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Dana Island : the greatest shipyard of the Ancient Mediterranean /
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This book presents the archaeological discoveries from Dana Island, off the coast of Rough Cilicia in southern Turkey, where underwater investigations and surface survey undertaken in advance of excavation revealed nearly 300 ancient rock-cut slipways, the largest number of such naval installations discovered to date.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (xv, 209 pages) : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) :
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9781789699524 (PDF ebook) :
The Sentinel Islanders : The Most Isolated Tribe in the World /
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The Sentinel Islanders, also called the Sentinelese, are one of the five Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) of the Andaman and Nicobar islands. They live in the North Sentinel Island of the Andaman group of Islands situated in the Bay of Bengal. They are, perhaps, the only truly isolated hunter-gatherer tribal community in the world today. Of the five PVTGs, the Sentinel Islanders are usually described as the 'most uncontacted' and 'most reclusive' people on earth. Till today, this group has maintained their independent existence, repelling all attempts to directly engage with and contact them. They remained steadfast in opposition to all the efforts of the colonial and post-colonial administration to contain them with the might of their bows and arrows. Incredibly, they also managed to survive the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, which had a devastating effect on the people of the lsland groups. Curiosity about their lifestyles has endured all these years in all sections of society since 1771, when an East India Company vessel sailing past their island spotted the presence of lights there. It was, however, in November-December 2018, that the Sentinelese received international attention, when an American national went missing after having ventured to encroach upon their land. It was alleged that a Sentinelese killed him after warning him twice to leave the island. This has further reinforced the image of ferocity of a people who do not want any interference from the outside world in their subsistence patterns and long to remain as the 'masters of their island'. In this book, an attempt has been made to understand their way of life from an anthropological perspective in the light of available historical and anthropological evidences.
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1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004753075
The island city of Tinnīs : a postmortem /
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"On an island in Lake Manzala in the north-east corner of the Nile Delta lie the ruins of the once-prosperous late Roman and medieval port and manufacturing centre of Tell Tinnīs. Although little can be seen above ground, beneath the surface lie archaeological deposits that can be accessed by geophysical and geoarchaeological survey, and remote sensing. In addition, some excavation has taken place, providing evidence for the existence of structures such as cisterns, while ceramics and artefacts from the site's surface provide indications of the lifestyles of the town's occupants and their regional connections. This volume presents the results of archaeological work undertaken at the site between 2004 and 2012, which has produced a relatively detailed impression of the form and nature of the town from its inception around the 3rd century AD to its abandonment in the 13th century in the face of Crusader raids. This new information is discussed in light of the town's relationship to and connectedness with its surrounding landscape, and likewise considers Tinnīs in comparison to contemporary settlements of Egypt's Mediterranean coast"--Page 4 of cover.
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xii, 361 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 33 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-361) and index. :
9782724707618 :
0768-4703
Easter Island archaeology : a tribute to Daniel Schávelzon on the 30th anniversary of the Center...
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This well illustrated volume presents in its introduction a personal history of Daniel Schávelzon's experience of Easter Island during his youth before collecting all the papers and work he produced in 2014 leading up to his retirement.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784913601 (ebook) :
Samoan archaeology and cultural heritage : monuments and people, memory and history /
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The overall purpose of this book is to provide a foundation for Samoan students to become the custodians of the historical narrative based on Archaeological research.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
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9781784913106 (ebook) :
A test of time and a test of time revisited : the volcano of Thera and the chronology and history...
: "This second edition reprints the original book and then presents the all-new A Test of Time Revisited : a critical and up to date re-examination of the topic, debate, and the latest evidence"-- Page 4 of cover. : xxxiii, 494, 202 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9781782972198
Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Soqotra Island : Present and Future /
: At head of title : GEF : Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Biodiversity of Soqotra Archipelago. : volume <1> : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9080434116 : Omnia
Mapping Insularity: a Visual History of Islands in Medieval and Early Modern Worlds /
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What lies behind an island? Is an island just a piece of land surrounded by water? Or is it from a cultural, symbolic and even geographical perspective much more than that? Considering the symbolic nature of islands as a longue durée and through the analysis of maps, texts and historical accounts, this book explores how the depiction of insularity encodes specific meanings and analytical levels which shed light on medieval and modern worldviews.
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9789004716469
Stone carving of the Hospitaller period in Rhodes : displaced pieces and fragments /
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This work presents 230 stone carvings of the Hospitaller period in Rhodes (1309-1522), which for various reasons are no longer in their original setting.
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Previously issued in print:. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784914790 (ebook) :
Aegean Sponge Fishing and the Island of Kalymnos (19th-20th Centuries) /
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Before the invention of synthetic sponges, divers culled the seabeds of the Aegean for animal sponges or "sea gold" to supply global demand, while risking paralysis or death from decompression disease. This is a study of sponge diving and the impact of the industry on the inhabitants of Kalymnos and Mediterranean. It is a record of the 10,000 divers who died, the 20,000 who were paralysed between 1886 and 1910, and the women who were there to sustain them when they returned home.
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1 online resource (456 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004701946
Execution by Styrax in ancient Thasos /
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Sharing in the objectives of an ongoing archaeo-anthropological endeavour, aiming to better decipher and elucidate facets of the human condition while carrying out funerary archaeological research of Hellenistic to Roman periods family graves at the extensive ancient necropolis of Thasos, the most northern Aegean island, this essay addresses a case of unique forensic / bioarchaeological interest involving an older male individual, a member of one of the clusters of burials, who had been placed as a single interment in a most conspicuous limestone cyst grave of the Hellenistic period.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (vi, 40 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789692136 (e-Pdf) : :
Open access.
Settlement and land use on the periphery : the Bouros-Kastri Peninsula, Southern Euboia /
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This survey by the Southern Euboea Exploration Project provides a wealth of intriguing information about fluctuations in long-term use and habitation in the Bouros-Kastri peninsula at the south-eastern tip of the Greek island of Euboia, and how the peninsula's use was connected to that of the main urban centre at Karystos.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations (black and white) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784918200 (ebook) :
Egyptianizing figurines from Delos : a study in Hellenistic religion /
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This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of terracotta figurines of Egyptian deities, mostly from domestic contexts, from the trading port of Delos. A comparison of the figurines' iconography to parallels in Egyptian religious texts, temple reliefs, and ritual objects suggests that many figurines depict deities or rituals associated with Egyptian festivals. An analysis of the objects' clay fabrics and manufacturing techniques indicates that most were made on Delos. Additionally, archival research on unpublished notes from early excavations reveals new data on many figurines' archaeological contexts, illuminating their roles in both domestic and temple cults. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between "popular" and "official" cults.
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1 online resource (xix, 731 pages, [80] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004222663 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Eastern Roman mounted archers and extraordinary medico-surgical interventions at Paliokastro in Thasos Island during the Protobyzantine period : the historical and medical history records...
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A recent archaeological discovery at Paliokastro (Thasos, Greece), and the subsequent study of the human skeletal remains interred in four monumental funerary contexts, provide for the first time through the archaeological record of the region a unique insight of the mounted archers and their female kin during the turbulent ProtoByzantine period.
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"Available both in print and Open Access"--Home page. :
1 online resource (iv, 50 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696028 (ebook) : :
Open access.
Ricerche archeologiche a Sant'Andrea di Loppio (Trento, Italia) : l'area della chiesa /
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This is the second volume presenting results of archaeological investigations on Isola di Sant'Andrea, located in the basin of Lake Loppio (Italy), with finds ranging from prehistory to the First World War. This volume considers the results of the archaeological research in the area of the church of St. Andrew (Sectors C and C1).
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789695373 (ebook) :
Staging Holiness: The Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) /
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"In Staging Holiness. The Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) Sofia Zoitou offers a study of the history of relic collections, devotional rituals and sites invested with special meaning in Rhodes, during a time when the island became one of the most frequented ports of call for ships carrying pilgrims from Venice to the Holy Land. Scrutinizing late medieval travel reports by pilgrims from all over Europe along with extant historical, archaeological, visual and material evidence, Sofia Zoitou traces the various forms of the Rhodian cultic sites' evolution and perception, ultimately considered as an overall artistic strategy for the staging of the sacred"--
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004444225
9789004436855
The development of domestic space in the Maltese Islands from the late Middle Ages to the second half of the twentieth century /
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This study traces and analyses the evolution of domestic space in Maltese vernacular and 'polite' houses from medieval to contemporary times. The houses under review range from humble buildings of modest size, materials, and design, like farmhouses or those for the less affluent towndwellers, to buildings of grand design, like townhouses and palazzi.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (colour) :
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9781784913922 (ebook) :
Special place, interesting times : the island of Palagruža and transitional periods in Adriatic prehistory /
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Palagruža is a remote Croatian archipelago in the middle of the Adriatic Sea, unexpectedly abundant in high-grade archaeological evidence, dating precisely from the three periods of later Adriatic prehistory marked by radical change. This book explores the archaeology and history of Palagruža.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (x, 194 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784918507 (ebook) :