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Reinterpreting chronology and society at the mortuary complex of Jebel Moya (Sudan) /
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Jebel Moya (south-central Sudan) is the largest known pastoral cemetery in sub-Saharan Africa with more than 3100 excavated human burials. This research revises our understanding of Jebel Moya and its context.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784914325 (ebook) :
Windows on the African past : current approaches to African archaeobotany /
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"Archaeobotany has significantly increased our knowledge of the relationships between humans and plants throughout the ages. As is amply illustrated in this volume, botanical remains preserved in archaeological contexts have great potential to inform us about past environments and the various methods used by ancient peoples to exploit and cultivate plants. This volume presents the proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on African Archaeobotany (IWAA) held at Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt, on 13 - 15 June 2009. Studies presented herein clearly illustrate that African archaeobotany is a dynamic field, with many advances in techniques and important case studies presented since the first meeting of IWAA held in 1994. Authors have employed classical and new archaeobotanical techniques, in addition to linguistics and ethnoarchaeology to increase our knowledge about the role of plants in ancient African societies. This book covers a wide range of African countries including Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Nigeria, South Africa, and the Canary Islands. It is of interest to archaeobotanists, archaeologists, historians, linguists, agronomists, and plant ecologists." -- Publisher's description.
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"Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on African Archaeobotany, held June 13-15, 2009, at Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt."
Programme & Abstracts v.1 :
241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
3937248323
9783937248325 :
Noura
https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/8688182/Details#tabnav
A painted ridge : rock art and performance in the Maclear District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa /
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The San (Bushmen) practice of rock painting is examined in this text. David Witelson explores a suite of spatially close San rock painting sites in the Maclear District of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province. As a suite, the sites are remarkable because, despite their proximity to each other, they share patterns of similarity and simultaneous difference. They are a microcosm that reflects, in a broad sense, a trend found at other painted sites in South Africa. The bygone and almost unrecorded practice of San rock art is considered relative to ethnographically well-documented and observed forms of San expressive culture. The approach in the book draws on concepts and terminology from the discipline of performance studies to characterise the San practice of image-making as well as to coordinate otherwise disparate ideas about that practice.
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1 online resource (x, 148 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789692457 (PDF ebook) :
Archival theory, chronology and interpretation of rock art in the Western Cape, South Africa /
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This work advocates the archival capacity of rock art and uses archival perspectives to analyse the chronology of paintings in order to formulate a framework for their historicised interpretations.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784914479 (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) :
Hunter-gatherers and early food producing societies in northeastern Africa /
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From the contents: 0Hassan Hussein Idris Ahmed : Seventy years of prehistoric work in Sudan (1940-2010).0I. The Nile Valley / Annett Dittrich : Dating the Neolithisation process in the Middle Nile valley: a critical approach / Agnieszka Maczynska: Lower and Upper Egypt in the 4th millennium BC. The development of craft specialisation and social organisation of the Lower Egyptian and Naqada cultures / Karolina Rosinska-Balik: Proto- and Early Dynastic graves from Tell el-Farkha (Egypt) in three-dimensional view. A case study of grave no.1000/ Lenka Sukov : Pictures in place : a case study from Korosko (Lower Nubia) / Elena A. A. Garcea: Origin and Early Development of Food Producing Cultures at Sai Island and Amara West, northern Sudan.
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"Proceedings of the International Symposium organized by the Poznán Archaeological Museum and Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, for the International Commission of the Later Prehistory of Northeastern Africa, Poznán, 4-7 July 2011" -- Title page verso. :
459 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
8360109435
9788360109434 :
0866-9244 ; :
2015401655
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Frontiers in the Roman world proceedings of the ninth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Durham, 16-19 April 2009) /
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This volume presents the proceedings of the ninth workshop of the international network 'Impact of Empire', which concentrates on the history of the Roman Empire and brings together ancient historians, archaeologists, classicists and specialists on Roman law from some thirty European, North American and Australian universities. This volume focuses on different ways in which the Roman Empire created, changed and influenced (perceptions of) frontiers. The volume is divided into five larger sections: the meaning of 'frontiers', consequences of frontiers, religious frontiers, shifting frontiers and crossing 'frontiers'. In this way, the volume pays attention to different kind of 'frontiers' within the Roman Empire, and to their importance for the functioning of the Roman Empire over a longer period of time.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004215030 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
CONGRESS VOLUME STELLENBOSCH 2016.
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This volume presents the main lectures of the 22nd Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in September 2016. Sixteen internationally distinguished scholars present their current research on the Hebrew Bible, including the literary history of the Hebrew text, its Greek translation and history of interpretation. Some focus on archeological and iconographic sources and the reconstruction of ancient Israelite religion while others discuss the formation of the biblical text and its impact for cultural memory. The volume gives readers a representative view of the most recent developments in the study of the Old Testament.
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1 online resource (approx. 465 pages) :
9789004353893 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Foragers in the middle Limpopo Valley : trade, place-making, and social complexity /
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Foragers were present in the Limpopo Valley (South Africa) before the arrival of farmers and not only witnessed but also participated in local systems leading to the appearance of a complex society. Despite numerous studies in the valley, forager involvement in socio-political developments has been, until now, largely ignored.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage.
Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (viii, 125 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696868 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
The Hellenistic, Roman, and Medieval Glass from Cosa /
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The Hellenistic, Roman, and Medieval Glass from Cosa continues the exemplary record of publication by the American Academy in Rome on important classes of materials recovered in excavation from one of the principal archaeological sites of Roman Italy. Over 15,000 fragments of glass tableware, ranging in date from the mid-second century BCE to the early fifth century CE, were found at Cosa, a small town in Etruria (modern Tuscany). Cosa's products were chiefly exported to North Africa and Europe, but its influence was felt throughout the Mediterranean world. The research and analysis presented here are the work of the late David Frederick Grose, who began this project when no other city site excavations in Italy focused on ancient glass. He confirmed that the Roman glass industry began to emerge in the Julio-Claudian era, beginning in the principate of Augustus. His study traces the evolution of manufacturing techniques from core-formed vessels to free blown glass, and it documents changes in taste and style that were characteristic of the western glass industry throughout its long history. At the time of Grose's unexpected passing, his study was complete but not yet published. Nevertheless, the reputation of his work in this area has done much to establish the value and importance of excavating and researching Cosa's glass. This volume, arranged and edited by R.T. Scott, makes Grose's essential scholarship on the subject available for the first time.
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"This volume, arranged and edited by R.T. Scott"--Dust jacket. :
xiv, 247 pages, 37 pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) :
9780472130627
Newsletter, Number 29 (May, 1958)
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It is a pleasure to announce that the fellowships of the Center, made possible by the generous grant of the Bollingen Foundation, have been awarded for the season of 1958-1959 to Dr. John Alden Williams and Dr. Helen J. Wall.
In view of the excellent work done by Dr. Williams during the present season, his fellowship has been renewed, since he wishes to remain in the Near East for another year, in preparation for a post as Assistant Professor in the Institute for Islamic Studies at McGill University, Montreal, where he will assume his duties in the Autumn of 1959, to teach Islamic cultural history and history of art and archaeology. Mr. Williams will travel during the summer in North Africa and will visit Iran, India, and Pakistan before his return to the United States.