Monumental earthen architecture in early societies : technology and power display : proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1-7 September, Burgos, Spain).
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Proceedings from a session held as part of the XVII World UISPP Congress, Burgos, 2014. The theme of the symposium was the archaeology of earthen architecture in pre- and protohistoric cultures, with an emphasis on constructive techniques and systems, and diachronic changes in those aspects.
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Conference proceedings.
Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784912840 (ebook) :
Tanbûr long-necked lutes along the Silk Road and beyond /
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This text is divided into two main parts: 'The Tanbûr Tradition' which discusses the origin, history, construction and playing techniques of tanbûrs; and 'The Tanbûr Family' which focuses on long-necked as a family of musical instruments. After a short introduction, the construction, playing technique, and musical traditions are briefly discussed.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (x, 186 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and discography. :
9781789691702 (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). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789697247 (ebook) : :
Open access.
The Ottoman tanbūr : the long-necked lute of Ottoman art music /
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Tanbūrs are long-necked lute-like instruments played in the art, Sufi, and folk musical traditions along the Silk Road and beyond. This book provides a detailed study of the history of the tanbūr, its role in Ottoman music, construction and playing technique.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (168 pages) : illustrations :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references, discography and index. :
9781803271071 (PDF ebook) :
Tomb security in ancient Egypt from the Predynastic to the Pyramid Age /
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Egyptians went to great lengths to protect their dead from the omnipresent threat of robbery by incorporating specially developed architectural features in their tombs. However, the architecture of tomb security has rarely been studied as a subject in its own right and is usually treated as a secondary topic in publications of a scholarly nature, which tend to regard its role as incidental to the design of the tomb rather than perhaps being the driving force behind it. This issue had been raised in the early Twentieth Century by Reisner (1908: 11), who suggested that the rapid evolution of Egyptian tomb substructures was as a result of the desire for tomb security and more ostentatious tombs, rather than a development spurred by religious or funerary practices.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
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9781784913007 (ebook) :
Maṣlaḥa and the purpose of the law : Islamic discourse on legal change from the 4th/10th to 8th/14th century /
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Focusing on writings of legal theory by leading jurisprudents from al-Jaṣṣāṣ (d. 370/980) to al-Shāṭibī (d. 790/1388), this study traces the Islamic discourse on legal change. It looks at the concept of maṣlaḥa (people's well-being) as a method of extending and adapting God's law, showing how it evolves from an obscure legal principle to being interpreted as the all-encompassing purpose of God's law. Discussions on maṣlaḥa's epistemology, its role in the law-finding process, the limits of human investigation into divinecommands, and the delineation of the sphere of religious law in Muslim society highlight the interplay between law, theology, logic, and politics that make maṣlaḥa a viable vehicle of legal change up to the present.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-362) and index. :
9789004185692 :
1384-1130 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The Resurgam submarine : 'a project for annoying the enemy' /
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The Resurgam is one of the earliest 'working' submarines, designed by Victorian engineer George William Garrett. This text describes how the Resurgam was built, how she may have worked and what happened to her.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784915834 (ebook) :