Kolonna was a major center of commerce in the Bronze Age, as is reflected by the wealth and diversity of the ceramic finds from the area, excavated beginning in the early 19th century. This major work
Boekhoven has slightly revised his PhD dissertation in theology and religious studies at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He sets out a genealogy of thinking about shamanism in the West t
Blogg (dance, Griffith U., Australia) provides a volume first published in 1985 that examines dance and worship in the context of the Bible and how religious dance can be used in the church and educat
Historian Ransome chronicles the community that Ferrar (1593-1637) founded in 1624, life as a member, the history of the community as a whole, and its impact on the later course of volunteer religious
Wieblitz, who has trained and taught at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria, draws from her experiences leading a children's choir to show teachers in all settings and those involved in church mus
Herren (emeritus, classics, York U.) presents a new edition and translation of an eighth-century satire on just about everything, written anonymously by someone claiming to be St. Jerome (who is there
This colorful volume examines extravagant and practical structures built for animals of all types over the last several centuries in the UK. The work provides a detailed discussion of important histor
Volume VI focuses on expansion abroad during Victoria's reign, and the triumphs of science and industry that allowed Britain to maintain its position, established in the Georgian era, as the world's g
Concepts of scale are used often in ecology, geography, sociology, and other fields, but rarely by historians and archaeologists, who are the authors of the nine papers contained in this collection. T
Prospect Books' best seller is this handy instruction manual for the ultra-keen breadmaker and DIY enthusiast, showing how to build a substantial bread oven in the yard or garden.
"The possibility of ekphrasis -- the verbal representation of visual imagery -- is fundamental to all writing about art, be it art criticism, theory, or a passage in a novel. But there is no consensus
Some 40 per cent of Europe is farmed and 47 per cent forested. The future of the majority of Europes archaeological sites therefore depends on rural land uses that lie outside the spatial planning and
Yordy (philosophy and religion, Bridgewater College, VA) presents this book attempting to reverse the status quo of current Christian attitude she sees, of alienation from and domination of nature. Ar
Grills traces the life of Godwine (d. 1053), Earl of Wessex, from his ancestral background and early years to his death and legacy. He draws from Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian, and Norman sources to descr
Ancient Greek cultic practices are explored in this volume, which originated at a 2004 conference at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. Jensen, of the University of Aarhus, and his colleagues present
Architect and landscape designer Morelli and photographer and journalist Roberto Germogli, both based in Florence, describe and illustrate architectural and archaeological features of the southern par
This volume complements Anna Muthesius' two earlier ground-breaking volumes in the field of silk as material culture: Studies in Byzantine and Islamic Silk Weaving and Studies in Silk in Byzantium. Th
Researchers compile the results of their many years investigating how glass-like material was made from the fifth millennium BC through the Roman period in Egypt, the Near East, the Indus Valley, and
Philosopher Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970) lived almost an entire century, a century full of change. He was one of the few who dared to provide answers to the impossible questions of twen
Between 1900 and 1915, a quarter of the working-age male Greek population immigrated to the United States, Canada, and Australia. This profound demographic phenomenon left an indelible mark on Greek s
In this volume, The Hassam Toorawa Trust brings together six thought-provoking essays by scholars of Mauritius and other Indian Ocean islands. Together, they explore the experiences of islanders past
This title presents the "Ancient Tantra Collection"--also called the NGB--without translation, as well as critical essays on the textual criticism of the NGB tradition, the features and summaries of t
Goebs (Egyptology, U. of Toronto) presents a new approach to analyzing the image of ancient Egyptian kings and gods, studying the textual evidence instead of the iconography and focusing on the king's
Contributors who are themselves presumably archaeologists, or at least anthropologists of some sort, demonstrate how to employ complexity--the interactions, multiple scales, and multiple layers of mea
The so-called Coligny Calendar was discovered in November 1897 by a Monsieur Roux in a field north of Coligny (Ain, France). He came across the fragments of a buried statue of a young male deity and,
Blessings and curses represent complex social and theological phenomena, and challenge our linguistic and conceptual understandings of the society in which they are used. This volume gathers together
Oxbow says: Through the study of literary and archaeological evidence, and more especially the statistical analysis of floor plans, Geoff Adams examines the social function of suburban villas in the I
This volume constitutes the proceedings of the Horses and Humans Symposium, held in 2000 at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Powdermill Nature Preserve, in Rector, Pennsylvania, USA, in honor of
Jean Ducat (retired, Greek history, U. of Nice) is a recognized French authority on classical Sparta. In this study, he collects, translates and evaluates sources ranging from the well-known to the ob
The intersection--but more often the distinction--between slander and satire was of major concern to both satirists and writers about slander in early modern France, says Butterworth (French, U. of Sh
The white monks in Wales not only tapped into the strong popular eremetical and heroic element in the traditions of north and west Wales, but were also cultured men who often traveled abroad, to the a
The rise and fall of John Law's financial system affected many investors and was widely commented on throughout Europe. Among the many forms of that commentary were medals, mostly satirical and many m
In this volume, Kozlowski and Aurenche have accumulated a wealth of data on the Neolithic cultures of the Near East which is used to investigate the presence and location of bounded territories before
Descibes the scientific and engineering achievements of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, discussing such topics as agriculture, coal mining, canals, railways, factories, and buildings.
