World Archaeology

ISBN: 9781611320947
Published by : Left Coast Press
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Djenné, in modern day Mali, is exalted as an enduring wonder of the ancient African world by archaeologists, anthropologists, state officials, architects and travel writers. In this revealing study, the author ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781611320916
Published by : Left Coast Press
This volume offers an in-depth look at the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in American archaeology including key controversies relevant to the Golden State: coastal colonization, impacts of comets and drought cycles, systems... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781611320923
Published by : Left Coast Press
This volume offers an in-depth look at the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in American archaeology including key controversies relevant to the Golden State: coastal colonization, impacts of comets and drought cycles, systems... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781874780748
Published by : Khalili Collections
Series: Studies in the Khalili Collection
First publication of a group of thirty documents on leather in Imperial Aramaic, dating to the fourth century B.C.E. and reflecting the practice of the Achaemenian administration in Bactria and Sogdiana. Eighteen inscribed wooden sticks, for use a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789088900983
Published by : Sidestone Press
In this book the concept of mobility is explored for the archaeology of the Amazonian and Caribbean region. As a result of technological and methodological progress in archaeology, mobility has become increasingly visible on the l... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788862442152
Published by : Tau editrice
Written from the perspective of a collector, this exceptionally well illustrated book presents some 340 jade carvings from the Hongshan culture of Neolithic China. As well as examining the iconography of Hongshan art, and celebrat... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789087281724
Published by : Leiden University Press
Min-Chin Chiang presents the extreme complexity of sharing the Japanese colonial past in postcolonial Taiwanese society. In this book she examines possibilities of decolonization through community-based heritage activities. Problems and ambigui... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905739370
Published by : Archaeopress
“At last we reached a circular enclosure among the grass and scanty trees. We rushed in and it was like getting into a tropical greenhouse with the roof off. There were tall trees and long creepers making monkey ropes, large flowers hanging, great... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310190
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2420
The Kalanga state Butua, which had dominated the Zimbabwe plateau (south central Africa) for four centuries, collapsed in the 1830s due to repeated difaqane invasions, and its population became subject to Ndebele invaders. This work is a study of ... .... Learn More