World Archaeology
The archaeology of cultures and civilizations from the Americas, to Asia, Australasia and the Pacific.
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Jewelry and adornment of Libya [Hardback]
Hala Ghellali (Author)
£37.95ISBN: 9789492940278
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
Hala Ghellali was eighteen years old when her father first took her to the market to buy her first silver bracelets. They visited traditional jewelers in the madina al-qadima, the old walled city of Tripoli. This single event in 1975, ignited her ... .... Learn More -
It's Coming from The Times in Front of Us: Country, Kin and The Dugong Hunter Song lines [Paperback]
John Bradley (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781922454966
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
The song line of the Dugong Hunters embodies Yanyuwa knowledge of the sea and the islands of Yanyuwa country, in Australia’s Northern Territory.
If one knows, it is possible to look out on Yanyuwa country and see the Dugong Hunters, the W... .... Learn More -
White Fella – Black Fella: Early European Explorers and Their Engagement with Australian Aborigines [Paperback]
Wilson McOrist (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781922669414
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
The early European explorers of Australia, from the early 1600s to the mid-1800s, narrated the bewilderment, misunderstandings, affection and hostility that arose in their encounters with the Indigenous peoples. Of their reports, many are little k... .... Learn More -
Australia's Tasman Wars: Colonial Australia and Conflict in New Zealand, 1800–1850 [Paperback]
Craig Wilcox (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781922669452
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
The British settlement in eastern Australia in 1788 and the strong establishment of the British colony of New South Wales created a maritime frontier in the Tasman Sea and Southwest Pacific. Maritime frontier conflict occurred from Tonga to Tahiti... .... Learn More -
Ancient Olive Presses and Oil Production [Paperback]
Ahmed Buzaian (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9781915808004
Published by : British Institute for Libyan and Northen African Studies
This masterly study presents the first comprehensive overview of olive oil production in Cyrenaica, North-East Libya, during the mid to late Roman period. The evidence collected by the author overturns previous assumptions about the small-scale of... .... Learn More -
Chinese Museums: Strategies and Promotion of Contemporary Chinese Art [Paperback]
Ornella De Nigris (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9788869771439
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Art
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Over the last 30 years, the Chinese system of art museums has enjoyed an unprecedented pace of development. Following a general and ongoing renovation of China’s entire system of national art institutions, there has been an impressive proliferatio... .... Learn More -
Early Symbolic Culture and the Evolution of Behavioral Modernity [Hardback]
Nicholas J. Conard (Editor); Ewa Dutkiewicz (Editor)
£46.00ISBN: 9783935751315
Published by : Kerns Verlag
Series: Tübingen Publications in Prehistory
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Publication of results from the conference on early symbolic culture and the evolution of behavioral modernity, held as part of the Hugo Obermaier Meeting in Heidenheim, Germany. .... Learn More -
Asian Philosophers and Their Discontents [Paperback]
Takeshi Morisato (Editor); Roman Pașca (Editor)
£14.99ISBN: 9788869773341
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Asian Philosophical Texts
The present volume brings together translations of hitherto neglected texts from Asian philosophical traditions, along with critical essays dealing with the philosophical issues of translating these texts into Western languages. As the third volum... .... Learn More -
Objects of the Day [Paperback]
Jolanda Bos (Author)
£14.00ISBN: 9789080774483
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
This pocket, written by Jolanda Bos, bundles a selection of objects from the Wearable Heritage Collection and features traditional jewellery items and dress from North Afrika and West Asia. The objects in the booklet are all illustrated with a per... .... Learn More -
Faith in Democracy: The Political Power of Religion during the Military Dictatorship in Brazil [Paperback]
Massimo Sciarretta (Author)
£24.99ISBN: 9788869773754
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: History
The current work historically reconstructs the role played by the Brazilian Catholic Church during the military dictatorship that governed the country from 1964 to 1985. If in Latin America the denial of identity and rights has for centuries gone... .... Learn More
