Archaeology
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Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms: Interpretations of Mississippian IconographyBetween AD 900-1600, the native peoples of the Mississippi River Valley and other areas of the Eastern Woodlands of the United States conceived and executed one of the greatest artistic traditions of the Precolumbian Americas. Created in the media of copper, shell, stone, clay,...
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The Origins of the World's MythologiesThis remarkable book is the most ambitious work on mythology since that of the renowned Mircea Eliade, who all but single-handedly invented the modern study of myth and religion. Focusing on the oldest available texts, buttressed by data from archeology, comparative linguistics and human...
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Seahenge: A Quest for Life and Death in Bronze Age BritainA lively and authoritative investigation into the lives of our ancestors, based on the revolution in the field of Bronze Age archaeology which has been taking place in Norfolk and the Fenlands over the last twenty years, and in which the author has played...
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Ashkelon 9: The Hellenistic PeriodThis ninth archaeological report of the Leon Levy Expedition presents the material remains of Ashkelon's Hellenistic-period occupation. Drawing together contributions from a range of specialists, it adduces the evidence from Ashkelon's material record to address larger economic, cultural, and political questions of the Hellenistic...
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Archaeology and Public Benefit: Moving the Debate ForwardThe papers presented at the 2020 EAC Symposium reflect the challenges and opportunities development-led archaeology presents in terms of public benefit. As outlined in the Valletta Convention, the public must be the key beneficiaries of archaeological work and the theoretical concept of public benefit...
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Clotilda: The History and Archaeology of the Last Slave ShipDocuments the maritime historical research and archaeological fieldwork used to identify the wreck of the notorious schooner Clotilda Clotilda: The History and Archaeology of the Last Slave Ship is the first definitive work to examine the maritime historical and archaeological record of one of...
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Library and Information Studies for Arctic Social Sciences and HumanitiesLibrary and Information Studies for Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities serves as a key interdisciplinary title that links the social sciences and humanities with current issues, trends, and projects in library, archival, and information sciences within shared Arctic frameworks and geographies. Including contributions from...
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Sluneční Králové/Kings of the Sun: Katalog/CatalogueThis is the catalog in Czech and English which accompanied the unique exhibition "Kings of the Sun" that took place at the National Museum in Prague between September 1st 2020 and September 31st 2021 and mapped over a century of archaeological exploration of the...
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A Global History of The Earlier Palaeolithic: Assembling the Acheulean World, 1673-2020sThis book tells the story of both the ancient humans who made handaxes and the thoughts and ideas of scholars who have spent their lives trying to understand them. Beginning with the earliest known finds, this volume provides a linear and thematic account of...
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Far Western Basketmaker Beginnings: The Jackson Flat ProjectThe Basketmaker presence in southern Utah has traditionally been viewed as peripheral to developments originating in the Four Corners region. Far Western Basketmaker Beginnings offers an entirely new and provocative perspective--that the origins of farming on the northern Colorado Plateau are instead found far...
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Defining and Measuring Diversity in Archaeology: Another Step Toward an Evolutionary Synthesis of CultureCalculating the diversity of biological or cultural classes is a fundamental way of describing, analyzing, and understanding the world around us. Understanding archaeological diversity is key to understanding human culture in the past. Archaeologists have long experienced a tenuous relationship with statistics; however, the...
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Balam, La Senda del Jaguar / Balam: The Path of the JaguarHistoria del náufrago español Gonzalo Guerrero, un adversario conquistador español. La senda del jaguar es la segunda parte de la trilogía novelística Enigmas de los dioses del México antiguo: la estremecedora historia del náufrago español Gonzalo Guerrero, quien se integró a la cultura maya...
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Critical Approaches to Cypriot and Wider Mediterranean ArchaeologyThis volume brings together scholars to reflect on the work of Professor A. Bernard Knapp and on some of the challenges thrown down in his extensive scholarship. Knapp is a central figure in the pre and proto-history of the Mediterranean in the last generation,...
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King Tut's TombThis title takes readers to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt to discover the place where King Tut's tomb was finally found. Fascinating and historical images, maps, and more facts complete this title. This series is at a Level 3 and is specifically...
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Maps for Time Travelers: How Archaeologists Use Technology to Bring Us Closer to the PastPopular culture is rife with movies, books, and television shows that address our collective curiosity about what the world was like long ago. From historical dramas to science fiction tales of time travel, audiences love stories that reimagine the world before our time. But...
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Surviving Spanish Conquest: Indian Fight, Flight, and Cultural Transformation in Hispaniola and Puerto RicoReveals the transformation that occurred in Indian communities during the Spanish conquest of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico from 1492 to 1550 In Surviving Spanish Conquest: Indian Fight, Flight, and Cultural Transformation in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, Karen F. Anderson-Córdova draws on archaeological, historical, and...
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War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Twentieth CenturyThe ocean is humanity's largest battlefield. Resting in its depths lie the lost ships of war, spanning the totality of human history. Many wrecks are nameless, others from more recent times are remembered, honored even, as are the battles that claimed them, like Actium,...
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Archaeology and Ceramics at the Marksville Site: Volume 56The Marksville site, which is believed to be contemporaneous with and connected to Hopewell sites in Ohio and Illinois, is in Avoyelles Parish in central Louisiana, in the Lower Mississippi Valley. In this volume, Alan Toth compiles information drawn from three early archaeological excavations...
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World Prehistory: The Basics: The BasicsWorld 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...
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Archaeology, Politics and Islamicate Cultural Heritage in EuropeArchaeology, Politics and Islamicate Cultural Heritage in Europe responds to the wishes of specialists in the history and archaeology of Islamicate societies in Europe to explore the integration of these societies into historical narratives. In order to deal with the multiple implications and wide...
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