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The Works of the Learned Mr. Henry Dodwell Abridg'd - With an Account of his Life. By Francis Brokesby, B.D. To Which is... The Works of the Learned Mr. Henry Dodwell Abridg'd - With an Account of his Life. By Francis Brokesby, B.D. To Which is Added, an Abstract of Mr. Dodwell's Book De Cyclis; by Edm. Halley, ... The Second Edition (Hardcover)
Francis Brokesby
R1,217 Discovery Miles 12 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Fort San Juan and the Limits of Empire - Colonialism and Household Practice at the Berry Site (Hardcover): Robin A. Beck,... Fort San Juan and the Limits of Empire - Colonialism and Household Practice at the Berry Site (Hardcover)
Robin A. Beck, Christopher B. Rodning, David G Moore
R2,357 Discovery Miles 23 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Built in 1566 by Spanish conquistador Juan Pardo, Fort San Juan is the earliest known European settlement in the interior United States. Located at the Berry site in western North Carolina, the fort and its associated domestic compound stood near the Native American town of Joara, whose residents sacked the fort and burned the compound after only eighteen months. Drawing on archaeological evidence from architectural, floral, and faunal remains, as well as newly discovered accounts of Pardo's expeditions, this volume explores the deterioration in Native American-Spanish relations that sparked Joara's revolt and offers critical insight into the nature of early colonial interactions.

The History of the Kingdoms and States of Asia, Africa and America. Both Ancient and Modern. The Sixth Edition With Additions.... The History of the Kingdoms and States of Asia, Africa and America. Both Ancient and Modern. The Sixth Edition With Additions. By Samuel Puffendorf, (Hardcover)
Samuel Pufendorf
R1,214 Discovery Miles 12 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Spirit of Place in Finistere (Paperback): Wendy Mewes Spirit of Place in Finistere (Paperback)
Wendy Mewes
R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Searching for Jonah - Clues in Hebrew and Assyrian History (Hardcover): Don E. Jones Searching for Jonah - Clues in Hebrew and Assyrian History (Hardcover)
Don E. Jones
R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Searching for Jonah offers a fresh, eclectic, and indisputably imaginative approach to interpreting one of the most famous stories in all of literature. The author, a lifelong Bible scholar, applies evidence from Hebrew and Assyrian history and etymology, along with scientific and archeological discoveries. The author concludes that Jonah was a state-sponsored evangelist and diplomat, acting on behalf of an official cult in Bethel. He was sent to Nineveh in Assyria to make alliance with a rebel faction that was friendly to Israel. In this he succeeded, and changed history.

A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII (Hardcover): Thomas Pennant A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII (Hardcover)
Thomas Pennant
R1,108 Discovery Miles 11 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Ancient Maya - New Perspectives (Hardcover, New): Heather McKillop The Ancient Maya - New Perspectives (Hardcover, New)
Heather McKillop
R2,755 Discovery Miles 27 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Thanks to powerful innovations in archaeology and other types of historical research, we now have a picture of everyday life in the Mayan empire that turns the long-accepted conventional wisdom on its head. Ranging from the end of the Ice Age to the flourishing of Mayan culture in the first millennium to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, The Ancient Maya takes a fresh look at a culture that has long held the public's imagination. Originally thought to be peaceful and spiritual, the Mayans are now also known to have been worldly, bureaucratic, and violent. Debates and unanswered questions linger. Mayan expert Heather McKillop shows our current understanding of the Maya, explaining how interpretations of "dirt archaeology," hieroglyphic inscriptions, and pictorial pottery are used to reconstruct the lives of royalty, artisans, priests, and common folk. She also describes the innovative focus on the interplay of the people with their environments that has helped further unravel the mystery of the Mayans' rise and fall.

New Views of the Constitution of the United States (Hardcover): John Taylor New Views of the Constitution of the United States (Hardcover)
John Taylor
R884 Discovery Miles 8 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published: Washington City: Printed for the Author, by Way and Gideon, 1823. 4], 316 pp. Hardcover. New.
Reprint of the uncommon first edition of the fourth and last of Taylor's books on the United States Constitution. Little-known today, Taylor's work is of great significance in the political and intellectual history of the South and essential for understanding the constitutional theories that Southerners asserted to justify secession in 1861. Taylor was a leading advocate of states' rights, agrarianism and a strict construction of the Constitution in the political battles of the 1790s.
"Taylor and myself have rarely, if ever, differed in any political principle of importance."-- Thomas Jefferson. Later Southern political leaders, notably John C. Calhoun, shared this opinion.
Known as John Taylor of Caroline 1753-1824], Taylor fought in the Revolutionary War and served briefly in the Virginia House of Delegates before he became a Senator from Virginia. Taylor was the author of Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated, A Defence of the Measures of the Administration of Thomas Jefferson, attributed to Curtius, An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States and other works

Native American Artifacts of Wisconsin (Hardcover): Paul Schanen, David Hunzicker Native American Artifacts of Wisconsin (Hardcover)
Paul Schanen, David Hunzicker; Edited by Margaret Eden
R2,312 R1,873 Discovery Miles 18 730 Save R439 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Native American Artifacts of Wisconsin is designed to bridge the gap between the professional and amateur archaeologist. In an easy and logical format, it serves as an excellent reference on the prehistoric artifacts found specifically in Wisconsin. The guide provides time periods, detailed drawings, artifact photos, and documented discovery locations quickly and easily, without the reader having to wade through lengthy journal entries or detailed scholarly papers. In addition, Paul Schanen and David Hunzicker provide guidelines to collectors about the importance of documenting the circumstances and locations of their own artifact finds and how best to share this information with others in order to increase our collective knowledge about these priceless, prehistoric artifacts and the populations who created and used them. Only through careful unearthing, detailed documentation and collaborative sharing will we learn about the people(s) that lived thousands of years ago. No doubt much remains for us to discover about Native Americans from the daily tools they used as they farmed, hunted, lived, hoped, dreamed, and died among the very same forests, hills and streams Wisconsin residents call home today.

The new British Traveller - Or, a Complete Modern Universal Display of Great-Britain and Ireland: The Whole Published Under the... The new British Traveller - Or, a Complete Modern Universal Display of Great-Britain and Ireland: The Whole Published Under the Immediate Inspection of George Augustus Walpoole, Embellished With Upwards of one Hundred and Fifty Views (Hardcover)
Multiple Contributors
R1,281 Discovery Miles 12 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Respect for the Ancestors - American Indian Cultural Affiliation in the American West (Hardcover): Peter N Jones Respect for the Ancestors - American Indian Cultural Affiliation in the American West (Hardcover)
Peter N Jones
R583 Discovery Miles 5 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In 1996 on the banks of the Columbia River a 9,300-year old skeleton was found that would become the impetus for the first legal assault on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The Kennewick Man, as it came to be called, put to test whether the American Indian tribes of the area were culturally affiliated with the skeleton as they claim and their oral traditions affirm, or whether the skeleton was affiliated with a people who are no longer present. At the same time, another 9,000-year old skeleton was found in the storage facility of the Nevada State Museum, where it had gone unnoticed for the past 50 years. Like the Kennewick Man, the Spirit Cave Mummy also brought to fore the question of cultural affiliation between contemporary American Indian tribes of the western Great Basin and those people who resided in the area during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene. Cultural anthropologist Peter N. Jones tackles these contentious questions in this landmark study, Respect for the Ancestors. For the first time in a single work, the question of cultural affiliation between the present-day American Indians of the American West and the people of the distant past is examined using multiple lines of evidence. Out of this comprehensive study, a picture of continuous cultural evolution and adaptation between the peoples of the ancient past and those of the present-day emerges from the evidence. Further, important implications for the field of anthropology are discussed as a result of this benchmark study. Anyone working in the American West today will benefit from this book.

The Life and Military History of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Roman Empire, and Generalissimo of the... The Life and Military History of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Roman Empire, and Generalissimo of the British Forces, in the Late Reign of Her Majesty Queen Anne To Which Will be Added (Hardcover)
Jean Du Mont
R1,218 Discovery Miles 12 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Hadrian's Wall - Creating Division (Hardcover): Matthew Symonds Hadrian's Wall - Creating Division (Hardcover)
Matthew Symonds
R2,693 Discovery Miles 26 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Over its venerable history, Hadrian’s Wall has had an undeniable influence in shaping the British landscape, both literally and figuratively. Once thought to be a soft border, recent research has implicated it in the collapse of a farming civilisation centuries in the making, and in fuelling an insurgency characterised by violent upheaval. Examining the everyday impact of the Wall over the three centuries it was in operation, Matthew Symonds sheds new light on its underexplored human story by discussing how the evidence speaks of a hard border scything through a previously open landscape and bringing dramatic change in its wake. The Roman soldiers posted to Hadrian’s Wall were overwhelmingly recruits from the empire’s occupied territories, and for them the frontier could be a place of fear and magic where supernatural protection was invoked during spells of guard duty. Since antiquity, the Wall has been exploited by powers craving the legitimacy that came with being accepted as the heirs of Rome: it helped forge notions of English and Scottish nationhood, and even provided a model of selfless cultural collaboration when the British Empire needed reassurance. It has also inspired creatives for centuries, appearing in a more or less recognisable guise in works ranging from Rudyard Kipling’s Puck of Pook’s Hill to George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones. Combining an archaeological analysis of the monument itself and an examination of its rich legacy and contemporary relevance, this volume presents a reliable, modern perspective on the Wall.

The Supplementary Volume to the Leicestershire Views - Containing a Series of Excursions in the Year 1790, to the Villages and... The Supplementary Volume to the Leicestershire Views - Containing a Series of Excursions in the Year 1790, to the Villages and Places of Note in the County. By John Throsby (Hardcover)
John Throsby
R1,144 Discovery Miles 11 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
SILICON VALLEY the Way I Saw It (Hardcover): John East SILICON VALLEY the Way I Saw It (Hardcover)
John East; Contributions by Albert E Perry
R996 R853 Discovery Miles 8 530 Save R143 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Landscapes and Cities - Rural Settlement and Civic Transformation in Early Imperial Italy (Hardcover): John R. Patterson Landscapes and Cities - Rural Settlement and Civic Transformation in Early Imperial Italy (Hardcover)
John R. Patterson
R5,628 Discovery Miles 56 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The first two centuries AD are conventionally thought of as the "golden age" of the Roman Empire, yet Italy in this period has often been seen as being in a state of decline and even crisis. This book investigates the relationships between city and countryside in Italy in the early Empire, using evidence from literary texts and inscriptions, and the wealth of data derived from archaeological field surveys over recent years. Looking at individual towns and regions as well as at the broader picture, and stressing the diversity of situations across Italy, John R. Patterson examines how changing patterns of building and benefaction in the cities were related to developments in the country, and underlines the resourcefulness of the cities, both large and small, in seeking to maintain and develop their civic traditions.

Viking's Last Voyage - The Lost Greenland Colony Found and Lost Again (Hardcover): Iral Conrad Nelson, Iral Clair Nelson Viking's Last Voyage - The Lost Greenland Colony Found and Lost Again (Hardcover)
Iral Conrad Nelson, Iral Clair Nelson
R631 Discovery Miles 6 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
One Friday in Jerusalem - Walking to Calvary- a Tour, a Faith, a Life (Hardcover): Moubarak Andre One Friday in Jerusalem - Walking to Calvary- a Tour, a Faith, a Life (Hardcover)
Moubarak Andre; Edited by Harting Bob
R636 R579 Discovery Miles 5 790 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Kamal Aldin Niknami, Ali Hozhabri Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Kamal Aldin Niknami, Ali Hozhabri
R3,711 Discovery Miles 37 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection of twenty-eight essays presents an up-to-date survey of pre-Islamic Iran, from the earliest dynasty of Illam to the end of Sasanian empire, encompassing a rich diversity of peoples and cultures. Historically, Iran served as a bridge between the earlier Near Eastern cultures and the later classical world of the Mediterranean, and had a profound influence on political, military, economic, and cultural aspects of the ancient world. Written by international scholars and drawing mainly on the field of practical archaeology, which traditionally has shared little in the way of theories and methods, the book provides crucial pieces to the puzzle of the national identity of Iranian cultures from a historical perspective. Revealing the wealth and splendor of ancient Iranian society - its rich archaeological data and sophisticated artistic craftsmanship - most of which has never before been presented outside of Iran, this beautifully illustrated book presents a range of studies addressing specific aspects of Iranian archaeology to show why the artistic masterpieces of ancient Iranians rank among the finest ever produced. Together, the authors analyze how archaeology can inform us about our cultural past, and what remains to still be discovered in this important region.

Milestones in Archaeology - A Chronological Encyclopedia (Hardcover): Tim Murray Milestones in Archaeology - A Chronological Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
Tim Murray
R3,297 Discovery Miles 32 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This engaging work uses key discoveries, events, people, techniques, and controversies to give the general reader a rich history of archaeology from its beginnings in the 16th century to the present. The history of archaeology leads from the musty collections of dilettante antiquarians to high-tech science. The book identifies three major developmental periods-Birth of Archaeology (16th-18th centuries), Archaeology of Origins and Empires (19th century), and World Archaeology (20th century). An introductory essay acquaints the reader with the essence of the science for each period. The short entries comprising the balance of the book expand on the themes introduced in the essays. Organized around personalities, techniques, controversies, and conflicts, the encyclopedia brings to life the history of archaeology. It broadens the general reader's knowledge by detailing the professional significance of widely known discoveries while introducing to wider knowledge obscure but important moments in archaeology. Archaeology is replete with the visionaries and swashbucklers of popular myth; it is also filled with careful and dedicated scientists. 200 entries present chronological milestones in the history of archaeology Includes 70 photographs and drawings of people, sites, and artifacts Three maps locate sites mentioned throughout the text Includes an extensive bibliography for introductory essays and each entry

The Life of Tobias Smollett, M.D. With Critical Observations on his Works. By Robert Anderson, (Hardcover): Robert Anderson The Life of Tobias Smollett, M.D. With Critical Observations on his Works. By Robert Anderson, (Hardcover)
Robert Anderson
R787 Discovery Miles 7 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Indo-European Perspectives - Studies In Honour of Anna Morpurgo Davies (Hardcover): J.H.W. Penney Indo-European Perspectives - Studies In Honour of Anna Morpurgo Davies (Hardcover)
J.H.W. Penney
R6,341 Discovery Miles 63 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book brings together new and original work by forty two of the world's leading scholars of Indo-European comparative philology and linguistics from around the world. It shows the breadth and the continuing liveliness of enquiry in an area which over the last century and a half has opened many unique windows on the civilizations of the ancient world. The volume is a tribute to Anna Morpurgo Davies to mark her retirement as the Diebold Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford.
The book's six parts are concerned with the early history of Indo-European (Part I); language use, variation, and change in ancient Greece and Anatolia (Parts II and III); the Indo-European languages of Western Europe, including Latin, Welsh, and Anglo-Saxon (Part IV); the ancient Indo-Iranian and Tocharian languages (Part V); and the history of Indo-European linguistics (Part VI).
Indo-European Perspectives will interest scholars and students of Indo-European philology, historical linguistics, classics, and the history of the ancient world.

Madison County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments Inc. (Hardcover): Willis Speed Kastorff Madison County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments Inc. (Hardcover)
Willis Speed Kastorff
R913 Discovery Miles 9 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Life, History and Tryal of Harry Smythee, Esq - Who was Try'd at the Lent Assizes Held for the County of Dorset, 1741:... The Life, History and Tryal of Harry Smythee, Esq - Who was Try'd at the Lent Assizes Held for the County of Dorset, 1741: and Convicted for the Murder of his Sweet-heart Jane Mew, That was With Child by Him (Hardcover)
Multiple Contributors
R718 Discovery Miles 7 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Voyage From England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV. And an Historical Narrative of the Operations of the Squadron and Army in... A Voyage From England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV. And an Historical Narrative of the Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, Under Watson and Clive (Hardcover)
Edward Ives
R1,112 Discovery Miles 11 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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