Cultural Studies
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Petra Great Temple: Volume III - Brown University Excavations 1993–2008, Architecture and Material Culture [Hardback]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785706127
Published by : Oxbow Books
Deeply nestled in the rift valley, the hundreds of tombs and extensive remains of the Nabataean metropolis that was once that nation’s capital city of Petra, evokes a sense of geographic protection and isolation from the outside world. With ... .... Learn More -
Desert Silver: Understanding traditional jewellery from the Middle East and North Africa [Paperback]
Sigrid van Roode(Author)
$55.00ISBN: 9789080774476
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
This book is all about jewellery from the Middle East and North Africa. These objects of adornment are not just beautiful, but often carry a hidden meaning. Jewellery plays a subtle role in everyday society as communicator, messeng... .... Learn More -
Archaeologies of Waste: Encounters with the Unwanted [Paperback]
Daniel Sosna(Editor); Lenka Brunclíková(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785703270
Published by : Oxbow Books
Waste represents a category of ‘things’, which is familiar and ubiquitous but rarely reflected in archaeological and cultural studies. Perception of waste changes over time and practices associated with waste vary. The ambiguity of was... .... Learn More -
Care in the Past: Archaeological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives [Paperback]
Lindsay Powell(Editor); William Southwell-Wright(Editor); Rebecca Gowland(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785703355
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Care-giving is an activity that has been practiced by all human societies. From the earliest societies through to the present, all humans have faced choices regarding how people in positions of dependency are to be treated. As such, care-giving, a... .... Learn More -
Egypt’s Wearable Heritage [Paperback]
Jolanda Bos(Author)
$55.00ISBN: 9789080774445
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
Egypt’s Wearable Heritage combines different subjects of crafts and arts from Egypt and the West-Asian and North African region. It is a richly illustrated and colourful book on different aspects of ‘wearable heritage&r... .... Learn More -
Durer [Paperback]
Guilia Bartrum(Author)
$16.95ISBN: 9780714126920
Published by : British Museum
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), a major artist of the northern Renaissance and celebrity both during his own lifetime and since, was praised by his contemporaries and described shortly after his death as ‘the prince among German paint... .... Learn More -
Perfect Bodies: Sports, Medicine and Immortality Ancient and Modern [Paperback]
Vivienne Lo(Editor)
$70.00ISBN: 9780861591886
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 188
By presenting rigorous situated histories of changing training regimen in different cultures, this collection of papers collectively challenge orthodox notions of the perfect body and its pursuit. The introductory essay by the editor compares and ... .... Learn More -
Situating Gender in European Archaeology [Paperback]
Liv Helga Dommasnes(Editor); Tove Hjorungdal(Editor)
$48.00ISBN: 9789639911154
Published by : Archaeolingua
This volume contains fifteen studies of gender and archaeology in Europe from different perspectives, including contributions to the research history of gender in archaeology as well as case-studies that focus on gender relations in Iberia, Scandi... .... Learn More -
Goethe: Faust I [Paperback]
Michael Beddow(Author)
$19.95ISBN: 9780729302616
Published by : Foyles
Series: Critical Guides to German Texts
Volume: 7
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