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Svenskarna och deras fäder de senaste 11 000 åren
AvKarin Bojs,Peter Sjölund
Storpocket, Svenska, 2023
4,3 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(3)
165 kr
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Utnämnd till "Årets bok om svensk historia 2016" av Nättidningen Svensk Historia
Först befolkades nuvarande Sverige av stenåldersjägare. Efter några tusen år anslöt bönderna. Det har DNA-tekniken nyligen lärt oss. Men bara några få procent av nu levande svenska män kan spåra sina fädernelinjer till de första jägarna och de första bönderna. De allra flesta – runt 80 procent – härstammar från ett fåtal mäktiga män som kom hit i samband med bronsåldern.När vi lägger ihop DNA-resultat från professionella forskare och släktforskande privatpersoner, framträder en ny bild av Sveriges historia. En mycket finkalibrerad bild, där de flesta svenska män kan hitta sina egna linjer i det stora gemensamma släktträdet. Svenskarna och deras fäder – de senaste 10 000 åren borrar vidare efter Karin Bojs Augustprisbelönade Min europeiska familj - de senaste 54 000 åren och Peter Sjölunds populära Släktforska med DNA.
Svenskarna och deras fäder de senaste 11 000 åren
AvKarin Bojs,Peter Sjölund
E-bok
Svenska, 2016
3,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(12)
79 kr
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Utnämnd till "Årets bok om svensk historia 2016" av Nättidningen Svensk Historia
Först befolkades nuvarande Sverige av stenåldersjägare. Efter några tusen år anslöt bönderna. Det har DNA-tekniken nyligen lärt oss. Men bara några få procent av nu levande svenska män kan spåra sina fädernelinjer till de första jägarna och de första bönderna. De allra flesta – runt 80 procent – härstammar från ett fåtal mäktiga män som kom hit i samband med bronsåldern.När vi lägger ihop DNA-resultat från professionella forskare och släktforskande privatpersoner, framträder en ny bild av Sveriges historia. En mycket finkalibrerad bild, där de flesta svenska män kan hitta sina egna linjer i det stora gemensamma släktträdet. Svenskarna och deras fäder – de senaste 10 000 åren borrar vidare efter Karin Bojs Augustprisbelönade Min europeiska familj - de senaste 54 000 åren och Peter Sjölunds populära Släktforska med DNA.
Fingerprints Of The Gods
The Quest Continues
AvGraham Hancock
Häftad, Engelska, 2001
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
258 kr
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DISCOVER MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING BOOK THAT TURNED HISTORY ON ITS HEAD‘Arresting and audacious’ Daily MailPart intellectual detective story, part history book, Fingerprints of the Gods directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried - but failed - to explain.This groundbreaking evidence includes:· Accurate ancient maps that show the world as it last looked during the Ice Age, thousands of years before any civilisation capable of making such maps is supposed to have existed.· Evidence of the devastating scientific and astronomical information encoded into prehistoric myths.· The incredible feat of the construction of the great pyramids of Egypt and of megalithic temples on the Giza plateau.· The mysterious astronomical alignments of the pyramids and the Great Sphinx.· The pyramids of the Sun and the Moon in Mexico.· The doomsday calendar and eerie memories of the ancient Maya.· The warning from the Hopi of Arizona.Fingerprints of the Gods is a revolutionary rewrite of history that has persuaded millions of readers throughout the world to change their preconceptions about the history behind modern society.Praise for Fingerprints of the Gods:‘Both a page-turner, and a groundbreaking work of truly revolutionary research’ ***** Reader Review‘An outstanding and beautifully illustrated questioning of our past history’ ***** Reader Review‘Both refreshingly rational and personally honest. If you love history and ancient sites… then this book is for you.’ ***** Reader Review‘A master storyteller’ ***** Reader Review‘[A] truly outstanding read by a pioneer of the genre!’ ***** Reader Review‘I can't recommend it enough!’ ***** Reader Review
Human Osteology
AvTim D. White,Michael T. Blackm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
1 084 kr
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A classic in its field, Human Osteology has been used by students and professionals through nearly two decades. Now revised and updated for a third edition, the book continues to build on its foundation of detailed photographs and practical real-world application of science. New information, expanded coverage of existing chapters, and additional supportive photographs keep this book current and valuable for both classroom and field work.

Osteologists, archaeologists, anatomists, forensic scientists and paleontologists will all find practical information on accurately identifying, recovering, and analyzing and reporting on human skeletal remains and on making correct deductions from those remains.
From the world renowned and bestselling team of osteologist Tim D. White, Michael T. Black and photographer Pieter A. Folkens Includes hundreds of exceptional photographs in exquisite detail showing the maximum amount of anatomical information Features updated and expanded coverage including forensic damage to bone and updated case study examples Presents life sized images of skeletal parts for ease of study and reference
Introduction to Tree-Ring Dating
AvMarvin A. Stokes,Terah L. Smiley
Häftad, Engelska, 1996
209 kr
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Tree-ring dating, or dendrochronology, is the study of the chronological sequence of annual growth rings in trees. This book--a seminal study in its field--provides a simple yet eloquent introduction to the discipline, explaining what a dendrochronologist does both in the field and in the laboratory. Authors Stokes and Smiley first explain the basic principles of tree-ring dating, then describe details of the process, step by step, from the time a sample is collected until it is incorporated into a master chronology. The book focuses on coniferous evergreens of the Southwest, particularly piñons, because they have wide geographic distribution, constitute a large population, and show excellent growth response to certain controlling factors. The book is specifically concerned with the task of establishing a calendar date for a wood or charcoal specimen. This concise but thorough explication of an important discipline will make dendrochonology more meaningful to students and professionals in archaeology, forestry, hydrology, and global change.
World Before Us
How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins
AvTom Higham
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
137 kr
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'The who, what, where, when and how of human evolution, from one of the world's experts on the dating of prehistoric fossils' Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs 'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it' Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules - For Now50,000 years ago, we were not the only species of human in the world. There were at least four others, including the Neanderthals, Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonesis and the Denisovans. At the forefront of the latter's ground-breaking discovery was Oxford Professor Tom Higham.In The World Before Us, he explains the scientific and technological advancements - in radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA, for example - that allowed each of these discoveries to be made, enabling us to be more accurate in our predictions about not just how long ago these other humans lived, but how they lived, interacted and live on in our genes today. This is the story of us, told for the first time with its full cast of characters.'Exciting' David Abulafia, author of The Boundless Sea'Remarkable' Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of Kindred'Thrilling' David Reich, author of Who We Are and How We Got Here'Brilliant' Chris Gosden, author of The History of Magic'Gripping and fun' Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion'Essential' Barry Cunliffe, author of The Scythians'Profoundly entertaining' Brian Fagan, author of World Prehistory
World Before Us
How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins
AvTom Higham
E-bok
Engelska, 2021
113 kr
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'The who, what, where, when and how of human evolution, from one of the world's experts on the dating of prehistoric fossils' Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs 'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it' Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules - For Now50,000 years ago, we were not the only species of human in the world. There were at least four others, including the Neanderthals, Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonesis and the Denisovans. At the forefront of the latter's ground-breaking discovery was Oxford Professor Tom Higham.In The World Before Us, he explains the scientific and technological advancements - in radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA, for example - that allowed each of these discoveries to be made, enabling us to be more accurate in our predictions about not just how long ago these other humans lived, but how they lived, interacted and live on in our genes today. This is the story of us, told for the first time with its full cast of characters.'Exciting' David Abulafia, author of The Boundless Sea'Remarkable' Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of Kindred'Thrilling' David Reich, author of Who We Are and How We Got Here'Brilliant' Chris Gosden, author of The History of Magic'Gripping and fun' Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion'Essential' Barry Cunliffe, author of The Scythians'Profoundly entertaining' Brian Fagan, author of World Prehistory
Del 9 - Bestimmungsbuch Archäologie
Arm- und Beinringe
Erkennen. Bestimmen. Beschreiben.
AvRonald Heynowski,Angelika Abegg-Wigg
Häftad, Tyska, 2023
298 kr
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Arm-rings are among the most common items of jewellery. From the earliest times, they have appeared in various shapes and materials. The wearing of leg-rings was limited to the Bronze and Iron Ages. Together with spiral rings and mountings, arm- and leg-rings form an essential aspect of our archaeological legacy. They not only decorated the body but also accumulated value. This volume offers a comprehensive, systematic guide to the object groups. Typical forms are presented, described, and illustrated in a study of jewellery in German-speaking countries from the Palaeolithic era to the Middle Ages. This reference work is aimed at any interested reader but also provides a practical tool for recording and indexing museum and archaeological collections. First comprehensive systematics of pre- and early historical arm and leg ornamentsSuitable for academics as well as interested amateurs
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers
AvVicki Cummings,Peter Jordanm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
799 kr
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For more than a century, the study of hunting and gathering societies has been central to the development of both archaeology and anthropology as academic disciplines, and has also generated widespread public interest and debate. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers provides a comprehensive review of hunter-gatherer studies to date, including critical engagements with older debates, new theoretical perspectives, and renewed obligations for greater engagement between researchers and indigenous communities. Chapters provide in-depth archaeological, historical, and anthropological case-studies, and examine far-reaching questions about human social relations, attitudes to technology, ecology, and management of resources and the environment, as well as issues of diet, health, and gender relations--all central topics in hunter-gatherer research, but also themes that have great relevance for modern global society and its future challenges.The Handbook also provides a strategic vision for how the integration of new methods, approaches, and study regions can ensure that future research into the archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers will continue to deliver penetrating insights into the factors that underlie all human diversity.
The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age
AvAnthony Harding,Harry Fokkens
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
779 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age is a wide-ranging survey of a crucial period in prehistory during which many social, economic, and technological changes took place. Written by expert specialists in the field, the book provides coverage both of the themes that characterize the period, and of the specific developments that took place in the various countries of Europe. After an introduction and a discussion of chronology, successive chapters deal with settlement studies, burial analysis, hoards and hoarding, monumentality, rock art, cosmology, gender, and trade, as well as a series of articles on specific technologies and crafts (such as transport, metals, glass, salt, textiles, and weighing). The second half of the book covers each country in turn. From Ireland to Russia, Scandinavia to Sicily, every area is considered, and up to date information on important recent finds is discussed in detail.The book is the first to consider the whole of the European Bronze Age in both geographical and thematic terms, and will be the standard book on the subject for the foreseeable future.
Critical Approaches to Fieldwork
Contemporary and Historical Archaeological Practice
AvGavin Lucas
Häftad, Engelska, 2000
757 kr
This work takes as its starting point the role of fieldwork and how this has changed over the past 150 years. The author argues against progressive accounts of fieldwork and instead places it in its broader intellectual context to critically examine the relationship between theoretical paradigms and everyday archaeological practice.In providing a much-needed historical and critical evaluation of current practice in archaeology, this book opens up a topic of debate which affects all archaeologists, whatever their particular interests.
Invisible Sex
Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory
AvJ. M. Adovasio
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
652 kr
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Shaped by cartoons and museum dioramas, our vision of Paleolithic times tends to feature fur-clad male hunters fearlessly attacking mammoths while timid women hover fearfully behind a boulder. Recent archaeological research has shown that this vision bears little relation to reality. J. M. Adovasio and Olga Soffer, two of the world's leading experts on perishable artifacts such as basketry, cordage, and weaving, present an exciting new look at prehistory. With science writer Jake Page, they argue that women invented all kinds of critical materials, including the clothing necessary for life in colder climates, the ropes used to make rafts that enabled long-distance travel by water, and nets used for communal hunting. Even more important, women played a central role in the development of language and social life—in short, in our becoming human. In this eye-opening book, a new story about women in prehistory emerges with provocative implications for our assumptions about gender today.
Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones
A Manual
AvApril M. Beisaw
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
454 kr
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Offering a field-tested analytic method for identifying faunal remains, along with helpful references, images, and examples of the most commonly encountered North American species, Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones: A Manual provides an important new reference for students, avocational archaeologists, and even naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts. Using the basic principles outlined here, the bones of any vertebrate animal, including humans, can be identified and their relevance to common research questions can be better understood. Because the interpretation of archaeological sites depends heavily on the analysis of surrounding materials—soils, artefacts, and floral and faunal remains—it is important that non-human remains be correctly distinguished from human bones, that distinctions between domesticated and wild or feral animals be made correctly, and that evidence of the reasons for faunal remains in the site be recognised. But the ability to identify and analyse animal bones is a skill that is not easy to learn from a traditional textbook. In Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones, veteran archaeologist and educator April Beisaw guides readers through the stages of identification and analysis with sample images and data, also illustrating how specialists make analytical decisions that allow for the identification of the smallest fragments of bone. Extensive additional illustrative material, from the author’s own collected assemblages and from those in the Archaeological Analytical Research Facility at Binghamton University in New York, USA are also available in the book’s online supplement. There, readers can view and interact with images to further understanding of the principles explained in the text.
First Artists
In Search of the World's Oldest Art
AvMichel Lorblanchet,Paul Bahn
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
257 kr
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Where do we find the world’s very first art? When, and why, did people begin experimenting with different materials, forms and colours? Were our once-cousins, the Neanderthals, also capable of creating art? Prehistorians have been asking these questions of our ancestors for decades, but only very recently, with the development of cutting-edge scientific and archaeological techniques, have we been able to piece together the first chapter in the story of art. Overturning the traditional Eurocentric vision of our artistic origins, which has focused almost exclusively on the Franco-Spanish cave art, Paul Bahn and Michel Lorblanchet take the reader on a search for the earliest art across the whole world. They show that our earliest ancestors were far from being the creatively impoverished primitives of past accounts, and Europe was by no means the only ‘cradle’ of art; the artistic impulse developed in the human mind wherever it travelled. The long universal history of art mirrors the development of humanity.
Ancient DNA
Recovery and Analysis of Genetic Material from Paleontological, Archaeological, Museum, Medical, and Forensic Specimens
AvB. Hermann,Herrmannm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 1994
1 353 kr
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Ancient DNA refers to DNA which can be recovered and analyzed from clinical, museum, archaeological and paleontological specimens. Ancient DNA ranges in age from less than 100 years to tens of millions of years. The study of ancient DNA is a young field, but it has been revolutionized by the application of polymerase chain reaction technology, and interest is growing very rapidly. Fields as diverse as evolution, anthropology, medicine, agriculture, and even law enforcement have quickly found applications in the recovery of ancient DNA. This book contains contributions from many of the "first generation" researchers who pioneered the development and application of ancient DNA methods. Their chapters present the protocols and precautions which have resulted in the remarkable results obtained in recent years. The range of subjects reflects the wide diversity of applications that are emerging in research on ancient DNA, including the study of DNA to analyze kinship, recovery of DNA from organisms trapped in amber, ancient DNA from human remains preserved in a variety of locations and conditions, DNA recovered from herbarium and museum specimens, and DNA isolated from ancient plant seeds or compression fossils. Ancient DNA will serve as a valuable source of information, ideas, and protocols for anyone interested in this extraordinary field.
Rock, Bone, and Ruin
An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences
AvAdrian Currie
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
539 kr
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Mammal Bones and Teeth
An Introductory Guide to Methods of Identification
AvSimon Hillson
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
1 056 kr
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This guide is designed as an introduction to the basic methods for identifying mammal bones and teeth. It is intended to highlight for beginners the main points on which identifications can be made on the bulk of bones and teeth from a small range of common Old World mammals.
Archaeology
A Very Short Introduction
AvPaul Bahn
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
116 kr
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This entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology - a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, and academic discipline, encompasses the whole globe, and surveys 2.5 million years. From deserts to jungles, from deep caves to mountain tops, from pebble tools to satellite photographs, from excavation to abstract theory, archaeology interacts with nearly every other discipline in its attempts to reconstruct the past.In this new edition, Paul Bahn brings the text up to date, including information about new discoveries and interpretations in the field, and highlighting the impact of developments such as the potential use of DNA and stable isotopes in teeth, as well the effect technology and science are having on archaeological exploration. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Thinking through Archaeological Complexity
AvStefani A. Crabtree
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
2 585 kr
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Thinking Through Archaeological Complexity explores how archaeologists can engage with complex adaptive systems, examining dynamic interactions between humans and environments across space and through time. It offers a roadmap for integrating theory, method, and data through a complexity science lens.This volume bridges archaeology and complexity science, offering a transdisciplinary framework for understanding long-term socio-ecological dynamics. It provides a substantive overview of how complex adaptive systems science is used in archaeology. Drawing from case studies in the Ancestral Pueblo Southwest, it demonstrates how tools like agent-based modeling, ecological and social network analysis, and settlement scaling reveal emergent patterns in the archaeological record. The book critically examines concepts such as resilience, adaptation, innovation, and transformation, offering alternatives to overly linear narratives. Emphasizing methodological transparency, it provides practical guidance for scholars interested in modeling, data integration, and working across disciplinary boundaries while grounding in theoretical pluralism. By situating archaeological knowledge within broader scientific conversations, the book encourages readers to reimagine the past not as static or collapsed, but as complex, entangled, and instructive for contemporary challenges.This book is essential reading for students, researchers, and practitioners in archaeology as well as complexity science. It will also appeal to scholars in anthropology, environmental studies, geography, and network science interested in long-term human-environmental dynamics and the application of complex systems approaches in historical contexts.
Del 52 - Antikvariska serien
Alvastra pålbyggnad : 1976-1980 års utgrävningar - västra schaktet
AvHans Browall
Inbunden, Svenska, 2016
284 kr
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Västra schaktet är ett av fyra huvudschakt som undersöktes vid 1976-1980 års utgrävningar av Alvastra pålbyggnad i Östergötland. Syftet med undersökningen var att med noggrann stratigrafisk dokumentation komplettera Otto Frödins mer extensivt inriktade utgrävningar 1909- 1930. Inom det I 2 m2 stora schaktet avtäcktes två horisontella stockgolv åtskilda av en tät pålrad. På basis av korologisk analys av vedarts- och åldersbestämda stubbar och grenar av Salix, spridda över de brända golvytorna, kan den tidigare publicerade dendrokronologin stödjas med ett oberoende material, och tre faser av händelser urskiljs när golven matchas mot varandra. Genom analys av 28 hittills ej presenterade 14C-dateringar av människoben tillsammans med de 19 förut publicerade dateringarna av växtmaterial kan pålbyggnadsplatsen antas ha haft en betydligt längre användningstid - sannolikt i stort sett hela MN A - än vad som tidigare räknats med. Västra schaktets konstruktioner är en spegelbild av de som dokumenterades söderut i Otto Frödins schakt. De representerar i båda fallen den inre delen av pålbyggnadens västra avdelning. Fyndmaterialet här skiljer sig ät från det i den östra avdelningen genom att innehålla en hög andel bränd flinta, rikligt med trattbägarinfluerad keramik, nästan ingen klassisk gropkeramik samt mycket människoben - till stor del brända. Bland människobenen finns minst tre tydliga mönster; vilka tolkas som uttryck för att sekundär begravning praktiserats under hela användningstiden. Begravningsceremonierna tycks ha varit mest intensiva under senare delen av MN A, vilket diskuteras på basis av nya 14C-diagram. Pålbyggnadens relation till den närbelägna megalitgraven prövas genom att två övergripande tolkningsförslag ställs mot varandra. Jämförelser görs med liknande anläggningar i Skandinavien, och pålbyggnadens betydelse i ett större kult ursammanhangdiskuteras. På den bifogade CD-skivan har alla konstruktioner på planritningarna digitaliserats och sammanförts till en dwg-fil. I den visas de olika konstruktionerna på samtliga nivåer i grävningsschaktet. Nedladdning och inställningar beskrivs i Appendix I på CD-skivan. HANS BROWALL är docent i arkeologi. I fyrtio års t id har han bedrivit arkeologisk forskning i västra Östergötland.
Digging Up Bones
AvDon R. Brothwell
Häftad, Engelska, 1982
574 kr
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Every year hundreds of human skeletal remains are brought to the surface by engineering works, quarrying or planned archaeological exploration. These remains provide vital clues to unraveling man's antiquity—their position and location, relation to other remains, state of preservation and "medical" condition all provide important information on ancient man and his living environment. Inferences regarding length of life, nutritional standards, diseases and origin of injuries can all be made in bones that are thousands of years old. However, many of these features are open to interpretation and the information gained is only as good as the records and analysis made at that time. The purpose of this book is to describe the many techniques now available for the proper excavation, preparation and analysis of human skeletal remains, so that the most effective use can be made of them. As such it will prove invaluable to both amateur and professional archaeologists, students of anthropology and anatomy, and the layman who has an interest in this ancestors' modus vivendi.
The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology
AvTimothy Pauketat
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
976 kr
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This volume explores 15,000 years of indigenous human history on the North American continent, drawing on the latest archaeological theories, time-honored methodologies, and rich datasets. From the Arctic south to the Mexican border and east to the Atlantic Ocean, all of the major cultural developments are covered in 53 chapters, with certain periods, places, and historical problems receiving special focus by the volume's authors. Questions like who first peopled the continent, what did it mean to have been a hunter-gatherer in the Great Basin versus the California coast, how significant were cultural exchanges between Native North Americans and Mesoamericans, and why do major historical changes seem to correspond to shifts in religion, politics, demography, and economy are brought into focus. The practice of archaeology itself is discussed as contributors wrestle with modern-day concerns with the implications of doing archaeology and its relevance for understanding ourselves today. In the end, the chapters in this book show us that the principal questions answered about human history through the archaeology of North America are central to any larger understanding of the relationships between people, cultural identities, landscapes, and the living of everyday life.
Doing Experimental Media Archaeology
Practice
AvTim van der Heijden,Aleksander Kolkowski
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
336 kr
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In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the use of experimental approaches to the study of media histories and their cultures. Doing media archaeological experiments, such as historical re-enactments and hands-on simulations with media historical objects, helps us to explore and better understand the workings of past media technologies and their practices of use. By systematically refl ecting on the methodological underpinnings of experimental media archaeology as a relatively new approach in media historical research and teaching, this book aims to serve as a practical handbook for doing media archaeological experiments. Doing Experimental Media Archaeology: Practice is the twin volume to Doing Experimental Media Archaeology: Theory, authored by Andreas Fickers and Annie van den Oever.
Ephemeral Hunter-Gatherer Archaeological Sites
Geophysical Research
AvJason Thompson
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
496 kr
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Archaeological Geophysics for Ephemeral Human Occupations: Focusing on the Small-Scale combines technological advances in near-surface geophysics with recent archaeological scholarship and underlying archaeological premises to provide a practical manual for guiding archaeo-geophysical research design. By proposing the amelioration of communication gaps between traditional and geophysical archaeologists, this book will foment dialogue and participate in bringing about new ways of thinking anthropologically about archaeological geophysics, especially in relation to prehistoric open-air ephemeral sites. Offering a way to begin a dialogue between archaeology and geophysics, Archaeological Geophysics for Ephemeral Human Occupations is an important reference for practicing professionals, instructors, and students in geophysics and anthropology/archaeology, as well as geology.
Serves as a practical manual for guiding archaeo-geophysical research design Bridges the communication gap between traditional and geophysical archaeologists to contribute to new ways of thinking anthropologically about archaeological geophysics Provides a focus on prehistoric open-air ephemeral sites, which are often underrepresented Offers an important reference for practicing professionals, instructors, and students in geophysics and anthropology/archaeology, as well as geology
De obesuttnas arkeologi : människor, metoder och möjligheter
AvMartin Hansson,Svensson Svenssonm. fl.
Häftad, Svenska, 2020
237 kr
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De förhållandevis sentida spåren efter de obesuttna – som torpare, backstugusittare, hantverkare och arbetare – finns överallt i jordbrukets, skogens och städernas landskap, men har sällan uppmärksammats av den traditionella arkeologin. Ändringen av kulturmiljölagen 2014 innebär att lämningar som etablerats före 1850 kan vara lagskyddade vilket ger nya möjligheter att även de obesuttnas kulturarv uppmärksammas och ges en mer framträdande plats i historieskrivningen. I den här boken diskuteras och utvärderas möjligheten att kombinera olika källmaterial – som skriftliga källor, kartor, inventeringar, stående byggnader och arkeologiska lämningar – för att öka kunskapen om människors livsvillkor, boendeförhållanden och materiella lämningar från tiden omkring 1700–1900.
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea
AvIan J. McNiven,Bruno David
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
2 593 kr
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65,000 years ago, modern humans arrived in Australia, having navigated more than 100 km of sea crossing from southeast Asia. Since then, the large continental islands of Australia and New Guinea, together with smaller islands in between, have been connected by land bridges and severed again as sea levels fell and rose. Along with these fluctuations came changes in the terrestrial and marine environments of both land masses. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea reviews and assembles the latest findings and ideas on the archaeology of the Australia-New Guinea region, the world's largest island-continent. In 42 new chapters written by 77 contributors, it presents and explores the archaeological evidence to weave stories of colonisation; megafaunal extinctions; Indigenous architecture; long-distance interactions, sometimes across the seas; eel-based aquaculture and the development of techniques for the mass-trapping of fish; occupation of the High Country, deserts, tropical swamplands and other, diverse land and waterscapes; and rock art and symbolic behaviour. Together with established researchers, a new generation of archaeologists present in this Handbook one, authoritative text where Australia-New Guinea archaeology now lies and where it is heading, promising to shape future directions for years to come.
Origins and Development of African Livestock
Archaeology, Genetics, Linguistics and Ethnography
AvRoger Blench,Kevin MacDonald
Inbunden, Engelska, 1999
3 904 kr
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This book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of African livestock, placing Africa as one of the world centres for animal domestication. With sections on archaeology, genetics, linguistics and ethnography, this collection contains over twenty contributions from the field's foremost experts and provides fully illustrated, never before published data, and extensive bibliographies.
Scientific Methods and Cultural Heritage
An introduction to the application of materials science to archaeometry and conservation science
AvGilberto Artioli
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
2 658 kr
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Scientific techniques developed in materials science offer invaluable information to archaeology, art history, and conservation. A rapidly growing number of innovative methods, as well as many established techniques, are constantly being improved and optimised for the analysis of cultural heritage materials. The result is that on the one hand more complex problems and questions can be confronted, but on the other hand the required level of technical competence is widening the existing cultural gap between scientists and end users, such as archaeologists, museum curators, art historians, and many managers of cultural heritage who have a purely humanistic background.The book is intended as an entry-level introduction to the methods and rationales of scientific investigation of cultural heritage materials, with emphasis placed on the analytical strategies, modes of operation, and resulting information rather than on technicalities. The extensive and updated reference list should be a useful starting point for further reading. Students and researchers from the humanities approaching scientific investigations should find it useful, as well as scientists applying familiar techniques and methods to unfamiliar problems related to cultural heritage.
Archaeology
A Very Short Introduction
AvPaul Bahn
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2012
95 kr
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This entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology - a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, and academic discipline, encompasses the whole globe, and surveys 2.5 million years. From deserts to jungles, from deep caves to mountain tops, from pebble tools to satellite photographs, from excavation to abstract theory, archaeology interacts with nearly every other discipline in its attempts to reconstruct the past. In this new edition, Paul Bahn brings the text up to date, including information about new discoveries and interpretations in the field, and highlighting the impact of developments such as the potential use of DNA and stable isotopes in teeth, as well the effect technology and science are having on archaeological exploration. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Routledge Handbook of Global Historical Archaeology
AvJames Symonds,Susan Lawrencem. fl.
E-bok
Engelska, 2020
927 kr
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The Routledge Handbook of Global Historical Archaeology is a multi-authored compendium of articles on specific topics of interest to today’s historical archaeologists, offering perspectives on the current state of research and collectively outlining future directions for the field.
The broad range of topics covered in this volume allows for specificity within individual chapters, while building to a cumulative overview of the field of historical archaeology as it stands, and where it could go next. Archaeological research is discussed in the context of current sociological concerns, different approaches and techniques are assessed, and potential advances are posited. This is a comprehensive treatment of the sub-discipline, engaging key contemporary debates, and providing a series of specially-commissioned geographical overviews to complement the more theoretical explorations.
This book is designed to offer a starting point for students who may wish to pursue particular topics in more depth, as well as for non-archaeologists who have an interest in historical archaeology. Archaeologists, historians, preservationists, and all scholars interested in the role historical archaeology plays in illuminating daily life during the past five centuries will find this volume engaging and enlightening.