Homines, funera, astra 3-4 : the multiple faces of death and burial : proceedings of the International Symposium on Funerary Anthropology, '1 Decembrie 1918' University (Alba Iulia...
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The third volume of the Homines, Funera, Astra series gathers works presented at the third and fourth editions of the International Symposium on Funerary Archaeology: Death and Fire in Ancient Times (15-18 September 2013), and Time and Cause of Death from Prehistory to the Middle Ages (21-23 September 2014), both held at the '1 Decembrie 1918' University in Alba Iulia, Romania. The contributions focus on two central topics regarding past funerary behaviour in Central and South-Eastern Europe: cremation, and cause and time of death.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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9781803275260 (PDF ebook) :
Growing up in the Cis-Baikal region of Siberia, Russia : reconstructing childhood diet of Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers /
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This volume analyses the dietary life histories of prehistoric hunter-gatherers from six cemeteries in the Lake Baikal region of Siberia, Russia. The overarching goal was to better understand how they lived by examining what they ate, how they utilized the landscape, and how this changed over time.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274942 (PDF ebook) :
Well met! : friends and travelling companions of Rev. Thomas Bowles : journals of travels in Egypt, Petra and the Near East, 1854 /
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This volume follows Rev. Thomas Bowles on his travels from Sri Lanka to Egypt and the Levant. His travel journals record the places seen and the often harsh travel conditions. Bowles' notes are amplified by chapters offering additional context and biographies for the broad cross-section of fascinating people encountered along the way.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
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9781803274843 (PDF ebook) :
The usage of ochre at the verge of Neolithisation from the Near East to the Carpathian Basin /
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This volume explores the cultural meaning of ochre among the societies of the Late Epipalaeolithic/Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic from the Levant to the Carpathian Basin.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803273372 (PDF ebook) :