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McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research - McDonald Institute Monographs

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	McDonald Institute Monographs Phylogenetic Methods and the Prehistory of Languages edited by Peter Forster and Colin Renfrew Evolutionary ('phylogenetic') trees were first used to infer lost histories nearly two centuries ago by manuscript scholars reconstructing original texts. Today, computer methods are enabling phylogenetic trees to transform genetics, historical linguistics and even the archaeological study of artefact shapes and styles. But which phylogenetic methods are best suited to retracing the evolution of languages? And which types of language data are ... Hardback. Price GB £20.00
	McDonald Institute Monographs Examining the Farming/Language Dispersal Hypothesis edited by Peter Bellwood and Colin Renfrew Linguistic diversity is one of the most puzzling and challenging features of humankind. Why are there some six thousand different languages spoken in the world today? Why are some, like Chinese or English, spoken by millions over vast territories, while others are restricted to just a few thousand speakers in a limited area? The farming/language dispersal hypothesis makes the radical and controversial proposal that the present-day distributions ... Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £50.00, Our Price GB £14.95
	McDonald Institute Monographs Image and Imagination: A Global Prehistory of Figurative Representation edited by C. Renfrew and I. Morley The dawn of art is sometimes equated with the birth of the human spirit. But when and how did figuration - sculpture, painting, drawing - actually begin? And did these first figurative creations coincide with the emergence of our own species, Homo sapiens? Is figuration a general and fundamental feature of the human condition? In this challenging volume leading experts review the evidence now available from the worldwide practice of ... Hardback. Price GB £30.00
	McDonald Institute Monographs Excavations at Kilise Tepe, 1994-98: From Bronze Age to Byzantine in Western Cilicia edited by Nicholas Postgate and David Thomas These two volumes report on five season's excavation and four millennia of occupation at Kilise Tepe, from the Early Bronze Age through the rise and fall of the Hittite Empire and into the Byzantine era when the mound was crowned by a substantial church. The site takes its importance from its position guarding the Göksu Valley, one of the two main routes from the interior of Anatolia to the Mediterranean opposite Cyprus, so that it gives a ... Hardback. Price GB £95.00

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