The Sacred Remains
Title | The Sacred Remains PDF eBook |
Author | Richard J. Parmentier |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1987-11-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780226646954 |
At one level this book is a compilation of political traditions of Belau in Micronesia-from the divine foundation of political systems to the present day. It offers an analysis of the structures and dynamics of Belauan history, identifying several forms of order and some of their potentials for change. Also the author develops a critique of standard approaches to history in small-scale societies. He argues for a semiotic approach that recognizes the historical consciousness of actors in the society under study.
Earth Sciences and Archaeology
Title | Earth Sciences and Archaeology PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Goldberg |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 519 |
Release | 2013-11-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1461511836 |
This volume brings together contributions from an experienced group of archaeologists and geologists whose common objective is to present thorough and current reviews of the diverse ways in which methods from the earth sciences can contribute to archaeological research. Many areas of research are addressed here, including artifact analysis and sourcing, landscape reconstruction and site formation analysis, soil micromorphology and geophysical exploration of buried sites.
History and Traditions of Tikopia
Title | History and Traditions of Tikopia PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond Firth |
Publisher | Wellington, N.Z. : Polynesian Society |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Ethnology |
ISBN |
Biological Control of Weeds
Title | Biological Control of Weeds PDF eBook |
Author | M. H. Julien |
Publisher | |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN |
Ready for PET
Title | Ready for PET PDF eBook |
Author | Nick Kenny |
Publisher | MacMillan Education, Limited |
Pages | 126 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN | 9781405014069 |
The Archaeology of Warfare
Title | The Archaeology of Warfare PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth N. Arkush |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780813032849 |
These essays explore the development of warfare in preindustrial, non-Western societies, addressing why some societies fight endemic wars while others do not and how frequent warfare affects the basic choices people make about where to live, whom to fight, on whom to confer power, and how to form social groups. Archaeological research dispels the myth of a peaceful past and demonstrates the sobering fact that war played a greater role in human prehistory than previously thought. These detailed regional case studies from leading archaeologists show the inextricable web of warfare and other social institutions and high-light their complex co-evolution in pre-state and early state societies. The volume includes chapters on the pre-Columbian cultures of North America of the last millennium, the origins of statehood in Mesoamerica and Neolithic China, a centuries-long sequence of warfare in Andean South America, warring peoples of Oceania, and East African cultures devastated by the slave trade. In addition, the contributors offer new insights into how to study warfare in the past and point toward new directions in this field.--
Culture, Chronology and the Chalcolithic
Title | Culture, Chronology and the Chalcolithic PDF eBook |
Author | Jaimie L. Lovell |
Publisher | Levant Supplementary |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781842179932 |
This volume grew out of a workshop held in Madrid in 2006 and aims to kick start a dialogue about how to move beyond culture history and chronology in order to re-engage with larger theoretical discourses.