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Crossing the Human Threshold
Dynamic Transformation and Persistent Places During the Middle Pleistocene
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
When was the human threshold crossed? What is the evidence for evolving humans and their emerging humanity? This volume explores in a global overview the archaeology of the Middle Pleistocene, 800,000 to 130,000 years ago when evidence for innovative cultural behaviour appeared. The evidence shows...
Archaeology and Language III
Artefacts, Languages and Texts
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Archaeology and Language III interprets results from archaeological data in terms of language distribution and change, providing the tools for a radical rewriting of the conventional discourse of prehistory. Individual chapters present case studies of artefacts and fragmentary textual materials, concerned with the reconstruction of houses, maritime technology, pottery and grave goods.
Extremism, Ancient and Modern
Insurgency, Terror and Empire in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Near Eastern archaeology is generally represented as a succession of empires with little attention paid to the individuals, labelled as terrorists at the time, that brought them down. Their stories, when viewed against the backdrop of current violent extremism in the Middle East, can provide a unique...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2007
This volume examines the commensal politics of early states and empires and offers a comparative perspective on how food and feasting have figured in the political calculus of archaic states in both the Old and New Worlds. It provides a cross-cultural and comparative analysis for scholars and graduate...
Gender & Italian Archaeology
Challenging the Stereotypes
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
The original research papers in this volume represent the first attempt to address issues of gender in the archaeology of Italy. Ranging from prehistoric to early classic periods, the authors address theoretical and methodological issues, as well as present a series of cases using both traditional and feminist research methods.
Breaking the Surface
An Art/Archaeology of Prehistoric Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
In Breaking the Surface, Doug Bailey offers a radical alternative for understanding Neolithic houses, providing much-needed insight not just into prehistoric practice, but into another way of doing archaeology. Using his years of fieldwork experience excavating the early Neolithic pit-houses of southeastern...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Historical archives of vertical photographs and satellite images acquired for other purposes (mainly declassified military reconnaissance) offer considerable potential for archaeological and historical landscape research. They provide a unique insight into the character of the landscape as it was...
Presenting Archaeology to the Public
Digging for Truths
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 1997
In the face of increasing public interest and demand for information, archaeologists are collaborating with historians, museum curators, and exhibit designers to devise the best strategies for translating archaeological information to the public. This book opens doors for public involvement. It highlights...
Archaeogaming
An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
Video games exemplify contemporary material objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture. Video games also serve as archaeological sites in the traditional sense as a place, in which evidence of past activity is preserved and has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline...
Thinking through the Body
Archaeologies of Corporeality
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
What is the archaeology of the body and how can it change the way we experience the past? This book, one of the first to appear on the subject, records and evaluates the emergence of this new direction of cross-disciplinary research, and examines the potential of incorporating some of its insights...
Connected by the Sea
Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Denmark 2003
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
The 10th International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology was held in Roskilde, Denmark in 2003. The theme of the meeting was "Connected by the Sea", and was designed to emphasize the role of the sea, seafaring and watercraft as bridges rather than barriers. Maritime archaeology tends...
The Madaba Plains Project
Forty Years of Archaeological Research into Jordan's Past
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
The year 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of Mabada Plains Project archaeological research in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The Madaba Plains Project is one of the longest-lived, continuously running archaeological excavation projects in the Middle East. Spanning four decades, the project, with...
High Definition Archaeology: Threads Through the Past
World Archaeology Volume 29 Issue 2
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
The use of modern analyses of high definition data is used to trace relationships or decision paths which could not have been seen with the techniques available 30 years ago. Examples are drawn from a variety of areas and periods.
Adventures in Archaeology
The Wreck of the Orca II and Other Explorations
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2018
Remnants of the curious and peculiar ways humankind has marked the archaeological landscape are abundant but often ignored: wrecked aircraft, abandoned airfields, old highway billboards, derelict boats, movie props, and deserted mining operations. In this book, archaeologist P.J. Capelotti explores...