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Conflict Archaeology
Materialities of Collective Violence from Prehistory to Late Antiquity
Av Manuel Fernández-Götz, Nico Roymans
Häftad, 2019
607 kr
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In the past two decades, conflict archaeology has become firmly established as a promising field of research, as reflected in publications, symposia, conference sessions and fieldwork projects. It has its origins in the study of battlefields and other conflict-related phenomena in the modern Era, …
Historical Archaeologies of Transhumance across Europe
Av Eugene Costello, Eva Svensson
Häftad, 2020
832 kr
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Transhumance is a form of pastoralism that has been practised around the world since animals were first domesticated. Such seasonal movements have formed an important aspect of many European farming systems for several thousand years, although they have declined markedly since the nineteenth …
Going West?
The Dissemination of Neolithic Innovations between the Bosporus and the Carpathians
Av Agathe Reingruber, Zoï Tsirtsoni m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
757 kr
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Going West? uses the latest data to question how the Neolithic way of life was diffused from the Near East to Europe via Anatolia. The transformations of the 7th millennium BC in western Anatolia undoubtedly had a significant impact on the neighboring regions of southeast Europe. Yet the nature, …
Trypillia Mega-Sites and European Prehistory
4100-3400 BCE
Av Johannes Müller, Knut Rassmann m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
832 kr
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In European prehistory population agglomerations of more than 10,000 inhabitants per site are a seldom phenomenon. A big surprise to the archaeological community was the discovery of Trypillia mega-sites of more than 250 hectares and with remains of more than 2000 houses by a multidisciplinary …
Isotopic Investigations of Pastoralism in Prehistory
Av Alicia Ventresca Miller, Cheryl Makarewicz
Häftad, 2019
757 kr
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Pastoralists were a vital economic and social force in ancient societies around the globe, transforming landscapes poorly suited for agriculture into spaces of vast productive potential while simultaneously connecting mobile and sedentary communities alike across considerable distances. Drawing …
Assembling Çatalhöyük RPD
Av Ian Hodder, Arkadiusz Marciniak
Häftad, 2017
892 kr
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Assembling Çatalhöyük, like archaeological remains, can be read in a number of ways. At one level the volume reports on the exciting new discoveries and advances that are being made in the understanding of the 9000 year-old Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük. The site has long been central to debates …
Historical Archaeologies of Transhumance across Europe
Av Eugene Costello, Eva Svensson
Inbunden, 2018
2826 kr
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Transhumance is a form of pastoralism that has been practised around the world since animals were first domesticated. Such seasonal movements have formed an important aspect of many European farming systems for several thousand years, although they have declined markedly since the nineteenth …
Isotopic Investigations of Pastoralism in Prehistory
Av Alicia Ventresca Miller, Cheryl Makarewicz
Inbunden, 2017
2586 kr
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Pastoralists were a vital economic and social force in ancient societies around the globe, transforming landscapes poorly suited for agriculture into spaces of vast productive potential while simultaneously connecting mobile and sedentary communities alike across considerable distances. Drawing …
Conflict Archaeology
Materialities of Collective Violence from Prehistory to Late Antiquity
Av Manuel Fernández-Götz, Nico Roymans
Inbunden, 2017
2197 kr
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In the past two decades, conflict archaeology has become firmly established as a promising field of research, as reflected in publications, symposia, conference sessions and fieldwork projects. It has its origins in the study of battlefields and other conflict-related phenomena in the modern Era, …
Going West?
The Dissemination of Neolithic Innovations between the Bosporus and the Carpathians
Av Agathe Reingruber, Zoï Tsirtsoni m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
2197 kr
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Going West? uses the latest data to question how the Neolithic way of life was diffused from the Near East to Europe via Anatolia. The transformations of the 7th millennium BC in western Anatolia undoubtedly had a significant impact on the neighboring regions of southeast Europe. Yet the nature, …
Assembling Çatalhöyük RPD
Av Ian Hodder, Arkadiusz Marciniak
Inbunden, 2015
2558 kr
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"Assembling Çatalhöyük, like archaeological remains, can be read in a number of ways. At one level the volume reports on the exciting new discoveries and advances that are being made in the understanding of the 9000 year-old Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük. The site has long been central to debates …
Archaeologies of Animal Movement. Animals on the Move
Av Anna-Kaisa Salmi, Sirpa Niinimäki
Inbunden, 2021
1248 kr
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This book presents the state-of-the art in the analysis of animal movements in the past and its implications for human societies. It also addresses the importance of animal activity and mobility for understanding past human societies and past human-animal relationships through cases studies from …
Archaeologies of Animal Movement. Animals on the Move
Av Anna-Kaisa Salmi, Sirpa Niinimäki
Häftad, 2022
1248 kr
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This book presents the state-of-the art in the analysis of animal movements in the past and its implications for human societies. It also addresses the importance of animal activity and mobility for understanding past human societies and past human-animal relationships through cases studies from …
Petrification Processes in Matter and Society
Av Sophie Hüglin, Alexander Gramsch m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1431 kr
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Petrification is a process, but it also can be understood as a concept. This volume takes the first steps to manifest, materialize or “petrify” the concept of “petrification” and turn it into a tool for analyzing material and social processes. The wide array of approaches to petrification as a …
Petrification Processes in Matter and Society
Av Sophie Hüglin, Alexander Gramsch m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
1431 kr
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Petrification is a process, but it also can be understood as a concept. This volume takes the first steps to manifest, materialize or “petrify” the concept of “petrification” and turn it into a tool for analyzing material and social processes. The wide array of approaches to petrification as a …
Europe's Early Fieldscapes
Archaeologies of Prehistoric Land Allotment
Av Stijn Arnoldussen, Robert Johnston m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1587 kr
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This volume focuses on the development of field systems through time and space and in their wider landscape context, including classical issues pertaining to past land use and management regimes, including manuring, water, land and crop management, and technologies such as slash‐and‐burn …
Europe's Early Fieldscapes
Archaeologies of Prehistoric Land Allotment
Av Stijn Arnoldussen, Robert Johnston m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
1587 kr
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This volume focuses on the development of field systems through time and space and in their wider landscape context, including classical issues pertaining to past land use and management regimes, including manuring, water, land and crop management, and technologies such as slash‐and‐burn …
Archaeology of Slavery in Early Medieval Northern Europe
The Invisible Commodity
Av Felix Biermann, Marek Jankowiak
Inbunden, 2021
1812 kr
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This volume is the first comprehensive study of the material imprint of slavery in early medieval Europe. While written sources attest to the ubiquity of slavery and slave trade in early medieval British Isles, Scandinavia and Slavic lands, it is still difficult to find material traces of this …
Archaeology of Slavery in Early Medieval Northern Europe
The Invisible Commodity
Av Felix Biermann, Marek Jankowiak
Häftad, 2022
1812 kr
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This volume is the first comprehensive study of the material imprint of slavery in early medieval Europe. While written sources attest to the ubiquity of slavery and slave trade in early medieval British Isles, Scandinavia and Slavic lands, it is still difficult to find material traces of this …
Modelling Human-Environment Interactions in and beyond Prehistoric Europe
Av Samuel Seuru, Benjamin Albouy
Inbunden, 2023
1587 kr
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This book offers insight into the relationship between prehistoric and protohistoric human populations and the world around them. It reconstructs key aspects of the palaeoenvironment – from large-scale drivers of environmental conditions, such as climate, to more regional variables such as …
Modelling Human-Environment Interactions in and beyond Prehistoric Europe
Av Samuel Seuru, Benjamin Albouy
Häftad, 2024
1587 kr
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This book offers insight into the relationship between prehistoric and protohistoric human populations and the world around them. It reconstructs key aspects of the palaeoenvironment – from large-scale drivers of environmental conditions, such as climate, to more regional variables such as …
United Europe of Things
Portable Material Culture across Medieval Europe
Av Jakub Sawicki, Michael Lewis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1474 kr
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This volume studies high and late medieval material culture in a Pan-European context. The idea of ‘unity of culture’ in Medieval Latin Europe is well known in historical texts, especially when it concerns the so-called ‘Europe North of the Alps’. This book investigates the similarities and …
United Europe of Things
Portable Material Culture across Medieval Europe
Av Jakub Sawicki, Michael Lewis m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
1474 kr
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This volume studies high and late medieval material culture in a Pan-European context. The idea of ‘unity of culture’ in Medieval Latin Europe is well known in historical texts, especially when it concerns the so-called ‘Europe North of the Alps’. This book investigates the similarities and …
Building Networks: Exchange of Knowledge, Ideas and Materials in Medieval and Post-Medieval Europe
Av Jeroen Bouwmeester, Laura Patrick m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1587 kr
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This book aims to explore different aspects of networks in relation to the archaeology of buildings. It is divided into three major themes: the trade in materials, the exchange of knowledge (of techniques and/or materials), and the exchange of style. Within each of these themes, two primary aspects …
Building Networks: Exchange of Knowledge, Ideas and Materials in Medieval and Post-Medieval Europe
Av Jeroen Bouwmeester, Laura Patrick m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
1587 kr
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This book aims to explore different aspects of networks in relation to the archaeology of buildings. It is divided into three major themes: the trade in materials, the exchange of knowledge (of techniques and/or materials), and the exchange of style. Within each of these themes, two primary aspects …
Archaeologies of Attachment
Emotional Attachments in the Archaeological Record
Av Sanna Lipkin, Taryn Bell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1431 kr
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This edited volume offers a new approach to the study of emotion in the past, focusing on the experience of emotional attachment. Psychological research has demonstrated that all humans are capable of forming a variety of close social and emotional attachments from cradle to grave, yet archaeology …
Archaeologies of Attachment
Emotional Attachments in the Archaeological Record
Av Sanna Lipkin, Taryn Bell m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
1431 kr
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This edited volume offers a new approach to the study of emotion in the past, focusing on the experience of emotional attachment. Psychological research has demonstrated that all humans are capable of forming a variety of close social and emotional attachments from cradle to grave, yet archaeology …
Gender Trouble and Current Archaeological Debates
Av Uroš Matić, Bisserka Gaydarska m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1692 kr
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This volume challenges the status quo by addressing a selection of intensely discussed themes in contemporary archaeological practice from a gender perspective. It aims to demonstrate that gender is intrinsic to archaeology and that gender archaeology can enrich our studies, irrespective of the …
Gender Trouble and Current Archaeological Debates
Av Uroš Matić, Bisserka Gaydarska m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
1692 kr
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This volume challenges the status quo by addressing a selection of intensely discussed themes in contemporary archaeological practice from a gender perspective. It aims to demonstrate that gender is intrinsic to archaeology and that gender archaeology can enrich our studies, irrespective of the …
Human and Aquatic Beings: Interactions in and beyond the Eastern Mediterranean (3rd—1st Millennia BCE)
Av Christina Tsouparopoulou, Lærke Recht
Inbunden, 2025
1362 kr
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This volume examines the role of fish and molluscs in everyday life as well as in terms of their impact on social structures, and as part of ideological and symbolic expression. Given the prevalence of anddependence on water in various forms in all regions of the Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt and …
