An Archaeology of Images. Iconology and Cosmology in Iron Age and Roman Europe, Paperback - Miranda Aldhouse Green

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

This book presents a new exploration of an ancient European Druids, people who could foretell the will of the gods and who left revealing archaeolo...

The 21 papers in this volume cover the whole Iron Age from ca. 800 BC to the beginning of the Common Era, exploring the origins of urbanism.Publish...

This book provides an account of the development of European culture and society during a period of remarkable innovation.Publisher: Taylor & Franc...

Comprehensive overview of the system of measure found in Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron age Europe from the world's leading authority on ancient metro...

Headhunting and the Body in Iron Age Europe - Ian Armit

Results of a major, community-based excavation of an Iron Age broch that collapsed in on itself after a fire, sealing a unique and undisturbed dome...

Identity in landscape connectivity and diversity in Iron Age Transylvania - Sándor Berecki

This volume investigates the construction of group identity in Late La Tene South-East Europe using an innovative statistical modelling method.

This volume presents the results of the Tel Jezreel Post-Excavation and Publication Project, directed by Charlotte Whiting on behalf of the Council...

When you think of astrology, you may think of the horoscope section in your local paper, or of Nancy Reagan's consultations with an astrologer in t...

Archaeological explorations of magic and witchcraft in Iron Age Transylvania - Aurel Rustoiu

Combining archaeological, literary and numismatic evidence, John Creighton paints a vivid picture of how people in late Iron Age Britain reacted to...

This volume is for advanced undergraduates and scholars of the Mediterranean with interest in first half of the first millennium BCE. It is also fo...

Through an analysis of glass beads from four key study regions in Britain, the book aims to explore the role that this object played within the net...

Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandAuthor(s): Ross MurrayIllustration(s): 175 colour illustrations; 175 colour illustrationsPublication d...

Reducere. In this beautifully illustrated study of sculpture, vases, and other cult objects portraying the Goddess, fertility images, and mythical animals, M...

In the Iron Age over 3, 000 forts were built on top of hills. Find out how hill forts were constructed, what they were used for, and what they tell...

Iron Age Myth and Materiality: an Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000 considers the relationship between myth and materiality in Scandinavia fro...

American environmentalism is defined by its icons: the "Crying Indian, " who shed a tear in response to litter and pollution; the cooling towers of...

National Book Award Finalist TIME Magazine's #1 Nonfiction Book of 2012A New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2012Best Nonf...

At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin a...

The first look at the evidence from excavations at the site of Cladh Hallan (South Uist, Western Isles of Scotland).Publisher: Oxbow BooksAuthor(s)...

The text studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation to over 6000 years later. Part one discusses how monum...

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

Reducere. In this groundbreaking book, Sandra E. Greene explores the lives of three prominent West African slave owners during the age of abolition. These fi...

Eight papers consider the neolithisation of the Iberian Peninsula; faunal exploitation in early Neolithic Italy; the economic and symbolic role of ...

Reducere. The quadrivium-the classical curriculum-comprises the four liberal arts of number, geometry, music, and cosmology. It was studied from antiquity to...

This book explores the changing nature of power and identity from the Iron Age to the Roman period in Britain. It provides fresh insights into the ...

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