LBK realpolitik : an archaeometric study of conflict and social structure in the Belgian early Neolithic /
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The causes and consequences of violence and warfare have long interested social scientists, historians, and philosophers. While economic motivations for conflict are among the most commonly discussed drivers of human violence, prehistorians have often downplayed economic factors when studying non-state society. This volume explores linkages between conflict and socioeconomic organization during the early Neolithic of eastern Belgium (c.5200-5000 BC), using compositional analysis of ceramics from Linienbandkeramik villages to assess production organization and map intercommunity connections against the backdrop of increasing evidence for conflict.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784910891 (PDF ebook) :
The cutting edge : Khoe-San rock-markings at the Gestoptefontein-Driekuil engraving complex, North West Province, South Africa /
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Addresses rock engravings on the wonderstone hills just outside Ottosdal, South Africa. Much of the rock art has been destroyed due to mining activities, with very few records and the largest remaining outcrop is still threatened. The study hopes to bring this situation to the attention of the public and the heritage authorities.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (x, 394 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784917043 (ebook) :
Siwa : jewelry, costume, and life in an Egyptian oasis /
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Sīwah; Egypt; social life and customs.
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"First published in 2011 as Sand and silver : jewellery, costume and life in Siwa Oasis by Kelim Press."-- title page verso.
Originally published: [S.I.] : Kelim Press, c2011.
OCLC 887850989 :
x, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9774166817
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Matriarchy in Bronze Age Crete : a perspective from archaeomythology and modern matriarchal studies /
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This text makes a compelling case for a matriarchal Bronze Age Crete. It is acknowledged that the preeminent deity was a Female Divine, and that women played a major role in Cretan society, but there is a lively, ongoing debate regarding the centrality of women in Bronze Age Crete. a gap in the scholarly literature which this book seeks to fill.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (xix, 255 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803270456 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
The first peoples of Oman : Palaeolithic archaeology of the Nejd Plateu /
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In Dhofar, the southern Governorate of the Sultanate of Oman, the deep canyons cutting the Nejd plateau once flowed with perennial rivers, feeding wetland environments, forests, and grasslands across the now desiccated interior. The first peoples of Oman flourished along these waterways, drawn to the freshwater springs and abundant game, as well as the myriad chert outcrops with which to fashion their hunting implements and other tools. The landscapes of the Nejd Plateau are a natural museum of human prehistory, covered in carpets of chipped stone debris. The archaeological evidence presented in this work encompasses the cultural remains of over a million years of successive human occupations, from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Late Palaeolithic.
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Published in association with the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Sultanate of Oman. :
1 online resource (xvi, 198 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789692853 (PDF ebook) :
'Blood is thicker than water' : non-royal consanguineous marriage in ancient Egypt : an exploration of economic and biological outcomes /
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This volume presents evidence for non-royal consanguineous marriage in ancient Egypt. The evidence was collated from select sources from the Middle Kingdom to the Roman Period, and it has been used to investigate the potential economic and biological outcomes, particularly beyond the level of sibling and half-sibling unions.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789695441 (ebook) :
Neolithic and Bronze Age studies in Europe : from material culture to territories : proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France), volume 13, session...
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Eight papers consider the neolithisation of the Iberian Peninsula; faunal exploitation in early Neolithic Italy; the economic and symbolic role of animals in eastern Germany; Copper Age human remains in central Italy; territories and schematic art in the Iberian Neolithic; and finally Bronze age hoards at a European scale.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage.
Conference proceedings. :
1 online resource (v, 90 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789697209 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Materials, productions, exchange network and their impact on the societies of Neolithic Europe ; proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1-7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain).
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This edited volume examines the impact on societies in Neolithic Europe of materials, productions and exchange networks.
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Previously issued in print: 2017.
Conference proceedings. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
9781784915254 (ebook) :
The Bell Beaker culture in all its forms : proceedings of the 22nd meeting of 'Archéologie et Gobelets' 2021 (Geneva, Switzerland) /
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Proceedings of the 22nd meeting of the 'Archéologie et Gobelets' Association which took place in Geneva, Switzerland in January 2021. The book is structured in three parts: Archaeological Material, Funerary Archaeology and Anthropology, and Reconstructing Bell Beaker Society.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License"--Title page verso. :
1 online resource (viii, 309 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803273648 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography /
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Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography edited by S. Bianchetti, M. R. Cataudella, H. J. Gehrke is the first collection of studies on historical geography of the ancient world that focuses on a selection of topics considered crucial for understanding the development of geographical thought. In this work, scholars, all of whom are specialists in a variety of fields, examine the interaction of humans with their environment and try to reconstruct the representations of the inhabited world in the works of ancient historians, scientists, and cartographers. Topics include: Eudoxus, Dicaearchus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Agatharchides, Agrippa, Strabo, Pliny and Solinus, Ptolemy, and the Peutinger Map. Other issues are also discussed such as onomastics, the boundaries of states, Pythagorism, sacred itineraries, measurement systems, and the Holy Land.
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Title from content provider. :
1 online resource (xviii, 490 pages) :
9789004284715 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.