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McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research - McDonald Institute Monographs

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	McDonald Institute Monographs Rainforest Foraging and Farming in Island Southeast Asia: the Archaeology of the Niah Cave Edited by G. Barker 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 occupation in the region, from ... Hardback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Price GB £62.00
	McDonald Institute Monographs Global Origins and Development of Seafaring edited by Atholl Anderson, James Barrett and Katie Boyle 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 incentives of seafaring development, its patterning in relation to periods of migration and trade and the relationship between sailing and society. The sea was dangerous and difficult to predict, ... Hardback. Price GB £44.00
	McDonald Institute Monographs Rethinking the Human Revolution: New Behavioural and Biological Perspectives on the Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans edited by P. Mellars, K. Boyle, O. Bar-Yosef and C. Stringer Arising from a conference Rethinking the Human Revolution reconsiders all of the central issues in modern human behavioural, cognitive, biological and demographic origins in the light of new information and new theoretical perspectives which have emerged over the past twenty years of intensive research in this field. The 34 papers cover topics ranging from the DNA and skeletal evidence for modern human origins in Africa, through the ... Hardback. Price GB £35.00
	McDonald Institute Monographs Stone Knapping: The Necessary Conditions for a Uniquely Hominin Behaviour edited by Valentine Roux and Blandine Bril How were early stone tools made, and what can they tell us about the development of human cognition? This question lies at the basis of archaeological research on human origins and evolution, and the present volume fulfils a growing need among advanced students and researchers working in this field. The individual chapters by a range of leading international scholars approach stone knapping from a multidisciplinary perspective that embraces ... Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £35.00, Our Price GB £12.95
	McDonald Institute Monographs Neanderthals and Modern Humans in the European Landscape During the Last Glaciation: Archaeological results of The Stage 3 Project edited by Tjeerd H van Andel and William Davies What role did Ice Age climate play in the demise of the Neanderthals, and why was it that modern humans alone survived? For the past seven years a team of international experts from a wide range of disciplines have worked together to provide a detailed study of the world occupied by the European Neanderthals between 60,000 and 25,000 years ago: the period known as Oxygen Isotope Stage 3. This collection of papers documents the extensive ... Hardback. 'Reprint under consideration' - in practice this may mean that the book goes out of print, but orders will be recorded. Price GB £35.00
	McDonald Institute Monographs Rethinking Materiality: Engagement of Mind with Material World edited by Elizabeth DeMarrais, Chris Gosden & Colin Renfrew What is the relationship between mind and ideas on the one hand, and the material things of the world on the other? In recent years, researchers have rejected the old debate about the primacy of the mind or material, and have sought to establish more nuanced understandings of the ways humans interact with their material worlds. In this volume alternative approaches are presented, deriving from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives. ... Hardback. Price GB £45.00
	McDonald Institute Monographs Horizon: A Colloquium on the Prehistory of the Cyclades edited by N.J. Brodie, J. Doole, G. Gavalas and C. Renfrew The Cycladic Islands of Greece played a central role in Aegean prehistory, and many new discoveries have been made in recent years at sites ranging in date from the Mesolithic period to the end of the Bronze Age. In the well-illustrated chapters of this book, based on the recent conference held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in Cambridge, international scholars including leading Greek archaeologists offer new information ... Hardback. Price GB £65.00
	McDonald Institute Monographs Mediterranean Prehistoric Heritage: Training, Education and Management edited by Ian Hodder and Louise Doughty Drawing on the experience of the Temper project (Training, Education, Management and Prehistory in the Mediterranean) and wider examples from the Mediterranean, this volume explores the issues inherent in managing, interpreting and presenting prehistoric archaeological sites. The first section of the book contains thematic chapters on conservation, visitor management and interpretation, public participation, and issues of managing sites ... Paperback. Price GB £35.00
	McDonald Institute Monographs Keros, Dhaskalio Kavos: The Investigations of 1987-88 edited by Colin Renfrew, Christos Doumas, Lila Marangou and Giorgos Gavalas The site of Dhaskalio Kavos, on the remote Cycladic island of Keros, was extensively looted in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Investigations starting in1963 then revealed large quantities of fractured marble bowls, broken marble figures and smashed pottery of the Early Cycladic period from around 2500 BC. This report of the subsequent survey and rescue excavations of 1987-88 reveals the extraordinary richness of the site, now confirmed as one of ... Hardback. Price GB £69.00
	McDonald Institute Monographs Prehistoric Landscape Development and Human Impact in the Upper Allen Valley, Cranborne Chase, Dorset by Charles French and Helen Lewis This volume concerns the palaeo-environmental and archaeological investigations of the upper Allen Valley of Cranborne Chase, Dorset, between 1998 and 2003, which revealed sequences of landscape development which contrast with those previously put forward for the region. A programme of valley-wide geoarchaeological survey and palynological analyses of the relict palaeo-channel system was conducted, along with sample investigations and open area ... Hardback. Price GB £60.00

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