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Daß Rom bis auf den heutigen Tag nichts von seiner Faszinationskraft verloren hat, mag nicht zuletzt damit zusammenhängen, daß die zahllosen Baudenkmäler, die das Gesicht der Stadt prägen, die histo……続きを見る

PALEOECOLOGY PALEOECOLOGY Past, Present and Future Paleoecology is a discipline that uses evidence from fossils to provide an understanding of ancient environments and the ecological history of life……続きを見る

Following the locust years of the neo-liberal revolution, social democracy was the great victor at the fin-de-si�cle elections. Today, parties descended from the Second International hold office thr……続きを見る

What must China do to become truly democratic and equitable? This question animates most progressive debates about this potential superpower, and inChina's Twentieth Century the country's leading cr……続きを見る

Pasargadae is the location of the tomb of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Through the ages it was Islamised and the tomb was ascribed to the Mother of Solomon. It was only at the ……続きを見る

Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was Keeper of the British Museum’s department of oriental antiquities from 1894 until his retirement in 1924. Carrying out many missions to Egypt in search of anci……続きを見る

This book uses gender as a framework to offer unique insights into the socio-cultural foundations of Buddhism. Moving away from dominant discourses that discuss women as a single monolithic, homogen……続きを見る

Un libro fundamental para adentrarse en el conocimiento de Tartessos a través de sus bellos mitos y leyendas. Tartessos, la primera civilización de Occidente, se debate entre el mito y la historia. ……続きを見る

At Home with the Aztecs provides a fresh view of Aztec society, focusing on households and communities instead of kings, pyramids, and human sacrifice. This new approach offers an opportunity to hum……続きを見る

El volum que ara presentem se centra principalment en l?ana?lisi de les muralles que successivament van protegir la comunitat des del voltant del 500 aC fins que, al segle VIII de l?era, el vell cas……続きを見る

Archaeologies of Early Modern Spanish Colonialism illustrates how archaeology contributes to the knowledge of early modern Spanish colonialism and the "first globalization" of the 16th and 17th cent……続きを見る

Elements of Architecture explores new ways of engaging architecture in archaeology. It conceives of architecture both as the physical evidence of past societies and as existing beyond the physical e……続きを見る

Marking the Land investigates how hunter-gatherers use physical landscape markers and environmental management to impose meaning on the spaces they occupy. The land is full of meaning for hunter-gat……続きを見る

In 2014, a collection of papers was found on eBay: a scrapbook, inside which was written 'Testimonial Book of Dragoman Solomon N. Negima'. The letters pasted into the testimonial book bear recommend……続きを見る

The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life – from trade and transportation to health and recreation. Full Steam Ahead reveals how t……続きを見る

Ritual scholars note that rituals have powerful psychological, social and even biological effects, but these findings have not yet been integrated into the practice of psychotherapy and psychiatry. ……続きを見る

Sanitation and intestinal health is something we often take for granted today. However, people living in many regions of the developing world still suffer with debilitating diseases due to the lack ……続きを見る

Using the example of prehistoric paintings discovered in the late 19th century in Spain and France Cave Art, Perception and Knowledge inquires into epistemic questions related to images, depicting a……続きを見る

The rich human history of South Carolina from its earliest days to the present Adam King's Archaeology in South Carolina contains an overview of the fascinating archaeological research currently ong……続きを見る

Hadrian’s Wall is a major World Heritage site, set in stunning countryside in Cumbria and Northumberland, where the Wall and its forts are the most visited Roman remains in Britain. It runs through ……続きを見る

In the ancient Greco-Roman world, it was common practice to curse or bind an enemy or rival by writing an incantation on a tablet and dedicating it to a god or spirit. These curses or binding spells……続きを見る

To be human is to be curious. And one of the things we are most curious about is how we came to be who we are--how we evolved over millions of years to become creatures capable of inquiring into our……続きを見る

The Iliad, Homer's epic tale of the abduction of Helen and the decade-long Trojan War, has fascinated mankind for millennia. Even today, the war inspires countless articles and books, extensive arch……続きを見る

Bringing together archaeological, paleoenvironmental, paleontological and genetic data, this book makes a first attempt to reconstruct African population histories from out species' evolution to the……続きを見る

This new revised edition of African Civilizations re-examines the physical evidence for developing social complexity in Africa over the last six thousand years. Unlike the two previous editions, it ……続きを見る

Coinage is one of our key sources for the rich and fascinating history of the Hellenistic world (323–31 BC). This book provides students of the period with an up-to-date introduction to Hellenistic ……続きを見る

Excavations at Cliffs End Farm, Thanet, Kent, undertaken in 2004/5 uncovered a dense area of archaeological remains including Bronze Age barrows and enclosures, and a large prehistoric mortuary feat……続きを見る

This book explains how designing, playing and modifying computer games, and understanding the theory behind them, can strengthen the area of digital humanities. This book aims to help digital humani……続きを見る

Jean-Paul Le Bihan nous propose d’élargir nos horizons avec une belle découverte culturelle On ne dispose que de très peu de témoignages sur l’Abkhazie vécue de l’intérieur. Car qui connaît l’Abkhaz……続きを見る

“A brisk and cheerfully traditional trip through our history, from homo erectus to George W. Bush.” ーKirkus Reviews In The Human Story, James C. Davis takes us on a journey to ancient times, tellin……続きを見る