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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9781784910891 (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). :
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9781789695441 (ebook) :
Between the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC : exploring cultural diversity and change in late prehistoric communities /
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This collection of studies on the cultural reconfigurations that occurred in western Europe between the 3rd and 2nd millennium BCE focuses on the evidence from the West of the Iberian Peninsula, and one on the South of England. They explore regional diversity and challenge grand narratives regarding Chalcolithic and Bronze Age communities.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (ii, 150 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789699234 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Cannibalism in the linear pottery culture : the human remains from Herxheim /
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The Herxheim enclosure, located in the German region of Palatinate, is one of the major discoveries of the last two decades regarding the Linear Pottery Culture, and probably one of the most significant in advancing understanding of how this culture ended. The spectacular deposits, mostly composed of human remains, recovered on the occasion of the two excavation campaigns carried out on the site, grabbed people's attention and at the same time raised several questions regarding their interpretation, which had so far mostly hesitated between peculiar funerary practices, war and cannibalism. The authors provide here an extensive study of the human remains found at Herxheim, focusing mainly on those recovered during the 2005-2010 excavation campaign.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784912147 (PDF ebook) :
Post-palaeolithic filiform rock art in western Europe : proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1-7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain).
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This session focuses on Filiform rock art which appears as a spontaneous technique, more simple and immediate than pecking, good either for autonomous strands of expression, or for sketches and first drafts regarding works of painting or pecking.
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Selected conference papers.
Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
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9781784913687 (ebook) :
The maritime traditions of the fishermen of Socotra, Yemen /
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This research analyses the Socotri maritime traditions and addressing the question as to how social, environmental and technological influences have shaped the maritime traditions of the fishermen of Socotra - 205 nautical miles south of Yemen.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784914837 (ebook) :
Ships, saints and sealore : cultural heritage and ethnography of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea /
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Just as the sea has played a pivotal role in the connectivity of people, economies and cultures, it has also provided a common platform for inter-disciplinary cooperation amongst academics. This book is a selection of conference papers and other contributions that has seen the coming-together of scholars and researchers from backgrounds as diverse as archaeology, history, ethnography, maritime and heritage studies of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Its strength lies in the way such diversity has been harnessed to provide an engaging and insightful study of the sea and its influences on various factors of life - both past and present.
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Includes index. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781905739967 (PDF ebook) :
Travelling objects : changing values : the role of Northern Alpine lake-dwelling communities in exchange and communication networks during the late Bronze Age /
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Since their initial discovery in the nineteenth century, the enigmatic prehistoric lake-dwellings of the Circum-Alpine region have captured the imagination of the public and archaeologists alike. Over 150 years of research have identified hundreds of lacustrine settlements spanning from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age, when apparently, they ceased to be built. Studies of Bronze Age material across Europe have often superficially identified bronze objects as being of 'Alpine lake-dwelling origin' or 'lake-dwelling style'. Through a combination of material culture studies, multiple correspondence analysis, and the principle of object biographies, the role of the Late Bronze Age lake-dwelling communities in Central European exchange networks is addressed.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781905739943 (PDF ebook) :
From cave to dolmen : ritual and symbolic aspects in the prehistory between Sciacca, Sicily and the central Mediterranean /
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This text brings together the scientific contributions of a wide panel of Sicilian and mainland Italian specialists in prehistory. Taking inspiration from a conference organised by the Soprintendenza ai Beni Culturali e Ambientali of Agrigento and by the municipal council of Sciacca in November 2011, the decision was taken to broaden and deepen some of the main themes discussed on that occasion. Therefore this book focuses on the Sciacca region and its landscape which is extraordinarily rich in natural geological phenomena and associated archaeological activity, for example the Grotta del Kronio and the numerous dolmens present nearby.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784910396 (PDF ebook) :
Derelict stone buildings of the Black Mountains Massif /
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This volume is based on several years of author's fieldwork in the valleys of the Black Mountains in South East Wales. Hodges had personal knowledge of the area having worked there in his professional capacity as a drystone waller. The aim of the fieldwork was to locate all the sites of derelict stone buildings within the designated upland study area of approximately 140 square kilometres. Initial research indicated that the area had not been previously surveyed to any great extent and the presence of derelict stone buildings that existed in the valleys was not a characteristic of the surrounding lower terrain. Using a combination of documentary evidence and fieldwork, a total of 549 potential sites were identified comprising houses, barns, other ancillary buildings and sheepfolds; 499 separate structures were located on the ground.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784911508 (PDF ebook) :
Le Néolithique ancien en Italie du sud : evolution des industries lithiques entre Vlle et Vle millénaire /
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The principal aim of this study is to put forward a technological and typological analysis of the industries of the Early Neolithic concerned in the process of neolithisation in several regions of Southern Italy.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784911836 (PDF ebook) :
Bronze 'bathtub' coffins in the context of 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite funerary practices /
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This volume is dedicated to a small number of unique bronze 'bathtub' coffins found in 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite burial contexts. Usually treated as an incidental aspect of the burial process, these fascinating burial receptacles have until now garnered little in the way of academic interest. Here the author takes the opportunity to further explore the coffins, drawing together the widely dispersed information on their archaeological contexts, investigating the method and place of their manufacture, and establishing a possible date range for their production and use.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784911751 (PDF ebook) :
Dress and identity in Iron Age Britain : a study of glass beads and other objects of personal adornment /
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Through an analysis of glass beads from four key study regions in Britain, the book explores the role that this object played within the networks and relationships that constructed Iron Age society.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784915278 (ebook) :
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). :
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9781784915254 (ebook) :
Physical barriers, cultural connections : a reconsideration of the metal flow at the beginning of the metal age in the alps /
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'Physical Barriers, Cultural Connections' considers the early copper and copper-alloy metallurgy of the entire Circum-Alpine region. It introduces a new approach to the interpretation of chemical composition data sets, which has been applied to a comprehensive regional database for the first time.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (colour). :
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9781784916152 (ebook) :
Bronze age metalwork : techniques and traditions in the Nordic Bronze Age 1500-1100 BC /
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Bronze ornaments of the Nordic Bronze Age were elaborate objects that served as status symbols to communicate social hierarchy. An interdisciplinary investigation of the artefacts (dating from 1500-1100 BC) was adopted to elucidate their manufacture and origin, resulting in new insights into metal craft in northern Europe during the Bronze Age.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xii, 502 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
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9781789690200 (ebook) :
Copper shaft-hole axes and early metallurgy in south-eastern Europe : an integrated approach /
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Although the copper axes with central shaft-hole from south-eastern Europe have a long history of research, they have not been studied on a transnational basis since the 1960s. What has also been missing, is trying to use as many methods as possible to better understand their production, use and context. A database was compiled to find answers to questions regarding patterns of distribution, context, fragmentation and deformation. Aspects of production were considered through experimental archaeology, metallographic analysis and a re-discovered axe blank with missing shaft-hole. The typology was re-evaluated and modified to ensure comparability across modern national boundaries. The integration of these approaches yielded some interesting results.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781905739905 (PDF ebook) :
Isles of the dead? : the setting and function of the Bronze Age chambered cairns and cists of the Isles of Scilly /
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The number and density of megalithic chambered cairns in the Isles of Scilly, a tiny archipelago that forms the most south-westerly part of the British Isles, has been remarked upon since the 18th century. 'Isles of the Dead?' examines these sites, generally known as entrance graves, and the associated cist graves. Their physical structure and contents, as well as their landscape setting, orientation and inter-visibility, are discussed.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784911140 (PDF ebook) :
Mapping society : settlement structure in later Bronze Age Ireland /
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This study examines Middle-Late Bronze Age (c. 1750-600 BC) domestic settlement patterns in Ireland. The results reveal a distinct rise in the visibility, and a rapid adaption, of domestic architecture, which seems to have occurred earlier in Ireland than elsewhere in western and northern Europe.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784912444 (PDF ebook) :
Analysis of the economic foundations supporting the social supremacy of the Beaker groups : proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1-7 September, Burgos, Spain).
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Proceedings of the UISPP 2014 session 'Analysis of the economic foundations supporting the social supremacy of the Beaker groups'. Papers presented at this session suggesting that Beaker groups may have controlled certain products and technologies.
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Conference proceedings.
Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784913083 (ebook) :