North America
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Ancient Effigy Mound Landscapes of Upper Midwestern North America [Paperback]
Robert A. Birmingham (Author)
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ISBN: 9781785700873
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: American Landscapes
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Between c. AD 700 and 1100, Late Woodland people of the Upper Midwest used the topography and other features of the natural landscape to create vast ceremonial landscapes consisting of thousands of earthen mounds sculpted into animals and... .... Learn More -
Archaeologies of Cosmoscapes in the Americas [Paperback]
J. Grant Stauffer (Editor); Bretton T. Giles (Editor); Shawn P. Lambert (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258448
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: American Landscapes
Volume: 5
This volume examines how pre-Columbian societies in the Americas envisioned their cosmos and iteratively modelled it through the creation of particular objects and places. It emphasises that American societies did this to materialize overarching m... .... Learn More -
The Oxford Handbook of Southwest Archaeology [Hardback]
Barbara Mills (Editor); Severin M. Fowles (Editor)
Regular Price: £115.00
Special Price: £85.00
ISBN: 9780199978427
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Handbooks
The American Southwest is one of the most important archaeological regions in the world, with many of the best-studied examples of hunter-gatherer and village-based societies. Research has been carried out in the region for well over a century, an... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology and Rock Art of Swordfish Cave [Paperback]
Clayton G. Lebow (Author)
Regular Price: £54.95
Special Price: £20.00
ISBN: 9781607814573
Published by : University of Utah Press
Swordfish Cave is a well-known rock art site located on Vandenberg Air Force Base in south-central California. Named for the swordfish painted on its wall, the cave is a sacred Chumash site. When it was under threat and required measures to conser... .... Learn More -
A Study of Prehistoric Soapstone Vessels of the Middle Atlantic Region of the United States [Paperback]
Gary D. Shaffer (Author)
Regular Price: £37.00
Special Price: £13.00
ISBN: 9781407313634
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2712
This study began with an intensive search to identify all prehistoric sites with soapstone artifacts in Maryland and the District of Columbia. A review of published and unpublished records and interviews with avocational archaeologists found that ... .... Learn More -
Hopewell Ceremonial Landscapes of Ohio: More Than Mounds and Geometric Earthworks [Paperback]
Mark Lynott (Author)
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ISBN: 9781782977544
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: American Landscapes
Nearly 2000 years ago, people living in the river valleys of southern Ohio built earthen monuments on a scale that is unmatched in the archaeological record for small-scale societies. The period from c. 200 BC to c. AD 500 (Early to Middle Woodlan... .... Learn More -
Inside Connecticut and the Civil War [Paperback]
Matthew Warshauer (Editor)
£20.50ISBN: 9780819573964
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
This collection of nine original essays provides a rich new understanding of Connecticut's vital role in the Civil War. The book's nine chapters address an array of individual topics that together weave an intricate fabric depicting the state's in... .... Learn More -
From Crime to Punishment [Hardback]
Philip L. Mossman (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9780897223270
Published by : American Numismatic Society
Volume: 27
Ever since coinage was developed in ancient Lydia, an element of society has sought to debase the coin of the realm for personal gain not only by counterfeiting, but also by shaving away precious metal. Currency debasement was no... .... Learn More -
Herman: A Wilderness Saint: From Sarov, Russia to Kodiak, Alaska [Paperback]
Sergei Korsun (Author); Lydia Black (Other); Daniel Marshall (Author)
£17.99ISBN: 9780884651925
Published by : Printshop of St Job of Pochaev
Since his canonization in 1970, St. Herman has been remembered for his just treatment of native peoples and his respect of the environment. Explaining how it came to be that this simple Russian Orthodox monk eventually settled in Kodiak, Alaska, t... .... Learn More -
Warriors of the Plains: The Arts of Plains Indian Warfare [Paperback]
Max Carocci (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9780714125978
Published by : British Museum Press
Warriors of the Plains explores the art of North American Plains Indian warriors - weapons, amulets, clothing and ceremonial objects - with particular emphasis on their ritual use and symbolic meanings. Unlike most books on Plains Indians, whic... .... Learn More
