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Paris - The Powers that Shaped the Medieval City (Paperback): Alexandra Gajewski, John McNeill Paris - The Powers that Shaped the Medieval City (Paperback)
Alexandra Gajewski, John McNeill
R1,295 Discovery Miles 12 950 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The chapters, written by an international group of scholars, cover the subject from many different angles. They encompass wide-ranging case studies that address architecture, manuscript illumination and stained glass, as well as questions of liturgy, religion and social life. Topics include the early medieval churches that preceded the current cathedral church of Notre-Dame and cultural production in the Paris area in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, as well as Paris’s chapels and bridges. There is new evidence for the source of the c. 1240 design for a celebrated window in the Sainte-Chapelle, an evaluation of the liturgical arrangements in the new shrine-choir of Saint-Denis, built 1140–44, and a valuable assessment of the properties held by the Cistercian order in Paris in the Middle Ages. Also investigated are relationships between manuscript illuminators in the fourteenth century and representations of Paris in manuscripts and other media up to the late 15th century. Paris: The Powers that shaped the Medieval City updates and enlarges our knowledge of this key city in the Middle Ages and is for Medieval Archaeologists and Historians.

Politics in the Monuments of Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar (Hardcover): Eleonora Zampieri Politics in the Monuments of Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar (Hardcover)
Eleonora Zampieri
R3,953 Discovery Miles 39 530 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book explores the diachronic development of the ideological content of Pompey and Caesar's monuments in Rome, emphasising the importance of the late Republican period as a precursor to imperial propaganda through architecture. In the final years of the Roman Republic, individuals such as Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar exploited the communicative power of architecture. The former promoted the first and largest stone theatre in Rome; the latter started comprehensive town-planning projects that arguably verged on the utopian. Yet the study of the politics expressed by these monuments and how complex late Republican politics shaped the monuments themselves has attracted less attention than that of subsequent imperial architecture. Zampieri addresses this imbalance, exploring the ideological meaning of late Republican monuments and highlighting that monuments were fluid, adaptable entities, even in the lifespan of a single individual. Accompanied by detailed maps and images, this volume shows how late Republican architecture should be considered an important source for understanding politics of this period. Politics in the Monuments of Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar will be of use to anyone working on the politics and social world of the late Roman Republic, and on Roman architecture and patronage.

La Mina - A Royal Moche Tomb (Hardcover): Christopher B Donnan La Mina - A Royal Moche Tomb (Hardcover)
Christopher B Donnan
R1,680 R1,568 Discovery Miles 15 680 Save R112 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

La Mina: A Royal Moche Tomb focuses on La Mina, an extraordinarily rich tomb that was looted on the north coast of Peru in 1987. The ceramic and metal objects it contained were among the most extraordinary ever produced in the Andean area, and it had the most colorfully decorated pre-Columbian burial chamber ever found in the Americas. The artifacts are now scattered throughout the world, nearly all of them held in private collections. In this work Donnan reveals how he was able to locate and document many of the tomb's contents and determine how the tomb was constructed and embellished. With more than two hundred color images of the archaeological treasures unearthed at La Mina--remarkable works in ceramic and metal that are among the greatest masterpieces of art from the ancient world--students and scholars will welcome the mystery of how careful archaeological sleuthing can piece together valuable information to recover what seemed to be unrecoverable.

Late Stone Age Hunters of the British Isles (Paperback): Christopher Smith Late Stone Age Hunters of the British Isles (Paperback)
Christopher Smith
R1,523 Discovery Miles 15 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The British Isles have been continually settled since 12500 years ago when hunter-gatherer bands returned in the wake of the retreating ice sheets. For 7000 years, until the introduction of farming, people subsisted by hunting wild game and gathering the fruits of the forest and foreshore. In archaeolgical terms they belonged to the late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods, and have hitherto, been studied mainly in terms of their stone tools. Today, in an age when there is growing concern over the relationship between human beings and a rapidly changing environment, an earlier period when this relationship was both intimate and immediate is of considerable interest. "Late Stone Age Hunters of the British Isles" places the archaeological evidence - mainly stone tools and animal bones - within a wider, ecological context. The book examines aspects of the hunter-gatherer way of life and how it can be studied from archaeological evidence. There follows a review of environmental change in the period covered and three chapters of case studies in which different examples of hunter-gatherer activity are examined within their ecological context. This book should be of interest to students a

After Tutankhamun (Hardcover): Reeves After Tutankhamun (Hardcover)
Reeves
R8,232 Discovery Miles 82 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Commissioned to mark the 75th anniversary of the start of work in the royal burial ground by the 5th Earl of Carnavon and Howard Carter, this book presents an up-to-date review of the developments in excavation, mapping and research in the Valley of the Kings.

Understanding Roman Inscriptions (Paperback): Lawrence Keppie Understanding Roman Inscriptions (Paperback)
Lawrence Keppie
R1,523 Discovery Miles 15 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Romans commemorated many different events with inscriptions, and not just carved in stone: they are found also on such materials as bronze, wood, mosaic, glass and pottery. They range from the official and highly formulaic to the ordinary and personal. Lawrence Keppie introduces the non-specialist to the subject of inscriptions and provides clear guidance towards translating the Latin texts. Reading the text is only part of interpretation, however, and this book also gives an account of the other aspects needed for a full understanding of inscriptions. The author covers such subjects as local government; the armies and frontiers; religion; the titles of emperors; business and commerce; as well as the craft of stonecutting, developments in the alphabet and the discovery and publication of material.

Tea on the Terrace - Hotels and Egyptologists' Social Networks, 1885-1925 (Hardcover): Kathleen Sheppard Tea on the Terrace - Hotels and Egyptologists' Social Networks, 1885-1925 (Hardcover)
Kathleen Sheppard
R2,329 Discovery Miles 23 290 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Tea on the terrace takes the reader on a journey up and down the Nile with famous archaeologists and Egyptologists. Spending time with these fascinating men and women at their hotels and on their boats, the book reveals that a great deal of archaeological work took place away from field sites and museums. Arriving in Alexandria, travellers such as Americans Theodore Davis, Emma Andrews and James Breasted, and Britons Wallis Budge, Maggie Benson and Howard Carter moved on to Cairo before heading south for Luxor, the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. The book follows them on their journey, listening in on their conversations and observing their activities. Applying insights from social studies of science, it reveals that hotels in particular were crucial spaces for establishing careers, building and strengthening scientific networks, and generating and experimenting with new ideas. Combining archaeological tourism with the history of Egyptology, and drawing on a wide array of archival materials, Tea on the terrace takes the reader behind the scenes of familiar stories, showing Egyptologists' activities in a whole new light. -- .

Like a Bird in a Cage - The Invasion of Sennacherib in 701 BCE (Hardcover): Lester L Grabbe Like a Bird in a Cage - The Invasion of Sennacherib in 701 BCE (Hardcover)
Lester L Grabbe
R6,653 Discovery Miles 66 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What makes one crime more serious than another, and why? This book investigates the problem of seriousness of offence in English law from the comparative perspective of biblical law. Burnside takes a semiotic approach to show how biblical conceptions of seriousness are synthesised and communicated through various descriptive and performative registers. Seven case studies show that biblical law discriminates between the seriousness of different offences and between the relative seriousness of the same offence when committed by different people or when performed in different ways. Recurring elements include location and the offender's social statue. The closing chapter considers some of the implications for the current debate about crime and punishment.

Prehistoric Warfare on the Great Plains - Skeletal Analysis of the Crow Creek Massacre Victims (Hardcover): P. Willey Prehistoric Warfare on the Great Plains - Skeletal Analysis of the Crow Creek Massacre Victims (Hardcover)
P. Willey
R4,479 Discovery Miles 44 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First Published in 1991.This study is the product of the discovery, excavation, processing, data collection and analysis of nearly 500 human skeletons from the Crow Creek Massacre Project, South Dakota. In about 1325 AD nearly 500 American Indians were massacred, and their remains were discovered, excavated and cleaned in 1978. The general purpose of the Crow Creek osteological study were to describe the remains as fully as time permitted and compare these results with other samples. This volume presents information concerning the Crow Creek bone elements, paleodemography, cranial affiliations, mutilations and stature. It emphasizes the unique feature of the sample and compares the Crow Creek sample with other skeletal samples from the Plains.

Greek Personal Names - Their Value as Evidence (Hardcover): Simon Hornblower Greek Personal Names - Their Value as Evidence (Hardcover)
Simon Hornblower; Elaine Matthews
R2,048 Discovery Miles 20 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Within the great diversity of their world, the assertion of origin was essential to the ancient Greeks in defining their sense of who they were and how they distinguished themselves from neighbours and strangers. Each person's name might carry both identity and origin - 'I am' . . . inseparable from 'I come from' . . . Names have surfaced in many guises and locations - on coins and artefacts, embedded within inscriptions and manuscripts - carrying with them evidence even from prehistoric and preliterate times. The Lexicon of Greek Personal Names has already identified more than 200,000 individuals. The contributors to this volume draw on this resource to demonstrate the breadth of scholarly uses to which name evidence can be put.

Britain's Medieval Castles (Hardcover): Lise E Hull Britain's Medieval Castles (Hardcover)
Lise E Hull
R4,071 Discovery Miles 40 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The widespread construction of castles in Britain began as soon as Duke William of Normandy set foot on the shores of southern England in 1066. The castles that were constructed in the ensuing centuries, and whose ruins still scatter the British countryside today, provide us with an enduring record of the needs and ambitions of the times. But the essence of the medieval castle—a structure that is equal parts military, residential, and symbolic—reveals itself not only through the grandeur of such architectural masterpieces as the Tower of London, and the imposing nature of such royal residences as Windsor, but also in the aging masonry carvings, enduring battlements, and more modest earthen ramparts that have survived alongside them. Through a feature-by-feature account of the architectural elements and techniques used in constructing the medieval castle, author Lise Hull allows the multiple functions of these multifarious forms to shine through, and in so doing, lends a new vitality to the thousand faces that the medieval world assumed to discourage its enemies, inspire its friends, and control its subjects. This compelling investigation takes a unique look at each of the medieval castle's main roles: as an offensive presentation and defensive fortification, as a residential and administrative building, and as a symbolic structure demonstrating the status of its owner. Each chapter focuses on one specific role and uses concrete architectural features to demonstrate that aspect of the medieval castle in Britain. A wealth of illustrations is also provided, as is a glossary explaining the distinct parts of the castle and their functions. This book should be of interest to students researching architecture, the Middle Ages, or military history, as well as general readers interested in castles or considering a trip to Britain to observe some of these magnificent sites themselves.

Cahokian Dispersions - Diasporic Connections in the Mississippian Southeast (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Melissa R. Baltus, Sarah... Cahokian Dispersions - Diasporic Connections in the Mississippian Southeast (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Melissa R. Baltus, Sarah E. Baires, Elizabeth Watts Malouchos, Jayur Madhusudan Mehta
R3,201 Discovery Miles 32 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the possibility and role of a Cahokian diaspora to understand cultural influence, complexity, historicity, and movements in the Mississippian Southeast. Collectively the chapters trace how the movements of Cahokian and American Bottom materials, substances, persons, and non-human bodies converged in the creation of Cahokian identities both within and outside of the Cahokia homeland through archaeological case studies that demonstrate the ways in which population movements foment social change. Drawing initial inspiration from theories of diaspora, the book explores the dynamic movements of human populations by critically engaging with the ways people materially construct or deconstruct their social identities in relation to others within the context of physical movement. This book is of interest to students and researchers of archaeology, anthropology, sociology of migration and diaspora studies. Previously published in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Volume 27, issue 1, March 2020

The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World (Hardcover): John Peter Oleson The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World (Hardcover)
John Peter Oleson
R5,047 Discovery Miles 50 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to the topics of engineering and technology. This volume highlights both the accomplishments of the ancient societies and the remaining research problems, and stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology. The subject matter of the book is the technological framework of the Greek and Roman cultures from ca. 800 B.C. through ca. A.D. 500 in the circum-Mediterranean world and Northern Europe. Each chapter discusses a technology or family of technologies from an analytical rather than descriptive point of view, providing a critical summation of our present knowledge of the Greek and Roman accomplishments in the technology concerned and the evolution of their technical capabilities over the chronological period. Each presentation reviews the issues and recent contributions, and defines the capacities and accomplishments of the technology in the context of the society that used it, the available "technological shelf," and the resources consumed. These studies introduce and synthesize the results of excavation or specialized studies. The chapters are organized in sections progressing from sources (written and representational) to primary (e.g., mining, metallurgy, agriculture) and secondary (e.g., woodworking, glass production, food preparation, textile production and leather-working) production, to technologies of social organization and interaction (e.g., roads, bridges, ships, harbors, warfare and fortification), and finally to studies of general social issues (e.g., writing, timekeeping, measurement, scientific instruments, attitudestoward technology and innovation) and the relevance of ethnographic methods to the study of classical technology. The unrivalled breadth and depth of this volume make it the definitive reference work for students and academics across the spectrum of classical studies.

Heimskringla - An Introduction (Paperback): Diana Whaley, Viking Society for Northern Research Heimskringla - An Introduction (Paperback)
Diana Whaley, Viking Society for Northern Research
R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture (Hardcover): Gwendolyn Leick A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture (Hardcover)
Gwendolyn Leick
R6,738 Discovery Miles 67 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days




eBook available with sample pages: 0203041070

Gender in the Ancient Near East (Paperback): Stephanie Budin Gender in the Ancient Near East (Paperback)
Stephanie Budin
R1,119 Discovery Miles 11 190 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This is the first comprehensive overview of gender in the ANE that deals equally with both men and women. The overviews of ANE history and contemporary gender theory make it accessible to students with no background in these areas, allowing ANE students to learn about gender, and gender studies students to access the ancient material.

Fort Cemetery At Heirakonpolis (Hardcover): Adams Fort Cemetery At Heirakonpolis (Hardcover)
Adams
R8,236 Discovery Miles 82 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Darkness Visible - The Sculptor's Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts (Hardcover): Ian Armit, Lindsey Buster Darkness Visible - The Sculptor's Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts (Hardcover)
Ian Armit, Lindsey Buster
R999 Discovery Miles 9 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Ancient Greeks - New Perspectives (Hardcover, New): Stephanie L. Budin The Ancient Greeks - New Perspectives (Hardcover, New)
Stephanie L. Budin
R2,767 Discovery Miles 27 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The ancient Greeks established the very blueprint of Western civilization—our societies, institutions, art, and culture—and thanks to remarkable new findings, we know more about them than ever, and it's all here in this up-to-date introductory volume. Ancient Greece chronicles the rise, decline, resurgence, and ultimate collapse of the Greek empire from its earliest stirrings in the Bronze Age, through the Dark Ages and Classical period, to the death of Cleopatra and the conquests by Macedon and Rome (roughly 3000 B.C.E. to 30 B.C.E.). Drawing on the latest interpretations of artifacts, texts, and other evidence, this handbook takes both newcomers and long-time Hellenophiles inside the process of discovery, revealing not only what we know about ancient Greece but how we know it and how these cultures continue to influence us. There is no more authoritative or accessible introduction to the culture that gave us the Acropolis, Iliad and Odyssey, Herodotus and Thucydides, Sophocles and Aeschylus, Plato and Aristotle, and so much more.

Framing Archaeology in the Near East - The Application of Social Theory to Fieldwork (Hardcover): Ianir Milevski, Thomas Levy Framing Archaeology in the Near East - The Application of Social Theory to Fieldwork (Hardcover)
Ianir Milevski, Thomas Levy
R2,895 Discovery Miles 28 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume presents a series of studies by scholars working in Middle Eastern archaeology who actively apply social theory to interpret their fieldwork. It aims to highlight the value of using social theory in the interpretation of field work in a region where, traditionally, such approaches have not played a major role.There are a number of factors that account for why social theory is often under-exploited by archaeologists in this part of the world. In many countries, where large numbers of the foreign archaeologists are involved, a division between those doing fieldwork and those undertaking archaeological interpretation can easily arise. Or, the lack of interest in social theory may stem from a legacy of positivism that overrides other approaches. There is also the fact that archaeology and anthropology often belong to separate academic departments and are considered two separate disciplines disconnected from each other. In some cases the centrality of historical paradigms has precluded the use of social theory.There are also divisions between universities and other research institutions, such as departments of antiquities, which is not conductive to interdisciplinary cooperation. This factor is especially debilitating in contexts of rapid destruction of sites and the exponential growth of salvage excavations and emergency surveys.The papers integrate a wide range of perspectives including 'New' or 'Processual' archaeology, Marxist, 'Post-Processual', evolutionist, cognitive, symbolic, and Cyber- archaeologies and touch on many topics including 3D representation, GIS, mapping and social theory, semiotics and linguistics, gender and bioarchaeology, social and technical identities, and modern historical modellingy and social practices in Middle Eastern archaeology.

Grotto of Chaos - The Exploits of Clarence Griffin Book 1 (Hardcover): Christopher Knox Grotto of Chaos - The Exploits of Clarence Griffin Book 1 (Hardcover)
Christopher Knox
R516 R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Life, Death and Representation - Some New Work on Roman Sarcophagi (Hardcover): Jas Elsner, Janet Huskinson Life, Death and Representation - Some New Work on Roman Sarcophagi (Hardcover)
Jas Elsner, Janet Huskinson
R5,760 Discovery Miles 57 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume presents a collection of essays on different aspects of Roman sarcophagi. These varied approaches will produce fresh insights into a subject which is receiving increased interest in English-language scholarship, with a new awareness of the important contribution that sarcophagi can make to the study of the social use and production of Roman art. The book will therefore be a timely addition to existing literature. Metropolitan sarcophagi are the main focus of the volume, which will cover a wide time range from the first century AD to post classical periods (including early Christian sarcophagi and post-classical reception). Other papers will look at aspects of viewing and representation, iconography, and marble analysis. There will be an Introduction written by the co-editors.

Cultural Astronomy of the Japanese Archipelago - Exploring the Japanese Skyscape (Paperback): Akira Goto Cultural Astronomy of the Japanese Archipelago - Exploring the Japanese Skyscape (Paperback)
Akira Goto
R750 Discovery Miles 7 500 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Goto introduces the diverse and multilayered skylore and cultural astron- omy of the peoples of the Japanese Archipelago. Going as far back as the Jomon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods, this book examines the significance of constellations in the daily life of farmers, fishermen, sailors, priests, and the ruling classes throughout Japan's ancient and medieval history. As well as covering the systems of the dominant Japanese people, he also explores the astronomy of the Ainu people of Hokkaido, and of the people of the Ryukyu Islands. Along the way he discusses the importance of astronomy in official rituals, mythol- ogy, and Shinto and Buddhist ceremonies. This book provides a unique overview of cultural astronomy in Japan and is a valuable resource for researchers as well as anyone who is inter- ested in Japanese culture and history.

Eat Like Your Ancestors (From the Ground Beneath Your Feet) - A Sustainable Food Journey Around the English West Midlands... Eat Like Your Ancestors (From the Ground Beneath Your Feet) - A Sustainable Food Journey Around the English West Midlands (Hardcover)
Liz Pearson Mann
R526 Discovery Miles 5 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gifts for the Gods - Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies and the British (Paperback): Lidija M. Mcknight, Stephanie Atherton-Woolham Gifts for the Gods - Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies and the British (Paperback)
Lidija M. Mcknight, Stephanie Atherton-Woolham
R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Gifts for the Gods is an enlightening and richly illustrated book on animal mummies from ancient Egypt. Introducing readers to the wealth of animal mummies in British museums and private collections, this fascinating collection focuses on the prevalent type of animal mummy to be found in Britain: the votive offering. In a series of chapters written by experts in their field, Gifts for the Gods details the role of animals in ancient Egypt and in museum collections. It concentrates on the unique relationship of British explorers, travellers, archaeologists, curators and scientists with this material. The book describes a best-practice protocol for the scientific study of animal mummies by the Ancient Egyptian Animal Bio Bank team, whilst acknowledging that the current research represents only the beginning of a much larger task.

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