The story of how we learned about the Universe, from the earliest prehistoric observations to the first telescopes.
Early astronomy ranks among the greatest achievements of the human intellect – but……続きを見る
The case of the Piltdown Man is the most notorious hoax in the history of palaeoanthropology.
Early in 1912, Charles Dawson, a respected Sussex solicitor and keen amateur archaeologist showed palaeo……続きを見る
The cave art of Lascaux, Altamira, and many other European Upper Palaeolithic sites is world-famous. The discovery of the first cave art shattered nineteenth- century perceptions that the people of ……続きを見る
The ability to produce fire on demand is one that humans share with no other species in the world. Its importance to humanity is underlined by its recurrence in traditions around the world: the well……続きを見る
The ability to produce fire on demand is one that humans share with no other species in the world. Its importance to humanity is underlined by its recurrence in traditions around the world: the well……続きを見る
More than two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. Away from the oceans, in non-desert regions of the world, the landscape is dotted by lakes and traversed by rivers and streams. Ver……続きを見る
Imagine a multifunction tool that remained in use, more or less unchanged, not for decades, but one and a three-quarter million years. The earliest-known examples of the teardrop-shaped Acheulean st……続きを見る
From the Great Chain of Being to Out of Africa : Understanding the origins of modern humans
How do we as humans view ourselves? We have a scientific name for ourselves: Homo sapiens. It means (some ……続きを見る
For many years, palaeoanthropologists believed that human evolution was a straightforward progression from the ape-like australopithecines, to the more human but still small-brained Homo erectus, to……続きを見る
Eugène Dubois believed that he had found the missing link, a view he would continue to hold until his death. His quest had taken him to the island of Java, then part of the Dutch East Indies. He had……続きを見る
In 2022, there were 577,160 deaths registered in England and Wales. Many were reported in local and sometimes national newspapers, and on social media. The ensuing funerals would have been a deeply ……続きを見る
In March 2021, the United States was beginning to emerge from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to what he thought was the premature easing of mask-wearing requirements in Texas and Mi……続きを見る
Ever since Darwin established our close relationship with living apes, anthropologists have sought fossil evidence for the so-called 'missing link', a transitional form between apes and humans. In m……続きを見る
*** First published in 2016, Prehistoric Investigations has been brought fully up to date in this new edition ***
How do you infer the existence of a hitherto-unknown human species from a fragmentar……続きを見る
AN OMNIBUS EDITION OF THE 'IN SEARCH OF' SERIES
The 'In Search of' series of twelve 12,000-word short-read eBooks has been a highly successful follow-up to Christopher Seddon's full-sized works 'Hum……続きを見る
著者:Andrew Sneddon
出版社: University of Queensland Press
発売日: 2023年08月01日
If being powerless makes you jumpy, then being poor makes you envious. You notice when other people are happy and you become keenly aware of those things that they have, that make them happy, that y……続きを見る
Showcases the wealth of new research on sacred imagery found in twelve states and four Canadian provinces
In archaeology, rock-artーany long-lasting marking made on a natural surfaceーis similar to ……続きを見る
European female-led writing with a focus on Wales, photography, memoir, writing of place, voice-driven fiction and poetry. On the theme of 'A Casual Archaeology', it explores the rich archaeology of……続きを見る
著者:Jane Geddes
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2020年10月29日
This new edition is a revised and expanded version of the book produced in 2000 to celebrate the quincentenary of King's College Chapel, Aberdeen. Since then, exciting discoveries have taken place a……続きを見る
Una visibilità innovativa del territorio di Ghilarza è possibile grazie all’ebook, si promuove la zona del ghilarzese con tutto ciò che concorre a definire la sua unicità, per proporre al visitatore……続きを見る
This study determined the geological provenance of the two unique Early Neolithic obsidian bladelets (PFO1 and PFO2) found among the numerous ovens identified at the site of Portonovo (Tab. 1), near……続きを見る
International History: A Cultural Approach offers an innovative history of modern international relations that stresses cultural themes. In place of the usual focus on great-power rivalries, diploma……続きを見る
The extended critical interview is especially flexible as a form, by turns tenacious and glancing, elliptical or sustained, combining argument and counter-argument, reflection, history and memoir wi……続きを見る