American Archaeology
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Textiles from the Andes [Paperback]
Penny Dransart (Author)
$22.95ISBN: 9780714125848
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: Fabric Folios
This is the first time the British Museum's major collection of Peruvian and other early Andean textiles is being published as a group. Included are rare and exquisite pieces, many of great iconographic and technical importance, ranging in date... .... Learn More -
James Baldwin [Hardback]
Douglas Field (Author)
$80.00ISBN: 9780746312025
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
A clear overview and analysis of James Baldwin's life and work.
This study provides an engaging overview and clear analysis of the fiction, non-fiction and drama of African- American writer James Baldwin (1924-1987). Whilst giving ... .... Learn More -
James Baldwin [Paperback]
Douglas Field (Author)
$19.95ISBN: 9780746312070
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
A clear overview and analysis of James Baldwin's life and work.
This study provides an engaging overview and clear analysis of the fiction, non-fiction and drama of African- American writer James Baldwin (1924-1987). Whilst giving ... .... Learn More -
God's Fields: Landscape, Religion, and Race in Moravian Wachovia [Hardback]
Leland Ferguson (Author)
Regular Price: $74.95
Special Price: $22.98
ISBN: 9780813037486
Published by : University Press of Florida
The Moravian community of Salem, North Carolina, was founded in 1766, and the townthe hub of nearly 100,000 piedmont acres purchased thirteen years before and named Wachoviaquickly became the focal point for the churchs colonial presence in the... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of Forts and Battlefields [Hardback]
David R Starbuck (Author)
Regular Price: $69.95
Special Price: $24.98
ISBN: 9780813036892
Published by : University Press of Florida
Forts and battlefields embody activities and locations where nations have come into conflict and where victory or defeat has determined the shape of modern American society. This book discusses some of the most dynamic archaeological projects t... .... Learn More -
The Migration of Peoples from the Caribbean to the Bahamas [Hardback]
Keith L Tinker (Author)
Regular Price: $69.95
Special Price: $30.00
ISBN: 9780813035314
Published by : University Press of Florida
Although the Bahamas is geographically part of the West Indies, its population has consistently rejected attempts to link Bahamian national identity to the histories of its poorer Caribbean neighbors. The result of this attitude has been that ... .... Learn More -
Trance and Modernity in the Southern Caribbean: African and Hindu Popular Religions in Trinidad and Tobago [Hardback]
Keith E McNeal (Author)
Regular Price: $74.95
Special Price: $22.98
ISBN: 9780813037363
Published by : University Press of Florida
This comparative study of African and Hindu popular religions in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago charts the development of religion in the Caribbean by analyzing the ways ecstatic forms of worship, enacted through trance performance and spi... .... Learn More -
Food, Fire and Fragrance: A Paleoethnobotanical Perspective on Classic Maya Cave Rituals [Paperback]
Christopher T Morehart (Author)
$92.50ISBN: 9781407307411
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
With few exceptions, virtually no other paleoethnobotanist has studied how the ancient Maya interacted with their spiritual universe via ritual practice. Archaeobotanical studies are still rare in the Maya region, though this has been changing.... .... Learn More -
B'aakal Arqueologia de la Region de Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico [Paperback]
Rodrigo Liendo Stuardo (Author)
$175.00ISBN: 9781407307596
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The results of a comprehensive new survey between 1996-2006 of the Baakal region (Palenque), Chiapas, Mexico. Includes appendices of flora and fauna, gazetteer sites and mapping. .... Learn More -
Obsidians in the Valley of the Volcanoes, Peru [Paperback]
Michal Wasilewski (Author)
$80.00ISBN: 9781407307817
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
A new archaeological study of the volcanic region in southern Peru known as The Valley of the Volcanoes. Contents: 1. Introduction, 1.1. Location and geographical characteristics of the Valley of the Volcanoes, 1.2. Geology of the Valley of the... .... Learn More