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  • Migration Myths and the End of the Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean

    by A. Bernard Knapp ...
    Series series Elements in the Archaeology of Europe
    This Element looks critically at migration scenarios proposed for the end of the Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean. After presenting some historical background to the development of migration studies, including types and definitions of migration as well as some of its possible material correlates, I consider how we go about studying human mobility and issues regarding 'ethnicity'. There ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean

    Edited by A. Bernard Knapp, Peter van Dommelen ...
    The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean offers new insights into the material and social practices of many different Mediterranean peoples during the Bronze and Iron Ages, presenting in particular those features that both connect and distinguish them. Contributors discuss in depth a range of topics that motivate and structure Mediterranean archaeology today, including ... Read more

    $208.99 USD

  • Social Approaches to an Industrial Past

    The Archaeology and Anthropology of Mining

    Edited by Eugenia W. Herbert, A. Bernard Knapp, Vincent C. Pigott ...
    Social Approaches to an Industrial Past addresses the social issues of mining communities in research spanning a period of 4,500 years. The volume considers themes which are relatively new to archaeology:* the social context of production* gender* power and labour exploitation* imperialism and colonialism* production and technology. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Material Connections in the Ancient Mediterranean

    Mobility, Materiality and Identity

    Edited by Peter van Dommelen, A. Bernard Knapp ...
    Material Connections eschews outdated theory, tainted by colonialist attitudes, and develops a new cultural and historical understanding of how factors such as mobility, materiality, conflict and co-presence impacted on the formation of identity in the ancient Mediterranean. Fighting against ‘hyper-specialisation’ within the subject area, it explores the multiple ways that material culture was ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • The Archaeology of Ethiopia

    by Niall Finneran ...
    This book provides the first truly comprehensive multi-period study of the archaeology of Ethiopia, surveying the country's history, detailing the discoveries from the late Stone Age, including the famous 'Lucy' and moving onto the emergence of food production, prehistoric rock art and an analysis of the increasing social complexity that can be obs ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Mobile Pastoralism and the Formation of Near Eastern Civilizations

    Weaving Together Society

    by Anne Porter ...
    In this book, Anne Porter explores the idea that mobile and sedentary members of the ancient world were integral parts of the same social and political groups in greater Mesopotamia during the period 4000 to 1500 BCE. She draws on a wide range of archaeological and cuneiform sources to show how networks of social structure, political and religious ideology, and everyday as well as ritual practice ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial

    Edited by Sarah Tarlow, Liv Nilsson Stutz ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial reviews the current state of mortuary archaeology and its practice, highlighting its often contentious place in the modern socio-politics of archaeology. It contains forty-four chapters which focus on the history of the discipline and its current scientific techniques and methods. Written by leading, international scholars in the field, it ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Wretched Kush

    Ethnic Identities and Boundries in Egypt's Nubian Empire

    by Stuart Tyson Smith ...
    Professor Smith uses Nubia as a case study to explore the nature of ethnic identity. Recent research suggests that ethnic boundaries are permeable, and that ethnic identities are overlapping. This is particularly true when cultures come into direct contact, as with the Egyptian conquest of Nubia in the second millennium BC.By using the tools of anthropology, Smith examines the Ancient Egyptian ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Place, Memory, and Healing

    An Archaeology of Anatolian Rock Monuments

    by Ömür Harmanşah ...
    Place, Memory, and Healing: An Archaeology of Anatolian Rock Monuments investigates the complex and deep histories of places, how they served as sites of memory and belonging for local communities over the centuries, and how they were appropriated and monumentalized in the hands of the political elites. Focusing on Anatolian rock monuments carved into the living rock at watery landscapes during ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Mesopotamia

    The Invention of the City

    by Gwendolyn Leick ...
    Situated in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations, though it is still relatively unknown. Yet, over 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the very first cities were created. This is the first book to reveal how life was lived in ten Mesopotamian cities: from Eridu, the Mesopotamian Eden, to that potent symbol of decadence, Babylon - the ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Classical Archaeology

    Edited by Susan E. Alcock, Robin Osborne ...
    Series Book 18 - Wiley Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology
    The fully revised second edition of this successful volume includes updates on the latest archaeological research in all chapters, and two new essays on Greek and Roman art. It retains its unique, paired essay format, as well as key contributions from leading archaeologists and historians of the classical world.Second edition is updated and revised throughout, showcasing the latest research and ... Read more

    $46.00 USD

  • Global Economic History

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert C. Allen ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Why are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, the income differences were small, but they have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. Since then, the interplay between geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. The industrial revolution was Britain's path breaking response to the challenge of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD