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Hardcover. This text is a groundbreaking work by archaeologist Lynn Meskell that examines the conflicts inherent in natural vs. cultural heritage. The author brings archaeological and ethnographic evidence to bear on a holistic understanding of one nation's self-identification by developing its protected areas and cultural heritage sites. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470670729
ISBN
9780470670729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.46

Paperback. This much-enhanced new edition of the highly accessible guide to practical archaeology is a vital resource for students. It features the latest methodologies, a wealth of case studies from around the world, and contributions from leading specialists in archaeological materials analysis. Editor(s): Balme, Jane; Paterson, Alistair G. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470657164
ISBN
9780470657164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.65

Paperback. In 1908, the American adventurer Robert Sterling Clark organized a scientific expedition to northern China to create a detailed geographical survey, photograph the region, and collect samples of the flora and fauna. This title showcases over 85 excavated objects from museums and archaeological institutes in cities along Clark's original route. Series: Clark Art Institute. Num Pages: 288 pages, 150 colour images + 75 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 238 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300179675
ISBN
9780300179675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. The modern Cyprian town of Polis Chrysochous - 'City of Gold' - lies above the city of Arsinoe and the earlier city - kingdom of Marion. Combining archaeological investigation and historical analysis, this book relates the discoveries establishing that these cities had close ties with Greece and with regions from Egypt to Anatolia. Editor(s): Childs, William A. P.; Smith, Joanna S.; Padgett, J. Michael. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 400 pages, 225 colour images + 25 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 3D; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2020.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300174397
ISBN
9780300174397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.56

Paperback. A collection of essay, which reexamine the Wu Family Shrines pictorial carvings from Han dynasty China, helping readers understand the long cultural history behind them. It addresses the ideals, practices, and problems of the Wu Family Shrines and Han China; and Han funerary art and architecture in Shandong and other regions. Series: Princeton University Art Museum Monographs S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 219 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300137040
ISBN
9780300137040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.81

Paperback. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 396 pages, 109 b&w photos, 10 b&w illus., 17 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 1QDAK; HDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292772021
ISBN
9780292772021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardcover. Rather than view the contours of Late Classic Maya social life solely from towering temple pyramids or elite sculptural forms, this book considers a suite of small anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and supernatural figurative remains excavated from household refuse deposits. Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 colour and 99 b&w illustrations, 3 maps, 6 graphs. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292771307
ISBN
9780292771307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.00

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292743403
ISBN
9780292743403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Correlating climate change and archaeological data, an award-winning historian offers the first comprehensive overview of how the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age significantly impacted the Native cultures of the American Southwest, Southern Plains, and Southeast Series: Clifton & Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3H; 3JB; HDD; JHMC; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292737617
ISBN
9780292737617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardback. One of the world's leading authorities presents a major overview of the Moche, one of pre-Columbian America's greatest civilizations, renowned for its monumental architecture, metalwork, ceramics, and textiles Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 colour and 62 b&w photographs, 23 line drawings, 1 map, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292737594
ISBN
9780292737594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Hardback. Based on archaeological investigations in southern Italy, this volume features a small but viable social and economic entity that was an unexpected find from a period generally marked by large landholdings Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3D; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292728776
ISBN
9780292728776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292708907
ISBN
9780292708907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Hardback. Humans first occupied Beringia during a twilight period when rising sea levels had not yet caught up with warming climates. This volume synthesizes research on the archaeological sites and changing climates and biota of the period. It also traces the evolving adaptations of early humans to the cold environments of northern Eurasia. Num Pages: 304 pages, 79 figures, 11 tables, and 7 text boxes. BIC Classification: HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130608
ISBN
9780231130608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.42
€ 57.15

Paperback. Series: Prehistoric Archaeology & Ecology S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 65 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
a
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226951515
ISBN
9780226951515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Van Riper chronicles the Victorian debate over the idea of prehistoric human origins within the context of Victorian science, showing how the notion of human antiquity forced Victorians to redefine their assumptions about human evolution and the relationship of science to Christianity. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; HDDA; JHMP; PDX; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226849928
ISBN
9780226849928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226771991
ISBN
9780226771991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.01

Hardcover. The history has resurrected from northern Europe's bogs several men, women, and children who were deposited there as sacrifices in the early Iron Age and kept intact by the chemical properties of peat. Offering an account of their modern afterlives, this title argues that the discovery of bog bodies began an extraordinary cultural journey. Num Pages: 320 pages, 63 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; HDDA; JFC; JHM; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734040
ISBN
9780226734040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 79.10

Paperback. The vertebrate fossil record extends back more than 500 million years, and bonebeds - localized concentrations of the skeletal remains of vertebrate animals - help unlock the secrets of this long history. This book provides readers with definitions, theoretical frameworks, and modern techniques in bonebed data collection and analysis. Editor(s): Rogers, Raymond R.; Eberth, David A.; Fiorillo, Tony R. Num Pages: 400 pages, 89 halftones, 26 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: HDW; PSVW; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226723716
ISBN
9780226723716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.37

Paperback. Combining archaeological and textual evidence, this book examines the eighth-century settlements that became the city-states of classical Greece (the polis). The author suggests that the Athenian model was probably the exception, not the rule, in the development of the polis. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226673349
ISBN
9780226673349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. Museums play a vital role in connecting us with little-known terrains and the deep mysteries of our historical past. Based on the author's exploration of the British Museum's world-famous collection of Egyptian antiquities, this title reveals the powerful role of museums in shaping our understanding of science, culture, and history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 colour plates, 99 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; GM; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1056.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226542102
ISBN
9780226542102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

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