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Rainforest Foraging and Farming in Island Southeast Asia: the Archaeology of the Niah Caves, Sarawak [Hardback]
G. Barker (Editor)
£62.00ISBN: 9781902937540
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: MCDONALD INSTITUTE MONOGRAPHS
The cathedral-like Niah Caves of Sarawak (Borneo) have iconic status in the archaeology of Southeast Asia, because the excavations by Tom and Barbara Harrisson in the 1950s and 1960s revealed the longest sequence of human occupati... .... Learn More -
The Settlement at Dhaskalio [Hardback]
Colin Renfrew (Editor); Olga Philaniotou (Editor); Neil Brodie (Editor); Giorgos Gavalas (Editor); Michael Boyd (Editor)
£80.00ISBN: 9781902937649
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: McDonald Institute Monographs
The Settlement at Dhaskalio is the first volume in the series The Sanctuary on Keros: Excavations at Dhaskalio and Dhaskalio Kavos, 2006-2008, edited by Colin Renfrew, Olga Philaniotou, Neil Brodie, Giorgos Gavalas and Michael Boy... .... Learn More -
Spong Hill IX: Chronology and Synthesis [Hardback]
Catherine Hills (Author); Sam Lucy (Author)
£59.00ISBN: 9781902937625
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: McDonald Institute Monographs
Spong Hill, with over 2500 cremations, remains the largest early Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery to have been excavated in Britain. This volume presents the long-awaited chronology and synthesis of the site. It gives a detailed overview of the arte... .... Learn More -
Bones for Tools - Tools for Bones: The Interplay Between Objects and Objectives [Hardback]
Krish Seetah (Editor); Brad Gravina (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781902937595
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Animal procurement and tool production form two of the most tightly connected components of human behaviour. They are tied to our emergence as a genus, were fundamental to the dispersal of our species, and underpin the development... .... Learn More -
Being an Islander: Production and Identity at Quoygrew, Orkney, AD 900-1600 [Hardback]
James H. Barrett (Editor)
£56.00ISBN: 9781902937618
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: McDonald Institute Monographs
Quoygrew - a settlement of farmers and fishers on the island of Westray in Orkney - was continuously occupied from the tenth century until 1937. Focusing on the archaeology of its first 700 years, this volume explores how 'small worlds' both refle... .... Learn More -
Why cultivate? Anthropological and Archaeological Approaches to Foraging-Farming Transitions in Southeast Asia [Hardback]
Graeme Barker (Editor); Monica Janowski (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9781902937588
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: MCDONALD INSTITUTE MONOGRAPHS
Does it make sense to understand the prehistory, history and present-day patterns of life in Southeast Asia in terms of a distinction between two ways of life: "farming" and "foraging"? This is the central question addressed by the anthropologi... .... Learn More -
Cognitive Life of Things: Recasting the Boundaries of the Mind [Hardback]
Colin Renfrew (Editor); Lambros Malafouris (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781902937519
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
What does material culture do for the mind? How is human thought built into and executed through things? It is now been widely recognised that in ways that we have yet fully to understand, material culture shapes the manner in which people act... .... Learn More -
The Upper Palaeolithic Revolution in global perspective: Papers in honour of Sir Paul Mellars [Hardback]
Katherine V. Boyle (Editor); Ofer Bar-Yosef (Editor); Clive Gamble (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781902937533
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: MCDONALD INSTITUTE MONOGRAPHS
The Palaeolithic is the only period in archaeology that can be studied globally. In the last half century one prehistorian, Sir Paul Mellars, has changed the shape and direction of such studies, adding immeasurably to what we know about humanit... .... Learn More -
Global Origins and Development of Seafaring [Hardback]
Atholl Anderson (Editor); James Barrett (Author); Katie Boyle (Author)
£44.00ISBN: 9781902937526
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
When and in what circumstances did seafaring begin and how is it understood from the perspectives of maritime technology? This volume explores key themes in maritime prehistory from the perspective of seafaring, discussing the circumstances and... .... Learn More -
Mortuary Customs in Prehistoric Malta: excavations at the Brochtorff Circle at Xaghra, Gozo (1987-94) [Hardback]
Caroline Malone (Author);David H. Trump (Editor);Simon Stoddart (Author);David Trump (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9781902937496
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: McDonald Institute Monographs
Amongst the earliest stone architecture in the world, the Neolithic temples and hypogea of Malta testify to a sophisticated island culture. Explored in the early twentieth century, the subterranean burial temple, the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, ... .... Learn More