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Book SynopsisWorld Prehistory: The Basics tells the compelling story of human prehistory, from our African origins to the spectacular pre-industrial civilizations and cities of the more recent past.Written in a non-technical style by two archaeologists and experienced writers about the past, the story begins with human origins in Africa some 6 million years ago and the spread of our remote ancestors across the Old World. Then we return to Africa and describe the emergence of Homo sapiens (modern humans) over 300,000 years ago, then, much later, their permanent settlement of Europe, Eurasia, Asia, and the Americas. From hunters and foragers, we turn to the origins of farming and animal domestication in different parts of the world after about 11,000 years ago and show how these new economies changed human existence dramatically. Five chapters tell the stories of the great pre-industrial civilizations that emerged after 5000 years before present in the Old World and the Americas, theTable of Contents1. Beginnings (c. 6 to 2 Ma); 2. Out of Africa (c. 2 Ma and later); 3. Enter Homo sapiens (c. 300,000 years ago and later); 4. Modern humans in the north (c. 50,000 to 12,000 years ago); 5. After the ice (c. 15,000 years ago and later); 6. Farmers and herders (c. 10,000 BCE and later); 7. Villages, towns, and chiefs (after about 8,000 BCE); 8. Sumerians and Assyrians (c. 3100 to 612 BCE); 9. By Nile and Indus (c. 3100 to 30 BCE); 10. China and Southeast Asia (after 5250 BCE to 1532 CE); 11. Mesoamerica (c. 1500 BCE to 1532 CE); 12. Andean civilizations (3000 BCE to 1532 CE); 13. Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a fresh and unique global perspective on the study of caravans by bringing together a wealth of up-to-date research that explores the similarities and divergences of caravan lifeways in Africa, Eurasia, the Near East, Southwest Asia, Mesoamerica, and the Andes. The volume presents theoretical frameworks for caravan assessment and intercultural caravan crossings, pushing the boundaries of caravan route history and archaeology to consider the emergence, evolution, maintenance, and adaptations of caravans. Drawing from anthropological, archaeological, historical, geographical, economic, social, political, and art historical perspectives, the volume will be attractive to scholars of these disciplines and beyond who are interested in social issues embedded on trade, travel, and nomadism..Table of ContentsIntroductionCalogero M. Santoro and Persis B. Clarkson1. Early Modern Caravan Networks in Afghanistan: A View From AboveKate Franklin Emily Boak 2. Travel Times Versus Transport Costs on Maya RiversRonald Canter3. Assessing Human Mobility and Dietary Patterns in the Atacama Desert Using Stable Isotopes: The Tarapacá Case (AD 900-1450) Francisca Santana-Sagredo, Julia Lee-Thorp, Rick Schulting, Mauricio Uribe, and Chris Harrod4. Historic Caravans in Tanzania: Toward Reinvigorating Multidiscipliary Exploration Thomas John Biginagwa5. From Northwest Argentina to the Atacama Desert: Circulation, Goods, and Value (900 BC – AD 400)Francisco Gallardo, Benjamín Ballester, Gloria Cabello, Carole Sinclaire, Itaci Correa, Gonzalo Pimentel, and Estefanía Vidal6. Wari State Control of Camelid Caravan Traffic Between the Coast and Highlands of the Southern Nasca Region, Peru Matthew J. Edwards 7. Caravans and Long Distance Trade in Roman EgyptMatt Gibbs8. The Overland "Great Silk Road": Myths and Realities (A Politically Incorrect Paper on a Politically Correct Subject)Anatoly M. Khazanov9. Birth and Growth of Medieval Trans-Saharan Trade in West Africa: The Example of the Caravan City of Sijilmasa (Morocco)Chloé Capel 10. Caravanner and Herder-Horticulturalist Connections on an Atacama Desert Trafficking Route AD 950-1450José Berenguer 11. Maritime Trails: The Sea Route from the Mediterranean to China in Precolonial TimesJohn N. Miksic12. Neither Caravanners Nor Herders: Participation by The Coastal and Lowland Peoples in the Caravan Network of the Northern Atacama Desert, Chile, AD 1000-1535Daniela Valenzuela, Bárbara Cases, Calogero M. Santoro, Paola Leiva, Persis B. Clarkson, Francisca Urrutia, and Adrian Oyaneder 13. Human Caravans of MesoamericaPersis B. Clarkson and William R. Fowler

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Book SynopsisArchaeology for Today and Tomorrow explores how cutting-edge archaeological theories have implications not only for how we study the past but also how we think about and prepare for the future.Ranging from how we understand migration or political leadership to how we think about violence or ecological crisis, the book argues that archaeology should embrace a future-oriented attitude. Behind the traditional archaeological gaze on the past is a unique and useful collection of skills, tools, and orientations for rethinking the present and future. Further, it asserts that archaeological theory is not only vital for how we conduct our work as archaeologists and how we create narratives about the past but also for how we think about the broader world in the present and, crucially, how we envision and shape the future. Each of the chapters in the book links theoretical approaches and global archaeological case studies to a specific contemporary issue. It examines such issueTable of ContentsChapter 1 Building an archaeology for today and tomorrow: an introduction; Chapter 2 Archaeology and migration: more-than-human movements; Chapter 3 Archaeologies and capitalism: flows and desires; Chapter 4 Leaders of the past, leaders in the future: rethinking power; Chapter 5 Violence across the human/non-human divide: the virtual and the actual; Chapter 6 All the world’s a type: rethinking difference and taxonomy; Chapter 7 How we know the past: truth as relational and emergent; Chapter 8 The past as multiple: positive difference, ontological difference; Chapter 9 Archaeology and the Anthropocene: futurity and affect; Chapter 10 Building an archaeology for today and tomorrow: a conclusion.

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Book SynopsisAfrican Islands provides the first geographically and chronologically comprehensive overview of the archaeology of African islands. This book draws archaeologically informed histories of African islands into a single synthesis, focused on multiple issues of common interest, among them human impacts on previously uninhabited ecologies, the role of islands in the growth of long-distance maritime trade networks, and the functioning of plantation economies based on the exploitation of unfree labour. Addressing and repairing the longstanding neglect of Africa in general studies of island colonization, settlement, and connectivity, it makes a distinctively African contribution to studies of island archaeology. The availability of this much-needed synthesis also opens up a better understanding of the significance of African islands in the continent's past as a whole. After contextualizing chapters on island archaeology as a field and an introduction to the variety of Africaâs islands and the archaeological research undertaken on them, the book focuses on four themes: arriving, altering, being, and colonizing and resisting. An interdisciplinary approach is taken to these themes, drawing on a broad range of evidence that goes beyond material remains to include genetics, comparative studies of the languages, textual evidence and oral histories, island ecologies, and more. African Islands provides an up-to-date synthesis and account of all aspects of archaeological research on Africaâs islands for students and academics alike.Trade Review"As far as this reviewer is aware, this is the first book to treat the archaeology of the circum-African islands as a coherent whole. It does so expertly and comprehensively. Mitchell is one of the few scholars qualified to write a book of this type, moving as it does across enormous swathes of space and time and drawing on various traditions of archaeology and theoretical perspectives. The result is a major contribution to African archaeology, with relevance far beyond the continent." Thomas P. Leppard - Journal of African Archaeology"Overall, the book effectively illustrates the value of archaeological research on African islands, highlighting the rich and variable material record of people’s engagement with islands around the continent, as well as possibilities for future research. The book’s many examples of existing and potential research on African islands are analysed through comparisons with other African islands and, more broadly, with other island regions. This approach provides a comprehensive overview of current research on African islands and offers Africanist archaeologists and Island archaeologists alike exciting opportunities to reimagine their current research." Eréndira M. Quintana Morales, AntiquityThis book is Winner of the SAfA Book Prize 2023.“…with this book, Mitchell has leapfrogged African islands into prominence, which must surely bode well for new research across this vast, dynamic, and culturally varied maritime space, encompassing two oceans.” Krish Seetah - The African Archaeological ReviewTable of Contents1. Why Africa, Why Islands?2. The Multitude of Isles3. Arriving4. Altering5. Being 6. Colonizing and Resisting7. Island Archaeology: The African Contribution

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Social Studies of Outer Space offers state-of-the-art overview of contemporary social and cultural research on outer space. International in scope, the thirty-eight contributions by over fifty leading researchers and artists across a variety of disciplines and fields of knowledge, present a range of debates and pose key questions about the crafting of futures in relation to outer space. The Handbook is a call to attend more carefully to engagements with outer space, empirically, affectively, and theoretically, while characterizing current research practices and outlining future research agendas. This recalibration opens profound questions of intersectional politics, race, equity, and environmental justice around the contested topics of space exploration and life off-Earth. Among the many themes included in the volume are the various infrastructures, networks and systems that enable and sustain space exploration; space heritage; the ethics ofTrade Review"It’s rare that one sees a handbook about humanity’s relationship with, and activities in outer space, that goes beyond a few widely discussed themes focussed on science, technology, economics, law or geopolitics. Yet, as this unique collection of different perspectives clearly shows, space is so multi-faceted and touches every person on the planet. To see in one book the many other diverse ‘voices’ on space – from indigenous, to anthropological, to spiritual, to archaeological, to aesthetic, just to name a few – allows us to begin to comprehend the true ‘wonder’ of space and recalibrate our thinking about our responsibilities to respect and protect space for the future generations. A wonderful book co-edited by two amazing thought leaders about the future of humanity and its place in the galaxy around us."Emeritus Professor Steven Freeland, Western Sydney University & Bond University, Vice-Chair of UNCOPUOS Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities"This volume captures the capacious work and thinking that comes under the title "social studies of outer space." It excels at orienting the reader to the field’s formations and setting an ambitious and welcome vision for future work that embraces the multivocality of the cosmos. The contributing authors creatively and insightfully draw from numerous ontologies and epistemologies to animate what space is and can be. This generates an exciting collection that will no doubt inspire many new avenues of research."Lisa Messeri, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University, Author of Placing Outer Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds"This ambitious and timely book brings outer space studies into the 21st century, bringing together cutting-edge critical theory with insights from voices marginalized by traditional space studies - voices that speak to the most pressing issues of today and open up genuine alternatives for future relations with earth and other planets. Weaving together issues of power, violence, social and ecological justice and (inter-)planetary crises, it offers newcomers to the field a nuanced understanding of the complexities of engaging with outer space in theory and practice, while experts will benefit from the richness of disciplines, knowledge systems, perspectives and innovative research found throughout its chapters. This book will make a lasting and critical impact on the field for years to come." Audra Mitchell, Professor, Canada Research Chair in Global Political Ecology, Wilfrid Laurier University"Outer space is not outside. It is inside. Inside the slipstreams of colonialism, capitalism, and the Cold War. But look to this extraordinary book to find countercurrents of the decolonial, antiracist, and communitarian — zones not of a universal universe, but of possible pluriverses, outside the orbits of cosmography as usual."Stefan Helmreich, Elting E. Morison Professor of Anthropology, MIT"Urgent, provocative, inspiring, troubling, and sure to be of enduring significance. With rich discussions of theories, methods, questions and interventions coming from across the social sciences and humanities,this mind-expanding compendium surveys some of the growing terrain of social studies of outer space and offers a robust welcome to newcomers to this vibrant and growing field."Julie Klinger, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Delaware"Alice Gorman and Juan Francisco Salazar are two of the most interesting and innovative writers and thinkers about outer space. They are legends in this field, both in Australia and internationally, and have inspired so many others to follow their lead in exploring this rich and endlessly fascinating topic. In this Handbook, they have brought together such an extraordinary range of diverse voices and perspectives on space. The publication of this Handbook is a watershed moment for all of us interested in using the social sciences and humanities to craft new approaches to human imaginings and futures in space."Ceridwen Dovey"This is a welcome contribution to the growing library of the social sciences, arts, and humanities on outer space that provides challenging socio-political perspectives in a field often dominated by narrow technical and bureaucratic histories."Bleddyn Bowen, University of Leicester"This meticulously curated collection offers critical and creative techniques to think-with space, to learn from earth’s predicaments, and to invent unforeseen modes of planetary habitation. In examining how space is bounded to Earth in the practices of everyday life, the rich and pluriversal space-making interventions presented here act as catalysts for remembering the past and for reinventing our social, cultural, political, and environmental relations."Marie-Pier Boucher, Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology, University of TorontoTable of Contents1. Social Studies of Outer Space: Pluriversal Articulations Part 1: Fields 2. Trilogie Terrestre 3. Refielding in More-Than-Terran Spaces 4. Space and Time Through Material Culture: An Account of Space Archaeology 5. Anthropology and Contemporary Space Exploration, with a Note on Hopi Ladders 6. Planetary Ethnography in a "SpaceX Village": History, Borders, and the Work of "Beyond" 7. The Spaces of Outer Space 8. Sociological Approaches to Outer Space 9. Space Ethics 10. Other Worlds, Other Views: Contemporary Artists and Space Exploration Part 2: Intersections and Interventions 11. As Above, So Below: Space and Race in the Space Race 12. A Chronopolitics of Outer Space: A Poetics of Tomorrowing 13. Feminist Approaches to Outer Space: Engagements with Technology, Labour, and Environment 14. The Iconography of the Astronaut as a Critical Enquiry of Space Law 15. Diversity in Space 16. Mare Incognito: Live Performance Art Linking Sleep with the Cosmos through Radio Waves Part 3: Colonial Histories and Decolonial Futures 17. Celestial Relations with and as Milŋiyawuy, the Milky Way, the River of Stars 18. Coloniality and the Cosmos 19. Safeguarding Indigenous Sky Rights from Colonial Exploitation 20. Anishinaabeg in Space 21. Earthless Astronomy, Landless Datasets, and the Mining of the Future 22. Reconstellating Astroenvironmentalism: Borders, Parks, and Other Cosmic Imaginaries 23. Divergent Extraterrestrial Worlds: Navigating Cosmo-practices on Two Mountaintops in Thailand Part 4: Objects, Infrastructures, Networks, and Systems 24. Glitch in Space 25. Preparing for the "Internet Apocalypse": Data Centres and the Space Weather Threat 26. Space Infrastructures and Networks of Control and Care 27. Mexico Dreams of Satellites 28. Space Codes: The Astronaut and the Architect Part 5: Cultures in Orbit/Life in Space 29. Cosmic Waters 30. Unearthing Biosphere 2, Biosphere 2 as Un·Earthing 31. Living and Working in "The Great Outdoors": Astronautics as Everyday Work in NASA’s Skylab Programme 32. Adapting to Space: The International Space Station Archaeological Project 33. An Ethnography of an Extra-terrestrial Society: The International Space Station 34. Plant Biologists and the International Space Station: Institutionalising a Scientific Community 35. Whiteboards, Dancing, Origami, Debate: The Importance of Practical Wisdom for Astrophysicists and Instrument Scientists 36. Understanding the Question of Whether to Message Extraterrestrial Intelligence 37. Astrobiology and the Immanence of Life amidst Uncertainty 38. A Post-Geocentric Gravitography of Human Culture

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Book SynopsisArchaeology of Pacific Oceania, now in its second edition, offers a state-of-the-art and fully detailed chronological narrative of how Pacific Oceania came to be inhabited over a long time scale, posing fundamental questions both for Pacific Oceania and for global archaeology.The Pacific Ocean covers 165 million sq. km, nearly one-third of the world's total surface area, yet its thousands of islands and their diverse cultural histories are scarcely known to the other two-thirds of the world. This book asks how and why did this vast sea of islands come to be inhabited over the last several millennia, transcending significant change in ecology, demography, and society? What were the roles of overseas contacts in the development of social networks, economic trade, and population dynamics? What can any or all of the thousands of islands offer as ideal model systems for comprehending globally significant issues of human-environment relations and coping with changing circuTable of ContentsChapter 1 Research themes in Pacific Oceanic archaeology Chapter 2 Regional context and perspectives Chapter 3 Substance and scope of Pacific Oceanic archaeology Chapter 4 Hunter-gatherer traditions in the western Asia-Pacific region Chapter 5 Following the Asia-Pacific pottery trail, 4000 through 800 B.C. Chapter 6 First contact with the Remote Oceanic environmentChapter 7 A siege of ecological imperialismChapter 8 The end of an eraChapter 9 A broad-spectrum revolution? 500 B.C. through A.D. 100 Chapter 10 The atoll highway of Micronesia, A.D. 100 through 500 Chapter 11 Ethnogenesis and polygenesis, A.D. 500 through 1000 Chapter 12 An A.D. 1000 event? Formalization of cultural expressions Chapter 13 Expansion and intensification, A.D. 1000 through 1800 Chapter 14 Living with the past

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how societies deal with the effects of war on the historic environment. Written by historians, archaeologists, and conservation professionals, it offers a dramatic perspective on the war in Ukraine. It reveals the truth behind the Kremlin's just war' narrative and touches on the complex relationship between war, society and the historic environment with examples of heritage conservation, archaeology and political expediency from Europe to Namibia.Prompted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the first section Frontline Ukraine' examines the manipulation of history, the use of propaganda, and the decolonisation of Russian memorials in former Soviet states. It highlights how illegal archaeological excavations, looting and the removal of museum collections beginning from seizure of Crimea in 2014 until the present day have contributed to an increasingly implausible Russian narrative which attempts to represent an imperial land grab as a just war'. In th

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Book SynopsisThe benchmark first edition of Forensic Radiology, published in 1998, was a milestone in the forensic community â a bestseller throughout the world and a standard reference for practitioners and educators alike. Like its predecessor, Brogdonâs Forensic Radiology, Second Edition covers the entire scope of radiological applications in the forensic sciences, profiling current and anticipated uses of new modalities and techniques. Features: Provides an introduction to forensic radiology, including historical perspectives and definitions used in the field Offers instruction on trial preparation and effective courtroom testimony Demonstrates the use of forensic radiology in identification of the dead Explores the use of radiology to help in gunshot and abuse cases and in nonviolent crimes Contains an entirely new section on virtual imaging and virtopsy Examines technological and safe

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Book SynopsisBronze Age Worlds brings a new way of thinking about kinship to the task of explaining the formation of social life in Bronze Age Britain and Ireland.Britain and Ireland's diverse landscapes and societies experienced varied and profound transformations during the twenty-fifth to eighth centuries BC. People's lives were shaped by migrations, changing beliefs about death, making and thinking with metals, and living in houses and field systems. This book offers accounts of how these processes emerged from social life, from events, places and landscapes, informed by a novel theory of kinship. Kinship was a rich and inventive sphere of culture that incorporated biological relations but was not determined by them. Kinship formed personhood and collective belonging, and associated people with nonhuman beings, things and places. The differences in kinship and kinwork across Ireland and Britain brought textures to social life and the formation of Bronze Age worlds.BTrade Review"With this book Robert Johnston has done a great service to researchers and students of the era, which he defines as spanning 2500 to 700bc... The book can expect a long shelf life." - Mike Pitts, British Archaeology"The descriptive and evocative text in this book is outstanding and a real strength that sets it apart. ... This is elegant archaeological writing that takes us beyond site reports and summaries and clearly presents the author’s vision of the period and life in it. ... The book is readable, accessible and detailed. Not only should it be on the shelf of every scholar of the Bronze Age, but also of archaeologists more widely." - Rachel Crellin, Antiquity"The book represents the best of what European Bronze Age studies can be" - Steven Matthews, Prehistoric Society"The book contains an impressive amount of data, a wealth of carefully described examples, and compilation of research discourses unparalleled for this region. Johnston thus creates a complete picture of Bronze Age research in Britain and Ireland, which he eloquently ties together with his emphasis on the significance of kinship and journeys. ... The publication is thus highly recommended to anyone with an interest in learning more about the Bronze Age." Stefanie Schaefer-di Maida, Norwegian Archaeological Review"Johnston decisively confirms kinship as a relevant frame of reference for archaeo logical interpretation. For this reason, this book provides profound insights into the ways in which we can (and should) consider many aspects of the material record." Matthew Walsh, American AntiquityTable of Contents1 Introduction: Dowris; Part I Gifts; 2 A Patina of Journeys; 2500–1700 BC; 3 Dispersed Lives; 2000–700 BC; Part II Dwellings; 4 Home Ground; 2500–1200 BC; 5 Living and Gathering; 1400–750 BC; Part III Landmarks; 6 Enchanting Places; 2500–1500 BC; 7 Akin to Land; 2200–700 BC; 8 Conclusion: A Social Prehistory

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Book SynopsisDespite its importance to how humans inhabit their environments, walking has rarely received the attention of ethnographers. Ways of Walking combines discussions of embodiment, place and materiality to address this significant and largely ignored ''technique of the body''. This book presents studies of walking in a range of regional and cultural contexts, exploring the diversity of walking behaviours and the variety of meanings these can embody. As an original collection of ethnographic work that is both coherent in design and imaginative in scope, this primarily anthropological book includes contributions from geographers, sociologists and specialists in education and architecture, offering insights into human movement, landscape and social life. With its interdisciplinary nature and truly international appeal, Ways of Walking will be of interest to scholars across a range of social sciences, as well as to policy makers on both local and national levels.Trade Review'This is a marvelously detailed book about many different forms of pedestrianism. I strongly recommend Ways of Walking for its really good analyses of just how walking has been and still is fundamental to human life.' John Urry, Lancaster University, UK 'The humble art of walking has been virtually ignored in the social sciences. This excellent book teaches us otherwise. Walking is shown to be absolutely fundamental to how we think, how we act and how we dwell.' Christopher Tilley, University College London, UK 'This fascinating collection, edited by Aberdeen-based anthropologists Tim Ingold and Jo Lee Vergunst, unveils the tacit nature of walking and will likely make most readers take a different stroll through their own ethnographic data. The volume convincingly demonstrates that walking is not merely another field of enquiry, but an integral, and often forgotten, aspect of social life per se.' Social Anthropology 'The eclectic accounts of walking collated in Ways of Walking illustrate how fundamental moving on foot is to human life. The content is engaging and varied. The reader is transported, chapter by chapter, to far-flung places in urban and rural settings in the developed and developing worlds. ...This is a fascinating book that will heighten the reader's awareness of walking practices - their own as well as others.' New Zealand Geographer 'Whilst each chapter in itself offers an intriguing ethnographic insight into the ways of walking, the collection as a whole opens up into a rich, engrossing, and highly enjoyable conversation.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 'The collection edited by Ingold and Vergunst sets a standard for work on what it is to walk and to know place and the relationship between the two. The work of the editors can be found at the heart of contemporary debates and research regarding mobility, knowledge and perception.' SociologyTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction, Tim Ingold and Jo Lee Vergunst; Before a step too far: walking with Batek hunter-gatherers in the forests of Pahang, Malaysia, Lye Tuck-Po; Walking stories: leaving footprints, Allice Legat; The dilemmas of walking: a comparative view, Thomas Widlok; Feet following hooves, Pernille Gooch; Performing on the landscape versus doing landscape: perambulatory practice, sight and the sense of belonging, Kenneth R. Olwig; Listen to the sound of time: walking with saints in an Andalusian village, Katrín Lund; Taking a trip and taking care in everyday life, Jo Lee Vergunst; Walking through ruins, Tim Edensor; Walking out of the classroom: learning on the streets of Aberdeen, Elizabeth Curtis; Enchantment engineering and pedestrian empowerment: the Geneva case, Sonia Lavadinho and Yves Winkin; 'Taking a line for a walk': walking as an aesthetic practice, Raymond Lucas; A collectable topography: walking, remembering and recording mountains, Hayden Lorimer and Katrín Lund; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology spans the gap between archaeology and biological anthropology, the field and laboratory, and between francophone and anglophone funerary archaeological approaches to the remains of the dead and the understanding of societies, past and present.Interest in archaeothanatology has grown considerably in recent years in English-language scholarship. This timely publication moves away from anecdotal case studies to offer syntheses of archaeothanatological approaches with an eye to higher-level inferences about funerary behaviour and its meaning in the past. Written by francophone scholars who have contributed to the development of the field and anglophone scholars inspired by the approach, this volume offers detailed insight into the background and development of archaeothanatology, its theory, methods, applications, and its most recent advances, with a lexicon of related vocabulary.This volume is a key source for archaeo-anTrade ReviewWinner of the European Association of Archaeologists Archaeology Book Prize 2023'For too long, language has divided French and English-speaking researchers over approaches to the archaeology of death. This very substantial volume brings them together for the first time in a major endeavour which reveals the range and potential of archaeothanatological approaches.' ~ Mike Parker Pearson, University College London, United Kingdom'Harking back on many decades of evolving archaeothanatology in action, this book certainly sets a new global standard both in burial excavations and depositional reconstructions of human skeletal remains and their contexts.' ~ Vera Tiesler, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, MexicoTable of ContentsIntroduction: Archaeothanatology, funerary archaeology and bioarchaeology: perspectives on the long view of death and the dead Christopher J. Knüsel and Eline M.J. Schotsmans Part I: Archaeothanatology – methodological guidelines 1. Methodological guidelines for archaeothanatological practice Frédérique Blaizot 2. A tale of two worlds: Terminologies in archaeothanatologyBruno Boulestin3. Words between two worlds: Collective graves and related issues in burial terminology Bruno Boulestin and Patrice Courtaud4. Secondary cremation burials of past populations: Some methodological procedures for excavation, bone fragment identification and sex determinationGermaine Depierre 5. The accompanying deadBruno Boulestin6. Denied funeral rites: The contribution of the archaeothanatological approach Aurore SchmittPart II: Period-specific applications 7. Early primary burials: Evidence from Southwestern AsiaAnne-marie Tillier8. The earliest European burials Bruno Maureille 9. Beyond the formal analysis of funerary practices? Archaeothanatology as a reflexive tool for considering the role of the dead amongst the living: A Natufian case study Fanny Bocquentin 10. What can archaeothanatology add? A case study of new knowledge and theoretical implications in the re-study of Mesolithic burials in Sweden and DenmarkLiv Nilsson Stutz11. Neolithic burials of infants and childrenMélie Le Roy and Stéphane Rottier12. Defining collective burials: Three case studiesAurore Schmitt13. Different burial types but common practice: The case of the funerary complex at Barbuise and La Saulsotte (France) at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age Stéphane Rottier14. Deathways of the Durotriges: Reconstructing identity through archaeothanatology in later Iron Age southern BritainKarina Gerdau-Radonić, Janne Sperrevik, Martin Smith, Paul Cheetham, and Miles Russell15. The Roman cemetery of Porta Nocera at Pompeii: The contribution of osteological re-associations to the study of secondary cremation burialsHenri Duday16. Reopening graves for the removal of objects and bones: Cultural practices and looting Edeltraud Aspöck, Karina Gerdau-Radonić and Astrid Noterman17. Cluniac funerary practicesEleanor Williams18. ‘Bring out your dead’: Funerary and public health practices in times of epidemic diseaseDominique Castex and Sacha Kacki19. Jewish funerary practices in Medieval EuropePhilippe Blanchard20. Islamic burials: Muslim graves and graves of MuslimsYves Gleize21. Recognising a slave cemetery: An example from colonial-period Guadeloupe, Lesser AntillesPatrice Courtaud and Thomas RomonPart III: Archaeothanatology of associated remains22. Archaeothanatological approaches to associated remains in funerary contexts in Europe: An overviewIsabelle Cartron and Aurélie Zemour23. An archaeothanatological approach to the identification of late Anglo-Saxon burials in wooden containersEmma C. Green24. Ceramic studies in funerary contexts from Roman GaulChristine Bonnet25. Animal remains in burialsPatrice Méniel 26. The walking dead – life after death: archaeoentomological evidence in a Roman catacomb: (Saints Marcellinus and Peter, central area, 1st-3rd century AD)Jean-Bernard Huchet and Dominique CastexPart IV: Applied sciences, experiments and legal considerations27. From flesh to bone: building bridges between taphonomy, archaeothanatology and forensic science for a better understanding of mortuary practices Eline M.J. Schotsmans, Patrice Georges-Zimmerman, Maiken Ueland, and Boyd B. Dent28. Exploring the use of actualistic forensic taphonomy in the study of (forensic) archaeological human burials: An actualistic experimental research programme at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University (FACTS), San Marcos, TexasHayley L. Mickleburgh, Daniel J. Wescott, Sarah Gluschitz, and M. Victor Klinkenberg29. An experimental approach to the interpretation of prehistoric cremation and cremation burialsMogens B. Henriksen 30. The taphonomic and archaeothanatological potentials of diagenetic alterations of archaeological boneThomas J. Booth, David Brönniman, Richard Madgwick, and Cordula Portmann31. 3D models as useful tools in archaeothanatologyGéraldine Sachau-Carcel32. Use of archaeothanatology in preventive (salvage/rescue) archaeology and field research archaeology Mark Guillon33. Managing and reburying ancient human remains in France: From legal and ethical concerns to field practicesGaëlle ClavandierPart V: Lexicon of archaeothanatological terms34. Lexicon of terms used in archaeothanatology: A work still in the process of becoming Christopher J. Knüsel, Karina Gerdau-Radonić, and Eline M.J. Schotsmans

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Book SynopsisHeritage stones are those stones that have been used for many years, even centuries, to build the historic buildings and monuments of places around the world. Some of these stones are still being used for construction, but others are no longer used, either because quarries were exhausted or closed or because architects and constructors do not know about their particularities and importance. Several scientific papers discuss many of these stones, and a number of papers are currently being prepared, but this book is the first to emphasize the importance and significance of natural stone in the construction of a city, Salamanca, recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1988. In light of this recognition, Salamanca has a duty to preserve all historic buildings that make up the city by restoring those that are starting to deteriorate centuries after their construction. This book describes the buildings, the stones (all quarried centuries ago in the surrounding area), and the sTable of ContentsIntroduction. World Heritage Sites. Salamanca: a World Heritage Site. The buildings in Salamanca. The Stones of Salamanca. Stone Testing. Sedimentary stones. Metamorphic stones. Igneous stones. The Quarries. Heritage Stones. Heritage Stones in Salamanca. Conclusions: The importance of stones in the preservation of cultural heritage. Glossary. References.

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Book SynopsisConservation of monuments and historic sites is one of the most challenging problems facing modern civilization. It involves various cultural, humanistic, social, technical, economical and administrative factors, intertwining in inextricable patterns. The complexity of the topic is such that guidelines or recommendations for ntervention techniques and design approaches are difficult to set. The Technical Committee on the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites (named TC19) was established by the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) in 1981, is supported by the Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI), and was renamed TC301 in 2010.This book assesses the role of historic towers as symbols of community identity and how to best preserve this special cultural heritage. Well-documented, exemplary case histories highlight concepts of preservation, integrity, cultural heritage, dynamic identification techniques and techniques for long-tTrade Review[...] this book shows the great attention paid by the authors to the historic background of the studied towers, built upon the analysis of its distress state and the need for preservation works. The story of the ten towers and of the events that have accompanied their construction and later life is fascinating, while offering a culturally interesting view of the monuments preservation issues. In conclusion, the book features a range of interesting suggestions, not only to engineers and architects but also for all who are in charge of providing directives, or making decisions, on saving heritage buildings."Excerpt from review in Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica (1/2018)[...] this book shows the great attention paid by the authors to the historic background of the studied towers, built upon the analysis of its distress state and the need for preservation works. The story of the ten towers and of the events that have accompanied their construction and later life is fascinating, while offering a culturally interesting view of the monuments preservation issues. In conclusion, the book features a range of interesting suggestions, not only to engineers and architects but also for all who are in charge of providing directives, or making decisions, on saving heritage buildings."Excerpt from review in Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica (1/2018)Table of ContentsIntroduction. A first insight on tower behavior: geotechnical and structural mechanisms, leaning instability and long term behavior. Tower of Pisa: lessons learned from observation and back analysis. Ghirlandina tower in Modena: an example of dynamic identification. Clock Tower and Westminster Palace: the behavior during protective measures. Frari bell tower in Venice: a complex soil-structure interaction. Carmine bell tower in Naples: predictive soil-structure interaction under seismic actions. San Marco Bell Tower in Venice: an example of strengthening of foundations. The tower of the Admiralty in St Petersburg. The tower of St Stephen Cathedral in Vienna. Mechanical behaviour of leaning masonry Huzhu pagoda. The Leaning Tower of St Moritz: a structure on a creeping landslide. Safeguarding the leaning minaret of Jam. The 5th Minaret in Herat (Afghanistan): from emergency intervention to final stabilisation.

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Book SynopsisProbate inventories provide an unparalleled and intimate glimpse into the lives of the inhabitants of early modern England. After death, the items within the deceased's home would frequently be itemised and valued room-by-room. As well as providing invaluable information about the rich diversity and value of domestic material culture, the inventories also offer insights into the different tastes, domestic arrangements and range of activities that took place within the early modern home. Inventories also enable scholars to reconstruct the informal social and business networks that are crucial for understanding this period, but which might otherwise remain hidden. By offering a critical introduction to the use of probate inventories for historical research, and by providing transcriptions of inventories from French immigrants to early modern London, this book provides a new and important resource for students and researchers interested in the early modern household, material culture studTrade Review"This book is a useful reference volume for those of us interested in the material culture of early modern London and the difference immigrants brought with them when they settled in their new homeland."- Tracey Wedge, Independent Scholar, Aotearoa/New Zealand"These 92 inventory transcriptions, supported by a glossary, bibliography and indices, are thus a very solid addition to the existing corpus and ... this book should be in any serious library."- Newsletter of the Furniture History Society"The transcriptions are packed with interesting and puzzling items that will surely provoke discussion. ... This volume would be a welcome addition to the shelves of both researchers and teachers."- Sixteenth Century Journal"...a useful and necessary resource for historians studying French Protestant immigration, acculturation of immigrants to London, material culture and cultural studies."- Seventeenth Century"Without a doubt, Parker’s contribution to Huguenot scholarship and domestic history will be invaluable to researchers and students in migrant communities in early modern London, as well as those interested in the material culture of the urban middle classes."- French StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction, Inventory Transcriptions, Appendix A: Names, Appendix B: Occupations, Appendix C: Glossary

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Book SynopsisArchaeologists have been developing artifact typologies to understand cultural categories for as long as the discipline has existed. Dwight Read examines these attempts to systematize the cultural domains in premodern societies through a historical study of pottery typologies. He then offers a methodology for producing classifications that are both salient to the cultural groups that produced them and relevant for establishing cultural categories and timelines for the archaeologist attempting to understand the relationship between material culture and ideational culture of ancient societies. This volume is valuable to upper level students and professional archaeologists across the discipline.Trade Review"'Eleven carefully crafted, thoughtful chapters span the history, method, and theory of the classification of material culture. Among other topics, Read considers intuitive and objective classifications, paradigms, patterning, numerical taxonomy, modality, and variable redundancy. Read\'s research on stone tools and ceramics and his pedagogical skills help fine tune the narrative and make a difficult, complex subject informative, instructive, and readable. Summing Up: Highly recommended.' CHOICE --This text refers to the Library Binding edition. "This important contribution summarises a lifetime involvement with teaching, developing and debating approaches to artifact classification Dwight Read brings to this task his own varied contributions and highly developed logical and mathematical skills...it is a valuable study of some key issues in and approaches to archaeological practice." - David Frankel, Australian Archaeology"Table of Contents1: Introduction; 2: Historical Background; 3: Pottery Typologies; 4: From Intuitive to Objective Classifications; 5: Objective Classification: Goals and Problems; 6: Artifact Measurement; 7: Production and Categorization Sequences; 8: Quantitative Classification: Methodology; 9: Patterning Based on Type Frequency Counts; 10: Style, Function, Neutral Traits, Evolution, and Classification; 11: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1982, this book presents the results of a series of field investigations carried out in Kenya, Zambia and the Sudan into the 'archaeological' remains and material culture of contemporary small-scale societies, and demonstrates the way in which objects are used as symbols within social action and within particular world views and ideologies.Table of Contents1. Introduction: the nature of material cultures; 2. Ethnicity and symbolism in Baringo; 3. Maintaining the boundaries; 4. Disrupting the boundaries; 5. Within the boundaries: age, sex and self-decoration; 6. Hunter-gatherers and pastoralists on the Leroghi plateau; 7. A state of symbiosis and conflict: the Lozi; 8. Dirt, women and men: a study in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan; 9. Implications for archaeology; 10. Conclusions and prospects.

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Book SynopsisThis volume, bringing together studies on the disposal of the dead, explores the frontiers and potential of research and presents critical appraisals of theory about social organisation and culture change.Table of ContentsList of contributors; Preface; 1. Approaches to the archaeology of death Robert Chapman and Klavs Randsborg; 2. The search for rank in prehistoric burials James A. Brown; 3. Social configurations and the archaeological study of mortuary practices: a case study John O'Shea; 4. One-dimensional archaeology and multi-dimensional people: spatial organisation and mortuary analysis Lynne Goldstein; 5. The emergence of formal disposal areas and the 'problem' of megalithic tombs in prehistoric Europe Robert Chapman; 6. Dialogues with death Ian Kinnes; 7. 'Various styles of urn' - cemeteries and settlement in southern England Richard Bradley; 8. Burial, succession and early state formation in Denmark Klavs Randsborg; 9. Mortuary practices, palaeodemography and palaeopathology: a case study from the Koster site (Illinois) Jane E. Buikstra; 10. Mortality, age structure and status in the interpretation of stress indicators in prehistoric skeletons Della C. Cook; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisMummies are the preserved remains of human or animal bodies. They may be preserved naturally or through human intervention, and their careful study can give us important insights into the past. This important 2003 reference work shows how mummification happens, explores mummies worldwide, and gives guidance into their research.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: '… this book should be required reading for any serious researcher on the sometimes gory but always fascinating subject of mummies and what they can teach us about human beliefs and behaviour.' Sarah Wiseman, NatureReview of the hardback: '… a classic work …'. The LancetReview of the hardback: '… will become the standard reference text for bioarchaeological studies of mummified human remains and it is unlikely that the book will be superseded in this role for a very long time.' International Journal of OsteoarchaeologyReview of the hardback: '… an indispensable research tool for students of ancient populations and palaeophathology … a work of immense scholarship, superbly documents and exhaustively referenced.' The Times Higher Education SupplementReview of the hardback: 'Aufderheide's book, with its careful descriptions, beautiful illustrations, clear facts and timely reflections of a dedicated author, is in itself a statement on mummy studies and how they should be carried out for the benefit of all.' Annals of Human BiologyReview of the hardback: 'This work, a veritable tour de force of mummy studies, will establish itself as the classic volume on mummies. The work is, therefore, essential reading for palaeopathologists, osteologists, archaeologists and mummy specialists worldwide.' Journal of Biosocial SciencesReview of the hardback: '… a timely addition to the literature, providing a basic text for training programmes in this field and also a research reference source. … the range and depth of the author's scholarship and firsthand contributions to mummy science ensure that this thought-provoking book, with its wealth of facts, research citations and suggestions for future developments, will remain a classic in this field.' Rosalie David, University of Manchester'Considering that [this] book is over 600 pages long and packed full of high-quality black-and-white images, I feel it is good value. It is a veritable encyclopaedia of all things mummy and covers everything from the history, purposes and techniques of anthropogenic mummification to the use of pulverised mummified human tissues as a medical drug … This book will be engrossing not only to anyone with a passing interest in mummification and ancient history, but also to those curious about more recent events, as subjects covered include the embalming of Abraham Lincoln and the mummification of Eva Peron, Vladimir Lenin and the American Civil War horse, Comanche. It is highly recommended.' Bulletin of The Royal College of PathologistsTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; 1. History of mummy studies; 2. Purpose of anthropogenic mummification; 3. Mechanisms of mummification; 4. The geography of mummies; 5. Soft tissue taphonomy; 6. Mummy study methodology; 7. Animal mummies; 8. Soft tissue paleopathology: diseases of the viscera; 9. The museology of mummies; 10. Use and abuse of mummies; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis 1991 volume describes past studies of prehispanic roads in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central and South America, paying special attention to their significance for economic and political organisation, as well as regional communication.Table of ContentsList of contributors; List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Editor's preface; Section I. Theoretical Considerations: 1. An introduction to the study of ancient New World road networks Charles D. Trombold; 2. Paths and roads in evolutionary perspective Timothy Earle; 3. Roads, routes and ties that bind Ross Hassig; 4. Observations about research on prehistoric roads in South America John Hyslop; Section II. Methodological Considerations: 5. Photointerpretation of Chaco Roads Margaret S. Obenauf; 6. Analysis of prehistoric roadways in Chaco Canyon using remotely sensed digital data Thomas L. Sever and David W. Wagner; 7. Prehistoric footpaths in Costa Rica: transportation and communication in a tropical rainforest Payson Sheets and Thomas L. Sever; 8. Cross-cutting relationships: the relative dating of ancient roads on the north coast of Peru Colleen M. Beck; 9. Network analysis and the study of past regional organisation Larry J. Gorenflo and Thomas L. Bell; Section III. Regional Studies: 10. Political, economic, and demographic implications of the Chaco road network Frances Joan Mathien; 11. The prehistoric road network at Pueblo Alto, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico Thomas C. Windes; 12. The Sonoran connection: road and trail networks in the prehistoric period Carroll L. Riley, and Joni L. Manson; 13. Causeways in the context of strategic planning in the La Quemada region, Zacatecas, Mexico Charles D. Trombold; 14. Xanhari: protohistoric Tarascan routes Shirley Gorenstien and Helen Perlstein Pollard; 15. The influence and legacy of Teotihuacan on regional routes and urban planning Thomas H. Charlton; 16. The structure of the Aztec transport network Robert S. Santley; 17. Roads, thoroughfares and avenues of power at Xochicalco, Mexico Kenneth Hirth; 18. Sacbes of the northern Maya William J. Folan; 19. Prehistoric roads and causeways of lowland tropical America William M. Denevan; 20. The association between roads and polities: evidence for a Wari road system in Peru Katharina J. Schrieber; 21. The Chincha roads: economics and symbolism Dwight T. Wallace.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the diverse understandings of the archaeological record in both historical and contemporary perspective, while also serving as a guide to reassessing current views. Gavin Lucas argues that archaeological theory has become both too fragmented and disconnected from the particular nature of archaeological evidence. The book examines three ways of understanding the archaeological record - as historical sources, through formation theory and as material culture - then reveals ways to connect these three domains through a reconsideration of archaeological entities and archaeological practice. Ultimately, Lucas calls for a rethinking of the nature of the archaeological record and the kind of history and narratives written from it.Trade Review'This is a bold book and worth reading by all theoretically minded scholars.' European Journal of Archaeology'Lucas's book brings a new complexity to the concept of the archaeological record.' R. Carl DeMuth, Canadian Journal of ArchaeologyTable of Contents1. The trouble with theory; 2. The total record; 3. Formation theory; 4. Materialized culture; 5. Archaeological entities; 6. Archaeological interventions; 7. A 'new' social archaeology?

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Book SynopsisArchaeology has made enormous advances recently, both in volume of discoveries and in its character as an intellectual discipline.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgments; Part I. The Scope of Maritime Archaeology: 1. Introducing maritime archaeology; 2. General introduction and definitions; 3. The development of maritime archaeology; 4. Summary and prospectus; 5. The constraints of work under water; 6. The organisation of work under water; 7. Some problems in work under water; 8. The advantages of excavation under water; 9. The contribution of current work under water; 10. Mediterranean shipbuilding in classical times; 11. Mediterranean trade in pre-classical and classical times; 12. Early Mediterranean harbours; 13. Ships of the early medieval period in north-west Europe; 14. Post-medieval ship construction; 15. The Spanish Armada; 16. The expansion of Europe, sixteenth to nineteenth centuries; 17. The annexation of the new world; 18. Navigational instruments; 19. The unrealised potential of maritime archaeology; 20. Prehistoric craft; 21. Medieval shipbuilding in north-west Europe; 22. Shipbuilding in Asia; 23. Inland craft; 24. Pre-1500 trade outside the Mediterranean; 25. Anchors and anchorages; 26. Deep-water archaeology; Part II. Towards a Theory of Maritime Archaeology: 27. The archaeology of shipwrecks; 28. Introduction; 29. Wreck-sites and their environments; 30. Extracting filters; 31. Scrambling devices A; 32. Scrambling devices B; 33. The analysis of sea-bed distributions A; 34. The analysis of sea-bed distributions B; 35. The archaeology of ships; 36. Introduction; 37. The ship as a machine; 38. The ship as an element in a military or economic system; 39. The ship as a closed community; 40. The archaeology of maritime cultures; 41. Introduction; 42. Nautical technology; 43. Naval warfare and maritime trade; 44. Shipboard societies; 45. Incidental contributions to archaeology in general; 46. Conclusions; Theory and Practice; Bibliography; Index.

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