Archaeology

The world-renowned Egyptologist explores the reality behind her bestselling historical fiction in this "e;stunning"e; look at a remarkable civilization (Publishers Weekly).

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The Origins of England (1986) gives a comprehensive overview of the crucial period of migration and settlement that can be seen as the beginning of English history.

This edited volume scrutinizes how pre-Columbian human societies have shaped and transformed lowland South America - contributing to biological and landscape diversity.

This edited volume scrutinizes how pre-Columbian human societies have shaped and transformed lowland South America - contributing to biological and landscape diversity.

Essays examining the Chinese worker experience during the construction of America's Transcontinental Railroad.

The wall paintings from the West House at Mycenae are discussed in relation to their context within the building.

The papers published here are dedicated to the memory of Ellen N.

The Minoan site at Bramiana in southeastern Crete provides evidence for a Bronze Age economy based on trade, agriculture, and craftwork.

For too long, some scholars have overlooked women's role in the Israelite religion.

This is the first volume on the Late Minoan IIIC settlement at Chalasmenos, located near Ierapetra in eastern Crete.

The site of Knossos on the Kephala hill in central Crete is of great archaeological and historical importance for both Greece and Europe.

Gender in African Prehistory provides methods and theories for delineating and discussing prehistoric gender relations and their change through time.

For too long, some scholars have overlooked women's role in the Israelite religion.

The Saxon Age (1979) presents a vivid portrait of the daily life of Saxon England.

A fully illustrated insight into an innovative recovery program that supports wounded soldiers through involvement in archaeology.

A fully illustrated insight into an innovative recovery program that supports wounded soldiers through involvement in archaeology.

The Caedmon Poems (1916) contains the texts of Caedmon's poems, the birth of Christian poetry in England.

Gender in African Prehistory provides methods and theories for delineating and discussing prehistoric gender relations and their change through time.

No one could ever get fully inside the mind of Jesus, but we can gain important insights through a better understanding of the contexts in which he spoke and acted.

Born at Christmas 1249 to Richard, Edmund of Cornwall was nephew to Henry III and cousin to Edward I.

This edited volume compiles a series of chapters written by experts of isotopic analysis in order to highlight the utility of various isotope systems in the reconstruction of past human behaviors.

This is the first volume on the Late Minoan III necropolis of Armenoi in western Crete.

It was long felt that an English edition on the architecture of Akrotiri, dealing not only with the building technology, but also with issues of typology, form, and function, would be welcomed.

This edited volume compiles a series of chapters written by experts of isotopic analysis in order to highlight the utility of various isotope systems in the reconstruction of past human behaviors.

This volume draws together the ground-breaking work of researchers and archaeological practitioners, working in multiple countries, to explore and understand the material and cultural impacts of the Pacific War.

Born at Christmas 1249 to Richard, Edmund of Cornwall was nephew to Henry III and cousin to Edward I.

The information presented in this book will startle the world.

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1896 account of the excavation, mainly, of tombs in the area around Ballas and Naqada on the edge of the Egyptian desert, 30 miles north of Thebes.

This volume draws together the ground-breaking work of researchers and archaeological practitioners, working in multiple countries, to explore and understand the material and cultural impacts of the Pacific War.

This study outlines the state of our present knowledge concerning the Mycenaean settlements in Messenia and examines the evidence for reconstructing the political geography of the "e;Kingdom"e; of Pylos.

Anglo-Saxon Coins (1961) is an illustrated analysis of the coinage of the Anglo-Saxon era.

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1896 account of the excavation, mainly, of tombs in the area around Ballas and Naqada on the edge of the Egyptian desert, 30 miles north of Thebes.

When you wake up on a hot July morning in the central Sacramento Valley of California, your first thought is normally, how long it will be before the temperature reaches one hundred degrees, and what am I going to do to deal with it?

Primary source documents and detailed entries reveal what ancient Egypt was like, using the objects and artifacts of daily life from the period covering the Predynastic era through the Graeco-Roman period (5000 BCE to 300 CE).

Flinders Petrie undertook excavation and survey of ancient Egyptian towns in the Faiyum oasis, south-west of Cairo, in 1888–90.

Late Saxon and Viking Art (1949) is a lavishly-illustrated examination of the art of the Saxon era - the carvings, sculpture, illustrations, drawings and paintings that emerged from the Anglo-Saxon and Viking cultures.

First published in 1982 in the Identity of Man Professor Clark considers a problem which has puzzled men from the authors of the books of the Old Testament to Charles Darwin and his successors: how to reconcile the animal appetites of men with their awareness of gods and their intimations of immortality.

The goal of this book is to trace the development of elite Minoan architectural forms that arose during the late Protopalatial (Middle Minoan II) and early Neopalatial periods (Middle Minoan III).

The Temple University Aegean Symposium was an annual event from 1976 until 1985 sponsored by the Department of Art History at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

This is the first of five planned volumes to present the primary archaeological report about the excavation of the cave of Hagios Charalambos in eastern Crete.

This textbook is a compilation of the author's more than 35 years of teaching and excavation experience in the field of Aegean Bronze Age art history and archaeology.

El presente manual es una breve guia para aquellos interesados en los lugares romanos que tienen que ver con el Nuevo Testamento, y en particular con Pedro y Pablo.

The Anticolonial Museum acknowledges some of the consequences of colonialism in the current work of museums.

Eine unterhaltsame GeschichtsstundeTheodore Papakostas präsentiert uns in diesem Buch das gesamte griechische Altertum, von der tiefen Vorgeschichte bis zu seinem Ende, auf höchst unterhaltsame Art: Zwei Fremde treffen sich in einem Aufzug, der eine ist Archäologe, der andere nicht.

This volume explores the many stories of ancient Maya people and the relevance of those stories today.

Ohne Zement, Metalle aller Art und Kunststoffe wäre unser heutiges Leben vermutlich undenkbar.

Of all avian groups, birds of prey in particular have long been a prominent subject of fascination in many human societies.

This book is a condensed summary of a broad spectrum of the geological heritage of the Middle Atlas.

The Origins of Britain (1980) follows the path of man's occupation of Britain from the scattered pockets of habitation in the earliest Palaeolithic period through to his growing domination of the landscape and his capacity to mould his environment evident in the late Bronze Age.