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Working Donkeys in 4th-3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamia
Insights from Modern Development Studies
AvJill Goulder
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
2 544 kr
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Working Donkeys in 4th-3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamia: Insights from Modern Development Studies is a reassessment of the role and impact of working-animal adoption in antiquity, focusing on 4th-3rd millennium BC Mesopotamia but applicable to other periods and regions.This book is driven by a novel interdisciplinary process of analogy with modern use of working donkeys and cattle in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. The author uses close qualitative analysis of nearly 400 published official and NGO development studies of the complex practicalities of adoption of working animals in developing regions worldwide, in particular of the invisible and under-appreciated donkey. This material, little-used as yet in Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, sheds light on the day-to-day practicalities of working-animal adoption and management – breeding, training, husbandry, hiring and lending. While archaeology will always have need of large-scale anthropological models, the author argues for a parallel bottom-up ethological approach, envisaging the 4th and 3rd millennia BC in Mesopotamia from a viewpoint explicitly acknowledging the major presence of working animals and their daily impact on human activity and the consequent archaeological record.This innovatory investigation of the role and impact of the donkey in the Ancient Near East and today is an essential handbook for Ancient Near Eastern archaeology and zooarchaeology researchers and students, as well as historians, anthropologists and ethnographers examining the impact of working animals on past and present societies. Wider audiences include the growing sector of human-animal relationship studies, and NGOs concerned with the use of working donkeys worldwide.
Tracing Early Agriculture in the Highlands of New Guinea
Plot, Mound and Ditch
AvTim Denham
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
715 kr
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In this book, historical narratives chart how people created forms of agriculture in the highlands of New Guinea and how these practices were transformed through time. The intention is twofold: to clearly establish New Guinea as a region of early agricultural development and plant domestication; and, to develop a contingent, practice-based interpretation of early agriculture that has broader application to other regions of the world.The multi-disciplinary record from the highlands has the potential to challenge and change long held assumptions regarding early agriculture globally, which are usually based on domestication. Early agriculture in the highlands is charted by an exposition of the practices of plant exploitation and cultivation. Practices are ontologically prior because they ultimately produce the phenotypic and genotypic changes in plant species characterised as domestication, as well as the social and environmental transformations associated with agriculture. They are also methodologically prior because they emplace plants in specific historico-geographic contexts.
Buddhist Landscapes in Central India
Sanchi Hill and Archaeologies of Religious and Social Change, c. Third Century BC to Fifth Century AD
AvJulia Shaw
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
641 kr
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The “monumental bias” of Buddhist archaeology has hampered our understanding of the socio-religious mechanisms that enabled early Buddhist monks to establish themselves in new areas. To articulate these relationships, Shaw presents here the first integrated study of settlement archaeology and Buddhist history, carried out in the area around Sanchi, a Central Indian UNESCO World Heritage site. Her comprehensive, data-rich, and heavily illustrated work provides an archaeological basis for assessing theories regarding the dialectical relationship between Buddhism and surrounding lay populations. It also sheds light on the role of the introduction of Buddhism in changing settlement patterns.This volume was originally published in 2007 by the British Association of South Asian Studies.
Identification of Northern European Woods
A Guide for Archaeologists and Conservators
AvJon G Hather
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
641 kr
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This technical and well-illustrated guide for archaeologists and conservators aims to `provide a methodology for the identification of the woody taxa used to manufacture artefacts recovered from archaeological excavations', to provide the anatomical descriptions of the taxa and to present a list of characters of the taxa. The guide is heavily illustrated with photographs, maps, and tables to allow easy identification.
Palaeoepidemiology
The Measure of Disease in the Human Past
AvTony Waldron
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
641 kr
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How do we identify and measure human disease in the past? In the absence of soft tissue, paleoepidemiologists have developed ingenious ways of assessing illness and mortality in archaeological populations. In this volume, the key methods of epidemiology are outlined for non-specialists, showing the importance of studying prevalence over incidence, adjustments needed in studying past groups, how to compare studies, and the dangers of assessing occupation based upon bone evidence. A model for planning a proper paleoepidemiological study concludes the volume. Both as an introduction to epidemiology for archaeologists, and as a primer on archaeological analysis for epidemiologists, this book should serve the needs of both populations.
Silver Economy in the Viking Age
AvJames Graham-Campbell,Gareth Williams
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
641 kr
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In this book contributions by archaeologists and numismatists from six countries address different aspects of how silver was used in both Scandinavia and the wider Viking world during the 8th to 11th centuries AD. The volume brings together a combination of recent summaries and new work on silver and gold coinage, rings and bullion, which allow a better appreciation of the broader socioeconomic conditions of the Viking world. This is an indispensable source for all archaeologists, historians and numismatists involved in Viking Studies.
Placing Animals in the Neolithic
Social Zooarchaeology of Prehistoric Farming Communities
AvArkadiusz Marciniak
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
641 kr
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This book presents a new perspective on the social milieu of the Early and Middle Neolithic in Central Europe as viewed through relations between humans and animals, food acquisition and consumption, as well as refuse disposal practices. Based on animal bone assemblages from a wide range of sites from a period of over 2,000 years originating in both the North European Plain lowlands and the loess uplands, the evidence explored in the book represents the Linear Band Pottery Culture (LBK), the Lengyel Culture, and the Funnel Beaker Culture (TRB) allowing us to follow the dynamic development of early farmers from their emergence in the area north of the Carpathians up to their consolidation and stabilization in this new territory.
Ceramics of the Merv Oasis
Recycling the City
AvGabriele Puschnigg
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
641 kr
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Our knowledge of many groups or periods has benefited from systematic ceramic analysis, however as yet the Sasanian Empire of ancient Persia (224-651 AD) has not be subjected to the same examination. Merv, an expansive ancient city located in an oasis in the Central Asian steppes, was for millennia a gateway for travelers and traders along the Silk Road between east and west. Puschnigg’s detailed study of Merv’s Sasanian pottery creates a benchmark for other work on this ceramic corpus. She dissects the frequency, dates, wares, and profiles of hundreds of securely excavated pieces and compares them with the finds from earlier Russian studies, generally unavailable to western researchers. Puschnigg uses this material to provide insights into the social and economic dimensions of the Sasanian world, as well as providing researchers with a catalog of typical shapes and wares.
Roman Coins from India
AvPaula J Turner
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
641 kr
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This book is a detailed collation of the recorded finds of Roman coins on Indian soil, divided into Republican, Julio-Claudian and post-Julio-Claudian coins. It also includes chapters on the historical significance of the scarcity of Roman finds, the absence of base metal issues in the early empire, the predominance of early imperial denarii, and the difference in composition between the Julio-Claudian gold and silver hoards. There is considerable discussion on slashed gold coins and defaced silver coins and on imitation Roman coins found in India. Three exhaustive appendices include a catalogue of finds of Roman coins found in India, the present location of Roman coins found in India, and Roman coins in the Madras Central Government Museum. Copublished with the Royal Numismatic Society.
Origins and Spread of Domestic Plants in Southwest Asia and Europe
AvSue Colledge,James Conolly
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
641 kr
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In this major new volume, leading scholars demonstrate the importance of archaeobotanical evidence in the understanding of the spread of agriculture in southwest Asia and Europe. Whereas previous overviews have focused either on Europe or on southwest Asia, this volume considers the transition from a pan-regional perspective, thus making a significant contribution to our understanding of the processes and dynamics in the transition to food production on both continents. It will be relevant to students, researchers, practitioners and instructors in archaeology, archaeobotany, agrobotany, agricultural history, anthropology, area studies, economic history and cultural development.
Tracing Early Agriculture in the Highlands of New Guinea
Plot, Mound and Ditch
AvTim Denham
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
2 544 kr
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In this book, historical narratives chart how people created forms of agriculture in the highlands of New Guinea and how these practices were transformed through time. The intention is twofold: to clearly establish New Guinea as a region of early agricultural development and plant domestication; and, to develop a contingent, practice-based interpretation of early agriculture that has broader application to other regions of the world.The multi-disciplinary record from the highlands has the potential to challenge and change long held assumptions regarding early agriculture globally, which are usually based on domestication. Early agriculture in the highlands is charted by an exposition of the practices of plant exploitation and cultivation. Practices are ontologically prior because they ultimately produce the phenotypic and genotypic changes in plant species characterised as domestication, as well as the social and environmental transformations associated with agriculture. They are also methodologically prior because they emplace plants in specific historico-geographic contexts.
Tombs of the Middle Bronze Age II Period From the ‘500’ Cemetery at Tell Fara (South)
AvD Price Williams
Häftad, Engelska, 1977
1 394 kr
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Analysis of the finds from an important Middle Bronze Age cemetery in southern Israel excavated in 1928/1929 by Flinders Petrie.
Roman Military Diplomas 1954 to 1977
AvMargaret M Roxan
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
1 349 kr
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This volume publishes records 82 diplomas or fragments which provide vital evidence for the Roman military and legal world. It is the first volume of a set of four created by Roxan, the world’s expert on this subject.
Research Problems in Zooarchaeology
AvD.R. Brothwell,Kenneth D Thomasm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 1978
1 394 kr
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Papers from an important conference on zooarchaeology, reflecting state-of-the-art work on the study of human relationship to animals in ancient times.
Pottery and the Archaeologist
AvMartin Millett
Häftad, Engelska, 1979
1 040 kr
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Collection of research papers concerning ceramic and ceramic analysis for archaeologists.
Excavations in Iona 1964 to 1974
AvRichard Reece
Häftad, Engelska, 1981
1 261 kr
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This volume contains numerous studies of a medieval religious compound from rescue excavations conducted on the island of Iona, off the coast of Scotland.
Identification of Slags from Archaeological Sites
AvHans-Gert Bachmann
Häftad, Engelska, 1982
1 349 kr
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This is a guide to the field identification and laboratory analysis of metallic slags found in archaeological sites.
Archaeological Surveys in Baluchistan, 1948 and 1957
AvBeatrice de Cardi
Häftad, Engelska, 1983
1 128 kr
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Final report of a key set of archaeological surveys in a previously unstudied area of eastern Iran by one of the pioneer archaeologists of this region.
Acconia Survey
Neolithic Settlement and the Obsidian Trade
AvA.J. Ammerman
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
1 394 kr
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Report of a key survey of archaeological sites in the southern toe of Italy to discover Neolithic sites and documenting prehistoric trade in obsidian.
Palestine in the Bronze and Iron Ages
AvJonathan N Tubb
Häftad, Engelska, 1985
1 261 kr
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A collection of key articles on Syro-Palestinian archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Ages compiled in honor of archaeologist Olga Tufnell, excavator of the biblical city of Lachish, including contributions by Amiran, Callaway, Dever, Stager, and Ussishkin.
Roman Coins from India
AvPaula J Turner
Inbunden, Engelska, 1989
2 544 kr
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This book is a detailed collation of the recorded finds of Roman coins on Indian soil, divided into Republican, Julio-Claudian and post-Julio-Claudian coins. It also includes chapters on the historical significance of the scarcity of Roman finds, the absence of base metal issues in the early empire, the predominance of early imperial denarii, and the difference in composition between the Julio-Claudian gold and silver hoards. There is considerable discussion on slashed gold coins and defaced silver coins and on imitation Roman coins found in India. Three exhaustive appendices include a catalogue of finds of Roman coins found in India, the present location of Roman coins found in India, and Roman coins in the Madras Central Government Museum. Copublished with the Royal Numismatic Society.
Modelling Ecological Change
Perspectives from Neoecology, Palaeoecology and Environmental Archaeology
AvDavid R Harris,Kenneth D Thomas
Häftad, Engelska, 1991
1 261 kr
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A collection of papers connecting theory and method of archaeology with related disciplines of neoecology, paleoecology, and environmental science.
Mammal Bones and Teeth
An Introductory Guide to Methods of Identification
AvSimon Hillson
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
995 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.
Archaeological Sediments and Soils
Analysis, Interpretation and Management
AvAnthony J Barham
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
1 261 kr
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A collection of papers focusing on the links between archaeology and the study of geological sediments and soils.
Roman Military Diplomas 1985 to 1993
AvMargaret M Roxan
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
1 394 kr
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This volume publishes records 66 diplomas or fragments which provide vital evidence for the Roman military and legal world. It is the third volume of a set of four created by Roxan.
Prehistoric Woodworking
The Analysis and Interpretation of Bronze and Iron Age Toolmarks
AvRob Sands
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
951 kr
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Rob Sands explores the evidence left by the use of axes on wooden beams and tools found in waterlogged archaeological sites dating over 2000 years old. A toolmark can not only inform the archaeologist about the implement used, but also provides evidence of building and artifact construction methods and labor patterns. Examples come from the author’s work at Oakbank Crannog in Scotland. The volume examines the methods of recording, techniques of analysis and implications of this unusual form of evidence.
Beyond the Glass Case
The Past, the Heritage and the Public, Second Edition
AvNick Merriman
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
840 kr
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The book is the result of a nationwide survey in the UK that measured public use of and attitudes to the past, archaeology and collecting. The author reviews this research in the light of contemporary theory on ideology and representation and goes on to develop a convincing explanation for the failure of museums and similar institutions to connect with the majority of the public. Merriman marshals the empirical and theoretical work to make a powerful case for a new approach to attract the under served populations; one which encourages a view of the museum as a service helping its public to see, understand and engage with its own personal, local and multi-faceted past.
Hunter-Gatherer Archaeobotany
Perspectives from the Northern Temperate Zone
AvSarah L.R. Mason,Jon G Hather
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
1 394 kr
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Hunter-Gatherer Archaeobotany shows how archaeobotanical investigations can broaden our understanding of the much wider range of plants that have been of use to people in the recent and more distant past. The book compromises sixteen papers covering aspects of the archaeobotany of wild plants ranging across the northern hemisphere from Japan, across America, Europe and into the Near East. Sites examined span the Upper Palaeolithic to the recent past and demonstrate how such studies can extend our understanding of human interaction with plants throughout our history.
Lithic Analysis at the Millennium
AvNorah Moloney,Michael J Shott
Häftad, Engelska, 2003
1 467 kr
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The original research papers in the volume provide a broad review of current approaches to the study of lithic technology from the Palaeolithic to the present. The contributions address both with analytical techniques and interpretive issues. Collectively, they increase our understanding of issues such as tool function, means of production, raw material sourcing and exchange systems, and the evolution of human cognition, social organization and symbolic behavior.
Petrie's Ptolemaic and Roman Memphis
AvSally-Ann Ashton
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
877 kr
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This volume takes a close look at ancient Memphis, Egypt, in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods through the lens of the rich material excavated there by Flinders Petrie over a century ago.

UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications – serie

Working Donkeys in 4th-3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamia

Tracing Early Agriculture in the Highlands of New Guinea

Buddhist Landscapes in Central India

Identification of Northern European Woods

Palaeoepidemiology

Silver Economy in the Viking Age

Placing Animals in the Neolithic

Ceramics of the Merv Oasis

Roman Coins from India

Origins and Spread of Domestic Plants in Southwest Asia and Europe

Tracing Early Agriculture in the Highlands of New Guinea

Tombs of the Middle Bronze Age II Period From the ‘500’ Cemetery at Tell Fara (South)

Roman Military Diplomas 1954 to 1977

Research Problems in Zooarchaeology

Pottery and the Archaeologist

Excavations in Iona 1964 to 1974

Identification of Slags from Archaeological Sites

Archaeological Surveys in Baluchistan, 1948 and 1957

Acconia Survey

Palestine in the Bronze and Iron Ages

Roman Coins from India

Modelling Ecological Change

Mammal Bones and Teeth

Archaeological Sediments and Soils

Roman Military Diplomas 1985 to 1993

Prehistoric Woodworking

Beyond the Glass Case

Hunter-Gatherer Archaeobotany

Lithic Analysis at the Millennium

Petrie's Ptolemaic and Roman Memphis