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24 produkter
Questioning Collapse
Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire
Av Patricia A. McAnany, Norman Yoffee
Häftad, 2009
670 kr
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Questioning Collapse challenges those scholars and popular writers who advance the thesis that societies - past and present - collapse because of behavior that destroyed their environments or because of overpopulation. In a series of highly accessible and closely argued essays, a team of …
The Early Neolithic in Greece
The First Farming Communities in Europe
Av Catherine Perlès, Norman Yoffee
Häftad, 2001
1274 kr
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Farmers made a sudden and dramatic appearance in Greece around 7000 BC, bringing with them new ceramics and crafts, and establishing settled villages. They were Europe's first farmers, and their settlements provide the link between the first agricultural communities in the Near East and the …
European Societies in the Bronze Age
Av A. F. Harding, Norman Yoffee
Häftad, 2000
1106 kr
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The Bronze Age, roughly 2500 to 750 BC, was the last fully prehistoric period in Europe and a crucial element in the formation of the Europe that emerged into history in the later first millennium BC. This book focuses on the material culture remains of the period, and through them provides an …
Europe in the Neolithic
The Creation of New Worlds
Av Alasdair W. R. Whittle, Norman Yoffee m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
1048 kr
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Dr Whittle reviews the latest archaeological evidence on Neolithic Europe from 7000 to 2500 BC. Describing important areas, sites and problems, he addresses the major themes that have engaged the attention of scholars: the transition from a forager lifestyle; the rate and dynamics of change; and …
Archaeological Theory
Who Sets the Agenda?
Av Norman Yoffee, Andrew Sherratt
Häftad, 1993
586 kr
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This volume assesses the real achievements of archaeology in increasing an understanding of the past. Without rejecting the insights either of traditional or more recent approaches, it considers the issues raised in current claims and controversies about what is appropriate theory for archaeology. …
Questioning Collapse
Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire
Av Patricia A. McAnany, Norman Yoffee m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
1369 kr
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Questioning Collapse challenges those scholars and popular writers who advance the thesis that societies - past and present - collapse because of behavior that destroyed their environments or because of overpopulation. In a series of highly accessible and closely argued essays, a team of …
Myths of the Archaic State
Evolution of the Earliest Cities, States, and Civilizations
Häftad, 2005
485 kr
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In this ground-breaking work, Norman Yoffee shatters the prevailing myths underpinning our understanding of the evolution of early civilisations. He counters the emphasis in traditional scholarship on the rule of 'godly' and despotic male leaders and challenges the conventional view that early …
The Archaeology of Ancient Greece
Av James Whitley, Norman Yoffee m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1928 kr
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The Archaeology of Ancient Greece provides a synthesis of research on the material culture of Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods (1000-300 BC). The rich and diverse material culture of ancient Greece has always provoked admiration and even wonder, but it is seldom analysed as a key to our …
The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
Av Timothy Insoll, Norman Yoffee m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1944 kr
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This is the first general study of the impact of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa. Timothy Insoll charts the historical background as well as the archaeological evidence attesting to the spread of Islam across the Sudan, Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Nigeria, surveying a time-span from …
The Archaeology of Micronesia
Av Paul Rainbird, Norman Yoffee m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
1291 kr
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This was the first book-length archaeological study of Micronesia, a collection of island groups in the Western Pacific Ocean. Drawing on a wide range of archaeological, anthropological and historical sources, the author explores the various ways that the societies of these islands have been …
The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
Av Timothy Insoll, Norman Yoffee m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
1050 kr
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This is the first general study of the impact of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa. Timothy Insoll charts the historical background as well as the archaeological evidence attesting to the spread of Islam across the Sudan, Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Nigeria, surveying a time-span from …
The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe
Av Clive Gamble, Norman Yoffee m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
1106 kr
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Palaeolithic societies have been a neglected topic in the discussion of human origins. In this book, which succeeds and replaces The Palaeolithic Settlement of Europe, published by Cambridge University Press in 1986, Clive Gamble challenges the established view that the social life of Europeans …
The Archaeology of Syria
From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c.16,000-300 BC)
Av Peter M. M. G. Akkermans, Glenn M. Schwartz m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
1761 kr
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This was the first book to present a comprehensive review of the archaeology of Syria from the end of the Paleolithic period to 300 BC. Syria has become a prime focus of field archaeology in the Middle East in the past thirty years, and Peter Akkermans and Glenn Schwartz discuss the results of this …
The Early Neolithic in Greece
The First Farming Communities in Europe
Av Catherine Perlès, Norman Yoffee
Inbunden, 2001
1477 kr
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Farmers made a sudden and dramatic appearance in Greece around 7000 BC, bringing with them new ceramics and crafts, and establishing settled villages. They were Europe's first farmers, and their settlements provide the link between the first agricultural communities in the Near East and the …
Collapse of Ancient States and Civilizations
Av The University of Arizona Press, Norman Yoffee
Häftad, 1991
557 kr
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Negotiating the Past in the Past
Identity, Memory, and Landscape in Archaeological Research
Av Norman Yoffee, Norman Yoffee
Häftad, 2008
397 kr
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Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that “all history becomes subjective,” that, in fact, “properly there is no history, only biography.” Today, Emerson’s observation is hardly revolutionary for archaeologists; it has become conventional wisdom that the present is a battleground where interpretations of …
Early Stages in the Evolution of Mesopotamian Civilization
Soviet Excavations in Northern Iraq
Av Norman Yoffee, Jeffery J. Clark
Häftad, 2016
469 kr
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Between 1969 and 1980, Soviet archaeologists conducted excavations of Mesopotamian villages occupied from pre-agricultural times through the beginnings of early civilization. This volume brings together translations of Russian articles along with new work.
Old Babylonian Texts from Kish Conserved in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums
Av Veysel Donbaz, Norman Yoffee
Häftad, 1986
389 kr
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Old Babylonian Texts from Kish Conserved in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums
Old Babylonian Texts from Kish Conserved in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums
Av Veysel Donbaz, Norman Yoffee
Inbunden, 1986
613 kr
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Questioning Collapse
Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire
Av Norman Yoffee, Patricia A. McAnany
E-bok, 2009
641 kr
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Questioning Collapse challenges those scholars and popular writers who advance the thesis that societies - past and present - collapse because of behavior that destroyed their environments or because of overpopulation. In a series of highly accessible and closely argued essays, a team of …
Questioning Collapse
Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire
Av Norman Yoffee, Patricia A. McAnany
E-bok, 2009
655 kr
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Questioning Collapse challenges those scholars and popular writers who advance the thesis that societies - past and present - collapse because of behavior that destroyed their environments or because of overpopulation. In a series of highly accessible and closely argued essays, a team of …
The Cambridge World History: Volume 3, Early Cities in Comparative Perspective, 4000 BCE-1200 CE
Häftad, 2017
512 kr
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From the fourth millennium BCE to the early second millennium CE the world became a world of cities. This volume explores this critical transformation, from the appearance of the earliest cities in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the rise of cities in Asia and the Mediterranean world, Africa, and the …
Cambridge World History: Volume 3, Early Cities in Comparative Perspective, 4000 BCE-1200 CE
E-bok, 2015
621 kr
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From the fourth millennium BCE to the early second millennium CE the world became a world of cities. This volume explores this critical transformation, from the appearance of the earliest cities in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the rise of cities in Asia and the Mediterranean world, Africa, and the …
Excavating Asian History
Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology and History
Av Norman Yoffee, Bradley L. Crowell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
700 kr
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Although history and archaeology each seek to elucidate the past, both sets of data are incomplete and ambiguous and thus open to multiple readings that invite contradictory interpretations of human activity. This is particularly true when scholars of each field ignore or fail to understand …
