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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…

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…

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…

Ester Salgarella

Writing in Bronze Age Crete

The Bronze Age Aegean and Cyprus were home to a plethora of scripts, including Cretan Hieroglyphic, Linear A and Linear B, Cypro-Minoan and Cypro-Syllabic. This Element is dedicated to the conventionally …

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

Monuments and Memory

This volume examines many different public monuments, exploring the cultural factors behind their creation, their messages and evolving meanings, and the role of such markers in conveying the memory of hi…

Nastassja Martin,

East of Dreams

"After working in Alaska with the Gwich'in people, Nastassja Martin crossed the Bering Strait to begin comparative research in Kamchatka. During the Soviet era, the Even, a nomadic reindeer herding p…

Markus Eberl

War Owl Falling

Drawing on archaeological findings from the Maya lowlands, this book shows how innovation and creativity led to social change in ancient societies

Donna Young

A Bridge to Nowhere

Artfully written and meticulously crafted, A Bridge to Nowhere explores the lives of men and women in isolated settlements across Canada, examining how their experiences are shaped by memory, precarity, a…

Louis G Perez, R W Purdy

Modern Japan

Organized by theme, this comprehensive encyclopedia examines all aspects of life in Japan, from geography and government to food and etiquette and much more.Japan, or the "Land of the Rising Sun,&quo…

Melissa Leach, James Fairhead

Naturekind

A new paradigm that integrates human and nonhuman communication and cultureAre language and culture uniquely human, justifying an exceptionalism that sets people apart from the rest of nature? New discove…

Fredrik Hagen

Hieratic

Hieratic was the most widely used script in ancient Egypt, but is today relatively unknown outside Egyptology. Generally written with ink and a brush, it was the script of choice for most genres of text, …

Shu-Li Wang

In Search of National Ancestors

This Element examines how international heritage discourses are internalized and reshaped in China, using the Yellow Emperor cults as a lens to explore broader themes of intangible heritage, religious res…

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.