Archaeology Books
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Steep, Strait and High: Ancient Houses of Central
Book SynopsisArchitectural and historical surveys of many of the most important buildings in Lincoln. This volume illuminates the development of different building styles in timber, stone and brick over a period of 750 years, in one of the oldest areas of Lincoln. High quality and detailed architectural drawings are accompanied by documentary accounts which explain the historical context, and tell some of the fascinating and tragic stories of the people who lived and worked there from the mid-twelfth century until the First World War, including the medieval Jewish community. Steep Hill is already internationally regarded for the quality of its cultural environment as well as its picturesque architecture, and the Strait and the upper part of the long High Street have a wide range of different architectural styles in their buildings, of considerable interest. Steep, Strait and High forms the final volume in a series of architectural and historical surveys of the historic buildings of Lincoln, based on forty-five years of research, originally undertaken by the Survey of Ancient Houses, sponsored by the Lincoln Civic Trust, and now continued in the work of the Survey of Lincoln. Christopher Johnson, Chair of theSurvey of Lincoln, was an archivist and latterly service manager at Lincolnshire Archives prior to becoming Information and Records Manager at Lincolnshire County Council; Stanley Jones was a lecturer at Sheffield College of Art,and has been deeply involved in the Survey of Ancient Houses in Lincoln.Trade ReviewSteep, Strait and High is the culmination of a remarkable 45-year programme of architectural and historical research. * KATE GILES *Table of ContentsSelect Bibliography Introduction The Survey Appendix: The Survey of Ancient Houses 1970-1996
£38.00
HAU Agricultural Reason in the Shadow of Subsistence
Book SynopsisAnalysis of an agrarian society confronted with capitalism. This collection of essays by Arjun Appadurai based on his fieldwork in rural Maharashtra, India, in the early 1980s is one of the few anthropological treatments of agricultural reasoning. In conversation with agronomists, economists, and development anthropologists, the essays explore the ways agricultural technologies, changes in how surface wells are dug and managed, the provision and sharing of food and management of time, issues of scale in studying rural lives, and how local knowledge is formed and transformed reveal the distinctive character of rural Indian sociality. Locating these features in the context of subsistence capitalism, Appadurai draws our attention to the importance of relational practices and the pull of autonomy. These essays offer a close look at an agrarian society at the pivotal moment of its encounter with capitalist transformation and study ideas of measurement, sociality, and independence.
£20.00
AU Press Alberta's Lower Athabasca Basin: Archaeology and
Book SynopsisOver the past two decades, the oil sands region of northeastern Alberta has been the site of unprecedented levels of development. Alberta’s Lower Athabasca Basin tells a fascinating story of how a catastrophic ice age flood left behind a unique landscape, one that made deposits of bitumen available for surface mining. Less well known is the discovery that this flood also produced an environment that supported perhaps the most intensive use of boreal forest resources by prehistoric Native people yet recognized in Canada. Studies undertaken to meet the conservation requirements of the Alberta Historical Resources Act have yielded a rich and varied record of prehistoric habitation and activity in the oil sands area. Evidence from between 9,500 and 5,000 years ago – the result of several major excavations – has confirmed extensive human use of the region’s resources, while important contextual information provided by key eological and palaeoenvironmental studies has deepened our understanding of how the region’s early inhabitants interacted with the landscape.Touching on various elements of this rich environmental and archaeological record, the contributors to this volume use the evidence gained through research and compliance studies to offer new insights into human and natural history. They also examine the challenges of managing this irreplaceable heritage resource in the face of ongoing development.
£33.15
University of Pennsylvania Press Akhenaten and Tutankhamun: Revolution and
Book SynopsisEgypt's eighteenth dynasty, a period of empire building, was also for a short time the focus of a religious revolution. Now called the Amarna Period (1353-1322 BCE), after the site of an innovative capital city that was the center of the new religion, it included the reigns of the heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten and his presumed son, the boy king Tutankhamun. Three Penn Egyptologists examine the concept of royal power and demonstrate how Akhenaten established, projected, and maintained his vision of it. They investigate how and why this unique pharaoh made fundamental changes in the social contract between himself and his subjects on one side, and between his new solar god, the Aten, and himself on the other. The authors also look at the radical religion, politics, and art, he introduced to Egypt as well as at the consequences of his actions after his death, including how his successors, most notably, Tutankhamun, Egypt's most famous pharaoh, dealt with the restoration of traditional ways. Why did this reversal take place? Could a youth effect such changes without significant help? In concise and readable form, this generously illustrated volume takes a fresh approach to a most fascinating period in Egyptian history. It deals with such topics as the evolution of Akhenaten's ideology and the concepts surrounding the foundation, construction, and use of his innovative city and its unique palaces, temples, and houses. Egypt's empire, the role of its women, its relations with other nations of the ancient world, and the remarkable place both Akhenaten and Tutankhmun hold in history are also among other issues discussed. An epilogue recaps how Amarna's modern discovery helped solve the mysteries surrounding this city, its unique founder, and the aftermath of his revolution.
£19.95
Baylor University Press The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Volumes 1-3
Book SynopsisThe recovery of 800 documents in the eleven caves on the northwest shores of the Dead Sea is one of the most sensational archeological discoveries in the Holy Land to date. These three volumes, the very best of critical scholarship, demonstrate in detail how the scrolls have revolutionized our knowledge of the text of the Bible, the character of Second Temple Judaism, and the Jewish beginnings of Christianity.Trade Review"The three-volume edition Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls will become a milestone for Old and New Testament research. The authors are leading scholars in this field and no other publication has collected so many interesting contributions about the largest finding of biblical and Jewish texts in the last century." -Martin Hengel, University of Tubingen "James H. Charlesworth has assembled a stellar gathering of Dead Sea Scrolls scholars in these rich volumes. They will make a lasting and profoundly significant contribution to the understanding of the greatest archeological find of modern times and the light it throws on the Bible." -Michael E. Stone, Gail Levin de Nur Professor of Comparative Religion, Professor of Armenian Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem "These three volumes containing fresh and updated research on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Bible, the Qumran community, and early Christianity, written by renown scholars from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Israel, and edited by one of the world's leading scholars, promise to be a major and definitive contribution to scholarship." -Adolfo Roitman, Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Head of the Shrine of the Book, The Israel Museum, JerusalemTable of Contents Book 1 List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Preface: The New Perspective on Second Temple Judaism and ""Christian Origins"" James H. Charlesworth Introduction: The Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Discovery and Challenge to Biblical Studies James H. Charlesworth Chapter 1: The Impact of the Judean Desert Scrolls on Issues of Text and Canon of the Hebrew Bible James A. Sanders Chapter 2: Qumran and the Enoch Groups: Revisiting the Enochic-Essene Hypothesis Gabriele Boccaccini Chapter 3: The Biblical Scrolls from Qumran and the Canonical Text Frank Moore Cross Chapter 4: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Scriptural Texts Eugene C. Ulrich Chapter 5: The Formation and Re-Formation of Daniel in the Dead Sea Scrolls Loren T. Stuckenbruck Chapter 6: The Rewritten Bible at Qumran Sidnie White Crawford Chapter 7: Qumran and a New Edition of the Hebrew Bible Ronald S. Hendel Chapter 8: 4QSama (= 4Q51), the Canon, and the Community of Lay Readers Donald W. Parry Chapter 9: Three Sobriquets, Their Meaning and Function: The Wicked Priest, Synagogue of Satan, and the Woman Jezebel H?Ñkan Bengtsson Chapter 10: The Biblical and Qumranic Concept of War Philip R. Davies Chapter 11: Psalms and Psalters in the Dead Sea Scrolls Peter W. Flint Chapter 12: The Importance of Isaiah at Qumran J. J. M. Roberts Chapter 13: Biblical Interpretation at Qumran George J. Brooke Book 2 Chapter 1 Digital Miracles: Revealing Invisible Scripts Keith T. Knox, Roger L. Easton, Jr., Robert H. Johnston Chapter 2 Another Stab at the Wicked Priest David Noel Freedman and Jeffrey C. Geoghegan Chapter 3 What's in a Calendar? Calendar Conformity and Calendar Controversy in Ancient Judaism: The Case of the ""Community of the Renewed Covenant"" Shemaryahu Talmon Chapter 4 The Covenant in Qumran Moshe Weinfeld Chapter 5 What was Distinctive about Messianic Expectation at Qumran? John J. Collins Chapter 6 The Law and Spirit of Purity at Qumran Joseph M. Baumgarten Chapter 7 Excerpted Manuscripts at Qumran: Their Significance for the Textual History of the Hebrew Bible and the Socio-Religious History of the Qumran Community and its Literature Brent A. Strawn Chapter 8 The Two Spirits in Qumran Theology John R. Levison Chapter 9 Dualism in the Essene Communities Elisha Qimron Chapter 10 The Qumran Concept of Time Henry W. Morisada Rietz Chapter 11 Predestination in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls Magen Broshi Chapter 12 Resurrection: The Bible and Qumran ?ëmile Puech Chapter 13 Qumran Community Structure and Terminology as Theological Statement Sarianna Metso Chapter 14 Daily and Festival Prayers at Qumran Dennis T. Olson Chapter 15 The Sociological and Liturgical Dimensions of Psalm Pesher 1 (4QpPsa): Some Prolegomenous Reflections James H. Charlesworth and James D. McSpadden Chapter 16 The Moses at Qumran: The qdch hrwm as the Nursing-Father of the dxy Jacob Cherian Chapter 17 Enoch and the Archangel Michael Ephraim Isaac Chapter 18 Qumran and the Dating of the Parables of Enoch Paolo Sacchi Chapter 19 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Meal Formula in Joseph and Aseneth: From Qumran Fever to Qumran Light Randall D. Chesnutt Chapter 20 The Bible, the Psalms of Solomon, and Qumran Joseph L. Trafton Chapter 21 Old Testament Pseudepigrapha at Qumran Devorah Dimant Chapter 22 The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha at Qumran James C. VanderKam Book 3 Chapter 1 John the Baptizer and the Dead Sea Scrolls James H. Charlesworth Chapter 2 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Historical Jesus Richard A. Horsley Chapter 3 The Future of a Religious Past: Qumran and the Palestinian Jesus Movement Donald H. Juel Chapter 4 The Synoptic Gospels and the Dead Sea Scrolls Craig A. Evans Chapter 5 A Study in Shared Symbolism and Language: The Qumran Community and the Johannine Community James H. Charlesworth Chapter 6 The Impact of Selected Qumran Texts on the Understanding of Pauline Theology Heinz-Wolfgang Kuhn Chapter 7 Qumran's Some Works of Torah (4Q394-399 [4QMMT]) and Paul's Galatians James D. G. Dunn and James H. Charlesworth Chapter 8 How the Scrolls Impacted Scholarship on Hebrews Harold W. Attridge Chapter 9 The Dream of a New Jerusalem at Qumran Adela Yarbro Collins Chapter 10 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Apocalypse of John Loren L. Johns Chapter 11 About the Differing Approach to a Theological Heritage: Comments on the Relationship Between the Gospel of John, the Gospel of Thomas, and Qumran Enno E. Popkes Chapter 12 Economic Justice and Nonretaliation in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Implications for New Testament Interpretation Gordon M. Zerbe Chapter 13 Atonement: Qumran and the New Testament Paul Garnet Chapter 14 ""The Coming of the Righteous One"" in 1 Enoch, Qumran, and the New Testament Gerbern S. Oegema Chapter 15 Qumran and Supersessionism and the Road Not Taken Krister Stendahl Chapter 16 The Impact of the Dead Sea Scrolls on New Testament Interpretation: Proposals, Problems, and Further Perspectives J? rg Frey
£150.40
SAR Press Archaeology & Cultural Resource Management: Visions for the Future
Book SynopsisBy most estimates, as much as 90 percent of the archaeology done in the United States today is carried out in the field of cultural resource management. The effects of this work on the archaeological record, the archaeological profession, and the heritage of the American people would be difficult to overemphasize. CRM archaeology affects a wide range of federally funded or authorized developments. It influences how archaeologists educate their students, work with indigenous people, and curate field records and artifacts. It has yielded an enormous wealth of data on which most recent advances in the understanding of North American archaeology depend. This is "public" archaeology in the clearest sense of the word: it is done because of federal law and policy, and it is funded directly or indirectly by the public. The contributors hope that this book will serve as an impetus in American archaeology for dialogue and debate on how to make CRM projects and programs yield both better archaeology and better public policy.
£26.96
SAR Press Living the Ancient Southwest
Book SynopsisHow did Southwestern peoples make a living in the vast arid reaches of the Great Basin? When and why did violence erupt in the Mesa Verde region? Who were the Fremont people? How do some Hopis view Chaco Canyon? These are a few of the topics addressed in Living the Ancient Southwest. In this highly-illustrated anthology, general readers will discover essays by eighteen anthropologist-writers. They speak about the beauty and originality of Mimbres pottery, the rock paintings in Canyon de Chelly, the history of the Wupatki Navajos, O’odham songs describing ancient trails to the Pacific Coast, and other topics relating to the deep indigenous history and culture of the American Southwest.
£23.36
U of M Museum Anthro Archaeology Meearmeear Traditions
£9.77
The University of Michigan Press Archaeological Investigations in a Northern
Book SynopsisTo date, very few northern Albanian archaeological sites have been surveyed and excavated. Situated beyond the reach, and allure, of the Classical Greek colonies of south-central Albania, the region has drawn less scholarly attention. But in various ways, northern Albania is just as important to the ongoing archaeological debates regarding the origins of inequality and the rise of social complexity. Some of the earliest and largest hill forts and tumuli (burial mounds) in Albania, dating to the Bronze and Iron Age, are located in ShkodËr. ShkodËr (Rozafa) Castle became the capital of the so-called Illyrian Kingdom, which was conquered by Rome in the early 3rd century BC. This research report, focused on the province of ShkodËr, is based on five years of field and laboratory work and is the first synthetic archaeological treatment of this region. The results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i ShkodrËs (or PASH) are presented here in two volumes. Volume 1 includes geological context, a literature review, historical background, and reports on the regional survey and test excavations at three settlements and three tumuli. In Volume 2, the authors describe the artifacts recovered through survey and excavation, including chipped stone, small finds, and pottery from the prehistoric, Classical, Roman, medieval, and post-medieval periods. They also present results of faunal, petrographic, chemical, carpological, and strontium isotope analyses of the artifacts. These two volumes place northern Albania—and the ShkodËr Province in particular—at the forefront of archaeological research in the Balkans.
£69.35
The University of Michigan Press Archaeological Investigations in a Northern
Book SynopsisTo date, very few northern Albanian archaeological sites have been surveyed and excavated. Situated beyond the reach, and allure, of the Classical Greek colonies of south-central Albania, the region has drawn less scholarly attention. But in various ways, northern Albania is just as important to the ongoing archaeological debates regarding the origins of inequality and the rise of social complexity. Some of the earliest and largest hill forts and tumuli (burial mounds) in Albania, dating to the Bronze and Iron Age, are located in ShkodËr. ShkodËr (Rozafa) Castle became the capital of the so-called Illyrian Kingdom, which was conquered by Rome in the early 3rd century BC. This research report, focused on the province of ShkodËr, is based on five years of field and laboratory work and is the first synthetic archaeological treatment of this region. The results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i ShkodrËs (or PASH) are presented here in two volumes. Volume 1 includes geological context, a literature review, historical background, and reports on the regional survey and test excavations at three settlements and three tumuli. In Volume 2, the authors describe the artifacts recovered through survey and excavation, including chipped stone, small finds, and pottery from the prehistoric, Classical, Roman, medieval, and post-medieval periods. They also present results of faunal, petrographic, chemical, carpological, and strontium isotope analyses of the artifacts. These two volumes place northern Albania—and the ShkodËr Province in particular—at the forefront of archaeological research in the Balkans.
£69.35
North Beach West Maui Benefit Fund Reference Guide to the Archaeology of West Maui
Book Synopsis
£21.22
Rutgers University Press Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical
Book SynopsisWinner of the 1990 American Book Award What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the foundation of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century—chiefly for racist reasons. The popular view is that Greek civilization was the result of the conquest of a sophisticated but weak native population by vigorous Indo-European speakers—Aryans—from the North. But the Classical Greeks, Bernal argues, knew nothing of this “Aryan model.” They did not see their institutions as original, but as derived from the East and from Egypt in particular. In an unprecedented tour de force, Bernal links a wide range of areas and disciplines—drama, poetry, myth, theological controversy, esoteric religion, philosophy, biography, language, historical narrative, and the emergence of “modern scholarship.” This volume is the second in a three-part series concerned with the competition between two historical models for the origins of Greek civilization. Volume II is concerned with the archaeological and documentary evidence for contacts between Egypt and the Levant on the one hand, and the Aegean on the other, during the Bronze Age from c. 34000 BC to c. 1100 BC. These approaches are supplemented by information from later Greek myths, legends, religious cults, and language. The author concludes that contact between the two regions was far more extensive and influential than is generally believed. In the introduction to this volume, Bernal also responds to some reviews and criticism of Volume I of Black Athena. Trade Review"Martin Bernal’s Black Athena is nothing short of a monumental achievement in scholarship that re-oriented and transformed serious study of ancient civilizations. It remains a soaring accomplishment of classical erudition of the Afroasiatic foundation of Greek history." -- Molefi Kete Asante * author of The History of Africa, Professor, Department of Africology, Temple University *"In a spectacular undertaking, Martin Bernal sets out to... restore the credibility of what he calls the Ancient Model of the beginnings of Greek civilizations... Bernal makes an exotic interloper in Classical studies. He comes to them with two outstanding gifts: a remarkable flair for the sociology - perhaps one should say politics - of knowledge, and a formidable linguistic proficiency... The story told by Bernal, with many fascinating twists and turns and quite a few entertaining digressions, is... a critical inquiry into a large part of the European imagination... a retrospect of ingenious and often sardonic erudition." -- Perry Anderson * The Guardian *"An astonishing work, breathtakingly bold in conception and passionately written... salutary, exciting, and, in its historiographical aspects, convincing." -- G. W. Bowersock * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"A work which has much to offer the lay reader, and its multi-disciplinary sweep is refreshing: it is an important contribution to historiography and the sociology of knowledge, written with elegance, wit, and self-awareness... a thrilling journey... his account is as gripping a tale of scholarly detection and discovery as one could hope to find." -- Margaret Drabble * The Observer *"Bernal's material is fascinating, his mind is sharp, and his analyses convince." -- Richard Jenkyns * Times Higher Educational Supplement *"A formidable work of intellectual history, one that demonstrates that the politics of knowledge is never far from national politics." * Christian Science Monitor *"His book should be welcome to both classicists and ancient historians, most of whom will, now at least, be inclined to agree with him." -- R. A. McNeal * Franklin and Marshall College *"Bernal's work and the stir it has occasioned have caused ancient historians and archaeologists to undertake a major reexamination of methods and motives." -- Robert L. Pounder * American Historical Review *"Colossal.... Bernal aims to revise current understanding of Ancient Middle Eastern history by taking seriously the ancient Greeks' legends that portrayed much in their civilization as originating in the Middle East, especially Egypt." * New York Times Book Review *"Demands to be taken seriously... Every page that Bernal writes is educating and enthralling. To agree with all his thesis may be a sign of naivety, but not to have spent time in his company is a sign of nothing at all." * Times Literary Supplement *"A serious work that deals in a serious way with many of the principal issues of Aegean history in the second millennium B.C., and one can ask little more of any historical work." -- Stanley M. Burstein, California State University * Classic Philology *"[Bernal's] multifaceted assault on academic complacency is an important contribution to the development of a more open, historical, and culturally oriented post-processual archaeology." * Current Anthropology *"A breathtaking panoply of archaeological artifacts, texts, and myths." * Toronto Star *"Bernal's enterprise - his attack on the Aryan model and his promotion of a new paradigm - will profoundly mark the next century's perception of the origins of Greek civilization and the role of Ancient Egypt." * Transition *"Challenges the racism implicit in the recent 'cultural literacy' movement." * Socialist Review *"A monumental and path-breaking work." -- Edward Said"[Martin Bernal] has forced scholars to reexamine the roots of Western civilization." * Newsweek *"Martin Bernal has managed to make the subject of Ancient Greece both popular and controversial." * Baltimore Sun *"Black Athena is a powerfully written and brilliantly researched book that relentlessly unveils the historical and cultural African origins of Western civilization. Still a must read for all those in search of truth." -- Ama Mazama * Professor of Africology and African American Studies, Temple University *“Bernal has ample justification for calling into question many widely accepted hypotheses…. He shows that Egypt and its culture were misrepresented or simply ignored by European writers.” -- Mary Lefkowitz * Newsweek *Table of Contents\Preface and Acknowledgements Transcription and Phonetics Chronological Tables Introduction Intrinsic reasons for preferring the Revised Ancient Model to the Aryan one Some theoretical considerations A summary of the argument Chapter I Crete before the palaces, 7000–2100 bc The ‘diffusionist’ and ‘isolationist’ debate Crete before the 21st century bc Cretan religion in the Early Bronze Age Conclusion Chapter II Egypt’s influence on Boiotia and the peloponnese in the 3rd millennium, I The cultic, mythical and legendary evidence Semelē and Alkmēnē Athena and Athens in Boiotia: The cults of Athena Itōnia and Athena Alalkomena Nēit, the controller of water The battles between Nēit and Seth, Athena and Poseidon Poseidon / Seth Nēit / Athena and Nephthys / Erinys Herakles Conclusion Chapter III Egypt’s influence on Boiotia and the peloponnese in the 3rd millennium, II The archaeological evidence Spartan archaeology: the tomb of Alkmēnē The tomb of Amphion and Zēthos The draining of the Kopais Granaries Irrigation and settlement in the Argolid Drainage and irrigation in Arkadia Parallels between Boiotian and Arkadian place names Social and political structures in Early Helladic Greece Other archaeological traces of Old Kingdom Egypt in the Aegean The end of Early Bronze Age ‘high’ civilization Conclusion Chapter IV The Old Palace Period in Crete and the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, 2100 to 1730 bc Early Minoan III – the Prepalatial Period Lead and spirals The Cretan palaces Crètan writing systems Cultic symbols in Early Palatial Crete Possible Anatolian origins of the bull cult Thunder and sex: Min, Pan and Bwäzä Min and Minos The case against Egyptian influence Mont and Rhadamanthys The survival of the bull cult — Cretan conservatism Conclusion Chapter V Sesōstris, I The archaeological and documentary evidence for the Greek accounts of his conquest The discovery of the Mit Rahina inscription The significance of the inscription as evidence for an Egyptian empire in Asia during the Middle Kingdom Senwosre and Sesōstris The real and the fantastic in the Sesōstris stories Middle Kingdom Egypt’s military capability The background Archaeological evidence for the campaigns Was Sesōstris the destroyer? Sesōstris in Thrace and Scythia? Sesōstris in Colchis? The evidence for Sesōstris’ ‘conquests’ from the Mit Rahina inscription Conclusion Chapter VI Sesōstris, II The cultic, mythical and legendary evidence The Egyptian tradition The traditions of the Levant and Anatolia Thrace and Scythia Colchis: an Egyptian colony? Mesopotamia and Iran The Greek legends of Memnōn and his conquests of Anatolia The case for an Egyptian conquest of Troy c. 1900 bc Sesōstris / Senwosre and Amenemḥ’s conquests: a summary of the evidence Chapter VII The Thera eruption: from the Aegean to China The controversy over dating The eruption re-dated The implications of the re-dating Thera and Kalliste Volcanic allusions in the Exodus story Membliaros and the pall of darkness The myth of Atlantis The Hekla eruption in Iceland China: the historiographical impact The world-wide impact of the Thera eruption Conclusion Chapter VIII The Hyksos The chronology of the 13th Dynasty: chaos in Egypt The chronology of the 15th Dynasty: the beginnings of Hyksos rule The Hyksos capital at Tell el Daba’a The 400-year stela and the Temple of Seth A chronological summary Who were the Hyksos? Different views on the origin and the arrival of the Hyksos The Hyksos as a multinational corporation Horses and chariots: Hurrians and Aryans Hurrians and Hyksos Hyksos material culture The Hyksos and the biblical captivity or sojourn in Egypt Conclusion Chapter IX Crete, Thera and the birth of Mycenaean culture in the i8th and 17th centuries bc A Hyksos invasion? The Cretan new palaces The weapons of Crete in MMIII The flying gallop, the sphinx and the griffin Was there a Hyksos invasion of Crete c. 1730 bc? The Hyksos in Thera? The origins of Mycenaean civilization The Aryanist Model of invasion Between Aryan and Ancient: Frank Stubbings Conclusion: a revision of the Ancient Model Chapter X Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Levantine contacts with the Aegean The documentary evidence Egyptian place names referring to the Aegean The etymology of Danaan Documentary evidence for Egyptian relations with the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age Accuracy and hybridism in Egyptian inscriptions and tomb paintings Why did Cretan princes bring tribute to Egypt? Dating the Mycenaean domination of Crete Crete and Mycenaean missions to Egypt The statue base of Amenōphis III Contacts between Egypt and the Aegean in the late 18th and 19th Dynasties A summary of the evidence from Egyptian documents and paintings Mesopotamian and Ugaritic documents Aegean documents Conclusion Chapter XI Egyptian and Levantine contacts with the Aegean, 1550–1250 bc The archaeological evidence Late Mycenaean Greece The relative isolation of the Aegean 1550–1470 bc Egyptian expansion from c. 1520 to 1420 Pelops and the Achaians: evidence from Anatolia Pelops ‘the crown prince’? The Achaians and the Danaans Archaeological traces of the Achaians Mycenaeans and Hittites Ugarit and Cyprus Mycenaean expansion and the conquests of Tuthmōsis III The merchants of the Mediterranean in the Late Bronze Age? The Kaş shipwreck: the sailors The Egyptian Thebes and Mycenae, 1420–1370 bc The foundation deposit plaques The vocabulary of trade The decline of Egyptian influence on the Aegean 1370–1220 bc Phi and Psi figurines and smiting gods Canaanite jars Ivory Conclusion Chapter XII The heroic end to the heroic age The fall of Thebes, Troy and Mycenae 1250–1150 bc Cylinder seals The Boiotian Thebes and the Phoenicians’ arrival Ancient chronographies Kadmos and the alphabet Kadmos and Danaos: Hyksos rulers Problems in the writing of Linear B The treasure of the Kadmeion The Kassite connection The destruction of Thebes A brief survey of Trojan history The date of the Trojan War Thebes and Troy The collapse of Mycenaean civilization Conclusion Conclusion Maps and Charts Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
£37.60
Rutgers University Press Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical
Book SynopsisWinner of the 1990 American Book Award What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the foundation of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century—chiefly for racist reasons. The popular view is that Greek civilization was the result of the conquest of a sophisticated but weak native population by vigorous Indo-European speakers—Aryans—from the North. But the Classical Greeks, Bernal argues, knew nothing of this “Aryan model.” They did not see their institutions as original, but as derived from the East and from Egypt in particular. In an unprecedented tour de force, Bernal links a wide range of areas and disciplines—drama, poetry, myth, theological controversy, esoteric religion, philosophy, biography, language, historical narrative, and the emergence of “modern scholarship.” This volume is the second in a three-part series concerned with the competition between two historical models for the origins of Greek civilization. Volume II is concerned with the archaeological and documentary evidence for contacts between Egypt and the Levant on the one hand, and the Aegean on the other, during the Bronze Age from c. 34000 BC to c. 1100 BC. These approaches are supplemented by information from later Greek myths, legends, religious cults, and language. The author concludes that contact between the two regions was far more extensive and influential than is generally believed. In the introduction to this volume, Bernal also responds to some reviews and criticism of Volume I of Black Athena. Trade Review"Martin Bernal’s Black Athena is nothing short of a monumental achievement in scholarship that re-oriented and transformed serious study of ancient civilizations. It remains a soaring accomplishment of classical erudition of the Afroasiatic foundation of Greek history." -- Molefi Kete Asante * author of The History of Africa, Professor, Department of Africology, Temple University *"In a spectacular undertaking, Martin Bernal sets out to... restore the credibility of what he calls the Ancient Model of the beginnings of Greek civilizations... Bernal makes an exotic interloper in Classical studies. He comes to them with two outstanding gifts: a remarkable flair for the sociology - perhaps one should say politics - of knowledge, and a formidable linguistic proficiency... The story told by Bernal, with many fascinating twists and turns and quite a few entertaining digressions, is... a critical inquiry into a large part of the European imagination... a retrospect of ingenious and often sardonic erudition." -- Perry Anderson * The Guardian *"An astonishing work, breathtakingly bold in conception and passionately written... salutary, exciting, and, in its historiographical aspects, convincing." -- G. W. Bowersock * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"A work which has much to offer the lay reader, and its multi-disciplinary sweep is refreshing: it is an important contribution to historiography and the sociology of knowledge, written with elegance, wit, and self-awareness... a thrilling journey... his account is as gripping a tale of scholarly detection and discovery as one could hope to find." -- Margaret Drabble * The Observer *"Bernal's material is fascinating, his mind is sharp, and his analyses convince." -- Richard Jenkyns * Times Higher Educational Supplement *"A formidable work of intellectual history, one that demonstrates that the politics of knowledge is never far from national politics." * Christian Science Monitor *"His book should be welcome to both classicists and ancient historians, most of whom will, now at least, be inclined to agree with him." -- R. A. McNeal * Franklin and Marshall College *"Bernal's work and the stir it has occasioned have caused ancient historians and archaeologists to undertake a major reexamination of methods and motives." -- Robert L. Pounder * American Historical Review *"Colossal.... Bernal aims to revise current understanding of Ancient Middle Eastern history by taking seriously the ancient Greeks' legends that portrayed much in their civilization as originating in the Middle East, especially Egypt." * New York Times Book Review *"Demands to be taken seriously... Every page that Bernal writes is educating and enthralling. To agree with all his thesis may be a sign of naivety, but not to have spent time in his company is a sign of nothing at all." * Times Literary Supplement *"A serious work that deals in a serious way with many of the principal issues of Aegean history in the second millennium B.C., and one can ask little more of any historical work." -- Stanley M. Burstein, California State University * Classic Philology *"[Bernal's] multifaceted assault on academic complacency is an important contribution to the development of a more open, historical, and culturally oriented post-processual archaeology." * Current Anthropology *"A breathtaking panoply of archaeological artifacts, texts, and myths." * Toronto Star *"Bernal's enterprise - his attack on the Aryan model and his promotion of a new paradigm - will profoundly mark the next century's perception of the origins of Greek civilization and the role of Ancient Egypt." * Transition *"Challenges the racism implicit in the recent 'cultural literacy' movement." * Socialist Review *"A monumental and path-breaking work." -- Edward Said"[Martin Bernal] has forced scholars to reexamine the roots of Western civilization." * Newsweek *"Martin Bernal has managed to make the subject of Ancient Greece both popular and controversial." * Baltimore Sun *"Black Athena is a powerfully written and brilliantly researched book that relentlessly unveils the historical and cultural African origins of Western civilization. Still a must read for all those in search of truth." -- Ama Mazama * Professor of Africology and African American Studies, Temple University *“Bernal has ample justification for calling into question many widely accepted hypotheses…. He shows that Egypt and its culture were misrepresented or simply ignored by European writers.” -- Mary Lefkowitz * Newsweek *Table of Contents\Preface and Acknowledgements Transcription and Phonetics Chronological Tables Introduction Intrinsic reasons for preferring the Revised Ancient Model to the Aryan one Some theoretical considerations A summary of the argument Chapter I Crete before the palaces, 7000–2100 bc The ‘diffusionist’ and ‘isolationist’ debate Crete before the 21st century bc Cretan religion in the Early Bronze Age Conclusion Chapter II Egypt’s influence on Boiotia and the peloponnese in the 3rd millennium, I The cultic, mythical and legendary evidence Semelē and Alkmēnē Athena and Athens in Boiotia: The cults of Athena Itōnia and Athena Alalkomena Nēit, the controller of water The battles between Nēit and Seth, Athena and Poseidon Poseidon / Seth Nēit / Athena and Nephthys / Erinys Herakles Conclusion Chapter III Egypt’s influence on Boiotia and the peloponnese in the 3rd millennium, II The archaeological evidence Spartan archaeology: the tomb of Alkmēnē The tomb of Amphion and Zēthos The draining of the Kopais Granaries Irrigation and settlement in the Argolid Drainage and irrigation in Arkadia Parallels between Boiotian and Arkadian place names Social and political structures in Early Helladic Greece Other archaeological traces of Old Kingdom Egypt in the Aegean The end of Early Bronze Age ‘high’ civilization Conclusion Chapter IV The Old Palace Period in Crete and the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, 2100 to 1730 bc Early Minoan III – the Prepalatial Period Lead and spirals The Cretan palaces Crètan writing systems Cultic symbols in Early Palatial Crete Possible Anatolian origins of the bull cult Thunder and sex: Min, Pan and Bwäzä Min and Minos The case against Egyptian influence Mont and Rhadamanthys The survival of the bull cult — Cretan conservatism Conclusion Chapter V Sesōstris, I The archaeological and documentary evidence for the Greek accounts of his conquest The discovery of the Mit Rahina inscription The significance of the inscription as evidence for an Egyptian empire in Asia during the Middle Kingdom Senwosre and Sesōstris The real and the fantastic in the Sesōstris stories Middle Kingdom Egypt’s military capability The background Archaeological evidence for the campaigns Was Sesōstris the destroyer? Sesōstris in Thrace and Scythia? Sesōstris in Colchis? The evidence for Sesōstris’ ‘conquests’ from the Mit Rahina inscription Conclusion Chapter VI Sesōstris, II The cultic, mythical and legendary evidence The Egyptian tradition The traditions of the Levant and Anatolia Thrace and Scythia Colchis: an Egyptian colony? Mesopotamia and Iran The Greek legends of Memnōn and his conquests of Anatolia The case for an Egyptian conquest of Troy c. 1900 bc Sesōstris / Senwosre and Amenemḥ’s conquests: a summary of the evidence Chapter VII The Thera eruption: from the Aegean to China The controversy over dating The eruption re-dated The implications of the re-dating Thera and Kalliste Volcanic allusions in the Exodus story Membliaros and the pall of darkness The myth of Atlantis The Hekla eruption in Iceland China: the historiographical impact The world-wide impact of the Thera eruption Conclusion Chapter VIII The Hyksos The chronology of the 13th Dynasty: chaos in Egypt The chronology of the 15th Dynasty: the beginnings of Hyksos rule The Hyksos capital at Tell el Daba’a The 400-year stela and the Temple of Seth A chronological summary Who were the Hyksos? Different views on the origin and the arrival of the Hyksos The Hyksos as a multinational corporation Horses and chariots: Hurrians and Aryans Hurrians and Hyksos Hyksos material culture The Hyksos and the biblical captivity or sojourn in Egypt Conclusion Chapter IX Crete, Thera and the birth of Mycenaean culture in the i8th and 17th centuries bc A Hyksos invasion? The Cretan new palaces The weapons of Crete in MMIII The flying gallop, the sphinx and the griffin Was there a Hyksos invasion of Crete c. 1730 bc? The Hyksos in Thera? The origins of Mycenaean civilization The Aryanist Model of invasion Between Aryan and Ancient: Frank Stubbings Conclusion: a revision of the Ancient Model Chapter X Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Levantine contacts with the Aegean The documentary evidence Egyptian place names referring to the Aegean The etymology of Danaan Documentary evidence for Egyptian relations with the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age Accuracy and hybridism in Egyptian inscriptions and tomb paintings Why did Cretan princes bring tribute to Egypt? Dating the Mycenaean domination of Crete Crete and Mycenaean missions to Egypt The statue base of Amenōphis III Contacts between Egypt and the Aegean in the late 18th and 19th Dynasties A summary of the evidence from Egyptian documents and paintings Mesopotamian and Ugaritic documents Aegean documents Conclusion Chapter XI Egyptian and Levantine contacts with the Aegean, 1550–1250 bc The archaeological evidence Late Mycenaean Greece The relative isolation of the Aegean 1550–1470 bc Egyptian expansion from c. 1520 to 1420 Pelops and the Achaians: evidence from Anatolia Pelops ‘the crown prince’? The Achaians and the Danaans Archaeological traces of the Achaians Mycenaeans and Hittites Ugarit and Cyprus Mycenaean expansion and the conquests of Tuthmōsis III The merchants of the Mediterranean in the Late Bronze Age? The Kaş shipwreck: the sailors The Egyptian Thebes and Mycenae, 1420–1370 bc The foundation deposit plaques The vocabulary of trade The decline of Egyptian influence on the Aegean 1370–1220 bc Phi and Psi figurines and smiting gods Canaanite jars Ivory Conclusion Chapter XII The heroic end to the heroic age The fall of Thebes, Troy and Mycenae 1250–1150 bc Cylinder seals The Boiotian Thebes and the Phoenicians’ arrival Ancient chronographies Kadmos and the alphabet Kadmos and Danaos: Hyksos rulers Problems in the writing of Linear B The treasure of the Kadmeion The Kassite connection The destruction of Thebes A brief survey of Trojan history The date of the Trojan War Thebes and Troy The collapse of Mycenaean civilization Conclusion Conclusion Maps and Charts Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology
Book SynopsisThis second edition of the multi-volume work goes beyond the comprehensive and systematic coverage of archaeology that appears in the first edition. The field of archaeology continues to grow and the collaborations between archaeologists and researchers in other areas - environmental studies, landscape studies, art history, demography, biomedicine, chemistry, museum specialists, etc. - continues to grow. This second edition builds on the massive collection of information and research from the first edition by adding new entries as well as updating the existing entries.The entries in this encyclopedia range from succinct summaries of specific sites and the scientific aspects of archaeological enquiry to detailed discussions of archaeological concepts, theories and methods, and from investigations into the social, ethical and political dimensions of archaeological practice to biographies of leading archaeologists from throughout the world. The different forms of archaeology are explored, along with the techniques used for each and the challenges, concerns and issues that face archaeologists today.This compendium is both a print reference and an online reference work. One of the encyclopedia’s major innovations is that it harnesses the capabilities of an online environment, enhancing both the presentation and dissemination of information. Most particularly, the continuous updating allowed by an online environment should ensure that the Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology is a definitive reference work for archaeology and archaeologists. Table of ContentsOver 2500 entries from A-Z.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Coldest Coast: The 1873 Leigh Smith
Book SynopsisThis book describes the 1873 voyage of the British explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith, based on the diaries and photographs of Lieutenant Herbert C. Chermside, who joined the expedition of the seas around Svalbard. Chermside’s photographs, long believed lost, have recently been uncovered in Sweden and are being curated there by the Grenna Museum. The three unpublished diaries of Herbert Chermside were lent to the Scott Polar Research Institute in 1939 by Mrs. Benjamin Leigh Smith. For the first time, Chermside’s diaries are published in their entirety, with the original photographs shown alongside modern images of the same locations. This includes the first photographic record of the north coast of Svalbard, images that are today being used as comparative data for the study of climate change in the archipelago.The diaries have been fully transcribed and edited. Introductory chapters are included, written by specialists in the history of exploration, history of science, and the history of photography from Penn State University, the University of Gothenburg, and UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, as well as contributors from the UK and Germany.This volume is published in association with Grenna Museum, which will present Chermside’s photographs in a 2022 exhibit on Leigh Smith and A.E. Nordenskiold.Table of ContentsForeword by Charlotte Moore, author and descendent of Benjamin Leigh SmithForeword by Håkan Jorikson, Director of Grenna Museum (Swedish)Introduction: Herbert C. Chermside and his chronicle of Benjamin Leigh Smith’s 1873 exploration of Spitzbergen by P.J. CapelottiOne: The 19th century exploration of Spitzbergen by Susan BarrTwo: Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld and the Swedish expedition of 1872-73 by Urban WråkbergThree: Axel W. Engvall and Leigh Smith’s rescue of Nordenskiöld by Anders LarssonFour: Alfred Eaton and the biological collections of Leigh Smith’s 1873 expedition by C.L. DevlinFive: Chermside's observations of marine mammals during a Spitzbergen hunt by C.L. DevlinSix: Chermside’s Arctic birds by Magnus ForsbergSeven: The discovery of Chermside’s Spitzbergen photographs by Håkan Jorikson and Anders LarssonEight: Chermside’s Spitzbergen imagery, then and now by Tyrone Martinsson and Andreas UmbreitNine: Chermside’s diary of Leigh Smith’s 1873 expedition edited by P.J. CapelottiAppendix 1: Spitzbergen/Svalbard Place Names, 1873 and currentAcknowledgements
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sands of Time: Ancient Life in the Late Miocene
Book SynopsisThis monograph presents the results of over 10 years of paleontological and geological survey in the Baynunah Formation of the United Arab Emirates. Exposed widely in western Abu Dhabi Emirate, the Baynunah Formation and its fossils provide the only record of terrestrial environments and evolution in the Arabian Peninsula during the late Miocene epoch (12-5 Ma). This volume describes new fossils collected since 2002, presented systematically by taxon, and including mammals, reptiles, and invertebrates, as well as fossil trackways. The discoveries are framed within the results of new geological, geochemical, and geochrononological analyses, providing an updated and synthetic view of the age, environments, and biogeographic relationships of this important fossil assemblage.Table of ContentsThe History of Paleontological Investigation in Western Abu Dhabi Emirate.- Fossil Localities of the Baynunah Formation.- Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Baynunah Formation.- Magnetostratigraphy of the Baynunah Formation.- Excavation & Conservation of Fossils from the Baynunah Formation.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy:
Book SynopsisThis book of Springer Proceedings in Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy contains selected papers presented at the 7th Geoarchaeology Conference, which took place during October 19–23, 2020, at the South Urals Federal Research Center, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Miass, Russia. The Proceedings combine studies in archeometry, geoarchaeology, and ancient North Eurasian technologies, including paleometallurgy, stone tools investigation, past exploitation of geological resources, bioarchaeology, residue analysis, pottery, and lithics studies. This book also specializes in various non-organic materials, rocks, minerals, ores, and metals, especially copper and metallurgical slags. Many types of research also use modern analytical methods of isotopic, chemical, and mineralogical analysis to address the composition and structure of ancient materials and the technological practices of past human populations of modern Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Mongolia. This book is intended for archaeologists, historians, museum workers, and geologists, as well as students, researchers from other disciplines, and the general public interested in the interdisciplinary research in the field of archaeology and archaeological materials, strategies and techniques of past quarrying, mining, metallurgy and lithic technologies at different chronological periods in Eurasian steppe and adjacent forest zone.Table of ContentsPART 1 ANCIENT METALLURGY: GENERAL ISSUESInternal and external impulses for the development of ancient Chinese metallurgyGrigoriev S. Iron sources and technologies during the Early Iron Age in the Northern Pontic regionKulkova M., Kashuba M., Kulkov A., Ryabkova T. Vetrova M., Zanoci A., Bubnova O. Lead isotope analysis of the Bronze Age metal from the steppe of the Cis- and Trans-UralsKiseleva D., Soloshenko N., Okuneva T., Shagalov E., Tkachev V., Bogdanov S., Ankushev M., Koryakova L., Vinogradov N. PART 2 ANCIENT METALLURGY: CASE STUDIESMetalworking and metallurgical slag in the Tokskoe Late Bronze Age settlement Ankushev M., Faizullin I., Artemyev D., Blinov I. Arrowheads from Two Sarmatian Burials of the One Mound: Metal Composition and Shape RelationBlinov I., Tairov A. The ancient Bronzes of Bashkiria: findings on the composition of non-ferrous metal obtained at the burial grounds of the Bronze AgeBakhshiev I., Kamaleev E. Mineral Composition of the Ground Material from the Stone Pestles of the Gonur-Depe Administrative and Religious Center (South-Eastern Karakum)Yuminov A., Dubova N., Ankusheva N. Comparison of the results of studying the alloy composition of coins of the Chersonesos minting during Roman and Byzantine times Antipenko A.V., Maksimova E.M., Naumenko V.E., Naukhatskiy I.A., Smekalova T.N."A Crucible with Solidified Substance" or an Ore Sample: Experience of the Complex Analysis of a Unique Find of the Chepetskaya Archaeological CultureRusskikh E. Kazburun archaeological micro-district of the Late Bronze Age and copper ore mines in the Southern Trans-Urals Shcherbakov N., Shuteleva I. PART 3 BIOARCHAEOLOGY AND RESIDUE ANALYSISDiet and Mobility in the Pre-Urals Bronze Age, Russia (Preliminary Results of Stable Isotope Analysis) Epimakhov A. Sampling Methodology for Assessing a Multi-Proxy Bioavailable Strontium Isotope Baseline for the Orenburg Region (Russia): Fieldwork Results Kiseleva D., Shagalov E., Ryanskaya A., Pankrushina E. Provenance of the Bronze Age Wool Textiles from the Western Orenburg Region (Russia)Shishlina N., Kiseleva D., Kuptsova L., Okuneva T., Soloshenko N., Shagalov E., Faizullin I. Preliminary results of REE distribution and 87Sr/86Sr ratio in organic and mineral sources from the Paleolithic sites of Mongolia Vishnevskaya I., Okuneva T., Bazargur D., Urazova K., Klementiev A., Marchenko D., Gunchinsuren B., Rybin E., Olsen J., Khatsenovich A. PART 4 MINING OF ORES AND MINERALS IN THE PASTStarodubtseva Yama - a new ancient mine in the steppes of the Southern Trans-Urals Ankusheva P., Alaeva I., Ankushev M., Artemyev D., Bazhenov E., Yuminov A. The Paleosoils Properties of Vorovskaya Yama Copper Mine and the Late Bronze Age Climate on the Trans-Urals PlateauPlekhanova L. New objects of geoarchaeology of Baishevsky archaeological micro-district and adjacent territory of Bashkir Trans-Urals (Southern Urals) Kazakov P. Assessment of Excavated Volume and Labor Investment at the Novotemirsky Copper Ore Mining SiteChechushkov I. PART 5 ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTTERYMiddle Eastern Glazed Ceramics of the 11th Century in Bilyar, the Capital of Volga BulgariaValiulina S. Chemical and Technological Characteristics of Glazed Vessels from the Pottery Workshop of the Tsarevskoye Medieval City Valiulina S., Bocharov S. Asbestos Ceramics from Archaeological Sites of Southern Fennoscandia (Karelia): Mineralogical and Geochemical AspectsKulkova M., Gerasimov D., Kulkov A., Zhulnikov A., Danilov G., Streltsov M. PART 6 LITHIC TOOLS AND MATERIALSDiversity of Lithic Raw Material Types Used by the Population of the Mountain-Forest Trans-Urals (3rd – 2nd Millennium BC)Korochkova O., Spiridonov I., Usacheva I., Shagalov E. Stone raw materials as an indicator of economy relations (based on the materials of the sites of the Cucuteni-Tripolye culture heyday in the Bug-Dniester interfluve)Terekhina V., Skakun N., Bicbaev V. The Role of Non-Isotropic Stone Raw Materials in Industrial Complexes of the Upper Paleolithic Sites (Based on Materials from the Cosauti Site, Republic of Moldova)Skakun N., Kovalenko S., Terekhina V., Shulga D., Mednikova E. Use of pebble raw materials in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic of the UralsSerikov Yu.Obsidian as the primary main raw material for the production of tools in the early agricultural societies of Azerbaijan Arazova R., Skakun N. “Home, sweet home”: stones from the Bronze Age settlement hearths (South Trans-Urals, Russia)Alaeva I., Ankushev M., Ankusheva P., Vasyuchkov E. PART 7 SITE ANALYSES AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) IN ARCHAEOLOGYGeoarchaeological studies of kurgans with moustaches: achievements and prospects Grudochko I. The remote methods for search and study of archaeological objects in Bashkortostan Nasretdinov R., Bakhshiev I., Gabitov R. Complex investigation (GIS, photogrammetry and natural-scientific methods) of the historical and cultural landscape of Northwestern Colchis in the late antique and medieval timesTrebeleva G., Yurkov G. Kizilov A., Glazov K., Tatiana Yu. Shvedchikova T. Application of remote sensing methods for studying the ancient land division system of Tauric Chersonesos on the Mayachnyi peninsulaSmekalova T., Terekhin E. Geoarchaeological Studies on the Territory of Baikal Siberia: Approach and Methods Berdnikova N., Berdnikov I., Vorobyova G., Shchetnikov A., Filinov I., Krutikova K., Zolotarev D., Lipnina E. PART 8 REVIEWS. THOUGHTS. MEMOIRSHistorical experience and ancient metal production in the South UralsVinogradov N. Problems with the definition of artifacts material (the help of the geologists to archaeologists)Kabanova L., Zaykova E. Search and Mining of Silver in the UralsKurlaev E. Problems and perspectives of stone type investigation: elimination of the depassportization of medieval statues of Eurasian nomadsYevglevskyy A. About the Life and Work of Archaeologist Prof. Gennady B. ZdanovichOn Behalf of the Editorial Board
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Archaeology of Piedra Museo Locality: An Open
Book SynopsisThis book highlights the knowledge about landscapes and characteristics of the earliest hunter-gatherer lifeway in Southern Patagonia. It presents an analysis of the archaeological investigations carried out during three decades by an interdisciplinary team that involved archaeologists, anthropologists, paleontologists, geologists and specialists in pollen and diatoms. The database yielded was recovered from systematic survey and excavations from the Pleistocene and Holocene stratigraphic layers of the rockshelter known as AEP-1, Piedra Museo Locality, situated in the central plateau of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Piedra Museo is a unique place in the world of high academic interest with some of the earliest archaeological remains in the Americas. Researchers defined two strata and several Stratigraphic units in the site based on the sedimentological and pedological characteristics. The depositional zones contain archaeological remains that are interpreted as hunting events corresponding to two main different occasions in the human colonization of the region, and a third human occupation during the Middle Holocene. Last one occurred then of the massive rockshelter roof colapse. The faunal remains led to a new approach to the palaeoenvironmental evolution of this enclosed basin. This volume describes the management of lithic raw materials and social networks from first human occupation of the Patagonian region to territorial consolidation of hunter-gatherer societies.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Piedra Museo, a place and a history of the peopling of Patagonia(Laura Miotti).- PART I. PALAEOENVIRONMENTS and PALEOECOLOGY.- Chapter 2. Last Glacial Maximum, Late Glacial and Holocene of Patagonia(Jorge Rabassa, Andrea Coronato, Oscar Martínez, Agustina Reato).- Chapter 3. Geoarchaeology of Piedra Museo locality(Marcelo Zárate, Bruno Mosquera, Adriana Blasi, Florencia Lorenzo).- Chapter 4. Radiocarbon Chronology at the AEP-1 rockshelter in Piedra Museo Locality: update and discussion of the datings(Laura Miotti, Bruno Mosquera, Mónica Salemme, Jorge Rabassa).- Chapter 5. Quaternary fossil vertebrates of Tierra del Fuego and southernmost Patagonia(Germán Gasparini, Eduardo Tonni).- Chapter 6. Late Pleistocene and Holocene palaeovegetational changes at Alero El Puesto (AEP-1) archaeological site in the northern Deseado Massif. Regional palaeoenvironmental implications and Early human occupation(Ana Borromei , Lorena Musotto).- Chapter 7. Diatom analysis of Piedra Museo paleolake, Santa Cruz, Argentina(Marilén Fernández).- PART II. ARCHAEOFAUNAS, LITHIC MATERIALS AND ROCK ART.- Chapter 8. The archaeofauna of Piedra Museo. Archaeological and taphonomic study of the AEP-1 site (Argentine Patagonia)(Laura Marchionni, Martín Vázquez, Laura Miotti).- Chapter 9. The Rheids as a Palaeoenvironmental and Consumption Indicators during the Latest Pleistocene and the Middle Holocene(Mónica Salemme, Laura Miotti).- Chapter 10. An Isotopic Perspective of the Alero El Puesto 1 Zooarchaeology: Environmental Changes, Extinct Fauna and the First Human Occupations of Southern Patagonia(Augusto Tessone).- Chapter 11. About humans and rocks at the end of the Southern Cone. A lithic technology overview at Piedra Museo locality(Roxana Cattáneo).- Chapter 12. Stone Tools Production and use in AEP-1 site of Piedra Museo locality, Patagonia(Virginia Lynch).- Chapter 13. The retouched tools of the lower componente of AEP-1 (Piedra Museo, Argentina) from a perspective of design(Darío Hermo).- Chapter 14. Back to a time perspective: new insights for the study of Piedra Museo’s ancient rock art, Patagonia, Argentina(Natalia Carden).- PART III. PIEDRA MUSEO IN THE XXI CENTURY.- Chapter 15. Challenges for the 21th. Century: The Patrimonialization of Piedra Museo(Laura Miotti, Lucía Magnin, Enrique Terranova).- Chapter 16- To the End of the World: Southern Patagonia in Models of the Initial Peopling of the Western Hemisphere(Ruth Gruhn).- Chapter 17. Opposites Attract: Why a Bi-polar, Hemispheric Perspective to the Peopling of the Americas is Needed(Ted Goebel).- Chapter 18. Concluding Remarks and New agenda(Laura Miotti, Darío Hermo, Mónica Salemme).
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG An Introduction to Human Prehistory in Arabia:
Book SynopsisThis textbook explores the mystery of human origins in the Arabian Peninsula, the lost Southern Crescent where humanity took its first steps toward civilization. Under Arabia’s surface of sand and stone lies a primordial realm of rolling grasslands, freshwater lakes, and river floodplains. This book aims to restore a critical missing chapter in the prehistory of our species that played out in this forgotten place of plenty. The author has carried out more than twenty years of fieldwork in Yemen and Oman, weaving his research together into an unorthodox tapestry of archaeology, environmental science, genetics, and Middle Eastern mythology. This volume peers beneath Arabia’s abandoned deserts, revealing a land that once served as a bridge between prehistoric worlds. This textbook is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students as well as all readers who are interested in learning about Arabian prehistory.Table of Contents1. The Time before Time.- 2. Arabia Arcadia.- 3. Studying Stone in the Stone Ages.- 4. Roots of the Human Tree.- 5. Becoming Human.- 6. The Lost Crescent.- 7. People of 'Ad'.- 8. Epistrophe.
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Springer International Publishing AG Cultural Sustainable Tourism: Strategic Planning
Book SynopsisThis book discusses the the integration between tourism and heritage and strategies to achieve sustainability in the tourism sector. The book adds innovative insights into the development of new practices solving challenges of sustainability in this sector and promoting responsible tourism. The book in hands also offers solutions and discusses sustainable tourism environment, social and economic impacts of tourism, and policies and mechanisms for heritage preservation. The primary audience of this book will be scholars, planners, architects, and stakeholders interested in sustainable tourism. This book is a culmination of selected research papers from IEREK’s third edition of the International Conference on Cultural Sustainable Tourism (CST) held online in collaboration with the University of Maya, Portugal (2021).Table of ContentsRe-looking through Ian Mc Harg's perspective on landscape planning: Watershed Management of cultural landscapes of Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India.- Heritage Tourism: The Case Study of I Benedettini (BARI).- From the paradise of Beit Shean Valley to the contested landscape of the Valley of Springs; water amenities, environmental justice and sustainable development.- Religious tourism during the Covid-19 period: the case of Our Lady of Agony Festival, Viana do Castelo, Portugal.- Visitors' perception of tourist attractions in a green protected area: The case study of the Peneda-Gerês National Park.- Solidarity Tourism in a Multicultural Society in Southern Italy.- Tourism impacts on heritage sites in Japan: from government’s view to local people’s awareness.- Exploring the unlimited and unexplored Rural Tourism in Meghalaya, North East India.- Effects of market intelligence generation, online reviews, and management response on the business performance of rural accommodation establishments in France.- The Fortress of Santa Catarina de Ribamar (Portimão) as a proposal for Good Practices of Military Heritage Preservation.- Sustainable tourism in natural territories that have suffered from catastrophes: the perception of public and private stakeholders of the Alva Great Route.
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Springer International Publishing AG Assessing Sustainability and Organizational
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first comprehensive report on the topic of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration from the public manager's perspective. Starting from a rich set of case studies on urban regeneration from the region of Apulia, in Italy, it develops a framework for measuring their sustainability performance. It proposes the use of indicators related to different aspects of the urban regeneration process, including the participations of stakeholders; land use and buildings; economy and jobs; transportation; environmental pollution; energy use; waste management; as well as open spaces and wildlife. This book offers extensive information to graduate students and researchers, and to authorities, developers, investors and stakeholders alike, involved in the design, planning and management, and sustainable development of urban spaces. It is expected to foster a better understanding of the level of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration projects and the role of governing bodies in their implementation.Table of ContentsUrban regeneration and sustainability.- Area-based urban regeneration.- Culture as driver of urban regeneration: the role of organisational aesthetics from design to social innovation model.- The determinants of sustainability of urban regeneration. An empirical analysis in the Apulian context.
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Springer International Publishing AG Assessing Sustainability and Organizational Innovation of Urban Regeneration Projects: Best Practices and Guidelines from the Apulia Region
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first comprehensive report on the topic of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration from the public manager's perspective. Starting from a rich set of case studies on urban regeneration from the region of Apulia, in Italy, it develops a framework for measuring their sustainability performance. It proposes the use of indicators related to different aspects of the urban regeneration process, including the participations of stakeholders; land use and buildings; economy and jobs; transportation; environmental pollution; energy use; waste management; as well as open spaces and wildlife. This book offers extensive information to graduate students and researchers, and to authorities, developers, investors and stakeholders alike, involved in the design, planning and management, and sustainable development of urban spaces. It is expected to foster a better understanding of the level of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration projects and the role of governing bodies in their implementation.Table of ContentsUrban regeneration and sustainability.- Area-based urban regeneration.- Culture as driver of urban regeneration: the role of organisational aesthetics from design to social innovation model.- The determinants of sustainability of urban regeneration. An empirical analysis in the Apulian context.
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Springer International Publishing AG Discourse and Argumentation in Archaeology:
Book SynopsisThis book covers the topic of discourse and argumentation in archaeology with an aim to serve the archaeology community. The book presents discourse and argument analysis approaches and techniques in an affordable manner and applied to archaeological situations. It focuses on techniques and approaches that can be applicable to multiple situations, periods and cultures. The book begins with an introduction to discourse and argumentation analysis as a general field and also as an auxiliary technique to archaeology. The work includes conceptual applications, ranging from causality, ontological connections, vagueness, social production of discourse and public debates. The work also devotes a section to computational approaches and describes the specifics of some well-known families of algorithms such as lexical processing, information extraction or sentiment analysis. The conclusion comments on the future and which reflects on the previous chapters and discusses how the presented techniques and approaches should be adapted or improved for easier and more powerful application to archaeology. Contributing authors bring perspectives from archaeology, linguistics, and computer science.Trade Review Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to Discourse Analysis and Argumentation Theory (Martín Pereira-Fariña).- Part 1. Conceptual Approaches.- Chapter 2. A New Approach to Interoperable Argumentation Documentation (Stephen Stead).- Chapter 3. Making Good Arguments in Archaeology (Michael E. Smith).- Chapter 4. A Causal Model Application to a Cultural Heritage Sentence Analysis (Alejandro Sobrino).- Chapter 5. What Archaeological Texts Argue About: Denotations and Ontological Proxies (Cesar Gonzalez-Perez).- Chapter 6. The Social Production of Discourse in Archaeology (Isto Huvila).- Chapter 7. Dealing with Vagueness in Archaeological Discourses (Cesar Gonzalez-Perez).- Chapter 8. Extending Discourse Analysis in Archaeology: A Multimodal Approach (Jeremy Huggett).- Part 2. Computational Techniques.- Chapter 9. Computer Processing of Language: Where Archaeological Discourse and Computers Meet (Patricia Martín-Rodilla).- Chapter 10. NLP and Archaeology: A View from a Digital Archive (Holly Wright)- Chapter 11. Information Extraction and Machine Learning for Archaeological Texts (Alex Brandsen).- Chapter 12. Argument Mining and Analytics in Archaeology (John Lawrence).- Chapter 13. Computational Processing of Language Vagueness for Archaeological Site Modelling (Maria Elena Castiello).- Part 3. The Future.- Chapter 14. Future Directions (Cesar Gonzalez-Perez).
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Springer Building Networks Exchange of Knowledge Ideas and
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Building Networks: An Introduction to the Exchange of Knowledge, Ideas and Material for Building in the Medieval and Post-Medieval World (Bouwmeester et al).- Chapter 2. Tools and Masons: Regional Building Networks in Norway (1152/31537) (Reinfjord).- Chapter 3. Church Roofs in a Frontier Region. Historic Timber Structures in Western Sweden Reflect Changing Influences and Resources (Gullbrandsson et al).- Chapter 4. Across the Sea: Urban Formation and New House Building Horizons in the South Baltic Realm (c. 11001500) (Thomasson).- Chapter 5. Influences and Networking in Danish Brick Architecture During the Twelfth and Sixteenth Centuries (Gardelin).- Chapter 6. An Exceptional Twelfth-Century Tile Floor, Its Origins and the Network Behind It. Compositional Analysis of Tiles from St. Lawrence Church in Roskilde, Denmark (Langkilde).- Chapter 7. Changing Origins and Trade Routes of Scottish Window Glass (Spencer).- Chapter 8. Brought From Near and Far: Trade Networks forBuilding Materials in Later Medieval England (Berryman).- Chapter 9. Networked Control: Tower Houses in Ireland (Kerr).- Chapter 10. Patterns in Brick: The Spread of Brick Use Between 1150 and 1550 in the Netherlands (Bouwmeester).- Chapter 11. Trade and the Recycling of Stones in Medieval Cologne (Höltken).- Chapter 12. The Transmission of New Construction Techniques and Urbanisation Concepts During the Teutonic Crusade. Cities and Castles in Chelmno Land (Poland) in the Early Thirteenth Century (Wiewióra).- Chapter 13. Prague and Prague Castle Under the First Habsburgs (Blažková).- Chapter 14. Architectural Traditions of Pre-Romanesque Central Plan Churches in Bohemia Within Central European Context (Tomanová).- Chapter 15. Building Networks: Circulation of Workforces, Techniques, and Architectural Models: Roma and the Lazio Region in Italian and European Context.
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Springer Prehistoric Wetland Sites of Southern Europe
Book SynopsisPrehistoric Wetland Sites of Southern Europe. Archaeological Matter, Environmental Context, Research Potential, and Threats to Preservation.- From Lagoon to River: Bank Management at the Submerged Late Bronze Age Settlement of La Motte (Agde, France).- Wetland Archaeology in Northern Italy: An Overview.- The Early Neolithic Lake-Shore Settlement of La Marmotta' at Lake Bracciano (Anguillara Sabazia, Rome, Italy): A Critical Overview of the Current State of Research, and a Discussion of Selected Aspects.- An Introduction to the Submerged Prehistoric Pile-Dwelling in Zambratija Bay on the Croatian Adriatic Coast.- Neolithic and Bronze Age Pile-Dwellings at Lake Ohrid: Under-water Excavations at Ploca Micov Grad (North Macedonia).- The Lakeside Settlement of Sovjan (Southeastern Albania) Dur-ing the Bronze Age in the Light of New Chronological Data.- Neolithic Lake Settlements in Western Macedonia, Greece: New Evidence from Dispilio and Amindeon Basin.- Prehistoric Wetland Settlements ofthe Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.- An Excursus to East Asia: Prehistoric Wetland Settlements of Zhejiang Province, China.- Dendrochronology and Bayesian Radiocarbon Modelling at the Early Neolithic Site of La Draga (Banyoles, NE Spain).- Dendrochronology of Italian Pile-Dwellings: The Challenge of Filling the Gaps between 5000 and 1000 BC.- Pile-Dwellings at Ljubljansko Barje, Slovenia: 25 Years of Den-drochronology.- Wetland Dendrochronology: An Overview of Prehistoric Chro-nologies from the Southwestern Balkan.- A Palaeoecological Perspective on the Environmental Impact of Prehistoric Societies in Europe with Emphasis on Greece and the Southern Balkans.- Isolino Virginia (Lake Varese, Italy): New Archaeobotanical Re-search at the Earliest Pile-Dwelling of the Circumalpine Area.- Archaeobotanical Investigations at the Mid-5th Millennium BCE Pile-Dwelling Site of Ploca Micov Grad, Lake Ohrid, North Mac-edonia.
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Springer Nature Switzerland Perspectives on SocioEnvironmental
Book SynopsisChapter 1. New Perspectives on Socio-environmental Transformations in Past Societies (Kirleis and Müller).- Part 1. Identification of Anatomies of Socio-environmental Transformation.- Chapter 2. Scales of Abstraction: The Kiel Conceptual Approach from Heterogeneous Data to Interpretations (Taylor et al).- Chapter 3. Conceptualising an Anatomy of Transformations: DPSIR, Theorisation, Semiotics and Emergence (Ribeiro et al).- Chapter 4. Indicators of Transformation Processes: Change Profiles as a Method for Identifying Indicators (Engelbogen et al).- Part 2.- Expressions of Socio-environmental Transformations: From Climate Preconditions to Decision-making.- Chapter 5. Patterns of Socio-economic Cultural Transformations in Neolithic and Bronze Age Societies on the Central Northern European Plain. (Brozio et al).- Chapter 6. Cereal Agriculture in Prehistoric North-Central Europe and South-East Iberia: Changes and Continuities as Potential Adaptations to Climate (Schirrmacher et al).- Part 3. Perspectives on Decision-making Processes in Socio-environmental Transformations.- Chapter 7. Creation of Cultural Landscapes: Decision-making and Perception within Specific Ecological Settings (Dörfler et al).- Chapter 8. Depicting Trypillia: Emergence and Transformation of the Realistic Style (Shatilo and Hofmann).- Chapter 9. Scales of Political Practice and Patterns of Power Relations in Prehistory (Maida et al).- Part 4. Conclusions: Ancient Change in Europe.- Chapter 10. Overarching Patterns of Ancient Transformation in Europe (Müller et al)
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De Gruyter Die Hypostase der Archonten (Nag-Hammadi-Codex
Book SynopsisDiese neu vorgelegte Textedition des Nag-Hammadi-Codex II,4 beruht auf einer Autopsie des Codex im Koptischen Museum zu Alt-Kairo und berücksichtigt darüber hinaus im kritischen Apparat auch die Ergebnisse aller früheren Editionen. Der sprachlichen Erschließung des Textes dient das umfassende grammatische Register, das in der bewährten Tradition des Berliner Arbeitskreises für koptisch-gnostische Schriften Berlin steht. Die Kommentierung des Textes konzentriert sich auf den Text in seiner vorliegenden Form. Mögliche Vorformen und Traditionen werden dabei (insbesondere im Blick auf UW NHC II,5) diskutiert, von literarkritischen Scheidungen wird jedoch abgesehen. Über die Forschungsgeschichte informiert neben Angaben zu Ort, Zeit, Verfasser, Empfängern, Sprache, literarischer Gestalt und religionsgeschichtlicher Einordnung die Einleitung. Ausgezeichnet mit demAlexander-Böhlig-Preis 2007
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De Gruyter Germanen und Romanen im Merowingerreich:
Book SynopsisGermanische Altertumskunde Online (Germanic Antiquity Studies Online) – just like the Reallexikon that has merged with it – is accompanied by supplementary volumes. This series comprises both monographs and edited volumes on specific topics from the fields of archaeology, history, and literary studies. It thus expands the database with the inclusion of aspects that require comprehensive analysis. More than 100 volumes have now appeared, from Germanenproblemen in heutiger Sicht (The Problems of Germanic Peoples from a Contemporary Perspective) to Germanische Altertumskunde im Wandel (Germanic Antiquity Studies in Flux).
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Springer International Publishing AG The Archaeology of Science: Studying the Creation
Book SynopsisThis manual pulls together—and illustrates with interesting case studies—the variety of specialized and generalized archaeological research strategies that yield new insights into science. Throughout the book there are templates, consisting of questions, to help readers visualize and design their own projects. The manual seeks to be as general as possible, applicable to any society, and so science is defined as the creation of useful knowledge—the kinds of knowledge that enable people to make predictions. The chapters in Part I discuss the scope of the archaeology of science and furnish a conceptual foundation for the remainder of the book. Next, Part II presents several specialized, but widely practiced, research strategies that contribute to the archaeology of science. In order to thoroughly ground the manual in real-life applications, Part III presents lengthy case studies that feature the use of historical and archaeological evidence in the study of scientific activities.Trade Review"A Renaissance man in the best sense of the phrase, the author long ago ventured forth with such archaeological expertise into inter-disciplinary waters...this book attempts to systematize and stake out an archaeological approach to science studies by characterizing scientific activity in behavioral terms" (Tim Webmoor, Archaeolog Blog, 2014)Table of ContentsPART I.- 1 Introduction.-2 Science: A Behavioral Perspective.- 3 The Varieties of Scientific Knowledge.-PART II.- 4 Experimental Archaeology.- 5 Ethnoarchaeology.- 6 Archaeometry.- PART III .- 7 The Artifacts of Modern and Early Modern Science.- 8 Thomas Edison’s Science.- 9 Colonization and Exploration.- 10 Scientific Expeditions to Antarctica.-11 The U.S. Nuclear Establishment.-12 Archaeology of the Space Age.- 13 Discovery Processes.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Exporting Culture: Which role for Europe in a
Book SynopsisIs European culture visible enough in the globalized world? Why is culture from this continent often perceived as ‘old-fashioned’ or even worse as ‘out-dated’? Is the export of national cultural products and services – in most European countries subsidized by the taxpayer – no longer relevant, or more relevant than ever before? Is it a huge waste of money, time, and effort or an attempt to create another form of globalization? Culture – in its broadest sense – is often viewed and accepted in ways that differ completely from those of other internationally traded goods. This might be one of the reasons why so many institutions, foundations and cooperations invest time, power, and money in cultural projects. Is this an exaggerated approach or an intelligent recognition of the genuine values of the 21st century – creativity and cultural sensitivity? These and several other questions concerning the export of culture are addressed by authors from different countries in order to initiate a debate about the role European cultural products and services are able to play globally.Table of ContentsEuropean Culture and Identity.- Globalization.- Cultural transfer.- Soft Diplomacy
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Schriftliche Besucherbefragungen im
Book SynopsisDieses essential erläutert fundiert und kompakt die schriftliche Besucherbefragung als Instrument im Kulturmarketing und Kulturtourismus. Nach einer Einführung in die wichtigsten Begriffe werden die beiden Methoden schriftlicher Befragungen (Paper-Pencil und Online) anwendungsbezogen vorgestellt und auf ihre Stärken und Schwächen untersucht. Hierauf aufbauend werden die einzelnen Phasen von schriftlichen Befragungen – von der Gestaltung eines Fragebogens und der Datenerhebung über die Datenaufbereitung und -auswertung bis hin zur Follow-up-Phase – skizziert. Die theoretischen Erläuterungen werden anhand vieler aktueller Beispiele aus der Praxis von Kultur und Tourismus illustriert. Table of ContentsBegriffsverständnis und Vor-/Nachteile schriftlicher Befragungen im Kulturmarketing und Kulturtourismus.- Befragungsmethoden und deren Spezifika: Paper-Pencil- und Online-Befragungen.- Phasen einer schriftlichen Besucherbefragung: Gestaltung eines Fragebogens, Datenerhebung, Datenaufbereitung und -auswertung, Follow-up-Phase.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Evolution, Denken, Kultur: Das soziale Gehirn und
Book SynopsisDie Entdeckung der Gemeinsamkeit Dieses bemerkenswerte Buch, das die Evolution und die Archäologie des menschlichen Sozialverhaltens zusammenführt, spannt den Bogen von den sozialen Gruppen der Steinzeit bis zu den modernen digitalen Netzwerken – und zeigt, dass wir heute in sozialen Welten leben, die sich tief in unserer evolutionären Vergangenheit entwickelt haben.Sie werden in diesem Jahr kein wichtigeres Buch lesen. Es könnte uns ein bisschen weiser in unserer Selbsteinschätzung machen. MinervaEin wunderbares Kompendium von Geschichte, Theorien und faszinierenden Experimenten, das Sie durchweg fesseln wird. BBC FocusIn einem Stil geschrieben, der in so bewundernswerter Weise wissenschaftliches Fachvokabular und Soziologenjargon vermeidet, dass man nicht mehr als ein normales menschliches Gehirn braucht, um es zu lesen und zu verstehen … eine sehr wertvolle Zusammenfassung unseres gegenwärtigen Wissens über die Evolution des Menschen und den möglichen Ursprung und die Entwicklung [solcher] menschlicher Eigenschaften und Fähigkeiten … Evolution, Denken, Kultur ist wie der Urknall: wahrscheinlich noch nicht die ganze Antwort, aber zweifellos schon die Erklärung einer großen Zahl beobachtbarer Phänomene, und für die Debatte und Weiterentwicklung unserer Vorstellungen über die Ursprünge und die Evolution der menschlichen Kognition wird es auf Jahrzehnte hinaus als führendes Modell dienen. Society of Antiquaries NewsletterEin dramatischer Schlag gegen den “Steine und Knochen”-Ansatz der Archäologie. New Scientist Zugleich ein Triumph der Zusammenarbeit und eine packende Detektivgeschichte. New Statesman _____Wann und wie entwickelte sich das Gehirn unserer frühen Vorfahren zu einem menschlichen Gehirn? Wann und wie entstand in der Evolution unsere Fähigkeit, zu sprechen und Kunstwerke zu schaffen, zu musizieren und zu tanzen? Die Größe der sozialen Gruppen, in denen Menschen heute leben – Angehörige, Freunde, Bekannte –, beträgt ungefähr 150 Personen. Diese „Dunbar-Zahl“ liegt etwa dreifach höher als bei Menschenaffen und unseren ältesten Vorfahren. Wie die Autoren dieses bahnbrechenden Buches darlegen, waren die frühen Menschen im Kampf ums Überleben gezwungen, sich zu immer größeren Gruppen zusammenzuschließen und zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen über weite Distanzen aufrechtzuerhalten. Sie mussten „im Großen denken“, und dies wiederum trieb sowohl das Wachstum des menschlichen Gehirns als auch die Entstehung des menschlichen Geistes voran. Aus dem gegenseitigen Kraulen der Menschenaffen erwuchs die für Menschen kennzeichnende sprachliche Zuwendung. Musik und Tanz verstärkten die Bindungen zwischen ihnen. Und die Beherrschung des Feuers verlängerte den Tag für zwischenmenschliche Aktivitäten. Heute beherrschen soziale Netzwerke die Welt. Doch erstaunlicherweise entspricht die Zahl unserer Facebook- oder Twitter-Kontakte im Mittel der Dunbar-Zahl. Offenbar leben wir immer noch in einer sozialen Welt, die ihre Wurzeln tief in unserer Evolutionsvergangenheit hat – am Lagerfeuer, auf der Jagd und in den Graslandschaften Afrikas.Trade Review„Derzeit gibt es kein vergleichbares Sachbuch zur Entstehung des Menschlichen, das den für unser Selbstverständnis elementaren Evolutionsprozess intelligenter, gedankenreicher und faszinierender beschreibt. Ein mutiger und provokanter Vorstoß in Lost Worlds. Verständliche Wissenschaft in Perfektion!“ (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Winfried Henke, In: fachbuchjournal, Juni 2016, Jg. 8, Heft 3)“… Ein Buch, das für den fachfremden, wissenschaftlich neugierigen Leser interessante Denkansätze liefern kann ...” (Martin Schmelz, in: BIOspektrum, Jg. 22, Heft 7, November 2016)“... Das Buch ist flüssig geschrieben und für jedermann verständlich ...” (in: Holzkurier, Heft 22, 2. Juni 2016)“... Gut verständlich, kurzweilig und kompetent informiert das Autorenteam und garniert den Text mit geschickt gewählten Abbildungen und Diagrammen. So kann der Band allen empfohlen werden.” (Karl Schäfer, in: Amazon.de, 19.November 2015)Stimmen zur englischen OriginalausgabeSie werden in diesem Jahr kein wichtigeres Buch lesen. Es könnte uns ein bisschen weiser in unserer Selbsteinschätzung machen. MinervaEin wunderbares Kompendium von Geschichte, Theorien und faszinierenden Experimenten, das sie durchweg fesseln wird. BBC FocusIn einem Stil geschrieben, der in so bewundernswerter Weise wissenschaftliches Fachvokabular und Soziologenjargon vermeidet, dass man nicht mehr als ein normales menschliches Gehirn braucht, um es zu lesen und zu verstehen … eine sehr wertvolle Zusammenfassung unseres gegenwärtigen Wissens über die Evolution des Menschen und den möglichen Ursprung und die Entwicklung [solcher] menschlicher Eigenschaften und Fähigkeiten … Denken, Kultur, Evolution ist wie der Urknall: wahrscheinlich noch nicht die ganze Antwort, aber zweifellos schon die Erklärung einen großen Zahl beobachtbarer Phänomene, und für die Debatte und Weiterentwicklung unserer Vorstellungen über die Ursprünge und die Evolution der menschlichen Kognition wird es auf Jahrzehnte hinaus als führendes Modell dienen. Society of Antiquaries NewsletterZugleich ein Triumph der Zusammenarbeit und eine packende Detektivgeschichte. New StatesmanEin dramatischer Schlag gegen den “Steine und Knochen”-Ansatz der Archäologie. New ScientistFaszinierend, fesselnd. CurrentWorldArchaeology.comDieses provokative, gedankenreiche Buch ist das triumphale Ergebnis einer Gemeinschaftsarbeit von sieben Jahren. Im Mittelpunkt steht das „soziale Gehirn“, wie die Autoren es nennen. Es verrät uns Vieles nicht nur über das Verhalten der Menschen in der Vergangenheit, sondern auch über die zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen in der Welt von heute. Denken, Kultur, Evolution hat das Zeug zum Klassiker. Brian Fagan, emeritierter Professor für Anthropologie, University of California in Santa Barbara und Autor von The Attacking OceanWann, wie und warum entwickelte sich das Gehirn des Menschen? Auf solche grundlegende Fragen gibt dieses herausragende Buch neue, anregende Antworten. Wie es deutlich macht, wurden wir nicht durch die Werkzeuge, die den größten Teil der archäologischen Funde ausmachen, zu Menschen, sondern durch das soziale Umfeld, in dem unsere Vorfahren lebten. Der so entstandene Text wird nicht nur Laien Freude bereiten, er ist auch ein Meilenstein für Studierende und Wissenschaftler. Peter Mitchell, Professor für Afrikanische Archäologie der Universität Oxford und Mitherausgeber des Oxford Handbook of African ArcheologyVergesst die Tweets, Blogs und PDFs; große Ideen brauchen Bücher, und dieses erinnert uns daran, warum die Paläoanthropologie die spannendste Wissenschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts ist. Dieses Curiosity-Fahrzeug des Geistes erläutert die wichtigsten Entwicklungen, die uns zu Menschen gemacht haben. Das Ergebnis ist überschwänglich, überzeugend und eine Pflichtlektüre für jeden, der sich für unsere Ursprünge interessiert. Paul Pettitt, Professor für Archäologie an der Durham University und Autor des Buches The Paleolithic Origins of Human Burial.Table of Contents1 Psychologie trifft Archäologie.- 2 Was ist ein soziales Wesen?.- 3 Sozialleben in alter Zeit.- 4 Vorfahren mit kleinem Gehirn.- 5 Die Nische der Menschen wird aufgebaut: drei entscheidende Fähigkeiten.- 6 Vorfahren mit großem Gehirn.- 7 Leben in großen Gesellschaften.
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Koc University Press Spatial Webs – Mapping Anatolian Pasts for
Book SynopsisSpatial Webs charts the cultural heritage and identity of Anatolia, focusing on projects that incorporate Geographic Information Systems and other analytical tools in spatially significant research into the past. An important new contribution to archaeology and cultural heritage research, the volume brings together multidisciplinary researchers engaged in creating and using spatialized data resources for interactive web-mapping applications. The topics explored include sociospatial differentiation in bostancibasi registers, identity mapping the Jewish communities of medieval Anatolia, and the Turkey Cultural Heritage Map of the Hrant Dink Foundation.Table of ContentsPreface AbbreviationsPapers Mapping and Annotating the Past Mapping Anatolian Pasts for Research and the Public (Christopher H. Roosevelt) What Would Indy Do? Resisting Post-Truth through the Practice of Annotation (Elton Barker) Intra-Site GIS at Çatalhöyük (2009–2017): from an Integrative and Reflexive Tool to the Living Archive (Camilla Mazzucato, Claudia Engel, and Dominik Lukas) Spatializing the Sagalassos Integrated Information System (Anuja Dangol, Piraye Hacıgüzeller, and Jeroen Poblome) Mapping and Analyzing the Pergamon Micro-Region: An Example of Reproducible Research (Daniel Knitter and Bernhard Ludwig) The OpenOttoman Initiative and the Challenge of Building an Ottoman Gazetteer (Michael Polczynski and Amy Singer) A Preliminary Attempt to Construct a Geospatial, Multimodal Ottoman Transport Network for 1899 (M. Erdem Kabadayı, Piet Gerrits, Osman Özkan, and Turgay Koçak) The Shoreline of Early-Modern Istanbul: An Exploratory Study of Socio-Spatial Differentiation in Bostancıbaşı (Chief Gardener) Registers (H. Murat Güvenç and Ayşe Nur Akdal) Mapping Cultural Heritage and Identity Mapping the Jewish Communities of Medieval Anatolia (Nicholas de Lange) The Turkey Cultural Heritage Map of the Hrant Dink Foundation (Vahakn Keshishian) Contributors Index
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Koc University Press Winds of Change – Environment and Society in
Book SynopsisUnderstanding the varied and dynamic interactions between environment and society in Anatolia. In recent decades, the influences of environmental and climatic conditions on past human societies have attracted significant attention from both the scientific community and the general public. Anatolia’s location at the conjunction of Asia, Europe, and Africa and at the intersection of three climatic systems makes it well suited for the study of such effects. In particular, Anatolia challenges many assumptions about how climatic factors affect the socio-political organization and historical evolution, highlighting the importance of close collaboration between archaeologists, historians, and climate scientists. Integrating high-resolution archaeological, textual, and environmental data with longer-term, low-resolution data on past climates, this volume of essays, drawn from the fifteenth International ANAMED Annual Symposium (IAAS) at Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, showcases recent evidence for periods of climate change and human responses to it, exploring the causes underlying societal change across several millennia.Table of Contents1. FRONTMATTERa. Preliminary Pagesb. Table of Contentsc. Prefaced. Abbreviations2. SECTIONS & CHAPTERSa. Prologuei. Boon or Curse? The Role of Climate Change in the Rise and Demise of Anatolian Civilizations (Neil Roberts) (5 figures)b. Insights over the Long Term: Continuity & Changei. An Assessment of Long-Term Climate Dynamics across Anatolia Based on the Results of Macrophysical Climate Modeling (Bülent Arikan) (11 figures)ii. Early to Mid-Holocene Vegetation History and Human Settlement in Anatolia (Ceren Kabukcu, Eleni Asouti) (15 figures)iii. Stability through Crisis: Cultural Resilience in the Face of Climatic Fluctuation from 3500 BCE to 1300 CE at Çadir Höyük in North-Central Anatolia (Madelynn von Baeyer, Tevfik Emre Serifoglu) (11 figures; 1 table)iv. Genesis of the Beysehir Occupation Phase: Understanding the Socio-Environmental Systems of Anatolia and Interactions from Kültepe-Kanis and Paleoecological Records (Çetin Senkul, Mustafa Dogan, Aziz Ören, Fikri Kulakoglu, Warren John Eastwood, Ugur Dogan, Hugh Elton) (5 figures; 3 tables)v. Assessing Continuity and Change in the Sixth to Ninth-Century CE Landscape of North-Central Anatolia (James Newhard, Hugh Elton, John Haldon) (12 figures; 2 tables)c. Events, Landscapes, & People: Change & Responsei. Re-Thinking Thera: Tree-Rings, Radiocarbon, and Response in the Second Millennium BCE (Charlotte Pearson) (4 figures)ii. The Justinianic Plague in Constantinople and Anatolia: A Reassessment of the Evidence (Lee Mordechai) (15 figures)iii. Olive Cultivation at High Altitudes in Anatolia: Exploiting Micro-Localities in Ancient Asia Minor (Hugh Elton, Josh England, Anneley McMillian, Çetin Senkul, Patrick Free, Warren John Eastwood) (15 figures)iv. The Environmental Consequences of the Coming of the Turks to Anatolia (Adam Izdebski) (2 figures)v. Of Wetlands and Reclamation Regimes: Climate Change, Social Upheaval, and Political Practice in Western Anatolia (Semih Çelik, Christina Luke) (8 figures)d. Epiloguei. Environmental History and Archaeology in Anatolia: Concluding Comments and Prospects for the Future (John Haldon, Christopher H. Roosevelt) (4 figures)3. BACKMATTERa. Contributorsb. Index
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Aarhus University Press Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus: The Zea Shipsheds & Slipways 15.1 + 15.2
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Aarhus University Press The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre
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Aarhus University Press Revealing & Concealing in Antiquity: Textual &
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Aarhus University Press Der Mann Aus Grauballe
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Aarhus University Press Metal Hoard from Pile in Scania, Sweden: Place,
Book SynopsisIn 1864, a large metal hoard of copper, bronze and silver objects was discovered at Pile in the southern Swedish region of Scania. The hoard has been dated to the onset of the rich Nordic Bronze Age, and emerges as the earliest, finest and one of the largest of the Nordic sacrificial deposits of metalwork in or near water. The metal hoard from Pile in Scania, Sweden provides the first detailed documentation, scientific examination and historical interpretation of the assemblage. Around 2000 BCE the site of Pile was networked with places near and the far in a manner that boosted the political economy of Southern Scandinavia, adding to an atmosphere of tensions and change -- and it made history. The chapters unfold as a ‘history from beneath’ beginning with place, things and time and concluding with metals and the worlds that intersected in Pile at the threshold of the long Bronze Age.
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Aarhus University Press Proceedings of the Danish Institute at Athens
Book SynopsisCelebrating 25 years of archeological research at the Danish Institute at Athens.Table of ContentsContents Editorial Winther-Jacobsen, Kristina, Rune Frederiksen, & Søren Handberg Celebrating 25 years of archaeological research at the Danish Institute at Athens Ancient Studies Winther-Jacobsen, Kristina & Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen A Late Roman building complex in the Papaz Tarlası, Vezirköprü (ancient Neoklaudiopolis, northern Asia Minor). Wriedt Sørensen, Lone True to type? Archaic Cypriot Male Statues made of Limestone. Kaninia, Eriphyle & Stine Schierup Vroulia revisited: from K.F. Kinch’s excavations in the early 20th century to the present archaeological site. Barfoed, Signe The Cults of Kalydon. Reassessing the Miniaturised Votive Objects. Stubbe Østergaard, Jan Colour shifts: on methodologies in research on the polychromy of Greek and Roman sculpture . Art Historical Studies and Modern Greece Kragelund, Patrick The Parthenon in Danish Art and Architecture, from Abildgaard to Theophil Hansen Reports on Danish Fieldwork in Greece: Vikatou, Olympia & Søren Handberg The Lower Acropolis of Kalydon in Aitolia: preliminary report on the excavations carried out in 2013-15. Hansen, Erik, Gregers Algreen-Ussing & Rune Frederiksen A Short Cut to Delphi: Indications of a vehicle track from a stone quarry to the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi Hallager, Erik & Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki The Greek-Swedish-Danish Excavations 2013 – a short preliminary report Hallager, Erik & Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki The Greek-Swedish-Danish Excavations 2014 – a short preliminary report McGeorge, P. J. P. The Pit L Baby Burial – Hermeneutics: Implications for immigration into Kydonia in MMIII/LMI Frederiksen, Rune, Konstantinos Kissas, Jamieson Donati, Giorgos Giannakopoulos, Silke Müth, Vassilios Papathanasiou, Wolfgang Rabbel, Harald Stümpel, Katharina Rusch and Kristina Winther-Jacobsen “Ancient Sikyon” 2015. A preliminary report
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Aarhus University Press Material Koinai in the Greek Early Iron Age and
Book SynopsisThe ancient Greek word koine was used to describe the new common language dialect that became widespread in the ancient Greek world after the conquests of Alexander the Great. Modern scholars have increasingly used the word to conceptualise regional homogeneities in the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean.In this volume, twenty scholars from various disciplines present case studies that focus on the fundamental question of how to perceive and the social and cultural mechanisms that led to the spread and consumption of material culture in the Greek early Iron Age. Combined the chapters provide a critical examination of the use of the koine concept as a heuristic tool in historical research and discuss to what degree similarities in material culture reflect cultural connections.The volume will be of interest scholars interested in archaeological theory and method, the social significance of material culture, and the history of the ancient Greek world in the first half of the first millennium BC.
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Aarhus University Press We and They: Decolonizing Graeco-Roman and
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Aarhus University Press Proceedings of the Danish Institute at Athens 9
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Aarhus University Press The Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus, Volume III.
Book SynopsisVolumes 15,4 (134 pages) and 15,5 (247 pages, 259 ill., 45 A3 plates) are conceived as a single volume (III.1–2) comprised of two fascicules.III.1: The Harbour Fortifications of the Mounichia and Kantharos Harbours – Architecture and Topography.The primary objective of this fascicule is to present the results of the Zea Harbour Project’s investigations of the harbour fortifications at Mounichia in 2005 and the period 2007 to 2012 and to re-examine what can be known about the fortifications of Kantharos, which continues to serve as the Piraeus’ principal harbour to the present day. Chapter 1 (Introduction) considers the objectives, textual sources, archaeological evidence, terminology, and methodology involved, introducing two new terms: “fortified mole” and “fortified breakwater.” Chapter 2 presents the textual evidence relating to the fortifications of the Piraeus, contextualising these structures within the history of the Piraeus from the late 6th century BC until their destruction by Sulla’s forces in 86 BC. Chapter 3 offers an overview of the documentation created by travellers since 1589, topographers since 1686, and scholars since 1881, focusing on their descriptions of the structural remains of the harbours in the Piraeus, but also bringing relevant cartographic, photographic, and artistic documents into consideration. Chapter 4 explores the topography of the fortifications at Kantharos Harbour based on published data. Chapter 5 does likewise for Mounichia, drawing on the findings of the Project’s fieldwork there to provide a detailed analysis of the harbour fortifications’ architecture, supported by feature catalogues of the northern and southern fortified moles. These monumental structures were probably initially constructed in the early 5th century BC. Two later building phases belonging to the 5th century BC (in all probability 429/28 BC or shortly thereafter) and the 4th to 3rd centuries BC have been identified.III.2: The Themistoclean Shipsheds in Group 1 at Mounichia Harbour – Architecture, Topography and Finds.This fascicule presents the findings of the Project’s 2010–2012 investigations on the northern side of Mounichia Harbour to discuss the architecture and topography of Shipsheds 1–7 in Group 1. Chapter 1 is devoted to the survey and excavation of this set of shipsheds. Shipshed 1(α), dated to terminus post quem 500–480 BC, represents the Zea Harbour Project’s most important discovery: of all the Classical-period structures in the Piraeus, only Shipshed 1(α) has a compelling claim to be linked to Themistocles’ building programme. Chapter 2 offers a survey and catalogue of the ceramics and other small finds discovered during the excavation of Shipshed 1(α) and of the northern fortified mole at Mounichia. Appendices, Figures, and Plates complete the volume.
£55.20
Aarhus University Press Catalogue of the Sardinian, Etruscan and Italic
Book SynopsisIn the First Millennium BC present-day Italy was inhabited by many different ethnic groups, most of which spoke a language affiliated with Latin. Sardinia, a large island to the West of the Italian mainland, had a culture characterized by nuraghs, a kind of massive stone tower, presumably for defense purposes. Many finds of bronze statuettes of warriors show the concern of the population to protect themselves from aggressors, also with divine support secured by impressive priestesses. However, Rome’s closest neighbours to the North were the Etruscans, who spoke a language quite different from any other people in Italy. For a long period Etruscan kings ruled the Romans who, however, liberated themselves from the foreigners and, in reverse, started to conquer their territory. Gradually, from about the Sixth Century BC to about 100 BC, the Romans came to dominate the Etruscans as well as the ethnic groups we call the Italics. But, apart from the military conflict, from which the Romans emerged victorious they were in many ways influenced by the Etruscans, whose prevalence in the field of religion and art they admired. Actually, they welcomed cultural exchange. A striking example is that the Romans invited a famous Etruscan artist to decorate their most important temple, dedicated to Jupiter, on the Capitol Hill. The Etruscan excellence in bronze casting has left a rich heritage of bronze sculpture. Statues and statuettes were used as gifts for the gods in sanctuaries both in Etruria and Rome, as well as in many other parts of Italy.
£21.85
Aarhus University Press Medieval Garments Reconstructed: Norse Clothing
Book SynopsisShort introduction to the amazing finds of garments from the Norse settlement of Herjolfnes in Greenland by Else Østergård. Chapters on technique: production of the tread, dyeing, weaving techniques, cutting and sewing by Anna Nørgaard. Measurements and drawing of garments, hoods, and stockings with sewing instructions by Lilli Frandsen. A practical guide to making your own Norse Medieval garment!
£999.99
Aarhus University Press Kalydon in Aitolia I & II -- 2-Volume Set: Danish
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