Science
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Farmers, Monks and Aristocrats: The environmental archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Flixborough [eBook (PDF)]
K. M. Dobney(Author); D. Jaques(Author); James Barrett(Author); Cluny Johnstone(Author)
£0.00ISBN: 9781782974864
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Excavations at Flixborough
Volume: 3
The environmental archaeological evidence from the site of Flixborough (in particular the animal bone assemblage) provides a series of unique insights into Anglo-Saxon life in England during the 8th to 10th centuries. The research reveals detailed... .... Learn More -
St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire - A Parish Church and its Community: Volume 2 The Human Remains [eBook (PDF)]
T. Waldron(Author)
£0.00ISBN: 9781782975847
Published by : Oxbow Books
The excavations at St Peter's church, Barton-upon-Humber, between 1978 and 1984 have yielded the largest collection of human remains in the UK, dating from the late tenth century to the mid-nineteenth. The twin aims of the project were to understa... .... Learn More -
Environmental Reconstruction in Mediterranean Landscape Archaeology [Paperback]
Kevin Walsh (Author); Frederic Trement (Author); Philippe Leveau (Author)
£40.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781785704000
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes
Volume: 2
Nineteen essays present wide-ranging approaches to environmental reconstruction across Mediterranean Europe with case studies from southern and central France, central Italy, Spain, Greece, Slovenia and Turkey. It is Volume Two in the Archaeology ... .... Learn More -
Sensitive Objects: Affect & Material Culture [Hardback]
Jonas Frykman (Editor)
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ISBN: 9789187675669
Published by : Nordic Academic Press
Some objects stand out as personal and important to us. A packed suitcase, an inherited vase, the remains from a humanitarian aid package - things can induce affects. In this book the authors focus on material culture and on practice - on what aff... .... Learn More -
Ancient Irrigation Systems of the Aral Sea Area [Hardback]
B. V. Andrianov (Author); Simone Mantellini (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781842173848
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: American School of Prehistoric Research Monograph
Ancient Irrigation Systems in the Aral Sea Area is the English translation of Boris Vasilevich Andrianov's work, Drevnie orositelnye sistemy priaralya, concerning the study of ancient irrigation systems and the settlement pattern in the historical... .... Learn More -
Medicine and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean World [Hardback]
D. Michaelides (Editor)
£65.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781782972358
Published by : Oxbow Books
There are many recoverable aspects and indications concerning medicine and healing in the ancient past – from the archaeological evidence of skeletal remains, grave-goods comprising medical and/or surgical equipment and visual representations in t... .... Learn More -
Therapeutic Uses of Storytelling: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Narration as Therapy [Hardback]
Camilla Asplund Ingemark (Author)
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ISBN: 9789187351150
Published by : Nordic Academic Press
How can stories and legends, written and oral, help people suffering from severe traumas or harsh conditions, now or in the past? Can storytelling help us sort out our innermost feelings and troubles? This deeply human subject is relevant not only... .... Learn More -
Legitimizing ESS: Big Science as a Collaboration Over Boundaries [Hardback]
Thomas Kaiserfeld (Editor)
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ISBN: 9789187351105
Published by : Nordic Academic Press
'Big Science' is a broad epithet that can be associated with research projects as different as the Manhattan Project, the Hubble Telescope-construction, and the CERN-establishment in Geneva. While the science produced by these projects is vastly d... .... Learn More -
Atomized Body: The Cultural Life of Stem Cells, Genes & Neurons [Hardback]
Max Liljefors (Editor)
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ISBN: 9789187121920
Published by : Nordic Academic Press
Just like the first theories in physics viewed atoms as independent and surrounded by a void, our bodies' microscopic constituents are often portrayed as disconnected from the body as a unified organism, and from its cultural and social contexts. ... .... Learn More -
Living the Lunar Calendar [Paperback]
Jonathan Ben-Dov (Editor); Wayne Horowitz (Editor); John M. Steele (Editor)
£36.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781842174814
Published by : Oxbow Books
Lunar calendars suffer from an inherent uncertainty in the length of each month and the number of months in the year. Variable atmospheric conditions, weather and the acuity of the eye of an observer mean that the first sighting of the new moon... .... Learn More
