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Sourcing Obsidian - A State-Of-The-Art In The Framework Of Archaeological Research

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 This comprehensive book covers the state-of-the-art in obsidian sourcing studies including both current and obsolete practices in the framework of archaeological research.
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Funerary Textiles In Situ - Towards A Better Method For The Study Of Textile-Related Burial Practices

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 This open access book explores the role of textiles in death to investigate questions into how the body was prepared before the funeral, how the body was seen and perceived by its relatives and community, and the role of textiles in its metamorphosis into a deceased.
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Multidisciplinary Approaches For The Investigation Of Textiles And Fibres In The Archaeological Field

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 However, fibre identification in archaeological textiles is not a straightforward task, mainly due to the vast variety of fibres people used in antiquity to make textiles and the more often than not poor condition of preservation of excavated textiles.
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Cultural Number Systems - A Sourcebook

by Karenleigh A. Overmann

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 This sourcebook presents an extensive look at cultural number systems in numeracy and writing systems. Based on a decade of research by the author, the work examines topics such as why Xerxes the First counted his army by having his men march through an enclosure big enough to hold 10,000 of them at a time, why the Hawaiian word for "twenty" means "nine and two," why an ancient Greek mathematician was driven mad by irrational numbers, and how old counting might be and how we might know this.Along the way, the author describes topics such as dactylonomy, the ancient art of expressing and calculating numbers with the fingers; specified counting, the use of different counting sequences to count different types of objects; and the ephemeral abacus, strategies for counting that involve people and goods but not an actual device. The chapters are organized into six geographical areas (the ancient Near East, Africa, Europe, Asia/India, Oceania, and the Americas).
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Deep-Time Images In The Age Of Globalization - Rock Art In The 21st Century

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 This open access volume explores the impact of globalization on the contemporary study of deep-time art. This book provides comparative approaches on rock art globally and scrutinises the impacts of globalization on research, preservation, and management of deep-time art.
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Multidisciplinary Approaches For The Investigation Of Textiles And Fibres In The Archaeological Field

~~145,74€~~ 131,17€ 10% OFF

 However, fibre identification in archaeological textiles is not a straightforward task, mainly due to the vast variety of fibres people used in antiquity to make textiles and the more often than not poor condition of preservation of excavated textiles.
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New Ways Of Communicating Archaeology In A Digital World

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 This book examines the communication and interaction between archaeologists and the non-archaeological public in a digital age.
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Deep-Time Images In The Age Of Globalization - Rock Art In The 21st Century

~~60,82€~~ 54,74€ 10% OFF

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 This open access volume explores the impact of globalization on the contemporary study of deep-time art. This book provides comparative approaches on rock art globally and scrutinises the impacts of globalization on research, preservation, and management of deep-time art.
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Isotopic Proveniencing And Mobility - The Current State Of Research

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 This volume provides a state-of-the-art presentation and discussion of procedures, especially what works and what doesnâ€™t â€" on isotopic proveniencing, learned over the last 30 years.
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Prehistoric Herders And Farmers - A Transdisciplinary Overview To The Archeological Record From El Mirador Cave

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 This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the El Mirador cave located on the Atapuerca karstic system, one of the longest Pleistocene and Holocene archaeopaleontological deposits in Iberia.
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Exploring Human Behavior Through Isotope Analysis - Applications In Archaeological Research

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 This edited volume compiles a series of chapters written by experts of isotopic analysis in order to highlight the utility of various isotope systems in the reconstruction of past human behaviors.
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Cultural Landscapes And Long-Term Human Ecology

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 Bringing together an international set of scholars, this volume presents integrative theoretical and methodological perspectives linking two complementary approaches in anthropological archaeology: cultural landscapes and human ecology. Authors grapple with issues ranging from the hunter-gatherer populations of North America and the emergence of the Neolithic in Europe to contemporary hunter-gatherer societies, using approaches from ethnoarchaeology to geomorphology, and methodological specialties from stable isotopes to social networks, in order to shed light on prehistoric human adaptations and how they produce cultural variation on a landscape scale. Together, contributions to this volume illustrate how interdisciplinary and integrative perspectives can aid archaeology by providing the means necessary to interpret and explain long-term records of human activity.This book capitalizes on the unique position of archaeology, and the long-term records of human ecology and cultural resilience the discipline develops, to make significant contributions to contemporary discussions of long-term climate human-environment interactions throughout the Holocene. The book is therefore produced during a perfect time in which other disciplines are focusing on the unique contribution that can be made by archaeology.
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&Quote;And In Length Of Days Understanding&Quote; (Job 12:12) - Essays On Archaeology In The Eastern Mediterranean And Beyond In Honor Of Thomas E. Levy

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 This two-volume book presents cutting-edge archaeological research, primarily as practiced in the Eastern Mediterranean region. These volumes’ key foci are inspired by the work of Thomas E. Levy. Volume 1 provides an in-depth look at new archaeological research in the southern Levant (primarily in modern Israel and Jordan) inspired by Levy’s commitment to understanding social, political, and economic processes in a long-term or "deep time" perspective. Volume 2 focuses on new research in several key areas of 21st century anthropological archaeology and archaeological science.Volume 1 is organized around two major themes: 1) the later prehistory of the southern Levant, or the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Bronze Age, and 2) new research in biblical archaeology, or the historical archaeology of the Iron Age. Each section contains a combination of new perspectives on key debates and studies introducing new research questions and directions.Volume 2 is organized aroundfive major themes: 1) the archaeology of the Faynan copper ore district of southern Jordan, a key region for archaeometallurgical research in West Asia where Levy conducted field research for over a decade, 2) new research in archaeometallurgy beyond the Faynan region, 3) marine and maritime archaeology, focusing on issues of trade and environmental change, 4) cyber-archaeology, an important 21st century field Levy conceived as "the marriage of archaeology, engineering, computer science, and the natural sciences," and 5) key issues in anthropological archaeological theory. In addition to presenting the reader with an up-to-date view of research in each of these areas, the volume also has chapters exploring the connections between these themes, e.g. the maritime trade of metals and cyber-/digital archaeological approaches to metallurgy.The work contains contributions from both up-and-coming early career researchers and key established figures in their fields. This book is an essential reference for archaeologists and scholars in related disciplines working in the southern Levant and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Historical Ecology And Landscape Archaeology In Lowland South America

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 This edited volume scrutinizes how pre-Columbian human societies have shaped and transformed lowland South America - contributing to biological and landscape diversity. This geographic area has supported human populations since at least the transition from the Pleistocene to Holocene, but the nature and scale of these interactions are matters of debate and their legacy to modern lowland environments is not fully understood. This book brings together works from distinct disciplines, including theoretical and methodological approaches on single case studies or broad regional syntheses, with no chronological constraint. The editors aim to generate a novel contribution reporting the most recent and ground-breaking research on human interactions with past environments and resources in lowland South America, from pre-Columbian to Colonial times. The volume also discusses the legacy of these past interactions and their potential contribution to informing current conservationand development agendas, providing examples of how archaeology and paleoecology can fill gaps in conservation and developmental policy. This volume will be of interest to students, archaeologists, and readers of Latin American studies.
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Exploring Human Behavior Through Isotope Analysis - Applications In Archaeological Research

145,74€ + 10% CARD

 This edited volume compiles a series of chapters written by experts of isotopic analysis in order to highlight the utility of various isotope systems in the reconstruction of past human behaviors.
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Isotopic Proveniencing And Mobility - The Current State Of Research

162,21€ + 10% CARD

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 This volume provides a state-of-the-art presentation and discussion of procedures, especially what works and what doesnâ€™t â€" on isotopic proveniencing, learned over the last 30 years.
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Prehistoric Herders And Farmers - A Transdisciplinary Overview To The Archeological Record From El Mirador Cave

135,18€ + 10% CARD

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 This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the El Mirador cave located on the Atapuerca karstic system, one of the longest Pleistocene and Holocene archaeopaleontological deposits in Iberia.
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Sustainable Global Resources Of Seaweeds Volume 2 - Food, Pharmaceutical And Health Applications

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 Sustainable Global Resources of Seaweeds Volume 2: Industrial Perspectives offers a complete overview of the application of seaweeds into food, pharmaceuticals and other health-based applications.
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Isotopic Proveniencing And Mobility - The Current State Of Research

158,34€ + 10% CARD

 This volume provides a state-of-the-art presentation and discussion of procedures, especially what works and what doesnâ€™t â€" on isotopic proveniencing, learned over the last 30 years.
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Prehistoric Herders And Farmers - A Transdisciplinary Overview To The Archeological Record From El Mirador Cave

131,84€ + 10% CARD

 This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the El Mirador cave located on the Atapuerca karstic system, one of the longest Pleistocene and Holocene archaeopaleontological deposits in Iberia.
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Origins Of Cattle Traction And The Making Of Early Civilisations In North China

by Minghao Lin

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 This book is the first to apply systematic palaeopathological, archaeological and historical investigations (using bones as a focus as well as other supporting lines of information) to Chinese osteological materials in order to answer the question about the origins of cattle labour. Structurally, this monograph flows from an introduction and review of previous scholarship and questions, through employed theory and developed methods, to analyses of archaeological materials, and finally finishes by overall discussion and closing remarks.Topics covered in this monograph include the significance of the study of cattle traction in North China, understanding and research into cattle traction within history, art and archaeology, and identifying traction in cattle bones. The author also uses the Pathological Index-refined (PIr) and morphometrics to test the reliability of both methods in identifying traction in cattle bones. The author applies both methods to archaeological sites inthe Yellow River region. This book is of interest to researchers studying the Late Bronze Age and zooarchaeology.
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Ancient Textile Production From An Interdisciplinary Perspective - Humanities And Natural Sciences Interwoven For Our Understanding Of Textiles

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 The diverse developments in textile research of the last decade, along with the increased recognition of the importance of textile studies in adjacent fields, now merit a dedicated, full-length publication entitled "Ancient Textile Production from an Interdisciplinary Perspective: Humanities and Natural Sciences Interwoven for our Understanding of Textiles". With this volume, the authors and the editors wish to illustrate to the current impact of textile archaeology on the scholarly perception of the past (not limited to archaeology alone). The volume presents new insights into the consumption, meaning, use and re-use of textiles and dyes, all of which are topics of growing importance in textile research. As indicated by the title, we demonstrate the continued importance of interdisciplinarity by showcasing several ‘interwoven’ approaches to environmental and archaeological remains, textual and iconographic sources, archaeological experiments and ethnographic data, from a large area covering Europe and the Mediterranean, Near East, Africa and Asia. The chronological span is deliberately wide, including materials dating from c. 6th millennium BCE to c. mid-14th century CE.The volume is organised in four parts that aim to reflect the main areas of the textile research in 2020. After the two introductory chapters (Part I: About this Volume and Textile Research in 2020), follow two chapters referring to dyes and dyeing technology in which analytical and material-based studies are linked to contextual sources (Part II: Interdisciplinarity of Colour: Dye Analyses and Dyeing Technologies). The six chapters of Part III: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Textile Tools discuss textiles and textile production starting from the analyses of tools, whether functional or as representative of technological developments or user identity. Archaeological and cultural contexts as well as textile traditions are the main topics of the six chapters in Part IV: Traditions and Contexts: Fibres, Fabrics, Techniques, Uses and Meanings. The two final chapters in Part V: Digital Tools refer to the use of digital tools in textile research, presenting two different case studies.
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Sustainability And Law - General And Specific Aspects

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 The contributions explore this exciting domain with innovative ideas and replicable approaches. Readers therefore also have the opportunityto concentrate on single chapters, but receive comprised knowledge and a variety of thoughts for new ideas on a particular theme.
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New Directions In Psychiatry

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 This book focuses on hot issues faced by clinicians in everyday clinical practice, and provides in-depth analyses of both met and unmet needs in the management of psychiatric disorders.
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