ed. Vanessa Campanacho et al.
A collection of papers from AnthroEthics 2021 consider ethical issues related to biological anthropology. It combines views from people working in various countries and continents, allowing for a worldview on ethical discussions within biological anthropology. READ MORE
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ed. Dragoş Gheorghiu et al.
Anthropomorphism could be described as a production of analogies generated by human cognition. It is present in the imaginary, mythologies, religions, and material culture of all ages. This book approaches anthropomorphism from the moment of anthropogenesis, tracing its presence in nature and material culture in prehistory and Antiquity. READ MORE
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ed. Matthieu Michler et al.
While the practice of the banquet or ceremonial feast has been recognized in many societies around the world, living, ancient or extinct, it had not yet been the subject of a large-scale synthesis. This book offers an interdisciplinary study of the festive banquet in relation to the cosmogonies and social practices of the social spaces concerned. READ MORE
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ed. Julien d'Huy et al.
These vibrant Mélanges celebrate the life and work of an exceptional scientist, Jean-Loïc Le Quellec. The book bears witness to the transdisciplinarity, rigour and benevolence that characterise this great scholar, and through diverse contributions explore themes dear to him: mythologies, folklore, cave arts, cultural heritage, and more. READ MORE
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ed. Philippe Pergola et al.
Papers in this volume explore the phenomenon of anomalous burials on a European scale, with an interdisciplinary reading between archaeology, history, physical and cultural anthropology. READ MORE
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Victoria van der Haas
This volume analyses the dietary life histories of prehistoric hunter-gatherers from six cemeteries in the Lake Baikal region of Siberia, Russia. The overarching goal was to better understand how they lived by examining what they ate, how they utilized the landscape, and how this changed over time.
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ed. Marius Alexianu et al.
The study of salt from an anthropological perspective provides a holistic view of its role in the evolution of human communities. Studies from around the world, ranging from prehistory to modern times, are here organized into 6 sections: theory, archaeology, history, ethnography/ ethnoarchaeology/ethnohistory, linguistics, and literature. READ MORE
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ed. Claudine Abegg et al.
Proceedings of the 22nd meeting of the ‘Archéologie et Gobelets’ Association which took place in Geneva, Switzerland in January 2021. The book is structured in three parts: Archaeological Material, Funerary Archaeology and Anthropology, and Reconstructing Bell Beaker Society. READ MORE
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ed. Elifgül Doğan et al.
30 papers explore a wide range of topics such as women’s voices in archaeological discourse; researching race and ethnicity across time; use of diversified science methods in archaeology; critical ethnographic studies; diversity in the archaeology of death, heritage studies, and archaeology of ‘scapes’. READ MORE
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Jessica Ryan-Despraz
Drawing on the author's recent study that assessed the bone morphology of skeletons in Bell Beaker burials for signs of specialised archery activity, this book contextualises the osteological findings and explores the evidence for warfare and archery throughout the Neolithic period in general and the Bell Beaker period in particular. READ MORE
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Daniel Bonneterre
This book investigates food consumption in the ancient Near East. Archaeological discoveries and abundant textual documentation help reconstruct food supply to the cities of Mesopotamia and provide a better idea of the variety of products available. Some aspects of everyday life are presented in a new light, notably the social role of the banquet. READ MORE
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Arthur J. Boucot et al.
On his death, Arthur Boucot (1924–2017) left an unfinished manuscript in which he surveyed the skeletal, behavioral, and cultural changes that have characterized Homo from its first recognition in the Late Pliocene to the present. The results, edited after his death, provide a heavily referenced sourcebook for future workers in diverse fields. READ MORE
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ed. Lucy Timbrell
This second volume reports another twenty interviews with scholars at the forefront of human evolution research, covering the broad scientific themes of Palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology and biological anthropology, earth science and palaeoclimatic change, evolutionary anthropology and primatology, and human disease co-evolution. READ MORE
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Talia Shay
This volume is about the attitudes towards death and burial in contemporary society. It provides information on the attitudes of several minority groups living in Israel today, including four communities of Russian Jews, an ultra-religious Jewish community and a Palestinian-Christian community. READ MORE
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ed. Lucy Timbrell
This volume explores the breadth and interdisciplinarity of human evolution studies, presenting 20 interviews with scholars covering the broad scientific themes of quaternary and archaeological science, Palaeolithic archaeology, biological anthropology and palaeoanthropology, primatology and evolutionary anthropology and evolutionary genetics. READ MORE
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Eduardo Williams
This volume presents a long-overdue synthesis and update on West Mexican archaeology. Ancient West Mexico has often been portrayed as a ‘marginal’ or ‘underdeveloped’ area of Mesoamerica. This book shows that the opposite is true and that it played a critical role in the cultural and historical development of the Mesoamerican ecumene. READ MORE
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ed. Loretta Kilroe
The eight papers presented here stem from a conference held in Oxford in 2017 which brought together international early-career researchers applying novel archaeological and anthropological methods to ‘overlooked’ subjects in ancient Egypt and Nubia. The diverse topics covered include women, prisoners, entangled communities and funerary displays. READ MORE
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Mercedes Versaci
The purpose of this study is to analyze the soliform figures in schematic cave paintings in the area of Laguna de la Janda and Campo de Gibraltar (Cadiz). Technological, typological, stylistic, semiotic, astronomical, anthropological and landscape aspects of the cave paintings are considered. READ MORE
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Christophe Lemardelé
This volume presents an archaeological exploration of the Hebrew Bible. It examines the notion of “The Bible”, not as a controlled theological and historiographical project but as the empirical arrangement of heterogeneous texts linked together by an evolving religious ideology. READ MORE
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ed. Dragoş Gheorghiu et al.
This volume – which has come about through a collaborative venture between Dragos Gheorghiu (archaeologist and professional visual artist) and Theodor Barth (anthropologist) – aims at expanding the field of archaeological research with an anthropological understanding of practices that include artistic methods. READ MORE
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Gonzalo Castro Moreno
The main objective of this book has been to open a line of research into the religious population of the city of Jerez de la Frontera, in southern Spain, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries – the ‘Modern Age’ - which until now has not been thoroughly investigated. READ MORE
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Fotis Ifantidis
The objective of this book is the reconsideration of the practices of personal adornment during the Neolithic period in Greece, through the assemblage, extensive bibliographic documentation, and critical evaluation of all the available data deriving from more than a hundred sites in the mainland and the Aegean islands. READ MORE
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Graeme Wilson
This study represents a reappraisal of the relationship between play — an activity which is most often understood in terms of something ‘set apart’ — and everyday life. Via a series of archaeological, anthropological and ethnographic investigations, it leads towards the conclusion that play is not in fact so separate as is often assumed. READ MORE
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ed. Timothy Clack et al.
This sumptuously illustrated book brings together a remarkable collection of the world’s leading archaeologists, ecologists, historians and ethnographers who specialise in the Omo-Turkana area (spanning spans parts of Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya), and recognising it as a crucial, and currently vulnerable, resource of global heritage. READ MORE
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Tara Steimer-Herbet
An exploration of Indonesian megaliths based on scientific documents and field visits, this work highlights misunderstood—and sometimes threatened by destruction—aspects of Indonesian cultural heritage and offers a unique perspective on megalithic monuments abandoned for several centuries in the archipelago. READ MORE
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Tobias Hofstetter
An investigation into Second Iron Age funerary practices in southern Switzerland through the study of two recently discovered necropolises at Randogne–Bluche and Sion–Parking des Remparts. READ MORE
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Gerry Wait et al.
This book presents the results of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) project in the southwest region of the Republic of the Congo, undertaken to identify and evaluate cultural resources which might need further investigation. The study also reports on ethnographic surveys considering intangible cultural heritage. READ MORE
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Derek A. Welsby
Presents the final report on the excavations of a Kerma Ancien cemetery discovered by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society during its Northern Dongola Reach Survey (1993-1997). It is one of the very few cemeteries of this date to have been fully excavated and provides interesting data on funerary culture as practised in a rural environment. READ MORE
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ed. Julian Jansen van Rensburg et al.
Humanities studies on the Arabian Peninsular including anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, epigraphy, ethnography, history, language, linguistics, literature, numismatics, theology, and more, from the earliest times to the present day or, in the fields of political and social history, to around the end of the Ottoman Empire. READ MORE
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ed. Charlotte Yvette Henderson et al.
Human skeletons are widely studied in archaeological, anthropological and forensic settings to learn about the deceased. This book focusses on identified skeletal collections and discusses how and why collections were amassed and shows the vital role they play in improving methods and interpretations for archaeological and forensic research. READ MORE
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Kyra Lyublyanovics
The Cumans are known to history as nomadic, mounted warriors. Some arrived in the Hungarian Kingdom in the mid-thirteenth century seeking asylum, eventually settling and integrating. This study collects historical, ethnographic and archaeological information on the animal husbandry aspect of the development of the Cuman population in Hungary. READ MORE
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Anagnostis P. Agelarakis
This book centres on the anthropological study of two late 8th century BC monumental graves, including a considerable population sample of cremated males, at the ancient necropolis of Paroikia at Paros, Greece. The study investigates inter-island features of the human record, observable as ingrained traces in the skeletal record. READ MORE
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ed. Erika M. Robrahn-González et al.
Proceedings of the UISPP World Congress
Proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1–7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain) 15
This volume presents proceedings from sessions A15a, A15b, A15c of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1–7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain). Collectively this volume presents perspectives of archaeological heritage management in various countries and continents. READ MORE
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ed. Sandra L. López Varela
This book celebrates thirty years of Ceramic Ecology, an international symposium initiated at the 1986 American Anthropological Association. Contributions explore the application of instrumental techniques and experimental studies to analyze ceramics and follow innovative approaches to evaluate methods and theories. READ MORE
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Geoffroy Heimlich
Unlike the Sahara or Southern Africa, the rock art of Central Africa is still largely unknown today. Crossing ethnological, historical, archaeological and mythological points of view, this book illustrates that rock art played an important part in Kongo culture. READ MORE
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ed. Julian Jansen van Rensburg et al.
Papers from the fiftieth meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, the principal international academic forum for research on the Arabian Peninsula. READ MORE
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ed. Nadine Guilhou et al.
In this volume, a pleiade of Egyptologists, Archaeologists, Archaeoastronomers, Archaeoanthropologists, Historians and other scholars from fifteen countries have combined their efforts in order to honour Alicia Maravelia. READ MORE
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Jeffrey H. Altschul et al.
This report makes a significant contribution to the archaeology and ethnography of eastern Senegal. Combining ethnographic and archaeological data yields a picture of a period of intense social change at the end of the 19th c. and extended well into the mid-20th c. READ MORE
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Jose I. Herrera Urena
This work presents an anthropological study of crania and mandibles from the osteological collection from Chinchero (Peru), currently housed at the American Archaeological and Ethnological Museum of the Complutense University of Madrid. READ MORE
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ed. Orhan Elmaz et al.
The special session in 2013, Languages of Southern Arabia, was the fifth in the Seminar for Arabian Studies special session series. READ MORE
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ed. Robert Hoyland et al.
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2013. READ MORE
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ed. Lloyd Weeks et al.
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2012. READ MORE
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ed. Janet Starkey
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2011 READ MORE
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ed. Laila Nehmé et al.
Proceedings of the special session held during the Seminar for Arabian Studies 2011. READ MORE
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ed. Janet Starkey
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2010. READ MORE
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ed. Michael C.A. Macdonald
Proceedings of the special session held during the Seminar for Arabian Studies 2009. READ MORE
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ed. Janet Starkey
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2009. READ MORE
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ed. Janet Starkey
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2008. READ MORE
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ed. Lloyd Weeks et al.
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2007. READ MORE
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ed. Lloyd Weeks et al.
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2006. READ MORE
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ed. Rob Carter et al.
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2005. READ MORE
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ed. Michael C.A. Macdonald
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2004. READ MORE
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2003. READ MORE
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ed. Michael C.A. Macdonald
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2002. READ MORE
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ed. Peter J. Parr
Proceedings of the thirty-third Seminar for Arabian Studies held in London, 15-17 July 1999. READ MORE
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 1995. READ MORE
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 1989. READ MORE
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 1986. READ MORE
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 1984. READ MORE
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 1978. READ MORE
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 1975. READ MORE
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Proceedings of the Seventh Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the Middle East Centre, Cambridge on 28th and 29th June, 1973. READ MORE
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Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the Middle East Centre, Cambridge 22-23 June, 1970 (Vol. 1), the Oriental Institute, Oxford 22-23 September, 1971 (Vol. 2), and at the Institute of Archaeology, London 27-28 September, 1972 (Vol. 3). READ MORE
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