World Archaeology
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Emergence and Development of Ancestral Polynesian Society in Tonga (British Archaeological Reports International Series) [Paperback]
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ISBN: 9781407314242
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2762
Early Polynesian social development, and its dispersal through migration, are hotly debated topics, though this development is thought to have been centred on Tonga. This thesis uses material from Tongan archaeological sites to attempt to form mor... .... Learn More -
Prehistoric Societies on the Northern Frontiers of China: Archaeological Perspectives on Identity Formation and Economic Change During the First Millennium BCE [Paperback]
Gideon Shelach (Author)
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ISBN: 9781138661073
Published by : Routledge
The northern borders of China - known as the Northern zone - were a key area of interaction between sedentary and nomadic people during the late second and early first millennium BCE. During this period the region's unique economy, socio-political... .... Learn More -
Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought [Hardback]
Richard Seaford (Author)
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ISBN: 9781474410991
Published by : Edinburgh University Press
From the sixth century BCE onwards there was a revolution in thought, with novel ideas such as such as that understanding the inner self is both vital for human well-being and central to understanding the universe. This intellectual transformation... .... Learn More -
The Roots of Hinduism: The Early Aryans and the Indus Civilization [Paperback]
Asko Parpola (Author)
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ISBN: 9780190226923
Published by : Oxford University Press
Hinduism has two major roots. The more familiar is the religion brought to South Asia in the second millennium BCE by speakers of Aryan or Indo-Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family. Another, more enigmatic, root is the ... .... Learn More -
The Origins of the Lost Fleet of the Mongol Empire [Hardback]
Randall James Sasaki (Author)
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ISBN: 9781623491949
Published by : Texas A&M University Press
In The Origins of the Lost Fleet of the Mongol Empire , Randall Sasaki provides a starting point for understanding the technology of the failed Mongol invasion of Japan in 1281 CE, as well as the history of shipbuilding in East Asia. He has create... .... Learn More -
Unearthing the Polynesian Past: Adventures and Explorations of an Island Archaeologist [Hardback]
Patrick Vinton Kirch (Author)
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ISBN: 9780824853457
Published by : University of Hawai'i Press
Perhaps no scholar has done more to reveal the ancient history of Polynesia than noted archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch. For close to fifty years he explored the Pacific, as his work took him to more than two dozen islands spread across the ocea... .... Learn More -
Archaeology of Early Colonial Interaction at El Chorro De Maita Cuba (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P.Bullen Series) [Hardback]
Roberto Valcarcel Rojas (Author)
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ISBN: 9780813061566
Published by : University Press of Florida
During Spanish colonization of the Greater Antilles, the islands' natives were forced into labor under the encomienda system. The indigenous people became ""Indios,"" their language, appearance, and identity transformed by the domination imposed b... .... Learn More -
Assembling the Village in Medieval Bambuk: An Archaeology of Interaction at Diouboye Senegal [Hardback]
Cameron Gokee (Author)
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ISBN: 9781781790403
Published by : Equinox
The land of Bambuk was an important source of gold for trans-Saharan trade and the imperial polities of Ghana and Mali, yet the non-centralized societies of this region remain largely peripheral in the historiography of West Africa. Drawing on rec... .... Learn More -
Art Archaeology and Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Chinese Archaeological and Artistic Materials [Hardback]
Meili Yang (Author)
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ISBN: 9781845197339
Published by : Sussex Academic Press
Science has played a crucial role in the initial stages of westerners collecting and studying ancient Chinese artworks and archaeological materials. The relevant scientific data were quickly generated using progressively sophisticated examination ... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of an Ancient Seaside Town: Performance and Community at Samanco Nepena Valley Peru (ca. 500-1 BC) [Paperback]
Matthew Helmer (Author)
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ISBN: 9781407314129
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2751
Studies of social complexity increasingly recognize the role of maritime communities in the development of large sociopolitical systems. The Central Andes present an ideal region for understanding maritime aspects of ancient social complexity, due... .... Learn More
