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Ceramics of the Merv Oasis

2017-07-28 Social Science
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Book Synopsis Ceramics of the Merv Oasis by : Gabriele Puschnigg

Download or read book Ceramics of the Merv Oasis written by Gabriele Puschnigg. This book was released on 2017-07-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our knowledge of many groups or periods has benefited from systematic ceramic analysis, however as yet the Sasanian Empire of ancient Persia (224-651 AD) has not be subjected to the same examination. Merv, an expansive ancient city located in an oasis in the Central Asian steppes, was for millennia a gateway for travelers and traders along the Silk Road between east and west. Puschnigg’s detailed study of Merv’s Sasanian pottery creates a benchmark for other work on this ceramic corpus. She dissects the frequency, dates, wares, and profiles of hundreds of securely excavated pieces and compares them with the finds from earlier Russian studies, generally unavailable to western researchers. Puschnigg uses this material to provide insights into the social and economic dimensions of the Sasanian world, as well as providing researchers with a catalog of typical shapes and wares.

Ceramics Before Farming

2016-06-03 Social Science
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Release : 2016-06-03
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Book Synopsis Ceramics Before Farming by : Peter Jordan

Download or read book Ceramics Before Farming written by Peter Jordan. This book was released on 2016-06-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long-overdue advancement in ceramic studies, this volume sheds new light on the adoption and dispersal of pottery by non-agricultural societies of prehistoric Eurasia. Major contributions from Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia make this a truly international work that brings together different theories and material for the first time. Researchers and scholars studying the origins and dispersal of pottery, the prehistoric peoples or Eurasia, and flow of ancient technologies will all benefit from this book.

Silver Economy in the Viking Age

2016-06-03 Antiques & Collectibles
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Release : 2016-06-03
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Synopsis Silver Economy in the Viking Age by : James Graham-Campbell

Download or read book Silver Economy in the Viking Age written by James Graham-Campbell. This book was released on 2016-06-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book contributions by archaeologists and numismatists from six countries address different aspects of how silver was used in both Scandinavia and the wider Viking world during the 8th to 11th centuries AD. The volume brings together a combination of recent summaries and new work on silver and gold coinage, rings and bullion, which allow a better appreciation of the broader socioeconomic conditions of the Viking world. This is an indispensable source for all archaeologists, historians and numismatists involved in Viking Studies.

Reclaiming Heritage

2016-06-03 Social Science
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Book Synopsis Reclaiming Heritage by : Ferdinand de Jong

Download or read book Reclaiming Heritage written by Ferdinand de Jong. This book was released on 2016-06-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Struggles over the meaning of the past are common in postcolonial states. State cultural heritage programs build monuments to reinforce in nation building efforts—often supported by international organizations and tourist dollars. These efforts often ignore the other, often more troubling memories preserved by local communities—markers of colonial oppression, cultural genocide, and ethnic identity. Yet, as the contributors to this volume note, questions of memory, heritage, identity and conservation are interwoven at the local, ethnic, national and global level and cannot be easily disentangled. In a fascinating series of cases from West Africa, anthropologists, archaeologists and art historians show how memory and heritage play out in a variety of postcolonial contexts. Settings range from televised ritual performances in Mali to monument conservation in Djenne and slavery memorials in Ghana.

Nukak

2016-09-17 Social Science
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Release : 2016-09-17
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Book Synopsis Nukak by : Gustavo Politis

Download or read book Nukak written by Gustavo Politis. This book was released on 2016-09-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Gustavo Politis, one of the most renowned South American archaeologists, comes the first in-depth study in English of the last “undiscovered” people of the Amazon. His work is groundbreaking and urgent, both because of encroaching guerrilla violence that makes Nukak existence perilously fragile, and because his work with the Nukak represented one of the last opportunities to conduct research with hunter-gatherers using contemporary methodological and the theoretical tools. Through a rich and comprehensive ethno-archaeological portrait of material culture “in the making,” this work makes methodological and conceptual advances in the interpretation of hunter-gather societies. Politis’s conclusions, based on six years of original research and on comparative analysis, are integrative and contribute to the identification of the multiple factors involved in the formation of hunter-gatherer archaeological assemblages.

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