Archaeological Method & Theory
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The Value of a Human Life: Ritual Killing and Human Sacrifice in Antiquity [Paperback]
Karel Innemée (Editor)
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ISBN: 9789464260564
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: PALMA
Volume: 25
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Throughout the millennia and all over the world people have been killed by others, not only in wars and as a result of murders, but also in a ritualised way, often called human sacrifice. Much has been written about this, and research and discussi... .... Learn More -
Prehistory and Protohistory in the Occidental Mediterranean [Hardback]
Eva Alarcón García (Editor); Antoni Ferrer (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258226
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The development of several cultural phenomena dating back to the Copper Age took place in Europe throughout the second and first millennia BC. It can be especially analysed within the archaeological record of western Mediterranean sites, where sev... .... Learn More -
Values and Revaluations: The Transformation and Genesis of 'Values in Things' from Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives [Paperback]
Hans P. Hahn (Editor); Anja Klöckner (Editor); Dirk Wicke (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258134
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Why are some things valuable while others are not? How much effort does it take to produce valuable objects? How can one explain the different appraisal of certain things in different temporal horizons and in different cultures? Cultural processes... .... Learn More -
Documenting the Neolithic in Central Europe: Proceedings from the conference 'Problems of the Neolithic and Eneolithic', Brno, 9th-11th September 2020 [Paperback]
Peter Tóth (Editor); Juraj Pavúk (Editor); Johana Malíšková (Editor); Alžběta Čerevková (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258103
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The conference proceedings present a current state of research, methodological and theoretical concepts and new starting points for scientific research in the area. The contributions are divided into four thematic areas, which build upon a long re... .... Learn More -
Sleeping Around: The Bed from Antiquity to Now [Paperback]
Annie Carlano (Author); Bobbie Sumberg (Author)
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ISBN: 9780295985985
Published by : University of Washington Press
There's more than one way to make a bed, and humans throughout history have devised every sort they could imagine. From a simple blanket laid on the ground to elaborately carved four-posters hung with sumptuous draperies, from a hammock swinging u... .... Learn More -
Masters of the Word: How Media Shaped History from the Alphabet to the Internet [Hardback]
William J. Bernstein (Author)
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ISBN: 9780802121387
Published by : Grove Press
Bernstein takes a thematic look at communication technologies from the dawn of writing to the present day, emphasising their fundamental role in shaping societies and power structures. He surveys early alphabets and their connecti... .... Learn More -
A History of Histories [Paperback]
J. A. Burrow (Author)
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ISBN: 9780375727672
Published by : Vintage Books
This book describes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of the past has had in the western world over the past 2500 years, treating the practise of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an es... .... Learn More -
Beadwork: A World Guide [Paperback]
Caroline Crabtree (Author); Pam Stallebrass (Author)
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ISBN: 9780500288016
Published by : Thames and Hudson
From Greenland to Bali, from the Ukraine to France, beadwork from all around the world is illustrated and its history revealed in this remarkable book, newly available in paperback. After an introduction and an in-depth survey of bead manufacturin... .... Learn More -
Early Ships and Seafaring: Water Transport Beyond Europe [Hardback]
Sean McGrail (Author)
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ISBN: 9781473825598
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
In this book, Professor McGrail’s study of European Water Transport (published in 2014) is extended to Egypt, Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, China, Australia, Oceania and the Americas. Each chapter presents a picture of ancient boat building and s... .... Learn More -
The Birsay Bay Project Volume 3: The Brough of Birsay, Orkney: Investigations 1954-2014 [Hardback]
Christopher D. Morris (Author); Rachel C. Barrowman (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789256079
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Brough of Birsay was the power-centre of the Viking earldom of Orkney and is one of Historic Environment Scotland’s key monuments and visitor attractions on the islands. This publication is the culmination of 60 years of investigations that to... .... Learn More
