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Colonized Bodies, Worlds Transformed represents a new generation of
contact and colonialism studies, expanding upon a traditional focus
on the health of conquered peoples toward how extraordinary
biological and political transformations are incorporated into the
human body, reflecting behavior, identity, and adaptation. These
globally diverse case studies demonstrate that the effects of
conquest reach farther than was ever thought before-to both the
colonized and the colonizers. Cultural exchange occurred between
both groups, transforming social identities, foodways, and social
structures at points of contact and beyond. Contributors to this
volume analyze skeletal remains and burial patterns from
never-before-studied regions in the Americas to the Middle East,
Africa, and Europe, resulting in a new synthesis of historical
archaeology and bioarchaeology.
Cultural heritage is a vital, multifaceted component of modern
society. To better protect and promote the integrity of a culture,
certain technologies have become essential tools.The Handbook of
Research on Emerging Technologies for Architectural and
Archaeological Heritage is an authoritative reference source for
the latest scholarly research on the use of technological
assistance for the preservation of architecture and archaeology in
a global context. Focusing on various surveying technologies for
the study, analysis, and protection of historical buildings, this
book is ideally designed for professionals, researchers,
upper-level students, and practitioners.
Although seemingly bizarre and barbaric in modern times, trial
by ordeal-the subjection of the accused to undergo harsh tests such
as walking over hot irons or being bound and cast into water-played
an integral, and often staggeringly effective, role in justice
systems for centuries.
In "Trial by Fire and Water," Robert Bartlett examines the
workings of trial by ordeal from the time of its first appearance
in the barbarian law codes, tracing its use by Christian societies
down to its last days as a test for witchcraft in modern Europe and
America. Bartlett presents a critique of recent theories about the
operation and the decline of the practice, and he attempts to make
sense of the ordeal as a working institution and to explain its
disappearance. Finally, he considers some of the general historical
problems of understanding a society in which religious beliefs were
so fundamental.
Robert Bartlett is Wardlaw Professor of Medieval History at the
University of St. Andrews.
This archaeological report provides a comprehensive study of the
excavations carried out at Amheida House B2 in Egypt's Dakhleh
Oasis between 2005 and 2007, followed by three study seasons
between 2008 and 2010. The excavations at Amheida in Egypt's
western desert, begun in 2001 under the aegis of Columbia
University and sponsored by NYU since 2008, are investigating all
aspects of social life and material culture at the administrative
center of ancient Trimithis. The excavations so far have focused on
three areas of this very large site: a centrally located
upper-class fourth-century AD house with wall paintings, an
adjoining school, and underlying remains of a Roman bath complex; a
more modest house of the third century; and the temple hill, with
remains of the Temple of Thoth built in the first century AD and of
earlier structures. Architectural conservation has protected and
partly restored two standing funerary monuments, a mud-brick
pyramid and a tower tomb, both of the Roman period. This is the
second volume of ostraka from the excavations Amheida (ancient
Trimithis) in Egypt. It adds 491 items to the growing corpus of
primary texts from the site. In addition to the catalog, the
introductory sections make important contributions to understanding
the role of textual practice in the life of a pre-modern small
town. Issues addressed include tenancy, the administration of
water, governance, the identification of individuals in the
archaeological record, the management of estates, personal
handwriting, and the uses of personal names. Additionally, the
chapter "Ceramic Fabrics and Shapes” by Clementina Caputo breaks
new ground in the treatment of these inscribed shards as both
written text and physical object. This volume will be of interest
to specialists in Roman-period Egypt as well as to scholars of
literacy and writing in the ancient world and elsewhere.
What was Canaanite religion like during the Middle Bronze Age, at
the time of the biblical patriarchs? This volume presents a
theoretical model for identifying ritual behavior in the
archaeological record, providing a test case using the rich
material culture and structures that have been unearthed at the
biblical city of Gerar (Tel Haror, Israel).
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