Anthropology – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 9

Michael B. Cosmopoulos

The World of Homer

Epic poetry, notably the Iliad and the Odyssey, stands as one of the most enduring legacies of ancient Greece. Although the impact of these epics on Western civilization is widely recognized, their origin…

Antioch on the Orontes

Antioch on the Orontes was one of the most important cities of the ancient Mediterranean world. A hinge between the Mediterranean, Central Asia, and the Far East, its commercial and cultural prominence sp…

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 …

Emily Hammer

The Archaeology of Pastoralism, Mobility, and Society

"In this book, Emily Hammer articulates a new framework for investigating variability in past pastoral practices. She proposes ways to develop a more rigorous relationship with pastoralist ethnograph…

The Materiality of Ancient Greek Identities, 9th to 2nd Centuries BCE

Material culture is the physical trace of what was used to construct and define identities in the past, and is therefore a key source of evidence for archaeologists and ancient historians investigating an…

Richard Hodges

The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Towns

Through a reconsideration of the debate about the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon towns, Richard Hodges focuses on the origins and history of the four Middle-Saxon emporia - London, Ipswich, Southampton and Yo…

Irmgard Hein, Mustafa Kibaro¿lu, Michaela Schauer

Ceramic Analysis

This Element, authored by a team of specialist researchers, provides an overview of the various analytical techniques employed in the laboratory for the examination of archaeological ceramic materials. Po…

Rebecca Sweetman

The Archaeology of the Cyclades in the Roman and Late Antique Periods

The Cycladic islands have traditionally been considered as backwaters during the Roman and Late Antique periods. Through analysis of the material culture produced from the late first century BCE through t…

Robin Derricourt

Five Innovations That Changed Human History

Drawing on both historical sources and archaeological discoveries, this book explores the origins and earliest development of five major achievements in our deep history, and their impacts on human lives.…

Mohammad Zaman

Anatomy of Resettlement

Anatomy of Resettlement: Ethnographic Accounts and Stories in Retrospect examines resettlement as a development strategy and the ongoing controversies and debate on resettlement as a development model. It…

Ricardo Santos Alexandre

The Task of Having to Be

At the heart of the anthropological project lies a need to tackle the conundrum of the human condition. And yet, the conundrum persists. Actually, the reflection over the conditions and possibilities of t…

Charlie Parker (1920-1955)

Intégrale Charlie Parker Vol.9

Stephen Sparks,

Fog

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Fog, a cloud that touches the ground, marks the fuzzy and shifting boundary of just how much (or …

Tathagatan Ravindran

The Social Life of Indianism

A sophisticated analysis of an influential Indigenous political ideology.

Rafael Sánchez,

Reconocimientos

An intimate account of Latin America between revolutionary promise and populist authoritarianism.

Tathagatan Ravindran

The Social Life of Indianism

A sophisticated analysis of an influential Indigenous political ideology.

Thomas Hylland Eriksen

The Big Here and the Long Now

For thousands of years, humanity's story was one of diversification. Across centuries and continents our species proliferated new approaches to family and community life; to agriculture, economics, religi…

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…

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…