella Sant’Anna (Gabriella Longhitano).- Chapter 8. Visible Tools, Invisible Craft: An Analysis of Textile Tools across the Iron Age South Coast of Britain (Lewis Ferrero).- Chapter 9. Combing the Data: Re-evaluating ‘Weaving’ Combs in the Textile Production Sequence During the British Iron Age (Jennifer Beamer).- Chapter 10. From Use Wear to User: Working with Literary Sources on Worn Textile Tools (Magdalena Öhrman).- Part IV: Traditions and Contexts: Fibres, Fabrics, Techniques, Uses and Meanings.- Chapter 11. Lime Bast Winning: Know-How, Labour Input and Quantity Needed for the Production of Two Selected Neolithic Finds (Sabine Karg).- Chapter 12. Food for Thought or Threads for Weaving: Can we Identify the Uses for Ancient Flaxseeds Discovered in the Southern Levant? (Deborah Cassuto, Andrea Orendi and Itzhaq Shai).- Chapter 13. The Relationship between Textile Remains in a Hoard of Alexander II Zabinas Coins and Loom Weights Discovered at Hellenistic Tell Iẓṭabba (Beth She’an, Nysa-Scythopolis), Israel (Orit Shamir, Achim Lichtenberger and Oren Tal).- Chapter 14. Unravelling the Threads of the Nubian Openworks. New Inquiries on a Unique Textile Tradition from Meroitic Sudan (c. 350 BCE–350 CE) (Elsa Yvanez and Ulrikka Mokdad).- Chapter 15. Interdisciplinary Methods and New Perspectives on Inscribed Textiles: A Case Study of Christian ‘Tiraz’ (Julia L. Galliker and Helga Rösel-Mautendorfer).- Chapter 16. Weaving Experiments with the Rigid Heddle: Woven-in Metal Spirals from Siksälä and ‘Auleja’ technique (Ronja Lau).- Part V: Digital Tools.- Chapter 17. Investigating Relations between Textile Production and Seals and Sealing Practices in Bronze Age Greece: A Presentation of the New “Textile and Seals” Project Database (Agata Ulanowska).- Chapter 18. 3D Visualization of the 2400-Year-Old Garments of Salt Man 4 from Chehrābād, Iran (Aleksei Moskvin, Karina Grömer, Mariia Moskvina, Victor Kuzmichev, Abolfazl Aali and Thomas Stöllner).
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Ancient Textile Production from an Interdisciplinary Perspective: Humanities and Natural Sciences Interwoven for our Understanding of Textiles
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Springer International Publishing AG Human Paleontology and Prehistory: Contributions
Book SynopsisThe aim of the book is to present original and though-provoking essays in human paleontology and prehistory, which are at the forefront of human evolutionary research, in honor of Professor Yoel Rak (a leading scholar in paleoanthropology). The volume presents a collection of original papers contributed by many of Yoel's friends and colleagues from all over the globe. Contributions from experts around the globe fall roughly into three broad categories: Reflections on some of the broad theoretical questions of evolution, and especially about human evolution; the early hominins, with special emphasis on Australopithecus afarensis and Paranthropus; and the Neanderthals, that contentious group of our closest extinct relatives. Within and across these categories, nearly every paper addresses combinations of methodological, analytical and theoretical questions that are pertinent to the whole human evolutionary time span. This book will appeal most to scholars and advanced students in paleoanthropology, human paleontology and prehistoric archaeology.Table of Contents1 Why Was Human Evolution So Rapid.- 2 Wallace's Controversy with Darwin on Man's Mental Evolution, on the Position of the Natives in Human Evolution and his Anticipation of Cultural Evolution, as Distinct from Biological Evolution.- 3 Man’s Place in Past and Future Evolution: A Historical Survey of Remarkable Ideas.- 4 The Paleoecology of the Upper Ndolanya Beds, Laetoli, Tanzania, and Its Implications for Hominin Evolution.- 5 The Australopithecine Brain: Controversies Perpetual.- 6 Posture, Locomotion and Bipedality: The Case of the Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri). 7 Canine Height and Jaw Gape in Catarrhines with Reference to Canine Reduction in Early Hominins.-8 Paranthropus: Where Do Things Stand? 9 Feeding Behavior and Diet in Paranthropus Boisei: The Limits of Functional Inferences from the Mandible.- 10 Aspects of Mandibular Ontogeny in Australopithecus afarensis.- 11 Middle Pleistocene Homo crania from Broken Hill and Petralona: Morphology, Metric Comparisons, and Evolutionary Relationship.-12 Thermoregulation in Homo erectus and Neanderthals: A Reassessment Using a Segmented Model.-13 Behavioral Differences between Near Eastern Neanderthals and the Early Modern Humans from Skhul and Qafzeh: An Assessment Based on Comparative Samples of Holocene Humans.- 14 The Acheulo-Yabrudian – Early Middle Paleolithic Sequence of Misliya Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel.- 15 A 3-D Look at the Tabun C2 Jaw.-16 The Dentition of the Earliest Modern Humans: How ‘Modern’ Are They?.-17 Talking Hyoids and Talking Neanderthals.- 18 3D Reconstruction of the Spinal Posture of the Kebara 2 Neanderthal.- 19 Brother or Other? The Place of Neanderthals in Human Evolution.
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Springer International Publishing AG Under the Sea: Archaeology and Palaeolandscapes of the Continental Shelf
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Springer International Publishing AG Urban Heritage Management: Planning with History
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Hansebooks The Cross in Ritual, Architecture and Art
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Books on Demand Römer am Bodensee: Leben und Alltag vor 1800 Jahren
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Koc University Press Glazed Wares as Cultural Agents in the Byzantine,
Book SynopsisThis volume collects research presented at the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) 2018 international annual symposium. It brings together researchers engaged in the study of the decoration and technology of glazed pottery, ranging from the early Byzantine era to the end of the Ottoman period. Topics explored include pottery production in Constantinople, glazed ceramic production and consumption in medieval Thebes, pottery imports in Algiers during the Turkish Regency, considerations of trading routes and their influences, the relationships between Italy and the Byzantine and Ottoman world through pottery, and more. Table of ContentsNikos Kontogiannis and Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan - IntroductionFiliz Yenisehirlioglu - Moments of Change, Actors and InterpretationYona Waksman - Pottery Production in Constantinople, Istanbul: Recent Excavations and New Issues Regarding the Diffusion of Wares, Styles, and TechniquesNatalia Poulou - Polychrome Ware: The Long Journey of Decorative MotifsMuradiye Öztaskin - Production of Glazed Wares and Their Identity from the Byzantine to Ottoman Periods in AphrodisiasFotini Kondyli - Between Tradition and Experimentation: Glazed Ceramic Production and Consumption in Medieval ThebesJacques Burlot - Cultural, Technological, and Economic Changes in Western Anatolia: Observing the Byzantine-Ottoman Transition (13th–15th Centuries) Through the Spectrum of Glazed TablewaresEva Strothenke - Glazed Pottery of the East in the Doliche Monastery: Considerations on Trading Routes and Their Limits Between the Cilician Taurus and the TigrisGülsu Simsek - On-site XRF Analysis of "Iznik" Tiles at Edirne MosquesLucile Martinet - Colored Glazed Tiles During the Ottoman EraEdna J. Stern - Caught Between Two Worlds: Levantine Alkaline Glazed WareMelanie Gibson -The China Syndrome: A Study of the Origin and Forms of Hatayi Elements in Ottoman Blue-and-White Ceramics, circa 1480–1540Rosalind A. Wade Haddon - ‘Kubachi’ Influences on Iznik Vessels: A Discussion on Dealer Derived Sets of Tiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonSauro Gelichi - Three Stories in the Medieval and Modern Mediterranean Area: the Relationships Between Italy and the Byzantine/Ottoman World Through PotteryHatice Adigüzel - From Inspiration to Imitation: The Ottoman Impact on Italian Pottery ProductionVéronique François - Ottoman Consumption and Transmediterranean Trade: The Pottery Imports in Algiers at the Time of the Turkish Regency (1518–1830)Gülgün Yilmaz - New Inspirations of Kütahya Tiles in the 18th Century
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Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Sherabad Oasis: Tracing Historical Landscape in
Book SynopsisSherabad Oasis: Tracing Historical Landscape in Southern Uzbekistan is the second volume of the series examining the Czech-Uzbek archaeological expedition in southern Uzbekistan. While the first book was devoted to the excavations at the central site of the Sherabad Oasis called Jandavlattepa, this volume analyzes the development of the settlement throughout this oasis based on important new data gained in the recent expedition. The methodology used includes extensive and intensive archaeological surveys, revisions of previously published archaeological data, historical maps, and innovative satellite images. Apart from the dynamics of the settlement of the research area, spanning from prehistoric to modern time, the development of the irrigation systems in the lowland steppe is also assessed. Edited by Ladislav Stančo and Petra Tušlová, this volume continues the significant work of Czech researchers in Uzbekistan, a key Central Asian republic at the crossroads of history and culture.
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JAS Arqueologia Antidecálogo: Diez ensayos (casi) arqueológicos
Book SynopsisEste libro reúne ensayos que buscan pensar/hacer arqueología desde el trabajo del autor en Colombia. Son arqueológicos en un sentido genealógico y crítico. Proponen una arqueología de la disciplina: un argumento alrededor de lo que hizo y no hizo, de lo que hizo voz y de lo que volvió silencio; en fin, de lo que es capaz de hacer si se desmarca de los mandatos modernos. Ese ejercicio acaso pueda mostrar que la disciplina actual hace eco a la forma como el multiculturalismo controla la diferencia a través de su conveniente promoción de la diversidad. Por eso el libro propone una arqueología de la diferencia radical —una arqueología radical de la diferencia. No otra arqueología sino otros mundos desde ella: otras sociedades, otras temporalidades, otras formas de aglutinación, otras formas de ser. Los abordajes temáticos son amplios: patrimonio, repatriación, modernidad, nacionalismo, ética, alteridad, multiculturalismo, antropología, excavación. Su aparente dispersión obedece al esfuerzo por encender la economía política de la disciplina, los circuitos de producción, circulación y consumo del conocimiento arqueológico y las relaciones de poder inscritas en ellos.
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JAS Arqueologia Al otro lado del vestigio: Políticas del
Book SynopsisIndisciplinar el vestigio conlleva retornarle su potencia antimoderna y decolonial. Desde un mero punto de vista epistemológico sería abordar la simultaneidad como apertura al conocimiento, traspasar los umbrales divisorios de la ciencia colonial, conectar lo que la disciplina ha separado y fluir aquello que ha sido estancado. La arqueología es una herramienta fundamental del conocimiento contrahegemónico. Pero, al mismo tiempo, y dado que las relaciones evestigiales son simultáneas, estratificadas y constitutivas tanto del mundo como de nuestra relación en el mundo, el otro lado del vestigio importa mucho más que una apertura al conocimiento.
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JAS Arqueologia La mano del arqueólogo: Ensayos 2002-2015
Book SynopsisLa disciplina de la arqueología es producto de dos contextos históricos, la modernidad y el colonialismo. Cada uno deja su marca en la disciplina y cada uno establece las formas de conocimiento que emergen como parte de un proyecto disciplinario. Los ensayos de este volumen exploran esta doble historia de emergencia, desde finales del siglo XIX hasta el presente postcolonial. Abarcan varios temas, desde las implicaciones políticas de la arqueología africana hasta las historias repudiadas de los cotrabajadores negros y desde las construcciones del patrimonio hasta una política postcolonial de la memoria y la identidad. Aunque están centrados en el África colonial y postcolonial hablan a los mundos globales de la práctica en arqueología y a los enredos de raza, poder y conocimiento. El argumento de Shepherd, presentado a través de una serie de convincentes estudios de casos y de hermosas viñetas, es que la colonialidad de la arqueología existe como una profunda forma de inscripción en la disciplina.
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JAS Arqueologia Arqueología comercial: Dinero, alienación y
Book SynopsisBorn in the debates during San Felipe TAAS in 2014, this books delves into the practical reality of commercial archaeology in South America within a context in which this activity means the vast majority of archaeological work in the continent. The consequences of the globalized economy are deep, therefore, its subtitle "money, alienation and anaesthesia" tries to show this reality, that has been converting archaeology into a technical activity in service of unsustainable development. SPANISH DESCRIPTION: Nacido de las discusiones durante el TAAS de San Felipe (Chile) en 2014, este libro hace un repaso sobre la realidad de la práctica arqueológica en América del Sur. En un contexto en el que la actividad comercial copa ya la gran mayoría de los trabajos arqueológicos, las implicaciones de la economía globalizada actual son profundas. Con el subtítulo "Dinero, Alienación y Anestesia", se pone de manifiesto esta realidad dominada por el capital y que poco a poco va convirtiendo la arqueología en una labor eminentemente técnica al servicio del desarrollo insostenible. José Roberto Pellini, es director del Laboratorio de Arqueología Sensorial, en el Departamento de Arqueología de la Universidad Federal de Segripe (Brasil).
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JAS Arqueologia La crisis de octubre. Detrás de la narrativa
Book SynopsisThis book offers a synthesis of the work conducted within the contemporary archaeology project “A world crisis from below” that studied the October Crisis (1962) for over ten years from its material remains in Cuba. A cooperation project between professionals in Sweden and Cuba that focused on the remains of Soviet missile bases and how locals are using them today. An approach from the community that challenges the dominant narratives with low profile voices that actually show how new ways of understanding the Cold War are possible. SPANISH DESCRIPTION: Este libro presenta al lector una síntesis del trabajo realizado hasta ahora en el proyecto de arqueología contemporánea Una Crisis mundial desde abajo que durante más de una década ha investigado la Crisis de Octubre (1962) y sus restos materiales e inmateriales en Cuba. El proyecto es una cooperación entre arqueólogos suecos y arqueólogos, historiadores y antropólogos cubanos, y desde el inicio el proyecto se ha focalizado en el material que permanece en las antiguas bases de misiles nucleares soviéticos, la reutilización del material desde las bases en el campo y los pueblos que rodean los sitios, los recuerdos y narraciones que sostienen las personas y las comunidades locales sobre la crisis y las bases, y los planes para este patrimonio cultural de los museos locales. Esto para permitir la expresión «voces de bajos perfiles» y los recuerdos y narraciones «de abajo» y contribuir con dimensiones más humanas y complementarias a la crisis y a la «narrativa dominante» de la misma. De esta manera, se pretende llegar a nuevas formas de conocimiento acerca de la Crisis de Octubre. El proyecto muestra que es posible complementar y desafiar la narrativa dominante de la crisis con restos materiales e inmateriales de este campo de batalla de la Guerra Fría.
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JAS Arqueologia Sentidos indisciplinados: Arqueología,
Book SynopsisEn el mundo occidental y cientificista, los sentidos fueron reducidos a herramientas fisiológicas para capturar los estímulos a nuestro alrededor. Al mismo tiempo, fueron pensados jerárquicamente desde una postura centrada en la visión. Sin embargo, los sentidos son algo más que lo sugerido por esta visión reduccionista; son resultado de prácticas materiales-discursivas que nos permiten afectar y ser afectados por el mundo. En los últimos años, la arqueología viene reflexionando cada vez más sobre cómo podemos usar los sentidos para generar modelos «no cartesianos» y, por lo tanto, alternativos a los que dominaron la disciplina desde sus orígenes. El libro parte de la premisa que la sensorialidad no puede ser separada de los afectos, de las emociones o de las memorias. Teniendo en cuenta esta idea, diversos arqueólogos sudamericanos buscan «indisciplinar los sentidos», explorando el potencial que estos nuevos abordajes poseen para aproximarnos de otras formas al mundo material.
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JAS Arqueologia Yacimiento Pixel: Los videojuegos como cultura
Book SynopsisCan you excavate a videogame? In its material sense we can. However, the concept of a videogame can also be studied from the archaeological thought. This book examines the videogame as material culture, and does it beyond its history to answer a series of questions of interest: Why are there videogames? How do we play? Why? What does their production imply? Where is the ideology behind? Questions that can be summed in one: Are videogames, as material culture, what we always thought they were? SPANISH DESCRIPTION: ¿Se puede excavar un videojuego? En su aspecto más material ya podemos decir que sí. Sin embargo, el propio concepto de videojuego también es susceptible de ser analizado por el pensamiento arqueológico. Este libro examina y describe el videojuego como cultura material, esto es, la fuente principal de conocimiento con la que se construye la arqueología. Y lo hace más allá de su historia y su estrecha relación con la arqueología, con la intención de responder a una serie de preguntas de sumo interés: ¿A qué responde el juego? ¿Cómo jugamos? ¿Por qué? ¿Qué implica la producción de videojuegos? ¿Cómo se manifiesta la ideología a través de los videojuegos? En definitiva, cuestiones que podrían resumirse en una sola: ¿Son los videojuegos, como cultura material, lo que tradicionalmente se ha pensado de ellos? Pregunta a la que se da respuesta desde una perspectiva analítica desmitificadora que nos muestra la vertiente más arqueológica de un fenómeno social y cultural contemporánea que, en definitiva, es una alegoría material de la humanidad.
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Alpha Edition Travels in the Mogul Empire, A.D. 1656-1668
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Alpha Edition Materials for a History of Cockfield, Suffolk
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Alpha Edition Archaeological researches in Palestine during the
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Primus Books City of Façades: Archaeology, History, and
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Sharada Publishing House Understanding Rock Art Heritage
Book SynopsisAdditionally, the book underscores the universal significance of rock art as a testament to cultural continuity and stresses the urgent need for its protection. A must-read for anyone passionate about heritage, archaeology, and the fusion of science and tradition.
£105.29
Sharada Publishing House Deciphering the Rock Art of Panchmukhi
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Sidestone Press The early Neolithic of Northern Europe
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Ancient West Asian Civilization: Geoenvironment
Book SynopsisThis book explores aspects of the ancient civilization in West Asia, which has had a great impact on modern human society—agriculture, metallurgy, cities, writing, regional states, and monotheism, all of which appeared first in West Asia during the tenth to first millennia BC.The editors specifically use the term "West Asia" since the "Middle East" is seen as an Eurocentric term. By using this term, the book hopes to mitigate potential bias (i.e. historical and Western) by using a pure geographical term. However, the "West Asia" region is identical to that of the narrower "Middle East," which encompasses modern Iran and Turkey from east to west and Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula from north to south.This volume assembles research from different disciplines, such as the natural sciences, archaeology and philology/linguistics, in order to tackle the question of which circumstances and processes these significant cultural phenomena occurred in West Asia. Scrutinizing subjects such as the relations between climate, geology and human activities, the origins of wheat cultivation and animal domestication, the development of metallurgy, the birth of urbanization and writing, ancient religious traditions, as well as the treatment of cultural heritage, the book undertakes a comprehensive analysis of West Asian Civilization that provided the common background to cultures in various areas of the globe, including Europe and Asia.These contributions will attempt to demonstrate a fresh vision which emphasizes the common cultural origin between Europe and West Asia, standing in opposition to the global antagonism symbolized by the theory of "Clash of Civilizations."Table of ContentsIntroduction._ Part 1: Environment of the ancient West Asia._ Part 2: Great transformations in prehistory._ Part 3: Urbanization and the change of human societies._ Part 4: Importance of cultural heritage._ Synthesis: Ancient West Asian civilization as the foundation of all modern civilizations - some observations and future directions._ Concluding Remarks.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore The History of Chinese Ceramics
Book SynopsisAdopting the perspective of anthropology of art and combining it with global academic insights, this book helps the readers to recognize that history is, in great measure, the record of human activity which spreads from the local to the regional, from the regional to the global, and from the global to the universal. Readers will learn that China was not only the first country to create porcelain, but also the first to export it to the world, both the products and its techniques. Therefore, the history of Chinese ceramics reflects the history of Chinese foreign trade on the one hand and depicts the expansion of Chinese ceramic techniques and cultures on the other. In addition to ceramics types, molds, decoration, and techniques, the book analyzes the spiritual impacts and aesthetic conceptions embodied in the utensils of daily use by the Chinese literati. Therefore, it reaches the conclusion that ideological systems and not technological systems are what bring about social revolutions. In addition, the book is richly illustrated with pictures of earthenware and finely glazed pieces from later periods.
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ISEAS A View from the Highlands: Archaeology and
Book SynopsisThe highland of the Minangkabau community in Indonesia was the core area of the realm of Sumatra’s last Buddhist king, Adityavarman (c. 1347–75). An increasing socio-political integration, mentioned in his inscriptions, is marked by ceremonial architecture, changes of land use, and the establishment of an administration. Surveys and excavations have yielded new archaeological evidence that changes in settlement and socio-cultural patterns have occurred. New technology—metallurgy and an irrigation system—has also emerged. From the fourteenth century a territorial consolidation and increasing socio-economic complexity are evidenced, which initiated international trade and an incipient urbanisation process in this highland region.This book analyses the rise of the settlement system in the heartland of the Minangkabau region in the highlands of West Sumatra. It explores the regional settlement pattern arising from Adityavarman’s highland interregnum, and provides the first attempt to place the archaeological remains and the landscape of Tanah Datar, a fertile plain in the highlands of West Sumatra, in a cultural historic synthesis. The core of this research consisted of excavations at Bukit Gombak and Bukit Kincir. Bukit Gombak was a central place in Adityavarman’s kingdom, and provides evidence of the organisation and material development of this political entity. Surveys in the Tanah Datar plain provided evidence of other settlements that could be examined in relation to each other and to sites from earlier and later periods, and used to sketch out the settlement history of Tanah Datar from prehistoric times to the precolonial period. The book consists of detailed studies of metal, ceramics and glass finds by laboratory-based specialists as well as careful descriptions of stone, clay and other finds.
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Oxbow Books Celtic from the West 3
Book SynopsisThe Celtic languages and groups called Keltoi (i.e. Celts') emerge into our written records at the pre-Roman Iron Age. The impetus for this book is to explore from the perspectives of three disciplinesarchaeology, genetics, and linguisticsthe background in later European prehistory to these developments. There is a traditional scenario, according to which, Celtic speech and the associated group identity came in to being during the Early Iron Age in the north Alpine zone and then rapidly spread across central and western Europe. This idea of Celtogenesis' remains deeply entrenched in scholarly and popular thought. But it has become increasingly difficult to reconcile with recent discoveries pointing towards origins in the deeper past. It should no longer be taken for granted that Atlantic Europe during the 2nd and 3rd millennia BC were pre-Celtic or even pre-Indo-European. The explorations in Celtic from the West 3 are drawn together in this spirit, continuing two earlier volumes in the influential series.
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Museum Tusculanum Press Vessels and Variety: New Aspects of Ancient
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Birlinn General Lost Moray and Nairn
Book SynopsisBruce Bishop traces what has been lost from the old counties of Moray and Nairn, both architecturally and socially. Packed with illustrations of places, buildings and of aspects of life which are now vanished, and containing a history of various elements of life in the area, Bishop illustrates changes in the way of life of the people of the Burgh.
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The University of Michigan Press The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus
Book SynopsisArt and architecture are mirrors of a society. They reflect the state of its values, especially in times of crisis or transition. Upon this premise Paul Zanker builds an interpretation of Augustan art as a visual language that both expressed and furthered the transformation of Roman society during the rule of Augustus Caesar.
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Princeton University Press Ancient Wine
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin Grand Prize, History, Literature and Fine Arts Category""Winner of the Research Prize, Asociación Internacional de Historia y Civilización de la Vid y el Vino""Honorable Mention for the Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Geology and Earth Sciences Professional/Scholarly Award, Association of American Publishers"
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MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma An Archaeology of Desperation Exploring the
Book SynopsisCombining the approaches of history, ethnohistory, archaeology, bioarchaeology, and social anthropology, this innovative look at the Donner Party's experience at the Alder Creek Camp offers insights into many long-unsolved mysteries.
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The University of Alabama Press Amulets Effigies Fetishes and Charms Native
Book SynopsisAmulets, Effigies, Fetishes, and Charms rounds out Edward J. Lenik's comprehensive and expert study of the rock art of northeastern Native Americans. This volume provides a basis for interpreting the symbolism of more than eighty portable stone artifacts found in the region.
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