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Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to AnalysisThis fully updated and revised edition of William Andrefsky Jr's ground-breaking manual on lithic analysis is designed for students and professional archaeologists. It explains the fundamental principles of the measurement, recording and analysis of stone tools and stone tool production debris. Introducing the reader...
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Sumer and the SumeriansMesopotamia produced one of the best-known ancient civilizations, with a literate, urban culture and highly-developed political institutions. Harriet Crawford reviews the extraordinary social and technological developments in the region over a period of two millennia (from 3800 to 2000 BC) in this fully revised...
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Hieroglyphs: A Very Short IntroductionHieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years. This ancient form of expression was used as art, as a means of identifying Egyptian-ness, even for...
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A Future in Ruins: Unesco, World Heritage, and the Dream of PeaceBest known for its World Heritage program committed to "the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity," the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded in 1945 as...
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City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, CyprusThe modern Cypriot town of Polis Chrysochous--"City of Gold"--lies above the city of Arsinoe and the earlier city-kingdom of Marion. In 1885 excavators began exploring the extensive cemeteries of these cities. Since 1983 the Princeton Cyprus Expedition has focused on the remains of sanctuaries,...
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Tomb of AgamemnonRead the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series(Part I and Part II)Mycenae, the fabled city of Homer's King Agamemnon, still stands in a remote corner of mainland Greece. Revered in antiquity as the pagan world's most tangible...
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Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange ConnectionsA fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World Trade Center disaster. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which obliterated the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was a disaster...
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The Origin Map: Discovery of a Prehistoric, Megalithic, Astrophysical Map and Sculpture of the UniverseAuthor: Thomas G. BrophyPublisher: iUniversePublished: 09/30/2002Pages: 188Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.09h x 6.02w x 0.49dISBN: 9780595241224This title is not returnable
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An Illustrated Dictionary of Words used in Art and ArchaeologyAn Illustrated Dictionary of Words used in Art and Archaeology - Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations.This Dictionary was commenced as an...
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Methods and Aims in ArchaeologyMethods & Aims in ArchaeologyArchaeology is the latest born of the sciences. It has but scarcely struggled into freedom, out of the swaddling clothes of dilettante speculations. It is still attracted by pretty things, rather than by real knowledge. It has to find shelter...
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The Origin of TyrannyThe Origin of TyrannyThe seventh and sixth centuries B.C. constitute from many points of view one of the most momentous periods in the whole of the worlds history. No doubt the greatest final achievements of the Greek race belong to the two centuries that...
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Old Crosses and LychgatesOld Crosses and Lychgates IN pursuance of the Christian policy of instituting an innocent practice to take the place of each of the old, vicious customs of heathendomthe substitution of the festival of Christmas for the former orgies of the Saturnalia is perhaps the...
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Secrets of Earth and SeaSecrets of Earth and SeaTHE present volume is, like its predecessors, "Science from an Easy Chair" (Series I and Series II) and "Diversions of a Naturalist"mainly a revision and reprintwith considerable additionsof articles published in daily or weekly journals. The first chapter appeared originally...
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The Antiquarian Magazine and Bibliographer Vol. 4, July-Dec 1884The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer; Vol. 4, July-Dec 1884 REAT YARMOUTH possesses a building of considerable antiquarian interest. This is known by the somewhat unsuggestive name of the Tolhouse. Its relation to the collection of tolls is referred to in many old documents; but...
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The Dawn of History: An Introduction to Pre-Historic StudyThe Dawn of History: An Introduction to Pre-Historic StudyThe advance of pre-historic study has been during the last ten years exceptionally rapid; and, considering upon how many subsidiary interests it touches, questions of politics, of social life, of religion almost, the science of pre-historic...
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The Early Cave-MenThe Early Cave-MenTHE series, of which this is the second volume, is an attempt to meet a need that has been felt for several years by parents and physicians, as well as by teachers, supervisors, and others who are actively interested in educational and...
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Archaeological Essays, Vol. 2Archæological Essays, Vol. 2Printed as a Pamphlet, at Edinburgh, 1856 (Sutherland and Knox), and Inscribed to James Pillans, Esq., F.R.S.E., Professor of Humanity in the University of Edinburgh, etc. etc., as a Small Tribute of sincere Esteem from an Old and Attached Pupil. Few...
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Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 249Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 249 - Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology In these series, the Museum publishes original articles and monographs dealing with the collections and work of its constituent museumsThe Museum of Natural History and...
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Primitive ManPrimitive ManThe Editor of the English translation of 'L'Homme Primitif,' has not deemed it necessary to reproduce the original Preface, in which M. Figuier states his purpose in offering a new work on pre-historic archology to the French public, already acquainted in translation with...
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Archaic EnglandArchaic England - An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins, Place-names, and Faerie SuperstitionsThis book is an application of the jigsaw system to certain archological problems which under the ordinary detached methods of the Specialist have proved insoluble. My fragments...
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