World Archaeology
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The Hydraulic System of Uxul: Origins, functions, and social setting [Paperback]
Nicolaus Seefeld (Author)
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ISBN: 9781784919290
Published by : Archaeopress
Series: Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology
Volume: 9
Since the inception of Maya studies, the issue of water supply in Classic Maya society has been a matter of controversial debate. Due to the annually recurring dry seasons the availability of water during this period is and has always been problem... .... Learn More -
From Cambridge to Lake Chad: Life in archaeology 1956-1971 [Paperback]
Graham Connah (Author)
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ISBN: 9781784919580
Published by : Archaeopress
This book is about how the author became an archaeologist at a time when opportunities for employment were rare and how he worked as a field researcher in West Africa and wrote about his work there. It traces his archaeological training and employ... .... Learn More -
Bir El Knissia at Carthage [Hardback]
Susan T. Stevens (Author)
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Published by : John Humphrey
A report on two campaigns of excavations of an early Byzantine basilica and its annexes and associated burials. .... Learn More -
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Daily Life of the Aztecs [Paperback]
Jacques Soustelle (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842125083
Published by : Weidenfeld & Nicholson
A social history of the everyday life of the Aztecs: cities, society, rites of passage, leisure, lifestyle, war. .... Learn More -
The Origins of Ancient Vietnam [Hardback]
Nam C. Kim (Author)
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ISBN: 9780199980888
Published by : Oxford University Press
Long believed to be the cradle of Vietnamese civilization, the Red River Delta of Vietnam has been referenced by Vietnamese and Chinese writers for centuries, many recording colorful tales and legends about the region's prehistory. One of the most... .... Learn More -
Inventing Africa: History, Archaeology and Ideas [Paperback]
Robin Derricourt (Author)
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ISBN: 9780745331058
Published by : Pluto Press
Inventing Africa is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent's deep past. Writers have created alluring images of lost cities, vast prehistoric migrations and golden ages of past civilisa... .... Learn More -
The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention [Hardback]
Alexander Monro (Author)
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ISBN: 9780307271662
Published by : Alfred A Knopf
This is the story of how paper, a simple Chinese invention, has wrapped itself around our world, with history's most momentous ideas etched upon its surface. The emergence of paper in the imperial court of Han China brought about a revolution in t... .... Learn More -
Eyes of the Ancestors: The Arts of Island Southeast Asia at the Dallas Museum of Art [Paperback]
Reimar Schefold (Author); Stephen G. Alpert (Author)
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ISBN: 9780804848589
Published by : Tuttle Publishing
Lavish photography and groundbreaking new texts unlock the magic of the island cultures of Indonesia, Malaysia, and East Timor through examples of textiles, sculpture, and metalwork from this prestigious collection. Eyes of the Ancestors takes an ... .... Learn More -
Scientific Research on Historic Asian Ceramics: Proceedings of the Fourth Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art [Hardback]
Blythe McCarthy (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781904982463
Published by : Archetype
Asian ceramics in their many forms and functions - utilitarian, aesthetics, and religious - are the subject of this volume. Through analysis of their composition, technology, typology, and use, researchers from all over the world who met for a con... .... Learn More
