An Archaeology of Desperation: Exploring the Donner Party's Alder Creek Camp, Hardcover - Kelly J. Dixon

Reducere. The Donner Party is almost inextricably linked with cannibalism. In truth, we know remarkably little about what actually happened to the starving t...

DescriptionOn June 23, 1900, the Southern Railroad Company's Engine #7 and its passengers were greeted by a tremendous storm en route to Atlanta, G...

Kai is the only member of his family who can't get the dance steps to the Electric Slide right. But Kai is determined to bust a move in this fun an...

This volume highlights new directions in the study of social identities in past populations. Building on the field-defining research in Bioarchaeol...

Reducere. Xavier Moon is stepping out of the shadows when his great-uncle gives him some outlandish socks and some even stranger requests. A story about hear...

In fall 1965, North Vietnam's high command smelled blood in the water. The South Vietnamese republic was on the verge of collapse, and Hanoi resolv...

Reducere. Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any ...

Uncovering the insect logic that informs contemporary media technologies and the network society.

A critical examination and exploration of developments in archaeology inspired by John Barrett.Illustrations: B/wEditor(s): Roger C.P. Doonan

The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture: An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple - Jean M. Evans

Reducere. This book is a continuation of Giorgio Agamben's investigation of political theory, which began with the highly influential volume Homo Sacer: Sove...

"Examines the philosophic-historical conditions of literary theory"--

Reaching back to early experiments with digital writing in the mainframe era and then moving through the personal computer and Internet revolutions...

History is recorded in many ways. According toauthor James Deetz, the past can be seen most fullyby studying the small things so often forgotten.Ob...

A powerful and innovative argument that explores the complexity of the human relationship with material things, demonstrating how humans and societ...

Formative Britain presents an account of the peoples occupying the island of Britain between 400 and 1100 AD, whose ideas continue to set the polit...

The Goose Creek Bridge is the gateway to the Saint James, Goose Creek Parish in South Carolina and the church, cemeteries, chapels, and sanctuaries...

This volume is an archaeological exploration of the conflict landscapes encountered by volunteers of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civi...

Reducere. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Lake Tahoe and the Donner Summit region became California's first developed winter sports areas. Plentif...

Reducere. Everyone loves the stories of legendary creatures that just might really exist. This book relies on the latest information from cryptozoologists, e...

DescriptionLike other groups with dangerous occupations, mariners have developed a close-knit culture bound by loss and memory. Death regularly dis...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Jacob GabouryIllustration(s): 133 black and white photos, 20 colour plateNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2...

DescriptionOn October 20, 1890, Bob Womack struck gold and staked his El Paso mining claim at Poverty Gulch, which eventually ignited the greatest ...

Palero Tata Rodriguez is your guide through this exploration of Palo Kimbisa, an Afro-Cuban religion where nothing is as it seems: elements of natu...

Reducere. Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930) was the principal force behind the rise of the German Imperial Navy prior to World War I, challenging ...

The first book to combine the idea that our early ancestors did care for one another in an unselfish way with archaeological evidence. It is the ev...

Examines the ipact of Roman rule on the city of Lattara, Gaul 500-200 BCE, the development of new social and economic relationships and identity.

Reducere. Sylvia Hood Washington's Packing Them In provides strong and often startling evidence of the depths and complexities of environmental racism in Chi...

The Sunday Times bestselling series is back with a gripping new thriller that pits homicide detective Eve Dallas against a conspiracy of exploitati...

Using archaeology, social anthropology, and more than 100 original line drawings and photographs, this book takes a fresh look at how ancient image...

Reducere. Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same--until Orchid Mason arrives. From Erin Entrada Kelly, the winner of the Newbery Medal for H...