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Landlord villages dominated Iranian land tenure for hundreds of
years, whereby one powerful landlord owned the village structures,
surrounding farmland, and to all intents and purposes, the village
occupants themselves, a system that in some cases remained in place
up to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. In Oman, mud-brick oases were
home to most of the rural population right up until Sultan Qaboos
came to power in 1970, and required inhabitants of mud-brick houses
to relocate into new concrete block buildings. Historical
Archaeology and Heritage in the Middle East explores these
everyday, rural communities in Iran and Oman in the 19th and 20th
centuries, through a combination of building analysis, excavation,
artefact analysis and ethnographic interviews. Drawing on the
results of original field projects, the book considers new ways of
exploring traditional lifeways, giving voice to hitherto largely
ignored sections of the population, and offers new and different
ways of thinking about how these people lived and what shaped their
lives and the impact of major political and social changes on them.
Place, memory and belonging are considered through the lens of
material culture within these villages. The first of its kind, the
book brings together methodologies, research questions, and themes
that have never been used or addressed in the Middle East. Helping
to establish historical archaeology in the Middle East and
providing new ways in which the memorable, quotidian past can be
exploited for its social and economic value in contemporary
community and heritage developments, it is an ideal resource for
students, scholars and practitioners of historical archaeology and
heritage of and in the Middle East.
The human cost in any conflict is of course the first care in terms
of the reduction, if not the elimination of damage. However, the
destruction of archaeology and heritage as a consequence of civil
and international wars is also of major concern, and the
irreversible loss of monuments and sites through conflict has been
increasingly discussed and documented in recent years.
Post-Conflict Archaeology and Cultural Heritage draws together a
series of papers from archaeological and heritage professionals
seeking positive, pragmatic and practical ways to deal with
conflict-damaged sites. For instance, by showing that
conflict-damaged cultural heritage and archaeological sites are a
valuable resource rather than an inevitable casualty of war, and
suggesting that archaeologists use their skills and knowledge to
bring communities together, giving them ownership of, and
identification with, their cultural heritage. The book is a mixture
of the discussion of problems, suggested planning solutions and
case studies for both archaeologists and heritage managers. It will
be of interest to heritage professionals, archaeologists and anyone
working with post-conflict communities, as well as anthropology,
archaeology, and heritage academics and their students at a range
of levels.
The human cost in any conflict is of course the first care in terms
of the reduction, if not the elimination of damage. However, the
destruction of archaeology and heritage as a consequence of civil
and international wars is also of major concern, and the
irreversible loss of monuments and sites through conflict has been
increasingly discussed and documented in recent years.
Post-Conflict Archaeology and Cultural Heritage draws together a
series of papers from archaeological and heritage professionals
seeking positive, pragmatic and practical ways to deal with
conflict-damaged sites. For instance, by showing that
conflict-damaged cultural heritage and archaeological sites are a
valuable resource rather than an inevitable casualty of war, and
suggesting that archaeologists use their skills and knowledge to
bring communities together, giving them ownership of, and
identification with, their cultural heritage. The book is a mixture
of the discussion of problems, suggested planning solutions and
case studies for both archaeologists and heritage managers. It will
be of interest to heritage professionals, archaeologists and anyone
working with post-conflict communities, as well as anthropology,
archaeology, and heritage academics and their students at a range
of levels.
Landlord villages dominated Iranian land tenure for hundreds of
years, whereby one powerful landlord owned the village structures,
surrounding farmland, and to all intents and purposes, the village
occupants themselves, a system that in some cases remained in place
up to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. In Oman, mud-brick oases were
home to most of the rural population right up until Sultan Qaboos
came to power in 1970, and required inhabitants of mud-brick houses
to relocate into new concrete block buildings. Historical
Archaeology and Heritage in the Middle East explores these
everyday, rural communities in Iran and Oman in the 19th and 20th
centuries, through a combination of building analysis, excavation,
artefact analysis and ethnographic interviews. Drawing on the
results of original field projects, the book considers new ways of
exploring traditional lifeways, giving voice to hitherto largely
ignored sections of the population, and offers new and different
ways of thinking about how these people lived and what shaped their
lives and the impact of major political and social changes on them.
Place, memory and belonging are considered through the lens of
material culture within these villages. The first of its kind, the
book brings together methodologies, research questions, and themes
that have never been used or addressed in the Middle East. Helping
to establish historical archaeology in the Middle East and
providing new ways in which the memorable, quotidian past can be
exploited for its social and economic value in contemporary
community and heritage developments, it is an ideal resource for
students, scholars and practitioners of historical archaeology and
heritage of and in the Middle East.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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++++ The Heart Of The Wind ... Ruth Young Mathews, 1907
While staying at her godmother's cottage by the sea, ten-year-old
Florence finds a secret passageway into the attic where she learns
some surprising family secrets - about herself! Why did her mum
keep these secrets from her? Who is Florence's real father? And
what is the reason her godmother and mum don't get along? Shortly
after her discovery, Florence begins having unexplained and scary
experiences. Her belongings are mysteriously moved around. She is
rescued from sea, but where is her rescuer? And most unnerving of
all, Florence has the constant feeling that she is being watched!
Join Florence as she learns more about her family and the
mysterious things that are happening to her in Ruth Young's new
book, Aunty Marmalade.
"when i am well
i will take you
"
At first Billy's father just seemed distant, as if he had
something on his mind. Then he stopped listening to music, saying
it hurt his ears. After a while he stopped eating and sleeping. And
after that he just stopped. Stopped being Billy's father and his
friend and became someone else. Someone who was depressed and
withdrawn and wouldn't respond to treatments.
Determined to help their father, Billy and his family devise a
series of unconventional therapies for him. But the strain of
looking after Dad begins to wear on them all. Billy stops writing
songs and starts avoiding his friends. His sister wants to
suicide-proof the house. And his mother worries about losing her
job because she takes so much time off. Taking care of Dad is
starting to sap the strength they need to keep him alive.
"The Opposite of Music" is a powerful and realistic debut novel
about the lengths a family will go to in order to save one of their
own, and the strength it takes to learn how to ask for help.
By focusing on two regional river valleys rather than individual
sites or small groups of sites in north west Pakistan, Ruth Young
shows how previous studies of 2nd millennium BC subsistence
strategies have reached rather limited and often unrepresentative
conclusions. Both new and published archaeological and
environmental evidence, plus ethnographic interviews, from the
valleys of Swat and Dir are used to reveal insights which
contradict tradition models of urban-rurak, plains-hills
dichotomies.
This book offers a critical synthesis of the archaeology of South
Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE), when domestication
began, to the spread of Buddhism accompanying the Mauryan Emperor
Asoka's reign (third century BCE). The authors examine the growth
and character of the Indus civilisation, with its town planning,
sophisticated drainage systems, vast cities and international
trade. They also consider the strong cultural links between the
Indus civilisation and the second, later period of South Asian
urbanism which began in the first millennium BCE and developed
through the early first millennium CE. In addition to examining the
evidence for emerging urban complexity, this book gives equal
weight to interactions between rural and urban communities across
South Asia and considers the critical roles played by rural areas
in social and economic development. The authors explore how
narratives of continuity and transformation have been formulated in
analyses of South Asia's Prehistoric and Early Historic
archaeological record.
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