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Imprint of Action
2018 || Paperback || Krijn Boom || Sidestone Press Dissertations
Cultural heritage, which includes archaeology, is recognized as serving an increasingly important role in European societal development. But what exactly is the relevance of archaeology to present day citizens? Imprint of Action investigates the sociocultural impact of archaeology through public activities. These activities provide an ideal setting for research, as they represent a structured point of encounter between the public and archaeological heritage; in analysing them, aspects of peop...
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Palaeolithic Italy
Advanced studies on early human adaptations in the Apennine peninsula
2018 || Paperback || Valentina Borgia e.a. || Sidestone Press Academics
The picture of the Palaeolithic adaptations in the Italian Peninsula has always been coarse-grained compared to various well-researched regional hotspots in central and western Europe, as a result of historical research bias preventing the application of new research methodologies. Nonetheless, discoveries regarding Neanderthal extinction and behavioural complexity, the dispersal of Anatomically Modern Humans as well as the origin and diffusion of modern technologies and symbolic behaviour in...
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Landscape, Land-Change and Well-Being in the Lesser Antilles
Case Studies from the coastal villages of St. Kitts and the Kalinago Territory, Dominica
2018 || Paperback || Charlotte Eloise Stancioff || Sidestone Press Dissertations
In the Caribbean region, landscape change is part of the region's history. The Caribbean exemplifies man-made changes to landscape, beginning with Amerindians, continuing to the importation of exotic species through the colony area, extreme land degradation caused by sugar plantation, forced settlement of millions of enslaved Africans, diverse populations of indentured laborers, and continued mixing of cultures from globalized interactions today, such as tourism. This has led to not only inte...
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Una Isla, Dos Mundos
2018 || Paperback || Eduardo Herrera Malatesta || Sidestone Press Dissertations
Para las poblaciones indígenas la llegada de Colon al Caribe en 1492 significó una transformación y reestructuración de su mundo, incluyendo cambios a niveles culturales, sociales, económicos y políticos. En este trabajo se proponen modelos interpretativos sobre la transformación del paisaje indígena al colonial, a través de la aplicación de una investigación arqueológica regional que integró los conceptos de taskscape y paisajes en conflicto con análisis estadísticos y de Sist...
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Wonen op oude duinen
Opgravingen in de Wateringse Binnentuinen
2018 || Paperback || Evert van Ginkel e.a. || Nieuwe Haagsche B.V., Uitgeverij De
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De Wateringse Binnentuinen zijn nu een ruim opgezette nieuwbouwwijk van Den Haag, met veel groen en water. Bijna vijfduizend jaar geleden was het daar nog veel ruimer, groener en waterrijker. Hier lag toen een duinenrij, vlakbij de toenmalige kustlijn, midden tussen moerassen. Daar verscheen rond 2900 voor Christus een groepje mensen, ongetwijfeld er boomstamkano. Ze verbleven er een paar dagen in een schuilhut en aten er een bruinvis op. Niet lang ...
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Tiempo, Paisaje y Líneas de Vida en la arqueología de Ñuu Savi
2018 || Paperback || Liana Ivette Jiménez Osorio e.a. || Leiden University Press
El trabajo que aquí se presenta es una propuesta que replantea el vínculo cultural entre presente y pasado en la práctica arqueológica de la Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, México. Como parte de una arqueología alternativa se plantea la Gran Línea de Vida, que es una línea que habla del tiempo a partir de la vida misma y que: expresa cambios y continuidades, es continua, es decir, no está fragmentada ni termina en 1521, está en movimiento y fluye en dos direcciones. Asimismo, está ocurriend...
Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age / 1st edition
2018 || Paperback || Haidy Geismar || UCL Press
Among the challenges museums face when displaying digital objects are widely held assumptions about the nature of these objects and the material, social, and political foundations of digital art practices.
Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age urges readers to question their assumptions through four wide-ranging chapters, each focused on a single object—a box, a pen, an effigy, and a cloak. The book begins with an introduction exploring the legacies of older forms of media and earlier m...
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The Social Museum in the Caribbean
2018 || Paperback || Csilla Ariese-Vandemeulebroucke || Sidestone Press Dissertations
A mosaic is the only image which can do justice to museums in the Caribbean. They are as diverse and plentiful as the many communities which form the cores of their organizations and the hearts of their missions. These profoundly social museums adopt participatory practices and embark on community engagement processes in order to embed themselves firmly in contemporary Caribbean societies.This dissertation presents a mosaic of 195 Caribbean museums and the results of a unique research project...
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Océan, céramiques et îles dans l’ouest de la France
2018 || Paperback || Benjamin Gehres || Sidestone Press Dissertations
Ce livre est consacré à la recherche sur le développement de la production et des échanges céramiques entre le continent et les îles de Bretagne, du Néolithique à la période gallo-romaine. L'analyse archéométrique de la céramique est utilisée pour explorer le développement des réseaux de communication: la circulation des personnes et des produits entre les îles et le continent. Ces îles produisaient-elles leur propre poterie ou étaient-elles dépendantes de la production con...
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Manipulations post-mortem du corps humain
2018 || Paperback || Jennifer Kerner || Sidestone Press Dissertations
La mort d'autrui est une épreuve que les communautés humaines ont dû apprendre à surmonter dès les premiers temps de l'Humanité. Ce travail est une exploration des différentes réponses proposées par l'homme face au problème de la perte de l'autre à travers les gestes effectués sur le corps mort, depuis les soins thanatopraxiques jusqu'aux funérailles en plusieurs temps ou la création de reliques.La manipulation post-mortem des corps fournit régulièrement à l'archéologue des ...