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Egyptology
2 Understanding Islam at European Museums
Magnus Berg This Element addresses contemporary framings of Islam in European museums, focusing on how museums in Germany and the UK with collections of Islamic heritage realise the ICOM (International Council of Museums) definition of museums as institutions in the service of society.
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Elements in Critical Heritage Studies
75pp 8. 2021 9781108744195 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108881623
Archaeology of Europe, Near and Middle East
A. Bernard Knapp | University of Glasgow Living in ‘an age of migration’ inevitably has impacted the ways that archaeologists, historians and social scientists view this phenomenon. The causes of migration are multiple, complex and often historically specific. This Element looks critically at migration scenarios proposed for the end of the Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean.
Elements in the Archaeology of Europe
75pp 4. 2021 9781108964739 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108990363
Power from Below in Premodern Societies
The Dynamics of Political Complexity in the Archaeological Record T. L. Thurston | State University of New York, Buffalo This volume presents innovative perspectives on the Archaeology of commoners, thus challenging previous models of social power centered on elites. Through case studies from around the world, it exemplifies how people in premodern societies developed strategies to sustain non-hierarchical networks and contest the rise of inequalities. • Challenges traditional narratives on social power, opening new perspectives on the past and present • Introduces a variety of case studies on the Archaeology of commoners • Reflects on the dynamic nature of power networks, discussing concepts such as heterarchy, collective action, and resistance
350pp 11. 2021 9781316515396 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009042826
Salt
White Gold in Early Europe Anthony Harding | University of Exeter This Element provides a concise account of the Archaeology of salt production in ancient Europe. It describes what salt is, where it is found, what it is used for, and its importance for human and animal health. The different periods of the past in which it was produced are described, from earliest times down to the medieval period.
Elements in the Archaeology of Europe
75pp 8. 2021 9781009017640 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 NEW IN PAPERBACK
The Monastic Landscape of Late Antique Egypt
An Archaeological Reconstruction Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom | Wittenberg University, Ohio Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom offers a new history of the field of monastic Archaeology in Egypt. Using critical theories from landscape studies, materiality and phenomenology, she analyzes archaeological, documentary, and literary sources from late antique Egypt to reconstruct how monastic settlements transformed the desertscape into a monastic landscape. • Provides both artifactual and textual evidence that works in tandem to challenge the older narrative of monasticism as isolationist and spartan • Introduces readers less familiar with Archaeology to the physical evidence for monasticism in Egypt, and will have a broad appeal to those interested in monasticism (East, West, and Buddhist monasticism) • Illustrates the benefits of applying new theoretical models to reading the built environment and Egyptian monastic landscape
454pp 78 b/w illus. 2 maps 11. 2021 9781316614082 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 4. 2018 9781107161818 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 135.00 eISBN 9781316676653
Archaeology of the Americas
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Continuity and Change in the Native American Village
Multicultural Origins and Descendants of the Fort Ancient Culture Robert A. Cook | Ohio State University This book should appeal to those interested in how and why Native American villages formed in relation to migration, environment and agriculture. The focus is on the big picture of cultural relatedness over broad regions and the amount of social detail that can be gleaned from archaeological and biological data. • Examines how multiple forms of ethnicity enhance archaeological investigations, changing the way we think about connections between present and past • Proposes a more integrative theoretical orientation regarding cultural change and continuity which will be useful for moving toward a middle ground in anthropological theory • Combines archaeological, biological and cultural data with political implications, moving forward a more holistic study of the human past and allowing for better connections with potential descendant communities
304pp 5. 2021 9781107619111 Paperback GBP 23.99 / USD 35.99 12. 2017 9781107043794 Hardback GBP 80.00 / USD 103.99 eISBN 9781107339224
