World Archaeology
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Postcolonial Criticism and Representations of African Dictatorship: The Aesthetics of Tyranny [Hardback]
Cécile Bishop (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9781909662018
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Research Monographs in French Studies
Volume: 41
The figure of the dictator looms large in representations of postcolonial Africa. Since the late 1970s, writers, film-makers and theorists have sought to represent the realities of dictatorship without endorsing the colonialist cl... .... Learn More -
Africa's Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema [Hardback]
Lizelle Bisschoff (Editor); David Murphy (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781907975516
Published by : Legenda
Series: Moving Image
Volume: 5
Until recently, the story of African film was marked by a series of truncated histories: many outstanding films from earlier decades were virtually inaccessible and thus often excluded from critical accounts. However, various cons... .... Learn More -
The Social Lives of Figurines: Recontextualizing the Third Millennium BC Terracotta Figurines from Harappa (Pakistan) [Hardback]
Sharri R. Clark (Author)
Regular Price: £20.00
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ISBN: 9781842174555
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PREHISTORIC RESEARCH MONOGRAPH
After more than 80 years of research, the Indus Civilization (ca. 2600–1900 BC) remains largely enigmatic. In this geographically extensive civilization, which still has no known monumental art and undeciphered texts, the la... .... Learn More -
Puspika: Tracing Ancient India Through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology Volume 2 [Paperback]
Giovanni Ciotti (Editor); Alastair Gornall (Editor); Paolo Visigalli (Editor)
Regular Price: £28.00
Special Price: £21.00
ISBN: 9781782974154
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: PUSPIKA
Volume: 2
Puspika 2 is the outcome of the second International Indology Graduate Research Symposium and presents the results of recent research by young scholars into pre-modern South Asian cultures with papers covering a variety of topics ... .... Learn More -
Prehistory of the Western Sahara: A Synthesis of Fieldwork, 2002 to 2009 [Paperback]
Jo Clarke (Author); Nick Brooks (Author)
Regular Price: £55.00
Special Price: £40.00
ISBN: 9781782971726
Published by : Oxbow Books
Contrary to much perceived wisdom, the Sahara is a rich and varied tapestry of diverse environments that sustain an array of ecosystems. Throughout its history, the Sahara has been a stage for human evolution, with human habitatio... .... Learn More -
Puspika: Tracing Ancient India Through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology Volume I [Paperback]
Nina Mirnig (Editor); Peter-Daniel Szanto (Editor); Michael Williams (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £28.50
ISBN: 9781842173855
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: PUSPIKA
Volume: 1
It is perhaps commonplace to say that India is one of the world's richest and most enticing cultures. One thousand years have passed since Albiruni, arguably the first "Indologist", wrote his outsider's account of the subcontinent and two hundr... .... Learn More -
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 -
From Crime to Punishment: Counterfeit and Debased Currencies in Colonial and Pre-Federal America [Hardback]
Philip L. Mossman (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9780897223270
Published by : American Numismatic Society
Series: ANS Numismatic Studies
Volume: 27
Ever since coinage was developed in ancient Lydia, an element of society has sought to debase the coin of the realm for personal gain not only by counterfeiting, but also by shaving away precious metal. Currency debasement was no... .... Learn More -
Martinique, terre amérindienne: Une approche pluridisciplinaire [Paperback]
Benoit Berard (Editor)
Regular Price: £42.00
Special Price: £35.00
ISBN: 9789088901584
Published by : Sidestone Press
Aujourd’hui, les traces de la présence amérindienne en Martinique constituent, en dehors des pétroglyphes de la forêt de Montravail et des pièces exposées dans les musées de l&... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of Fazzan, Vol. 4: Excavations at Old Jarma (Ancient Garama) [Hardback]
£95.00Published by : Society for Libyan Studies
Series: Society for Libyan Studies Monograph
Volume: 9
This is the concluding volume of the Archaeology of Fazzān series, bringing to press the combined results of two Anglo-Libyan projects in southern Libya: the pioneering work of Charles Daniels between 1958 and 1977 and the Fa... .... Learn More