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Flavian Responses to Nero's Rome (Hardcover): Mark Heerink, Esther Meijer Flavian Responses to Nero's Rome (Hardcover)
Mark Heerink, Esther Meijer
R3,931 Discovery Miles 39 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this interdisciplinary volume, a team of classicists, historians, and archaeologists examines how the memory of the infamous emperor Nero was negotiated in different contexts and by different people during the ensuing Flavian age of imperial Rome. The contributions show different Flavian responses to Nero's complicated legacy: while some aspects of his memory were reinforced, others were erased. Emphasizing the constant and diverse nature of this negotiation, this book proposes a nuanced interpretation of both the Flavian age itself and its relation to Nero's Rome. By combining the study of these strategies with architectural approaches, archaeology, and memory studies, this volume offers a multifaceted picture of Roman civilization at a crucial turning point, and as such will have something to offer anyone interested in classics, (ancient) history, and archaeology.

Egypt - Ancient Histories, Modern Archaeologies (Hardcover, New): Rachael Dann, Karen Exell Egypt - Ancient Histories, Modern Archaeologies (Hardcover, New)
Rachael Dann, Karen Exell
R2,392 Discovery Miles 23 920 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

The book covers Egyptian history from the Predynastic to the late Roman Period. It also introduces early contemporary literary references to ancient Egypt and uses a number of theoretical approaches to interrogate the archaeological and textual data.

Landscape Biographies - Geographical, Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on the Production and Transmission of... Landscape Biographies - Geographical, Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on the Production and Transmission of Landscapes (Hardcover)
Rita Hermans, Jan Kolen, Hans Renes
R3,950 Discovery Miles 39 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Landscape Biographies explores the long and complex histories of landscapes from personal and social perspectives. As an essential part of human life-worlds, landscapes have the potential to absorb something of people's lives, works, and thoughts. But landscapes also shape their own life-histories at different timescales, transcending human life-cycles and generating their own temporalities and rhythms. It comes as no surprise, therefore, that the co-scripting of landscapes and people figures prominently in the (auto-)biographical works of writers and attracts the interest of geographers, archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists. This has even resulted in a new genre in landscape research, rapidly gaining in popularity, under the heading of 'landscape biography'. In Landscape Biographies, twenty geographers, archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists investigate the diverse ways in which landscapes and monuments have been constructed, transmitted, and transformed from prehistory up to the present, from Manhattan to Shanghai, from Iceland to Portugal, and from England to Estonia. Among the authors are distinguished scholars like Gisli Palsson, Cornelius Holtorf, Joshua Pollard, and Mark Gillings.

E-learning Methodologies and Computer Applications in Archaeology (Hardcover, New): Dionysios Politis E-learning Methodologies and Computer Applications in Archaeology (Hardcover, New)
Dionysios Politis
R4,638 Discovery Miles 46 380 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Tools of data comparison and analysis are critical in the field of archaeology, and the integration of technological advancements such as geographic information systems, intelligent systems, and virtual reality reconstructions with the teaching of archaeology is crucial to the effective utilization of resources in the field. ""E-Learning Methodologies and Computer Applications in Archaeology"" presents innovative instructional approaches for archaeological e-learning based on networked technologies, providing researchers, scholars, and professionals a comprehensive global perspective on the resources, development, application, and implications of information communication technology in multimedia-based educational products and services in archaeology.

Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art (Hardcover): Yuka Kadoi Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art (Hardcover)
Yuka Kadoi
R6,127 Discovery Miles 61 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art, fourteen scholars explore the legacy of Arthur Upham Pope (1881-1969) by tracing the formation of Persian art scholarship and connoisseurship during the twentieth century. Widely considered as a self-made scholar, curator, and entrepreneur, Pope was credited for establishing the basis of what we now categorize broadly as Persian art. His unrivalled professional achievement, together with his personal charisma, influenced the way in which many scholars and collectors worldwide came to understand the art, architecture and material culture of the Persian world. This ultimately resulted in the establishment of the aesthetic criteria for assessing the importance of cultural remains from modern-day Iran. With contributions by Lindsay Allen, Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Talinn Grigor, Robert Hillenbrand, Yuka Kadoi, Sumru Belger Krody, Judith A. Lerner, Kimberly Masteller, Cornelia Montgomery, Bernard O'Kane, Keelan Overton, Laura Weinstein, and Donald Whitcomb.

Shrines in a Fluid Space: The Shaping of New Holy Sites in the Ionian Islands, the Peloponnese and Crete under Venetian Rule... Shrines in a Fluid Space: The Shaping of New Holy Sites in the Ionian Islands, the Peloponnese and Crete under Venetian Rule (14th-16th Centuries) (Hardcover)
Argyri Dermitzaki
R3,711 Discovery Miles 37 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. In Shrines in a Fluid Space: The Shaping of New Holy Sites in the Ionian Islands, the Peloponnese and Crete under Venetian Rule (14th-16th Centuries), Argyri Dermitzaki reconstructs the devotional experiences within the Greek realm of the Venetian Stato da Mar of Western European pilgrims sailing to Jerusalem. The author traces the evolution of the various forms of cultic sites and the perception of them as nodes of a wider network of the pilgrims' 'holy topography'. She scrutinises travelogues in conjunction with archaeological, visual and historical evidence and offers a study of the cultic phenomena and sites invested with exceptional meaning at the main ports of call of the pilgrims' galleys in the Ionian Sea, the Peloponnese and Crete.

The Creation - Its Infinite Features and Finite Realms Volume IV: The Infinite Features and Finite Realms of the Creation, and... The Creation - Its Infinite Features and Finite Realms Volume IV: The Infinite Features and Finite Realms of the Creation, and the Life That Dwells Therein (Hardcover)
Jack Hetrick
R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Power of Cities - The Iberian Peninsula from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period (Hardcover): Sabine Panzram The Power of Cities - The Iberian Peninsula from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period (Hardcover)
Sabine Panzram
R4,988 Discovery Miles 49 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Power of Cities focuses on Iberian cities during the lengthy transition from the late Roman to the early modern period, with a particular interest in the change from early Christianity to the Islamic period, and on to the restoration of Christianity. Drawing on case studies from cities such as Toledo, Cordoba, and Seville, it collects for the first time recent research in urban studies using both archaeological and historical sources. Against the common portrayal of these cities characterized by discontinuities due to decadence, decline and invasions, it is instead continuity - that is, a gradual transformation - which emerges as the defining characteristic. The volume argues for a fresh interpretation of Iberian cities across this period, seen as a continuum of structural changes across time, and proposes a new history of the Iberian Peninsula, written from the perspective of the cities. Contributors are Javier Arce, Maria Asenjo Gonzalez, Antonio Irigoyen Lopez, Alberto Leon Munoz, Matthias Maser, Sabine Panzram, Gisela Ripoll, Torsten dos Santos Arnold, Isabel Toral-Niehoff, Fernando Valdes Fernandez, and Klaus Weber.

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. Third Edition (Hardcover)
Multiple Contributors
R1,013 Discovery Miles 10 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Selected Topics on Archaeology, History and Culture in the Malay World (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Mohd Rohaizat Abdul Wahab,... Selected Topics on Archaeology, History and Culture in the Malay World (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Mohd Rohaizat Abdul Wahab, Zakaria Haji Ahmad, Muhlis Hadrawi, Zuliskandar Ramli
R5,530 Discovery Miles 55 300 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

This book presents selected academic papers addressing five key research areas - archaeology, history, language, culture and arts - related to the Malay Civilisation. It outlines new findings, interpretations, policies, methodologies and theories that were presented at the International Seminar on Archaeology, History, and Language in the Malay Civilisation (ASBAM5) in 2016. Further, it provides new perspectives and serves as a vital point of reference for all researchers, students, policymakers and legislators who have an interest in the Malay Civilisation.

The First Urban Churches 3 - Ephesus (Hardcover): James R Harrison, L. L Welborn The First Urban Churches 3 - Ephesus (Hardcover)
James R Harrison, L. L Welborn
R1,420 Discovery Miles 14 200 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Ancker Haply And The Vasa Ship - Based on the historic 1628 event of the Vasa Ship (Hardcover): Grecia Saavedra Pinto Ancker Haply And The Vasa Ship - Based on the historic 1628 event of the Vasa Ship (Hardcover)
Grecia Saavedra Pinto; Illustrated by Cecilia Pinto Valdes
R480 R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Save R31 (6%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Ugarit and the Old Testament (Hardcover): Peter C Craigie Ugarit and the Old Testament (Hardcover)
Peter C Craigie
R817 R706 Discovery Miles 7 060 Save R111 (14%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Religion and Ideology in Assyria (Hardcover, Digital original): Beate Pongratz-Leisten Religion and Ideology in Assyria (Hardcover, Digital original)
Beate Pongratz-Leisten
R4,150 Discovery Miles 41 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Addressing the relationship between religion and ideology, and drawing on a range of literary, ritual, and visual sources, this book reconstructs the cultural discourse of Assyria from the third through the first millennium BCE. Ideology is delineated here as a subdiscourse of religion rather than as an independent category, anchoring it firmly within the religious world view. Tracing Assur's cultural interaction with the south on the one hand, and with the Syro-Anatolian horizon on the other, this volume articulates a "northern" cultural discourse that, even while interacting with southern Mesopotamian tradition, managed to maintain its own identity. It also follows the development of tropes and iconic images from the first city state of Uruk and their mouvance between myth, image, and royal inscription, historiography and myth, and myth and ritual, suggesting that, with the help of scholars, key royal figures were responsible for introducing new directions for the ideological discourse and for promoting new forms of historiography.

Archaeologies of Early Modern Spanish Colonialism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Sandra Monton-Subias, Maria Cruz Berrocal, Apen... Archaeologies of Early Modern Spanish Colonialism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Sandra Monton-Subias, Maria Cruz Berrocal, Apen Ruiz Martinez
R4,064 Discovery Miles 40 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Archaeologies of Early Modern Spanish Colonialism illustrates how archaeology contributes to the knowledge of early modern Spanish colonialism and the "first globalization" of the 16th and 17th centuries. Through a range of specific case studies, this book offers a global comparative perspective on colonial processes and colonial situations, and the ways in which they were experienced by the different peoples. But we also focus on marginal "unsuccessful" colonial episodes. Thus, some of the papers deal with very brief colonial events, even "marginal" in some cases, considered "failures" by the Spanish crown or even undertook without their consent. These short events are usually overlooked by traditional historiography, which is why archaeological research is particularly important in these cases, since archaeological remains may be the only type of evidence that stands as proof of these colonial events. At the same time, it critically examines the construction of categories and discourses of colonialism, and questions the ideological underpinnings of the source material required to address such a vast issue. Accordingly, the book strikes a balance between theoretical, methodological and empirical issues, integrated to a lesser or greater extent in most of the chapters.

The Life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord-Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The Fifth Edition. By M.... The Life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord-Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The Fifth Edition. By M. Morgan, Gent (Hardcover)
M. Morgan
R1,044 Discovery Miles 10 440 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
CyberResearch on the Ancient Near East and Neighboring Regions - Case Studies on Archaeological Data, Objects, Texts, and... CyberResearch on the Ancient Near East and Neighboring Regions - Case Studies on Archaeological Data, Objects, Texts, and Digital Archiving (Hardcover)
Vanessa Bigot Juloux, Amy Rebecca Gansell, Alessandro Di Ludovico
R5,177 Discovery Miles 51 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

CyberResearch on the Ancient Near East and Neighboring Regions presents case studies on archaeology, objects, texts, and online publishing, digital archiving, and preservation. Edited by Vanessa Bigot Juloux, Amy Rebecca Gansell, and Alessandro Di Ludovico, it emphasizes the significance of the digital humanities to Ancient Near Eastern Studies.

Soils in Archaeological Research (Hardcover): Vance T. Holliday Soils in Archaeological Research (Hardcover)
Vance T. Holliday
R3,564 Discovery Miles 35 640 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Soils, invaluable indicators of the nature and history of the physical and human landscape, have strongly influenced the cultural record left to archaeologists. Not only are they primary reservoirs for artifacts, they often encase entire sites. And soil-forming processes in themselves are an important component of site formation, influencing which artifacts, features, and environmental indicators (floral, faunal, and geological) will be destroyed and to what extent and which will be preserved and how well. In this book, Holliday will address each of these issues in terms of fundamentals as well as in field case histories from all over the world. The focus will be on principles of soil geomorphology, soil stratigraphy, and soil chemistry and their applications in archaeological research.

A new General Atlas, Containing a Geographical and Historical Account of all the Empires, Kingdoms, and Other Dominions of the... A new General Atlas, Containing a Geographical and Historical Account of all the Empires, Kingdoms, and Other Dominions of the World (Hardcover)
John Senex
R1,081 Discovery Miles 10 810 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East - Translated with an Introduction and Commentary (Hardcover): Adam C.... The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East - Translated with an Introduction and Commentary (Hardcover)
Adam C. Schwartz
R1,899 Discovery Miles 18 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since 1899 more than 73,000 pieces of inscribed divination shell and bone have been found inside the moated enclosure of the Anyang-core at the former capital of the late Shang state. Nearly all of these divinations were done on behalf of the Shang kingsand has led to the apt characterization that oracle bone inscriptions describe their motivations, experiences, and priorities. There are, however, much smaller sets of divination accounts that were done on behalf of members of the Shang elite other than the king.First noticed in the early 1930's, grouped and periodized shortly thereafter, oracle bone inscriptions produced explicitly by or on behalf of "royal familygroups" reveal information about key aspects of daily life in Shang societythat are barely even mentioned in Western scholarship. The newly published Huayuanzhuang East Oracle Bone inscriptions are a spectacular addition to the corpus of texts from Anyang: hundreds of intact or largely intact turtle shells and bovine scapulae densely inscribed with records of the divinations in which they were used. They were produced on the behalf of a mature prince of the royal family whose parents, both alive and still very much active, almost certainly were the twenty-first Shang king Wu Ding (r. c. 1200 B.C.) and his consort Lady Hao (fu Hao). The Huayuanzhuang East corpus is an unusually homogeneous set of more than two thousand five hundred divination records, produced over a short period of time on behalf of a prince of the royal family. There are typically multiple records of divinations regarding the same or similar topics that can be synchronized together, which not only allows for remarkable access into the esoteric world of divination practice, but also produce micro-reconstructions of what is essentially East Asia's earliest and most complete "day and month planner." Because these texts are unusually linguistically transparent and well preserved, homogeneous in orthography and content, and published to an unprecedentedly high standard, they are also ideal material for learning to read and interpret early epigraphic texts. The Huayuanzhuang East oracle bone inscriptions are a tremendously important Shang archive of "material documents" that were produced by a previously unknown divination and scribal organization. They expose us to an entirely fresh set of perspectives and preoccupationscentering ona member of the royal family at the commencement of China's historical period. The completely annotated English translation of the inscriptions is the first of its kind, and is a vibrant new source of Shang history that can be accessedto rewrite and supplement what we know about early Chinese civilization and life in the ancient world. Before the discerning reader are the motives, preoccupations, and experiences of a late Shang prince working simultaneously in service both for his Majesty, his parents, and hisown family.

The Archaeology and Material Culture of the Babylonian Talmud (Hardcover): Markham J. Geller The Archaeology and Material Culture of the Babylonian Talmud (Hardcover)
Markham J. Geller
R5,504 Discovery Miles 55 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Babylonian Talmud remains the richest source of information regarding the material culture and lifestyle of the Babylonian Jewish community, with additional data now supplied by Babylonian incantation bowls. Although archaeology has yet to excavate any Jewish sites from Babylonia, information from Parthian and Sassanian Babylonia provides relevant background information, which differs substantially from archaeological finds from the Land of Israel. One of the key questions addresses the amount of traffic and general communications between Jewish Babylonia and Israel, considering the great distances and hardships of travel involved.

The Forgotten People of Tharparkar (Hardcover): Anila Ali The Forgotten People of Tharparkar (Hardcover)
Anila Ali; Contributions by Fariha Khan, Anastasia Selberis
R586 R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Save R45 (8%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Skara Brae (Paperback): Historic Scotland Skara Brae (Paperback)
Historic Scotland
R208 Discovery Miles 2 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Neolithic village known as Skara Brae was continuously occupied for about 300 to 400 years, before being abandoned around 2500 BC. Despite severe coastal erosion, eight houses and a workshop have survived largely intact, with their stone furniture still in place. This is the best-preserved settlement of its period in northern Europe, and thousands of artefacts were discovered during excavations of the site. Who lived here? How did they live? And why did they ultimately abandon the village? In this lively account, Dr David Clarke, who led major excavations at Orkney's Skara Brae, describes the details of the site and explores some of the enigmas posed by this extraordinary survival.

Burgos in the Peninsular War, 1808-1814 - Occupation, Siege, Aftermath (Hardcover): C. Esdaile, P. Freeman Burgos in the Peninsular War, 1808-1814 - Occupation, Siege, Aftermath (Hardcover)
C. Esdaile, P. Freeman
R2,048 R1,823 Discovery Miles 18 230 Save R225 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For a full month in the autumn of 1812 the 2,000-strong garrison of the fortress the French had constructed to overawe the city of Burgos defied the Duke of Wellington. In this work a leading historian of the Peninsular teams up with a leading conflict archaeologist to examine the reasons for Wellington's failure.

Idylls and Idols (Hardcover): Will Wolf Idylls and Idols (Hardcover)
Will Wolf
R714 Discovery Miles 7 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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