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Book SynopsisA cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth.Trade Review“Conflicted Antiquities is superb, the definitive work on the place of ancient Egypt in the imaginations and politics of Europe and Egypt. Elliott Colla presents translations and analyses of Arabic literature not previously available, and he brings together for the first time European and modern Egyptian appropriations of and discourses on ancient Egypt. The range of materials that he analyzes is astounding and rich; the footnotes alone are worth the price of the book.” — Lila Abu-Lughod, author of Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt“Written in an engaging, thoughtful, and provocative style, Conflicted Antiquities provides a unique perspective on the ‘consumption’ of ancient Egypt. What makes it distinctive is Elliott Colla’s focus on Egyptian readings of the ancient past, an area which has been greatly neglected. Colla has much that is fresh and new to contribute, especially since the resources on which he draws are not widely known nor easy to get hold of.”— Stephanie Moser, author of Wondrous Curiosities: Ancient Egypt at the British Museum“Conflicted Antiquities presents an exhaustively researched and sharply written account of how Egyptian Pharaonic monuments, the sites and buildings that house them, and the personnel who have worked to uncover and care for them have acquired and changed meaning over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries. . . . Anyone who picks up Conflicting Antiquities will come away from its reading with a more complete understanding of the relationship between science and colonialism, of the politics inherent to modern tourism, and of the power of the ancients to shape the governing practices of the present. In every case, readers will be delighted by Colla’s prose, impressed with his erudition, and engaged by the connections he forges between the appropriated past and the contested present.” -- Lisa Pollard * International Journal of Middle East Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: The Egyptian Sculpture Room 1 1. The Artification of the Memnon Head 24 Ozymandias 67 2. Conflicted Antiquities: Islam’s Pharaoh and Emergent Egyptology 72 The Antiqakhana 116 3. Pharaonic Selves 121 Two Pharaohs 166 4. The Discovery of Tutankhamen’s Tomb: Archaeology, Politics, and Literature 172 Nahdat Misr 227 5. Pharaonism after Pharaonism: Mahfouz and Qutb 234 Conclusion 273 Notes 279 Bibliography 311 Index 329

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 Paleontology as a science 1 Introduction 2 Paleontology in the modern world 2 Paleontology as a science 3 Steps to understanding 12 Fossils and evolution 16 Paleontology today 17 Review questions 23 Further reading 23 References 24 2 Stratigraphy 25 Introduction 26 How stratigraphy works 26 New techniques, new tools 40 Geological time scale: a common language 46 Extraterrestrial stratigraphy 47 Review questions 48 Further reading 48 References 49 3 Paleogeography and paleoclimates 50 Paleobiogeography 50 Fossils in mountain belts 64 Paleoclimates 69 The Anthropocene 76 Review questions 77 Further reading 77 References 77 4 Paleoecology 80 Introduction 81 Taphonomic constraints: sifting through the debris 83 Populations: can groups of individuals make a difference? 85 Habitats and niches 86 Paleocommunities 95 Evolutionary paleoecology 100 Ecological ranking of mass extinctions 110 Full contents vii Review questions 112 Further reading 112 References 112 5 Taphonomy and the quality of the fossil record 115 Introduction 116 Fossil preservation 116 Quality of the fossil record 130 Review questions 137 Further reading 138 References 138 6 Fossil form and function 140 Introduction 141 Growth and form 141 Evolution and development 147 Interpreting the function of fossils 152 Review questions 163 Further reading 164 References 164 7 Macroevolution and the tree of life 165 Introduction 166 Evolution by natural selection 167 Evolution and the fossil record 170 Trends and radiations 179 The tree of life 184 Review questions 191 Further reading 191 References 191 8 Biodiversity, extinction, and mass extinction 193 Introduction 194 The diversification of life 195 Mass extinctions 202 The “big five” mass extinction events 207 Extinction then and now 215 Review questions 220 Further reading 220 References 221 9 The origin of life 223 Introduction 224 The origin of life 224 Evidence for the origin of life 228 Life diversifies: eukaryotes 236 Review questions 245 Further reading 246 References 246 10 Protists 248 Introduction 249 Protozoa 252 Mystery protists of the proterozoic and paleozoic 260 Phytoplankton 266 Review questions 277 Further reading 277 References 277 11 Origin and expansion of the metazoans 279 Origins and classification 280 Invertebrate body and skeletal plans 284 Five key faunas 289 Review questions 304 Further reading 304 References 304 12 The basal metazoans: sponges and corals 306 Introduction 307 Porifera 307 Cnidaria 322 Review questions 341 Further reading 342 References 342 13 Lophophorates 1: brachiopods and bryozoans 344 Introduction 345 Brachiopoda 345 Bryozoa 360 Review questions 369 Further reading 370 References 370 14 Lophotrochozoans 2: mollusks and annelids 372 Mollusks 372 Introduction 373 Early mollusks 375 Class Bivalvia 380 Class Gastropoda 384 Class Cephalopoda 390 Class Scaphopoda 403 Class Rostroconcha 403 Evolutionary trends within the Mollusca 404 Annelids 406 Review questions 410 Further reading 410 References 410 15 Ecdysozoa: arthropods 412 Introduction 413 Early arthropod faunas 413 Subphylum Trilobitomorpha (artiopoda) 416 Subphylum Chelicerata 428 Subphylum Myriapoda 430 Subphylum Hexapoda 430 Subphylum Crustacea 433 Exceptional arthropod faunas through time 438 Review questions 442 Further reading 442 References 443 16 Deuterostomes: echinoderms and hemichordates 445 Introduction 446 Echinoderms 446 Hemichordates 468 Review questions 484 Further reading 484 References 484 17 Fishes and basal tetrapods 486 Introduction 487 Origin of the vertebrates 487 Jaws and fish evolution 492 Tetrapods 498 Reign of the reptiles 503 Review questions 510 Further reading 510 References 511 18 Dinosaurs and mammals 512 Introduction 513 Dinosaurs and their kin 513 Bird evolution 521 Rise of the mammals 522 The line to humans 530 Review questions 536 Further reading 536 References 537 19 Fossil plants and fungi 538 Introduction 539 Terrestrialization of plants 539 The great coal forests 547 Seed-bearing plants 552 Flowering plants 562 Review questions 568 Further reading 568 References 568 20 Trace fossils 570 Introduction 571 Understanding trace fossils 571 Trace fossils in sediments 578 Review questions 592 Further reading 592 References 592 Finale 594 Glossary 598 Appendix 1: Stratigraphic chart 617 Appendix 2: Paleogeographic maps 619 Index 620

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Book SynopsisCultural Resource Management (CRM) refers to the discovery, evaluation, and preservation of culturally significant sites, focusing on but not limited to archaeological and historical sites of significance. CRM stems from the National Historic Preservation Act, passed in 1966. In 1986, archaeologists reviewed the practice of CRM in the Great Basin. They concluded that it was mainly a system of finding, flagging, and avoiding— a means of keeping sites and artifacts safe. Success was measured by counting the number of sites recorded and acres surveyed.This volume provides an updated review some thirty years later. The product of a 2016 symposium, its measures are the increase in knowledge obtained through CRM projects and the inclusion of tribes, the general public, industry, and others in the discovery and interpretation of Great Basin prehistory and history. Revealing both successes and shortcomings, it considers how CRM can face the challenges of the future. Chapters offer a variety of perspectives, covering highway archaeology, inclusion of Native American tribes, and the legacy of the NHPA, among other topics.Trade Review“This book could be used as a supplementary text in both undergraduate- and graduate-level CRM courses. An entire graduate-level course could be developed around discussing the history and perspectives presented in this volume.” —Lori Hunsaker, archaeologist

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Book SynopsisArchaeological exploration in the Central Highlands of the Southern Levant conducted during the 1970s and 1980s dramatically transformed the scholarly understanding of the early Iron Age and led to the publication of From Nomadism to Monarchy: Archaeological and Historical Aspects of Early Israel, by Israel Finkelstein and Nadav Na’aman. This volume explores and reassesses the legacy of that foundational text. Using current theoretical frameworks and taking into account new excavation data and methodologies from the natural sciences, the seventeen essays in this volume examine the archaeology of the Southern Levant during the early Iron Age and the ways in which the period may be reflected in biblical accounts. The variety of methodologies employed and the historical narratives presented within these contributions illuminate the multifaceted nature of contemporary research on this formative period.Building upon Finkelstein and Na’aman’s seminal study, this work provides an essential update. It will be welcomed by ancient historians, scholars of early Israel and the early Iron Age Southern Levant, and biblical scholars. In addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume are Eran Arie, Erez Ben-Yosef, Cynthia Edenburg, Israel Finkelstein, Yuval Gadot, Assaf Kleiman, Gunnar Lehmann, Defna Langgut, Aren M. Maeir, Nadav Na’aman, Thomas Römer, Lidar Sapir-Hen, Katja Soennecken, Dieter Vieweger, Ido Wachtel, and Naama Yahalom-Mack.Table of ContentsContributorsPrefaceIntroduction Ido Koch, Oded Lipschits and Omer Sergi1. Paleo-environment of the Southern Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages: The Pollen Evidence Dafna Langgut and Israel Finkelstein2. Animal Subsistence Economy during the Late Bronze-Iron I: Continuity vs. Change Lidar Sapir-Hen3. From Production Autonomy to Centralization: The Iron I to Iron IIA Transition from a Metallurgical Perspective Naama Yahalom-Mack4. The Northern Coastal Plain during the Early Iron Age (Iron I – Early Iron IIA) Gunnar Lehmann5. Sixty Years after Aharoni: Iron Age Settlements in the Upper Galilee Ido Wachtel6. Beyond Hazor: Urban Durability, Political Instability and Collective Memory in the Northern Jordan Valley at the Turn of the Second Millennium BCE Assaf Kleiman7. Canaanites in a Changing World: The Jezreel Valley during the Iron Age I Eran Arie8. Transitions between the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age II: The Character of the Iron I Settlement at Tall Zirāʿa in Northern Jordan Dieter Vieweger and Katja Soennecken9. Iron I Settlements in the Highlands of Samaria and the Creation of Group Identities with an Emphasis on Mount Ebal Yuval Gadot10. The Formation of the Israelite Monarchies in Archaeology, History and Historiography Omer Sergi11. Like Frogs out of a Pond: Identity Formation in Early Iron Age Philistia and Beyond Aren M. Maeir12. Collapse and Regeneration in Late Second Millennium Southwest Canaan Ido Koch13. A False Contrast? On the Possibility of an Early Iron Age Nomadic Monarchy in the Arabah (Early Edom) and Its Implications for the Study of Ancient Israel Erez Ben-Yosef14. The Book of Josiah or the Book of Joshua? Excavating the Literary History of the Conquest Story Cynthia Edenburg15. The Origin, Function and Disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant according to the Hebrew Bible Thomas Römer16. The Scope of the Pre-Deuteronomistic Saul – David Story Cycle Nadav Na’aman17. The Rise of Ancient Israel: The View from 2021 Israel FinkelsteinIndex of Geographic NamesIndex of SubjectsIndex of Modern Authors

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Book Synopsis• Shows how the archetypal symbols of the Pohnpaid petroglyphs have exact counterparts in other ancient cultures throughout the world • Provides evidence that Pohnpaid is closely related to--yet predates--neighboring Nan Madol • Includes hundreds of Pohnpaid petroglyphs and stone circle photos, many never before seen While residing on the small Pacific island of Pohnpei in the 1990s, Carole Nervig discovered that a recent brush fire had exposed hundreds of previously unknown petroglyphs carved on gigantic boulders. This portion of the megalithic site called Pohnpaid was unknown even to Pohnpei’s state historic preservation officer. The petroglyphs were unlike others from Oceania, so Nervig began investigating and comparing them with petroglyphs and symbols from around the world.In this fully illustrated exploration, Nervig documents her discoveries on Pohnpei, revealing how the archetypal symbols of the Pohnpaid petroglyphs have exact counterparts in other ancient cultures and universal motifs throughout the world, including the Australian Aborigines, the Inca in Peru, the Vedic civilization of India, early Norse runes, and Japanese symbols. She provides evidence that Pohnpaid is closely related to--yet predates--neighboring Nan Madol and shows how Pohnpaid was an outpost of the sunken Kahnihmueiso, a city of the now-vanished civilization of Mu, or Lemuria.Discussing the archaeoastronomical function of the Pohnpaid stones, the author examines how many of the glyphs symbolize celestial phenomena and clearly reveal how their creators were sky watchers with a sophisticated understanding of astronomy, geophysics, geomancy, and engineering. She shows how the scientific concepts depicted in the petroglyphs reveal how the citizens of Mu had a much deeper understanding of the living Earth than we do, which gave them the ability to manipulate natural forces both physically and energetically. Combining archaeological evidence with traditional oral accounts, Nervig reveals Pohnpaid not only as a part of a geodetic network of ancient sacred sites and portals but also as a remnant of the now submerged but once enlightened Motherland of Mu.Trade Review“One site stands out as greatly significant in our understanding of the emergence of civilization in the Pacific. That place is the enigmatic site of Nan Madol on the eastern shores of the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia. Carole Nervig not only throws new light on this mysterious place but finds its precursor in Pohnpaid, adding considerable knowledge to what we know about this much understudied part of the ancient world.” * Andrew Collins, author of Göbekli Tepe *“In her beautifully illustrated new book, The Petroglyphs of Mu, Carole Nervig provides a vivid, firsthand account of little-known sites and traditions from the Pacific island of Pohnpei that may hold the key to unraveling the mystery of Nan Madol and its unique megalithic architecture; all of this against the background of prehistoric transoceanic journeys and the possibility of a lost Pacific culture of the last ice age.” * Marco Vigato, author of The Empires of Atlantis *Table of ContentsFOREWORD Access to the Divine Feminine Barbara Hand Clow Prelude Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION Enough Legendary Smoke to Confirm Ancient Fires CHAPTER 1Pacific Petroglyphs in the RoomCHAPTER 2 Legends of Pohnpaid and Takaieu: Contradiction Reigns CHAPTER 3Dreams, Takaieu, and Little People CHAPTER 4 Madolenihmw’s Ley Lines of AntiquityCHAPTER 5Publish, or Procrastinate and Perish CHAPTER 6Pacific Crossroads: Diffusion, Migration, and Mu CONCLUSIONThe Legacy of Mu APPENDIX Symbols of Mu ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisA new narrative history of the Viking Age, interwoven with exploration of the physical remains and landscapes that the Vikings fashioned and walked: their rune-stones and ship burials, settlements and battlefields.To many, the word Viking' brings to mind red scenes of rape and pillage, of marauders from beyond the sea rampaging around the British coastline in the last gloomy centuries before the Norman Conquest. It is true that Britain in the Viking Age was a turbulent, violent place. The kings and warlords who have impressed their memories on the period revel in names that fire the blood and stir the imagination: Svein Forkbeard and Edmund Ironside, Ivar the Boneless and Alfred the Great, Erik Bloodaxe and Edgar the Pacifier amongst many others. Evidence for their brutality, their dominance, their avarice and their pride is still unearthed from British soil with stunning regularity.But this is not the whole story.In Viking Britain, Thomas Williams has drawn on his experience as projecTrade Review‘Fresh, vivid and impeccably researched … the most rip-roaring work of nonfiction I read this year’ Tom Holland, Observer, Books of the Year ‘Williams’ infectiously enthusiastic book gives you everything you could want from a history of the Vikings’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times, Books of the Year ‘A debut that pulses with the author’s passion for his subject and his mastery of written sources, archaeology and legend. Williams narrates a complex story in enjoyable, lusty prose’ Dan Jones, Sunday Times ‘Viking Britain [is] an engrossing account … Williams is scrupulous to avoid the easy pub-chat message. He writes fluently and with feeling’ Thomas W. Hodgkinson, Spectator 'Williams is a master at conveying the atmosphere of Viking Britain … We are guests at a sensory feast, at times immersed … and at others guided by the comforting hand of firm historical evaluation. Viking Britain is a giddy ride … a real treat’ Philip Parker, Literary Review ‘Williams evocative prose puts flesh on sturdy academic bones. ‘Viking Britain’ is a pleasure to read… a lively, colourful book that explores in high definition what being a Viking really meant. Williams … succeeds where many have failed: to make the truth about the Vikings as entertaining as the fiction’ Giles Kristian, The Times ‘An exemplary work of popular history, at once full of the most up-to-date archaeology and international scholarly thought, and full of the literary flourishes which bring the past most vividly to life for readers: dramatic reconstruction, physical scene-setting and authorial intervention. It is a great success’ Ronald Hutton ‘A fundamentally new history of the Vikings in Britain: authoritative, at times controversial, and above all a personal journey through the byways of life under Scandinavian military occupation … A real pleasure to read’ Professor Neil Price, University of Uppsala

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Book SynopsisFirst English-language edition, with revisions and additions by the author. This classic work by one of the world's most distinguished Egyptologists was first published in German in 1984. The Search for God in Ancient Egypt offers a distillation of...Trade ReviewVery occasionally there will appear a book, vibrant with intellectual fervor, which challenges jaded ideas and as such I welcome with the greatest admiration Jan Assmann, The Search for God in Ancient Egypt. At the outset I would urge readers to confront the complexity of the linguistic level of this book... because Assmann's total command of the ancient sources and his interpretative insights make joining him on his 'search' a unique experience. -- George Hart * Egyptian Archaeology *What has made Assmann not only an eminent Egyptologist, but, in Germany, a public intellectual as well, is his sympathetic operation from within Egyptian texts coupled with a deep and detailed knowledge of Western intellectual history.... We are very fortunate to see his extraordinary scholarship appearing at last in English, and owe our thanks to... Cornell University Press and David Lorton, as well as, of course, to Assmann himself, for this excellent new opportunity. -- Tom Hare, Princeton University * Cambridge Archaeological Journal *

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Book SynopsisPresents a survey of the perception and reality of the use of cosmetics and perfumes under the Roman Empire. This work, a companion to Roman Clothing and Fashion draws on literary, non-literary, visual and archaeological evidence to show, among other things, the importance of cosmetics and perfumes for health.

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Book SynopsisA guide to the systematic understanding of the geoarchaeological matrix Reconstructing Archaeological Sites offers an important text that puts the focus on basic theoretical and practical aspects of depositional processes in an archaeological site. It contains an in-depth discussion on the role of stratigraphy that helps determine how deposits are organised in time and space. The authors two experts in the field include the information needed to help recognise depositional systems, processes and stratigraphic units that aid in the interpreting the stratigraphy and deposits of a site in the field. The book is filled with practical tools, numerous illustrative examples, drawings and photos as well as compelling descriptions that help visualise depositional processes and clarify how these build the stratigraphy of a site. Based on the authors' years of experience, the book offers a holistic approach to the study of archaeological deposits that spans the brTrade Review“A welcome guide to analyzing the sedimentary matrix of archaeological deposits.” (Geoscientist, February 2020)Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xv Introduction: A Depositional Approach to the Study of Archaeological Excavations 1 1 Principles of Site‐formation or Depositional Processes 11 1.1 The Concept of the Deposit 11 1.2 Types of Archaeological Deposits 14 1.3 Anthropogenic Sediments 14 1.4 Some Misconceptions of Site‐formation and Depositional Processes 16 1.5 Soils and Post‐Depositional Processes 16 1.6 Recording Deposits and Site‐formation Processes (Stratigraphy) 18 2 Natural Sediments and Processes in Sites 21 2.1 Introduction 21 2.2 Principles of the Transport and Deposition of Sediments 22 2.2.1 Physical Processes 22 2.2.2 Sediment Properties 24 2.2.3 Fabric 28 2.2.4 Sedimentary Structures 28 2.2.5 Some Remarks on the Interpretation of Textures, Fabrics, and Sedimentary Structures 33 2.3 Mass Movement in Sites 34 2.3.1 Slides and Slumps 35 2.3.2 Rock and Debris Falls, and Avalanches and Grain Flows 37 2.3.3 Solifluction 40 2.3.4 Debris Flows and Mudflows 43 2.4 Water Flows in Sites 47 2.4.1 Shallow Water Flows 47 2.4.2 Hyperconcentrated Flows 57 2.4.3 High‐energy Flows 60 2.5 Aeolian Processes 63 2.6 Biological Sediments and Processes 68 2.6.1 Dung, Coprolites, and Guano 68 2.6.2 Bioturbation 71 2.7 Post‐depositional Features and Processes 75 2.7.1 Erosional Features, Deflation, Lags, Stone Lines, and Pavements 76 2.7.2 Diagenesis 78 2.7.3 Soil‐forming Processes 86 2.8 Concluding Remarks 93 3 Anthropogenic Sediments 99 3.1 Introduction 99 3.2 Burnt Remains 100 3.3 Organic Remains and Human Activities 116 3.3.1 Biological Constructions (Matting, Roofing) 116 3.3.2 Stabling 117 3.4 Formation of Construction Materials 124 3.4.1 Living and Constructed Floors 124 3.4.2 Mudbricks, Daub and Other Mud Construction Materials 132 3.4.3 Mortar, Wall Plaster 135 3.5 Maintenance and Discard Processes 138 3.5.1 Sweeping and Raking 138 3.5.2 Dumping and Filling 140 3.5.3 Trampling 146 3.6 Concluding Remarks 148 4 Site Stratigraphy 149 4.1 Introduction 149 4.2 Historical Overview 150 4.3 The Definition of Stratigraphic Units in an Excavation 151 4.4 Nature of Contacts 154 4.5 Time and Stratigraphy 157 4.6 Massive Thick Layers 157 4.7 Basic Stratigraphic Principles 158 4.7.1 The Principle of Superposition of Beds 158 4.7.2 The Principle of Cross‐Cutting Relationships 159 4.7.3 The Principle of Original Continuity of Layers 160 4.7.4 The Principle of Original Horizontality of Layers 160 4.7.5 The Principle of Included Fragments 160 4.8 What is ‘In Situ’? 161 4.9 Human Constructions and Depositional Stratigraphy 162 4.10 The Concept of Facies 162 4.11 Practicing Stratigraphy 164 4.11.1 Erosional Contacts and Unconformities 166 4.11.2 The Importance of Baulks and Sections 167 4.11.3 Inclined Layers 168 4.12 Concluding Remarks 169 5 Non‐architectural Sites 171 5.1 Introduction 171 5.2 Open‐air vs Cave Sites 172 5.2.1 Caves 172 5.2.2 Open‐air Sites 189 5.3 Other Stratigraphic Themes 192 5.3.1 Burials 192 5.3.2 Palimpsests 194 5.4 Concluding Remarks 197 6 Architectural Sites 199 6.1 Introduction 199 6.2 Roofed Facies 199 6.3 Diachronic Spatial Organization 203 6.4 Unroofed Facies 204 6.4.1 How to Recognize an Unroofed Area 204 6.4.2 Destruction and Abandonment of Buildings 205 6.4.3 Courtyards, Gardens, and Other Open Spaces 209 6.4.4 Street Deposits 211 6.5 House Pits, Pueblos and Kivas 213 6.5.1 House Pits 213 6.5.2 Plastered Floors from Structure 116 216 6.5.3 Pueblos and Kivas 217 6.6 Tombs 218 6.7 Monumental Earthen Structures 219 6.8 Concluding Remarks 221 7 Some Approaches to Field Sediment Study 223 7.1 Introduction 223 7.2 Drawing 223 7.3 Photography 224 7.4 Sampling Strategy 225 7.5 Representative Sampling 225 7.5.1 Sampling Methods 225 7.5.2 Number of Samples 226 7.5.3 Size of Samples 227 7.5.4 Micromorphological Sampling 228 7.5.5 Microarchaeological Sampling 229 Concluding Remarks 231 References 233 Index 265

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Book SynopsisIllustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement.Trade Review"Grimes' combination of scholarly knowledge, anecdotes, literary essays, and observations on modern culture provide a first-class foundation for this thoroughly absorbing foray into a deeply interesting and relevant subject."-NAPRA ReView "Without question, this is one of the finest books I have read in several decades. It is well written, beautifully printed, and deals with passages of life [and] the rituals that people have or have not developed to cope with them."-William Klassen, The Kitchener-Waterloo Record "A thoughtful, insightful examination...a deeply evocative portrait of life-passage rituals and their meaning in a variety of human contexts."-Library JournalTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Rough Passages, Reinvented Rites 1. Celebrating New Life, Ritually Nurturing the Young 2. Coming of Age, Joining Up 3. Divining Mates, Making Kin 4. Living with the Dead, Exiting Gracefully 5. Passages, Troubled and Uncharted Conclusion: Beyond Passage Notes Sources Cited Index

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Book SynopsisWritten by an international team of experts, the Handbook makes accessible a full range of theoretical and applied approaches to the study of material culture, and the place of materiality in social theory, presenting current thinking about material culture from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, geography, and science and technology studies.Trade ReviewThe extent and ambition of material-culture studies is marvellously revealed in this new handbook . . . a wonderfully rich resource . . . this really is an impressive collection. * William Whyte, English Historical Review *. . . presents an impressive variety of ideas, and the conceptual implications of combining landscape archaeology, cultural primatology, horticultural archaeology, and material geographies with what archaeologists have traditionally thought of as material culture is deeply thought provoking and will have tremendous results within the field. * Danika Parikh, Archaeological Review from Cambridge *Table of Contents1: Dan Hicks & Mary C. Beaudry: Introduction I. Disciplinary Perspectives 2: Dan Hicks: The Material-Cultural Turn 3: Ian Cook & Divya Tolia-Kelly: Material Geographies 4: Robert St George: Folklife 5: Ann Stahl: Material Histories 6: John Law: The Materials of STS II. Material Practices 7: Andrew Pickering: Material Culture and the Dance of Agency 8: Michael Dietler: Consumption 9: Gavin Lucas: Fieldwork and Collecting 10: Hirokazu Miyazaki: Gifts and Exchange 11: Howard Morphy: Art as Action, Art as Evidence 12: Rosemary Joyce with Joshua Pollard: Archaeological Assemblages and Practices of Deposition III. Objects and Humans 13: Kacy L. Hollenback & Michael B. Schiffer: Technology ande Material Life 14: Andy Jones & Nicole Boivin: The Malice of Inanimate Objects: Material Agency 15: Chris Fowler: `Personhood' and Identity 16: Zoe Crossland: Materiality and Embodiment 17: Tatyana Hulme: Material Culture in Primates IV. Landscapes and the Built Environment 18: Lesley Head: Cultural Landscapes 19: Sarah Whatmore & Steve Hinchliffe: Ecological Landscapes 20: Roland Fletcher: Urban Materialities: Meaning, Magnitude, Friction, and Outcomes 21: Carl Lounsbury: Architecture and Cultural History 22: Victor Buchli: Households and `Home Cultures' V. Studying Particular Things 23: Rodney Harrison: Stone Tools 24: Chandra Mukerji: The Landscape Garden as Material Culture: Lessons from France 25: Douglass W. Bailey & Lesley McFadyen: Built Objects 26: Carl Knappett, Lambros Malafouris & Peter Tomkins: Ceramics (as Containers) 27: Peter J. Pels: Magical Things: On Fetishes, Commodities, and Computers Nigel Thrift: Afterword: Fings Ain't Wot They Used t'Be: Thinking Through Material Thinking as Placing and Arrangement

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Book SynopsisHiram Bingham describes the Peruvian expedition to the Inca capitals of Vitcos and Vilcapampa, lost for three centuries under the shadow of Machu Picchu mountain. Here is all that is known about Machu Picchu, its origin, how it came to be lost, and how it was finally discovered.

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Book SynopsisThe Archaeology of Seeing provides readers with a new and provocative understanding of material culture through exploring visual narratives captured in cave and rock art, sculpture, paintings, and more. The engaging argument draws on current thinking in archaeology, on how we can interpret the behaviour of people in the past through their use of material culture, and how this affects our understanding of how we create and see art in the present. Exploring themes of gender, identity, and story-telling in visual material culture, this book forces a radical reassessment of how the ability to see makes us and our ancestors human; as such, it will interest lovers of both art and archaeology.Illustrated with examples from around the world, from the earliest art from hundreds of thousands of years ago, to the contemporary art scene, including street art and advertising, Janik cogently argues that the human capacity for art, which we share with our most ancient ancestTable of ContentsIntroduction1 How contemporary is prehistoric art?2 The origins of art 3 The gallery: unveiling visual narrative 4 Power of display: the artist and the object5 Embodiment and disembodiment: the corporality of visual art and interwoven landscapes6 Portraiture and the reverence of the other7 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisConservation Skills for the 21st Century provides a much-needed update to the original Conservation Skills volume, presenting an overview of current issues facing conservators of historic and artistic works. Beginning with the basics  why the past is important, as well as an overview of the nature and history of conservation the book allows the reader to develop a holistic appreciation of the subject. As with the first edition, this volume assists with the development of judgement in conservation students and young professionals. A selection of new case studies representing issues conservators are likely to face in the 21st century illustrates the crucial considerations that must be made when proposing and executing a conservation treatment. Incorporating recent developments and use of new technologies in conservation processes, the book also covers topics such as conservation ethics; recording and documentation; investigating and cleaning obTable of Contents1. Reasons for Preserving the Past; 2. The History of Conservation; 3. Conservation Aims and Ethics; 4. Objects: Their Investigation and Recording; 5. Cleaning; 6. Restoration; 7. Stabilisation; 8. Preventive Conservation and Storage; 9. Preserving Intangible Heritage: Working and Socially Active Objects; 10. Perception, Judgement, and Decision-Making; 11. Responsibilities, Skills, and Sustainable Practices in the 21st Century.

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Book SynopsisThe Leaning Tower of Pisa is known worldwide for its five-degree lean. The Tower is the Campanile of the Cathedral, which together with the Baptistry and Cemetery form a breath-taking collection of monuments which are regarded as supreme examples of early Renaissance Romanesque architecture. In March 1990 the Tower was closed to the public as it was declared unsafe and close to collapse. A Commission was set up by the Italian Government with the task of developing and implementing stabilization measures. This book begins with a brief description of the history of the Tower and its construction. The reader is then introduced to the huge challenges faced by the Commission in designing and implementing appropriate stabilization measures whilst at the same time satisfying the demanding requirements of conserving a world heritage monument. In particular, two historical studies are described which proved to be most valuable in arriving at suitable stabilization measures. The first Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. The Leaning Tower. 3. The subsoil of the Tower. 4. History of the construction and inclination. 5. The results of monitoring: 1911-1990. 6. Studies and undertakings in the 20th century. 7. Leaning instability. 8. The work of the International Committee, 1990-2001. 9. And now? 10. Concluding remarks

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylorâs seminal book Radiocarbon Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments of the 14C method in archaeology and analyzes factors that affect the accuracy and precision of 14C-based age estimates. In addition to reviewing the basic principles of the method, it examines 14C dating anomalies and means to resolve them, and considers the critical application of 14C data as a dating isotope with special emphasis on issues in Old and New World archaeology and late Quaternary paleoanthropology. This volume, again a benchmark for 14C dating, critically reflects on the method and data that underpins, in so many cases, the validity of the chronologies used to understand the prehistoric archaeological record.Trade Review"Although listed as the second edition of Taylor's important 1987 publication with the same name, this is a greatly expanded, much more comprehensive coverage of the subject. At the core are extensive treatments of the radiocarbon dating technique and the history of its discovery by physicist Willard Libby and coworkers. Just as important are lengthy, well-referenced chapters of the implications of radiocarbon dating for Old and New World archaeology, referencing general problems in the application of the dating technique and specific examples from the Old and New Worlds. The volume includes a comprehensive current bibliography and is abundantly illustrated with photos, charts, and maps. Clearly, this is an essential volume for colleges and universities with programs in physics, history, and anthropology, drawing the attention of both professionals and students. ... Summing Up: Essential." --R. B. Clay, emeritus, University of KentuckyTable of ContentsForeword by Colin RenfrewPreface1. BASIC ELEMENTS2. MAJOR ANOMALIES 3. SAMPLES AND SAMPLE PRETREATMENT4. MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 5. EVALUATION OF RADIOCARBON DATA6. RADIOCARBON DATING IN OLD WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY 7. RADIOCARBON DATING IN NEW WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY8. RADIOCARBON DATING: ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION9. RADIOCARBON DATING: GUIDE TO BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCESReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisCave and Worship in Ancient Greece brings together a series of stimulating chapters contributing to the archaeology and our modern understanding of the character and importance of cave sanctuaries in the fi rst millennium BCE Mediterranean.Written by emerging and established archaeologists and researchers, the book employs a fascinating and wide range of approaches and methodologies to investigate, and interpret material assemblages from cave shrines, many of which are introduced here for the fi rst time. An introductory section explores the emergence and growth of caves as centres of cult and religion. The chapters then probe some of the meanings attached to cave spaces and votive materials such as terracotta fi gurines, and ceramics, and those who created and used them. The authors use sensory and gender approaches, discuss the identity of the worshippers, and the contribution of statistical analysis to the role of votive materials. At the heart of the volume is the Trade ReviewThe volume serves as a sturdy base for future cave explorations across the Mediterranean that will encourage fresh avenues of interpretation, but readers should be prepared for varying terms across chapters (“sacred caves,” “ritual caves,” etc.) that may or may not indicate the same ancient reality. While the study of Greek caves is not new, this book proposes the ongoing need for systematic cave studies, proves the continuing influence of survey and landscape archaeology, and reminds us that caves, their finds, and their diachronic human use, are a fundamental part of both the archaeological and religious heritage.Tyler Jo Smith, University of Virginia, Religious Studies ReviewThe volume offers substantive contribution to the study of cultic cave sites and provides interesting avenues for future scholarship on the topic of Greek cave sites as places of cult practice.Alexandra Creola, ARYS: Antiquity, Religions and Societies Table of Contents1. Introduction: On Reading Caves and Ancient Greek Cult; 2.The Dawn of Ancient Greek Cave Cult: Prehistoric Cave Sanctuaries; 3. Caves as Sites of Sensory and Cognitive Enhancement: The Idaean Cave on Crete; 4. Caves and Consumption: The Case of Polis Bay, Ithaca; 5. Communities, Consumption, and a Cave: The Profile of Cult at Drakaina Cave on Kephallonia; 6. A River Ran Through It: Circulating Images of Ritual and Engaging Communities in a Cave in Aitoloakarnania; 7.The Cave of Pan at Marathon, Attica: New Evidence for the Performance of Cult in the Historic Era; 8. The Face of Cave Rituals: Terracotta Figurines in Greek Sacred Caves; 9. Cult and Ritual in Cycladic Caves; 10. Grottoes and the Construction of Cult in Southern Italy

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the social production of our world, of the worlds of the past and of the worlds of the future, considering the ways in which worlds are created in both actuality and imagination. Bringing together central concepts of classical sociology, including social change, transformation, individuation, collectivisation and human imagination and practice, it draws lessons from the collapse of Graeco-Roman antiquity for our own world of virus and ecological disasters, considers the genesis of capitalism and intimates its ending. Rooted in classical sociology yet challenging its traditions and objects of study, Visualising Worlds: World-Making and Social Theory adopts new ways of thinking about visuality, aesthetics and how we see' social worlds, and how we then begin to build them. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in social theory, historical sociology, cultural studies, critical theory, archaeology, and the emergence, changTable of ContentsPreface: World-Making 1. Groundwork: Origins of Worlds, Space and Time 2. Imagining Neverlands 3. The Dark Centuries 4. Beowulf and the Beo-Monde 5. Building Monsters 6. Endwork: Second to the right, and straight on till morning

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When a bone of unknown origin is found at a location, forensic implications arise immediately. Is this bone human, and if so, is it evidence of a murder? Human and Non-Human Bone Identification: A Color Atlas presents a comprehensive handbook of photographs and other information essential for law enforcement and forensic anthropologists when examining skeletal remains and determining species and body parts. Presenting over 3000 color photographs, this atlas is a practical comparative guide to the differences among species for nearly all bones in the body. Useful in either the laboratory or the field, it features images of the types of bones that are most commonly discovered, and provides annotations pointing out salient features.The book begins with a section on general osteology and explains the major anatomical differences between humans and other animals. It compares human and non-human bones, categorized by type of bone, and includes

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Book SynopsisThe nature of power - one of the central concerns in social science - is the main theme of this wide-ranging book. Introducing a much broader historical and geographical comparative understanding of domination and resistance than is available elsewhere, the editors and contributors offer a wealth of perspectives and case studies. They illustrate the application of these ideas to issues as diverse as ritualized space, the nature of hierarchy in non-capitalist contexts and the production of archaeological discourse. Drawing on considerable experience in promoting interaction between archaeology and other disciplines concerned with ideology, power and social transformation, the editors have brought together a stimulating book that will be of widespread interest amongst students of archaeology, ancient history, sociology, anthropology and human geography.Trade Review'[Domination and Resistance] is concerned with the nature of power, using a wealth of perspectives and case studies from archaeology and its related disciplines to delineate and assess the mechanisms of dominance and of its counterpart, resistance' - British Archaeology'The unity in this book comes from its many voices and tones ... This is all liberating and beneficial.' - P. Leone, Man'The voices in Domination and Resistance are not about nationalist archaeology; they are about many nationals speaking about the archaeology they know. In addition to plurality and competence, many of the authors use parts of Marxist theory to shape their analyses. This is refreshing, aids in exemplifying otherwise unfamiliar concepts, and does not interfere with understanding specific historical circumstances' - Man'This book is very provocative. At the very least it challenges many traditional ways of thinking about the past. More generally it provides us with the opportunity to hear an array of voices and perspectives that are still too infrequently heard in the United States. It is a book well worth reading' - Mark S. Warner, Miami University, USATable of ContentsList of contributors Foreword P.J. Ucko Preface Introduction Daniel Miller, Michael Rowlands and Christopher TilleyDomination and Resistance 1. A question of complexity Michael Rowlands 2. Discourse and power: the genre of the Cambridge inaugural lecture Christopher Tilley 3. The limits of dominance Daniel MillerPolitical Economy and Ideology: Historical Transformations 4. The roots of inequality arbara Bender 5. Towards a theory of social evolution: on state systems and ideological shells J.A. Hall 6. The imperial form and universal history: some reflections on relativism and generalization John Gledhill 7. Factional competition in complex society Elizabeth M. Brumfiel 8. Sensuous human activity and the state: towards an archaeology of bread and circuses Susan Kus 9. Anuradhapura: ritual, power and resistance in a precolonial South Asian city R.A.L.H. Gunawardana 10. Monastery plan and social formation: the spatial organization of the Buddhist monastery complexes of the Early and Middle historical period in Sri Lanka and changing patterns of political power Senake Bandaranayake 11. A Buddhist monastic complex of the medieval period in Sri Lanka P.L. Prematilleke 12. Value, ranking and consumption in the European Bronze Age Kristian Kristiansen 13. Marxist perspectives on social organization in the central European Early Bronze Age Simon MaysEuropean Expansion, Colonialism and Resistance 14. Orientalism and Near Eastern archaeology Mogens Trolle Larsen 15. The material culture of the modern era in the ancient Orient: suggestions for future work Philip L. Kohl 16. Culture, identity and world process Jonathan Friedman 17. The archaeology of colonialism and constituting the African peasantry Michael Rowlands 18. Resistance to Western domination: the case of Andean cultures Pedro Portugal 19. The development of an urban working-class culture on the Rhodesian Copperbelt Owen B. Sichone 20. Class formation in precolonial Nigeria: the case of Eastern and Western Nigeria and the Middle Belt Gloria Thomas-Emeagwali 21. Violence and consent in a peasant society B.K. Jahangir Index

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Book SynopsisGiving access to the latest critical thinking on the subject, Medea is a comprehensive guide to sources that paints a vivid portrait of the Greek sorceress Medea, famed in myth for the murder of her children after she is banished from her own home and replaced by a new wife. Emma Griffiths brings into focus previously unexplored themes of the Medea myth, and provides an incisive introduction to the story and its history.Studying Medea's everywoman' status one that has caused many intricacies of her tale to be overlooked Griffiths places the story in ancient and modern context and reveals fascinating insights into ancient Greece and its ideology, the importance of life, the role of women and the position of the outsider.In clear, user-friendly terms, the book situates the myth within analytical frameworks such as psychoanalysis, and Griffiths highlights Medea's position in current classical study as well as her lasting appeal.&nbspTable of Contents1. Introducing Medea 2. Mythology and Sources 3. Key Themes: Origins, Folktale and Structuralism 4. Key Themes: Witchcraft, Children and Divinity 5. Key Themes: Ethinicity, Gender and Philosophy 6. Euripides' Version of Myth 7. Myth about Myth: From Greece to Rome 8. Medea Afterwards: Medea after Greece and Rome 9. Medea Afterwards: Medea in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries. Guide to Further Reading. Bibliography

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Book SynopsisModern society is beginning to re-examine its whole relationship with animals and the natural world. Until recently issues such as animal welfare and environmental protection were considered the domain of small, idealistic minorities. Now, these issues attract vast numbers of articulate supporters who collectively exercise considerable political muscle. Animals, both wild and domestic, form the primary focus of concern in this often acrimonious debate. Yet why do animals evoke such strong and contradictory emotions in people - and do our western attitudes have anything in common with those of other societies and cultures? Bringing together a range of contributions from distinguished experts in the field, Animals and Society explores the importance of animals in society from social, historical and cross-cultural perspectives.Trade Review'For those interested in the history of cultural and ethical aspects of animal use, this book provides a wealth of diverse material. The book consists of ten chapters, six on historical aspects of human-animal relations, three on contemporary issues, and a concluding commentary. The book is enriched by excellent design and graphics.' – Applied Animal Behaviour Science'For those interested in the history of cultural and ethical aspects of animal use, this book provides a wealth of diverse material.' – David FraserTable of ContentsTim Ingold, Manchester Uni; Juliet Clutton-Brock, Natural History Museum; Calvin W Schwabe, USA; Esther Cohen,Israel; Andreas-Holger Maehle, Wellcome Inst, London NW1; Harriet Ritvo, USA; James Serpell, USA; Elizabeth Paul, Cambridge; Arnold Arluke, USA; Stephen Kellert, USA; Mary Midgely, Newcastle

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Book SynopsisFrom Stone Age networks to Digital Age networking, this book explores the ancient origins of our social lives today.Trade Review'An important, provocative essay on human evolution, argued with great eloquence and skill' - Current Archaeology'A triumph of collaboration, as well as a gripping detective story' - New Statesman'A dramatic demolition of the “stones and bones” approach to archaeology' - New Scientist'Retains the Thames & Hudson tradition of thinking clearly, and writing well … You will not read a more important book this year' - Minerva'An important piece of work … anyone with an interest in early human and pre-human society should add to their reading list' - Popular Science Books blog'Compelling' - The Lady'‘An important piece of work … anyone with an interest in early human and pre-human society should add to their reading list' - Popular Science Books blogTable of ContentsPreface • 1. Psychology Meets Archaeology • 2. What It Means to Be Social • 3. Ancient Social Lives • 4. Ancestors With Small Brains • 5. Building the Human Niche: Three Crucial Skills • 6. Ancestors with Large Brains • 7. Living in Big Societies

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Book SynopsisA theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism and colonialism. The analysis is supplemented by interviews conducted over a ten-year period with disability-rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe and the USA.Table of Contents THE ARGUMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PEOPLE INTERVIEWED PART I. INTRODUCTION 1. Nothing About Us Without Us PART II. DISABILITY OPPRESSION AND EVERYDAY LIFE 2. The Dimensions of Disability Oppression: An Overview 3. Political Economy and the World System 4. Culture(s) and Belief Systems 5. Consciousness and Alienation 6. Observations on Everyday Life PART III. EMPOWERMENT AND ORGANIZATION 7. Empowered Consciousness and the Philosophy of Empowerment 8. The Organization of Empowerment PART IV. CONCLUSION 9. The Dialectics of Oppression and Empowerment NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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Book SynopsisWhat is the valuereligious, political, economic, or altogether socialof getting on a bus in Tehran to embark on an eight-hundred-mile journey across two international borders to the Sayyida Zainab shrine outside Damascus? Under what material conditions can such values be established, reassessed, or transgressed, and by whom? Zainab's Traffic provides answers to these questions alongside the socially embeddedand spatially generativeencounters of ritual, mobility, desire, genealogy, and patronage along the route. Whether it is through the study of the spatial politics of saint veneration in Islam, analysis of cross-border gold trade and sanctions, or examination of pilgrims women's desire for Syrian lingerie accompanying their pleas with the saint in marital matters, the book develops the idea of visitation as a ritual of mobility across geography, history, and category. Iranian visitors' experiences on the road to Sayyida Zainabemerging out of a self-described poverty of mobilitydemonst

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Book SynopsisThe dramatic development of European oak chronologies over the last ten years parallels and supplements the bristlecone-pine chronology in the United States. Dendrochronologists can now provide a wood sample - a time capsule of biological material - for any calender date over the last seven millennia from two continents.For archaeologists, resigned to the imprecision of radiocarbon dating, the implications are profound. For the first time it is possible to establish precise dates for prehistoric events. Similarly, we have an independent and scientifically objective way of testing historical accounts, such as the traditional Egyptian chronology. Equally fundamental are the insights provided by the related disciplines of dendroecology and dendroclimatology. The Bronze Age eruption of Santorini and the AD 540 `event' are explored as fascinating case studies.Drawing on a further decade of research by himself and others, Mike Baille not only brings the pre-1980 story up to date, but demonstrates the wide and exciting applications of this comparatively new science.Trade Review`The book should be read by anyone who wants a good read; or anyone who dreads finding wood on a site; or anyone who once dug up some wood and realised, too late, that they didn't know what could be done with it. Mike Baille has retained his sense of fun and glories in the problems that the study of chronology throws up.' - The Field Archaeologist`The story of dendrochronology with many interesting case studies employed as pertinent illustrations of problems presently occupyng research investigation makes a gripping and informative read, which is to be recommended to all interested in the absolute dating of prehistory, not only in Western Europe, but around the world.' - Joan Taylor, Department of Archaeology, University of Liverpool`This is an excellent and clearly written book' - New ScientistTable of ContentsList of illustrations, Preface, Introduction, 1. The tree-ring dating method, 2. Oak dendrochronology comes of age, 3. Art-historical dendrochronology and the limitations of oak dendrochronology, 4. Archaeological dating and some ultimate chronological truths, 5. Volcanoes and tree-rings, 6. Volcanoes and chronology: the AD 540 story, 7. Volcanoes and chronology: the Bronze Age eruption of Santorini (Thera), 8. Socio-economic information from tree-rings, 9. Environmental reconstruction from tree-rings, 10. Problems with dating the Shang and the New Kingdom, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index.

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Book Synopsis* A new book by one of the world s leading anthropologists and a leading figure in the study of material culture. * Brings together Miller s key writings on consumption, consumer capitalism and related topics. * The sequel to Miller s highly successful Stuff.Trade Review"Makes me wish fervently that it was Miller who was regularly invited to offer critical commentary on materialism, consumerism or climate change policy on BBC Radio 4 and not the usual public intellectuals who do little more than echo received wisdom ... His insights here deserve a wider hearing."Times Higher Education book of the week"A profound contribution to debates about the limits, contradictions and alternatives to contemporary styles of living, working and provisioning."Area"A tremendously valuable contribution to establishing the understanding of consumption as one of the central interests of contemporary anthropological studies."Anthropological Notebooks"There are some curious moments in this book but, at its core, there's a very important observation - people aren't mindless drones who buy whatever the advertising agencies tell them to buy. Sometimes we act that way because we want to keep up with the Joneses but, from time to time, the objects we put in our shopping baskets reflect our ethical and social values and play a part in sustaining our most cherished relationships."Geographical book of the month"This engagingly written book addresses some of the central dilemmas of contemporary global society: how to sustain a developed-world, consumerist lifestyle in the face of wrenching economic shifts and accelerating climate change. The topic is urgent, the prescriptions for change coming from academic and policy leaders, paltry. Miller makes the conversation more interesting, more lively, and more honest about the limits of the theoretical perspectives mustered thus far to address these issues."Bill Maurer, Professor of Anthropology and Law, University of California, IrvineTable of ContentsPrologue vi 1 What's Wrong with Consumption? 1 2 A Consumer Society 39 3 Why We Shop 64 4 Why Denim? 90 5 It's the Stupid Economy 108 6 How Not to Save a Planet 139 Postscript 182 Notes 186 Index 202

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Book SynopsisAccording to Roman law, ''furniture'' was described as ''any apparatus belonging to the head of the household consisting of articles intended for everyday use''. Under this ambiguous description numerous household artefacts could be considered as items of furniture. However, in this first general book on Roman furniture to be published in English, a more modern view of what constitutes furniture is taken. Familiar household pieces are investigated using evidence from art, literature and archaeology. Examples will be taken from all over the empire, but there will be special emphasis on furniture used in the north-west provinces.

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Book SynopsisThe Isle of Thanet is located at the eastern tip of Kent and was once separated from the East Kent mainland by the Wantsum channel. With its unique position which made it part of a key trade route in the Romano-British period, the island has a long and diverse history. The Isle of Thanet explores that history from Prehistoric times up to the Norman Conquest, through the story of the rich and varied archaeological finds and a study of the key sites identified on the island, including Bronze Age Barrows, the Roman Minster Villa and Saxon monastic settlements. It also provides a historical study of the individuals and institutions that pioneered the exploration of archaeological sites on Thanet from the eighteenth century to the present day.

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Book SynopsisPetrography is the minute examination by microscope of rock and mineral samples for the purpose of determining precisely their mineralogical composition. In this groundbreaking work, James B. Stoltman applies quantitative as well as qualitative methods to petrography of Native American ceramics.

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Book SynopsisPresents the latest on the rapidly growing use of innovative archaeological remote sensing for anthropological applications in North America. Updating the highly praised 2006 publication Remote Sensing in Archaeology, this is a must-have volume for today's archaeologist.Trade ReviewAn important collection that illustrates the diversity of techniques used to collect geophysical data and their use in archaeological interpretation. The inclusion of chapters that cover several regions and historic as well as prehistoric sites adds further value."" - Berle Clay, principal investigator and geophysical specialist at Cultural Resource Analysis, Inc.""Includes current, well-written, and interesting material that provides a significant contribution to the field. The use of remote sensing technology with traditional methods is current with the state of research. The chapters are well grounded in archaeological and anthropological theory. The methods outlined in the book also start to set a standard or baseline that can be implemented by others."" - Roy Stine, associate professor, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Book SynopsisIn the United States, Cahokia has been the focus of intense archaeological work to explain its mysteries. As one of the foremost experts on Cahokia, Susan M. Alt addresses long-standing considerations of eastern Woodlands archaeology - the beginnings, character, and ending of Mississippian culture (AD 1050-1600) - from a novel theoretical and empirical vantage point.Trade ReviewCahokia's Complexities engages with interesting, broadly relevant anthropological theory and grounds this engagement in a detailed material case study."" - Meghan C. L. Howey, author of Mound Builders and Monument Makers of the Northern Great Lakes, 1200–1600 and associate editor of the Journal of Archaeological Anthropology""Alt outlines interesting ideas about the role of hybridity and diversity in the development of Cahokia, one of the most complex polities and cultural landscapes of Native North America. Cahokia’s Complexities is an important book about current archaeological knowledge of the Cahokian cultural landscape, and in shaping what we will learn from new archaeological finds in the years to come in the American Bottom and in the Cahokian diaspora, and it is an important contribution to broader scholarly conversations in archaeology about complexity."" - Christopher B. Rodning, author of Center Places and Cherokee Towns: Archaeological Perspectives on Native American Architecture and Landscape in the Southern Appalachians

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Book SynopsisTells the remarkable story of a North Carolina Cherokee community who avoided forced removal on the Trail of Tears. The book explores the complexities of race and gender in this region of the antebellum South and the real impacts of racism on the community.Trade ReviewTheir Determination to Remain is a wonderful book. Lance Greene unearths stories from soil and archives alike to craft a vivid and humane Cherokee history. The writing is clear and concrete, bringing characters to life in a cacophony that reverberates across the hills and valleys of the Great Smoky mountains. We have much to learn not just from Greene’s narrative but also from the methods by which he creates it." - Elizabeth Fenn, author of Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People"Lance Greene adeptly weaves together historical and archaeological evidence in this insightful study of survivance in Cherokee town areas of southwestern North Carolina during and after the tumultuous and tragic episodes of the Removal era. Aspects of Cherokee landscape and lifeways and the social fabric of towns enabled communities of Native Americans, African Americans, and Anglo Americans to endure. Connections between people, place, and the past persisted, and this history shapes the Cherokee towns present in the area today. Recommended reading for anybody interested in Indigenous studies, archaeology in the southern Appalachians, and the history and culture of the American South." - Christopher B. Rodning, author of Center Places and Cherokee Towns: Archaeological Perspectives on Native American Architecture and Landscape in the Southern Appalachians"Greene reveals a remarkably complex and thoroughly unexpected story of successful Cherokee resistance to the US Indian Removal policy, followed by the resurgence of Cherokee community in the aftermath of the Trail of Tears. At the center of these efforts was the enigmatic Welch family of southwestern North Carolina, a well-informed and well-connected Anglo-Cherokee household that applied nuanced legal strategies and extralegal maneuvers to shield themselves and their community from deportation. Their story weaves complicated intersections of race, gender, class, and ethnicity as they bridged the divides between the indigenous and white worlds. Greene’s archaeological examinations of the Welch family plantation bring material immediacy to that intersectionality and the family’s struggles to create and maintain their distinctive identity in the antebellum mountain South." - Brett Riggs, author of May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History Cultures of Western North Carolina"In Their Determination to Remain, Lance Greene tells the fascinating, but heretofore little-known story of the Cherokee Welch family, slaveholding planters who resisted removal in the 1830s and helped to establish a new Cherokee community in the mountains of southwestern North Carolina after the Trail of Tears. Combining archaeology with meticulous archival research, Greene explores the methods used by Cherokee people to rebuild their lives in the wake of removal, while tracing relationships among the Welches, their enslaved African American workers, and the culturally traditional Cherokee community that shared the family's land. Microhistory at its best, the book represents a significant contribution to the literature on Cherokee and southern Appalachian history, as well as studies of slavery in Indian country." - Andrew Denson, author of Monuments to Absence: Cherokee Removal and the Contest over Southern Memory"Greene's study of the Welch family and Welch’s Town is unique, Their Determination to Remain will contribute to the larger body of scholarship on Cherokees, Indian Removal, community studies, and family history. The latter, in particular, has been growing in popularity and offers opportunities for cross-over interest by general readers as well as academic/student readers." - Rose Stremlau, author of Sustaining the Cherokee Family: Kinship and the Allotment of an Indigenous Nation

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