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Growing Up in the Ice Age: Fossil and Archaeological Evidence of the Lived Lives of Plio-Pleistocene Children [Paperback]
April Nowell (Author)
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ISBN: 9781789252941
Published by : Oxbow Books
It is estimated that in prehistoric societies children comprised at least forty to sixty-five percent of the population, yet by default, our ancestral landscapes are peopled by adults who hunt, gather, fish, knap tools and make art. But these adul... .... Learn More -
The Sacred Body: Materializing the Divine through Human Remains in Antiquity [Hardback]
Nicola Laneri (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789255188
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Materiality and Religion in Antiquity
Volume: 1
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The human body represents the perfect element for relating communities of the living with the divine. This is clearly evident in the mythological stories that recount the creation of humans by deities among ancient and contemporaneous societies ac... .... Learn More -
Göltepe Excavations: Tin Production at an Early Bronze Age Mining Town in the Central Taurus Mountains, Turkey [Hardback]
Kutlu Aslıhan Yener (Author)
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ISBN: 9781931534277
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: Prehistory Monographs
Volume: 64
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This volume presents over fifteen years (1981–1996) of archaeometallurgy surveys and specifically the excavations of an Early Bronze Age miners’ village, Göltepe and its associated tin mine, Kestel. The results of the surface surveys, test pit ope... .... Learn More -
The Minoan Shipwreck at Pseira, Crete [Hardback]
Elpida Hadjidaki-Marder (Author)
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ISBN: 9781931534291
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: Prehistory Monographs
Volume: 65
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This volume describes the discovery in 2003 and excavation between 2004 and 2009 of a Minoan ship that sunk near the island of Pseira around 1725/1700 BC. The recovered cargo constitutes the largest known corpus of complete and almost complete cla... .... Learn More -
Personal Adornment and the Construction of Identity: A Global Archaeological Perspective [Paperback]
Hannah V. Mattson (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789255959
Published by : Oxbow Books
Objects of adornment have been a subject of archaeological, historical, and ethnographic study for well over a century. Within archaeology, personal ornaments have traditionally been viewed as decorative embellishments associated with status and w... .... Learn More -
Textile Activity and Cultural Identity in Sicily Between the Late Bronze Age and Archaic Period [Paperback]
Gabriella Longhitano (Author)
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ISBN: 9781789255997
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 37
Clothing was an essential part of material culture in ancient societies both as a form of body protection and as house equipment. Besides a practical function, textiles played a crucial role in communicating various aspects of social and personal ... .... Learn More -
Markets and Exchanges in Pre-Modern and Traditional Societies [Hardback]
Juan Carlos Moreno García (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789256116
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Societies: Interpreting Ancient Egypt (MaTAS)
Volume: 1
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Markets emerge in recent historical research as important spheres of economic interaction in ancient societies. In the case of ancient Egypt, traditional models imagined an all-encompassing centralized, bureaucratic economy that left practically n... .... Learn More -
Interrogating Networks: Investigating Networks of Knowledge in Antiquity [Paperback]
Lin Foxhall (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789256277
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Over the past decade network theory and methodologies have become central to exploring and explaining social, economic and political relationships and connections in past societies. However, as van Oyen (2017) has pointed out the use of networks h... .... Learn More -
Temporary Palaces: The Great House in European Prehistory [Paperback]
Richard Bradley (Author)
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ISBN: 9781789256611
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Insights in Archaeology
Volume: 7
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The Great Houses of the prehistoric and early medieval periods were enormous structures whose forms were modelled on those of domestic dwellings. Most were built of wood rather than stone; they were used over comparatively short periods; they were... .... Learn More -
Journal of Roman Pottery Studies [Paperback]
Steven Willis (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789255874
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Series: Journal of Roman Pottery Studies
Volume: 18
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The Journal of Roman Pottery Studies continues to present a range of important new research in the field by both established and early career scholars. Volume XVIII has a strong theme on pottery production with papers on kiln sites, mortaria and l... .... Learn More
