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World Prehistory and Archaeology - Pathways Through Time (Paperback, 5th edition): Michael Chazan World Prehistory and Archaeology - Pathways Through Time (Paperback, 5th edition)
Michael Chazan
R2,710 Discovery Miles 27 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

World Prehistory and Archaeology provides an integrated discussion of world prehistory and archaeological methods, presenting an up-to-date perspective on what we know about our human prehistory and how we come to know it. A cornerstone of World Prehistory and Archaeology is the discussion of prehistory as an active process of discovery. Methodological issues are addressed throughout the text to engage readers. Archaeological methods are introduced, following which the question of how we know the past is discussed. This fifth edition involves readers in the current state of archaeological research, revealing how archaeologists work and interpret what they find. Through the coverage of various new research, author Michael Chazan shows that archaeology is truly a global discipline. In this edition there is a particular emphasis on the relevance of archaeology to contemporary society and to the major issues that face us today. This edition will provide students with a necessary grounding in the fundamentals of archaeology, before engaging them with the work that goes into understanding world prehistory. They will be given the tools to place this knowledge in the context of the modern world, acknowledging the relevance of archaeology to the concerns of today.

At the Limits of Art - A Literary Study of Aelius Aristides' Hieroi Logoi (Hardcover): Janet Downie At the Limits of Art - A Literary Study of Aelius Aristides' Hieroi Logoi (Hardcover)
Janet Downie
R2,617 Discovery Miles 26 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Aelius Aristides' Hieroi Logoi present a unique first-person narrative from the ancient world-a narrative that seems at once public and private, artful and naive. While scholars have embraced the Logoi as a rich source for Imperial-era religion, politics, and elite culture, the style of the text has presented a persistent stumbling block to literary analysis. Setting this dream-memoir of illness and divine healing in the context of Aristides' professional concerns as an orator, this book investigates the text's rhetorical aims and literary aspirations. At the Limits of Art argues that the Hieroi Logoi are an experimental work. Incorporating numerous dream accounts and narratives of divine cure in a multi-layered and open text, Aristides works at the limits of rhetorical convention to fashion an authorial voice that is transparent to the divine. Reading the Logoi in the context of contemporary oratorical practices, and in tandem with Aristides' polemical orations and prose hymns, the book uncovers the professional agendas motivating this unusual self-portrait. Aristides' sober view of oratory as a sacred pursuit was in conflict with a widespread contemporary preference for spectacular public performance. In the Hieroi Logoi, Aristides claims a place in the world of the Second Sophistic on his own terms, offering a vision of his professional inspiration in a style that pushes the limits of literary convention.

The Flowers of Ancient History; Comprehending on a new Plan, the Most Remarkable and Interesting Events, as Well as Characters,... The Flowers of Ancient History; Comprehending on a new Plan, the Most Remarkable and Interesting Events, as Well as Characters, of Antiquity. Designed for the Improvement and Entertainment of Youth. By the Rev. John Adams, A.M (Hardcover)
John Adams
R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A new Voyage Round the World (Hardcover): Daniel Defoe A new Voyage Round the World (Hardcover)
Daniel Defoe
R803 Discovery Miles 8 030 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, By... An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, By John Hawkesworth, LLD In Three vs Illustrated With Cuts, and a Great Variety of Charts and Maps [2ed] v 1 of 1 (Hardcover)
John Hawkesworth
R1,078 Discovery Miles 10 780 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The art of Boxing. By Daniel Mendoza, P.P (Hardcover): Daniel Mendoza The art of Boxing. By Daniel Mendoza, P.P (Hardcover)
Daniel Mendoza
R669 Discovery Miles 6 690 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Archaeologies of Conflict (Hardcover, New): John Carman Archaeologies of Conflict (Hardcover, New)
John Carman
R2,684 Discovery Miles 26 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The development of key methodologies for the study of battlefields in the USA in the 1980s inspired a generation of British and European archaeologists to turn their attention to sites in their own countries. The end of the Cold War and key anniversaries of the World Wars inspired others, especially in the UK, to examine the material legacy of those conflicts before they disappeared. By 2000 the study of war was again firmly on the archaeological agenda. The overall purpose of the book is to encourage proponents and practitioners of Conflict Archaeology to consider what it is for and how to develop it in the future.The central argument is that, at present, Conflict Archaeology is effectively divided into closed communities who do not interact to any large extent. These separate communities are divided by period and by nationality, so that a truly international Conflict Archaeology has yet to emerge. These divisions prevent the exchange of information and ideas across boundaries and thereby limit the scope of the field. This book discusses these issues in detail, clearly outlining how they affect the development of Conflict Archaeology as a coherent branch of archaeology.

Twilight in Danzig (Hardcover): Siegfried Kra Twilight in Danzig (Hardcover)
Siegfried Kra
R677 R611 Discovery Miles 6 110 Save R66 (10%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
4QInstruction (Hardcover): Matthew J. Goff 4QInstruction (Hardcover)
Matthew J. Goff
R1,403 Discovery Miles 14 030 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Figures in a Spare Landscape - Serving In The Twilight Of Empire, Bornu Province, Nigeria, 1959-60 (Hardcover): Peter Haring... Figures in a Spare Landscape - Serving In The Twilight Of Empire, Bornu Province, Nigeria, 1959-60 (Hardcover)
Peter Haring Judd
R1,000 Discovery Miles 10 000 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Gazing Upon Sheba's Breasts (Hardcover): David Price Williams Gazing Upon Sheba's Breasts (Hardcover)
David Price Williams
R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ostraka in the Collection of New York University (Hardcover): Gert Baetens, Roger S. Bagnall, Clementina Caputo, Elodie Mazy,... Ostraka in the Collection of New York University (Hardcover)
Gert Baetens, Roger S. Bagnall, Clementina Caputo, Elodie Mazy, David M. Ratzan
R2,055 Discovery Miles 20 550 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

A comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka Ostraka in the Collection of New York University is a comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka, or potsherds with ancient texts written on them, from Greco-Roman and late antique Egypt. Seventy-two of these ostraca are housed in NYU Special Collections, originally purchased by Caspar Kraemer in 1932, then the chair of the NYU Classics Department. Although Kraemer advertised the imminent publication of the texts in 1934 and later collaborated with the famed papyrologist Herbert Youtie, neither completed the project. The ostraka in this small collection span the 2nd century BCE to the 8th century CE and include both Greek and Coptic texts. The majority, however, form a coherent dossier of tax receipts related to mortuary activities in Upper Egypt during the reign of Augustus (texts 7-70, dated from roughly the last quarter of the 1st century BCE to 12 CE). The five ostraka published in this volume not held by NYU include one that had been part of Kraemer's original purchase but was subsequently lost (thankfully preserved in a photograph in Youtie's archive at the University of Michigan), and four ostraka now held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The latter four texts were purchased separately and published previously, but clearly belong to the same group of texts. They are included in this volume both for the sake of completeness and because the present authors were able to improve the readings in light of the context provided by the dossier as a whole. In addition to the scholarly edition of these texts, the volume contains a full discussion of their provenance, the taxes involved, the taxpayers and tax-collectors, and a ceramological analysis of the sherds as media for these texts. The book will be of interest primarily to specialists in papyrology and scholars who study the economic history of the ancient Mediterranean, Hellenistic Egypt, the Roman empire, and papyrology.

Cognitive Perspectives on Israelite Identity (Hardcover): Dermot Anthony Nestor Cognitive Perspectives on Israelite Identity (Hardcover)
Dermot Anthony Nestor
R4,639 Discovery Miles 46 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This title presents a vision of Israel as an epistemological rather than an ontological entity; a perspective on the world rather than an entity in it. "Cognitive Perspectives on Israelite Identity" breaks new ground in the study of ethnic identity in the ancient world through the articulation of an explicitly cognitive perspective. In presenting a view of ethnicity as an epistemological rather than an ontological entity, this work seeks to correct the pronounced tendency towards 'analytical groupism' in the academic literature. Challenging what Pierre Bourdieu has called 'our primary inclination to think the world in a substantialist manner', this study seeks to break with the vernacular categories and 'commonsense primordialisms' encoded within the Biblical texts, whilst at the same time accounting for their tenacious hold on our social and political imagination. It is the recognition of the performative and reifying potential of these categories of ethno-political practice that disqualifies their appropriation as categories of social analysis. Because ethnicity is fundamentally a perspective on the world then, a schema for representing and organizing social knowledge, and a frame through which social comparisons are articulated, any archaeological endeavor predicated on the search for an 'ethnic group', and particularly an 'ethnic group' resurrected from the essentializing categories encoded within the pages of the Hebrew Bible, is doomed to failure. Over the last 30 years this pioneering series has established an unrivaled reputation for cutting-edge international scholarship in Biblical Studies and has attracted leading authors and editors in the field. The series takes many original and creative approaches to its subjects, including innovative work from historical and theological perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and more recent developments in cultural studies and reception history.

Ritual and Pilgrimage in the Ancient Andes - The Islands of the Sun and the Moon (Paperback, 1st ed): Brian S. Bauer, Charles... Ritual and Pilgrimage in the Ancient Andes - The Islands of the Sun and the Moon (Paperback, 1st ed)
Brian S. Bauer, Charles Stanish
R736 Discovery Miles 7 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Islands of the Sun and the Moon in Bolivia's Lake Titicaca were two of the most sacred locations in the Inca empire. A pan-Andean belief held that they marked the origin place of the Sun and the Moon, and pilgrims from across the Inca realm made ritual journeys to the sacred shrines there. In this book, Brian Bauer and Charles Stanish explore the extent to which this use of the islands as a pilgrimage center during Inca times was founded on and developed from earlier religious traditions of the Lake Titicaca region.

Drawing on a systematic archaeological survey and test excavations in the islands, as well as data from historical texts and ethnography, the authors document a succession of complex polities in the islands from 2000 BC to the time of European contact in the 1530s AD. They uncover significant evidence of pre-Inca ritual use of the islands, which raises the compelling possibility that the religious significance of the islands is of great antiquity. The authors also use these data to address broader anthropological questions on the role of pilgrimage centers in the development of pre-modern states.

The Galilean Economy in the Time of Jesus (Hardcover): David A. Fiensy, Ralph K. Hawkins The Galilean Economy in the Time of Jesus (Hardcover)
David A. Fiensy, Ralph K. Hawkins
R959 Discovery Miles 9 590 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. by George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His... A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. by George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, Sent Upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. The Fourth Edition. With Charts (Hardcover)
George Anson
R1,084 Discovery Miles 10 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Survival - Evolutionary Rules for Intelligent Species Survival (Hardcover): Samuel Layne Survival - Evolutionary Rules for Intelligent Species Survival (Hardcover)
Samuel Layne; Illustrated by Sherry Wang
R890 Discovery Miles 8 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Book of Martyrs - Containing an Account of the Sufferings and Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the... The Book of Martyrs - Containing an Account of the Sufferings and Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the First. Illustrated With Copper-plates. Originally Written by Mr. John Fox (Hardcover)
John Foxe
R1,272 Discovery Miles 12 720 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The True Interest and Political Maxims of the Republick of Holland and West-Friesland. In Three Parts. ... Written by John de... The True Interest and Political Maxims of the Republick of Holland and West-Friesland. In Three Parts. ... Written by John de Witt, and Other Great men in Holland. (Hardcover)
Pieter De LA Court
R1,051 Discovery Miles 10 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Creation - Its Infinite Features and Finite Realms Volume I: The Mystery of Inspired Sources and Their Significance to Man... The Creation - Its Infinite Features and Finite Realms Volume I: The Mystery of Inspired Sources and Their Significance to Man (Hardcover)
Jack Hetrick
R697 Discovery Miles 6 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Compleat Angler - Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation in two Parts I A Large and Particular Account of Rivers,... The Compleat Angler - Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation in two Parts I A Large and Particular Account of Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing: Written by Mr Isaac Walton II The Best and Fullest Instructions how to Angle for a Trout (Hardcover)
Izaak Walton
R889 Discovery Miles 8 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Homer and the Bronze Age - The Reflection of Humanistic Ideals in Diplomatic Practices (Hardcover, New): Peter Karavites Homer and the Bronze Age - The Reflection of Humanistic Ideals in Diplomatic Practices (Hardcover, New)
Peter Karavites
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Peter Karavites presents a revisionist overview of Homeric scholarship, whose purpose is to bridge the gap between the "positivist" and "negativist" theories dominant in the greater part of the twentieth century. His investigation derives new insights from Homer's text and solves the age old question of the relationship between Homer and the Mycenaean age.

T&T Clark Handbook of Food in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel (Hardcover): Janling Fu, Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, Carol Meyers T&T Clark Handbook of Food in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel (Hardcover)
Janling Fu, Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, Carol Meyers
R4,687 Discovery Miles 46 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Food and feasting are key themes in the Hebrew Bible and the culture it represents. The contributors to this handbook draw on a multitude of disciplines to offer an overview of food in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel. Archaeological materials from biblical lands, along with the recent interest in ethnographic data, a new focus in anthropology, and emerging technologies provide valuable information about ancient foodways. The contributors examine not only the textual materials of the Hebrew Bible and related epigraphic works, but also engage in a wider archaeological, environmental, and historical understanding of ancient Israel as it pertains to food. Divided into five parts, this handbook examines and considers environmental and socio-economic issues such as climate and trade, the production of raw materials, and the technology of harvesting and food processing. The cultural role of food and meals in festivals, holidays, and biblical regulations is also discussed, as is the way food and drink are treated in biblical texts, in related epigraphic materials, and in iconography.

Memoirs of the House of Brunswick From the Most Early Accounts ... to the end of the Reign of King George the First. ... By... Memoirs of the House of Brunswick From the Most Early Accounts ... to the end of the Reign of King George the First. ... By Henry Rimius, (Hardcover)
Henry Rimius
R1,043 Discovery Miles 10 430 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Stand - A memoir on activism. A manual for progress. What really happens when we stand on the front lines of change.... Stand - A memoir on activism. A manual for progress. What really happens when we stand on the front lines of change. (Hardcover)
Kathryn Bertine
R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
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