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Gerald Wilson (1918-2014)

Theme For Monterey

Amphibious Anthropologies

"This interdisciplinary volume brings together a diverse set of case studies, from the historic marshes of Italy to the present-day tidal pools of the Bahamas, to offer a new way of interrogating env…

Clifford Jordan (1931-1993)

The Complete Album Collection 1957 - 1962 (8LPs auf 4 CDs)

Mit den Alben Blowing in from Chicago (mit John Gilmore) (1957) Cliff Jordan (1957) Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (1957) Cliff Craft (1958) Spellbound (1960) A Story Tale (1961) Starting Time (1961) …

Michael B. Toffolo

Infrared Spectroscopy of Archaeological Sediments

Infrared spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between infrared radiation and matter. Its application to the characterization of archaeological sedimentary contexts has produced invaluable insights…

Michael B. Toffolo

Infrared Spectroscopy of Archaeological Sediments

Infrared spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between infrared radiation and matter. Its application to the characterization of archaeological sedimentary contexts has produced invaluable insights…

Emma Blake

Identity Studies in Archaeology

This Element explores the origins, current state, and future of the archaeological study of identity. A floruit of scholarship in the late 20th century introduced identity as a driving force in society, a…

Aghi Bahi

Heritage and Transformation of an African Popular Music

Modern popular music is closely linked to the 'traditional' heritage - intangible and material - of which artist-musicians have, in a way, usufruct. This Element examines the relationship between (cultura…

Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience

Explores the variety of ways in which hunter-gatherer societies have responded to external stressors while maintaining their core identity.

Jean Lave

Learning and Everyday Life

An incisive study of situated learning, analyzed through a critical theory of social practice as transformational change in everyday life.

Tahir H. Naqvi

Questioning Migrants

The Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), propelled by ethnic violence and led by university students with lower-middle-class backgrounds, transformed the cities of the southern Pakistani province of Sindh into a…

Nicoletta Momigliano

Aegeomania

This Element provides an overview of Aegeomania: the fascination, sometimes bordering on the obsession, with the Aegean Bronze Age, which manifests itself in the uses of Aegean Bronze Age material culture…

Roderick Campbell

The Shang Economy

This Element constitutes a systematic attempt to preliminarily reconstruct the Shang economy based on contemporary archaeological and textual evidence. At the same time, the rapid pace of Chinese archaeol…

Anna Lucille Boozer

At Home in Roman Egypt

What was life like for ordinary people who lived in Roman Egypt? In this volume, Anna Lucille Boozer reconstructs and examines the everyday lives of non-elite individuals. It is the first book to bring a …

The New Reproductive Order

"The New Reproductive Order documents the effects of half a century of new reproductive technologies on ideas and practices surrounding fertility, infertility, fertility control, and fertility declin…

Siobhan McDonnell,

My Land, My Life

Throughout Oceania, land is central to identity because it is understood to be spiritually nourishing and sustaining. Land is the mother. Land, and the kinship it nurtures, is the basis for sustaining liv…

Anna Källén

The Trouble with Ancient DNA

"In recent years, new discoveries yielded through analysis of ancient DNA have made headlines around the world. Can and should we take these stories at face value? In this thought-provoking book, arc…

Marco Motta

Life in the Cracks

"Life in the Cracks is one of the most exciting works on Haiti that I have seen in years. Motta's focus on ordinary life, on law and life 'in the cracks' amid crisis shines new light on Haiti during …

Shannon Ward

Amdo Lullaby

This book analyses the everyday conversations of children in eastern Tibet (contemporary People's Republic of China) to demonstrate how they use language to navigate the social and cultural changes caused…

Freak Inheritance

In Freak Inheritance , both leading authors and emerging voices use cutting-edge disability and cultural theories to expose the operations of eugenicist thought in historical and contemporary culture. It …