This book by the late Brazilian activist and quilombo leader Ant nio Bispo dos Santos offers an original perspective on ways of living and relating to others and to the land that is rooted in a quilombo cosmovision the polytheistic, counter-colonial, confluential worldview articulated by Bispo through quilombola thinking in Brazil.
The Foregone: Teachers From the Water opens with a dying carver sealing a warning into stone above a rising sea, and spends eight chapters chasing the same figure across the ancient world — a teacher who arrives after catastrophe, gives a people the arts of civilization, and departs without ever taking a throne.
A Firsthand Look at a Groundbreaking Archaeological DiscoveryIn 2014, aerial photography revealed a submerged structure beneath the waters of Lake Iznik, near the ancient city of Nicaea.
A bold new theory on what sparked the "e;big bang"e; of human cultureThe abrupt emergence of human culture over a stunningly short period continues to be one of the great enigmas of human evolution.
THE LAST HEATHENS From Proto-Indo-Europeans to the Viking Age and Charlemagne's War on the Old GodsTwelve thousand years ago, three peoples who had never met—hunter-gatherers of the northern forests, farmers migrating out of Anatolia, and horse-riding pastoralists from the steppes beyond the Black Sea—began the long, slow collision that would become Northern Europe.
At Novgorod's excavated cultural layers, wooden street planking dates to specific years through dendrochronology, birchbark documents preserve household correspondence, and pollen records trace centuries of forest clearance in the surrounding hinterland.
Mit 34 AbbildungenWo findet der Reisegast so herrliche Strande, so bezaubernde Kustenlandschaften und zugleich eine ahnlich kostliche Kuche wie in der Turkei?
The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Children of Ash and Elm and award-winning expert on the Vikings brings us even closer to their worldWho do we think of when we think about the Vikings?
This interdisciplinary book navigates applying decolonial theories to practices across disciplines Decolonial work requires remaining deferent to communities and collaborators while also leveraging resources to support their priorities.
This interdisciplinary book navigates applying decolonial theories to practices across disciplines Decolonial work requires remaining deferent to communities and collaborators while also leveraging resources to support their priorities.
Presenta un estudio integral sobre los individuos humanos enterrados en la Pirámide de la Serpiente Emplumada, uno de los edificios más emblemáticos de la antigua ciudad de Teotihuacan.
Verstreut über die rauen Gipfel der schottischen Highlands liegen die Ruinen antiker keltischer Festungen, die die fundamentalen Gesetze der Geologie verhöhnen.
Das Bedürfnis nach Vorherbestimmbarkeit des eigenen Schicksals ist ein kulturgeschichtliches Phänomen, das die Menschheit seit frühester Zeit beschäftigt.
Auf der Grundlage der Ausgrabungen von 1994–2008 auf dem Tafelberg nördlich von Perge skizziert Wolfram Martini die Entfaltung eines kleinen Gemeinwesens zum wichtigsten Siedlungsplatz in dem von Meer und Taurusgebirge gesäumten Landschaftsraum der pamphylischen Schwemmebene.
Tras la construcción indiscriminada de embalses, la obra estrella de mediados del siglo XX en nuestro país, más de quinientos pueblos quedaron sumergidos bajo los pantanos en circunstancias muchas veces dramáticas.
La obra presenta un estudio integral de los sistemas funerarios zapotecos a partir del análisis contextual y biológico de entierros excavados en Monte Albán.
The story of the ancient world s most spectacular library, and the civilization that created it'A thrilling trip back to Mesopotamia, birthplace of horoscopes and algorithms via the abundant records they left behind, written on clay tablets absorbing hums with life' - Mathew Lyons, Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating and rich in detail provides an excellent survey of Mesopotamian literary classics.
La Universidad del Magdalena y la Universidad de Cádiz han iniciado en el año 2024 un proyecto bilateral colombianohispano para el estudio arqueológico integral de las comunidades prehispánicas que explotaron los recursos fluviolacustres-marinos en la zona de la Ciénaga Grande, en la actual interfaz marítimo-terrestre del Caribe colombiano (área entre Barranquilla y Santa Marta).
Something struck the Earth 12,900 years ago — not once, but in a swarm, delivering the force of hundreds of nuclear weapons across multiple continents in the span of hours.
Der Mensch hat seit seiner Entstehung und Entwicklung in Afrika einen langen Weg nach Mitteleuropa hinter sich: Er wanderte mehrmals von Afrika nach Eurasien, überlebte Wärmephasen und Kaltzeiten, breitete sich über einen Großteil der bewohnbaren Welt aus und wurde erst vor kurzer Zeit, um 10.
Der Mensch hat seit seiner Entstehung und Entwicklung in Afrika einen langen Weg nach Mitteleuropa hinter sich: Er wanderte mehrmals von Afrika nach Eurasien, überlebte Wärmephasen und Kaltzeiten, breitete sich über einen Großteil der bewohnbaren Welt aus und wurde erst vor kurzer Zeit, um 10.
Hoch in den eisigen Todeszonen der peruanischen Anden stießen Archäologen auf ein 500 Jahre altes Inka-Mädchen, das so perfekt erhalten war, dass noch gefrorenes Blut in ihrem Herzen ruhte.
High in the freezing altitudes of the Peruvian Andes, archaeologists discovered a 500-year-old Inca girl so perfectly preserved that she still had blood in her heart.
PRE-ORDER THIS THRILLING ADVENTURE OF A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL IN A LOST ARABIAN CITY, FROM FORMER GREEN BERET ALEX DEKKER An explosive adventure with the grit and authenticity that only a seasoned operator can deliver JACK CARR, bestselling author of The Terminal List'Heart-pounding' - DAVID MCCLOSKEY'Dekker is the real deal' - GREGG HURWITZ'Starts like a rocket and never lets up' - BRAD TAYLOR'To all of you who read me, Dan Brown, James Rollins and Daniel Silva, this is THE book for you.
The author considers the Morgantina terracottas as representatives of one of the liveliest traditions of the Greek minor arts, and thus he examines questions of stylistic development and influence, workshop traditions, and technique.
This volume of papers delivered to The Royal Society in February of 1992 explores the debate over the "e;single center"e; hypothesis of human origins versus "e;multi-regional evolution.
From thousands of fragments of plaster the author has assembled clues to the scheme of the wall painting in this royal palace destroyed by fire at the end of the thirteenth century B.
