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Written by the undisputed dean of U.S. denial and deception
experts, Practise to Deceive is the most in-depth look at deception
as a military strategy. Barton Whaley knew the history of denial
and deception across time, disciplines, and culture. He was the
foremost authority on the intricacies of denial and deception
strategy and tactics. For Whaley, deception was a mind-game,
requiring imagination, deep critical thought, a profound
understanding of the enemy as well as one's self (a variation of
Sun Tzu), and patience and fortitude. This book presents 88 vividly
descriptive case studies to serve as a handbook for intelligence
and military professionals. In Whaley's analysis, variations in
guilefulness between opposing individuals or groups can be crucial
in deciding who achieves victory in combat.
The third volume of the Homines, Funera, Astra series gathers works
presented at the third and fourth editions of the International
Symposium on Funerary Archaeology: Death and Fire in Ancient Times
(15–18 September 2013), and Time and Cause of Death from
Prehistory to the Middle Ages (21–23 September 2014), both held
at the ‘1 Decembrie 1918’ University in Alba Iulia, Romania.
The contributions focus on two central topics regarding past
funerary behaviour in Central and South-Eastern Europe: cremation,
and cause and time of death. As in previous volumes,
interdisciplinarity is a key feature. The study of archaeological
contexts through 14C dating and Bayesian modelling, osteological
studies including palaeopathologies, and epigraphic and numismatic
evidence were all taken into account to establish the various
causes of death and/or the moment these tragic events took place.
The present volume includes 13 studies, six of which are dedicated
to prehistoric funerary practices – dating to the Neolithic and
Eneolithic periods (four studies), Bronze Age (one study) and Iron
Age (one study). Three more papers are focused on the Roman Age,
while the volume is completed with four papers on the Medieval
period, overall providing a wealth of new information on funerary
behaviour in this part of Europe.
The study of burial practices, of human attitudes and behaviour in
the face of death, has been an important part of archaeological
research from its very beginnings. Some funerary discoveries have
achieved sensational fame. Yet beyond this the archaeological
community quickly came to understand that it is possible to gain as
much information about the lives of past people from studying their
funerary behaviour as it is from studying their daily activities
and the resultant artefacts. This volume gathers together the
majority of the papers presented at the International Symposium on
Funerary Anthropology, 'Homines, Funera, Astra', which took place
at '1 Decembrie 1918' University of Alba Iulia, 5-8 June 2011. The
theme of the conference, aimed to address the investigation of
human osteological remains and burial practices specific to the
prehistory and history in Central and Eastern Europe. Contents: 1)
Spirituality of Palaeolithic burials: offerings of decorative items
and body ornaments (Valentin-Codrin Chirica, Vasile Chirica); 2)
Considerations regarding the Palaeolithic anthropological
discoveries in Romania and the Republic of Moldova (Madalin-Cornel
Valeanu); 3) On Palaeolithic social inequality: The funerary
evidence (Mircea Anghelinu); 4) Burial practices in the Iron Gates
Mesolithic (Adina Boroneant, Clive Bonsall); 5) Bioarchaeological
inferences from Neolithic human remains at Alba Iulia-Lumea Noua
(Transylvania, Romania) (Mihai Gligor, Mariana Rosu, Viorel
Panaitescu 6) Gendered bodies and objects in a mortuary domain:
Comparative analysis of Durankulak cemetery ); (Susan Stratton,
Dusan Boric); 7) Adornments from the Hamangia cemetery excavated at
Cernavoda - Columbia D. Contextual analysis (Raluca Kogalniceanu);
8) Shell adornments from the Hamangia cemetery excavated at
Cernavoda - Columbia D. Techno-typological analysis (Monica
Margarit); 9) Traditions, Rules and Exceptions in the Eneolithic
Cemetery from Sultana - Malu Rosu (Southeast Romania) (Catalin
Lazar, Madalina Voicu, Gabriel Vasile); 10) Anthropological
research of the Komariv type (Middle Bronze Age) tumular cemetery,
at Adancata (Suceava County, Romania) (Angela Simalcsik, Bogdan
Petru Niculica); 11) Coins and pebbles from the Anglo-Georgian
excavations at Pichvnari (Michael Vickers); 12) Funerary rite and
rituals of the Early Sarmatians (second and first centuries BC) in
the area between the mouths of the Don and the Danube (Funerary
customs of Scythians and Thracians: a lexical analysis (Vitalie
Barca); 13) Infant Burials in Roman Dobrudja. A report of work in
progress: The case of Ibida (Slava Rusa) (Alexander Rubel, Andrei
D. Soficaru); 14) Aspects of everyday life in Scythia Minor
reflected in some funerary discoveries from Ibida (Slava Rusa,
Tulcea County) (Dan Aparaschivei, Mihaela Iacob, Andrei D.
Soficaru, Dorel Paraschiv); 15) Early Roman and Late Roman child
graves in Dobrudja (Romania) (Irina Achim).
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