Archaeological Method & Theory
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Counting People: A DIY Manual for Local and Family Historians [Paperback]
John Moore (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842174807
Published by : Oxbow Books
Local and family historians are often afraid to use numerical data (Statistics) in their research and writing. Yet numbers are an essential part of much historical work, obviously in population history but also in local studies of... .... Learn More -
Ervin Bossanyi: Vision, Art and Exile [Hardback]
Jo Bossanyi (Editor); Sarah Brown (Author)
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ISBN: 9781904965152
Published by : Spire Books
Ervin Bossanyi (1891-1975), best known for his glorious stained glass, was a master in many art forms. His work, expressed in a language of strong colour and skilful draughtsmanship, speaks of harmony, serenity, and human dignity which tells mu... .... Learn More -
Memory, Myth and Long-Term Landscape Inhabitation [Hardback]
Adrian M. Chadwick (Editor); Catriona D. Gibson (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781782973935
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Celtic Studies Publications 17
Memory and forgetting are fundamental to human existence and experiences of the world. Within archaeology, there has been increasing interest in the role of the past in the past. To date, however, there has been little specific di... .... Learn More -
Fashionable Encounters: Perspectives and trends in textile and dress in the Early Modern Nordic World [Hardback]
Tove Engelhardt Mathiassen (Editor); Marie-Louise Nosch (Editor); Maj Ringgaard (Editor); Kirsten Toftegaard (Editor); Mikkel Venborg Pederson (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781782973829
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
At the heart of this anthology lies the world of fashion: a concept that pervades the realm of clothes and dress; appearances and fashionable manners; interior design; ideas and attitudes. Here sixteen papers focus on the Nordic w... .... Learn More -
Metal Detecting and Archaeology [Hardback]
Peter Stone (Author)
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ISBN: 9781843834151
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The invention of metal detecting technology during the Second World War allowed the development of a hobby that has traditionally been vilified by archaeologists as an uncontrollable threat to the proper study of the past. This book charts the... .... Learn More -
Visions of Antiquity: The Society of Antiquaries of London 1707-2007 [Hardback]
Susan Pearce (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780854312870
Published by : Society of Antiquaries of London
Series: Archaeologia
Volume: 111
This fascinating portrait of the Society of Antiquaries of London, founded in 1707, assesses the impact that individual Fellows and the Society as a whole have had in influencing the way we visualise and understand the past. There are, for exam... .... Learn More -
Space, Time and Man: A Prehistorian's View [Paperback]
J. Grahame D. Clark (Author)
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ISBN: 9780521467629
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This essay on Man's changing perception of his place in space and time, from preliterate societies to the modern world, is now available as a Canto paperback. .... Learn More -
Cultural Transmission: Psychological, Developmental, Social, and Methodological Aspects [Paperback]
Ute Schonpflug (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780521706575
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Cultural Transmission covers psychological, developmental, social, and methodological research on how cultural information is socially transmitted from one generation to the next within families. An evolutionary perspective is ela... .... Learn More -
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Thomas Spencer Jerome and the Bay of Naples (1899-1914) [Paperback]
Elaine K. Gazda (Editor)
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Published by : Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Thomas Spencer Jerome (1864-1914) was the benefactor of the Jerome Lectures at the University of Michigan and American Academy in Rome, a well-known lecture series in Classical Studies, but his involvement in Classical Archaeology is otherwise not... .... Learn More -
Archaeology and Memory [Hardback]
Dusan Boric (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781842173633
Published by : Oxbow Books
Memory can be both a horrifying trauma and an empowering resource. From the Ancient Greeks to Nietzsche and Derrida, the dilemma about the relationship between history and memory has filled many pages, with one important question singled out: i... .... Learn More