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Cave Paintings and the Human Spirit: The Origin of Creativity and Belief
by David S. Whitley  Synopsis Whitley one of the world's leading experts on cave paintings rewrites our understanding of shamanism and its connection with artistic creativity, myth, and religion by interweaving archaeological evidence with the latest findings of cutting-edge...
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Ground Stone Analysis: A Technological Approach
by Jenny L. Adams Publisher Comments Archaeologists Refer to Stone artifacts that are altered or used to alter other items through abrasion, pecking, or polishing as "ground stone." This includes mortars and pestles used to process vegetal materials, pigments, clays, and tempers; abraders...
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The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece
by David M. Schaps Publisher Comments Reveals how the concept of money did not materialize until the invention of Greek coinage...
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Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier (UK Edition)
by Brenda Fowler Synopsis In 1991, scientists announced the unprecedented discovery of a Stone Age man, buried in an alpine glacier for 5000 years. This title takes the reader inside the scientific investigations which sought to understand questions about the world of 3000 BC....
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Landscape and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica (01 Edition)
by Rex Koontz Publisher Comments From the early cities in the second millennium BC to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan on the eve of the Spanish conquest, Ancient Mesoamericans created landscapes full of meaning and power in the center of their urban spaces. The sixteenth century...
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Frauds Myths & Mysteries Science & 5TH Edition
by Kenneth L Feder Publisher Comments Ancient astronauts? Atlantis? Psychic archaeology? Pharaoh's curses? Committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity, this indispensable supplementary text uses interesting archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly...
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Excluded Past: Archaeology in Education
by Peter G. Stone Publisher Comments The Exluded Past is a ground-breaking book that examines the uneasy relationship between archaeology and education. It argues that archaeologists have a vital role to play in education alongside other interpreters of the past. Contributors from different...
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Early Christian Symbolis in Great Britain and Ireland: The Romano British Period and Celtic Monuments with an Account of Early Christian Symbolism in
by J. Romilly Allen Publisher Comments 1887. From the Rhind lectures in Archaeology by Romilly who was considered one of the foremost exponents of the new scientific archaeology. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing....
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The City of the Sacred Well: Being a Narrative of the Discoveries and Excavations of Edward Herbert Thompson in the Ancient City of Chichenitza 191
by T. A. Willard Publisher Comments With some Discourse on the Culture and Development of the Mayan Civilization as Revealed by their Art and Architecture, here set down and illustrated from Photographs....
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In Ruins
by Christopher Woodward Synopsis Why are we so fascinated by ruins? Woodward looks back to the start of the cult in the 18th century, when follies were built in English landscape gardens. He examines Nazi fantasies, the shattered Statue of Liberty in the film "Planet of the Apes" and...
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The Bioarchaeology of Tuberculosis: A Global View on a Reemerging Disease
by Charlotte A. Roberts Publisher Comments Though apparently in decline during the first half of the 20th century, tuberculosis has reawakened in both developed and developing countries, particularly among susceptible populations with immunodeficiency disorders....
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Transitions Before the Transition: Evolution and Stability in the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)
by Erella (edt) Hovers Publisher Comments Modern human origins and the fate of the Neanderthals are arguably the most compelling and contentious arenas in paleoanthropology. The much-discussed split between advocates of a single, early emergence of anatomically modern humans in sub-Saharan...
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Hieroglyphs Very Short Introduction
by Penelope Wilson Publisher Comments Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years. This ancient form of expression was used as art, as a means of identifying...
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Incas and Their Ancestors : the Archaeology of Peru (Rev 01 Edition)
by Michael E. Moseley Publisher Comments In 1532, when Pizarro conquered Peru, the Inca realm was one of the largest empires on earth, graced by gold masterpieces, towns with great palaces and temples, and an impressive network of roads. But this glittering culture only obscured the rich and...
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Scotland in Pagan Times: The Bronze and Stone Ages
by Joseph Anderson Publisher Comments The Rhind Lectures In Archaeology For 1882....
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The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland (Cambridge World Archaeology)
by Richard Bradley Publisher Comments 'This book presents a new interpretation of the prehistory of Britain and Ireland.'...
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Nomads in Archaeology
by Roger Cribb Publisher Comments Nomads in Archaeology is the first book to be devoted to nomad archaeology. It deals with both current issues in theory/methodology and the prehistory of nomads. Sections are included on the history and origins of pastoral nomad societies, the economics...
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Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht
by Dieter Arnold Publisher Comments This volume documents twenty-two stone-built tombs of the ancient Egyptian Twelfth Dynasty that were excavated by the Metropolitan Museum Egyptian Expedition from 1906 to 1934 and 1986 to 1989. Focusing on the study and reconstruction of the architecture...
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Monograph #42: Pompeian Households
by Penelope Mary Allison Publisher Comments Studies of Pompeian material culture have traditionally been dominated by art-historical approaches, but recently there has been a renewed and burgeoning interest in Pompeian houses for studies of Roman domestic behavior. This book is concerned with...
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The Golden Age of Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the People's Republic of China
by Xiaoneng Yang Publisher Comments This introduction to more than 200 masterpieces from the period 5000 BC to the 10th century AD uncovered in China that confirms archaeologists' conclusion that Chinese civilization and art flowered throughout ancient China. 200+ color illustrations....
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