Gifts, goods and money : comparing currency and circulation systems in past societies /
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The papers gathered in this volume explore the economic and social roles of exchange systems in past societies from a variety of different perspectives. Based on a broad range of individual case studies, the authors tackle problems surrounding the identification of (pre-monetary) currencies in the archaeological record.
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Previous edition issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (vi, 228 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784918361 (ebook) :
The not very patrilocal European Neolithic : strontium, aDNA, and archaeological kinship analyses /
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Two decades of strontium isotope research on Neolithic European burials - reinforced by high-profile ancient DNA studies - has led to widespread interpretations that these were patrilocal societies, implying significant residential mobility for women. This volume questions that narrative from a social anthropological perspective on kinship.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations, maps :
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9781789699814 (PDF ebook) :
Tinqueux 'la haubette' (Marne, France) : un site exceptionnel du Néolithique ancien /
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This volume presents the results of archaeological work at the Neolithic site of Tinqueux 'la Haubette' (Marne) dated to the 'Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain' (5000-4700 cal. BC). The site comprises five houses, a series of pits, and the remains of an oven. The analyses reveal hitherto unknown facets of the BVSG culture.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
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1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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Open access.
A dignified passage through the gates of Hades : the burial custom of cremation and the warrior order of Ancient Eleutherna /
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This work examines the burial customs of cremation of the Warrior Order of Ancient Eleutherna.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784913847 (ebook) :
Archaeological excavations in Moneen Cave, the Burren, Co. Clare : insights into Bronze Age and post-medieval life in the West of Ireland /
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In 2011, cavers exploring a little-known cave on Moneen Mountain in County Clare in the west of Ireland discovered part of a human skull, pottery and an antler implement. An archaeological excavation followed, leading to the discovery of large quantities of Bronze Age pottery, butchered animal bones and oyster shells.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
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9781784914554 (ebook) :
Enfoques metodológicos en el estudio de los asentamientos fortificados de la edad del hierro : aproximación teórica a la metodología de estudio sobre la defensa del territorio en l...
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This volume focuses on the main methodological perspectives currently existing in studies on Iron Age fortified settlements.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784914493 (ebook) :
Navigation et installations lacustres dans les hautes terres du Mexique : les cas mexica et tarasque /
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This research focuses on the practice of lake navigation and specific facilities that are associated with it in Late Postclassic Mesoamerica. Due to the need for a wholistic approach, this research is situated in a multidisciplinary framework that combines archaeology, ethnology and ethnohistory.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
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9781784919108 (ebook) :
Burial mounds in Europe and Japan : comparative and contextual perspectives /
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This title brings together specialists of the European Bronze and Iron Age and the Japanese Yayoi and Kofun periods for the first time to discuss burial mounds in a comparative context. The text aims to strengthen knowledge of Japanese archaeology in Europe and vice versa.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789690088 (ebook) :
Mobility and exchange across borders : exploring social processes in Europe during the first millennium BCE, theoretical and methodological approaches /
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In recent decades, the study of cultural interactions in the Iron Age has been considerably renewed thanks to the application of new methods and tools, opening the way to new research perspectives. Papers provide different examples from various contexts and regions while applying new methodologies to highlight the diversity of cultural transfers.
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Conference proceedings.
Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (ii, 133 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
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9781789697308 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Plant food processing tools at early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe /
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This volume reconstructs plant food processing at this key Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600-8000 BC) site, with an emphasis on cereals, legumes and herbs as food sources, on grinding and pounding tools for their processing, and on the vessels implied in the consumption of meals and beverages. Functional investigations on grinding and pounding tools and on stone containers through use-wear and residue analyses are at the core of the book.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (vii, 234 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781803270937 (PDF ebook) :
Stone vessels in the Near East during the Iron Age and the Persian period (c. 1200-330 BCE) /
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This text focuses on the characteristics and the development of the stone vessel industry in the Near East during the Iron Age and the Persian period (c. 1200 - 330 BCE). Three main aspects of this industry are investigated. First, the technology behind the manufacture of stone vessels, the tools and techniques, and how these changed across time. Second, the mechanisms of exchange of stone vessels and how these were affected by the changing political landscape through time. Third, the consumption patterns of stone vessels in both elite and non-elite contexts, and how these patterns changed through time.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784915537 (ebook) :
Current approaches to collective burials in the late European prehistory : proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1-7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain).
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The articles in this volume provide examples of different approaches currently being developed on Prehistoric collective burials of southern Europe, mostly focusing on case studies, but also including contributions of a more methodological scope.
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Previously issued in print: 2017.
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1 online resource (xii, 128 pages) : illustrations (black and white) :
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9781784917227 (ebook) :
Excavation, analysis and interpretation of early Bronze Age barrows at Guiting Power, Gloucestershire /
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Excavation, Analysis and Interpretation of Early Bronze Age Barrows at Guiting Power, Gloucestershire covers the full excavation, analysis and interpretation of two early Bronze Age round barrows at Guiting Power in the Cotswolds, a region where investigation and protection of such sites have been extremely poor, with many barrows unnecessarily lost to erosion, and with most existing excavation partial, and of low quality. One monument, Guiting Power 1, typical of many others in the region in terms of general form, was investigated to assess how far surviving evidence could be used to indicate original structure, as a basis for discussion of function as a funerary and ritual site. The project is paired with the full excavation of a larger round barrow, of similar date, nearby, at Guiting Power 3 in the valley below.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (ii, 372 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) :
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9781789693607 (ebook) :
La séquence paléolithique de Karain E (Antalya, Turquie) : analyses techniques et typologiques (1989-2009) /
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The long Paleolithic sequence of Karain (Antalya, Turkey) began around 500,000 years ago and continued until the final Paleolithic around 10,000 BC. This volume presents all the cultural and technical variations during this immense period, situated in a context which joins Africa, Asia, and Europe.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (90 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781789696806 (PDF ebook) :
Ancient weapons of Oman.
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Omani men carried personal weapons until relatively recently. Swords and daggers were part of daily life attire and are still worn in social events. This book describes all the main types of Omani edged weapons, their origin, structure and accessories, with supporting illustrations and references to examples from museums and private collections.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
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9781803270319 (PDF ebook) :
Mortuary differentiation and social structure in the Middle Helladic Argolid, 2000-1500 B.C /
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In this volume the archaeological, anthropological and radiocarbon data from selected sites of the Middle Helladic period are integrated to determine if there was variation between individual burials, groupings and cemeteries and to reconstruct change through time. This work was done for selective Argive sites, namely Lerna, Asine and Aspis.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (422 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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9781789696264 (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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9781803274942 (PDF ebook) :