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Sharing the Desert: The Tohono O'odham in HistoryThis book marks the culmination of fifteen years of collaboration between the University of Utah's American West Center and the Tohono O'oodham Nation's Education Department to collect documents and create curricular materials for use in their tribal school system. . . . Erickson has...
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The Archaeology of French and Indian War Frontier Forts"The best compilation of work about the French and Indian War to date."--James Parker, coauthor of Archaeology at Fort Mims "Provides images of life on the expanding American frontier of the mid-eighteenth century. A unique and significant discussion of the French and Indian War."--Clarence...
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When Science Sheds Light on History: Forensic Science and AnthropologyDid Richard the Lionheart really die from a simple crossbow wound, or was there foul play? Who are the two infants buried in Tutankhamun's tomb? Could a skull found in a tax collector's attic be the long-lost head of Henri IV? In When Science...
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Archaeology of LouisianaArchaeology of Louisiana provides a groundbreaking and up-to-date overview of archaeology in the Bayou State, including a thorough analysis of the cultures, communities, and people of Louisiana from the Native Americans of 13,000 years ago to the modern historical archaeology of New Orleans. With...
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Archaeological Ethics, Second EditionThe second edition of Archaeological Ethics is an invitation to an ongoing and lively discussion on ethics. In addition to topics such as looting, reburial and repatriation, relations with native peoples, and professional conduct, Vitelli and Colwell-Chanthaphonh have responded to current events and news...
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Indian Mounds of WisconsinThis work offers an analysis of the way in which the phenomenon of not in my backyard operates in the United States. The author takes the situation further by offering hope for a heightened public engagement with the pressing environmental issues of the day.Author:...
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Rome and Environs: An Archaeological GuideThis superb guide brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most widely published and well-known scholars of Roman topography, archeology and art, to a broad English-language audience. Conveniently organized by walking tours and illustrated throughout with clear maps, drawings, and plans, Rome...
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Ancient Teotihuacan: Early Urbanism in Central MexicoThis is the first comprehensive English-language book on the largest city in the Americas before the 1400s. Teotihuacan is a UNESCO world heritage site, located in highland central Mexico, about twenty-five miles from Mexico City, visited by millions of tourists every year. The book...
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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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