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  • Catching Fireby Richard Wrangham

    Profile 2009; US$ 20.41

    In this stunningly original book, Richard Wrangham argues that it was cooking that caused the extraordinary transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. At the heart of Catching Fire lies an explosive new idea: the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow,... more...

  • The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burialby Paul Pettitt

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 38.95

    Humans are unique in that they expend considerable effort and ingenuity in disposing of the dead. Some of the recognisable ways we do this are visible in the Palaeolithic archaeology of the Ice Age. The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burial takes a novel approach to the long-term development of human mortuary activity ? the various ways we deal with... more...

  • Social Zooarchaeologyby Nerissa Russell

    Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 39.00

    The first book to provide a systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, arguing that animals have always played a range of roles in human societies. more...

  • The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov Volume IIIby Rivka Rabinovich; Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser; Lutz Kindler

    Springer 2011; US$ 109.99

    Multidisciplinary research on the Early-Middle Pleistocene site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov has yielded abundant climatic, environmental, ecological and behavioral records. The 15 archaeological horizons form a sequence of Acheulian occupational episodes on the shore of the paleo-Lake Hula. These enable us to reconstruct numerous aspects of the survival... more...

  • Archaeology and Fertility Cult in the Ancient Mediterraneanby Anthony Bonanno

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 1986; US$ 120.00

    The papers in this volume derive from the First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean (Malta, 1985). The field remains divided between the view supporting the existence of a universal belief in an all-pervading and all-embracing Mother Goddess ? of which the fertility cult is just one, albeit important, aspect ? and the... more...

  • Altsteinzeit von A-Zby Gaelle Rosendahl; Wilfried Rosendahl; Lutz Fiedler

    WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 70.08

    Hauptbeschreibung Das "Lexikon der Altsteinzeit" richtet sich an Studierende und Fachleute, die in unterschiedlicher Weise mit der Entwicklung des Menschen und seiner Kultur Berührungspunkte finden, sowie an alle diejenigen, die ein näheres Interesse an der Altsteinzeit haben. Es soll eine Hilfe dafür sein, sich abseits der Flut von Informationen... more...

  • The Archaeology of Peopleby Alisdair Whittle

    Routledge 2003; US$ 39.95

    Alasdair Whittle's new work argues powerfully for the complexity and fluidity of life in the Neolithic, through a combination of archaeological and anthropological case studies and current theoretical debate. more...

  • The Archaeology of Household Activitiesby Penelope Allison

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 45.95

    This pioneering collection engages with recent research in different areas of the archaeological discipline to bring together case-studies of the household material culture from later prehistoric and classical periods. The book provides a comprehensive and accessible study for students into the material records of past households, aiding wider understanding... more...

  • European Iron Ageby John Collis

    Routledge 1984; US$ 52.95

    Dr Collis takes a new look at such key concepts as population movement, diffusion, trade, social structure and spatial organization, with some challenging new vews on the Celts in particular. more...

  • Oldeholtwoldeby L. Johansen

    Taylor & Francis 2003; US$ 169.95

    This documented and illustrated book focuses on the examination of the 10,000 flint artefacts discovered at the well-preserved archaeological site at Oldeholtwolde in the Netherlands. more...