Athens at the Margins. Pottery and People in the Early Mediterranean World, Hardback - Nathan T. Arrington

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A new theoretical concept is becoming increasingly visible within the current human rights framework on violence against women (VAW): intersectiona...

The Early Mediterranean Village: Agency, Material Culture, and Social Change in Neolithic Italy - John Robb

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This interdisciplinary collection takes a deep dive into early modern Hispanic health and demonstrates the multiples ways medical practices and exp...

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Nathan Rosenstein charts Rome's incredible journey and command of the Mediterranean over the course of the third and second centuries BC.

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An impressive survey of more than 100 pieces of historic Pueblo pottery. No art form is more associated with the Native Americans of the Southwest ...

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