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Visions of Tiwanaku
Av Charles Stanish, Alexei Vranich
Inbunden, 2013
1201 kr
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For over half a millennium, the megalithic ruins of Tiwanaku in the highlands of the Andes mountains have stood as proxy for the desires and ambitions of various empires and political agendas; in the last hundred years, scholars have attempted to answer the question"What was Tiwanaku?"by examining …
Pompeian Households
An Analysis of the Material Culture
Häftad, 2004
734 kr
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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 contextualized Pompeian household artifacts and …
One Race
A Biblically Informed Response to Racism, Human Dignity & Cultural Marxism
Häftad, 2020
189 kr
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Yeki bud, yeki nabud
Essays on the Archaeology of Iran in Honor of William M. Sumner
Av Kamyar Abdi, Naomi F. Miller
Inbunden, 2003
342 kr
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A collection of essays put together by colleagues, friends, and students of William M. Sumner to honor his contribution to Iranian archaeology and archaeological field methodology. Topical contributions emphasize the methodological aspects of analysis of survey data, while regional contributions …
Perspectives on Ancient Maya Rural Complexity
Av Samuel V. Connell, Gyles Iannone
Häftad, 2003
198 kr
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Settlement archaeology in the Maya area has focused much of its attention on the polar extremes of the settlement continuum. As a result of this urban/rural bias, a whole range of complex rural settlements remain under-explored. The chapters in this volume highlight the variable quality of …
Settlement Archaeology and Political Economy at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz, Mexico
Häftad, 2003
161 kr
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A dual strategy of systematic interval transect sampling and full-coverage survey of architectural features and artifact concentrations permits an evaluation of the relative effectiveness of these commonly employed methods. Auger testing in floodplain areas yielded evidence of extensive buried …
Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-1
Av Mark Aldenderfer, Amanada Cohen m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
183 kr
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Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-I is the first in a series of edited volumes that reports on recent research in the south central Andes. Volume I contains 18 chapters that cover the entire range of human settlement in the region, from the Early Archaic to the early Colonial Period. This book …
Berenike 1999/2000
Report on the Excavations at Berenike, Including Excavations in Wadi Kalalat and Siket, and the Survey of the Mons Smaragdus Region
Av Steven E. Sidebotham, Willeke Wendrich
Häftad, 2007
183 kr
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Excavations at Berenike, a Greco-Roman harbor on the Egyptian Red Sea coast, have provided extensive evidence for trade with India, South-Arabia and sub-Saharan Africa. The results of the 1999 and 2000 excavations by the joint mission of the University of Delaware, Leiden University, and UCLA, have …
Berenike 1999/2000
Report on the Excavations at Berenike, Including Excavations in Wadi Kalalat and Siket, and the Survey of the Mons Smaragdus Region
Av Steven E. Sidebotham, Willeke Wendrich
Inbunden, 2007
258 kr
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Excavations at Berenike, a Greco-Roman harbor on the Egyptian Red Sea coast, have provided extensive evidence for trade with India, South-Arabia and sub-Saharan Africa. The results of the 1999 and 2000 excavations by the joint mission of the University of Delaware, Leiden University, and UCLA, have …
Kasapata and the Archaic Period of the Cuzco Valley
Häftad, 2007
183 kr
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Although the Cuzco Valley of Peru is renowned for being the heartland of the Incas, little is known concerning its pre-Inca inhabitants. Until recently it was widely believed that the first inhabitants of the Cuzco Valley were farmers who lived in scattered villages along the valley floor (ca. 1000 …
Kasapata and the Archaic Period of the Cuzco Valley
Inbunden, 2007
253 kr
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Although the Cuzco Valley of Peru is renowned for being the heartland of the Incas, little is known concerning its pre-Inca inhabitants. Until recently it was widely believed that the first inhabitants of the Cuzco Valley were farmers who lived in scattered villages along the valley floor (ca. 1000 …
Moche Fineline Painting From San Jose De Moro
Av Christopher B. Donnan, Donald McClelland m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
335 kr
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Moche civilization flourished on the north coast of Peru from AD 200 to 800. Although the Moche had no writing system, they left a vivid artistic record of their beliefs and activities on intricately painted ceramic vessels, several thousand of which are scattered in museums and private collections …
South American Camelids
Häftad, 2009
189 kr
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One of the most significant differences between the New World's major areas of high culture is that Mesoamerica had no beasts of burden and wool, while the Andes had both. Four members of the camelid family--wild guanacos and vicunas, and domestic llamas and alpacas--were native to the Andes. South …
South American Camelids
Inbunden, 2009
426 kr
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One of the most significant differences between the New World's major areas of high culture is that Mesoamerica had no beasts of burden and wool, while the Andes had both. Four members of the camelid family--wild guanacos and vicunas, and domestic llamas and alpacas--were native to the Andes. South …
Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces II
Revised and expanded second edition
Av Michael L. Galaty, William A. Parkinson
Häftad, 2007
499 kr
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This revised and expanded edition of the classic 1999 edited book includes all the chapters from the original volume plus a new, updated, introduction and several new chapters. The current book is an up-to-date review of research into Mycenaean palatial systems with chapters by archaeologists and …
Andean Civilization
A Tribute to Michael E. Moseley
Av Joyce Marcus, Patrick Ryan Williams
Häftad, 2009
335 kr
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This volume brings together exciting new field data by more than two dozen Andean scholars who came together to honor their friend, colleague, and mentor. These new studies cover the enormous temporal span of Moseley's own work from the Preceramic era to the Tiwanaku and Moche states to the Inka …
Andean Civilization
A Tribute to Michael E. Moseley
Av Joyce Marcus, Patrick Ryan Williams
Inbunden, 2009
669 kr
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This volume brings together exciting new field data by more than two dozen Andean scholars who came together to honor their friend, colleague, and mentor. These new studies cover the enormous temporal span of Moseley's own work from the Preceramic era to the Tiwanaku and Moche states to the Inka …
Excavations at Cerro Azul, Peru
The Architecture and Pottery
Av Joyce Marcus
Häftad, 2008
335 kr
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Recipient of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize During the Late Intermediate period (AD 1100-1470), the lower Canete Valley of Peru was controlled by the walled Kingdom of Huarco. While inland sites produced irrigated crops, the seaside community of Cerro Azul, 130 km south of Lima, produced fish …
Chanka
Archaeological Research in Andahuaylas (Apurimac), Peru
Av Brian S. Bauer, Lucas C. Kellett m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
737 kr
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In AD 1438 a battle took place outside the city of Cuzco that changed the course of South American history. The Chanka, a powerful ethnic group from the Andahuaylas region, had begun an aggressive program of expansion. Conquering a host of smaller polities, their army had advanced well inside the …
Chanka
Archaeological Research in Andahuaylas (Apurimac), Peru
Av Brian S. Bauer, Lucas C. Kellett m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
510 kr
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In AD 1438 a battle took place outside the city of Cuzco that changed the course of South American history. The Chanka, a powerful ethnic group from the Andahuaylas region, had begun an aggressive program of expansion. Conquering a host of smaller polities, their army had advanced well inside the …
Stones of Tiahuanaco
A Study of Architecture and Construction
Av Stella Nair, Jean-Pierre Protzen
Häftad, 2013
763 kr
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The world's most artful and skillful stone architecture is found at Tiahuanaco at the southern end of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. The precision of the stone masonry rivals that of the Incas to the point that writers from Spanish chroniclers of the sixteenth century to twentieth-century authors have …
Dead Tell Tales
Essays in Honor of Jane E. Buikstra
Av Maria Cecilia Lozada, Barra O'Donnabhain
Inbunden, 2013
1340 kr
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Honoring Jane Buikstra's pioneering work in the development of bioarchaeological research, the essays in this volume stem from a symposium held at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Multiple generations of Buikstra's former doctoral students and other colleagues gathered to …
Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-2
Av Abigail R. Levine, Alexei Vranich
Inbunden, 2013
1042 kr
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This volume, the second in a series of studies on the archaeology of the Titicaca Basin, serves as an excellent springboard for broader discussions of the roles of ritual, authority, coercion, and the intensification of resources and trade for the development of archaic states worldwide. Over the …
Gallinazo
An Early Cultural Tradition on the Peruvian North Coast
Av Jean-Francois Millaire, Magali Morlion
Inbunden, 2009
734 kr
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Over the last decades, considerable effort has been directed towards the study of early complex societies of northern Peru, and in recent years archaeologists have expressed a strong interest in the art and archaeology of the Moche, Lambayeque and Chimu societies. Yet, comparatively little …
Gallinazo
An Early Cultural Tradition on the Peruvian North Coast
Av Jean-Francois Millaire, Magali Morlion
Häftad, 2009
417 kr
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Over the last decades, considerable effort has been directed towards the study of early complex societies of northern Peru, and in recent years archaeologists have expressed a strong interest in the art and archaeology of the Moche, Lambayeque and Chimu societies. Yet, comparatively little …
Settlement and Subsistence in Early Formative Soconusco
El Varal and the Problem of Inter-Site Assemblage Variation
Inbunden, 2010
792 kr
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The Soconusco region, a narrow strip of the Pacific coast of Mexico and Guatemala, is the location of some of the earliest pottery-using villages of ancient Mesoamerica. Mobile early inhabitants of the area harvested marsh clams in the estuaries, leaving behind vast mounds of shell. With the …
Settlement and Subsistence in Early Formative Soconusco
El Varal and the Problem of Inter-Site Assemblage Variation
Häftad, 2010
379 kr
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The Soconusco region, a narrow strip of the Pacific coast of Mexico and Guatemala, is the location of some of the earliest pottery-using villages of ancient Mesoamerica. Mobile early inhabitants of the area harvested marsh clams in the estuaries, leaving behind vast mounds of shell. With the …
Investigation into Early Desert Pastoralism
Excavations at the Camel Site, Negev
Inbunden, 2011
1135 kr
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Case study of excavations at an early (ca. 2800 B.C.) pastoral site in the Negev, providing detailed analyses and a synthetic overview of a seasonal encampment from this early period in the evolution of desert pastoral societies. The first detailed analysis of this culture and includes materials …
Investigation into Early Desert Pastoralism
Excavations at the Camel Site, Negev
Häftad, 2011
655 kr
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Case study of excavations at an early (ca. 2800 B.C.) pastoral site in the Negev, providing detailed analyses and a synthetic overview of a seasonal encampment from this early period in the evolution of desert pastoral societies. The first detailed analysis of this culture and includes materials …
Chotuna and Chornancap
Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend
Inbunden, 2012
1175 kr
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Christopher Donnan's Chotuna and Chornancap: Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend, explores one of the most intriguing oral histories passed down among ancient Peruvians: the legend of Naymlap, the founder of a dynasty that ruled the Lambayeque Valley of northern Peru centuries before European …
