Life and Architecture in Pittsburgh
Author: James Denholm Van Trump
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 422
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The Archaeology of Inequality
Author: Orlando Cerasuolo
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2021-09-01
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 143848514X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Archaeology of Inequality explores the different aspects of social boundaries and articulation by comparing several interdisciplinary approaches for the analysis of the archaeological data, as well as actual case studies from the Prehistory to the Classical world. The book explores slavery, gender, ethnicity and economy as intersecting areas of study within the larger framework of inequality and exemplifies to what degree archaeologists can identify and analyze different patterns of inequality.
Mapping Travel
Author: Jordana Dym
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-08-30
Total Pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9004499784
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on a thousand years of European travel writing and mapmaking, Dym suggests that after centuries of text-based itineraries and on-the spot directions guiding travelers and constituting their reports, maps in the fifteenth century emerged as tools for Europeans to support and report the results of land and sea travel. With each succeeding generation, these linear journey maps have become increasingly common and complex, responding to changes in forms of transportation, such as air and motor car ‘flight’ and print technology, especially the advent of multi-color printing. This is their story.
The Nebraska Phase
Author: Donald J. Blakeslee
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 204
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Author: J. Raven
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2004-01-31
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 0230524257
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss. Fourteen original contributions, introduced by a major re-evaluative history of lost libraries, offer the first ever comparative discussion of the greatest catastrophes in book history from Mesopotamia and Alexandria to the dispersal of monastic and monarchical book collections, the Nazi destruction of Jewish libraries, and the recent horrifying pillage and burning of books in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.
Handbook for the Analysis of Micro-Particles in Archaeological Samples
Author: Amanda G. Henry
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-07-07
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 303042622X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis handbook provides a resource for those already familiar with some kinds of micro-particles who wish to learn more about others, or for those just starting out in the study of microremains who wish to have a broad understanding about microscopic archaeology. Topics covered in this handbook include diatom microfossils, starch granules, pollen grains, phytoliths, natural fibers, volcanic glass, minerals, insect remains, and feathers. Archaeological investigations increasingly rely on specialist identification of microscopic remnants found in sites. These micro-particles can provide information about the site environment and human activities that may not be apparent from artifacts and materials preserved on the macro-scale, and have given us new, and often high-profile, information about our past. The investigation of this "invisible archaeology" - that is, invisible to the naked eye - is still somewhat new, and generally each kind of micro-particle is studied individually. Researchers become experts in a narrow range of micro-particle types, but may be less familiar with, or even completely unaware of, the multitude of other forms that are frequently encountered in archaeological samples. This handbook’s accessible approach is suitable for those at the beginner level.
Black Sea Archaeology Studies
Author: Davut Yiğitpaşa
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Total Pages: 246
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Author: Timothy R. Pauketat
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-02-27
Total Pages: 735
ISBN-13: 0521762499
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlike extant texts, this textbook treats pre-Columbian Native Americans as history makers who yet matter in our contemporary world.
South American Primates
Author: Paul A. Garber
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-11-13
Total Pages: 565
ISBN-13: 0387787054
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis will be the first time a volume will be compiled focusing on South American monkeys as models to address and test critical issues in the study of nonhuman primates. In addition, the volume will serve an important compliment to the book on Mesoamerican primates recently published in the series under the DIPR book series. The book will be of interest to a broad range of scientists in various disciplines, ranging from primatology, to animal behavior, animal ecology, conservation biology, veterinary science, animal husbandry, anthropology, and natural resource management. Moreover, although the volume will highlight South American primates, chapters will not simply review particular taxa or topics. Rather the focus of each chapter is to examine the nature and range of primate responses to changes in their ecological and social environments, and to use data on South American monkeys to address critical theoretical questions in the study of primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. Thus, we anticipate that the volume will be widely read by a broad range of students and researchers interested in prosimians, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, humans, as well as animal behavior and tropical biology.
The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 5, Jews in the Medieval Islamic World
Author: Phillip I. Lieberman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-09-02
Total Pages: 1216
ISBN-13: 1009038591
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume 5 examines the history of Judaism in the Islamic World from the rise of Islam in the early sixth century to the expulsion of Jews from Spain at the end of the fifteenth. This period witnessed radical transformations both within the Jewish community itself and in the broader contexts in which the Jews found themselves. The rise of Islam had a decisive influence on Jews and Judaism as the conditions of daily life and elite culture shifted throughout the Islamicate world. Islamic conquest and expansion affected the shape of the Jewish community as the center of gravity shifted west to the North African communities, and long-distance trading opportunities led to the establishment of trading diasporas and flourishing communities as far east as India. By the end of our period, many of the communities on the 'other' side of the Mediterranean had come into their own—while many of the Jewish communities in the Islamicate world had retreated from their high-water mark.
