Archaeology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860548379Author Linda FarrarFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing

This volume examines the commensal politics of early states and empires and offers a comparative perspective on how food and feasting have figured in the political calculus of archaic states in both the Old and New Worlds. It provides a cross-cultural...

This vital book is a collection on the various ways archaeologists and resource managers have devised to make available and interpret submerged cultural resources for the public, such as underwater archaeological preserves, shipwreck trails, and...

"If you have ever wondered about the Indian tribes who lived in the American Southeast at the time of European settlement, this book is for you. . . . Eleven of the nation's top historical archaeologists tackle eleven of the Indian nations that...

This edited volume mainly focuses on the practice of taking and displaying various body parts as trophies in both North and South America. The editors and contributors (which include Native Peoples from both continents) examine the evidence and causes of...

The author presents a large comparative database derived from ethnographic and architectural research in Southeast Asia, Egypt, Mesoamerica, and other areas; proposes new methodologies for comparative analyses of houses; and critically examines existing...

This practical volume, the first book in the Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique series, examines in detail the factors that affect archaeological detectability in surveys whose methods range from visual to remote sensing in land,...

Focusing on the city of Armidale during the period 1830 to 1930, this book investigates the relationship between the development of capitalism in a particular region (New England, Australia) and the expression of ideology within architectural style. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860549024Author J. PriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860548850Author Martin TingleFormat PaperbackPage Count 117Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860546146Author Tonnes Bekker-NielsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 135Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860546085Author Roger GraceFormat PaperbackPage Count 255Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860540274Author Henrieta TodorovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 215Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing

Ireland is a country rich in archaeological sites. Ireland: An Oxford Archaeological Guide provides the ultimate handbook to this fascinating heritage. Covering the entire island of Ireland, from Antrim to Wexford, Dublin to Sligo, the book contains over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860547839Author Dorin AlicuFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR PublishingWeight(grams) 686g

This book starts from the premise that methodology - the procedures for obtaining an 'objective' knowledge of the past - has always dominated archaeology to the detriment of broader social theory. It argues that social theory is archaeological theory,...

Although many believe that archaeological knowledge consists simply of empirical findings, this notion is false; data are generated with the guidance of theory, or some sense-making system acting in its place whether researchers recognize this or not...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860540007Author Julia SeiberFormat PaperbackPage Count 117Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing

Using data drawn primarily from the American Southwest, Stephen Plog shows that there are basic problems with the methods archaeologists traditionally use to classify and analyse prehistoric pottery. Archaeologists have studied the painted designs and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860544470Author Piers B RawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing

The inspiration for this volume of contributed papers stemmed from conversations between the editors in front of Chuck Hilton's poster on the determinants of hominid walking speed, presented at thel998 meetings of the American Association of Physical...

The history of the Wild West has long been fictionalized in novels, films, and television shows. Catering to these popular representations, towns across America have created tourist sites connecting such tales with historical monuments. Yet these...

Building on the notion that human remains provide a window into the past, especially regarding identity, the contributors to this volume reflect on intentional and ritualized practices of manipulating the human head within ancient societies. These essays...

Archaeological artifacts have become a traded commodity in large part because the global reach of Western society allows easy access to the world's archaeological heritage. Acquired by the world's leading museums and private collectors, antiquities have...

Building on the notion that human remains provide a window into the past, especially regarding identity, the contributors to this volume reflect on intentional and ritualized practices of manipulating the human head within ancient societies. They reveal...

In this unique volume, twelve pioneers of historical archaeology offer reminiscences of the early part of their respective careers, circa 1920 to 1940. Each scholar had to overcome numerous biases held by historians and archaeologists-thus each chapter...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306423079Author Joshua BilmesFormat HardbackPage Count 225Imprint Kluwer Academic/Plenum PublishersPublisher Springer Science+Business MediaWeight(grams)...

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