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The Severed Cord is a book to fall in love with; a story of the two
main characters, Helena, and Samuel, their relationship, a
friendship and love that crosses all the social divides. Helena the
daughter of an aristocratic family and Samuel the aged black butler
work together to support each other in finding contentment. The
novel paints a portrait of human love and compassion through an
exploration of relationships and reactions to unexpected
happenings. Helena is tied by her obligation to her frail but
dominating mother and Samuel yearns to find his brother and his
ancestral history. There are many twists and turns, joyful and sad
with a surprise denouement and reaffirment of human love. Painted
vividly and with compassion and excitement the descriptive
narrative draws the reader in by sheer enjoyment and page-turning
promise. There is much to love in this tender, poignant novel.
The fourth volume in the Amheida series, ‘Ain el-Gedida:
2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western
Desert (Amheida IV) presents the systematic record and
interpretation of the archaeological evidence from the excavations
at ‘Ain el-Gedida, a fourth-century rural settlement in Egypt's
Dakleh Oasis uniquely important for the study of early Egyptian
Christianity and previously known only from written sources. Nicola
Aravecchia (Washington University), the Deputy Field Director of
NYU's Amheida Excavations, offers a history of the site and its
excavations, followed by an integrated topographical and
archaeological interpretation of the site and its significance for
the history of Christianity in Egypt. In the second half of the
volume a team of international experts presents catalogs and
interpretations of the archaeological finds, including ceramics
(Delphine Dixneuf, CRNS), coins (David M. Ratzan, NYU), ostraca and
graffiti (Roger S. Bagnall, NYU and Dorota Dzierzbicka, University
of Warsaw), small finds (Dorota Dzierzbicka, University of Warsaw),
and zooarcheological remains (Pamela J. Crabtree, NYU and Douglas
Campana).
Animals in complex human societies are often both meal and symbol,
related to everyday practice and ritual. People in such societies
may be characterized as having unequal access to such resources, or
else the meaning of animals may differ for component groups. Here,
in this book, 28 peer-reviewed papers that span 4 continents and
the Caribbean islands explore in different ways how animals were
incorporated into the diets and religions of many unique societies.
The temporal range is from the Neolithic to the Spanish
colonization of the New World as well as to modern tourist trade in
indigenous animal art. The volume explores various themes including
the interaction of foodways with complex societies, the interaction
between diet and colonialism and the complex role that animals, and
parts of animals, play in all human societies as religious,
identity markers, or other types of symbols. Organized according to
these themes, rather than geographic location or time period, the
papers presented here crosscut such divisions. In so doing, this
book presents an opportunity for scholars divided by geography
especially, but also by temporal period, to explore each other's
research and demonstrate that different archaeological settings can
address the same problems cross-culturally.
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