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Students are often overwhelmed by the amount ofinformation
presented in the introductory financial accounting course,
whileinstructors often want their students to better grasp the big
picture of therole financial accounting plays in business.
Fundamentals of FinancialAccounting Concepts takes a unique
approach to building accounting skills, focusingstudents on
financial statement effects while maintaining a more traditionaluse
of debits and credits. With this method, the authors drive
studentcuriosity and inspire them to ask the "why" questions that
get at the heart ofhow accounting works. Through use of the
financial statements model andhorizontal transaction analysis,
students quickly see how any given businessevent affects the
financial statements. With straightforward writing, popular
lecturevideos, and a unique approach, Fundamentals of Financial
Accounting Concepts equipsstudents with the critical thinking
skills needed by future businessdecision-makers and leaders.
FundamentalManagerial Accounting Concepts focuses on the
development ofdecision-making skills helping students to truly
understand managerialaccounting concepts and improving their
ability to make sound businessdecisions. The text places a heavy
emphasis on service and merchandisingcompanies. For example, the
budgeting chapter uses a merchandising business,while most
traditional texts use a manufacturing company. Using a
servicecompany is not only more relevant, but also simplifies the
learningenvironment, thereby making it easier for students to focus
on budgetingconcepts rather than procedural details. The Edmonds
author team alsopromotes a student's understanding of concepts by
isolating and introducing theconcepts individually in
decision-making contexts. This allows for students tonot only
comprehend the concepts, but also to understand how business
conceptsinterrelate, which is a very critical part of seeing the
bigger picture inaccounting. Utilizing a heavy emphasis
ondecision-making and a unique approach to how accounting concepts
are introducedwill provide your students the foundational knowledge
they need to succeed inthe classroom and beyond!
The viral sensation of 2018, as featured by ITV's Lorraine, The
Sunday Times, The Guardian, Metro, MailOnline, The Sun, Buzzfeed,
Bored Panda and many more. Pair up the dogs with their owners in
this hilarious card game. Fifty cards depict fun photographs of the
dogs and owners, and humorous texts are included in the booklet to
provide clues about 25 people and their furry best friends. Why DO
people look like their dogs? Is it shared personality traits,
barely suppressed narcissistic tendencies, or do they grow together
over time like old married couples? This game explores the intense
bonds we develop with our dogs, which are far from only skin, or
even fur, deep. Play as a memory game with the cards face down for
added entertainment. Collect the most pairs to win! This is the
perfect gift for dog lovers and a must have Christmas gift.
'The text speaks for itself. It is a vivid, scholarly and sensitive view.' - The Archaeologist
'As a specialist, I found Ancestral Geographies unusually enjoyable as well as stimulating, and I think it will work well for other kinds of readers at different stages and with different interests. For a sense of how life might have been both in daily spheres and at unusual monuments in the Early Neolithic, this is a brilliant introduction.' - Landscape History
'This is a wonderful book, beautifully written, and elegant summary of Edmonds' own views and of the conclusions of an exciting new generation of British prehistorians.' - Ian Hodder, Cambridge Archaeological Journal
The causewayed enclosures of the neolithic era were the first
monumental structures in the British Isles. But the uses to which
these vast concentric rings of raised walkways were put remains
confused. Archaeological evidence suggests that these sites had
many different, and often contradictory functions, and there may
have been other uses for which no evidence survives. How can
archaeologists present an effective interpretation, with the
consciousness that both their own subjectivity, and the variety of
conflicting views will determine their approach. Because these
sites have become a focus for so much controversy, the problem of
presenting them to the public assumes a critical importance. The
authors raise central issues which occur in all archaeological
interpretation, especially in sites that have been put to a variety
of uses over time. The authors have not tried to provide a
comprehensive review of the archaeology of all these causewayed
sites in Britain, but rather to use them as case studies in the
development of an arcaheological interpretation. These techniques
and approaches can be applied to sites of many periods.
The aim of this book is to explore the changing character and
social roles of stone tools of the Neolithic and Bronze Ages in
Britain, examining the changing material and social conditions
under which tools were produced, acquired, used and deposited.
This volume builds upon the model of the first Stone Axe Studies
volume published in 1979. It explores how scholars from various
parts of the world currently approach these distinctive items. Some
papers are united by specific material, such as those working on
Jadeite axe blades in western and Central Europe. For others, the
link is analytical (e.g., the development of new geochemical
techniques), contextual (e.g., work on techniques of hafting or on
patterns of deposition) or conceptual (e.g., the uses made of
ethno-historic and related models). Taken together, they document
the state of the art in stone axe research in Britain and abroad,
at the same time providing a much needed basis for comparative
study and for debate regarding analytical and interpretative
issues.
Interpreting the Axe Trade documents the changing character and
context of stone axe production and exchange in the British
Neolithic. Drawing on a variety of studies, the authors explore
some of the problems and potentials that attend archaeological
discussions of exchange at both a theoretical and a methodological
level. Out of this critique arises an argument for an integrated
approach to the production, circulation and consumption of past
material - an approach which acknowledges the subtle and complex
roles that 'things' may play in the reproduction of social life.
These arguments provide the basis for a case study which explores
the links between the social contexts within which Neolithic stone
axes circulated in Britain, and the social and material conditions
under which those objects were originally produced. Field survey,
excavation and detailed technological studies at the largest stone
axe source in Britain are set alongside analyses of the changing
character and social context of axe circulation and deposition
across the country as a whole. These different analytical threads
are then woven together in the final section of the book, where the
authors suggest that the patterns explored in the course of their
work reflect major changes in the nature of social life during the
Neolithic.
The Orcadian archipelago is a museum of archaeological wonders. Its
largest island, Mainland, is home to some of the oldest and
best-preserved Neolithic sites in Europe, the most famous of which
are the passage grave of Maeshowe, the megaliths of Stenness, the
Ring of Brodgar and the village of Skara Brae - evidence of a
dynamic society with connections binding Orkney to Ireland, to
southern Britain and to the western margins of continental Europe.
Despite 150 years of archaeological investigation, however, there
is much that we do not know about the societies that created these
sites. What historical background did they emerge from? What social
and political interests did their monuments serve? And what was the
nature of the links between Neolithic societies in Orkney and
elsehwere? Following a broadly chronological narrative, and
highlighting different lines of evidence as they unfold, Mark
Edmonds traces the development of the Orcadian Neolithic from its
beginnings in the early fourth millennium BC through to the end of
the period nearly two thousand years later. Juxtaposing an engaging
and accessible narrative with beautifully evocative photographs of
Orkney and its monuments, he uses artefacts, architecture and the
wider landscape to recreate the lives of Neolithic communities
across the region.
Anyone who lives in Derbyshire or has walked in the Peak District
will have marvelled at the rich variety of prehistoric remains: how
and why did our remote ancestors choose to live in this seemingly
wild and inhospitable. Arranging the text around a number of walks
that today's explorer can undertake, the authors cover the whole
prehistoric period, from the Mesolithic (the end of the last ice
age), through the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, down to the hilltop
enclosures of the Iron Age. At each period they describe the sort
of life that the communities would be leading. An accessible text
is enhanced by an exceptionally fine range of illustrations. Having
been a Research fellow in Archaeology at Cambridge University, Dr
Mark Edmonds is currently a Lecturer in the Department of
Archaeology & Prehistory, University of Sheffield. He is the
author of Stone Tools and Society.
Gardom's Edge is an area of gritstone upland situated on the
Eastern Moors of the Derbyshire Peak District. Like other parts of
the Eastern Moors, Gardom's Edge has long been renowned for the
wealth of prehistoric field systems, cairns and other structures
which can still be traced across the surface. Drawing on the
results of original survey and excavation, An Upland Biography
documents prehistoric activity across this area, exploring the
changing character of occupation from the Mesolithic to the Iron
Age. It also tacks back and forth between local detail and regional
patterns, to better understand the broader social worlds in which
Gardom's Edge was set.
Construction of a water supply pipeline in Cambridgeshire provided
an opportunity to sample the prehistoric landscape along a transect
that crossed several major geological boundaries. This narrow
window ran from the Lower Chalk of the ancient peninsula of
Isleham, across the heavy low-lying clays of Soham and down into
the peat fen of Stuntney and south-east Ely. Within the constraints
set by the development, field investigation and subsequent analysis
were conducted at several scales. In the initial stage, attention
focused on predicted occupation areas (principally at the fen
margins), while the intervening landscape between these areas and
known sites was sampled. Along with palaeoenvironmental data,
samples of flint, burnt flint and other materials provided a
context within which to explore specific models for interpreting
the character of later prehistoric landscape occupation across a
diverse set of conditions. As a consequence of landscape sampling,
six significant site areas were designated for archaeological
investigation. These were located at the neck of the sand and chalk
peninsula of Isleham, extending down its gradually sloping western
edge towards the braided palaeochannels of the River Snail. This
occupation-rich zone on the chalk contrasted sharply with areas of
the fen that showed little evidence of early occupation where
crossed by the pipeline. Two of these sites saw more extensive
fieldwork funded by English Heritage, and these form the main body
of the report. These different scales and intensities of work in
the field are reflected in the structure of the report. The
extensive survey and evaluation is dealt with in Chapter 2 and
provides a full record of work conducted along the length of the
pipeline corridor. Chapter 3 documents the more limited
investigations conducted at four of the site areas identified in
stage 1. The core of the volume lies in Chapters 4 and 5, which
deal with the more substantive records arising from work at
Prickwillow Road and around the palaeochannels of the River Snail.
Dominated by Early Bronze Age and Earlier Neolithic material
respectively, these sites add a significant body of information to
our understanding of the later prehistoric sequence in the area,
data which are set in broader context in Chapter 6.
For over two centuries, the Langdales have attracted the interests
of painters, poets and tourists. Prominent in the Romantic
imagination, the crags and dales still draw thousands in each year;
some to sketch and paint, others to ramble or to climb. The
particular 'ways of seeing' have had a profound effect upon the
area. But they are simply a small part of a story that extends back
over several thousand years. This book offers a sketch of a
sequence that goes beyond the frame of the Romantic gaze. It traces
how life has wound in different ways through the area from
prehistory to the present. In particular, it follows a path across
six thousand years to the Neolithic, when scattered groups
travelled to the crags to make axe blades from a distinctive
grey-green stone. Moving between prehistory and the more recent
past, it traces the contours of the world in which those journeys
were made, exploring what the crags meant to the people long before
the invention of Sublime.
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