Corsican specialties range from many different types of charcuterie to a light curd cheese called Bruccio that is used in many dishes or eaten fresh. The islanders have all the resources of the sea, a
One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's Hamlet is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. Now the most extensively annotated version of Hamlet to date makes
Few figures in history have left a legacy of such unparalleled achievements as Alexander the Great. This catalogue sheds light on the legend of Alexander the Great and explores the historical and c
Shortly after 800 B.C., a village was founded in the wetland and riverine habitat of northern Belize. Now called K'axob, this Maya community grew and prospered through Formative and Classic times. A m
The Mediterranean island has been considered to lay well outside the southwest Asian site of early sedentism and food production, but new evidence over the past decade has pushed the farming in Cyprus
Kanawati and Abder-Raziq report findings of fieldwork conducted from 1999 to 2002 at the tombs of Iynefert/Shanef and Ihy (reused by Idut/Seshseshet). While the tomb of Iynefert is open to visitors an
Barker and Cranstone, respectively past presidents of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology and the Association for Industrial Archaeology, present the results of these institutions' first collabo
X-ray diffraction was first applied almost a century ago. The subsequent development of the technique and its application across industry and academia to physical, chemical and biological problems has
The author (ancient history and classics, U. of Exeter, UK) explores the veiling of women in the ancient Greek world from mainland Greece to Asia Minor, Egypt, and south Italy between about 900 BC and
The Christian mystics open our eyes to a world beyond this one, to the world of the spirit and of God, of whom they had a direct knowledge and experience, obtained chiefly through prayer, meditation a
This volume contains 23 chapters derived from a session at the 65th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in April 2000. The papers are organized into sections covering environment an
The third and final volume to report on the joint Greek- American excavation of these two Minoan coastal sites at Mochlos contains a catalog of the small finds, including man-made works in metal, cera
From the Cities of the Biblical World series - a series describing the recent archaeological developments at major Biblical sites for the general reader, the student and the tourist. Until the discove
Baptism and the Lord's Supper are means of grace, representing spiritual realities by whose observance the Church and its members celebrate the life they are given in Christ. Upon this belief Professo
This first ever full-length study of Ben Okri's life and work is based on twenty years of friendship and close attention to his texts. It argues that his writing is best appreciated against the backgr
The book examines each of Barnes's novels under his own name, indicating how his treatment of common themes in inventive structures helps to invigorate both the themes and the novel form itself. Focus
Those who delight in food history will enjoy this book on the development of recipes for sweets in England beginning in the 17th century. Mason tracks down the meaning, traditions, technology, and met
The Scythian Neapolis is the `largest and most investigated barbarian fortress of the northern Black Sea region', lying on a high plateau in the Crimean mountains. This study presents the historical e
Archaic Sicily has historical narrative only for the very beginning (Thucydides) and very end (Herodotus), says De Angelis (classical, Near Eastern, and religious studies; U. of British Columbia-Vanco
The contributors to this festschrift are former students and colleagues of Immerwahr (emeritus, ancient art, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), who practice archaeology and teach at universities in
Drawing on the finds of decades of earlier excavations there and his own excavation and research, Papadopoulos (his affiliation is not noted) has re-created the topography and use of the early Iron Ag
Religion in Chinese Garment provides an unparalleled insight into Chinese religious life before the onset of Communism, and is the companion volume to Meditation and Piety in the Far East, also publis
For the western reader this study reveals the life of the East Asian religious communities, their sanctuaries, sacred writings and daily discipline. These non-Christian religions present a massive fro
From 1996 to 2003, archeologists, paleoclimatologists, geologists, and other specialists applied state-of-the-art climate models (from ice core and pollen data) for Europe to the question of what led
To the ancient Egyptians, war and peace were yet another paired manifestation of the eternal struggle between chaos and order, explains Manassa, and so modern historians seeking evidence about histori
Eugene Sue (1804-57), like his contemporary Alexandre Dumas pere, was one of the most successful writers of his time. Les Mysteres de Paris, the novel for which he is most remembered, became a publish
The village on the northeast coast of Crete, particularly the cemetery of about 300 tombs, was excavated in 1971, but no comprehensive report on the findings and implications has been published until
Aspasia Papanastasiou's thesis presents an illustrated catalogue, arranged by type, of 4th-century Athenian red-figured and black-glazed vessels in museum collections across Europe. The author focuses
As McEwan argues, the past is well suited to manipulation and can be used to uphold particular ideologies, for example those dictated by the state. This discussion of the development of archaeology in
The study of astronomy in ancient societies is becoming ever more popular among archaeologists as is reflected in this collection of twelve papers been taken from a session held at the European Associ
The 2002 Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology brought together a number of postgraduate students researching a broad range of topics on the archaeology of the Mediterranean area from prehistory to t
Equal arm brooches were a brief fashion fad of the 5th century, found only in north-western Germany, the Lowlands and England, and, as such, are rarely discovered.
The Hjortsping boat, fully excavated in the 1920s, is arguably the most important archaeological find from early Iron Age Scandinavia. This volume forms the first English-language analysis of the find
Waatetkhethor, the eldest daughter of King Teti and wife of the vizier Mereruka, is the only woman buried in the Teti Cemetery who owned a separate chapel and burial chamber in her husband's mastaba.
Lowland Susiana, in the modern-day province of Khuzestan, southwestern Iran, was a major contributor to the cultural development of the ancient Near East. Excavations at numerous sites in Susiana, but
This archaeological monograph reports on an expedition that "for practical reasons" limited itself to the epigraphy and architecture of the similar tombs at Giza (Egypt) that belong to Seshathetep, Ne
Presented as a festschrift on the occasion of Delmarcel's retirement from Leuven U., Belgium, where he taught art history, this slightly oversize (10x12) volume contains 13 articles on tapestries in c
This is the first of three volumes (Part A) reporting on archaeological investigations conducted on two sites along the Mochlos coastal plain in eastern Crete, part of a larger series of excavations c
Before he died in 1993, N. D. G. James, President of the Royal Forestry Society, laid out the foundations for this history of the mighty tree. Forester Harris and naturalist, and author Jeanette Harri
