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Archaeology and Fertility Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1986; US$ 120.00The 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...
Heritage: Critical Approaches
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museums?we live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of enthusiasts and specialists in one part of the world... more...
Gender in Archaeology
AltaMira Press 2004; US$ 32.95This new edition of the first comprehensive feminist, theoretical synthesis of the archaeological work on gender reflects the extensive changes in the study of gender and archaeology over the past 8 years. New issues?such as sexuality studies, the body, children, and feminist pedagogy?enrich this edition while the author updates work on the roles of... more...
Setting the Agenda for American Archaeology
University of Alabama Press 2011; US$ 38.50A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication This collection elucidates the key role played by the National Research Council seminars, reports, and pamphlets in setting an agenda that has guided American archaeology in the 20th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, the fascination that Americans had for the continent's prehistoric past was leading... more...
The Development of Southeastern Archaeology
University of Alabama Press 2000; US$ 36.00Ten scholars whose specialties range from ethnohistory to remote sensing and lithic analysis to bioarchaeology chronicle changes in the way prehistory in the Southeast has been studied since the 19th century. Each brings to the task the particular perspective of his or her own subdiscipline in this multifaceted overview of the history of archaeology... more...
Training and Practice for Modern Day Archaeologists
Springer 2011; US$ 99.99In recent years, an important and encouraging development in the practice of archaeology and historical preservation has been the markedly increased number of collaborations among archaeologists, educators, preservation planners, and government managers to explore new approaches to archeological and heritage education and training to accommodate... more...
Altsteinzeit von A-Z
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 70.08Hauptbeschreibung 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...
Interpreting Archaeological Topography
Oxbow Books 2012; US$ 40.00Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS), or lidar, is an enormously important innovation for data collection and interpretation in archaeology. The application of archaeological 3D data deriving from sources including ALS, close-range photogrammetry and terrestrial and photogrammetric scanners has grown exponentially over the last decade. Such data present numerous... more...
Environmental Archaeology
The History Press 2008; US$ 38.23What environmental remains can tell us about the past more...
Places in Between
Oxbow Books 2011; US$ 30.00The concept of the border as a metaphor has been widely exploited across the Arts and Humanities and a body of Border Theory has been developed, critiqued and "rethought". It is remarkable that this body of theory has largely been ignored by archaeologists, who have instead preferred to examine social and cultural boundaries, frontiers, marginality... more...









