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A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-robbers, &c. To Which is... A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-robbers, &c. To Which is Added, a Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the Most Noted Pirates (Hardcover)
Daniel Defoe
R1,072 Discovery Miles 10 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Ducatus Leodiensis - Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the... Ducatus Leodiensis - Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York. ... By Ralph Thoresby, (Hardcover)
Ralph Thoresby
R1,280 Discovery Miles 12 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Everyday Life Matters - Maya Farmers at Chan (Hardcover): Cynthia Robin Everyday Life Matters - Maya Farmers at Chan (Hardcover)
Cynthia Robin
R2,033 Discovery Miles 20 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Interesting, strong, and timely. Everyday Life Matters is clearly and sharply written, and by targeting the archaeology of everyday life as an emerging field explicitly, it identifies and fills a real void in the field."--John Robb, author of The Early Mediterranean Village "An absolute must-read. Robin's thorough understanding of commoners and how they occasionally interacted with elites provides a solid foundation for social reconstruction."--Payson Sheets, coeditor of Surviving Sudden Environmental Change While the study of ancient civilizations most often focuses on temples and royal tombs, a substantial part of the archaeological record remains hidden in the understudied day-to-day lives of artisans, farmers, hunters, and other ordinary people of the ancient world. Various chores completed during the course of a person's daily life, though at first glance trivial, have a powerful impact on society as a whole. Everyday Life Matters develops general methods and theories for studying the applications of everyday life in archaeology, anthropology, and a wide range of related disciplines. Examining the two-thousand-year history (800 B.C.-A.D. 1200) of the ancient farming community of Chan in Belize, Cynthia Robin's ground-breaking work explains why the average person should matter to archaeologists studying larger societal patterns. Robin argues that the impact of the mundane can be substantial, so much so that the study of a polity without regard to its citizenry is incomplete. Refocusing attention away from the Maya elite and offering critical analysis of daily life elucidated by anthropological theory, Robin engages us to consider the larger implications of the commonplace and to rethink the constitution of human societies by ordinary people living routine lives.

The History of the Colony of Nova-Caesaria, or New-Jersey - Containing an Account of its First Settlement, Progressive... The History of the Colony of Nova-Caesaria, or New-Jersey - Containing an Account of its First Settlement, Progressive Improvements, the Original and Present Constitution, and Other Events, to the Year 1721 (Hardcover)
Samuel Smith
R1,147 Discovery Miles 11 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Developing Effective Communication Skills in Archaeology (Hardcover): Enrico Proietti Developing Effective Communication Skills in Archaeology (Hardcover)
Enrico Proietti
R5,836 Discovery Miles 58 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Communicating archaeological heritage at the institutional level reflects on the current status of archeology, and a lack of communication between archaeologists and the general public only serves to widen the gap of understanding. As holders of this specific scientific expertise, effective openness and communication is essential to understanding how a durable future can be built through comprehension of the past and the importance of heritage sites and collections. Developing Effective Communication Skills in Archaeology is an essential research publication that examines archeology as a method for present researchers to interact and communicate with the past, and as a methods for identifying the overall trends in the needs of humanity as a whole. Presenting a vast range of topics such as digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and heritage awareness, this book is essential for archaeologists, journalists, heritage managers, sociologists, educators, anthropologists, museum curators, historians, communication specialists, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, and students.

The Archaeology of the Cold War (Hardcover): Todd A Hanson The Archaeology of the Cold War (Hardcover)
Todd A Hanson
R2,005 Discovery Miles 20 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Cold War remains one of the twentieth century's defining events, possessing broad political, social, and material implications that continue to have impact. In this book, Todd Hanson presents nine case studies of archaeological investigations conducted at famous-and some not so famous-historic American Cold War sites, including Bikini Atoll, the Nevada Test Site, and the Cuban sites of the Soviet Missile Crisis. By examining nuclear weapons test sites, missile silos, submarine bases, fallout shelters, and more, Hanson illustrates how archaeology can help strip away myths, secrets, and political rhetoric to better inform our understanding of the conflict's formative role in the making of the contemporary American landscape. Addressing modern ramifications of the Cold War, Hanson also looks at the preservation of atomic heritage sites, the atomic tourism phenomenon, and the struggles of atomic veterans.

Trading Zones of Digital History (Hardcover): Max Kemman Trading Zones of Digital History (Hardcover)
Max Kemman
R1,585 Discovery Miles 15 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Digital history is commonly argued to be positioned between the traditionally historical and the computational or digital. By studying digital history collaborations and the establishment of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, Kemman examines how digital history will impact historical scholarship. His analysis shows that digital history does not occupy a singular position between the digital and the historical. Instead, historians continuously move across this dimension, choosing or finding themselves in different positions as they construct different trading zones through cross-disciplinary engagement, negotiation of research goals and individual interests.

An Ancient Land - Genesis of an archaeologist (Hardcover): David Price Williams An Ancient Land - Genesis of an archaeologist (Hardcover)
David Price Williams
R641 Discovery Miles 6 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The History of the City and County of Norwich, Containing it's Original Rise and Increase, it's Antient and Present... The History of the City and County of Norwich, Containing it's Original Rise and Increase, it's Antient and Present Government, ... the Foundations of the Cathedral, ... By Francis Blomefield, (Hardcover)
Francis Blomefield
R1,394 Discovery Miles 13 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History (Hardcover): Alan Strathern, Zoltan Biedermann Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History (Hardcover)
Alan Strathern, Zoltan Biedermann
R1,427 Discovery Miles 14 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Nobel Affair - The Correspondence between Alfred Nobel and Sofie Hess (Hardcover): Erika Rummel A Nobel Affair - The Correspondence between Alfred Nobel and Sofie Hess (Hardcover)
Erika Rummel
R2,666 Discovery Miles 26 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Alfred Nobel made his name as an inventor and successful entrepreneur and left a legacy as a philanthropist and promoter of learning and social progress. The correspondence between Nobel and his Viennese mistress, Sofie Hess, shines a light on his private life and reveals a personality that differs significantly from his public image. The letters show him as a hypochondriac and workaholic and as a paranoid, jealous, and patriarchal lover. Indeed, the relationship between the aging Alfred Nobel and the carefree, spendthrift Sofie Hess will strike readers as dysfunctional and worthy of Freudian analysis. Erika Rummel's masterful translation and annotations reveal the value of the letters as commentary on 19th century social mores: the concept of honour and reputation, the life of a "kept" woman, the prevalence of antisemitism, the importance of spas as health resorts and entertainment centres, the position of single mothers, and more generally the material culture of a rich bourgeois gentleman. A Nobel Affair is the first translation into English of the complete correspondence between Alfred Nobel and Sofie Hess.

A Political History of the Arameans - From Their Origins to the End of Their Polities (Hardcover): K.Lawson Younger A Political History of the Arameans - From Their Origins to the End of Their Polities (Hardcover)
K.Lawson Younger
R2,826 Discovery Miles 28 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk... The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island; Compiled From Authentic Papers (Hardcover)
Multiple Contributors
R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the... The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 (Hardcover)
Cosmos Mindeleff
R997 Discovery Miles 9 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

The Religious Experience of the Roman People (Hardcover): W. Warde Fowler The Religious Experience of the Roman People (Hardcover)
W. Warde Fowler
R1,896 R1,539 Discovery Miles 15 390 Save R357 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos (Hardcover): Ted Kaizer Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos (Hardcover)
Ted Kaizer
R2,845 Discovery Miles 28 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume advances our understanding of the religion, society and culture of Dura-Europos, the small town on the Euphrates known since the 1930s as the 'Pompeii of the Syrian desert'. Several features make the site potentially our best source for day-to-day life in a small town situated on the periphery of the Roman world: inscriptions and graffiti in ten ancient languages; sculptures and frescoes combining elements of Classical and Oriental art; the most important papyrological dossier of any military unit in the Roman world; documents relating to the local economy; over a dozen pagan sanctuaries; plus a famously painted synagogue and the earliest Christian house church, all set in a gridiron city plan and surrounded by well-preserved fortifications. Dura's unique findings facilitate the study of life in a provincial small town to a degree that archaeology and history do not usually allow.

The Donatist Church (Hardcover): W.H.C. Frend The Donatist Church (Hardcover)
W.H.C. Frend
R1,665 R1,362 Discovery Miles 13 620 Save R303 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Judgment in Moscow - Soviet Crimes and Western Complicity (Hardcover): Vladimir Bukovsky Judgment in Moscow - Soviet Crimes and Western Complicity (Hardcover)
Vladimir Bukovsky; Introduction by Edward Lucas; Afterword by David Satter
R922 Discovery Miles 9 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Maritime Networks in the Mycenaean World (Hardcover, New): Thomas F. Tartaron Maritime Networks in the Mycenaean World (Hardcover, New)
Thomas F. Tartaron
R3,628 Discovery Miles 36 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this book, Thomas F. Tartaron presents a new and original reassessment of the maritime world of the Mycenaean Greeks of the Late Bronze Age. By all accounts a seafaring people, they enjoyed maritime connections with peoples as distant as Egypt and Sicily. These long-distance relations have been celebrated and much studied; by contrast, the vibrant worlds of local maritime interaction and exploitation of the sea have been virtually ignored. Dr Tartaron argues that local maritime networks, in the form of 'coastscapes' and 'small worlds', are far more representative of the true fabric of Mycenaean life. He offers a complete template of conceptual and methodological tools for recovering small worlds and the communities that inhabited them. Combining archaeological, geoarchaeological and anthropological approaches with ancient texts and network theory, he demonstrates the application of this scheme in several case studies. This book presents new perspectives and challenges for all archaeologists with interests in maritime connectivity.

Five Stages of Greek Religion - The History of the Olympian Gods of Ancient Greece (Hardcover) (Hardcover): Gilbert Murray,... Five Stages of Greek Religion - The History of the Olympian Gods of Ancient Greece (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
Gilbert Murray, Charles Twain
R757 Discovery Miles 7 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This edition of Gilbert Murray's renowned examination of how religion evolved in Ancient Greece, includes all of his original notes. Murray was a renowned scholar of Greek classics, who used his academic background as grounding for this astonishingly detailed book on the topic of the Olympian Gods. How the pantheon of Gods was conceived, and grew to eventually define large aspects of Ancient Greek culture, form the topics at hand. The book begins by examining the earliest surviving religious texts of Greek, identifying the first indications of the Gods in the lore. The increasing prevalence of writing among Greece's educated citizenry sparked a growth in the number of Gods and Goddesses, and the stories relating to them. However, Murray is careful to note that there is no single event or turning point. For a scholarly work, Five Stages of Greek Religion is of modest length. This attribute defines it as a superb introductory primer to aspects of Olympian religion.

Supplement to The Antiquities of England and Wales. By Francis Grose ... of 2; Volume 2 (Hardcover): Francis Grose Supplement to The Antiquities of England and Wales. By Francis Grose ... of 2; Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Francis Grose
R937 Discovery Miles 9 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The American Gazetteer, Exhibiting, in Alphabetical Order, a Full and Accurate Account, of the States, Provinces, Counties, on... The American Gazetteer, Exhibiting, in Alphabetical Order, a Full and Accurate Account, of the States, Provinces, Counties, on the American Continent, Also of the West India Islands, By Jedidiah Morse The Second Edition (Hardcover)
Jedidiah Morse
R1,215 Discovery Miles 12 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Narrative of the Indian Wars in New-England From the First Planting in 1607 to 1677. With a Relation of the Occasion, Rise... A Narrative of the Indian Wars in New-England From the First Planting in 1607 to 1677. With a Relation of the Occasion, Rise and Progress of the war With the Indians in the Southern, Western, Eastern and Northern Parts of the Country (Hardcover)
William Hubbard
R899 Discovery Miles 8 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The History of Wales. Written Originally in British, by Caradoc of Lhancarvan, Englished by Dr. Powell, and Augmented by W.... The History of Wales. Written Originally in British, by Caradoc of Lhancarvan, Englished by Dr. Powell, and Augmented by W. Wynne, ... To Which is Added, a Description of Wales, by Sir John Price. A new Edition, Greatly Improved and Enlarged. (Hardcover)
Of Llancarvan Caradoc
R1,109 Discovery Miles 11 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The History of the Rebellion and Civil-war in Ireland (Hardcover): Ferdinando Warner The History of the Rebellion and Civil-war in Ireland (Hardcover)
Ferdinando Warner
R1,183 Discovery Miles 11 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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