The hydraulic system of Uxul : origins, functions, and social setting /
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This research seeks to close an essential research gap - the understanding of the water management strategies of the Maya in pre-Hispanic times. It focuses on the archaeological investigation of the hydraulic system of Uxul, a medium-sized Maya centre in the south of the state of Campeche, Mexico.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xxii, 518 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784919306 (ebook) :
Egitto, Iraq ed Etruria nelle fotografie di John Alfred Spranger : viaggi e ricerche archeologiche (1929-1936) /
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This volume presents the 1930s archaeological photo-albums of photos make it possible to understand, after almost a century, how many Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Etruscan sites appeared at the time of their first excavations.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789691276 (ebook) :
Earthen construction technology : proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France), volume 11, session V /
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Presents papers from Session IV-5 of the 18th UISPP World Congress (Paris, June 2018). The archaeological study of earthen construction has until now focused on typology and conservation; papers here instead consider their construction and anthropological importance.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Conference proceedings.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (ii, 157 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789697247 (ebook) : :
Open access.
Investigations into the dyeing industry in Pompeii : experimental archaeology and computer simulation techniques /
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The scale of processing associated with the dyeing industry in Pompeii is a controversial subject. To determine the scale of manufacturing would allow an understanding of the operation of Pompeii's economy and its part in the Roman World. Previous studies have taken a theoretical approach, and no conclusive answer has been reached. Conversely, this book uses a new multi-disciplinary triangulated approach. A replica was constructed to gauge the operating parameters of a dyeing apparatus within the framework of the principles of experimental archaeology. The remains were re-examined in situ with the new operational and ergonomics understanding. The replica was amended to allow exploration of design features and ventilation. The throughput of the apparatus was placed within the context of the industry with modern manufacturing systems theory.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : illustrations, maps. :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789697438 (PDF ebook) :
Post-Roman and medieval drying kilns : foundations of archaeological research /
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Drying kilns, corn-dryers, and malting ovens are familiar features in post-Roman, Anglo-Saxon and medieval archaeology, yet few works of synthesis are available. Robert Rickett's pioneering dissertation is published here with additional material from Mark McKerracher which sets the work within the context of more recent studies.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (x, 139 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803270715 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
The first thousand years of glass-making in the ancient Near East : compositional analyses of Late Bronze and Iron Age glasses /
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Explores glass composition and production from the mid-second to mid-first millennia BC, the first thousand years of glass-making. Multi-element analyses of 132 glasses from Pella in Jordan, and Nuzi and Nimrud in Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia) produce new and important data that provide insights into the earliest glass production.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations, maps :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789697049 (PDF ebook) :
The rise of metallurgy in Eurasia : evolution, organisation and consumption of early metal in the Balkans /
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'The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia' is a landmark study in the evolution of early metallurgy in the Balkans. It demonstrates that far from being a rare and elite practice, the earliest metallurgy in the world was a common and communal craft activity.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (xvii, 676 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803270432 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
From vines to wines in classical Rome : a handbook of viticulture and oenology in Rome and the Roman West /
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David L. Thurmond's From Vines to Wines in Classical Rome is the first general handbook on winemaking in Rome in over 100 years. In this work, Thurmond surveys the biology of the vine, the protohistory, history, viticulture, winemaking, distribution and modes of consumption of wine in classical Rome. He uses a close reading of the relevant Latin texts along with a careful survey of relevant archaeology and comparative practices from modern viticulture and oenology to elucidate this essential element of Roman culture.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004334595 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The role of metals in ancient Greek history /
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The first in-depth study of the field in more than 20 years analyzes the role of various metals in the context of Greek economic life, politics, culture and art, traces the movement of metal from ore to finished objects, including works of art, and shows the relations between the regions where metals were extracted and the centres of metalworking, the structure of the workshops and the connections between them and the role of the workshops in economic life at different stages in Greek history. In doing so it adopts a multidisciplinary approach, defining the role of metals in the history of Greek society using the widest possible variety of sources: the excavated remains of workshops and hoards, archaeometallurgical finds; the results of studies of ancient mines and analyses of ancient metal objects; bronze plastics and jewelry, coins et cetera The chronological span of the study is the 8th-1st centuries B.C., id est from the beginning of the main period of Greek colonization till the end of the Hellenistic era. The geographical scope of the work is the Greek oikumene. New to most scholars will be Treister's knowledge of objects and technologies in the eastern Greek and Roman world of the Northern Black Sea and Colchis. While this book does not pretend to be a definitive survey of the history of mining and metallurgy in the Greek world, it is a particularly useful interim report.
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1 online resource (xiv, 481 pages, [61] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-454) and index. :
9789004329829 :
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Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Mirrors of salt : proceedings of the First International Congress on the Anthropology of Salt : 20-24 August 2015, 'Al. I. Cuza' University, Iași, Romania /
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'Mirrors of Salt' publishes the proceedings of the First International Congress on the Anthropology of Salt, which took place at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași (Romania).
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (478 pages) : illustrations :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784914578 (PDF ebook) :