World Archaeology

The Late Epipalaeolithic and Early Neolithic in the Seimarren Drainage, central Zagros: Excavations at Mar Gurgalan, Asiab and Ganj Dareh [Hardback]

Tobias Richter (Editor); Hojjat Darabi (Editor); Peder Mortensen (Editor)

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ISBN: 9781789259414
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in Southwest Asia remains a key area of research for archaeologists. For many years, little intensive research was possible in the ‘eastern wing’ of the Fertile Crescent. This volume present... .... Learn More

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

New Perspectives on Ancient Nubia [Hardback]

Solange Ashby (Editor); Aaron Brody (Editor)

£89.00

ISBN: 9781463243425
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East
Volume: 17
Ancient Nubia played key political, social, and economic roles in the ancient world, yet knowledge of Nubian societies remains regrettably narrow, with Nubia often disregarded as derivative of Egypt. This volume provides a timely corrective to thi... .... Learn More

Late Hokusai: Society, Thought, Technique, Legacy [Paperback]

Timothy Clark (Editor)

£40.00

ISBN: 9780861592319
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 231
This publication has been developed from ideas first presented at the international symposium Late Hokusai: thought, technique, society, held at the British Museum in May 2017. The symposium was organised to enable specialists in a range of discip... .... Learn More

The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela: Crime and Revolution [Hardback]

David Smilde (Editor); Veronica Zubillaga (Editor); Rebecca Hanson (Editor)

£40.50

ISBN: 9780822947127
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Latin American Series
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Crime and violence soared in twenty-first-century Venezuela even as poverty and inequality decreased, contradicting the conventional wisdom that these are the underlying causes of violence. The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela explains the rise of... .... Learn More

Essentials of Chinese Humanism: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism [Hardback]

Xiaoyue Xu (Author); Zhen Chi (Author)

£65.00

ISBN: 9781626430914
Published by : Bridge 21 Publications
Professor Xu Xiaoyue, a top-notch scholar specializing in ancient Chinese philosophies and religions, displays essential constituents of Chinese humanism before readers. According to him, key concepts such as Confucian ten virtues, Daoist Way and ... .... Learn More

Lucayan Legacies: Indigenous lifeways in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands [Paperback]

Joanna Ostapkowicz (Author)

£65.00

ISBN: 9789464261011
Published by : Sidestone Press
This book is about Lucayan legacies – the heritage of the people who made the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands (the Lucayan archipelago) their home from the 8th to the 16th centuries. This legacy is not simply the surviving physical record, co... .... Learn More

Lucayan Legacies: Indigenous lifeways in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands [Hardback]

Joanna Ostapkowicz (Author)

£180.00

ISBN: 9789464261028
Published by : Sidestone Press
This book is about Lucayan legacies – the heritage of the people who made the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands (the Lucayan archipelago) their home from the 8th to the 16th centuries. This legacy is not simply the surviving physical record, co... .... Learn More

The Selected Stories of Xu Zechen: Plum Rain and Other Works [Paperback]

Zechen Xu (Author); Fernando Arrieta (Translator)

£13.50

ISBN: 9781626430891
Published by : Bridge 21 Publications
Series: Bridge21 Contemporary Chinese Literature
Volume: 1
This book contains six works that each reflect the different styles of the author in each period of his work, paying attention to men of low status, memories of childhood, campus life, and the living conditions of Beijing’s drifters. Told in a str... .... Learn More

The Confucian Tradition: Between Religion and Humanism [Hardback]

Guoxiang Peng (Author)

£105.00

ISBN: 9781626430297
Published by : Bridge 21 Publications
The author reviews the Confucian tradition through the two concepts, religion and humanities. Chinese scholars always adopt Zongjiao and Renwen from the ancient Chinese documents as the Chinese translation of religion and humanities. In respect of... .... Learn More