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Archaeological Theory
Product DescriptionThis is a lively overview of the major ideas and concepts in archaeological theory. Archaeological Theory Read More →
African Civilizations: An Archaeological Perspective
Product DescriptionThis major new revised edition of African Civilizations reexamines the physical evidence for developing social complexity in tropical Africa over the past four thousand years and considers possible explanations of the developments that gave rise to it. Graham Connah focuses on urbanism and state formation...
Grave Injustice: The American Indian Repatriation Movement and NAGPRA
Product DescriptionGrave Injustice is the powerful story of the ongoing struggle of Native Americans to repatriate the objects and remains of their ancestors that were appropriated, collected, manipulated, sold, and displayed by Europeans and Americans. Anthropologist Kathleen S. Fine-Dare focuses on the history and culture...
Temples of the African Gods
ISBN13: 9781920153083 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Product DescriptionThis is a scientific expose that will shatter our knowledge of ancient human history. Scholars have...
Digging through Darkness: Chronicles of an Archaeologist
Product DescriptionAnthropologist Schrire combines autobiography, historical archaeology, and fictional reconstructions to explore the roots and consequences of colonial conquest in Africa, Australia, and the Pacific. Her findings are then interwoven with historical sources to present an integrated picture of the past, giving...
Statutory Default Rules: How to Interpret Unclear Legislation
Product Description Most new law is statutory law; that is, law enacted by legislators. An important question, therefore, is how should this law be interpreted by courts and agencies, especially when the text of a statute is not entirely clear. There is a great deal of scholarly literature on the rules and legal materials...
How War Began
Product DescriptionHave humans always fought and killed each other, or did they peacefully coexist until organized states developed? Is war an expression of human nature or an artifact of civilization? Questions about the origins and inherent motivations of warfare have long engaged philosophers, ethicists, and anthropologists...
Greek Folk Religion
Product Description “In the extensive literature relating to ancient Greece, there is no work that serves the purposes of this volume. A Swedish proverb speaks of placing the church in the middle of the village, and that is precisely what Nilsson has here done. Homer and Hesiod formed the basis of the traditional education...
The World of the Vikings
ISBN13: 9780500051443 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Product DescriptionA vivid picture of the Vikings that draws on the latest discoveries and augments written evidence with...
Ritual and Pilgrimage in the Ancient Andes: The Islands of the Sun and the Moon
Product Description“Well written and cogently argued, this book will appeal to . . . scholars of complex societies worldwide.” –Helaine Silverman, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Islands of the Sun and the Moon in Bolivia’s Lake Titicaca were two...
