This study investigates the uses of bone as a raw material on the Tierra del Fuego. Scheinshon first determines the mechanical properties of bones to be found on the island, and then traces the rates
One of the more bizarre beliefs about the Middle Ages and, even more, Late Antiquity, is that people were little more than robots, controlled by religion and social dictates. They had no concept of th
Gijn (material culture and artefact studies, U. of Leiden and Groningen) is particularly interested in the microscopic study of stone and bone tools, and has written widely about microwear analysis. H
The idea of origins has its place in nearly every domain of knowledge, suggesting that it can be understood as a hermeneutic paradigm in both the humanities and the sciences. If it is such a hermeneut
Dissent or Conform examines how churches reacted to, and were affected by, two world wars. Its underlying theme, however, is how the Church can be a creatively dissenting community, focusing on how ea
This volume contains the proceedings of a January 2005 archaeological conference in which yet unpublished findings concerning the Minoan presence in the central, eastern, and northern Aegean were pres
This is a study of the maritime dimension of transport, to and from the military installations and civilian settlements of the coasts and rivers of the west of Britain, where water was used as the mea
A collection of primarily archaeological papers given at a 2000 conference in Taman, Russia. Topics explored include trade, colonisation, agriculture, art and cultural influences. Essays range from sp
Yeates, who is not further identified, combines evidence from history, archaeology, to explore the native religion of the two tribes who dwelt successively in the Severn Valley, on what is now the Wel
Betancourt, Nelson, and Williams offer a set of 36 essays in honor of Joseph and Maria Shaw, who in 2006 were awarded the Archaeological Institute of America's highest honors for their contributions t
This collection of essays promises to make an important contribution to the field of Roman studies, particularly, by its concentration on monuments, to that of Roman art history.
This volume contains a description of the coins of the impressive Hoxne Treasure, discovered in a field in England in 1992. The coins are late Roman gold and silver and include a few imitations. In ad
Thompson (French, U. of London) traces the intertextual significance of references to clothing in Zola's series of 20 Rougon-Macquart novels. She examines the various functions of those items of cloth
Flinders Petrie began his long association with ancient Egypt and the Near East when he went to Giza to survey the pyramids in 1880. Until his death in 1942, he dug almost continuously, having investi
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
A lively and entertaining popular history of breweries and public houses in Britain, showing how brewers and pubs helped the war effort and maintained morale during the Second World War.
In his wide-ranging studies of poetic borrowing, Serrano uncovers the heterogeneity of influences in canonical texts from Arabic, Chinese and French traditions: Buhturi (821-97) and the Qur'an (7th ce
Parody marks the troubadour lyric from the outset, informing composition, performance and reception. This ground-breaking study moves away from courtliness, the focus of most previous studies, and pla
Presents an illustrated account of the airfields of the Thames Valley during the Second World War, the planes and the pilots who flew them and the local civilians who worked alongside them.
Presents the architecture and associated finds from 39 locations in Areas B, C, D, and F in the Minoan town of Pseira, the Bronze Age settlement off the coast of Crete that was excavated between 1985
Based on records from Nikolaos Balanos’ dismantling and reerection of the temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis (between 1935 and 1939), this volume presents a detailed architectural study o
Since the days of the hunter-gatherers, Man has used for food plants of a vast genetic diversity. Yet the very earliest farming laid the seeds of a frightening tendency, greatly increased by the Agric
After a decade-long hiatus in the years of World War II, archaeological fieldwork was resumed in Iran in 1948. In that year, the Oriental Institute returned to its long tradition of archaeological res
"Recently, a travel account and 700 photographs came to light by the hand of Leo Boer, a former student of the aEcole Biblique et Archaeologique Franecaise in Jerusalem who, at the age of 26 in 1953-4
Southwark’s famous Bankside was long known as an entertainment area up to the 17th century. This volume provides evidence for the Barge, one of the medieval stewhouses (tavern/brothel) and the later H
Chiasmi International publishes for the first time two previously unpublished working notes from Merleau-Ponty that date from 1959 and the first chapter of a previously unpublished text that Simondon
This volume is dedicated to the British Museum’s collection of early Anglo-Saxon gold coinage as well as the Anglo-Saxon and Continental silver coinage of the North Sea area, dating from the early sev
A librarian specializing in the Middle East at various British universities throughout his career, Auchterlonie (honorary Arab and Islamic studies, U. of Exeter) explains that Pitts' account, uniquely
In nineteenth-century Britain, a large number of prominent Anglican and Presbyterian Evangelicals rejected the idea that salvation meant "going to heaven when you die". Instead, they
What comes after reflective listening? What comes after the ministry of presence? Spiritual midwifery is a powerful framework for offering pastoral care in today's fast-paced environment. Midwifery of
This book is the first to be published from a wider research project, still in progress, about the sanctuaries of Poseidon and Athena on the promontory of Sounion (southeast Attica). The aim of this v
This book describes, collates and analyses the archaeological, zooarchaeological and palaeobotanical evidence for agriculture, livestock and cereal production in early medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100, p
This book is about Arcadia and the pastoral tradition; what it has meant for successive generations and their vision of the landscape, as well as the implications this has had for its design and manag
Operation Idris provides the unofficial story behind the British Administration’s cultivation of Sayyid Mohammed Idris as the figurehead for their project of indirect rule in Cyrenaica.
True Myth examines the meaning and significance of myth as understood by C.S.Lewis and Joseph Campbell and its place in the Christian faith in a technologicalsociety. C.S. Lewis defined Christianity,
