Cultural Studies
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Material Cultures in Public Engagement: Re-Inventing Public Archaeology with Museum Collections [Paperback]
Anastasia Christophilopoulou (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789253689
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The Material Cultures in Public Engagement volume seeks to document and explore the significant change in the relationship of Museums with collections of the Ancient World and their audiences. The volume establishes a new approach to the study of ... .... Learn More -
Silver and Frankincense: Scent and personal adornment in the Arab world [Paperback]
Sigrid van Roode (Author)
£19.00ISBN: 9789492940100
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
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Although scent has always played a major role in personal adornment in the Arab world, its evanescent quality leaves very few or no traces at all over time. This book presents an introduction into this lesser known aspect of personal adornment in ... .... Learn More -
The Fight for Greek Sicily: Society, Politics, and Landscape [Paperback]
Melanie Jonasch (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789253566
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The island of Sicily was a highly contested area throughout much of its history. Among the first to exert strong influence on its political, cultural, infrastructural, and demographic developments were the two major decentralized civilizations of ... .... Learn More -
Art in the Archaeological Imagination [Paperback]
Dragos Gheorghiu (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789253528
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The book discusses the creative mental processes of the prehistoric and contemporary artists, as well as of the archaeologists studying them from the perspective of cognition and art. Its intention is to highlight the artistic thinking within thei... .... Learn More -
The Native Greenlander: Folktales of Greenland [Paperback]
Aron of Kangeq (Author); Heinrich Rink (Editor)
£16.00ISBN: 9780996748087
Published by : International Polar Institute
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This volume of folk tales collected by Heinrich Rink, by native Greenlanders, is the translation of the first book printed in Greenland. Rink began his career as an administrator based at the Moravian mission at Godthaab, on the southwest coast of... .... Learn More -
A Taste for Green: A global perspective on ancient jade, turquoise and variscite exchange [Hardback]
Carlos Rodríguez-Rellán (Editor); Ben Nelson (Editor); Ramón Fábregas Valcarce (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789252743
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Often along vast expanses, ancient societies traded certain commodities that were considered valuable either for functional or symbolic reasons – or, rather, a mixture of both factors. A Taste for Green addresses latest research into the acquisiti... .... Learn More -
The Arras Culture of Eastern Yorkshire – Celebrating the Iron Age: Proceedings of ‘Arras 200 – celebrating the Iron Age’, Royal Archaeological Institute Annual Conference, 2017 [Paperback]
Peter Halkon (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789252583
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In 1817 a group of East Yorkshire gentry opened barrows in a large Iron Age cemetery on the Yorkshire Wolds at Arras, near Market Weighton, including a remarkable burial accompanied by a chariot with two horses, which became known as the King’s Ba... .... Learn More -
Nairi Lands: The Identity of the Local Communities of Eastern Anatolia, South Caucasus and Periphery During the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age. A Reassessment of the Material Culture and the Socio-Economic Landscape [Hardback]
Guido Guarducci (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781789252781
Published by : Oxbow Books
This study analyses the social and symbolic value of the material culture, in particular the pottery production and the architecture, and the social structure of the local communities of a broad area encompassing Eastern Anatolia, the South Caucas... .... Learn More -
Puṣpikā: Tracing Ancient India, through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology Volume 5 [Paperback]
Heleene De Jonckheere (Editor); Marie-Hélène Gorisse (Editor); Agnieszka Rostalska (Editor)
£38.00ISBN: 9781789252828
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Puṣpikā
Volume: 5
This volume is the outcome of the Ninth International Indology Graduate Research Symposium held at Ghent University in September 2017, the fifth publication of proceedings from this series of symposiums. Like previous volumes, the current edition ... .... Learn More -
Metier International 2019 [Paperback]
Jolanda Bos (Editor); Boukje Mulder (Editor); Lonneke Beukenholdt (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9789492940124
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
Series: Metier International
Volume: 2019
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Métier Magazine is devoted to engaging its readers in art, craft, material and techniques. This annual English edition combines a series of articles and amazing stories of crafts, objects and artisans from around the world and from different time ... .... Learn More
