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Hispaniola - Hell or Home?
Decolonizing Grand Narratives about Intercultural Interactions at Concepción de la Vega (1494-1564)
2020 || Hardcover || Pauline Kulstad-González || Sidestone Press Dissertations
Grand Narratives of colonization, especially ones related to the Spanish and Portuguese Americas, began circulating soon after 1492. The danger of these Grand Narratives is that they are often mistaken as reality and eclipse all other possible narrations pertaining to a particular place and/or time. As more Caribbean territories become independent, the questioning of Grand Narratives has permeated many disciplines in the region, and archaeology is no exception.
This work attempts to examine th...
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Neanderthalers in Noord-Nederland / Druk 2
Leven aan de rand van de oerwereld
2020 || Hardcover || Marcel Niekus e.a. || Koninklijke Van Gorcum || met inkijkexemplaar
Het boek Neanderthalers in Noord-Nederland, leven aan de rand van de oerwereld vertelt het verhaal van de oermensen die ca. 400.000 tot 40.000 jaar geleden Noord-Nederland bevolkten. Hoe leefden ze? Waar woonden ze? Hoe zagen ze eruit? Dit boek van de archeologen Marcel Niekus en Evert van Ginkel gaat uitgebreid in op de geschiedenis van het archeologische onderzoek naar Neanderthalers en de huidige stand van zaken.
In het boek passeren vele vondsten de revue en wordt uitgebreid ingegaan op ...
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Creating Capitals
The Rationale, Construction, and Function of the Imperial Capitals of Assyria
2020 || Paperback || Aris Politopoulos || Leiden University Press
The creation of new capital cities are watershed moments in the lives of ancient empires. Assyria, arguably the most successful imperial state of the ancient Near East, repeatedly engaged in capital creation. Capital creation denotes the development of a monumental capital, either in a new location or through the profound transformation of a pre-existing settlement. This volume focusses on the rationale, construction, and function of the imperial capitals of Assyria: Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta, Ka...
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Determining Prehistoric Skin Processing Technologies
The macro and microscopic characteristics of experimental samples
2020 || Paperback || Theresa Emmerich Kamper || Sidestone Press Dissertations
The importance of skin processing technologies in the history and expansion of humankind cannot be overstated, yet these technologies can be difficult to identify in the archaeological record. This research outlines the development of a systematic, non-destructive method for identifying the tanning technologies used to produce prehistoric skin artefacts. The approach combines extensive archaeological research and over 25 years of the author's personal tanning experience.
The method employs obs...
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Hispaniola - Hell or Home?
Decolonizing Grand Narratives about Intercultural Interactions at Concepción de la Vega (1494-1564)
2020 || Paperback || Pauline Kulstad-González || Sidestone Press Dissertations
Grand Narratives of colonization, especially ones related to the Spanish and Portuguese Americas, began circulating soon after 1492. The danger of these Grand Narratives is that they are often mistaken as reality and eclipse all other possible narrations pertaining to a particular place and/or time. As more Caribbean territories become independent, the questioning of Grand Narratives has permeated many disciplines in the region, and archaeology is no exception.
This work attempts to examine th...
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Interdisciplinary analysis of the cemetery ‘Kudachurt 14’
Evaluating indicators of social inequality, demography, oral health and diet during the Bronze Age key period 2200-1650 BCE in the Northern Caucasus
2020 || Hardcover || Katharina Fuchs || Sidestone Press Dissertations
Representing both a barrier and a corridor between the Eurasian and Asian continents, the Caucasus has constituted the setting for various socio-economic transformations throughout prehistory. The transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age in the Northern Caucasus is a period characterised by a shift from pastoral lifeways in the steppe to sedentary lifestyles in the high mountains, and the change from hierarchical to egalitarian societies. In this context, this book provides basic sci...
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Hellenistic Architecture and Human Action
A Case of Reciprocal Influence
2020 || Hardcover || Annette Haug e.a. || Sidestone Press Academics
This book examines the mutual influence of architecture and human action during a key period of history: the Hellenistic age. During this era, the profound transformations in the Mediterranean's archaeological and historical record are detectable, pointing to a conscious intertwining of the physical (landscape, architecture, bodies) and social (practice) components of built space.
Compiling the outcomes of a conference held in Kiel in 2018, the volume assembles contributions focusing on Hellen...