Tonality - or the feeling of key in music - achieved crisp theoretical definition in the early 20th century, even as the musical avant-garde pronounced it obsolete. The notion of a general collapse or
This study combines archaeological material from Romano-British forts located in northern Britain with concepts and methods from the New and Processual schools of archaeological theory in order to lea
Humbach (Mainz U.) and Faiss explore the names of deities and people in Greek historian Herodotus' (484-425 BC) account of the Iranian people of the northern Black Sea region and living on the border
Metre and Rhythm in Greek Verse gives a general and comprehensive view of our up-to-date knowledge of ancient Greek song and recitation and goes further into the study of the different poetic genres a
This new work by Peter Brears, perhaps Britain's foremost expert on the historical kitchen, looks at the real mechanics of food production and service in medieval England: the equipment used, the hous
This study examines patterns of pottery production and consumption at the Maya city centre of Lamanai during the Terminal Classic to Early Postclassic period (A.D.800-A.D.1250). The central focus is o
The ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna (or Amarna, ancient Akhetaten) was the short-lived capital built by the controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten, probably the father of the famous Tutankhamun, and
Under the influence of a narrowly understood scientific legal positivism, jurisprudence has neglected interdisciplinary research for a long time. However, today there are strong practical and scholarl
This humorous and interesting work, originally published in French in 2005, provides a natural history, and cookbook, for testicles of all types. The work explores language, myth and historic meaning
The first in a promised series that will catalog this impressive collection, this thoughtfully produced, authoritative volume contains a complete catalog of the approximately 1500 Gandharan seals, sea
Nestled high in the Andes of Peru between two imposing mountain chains, Cordillera Real and Cordillera Blanca, sits the majestic Lake Titicaca. This geological basin was carved in the late Pleistocene
Novillo-Corvalan (comparative literature, U. of Kent) explores the literary relationship between Argentine poet and writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) and Irish novelist and poet James Joyce (1882-1
The focus in the study of early-medieval computistics has generally been on the few texts that can be attributed to well-known authors, leaving the impression that this science was advanced only by si
In this work, Meyer (History, U. of Virginia) contests the widely held view that silver cups--phialai--listed in certain eminent, 4th century BC Athenian inscriptions, were products of a legal process
Applicable to the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and geography, and pertinent to any chronological era, the 16 essays of this volume offer a variety of examples and approaches to understanding a
Banks (French, Durham University UK) explores the ways in which late sixteenth-century French poetry illuminates the changing concepts of the interrelation among humans, the divine and the cosmos. Whi
This fourth volume in a series publishing the Books of the Dead and other religious documents presents the so-called Books of Breathing and other related texts of the Greco-Roman period. The majority
This study presents Andrew David's field survey and excavation, including the results of excavations at the Nab Head and Daylight Rock in Pembrokeshire. It integrates these results with existing data
A German anthology was published in 2004 to help bolster passive music therapy in a climate where active therapy had long dominated. In order to build bridges with their English-speaking colleagues, t
Emlyn-Jones (classical studies, Open U.) translates the opening parts of Plato's most widely read and cited dialogue, on pages facing the Greek text edited by S. R. Slings and published by Oxford Univ
All known British Iron Age swords and scabbards are here catalogued in detail for the first time. They are grouped on the basis of typologies of components and are discussed with special reference to
An investigation of the development of Art and Design education in Italy, France, Britain, Germany, and the United States. This study traces the philosophies of teachers from the age of the guilds and
Short description: As Rector of Clapham Venn was the prototypically effective nineteenth-century town parson, but through his role as first chairman of the Church Missionary Society and as Chaplain to
This volume is a collection of essays, which exemplify the range and diversity of work currently being undertaken on the regional landscapes of the British Bronze Age and the progress which has bee
This volume completes this distinguished edition of Metamorphoses . This volume completes Donald Hills distinguished edition to the Metamorphoses. Of the pevious volume it was said: It is all we could
Plant-centred issues are fundamental in the definitions and explanations of the Neolithic as a phenomenon.The meeting of the Neolithic Studies Group from which this volume developed aimed to provide a
The period AD 300-600 saw huge changes. The Graeco-Roman city-state was first transformed then eclipsed. Much of the Roman Empire broke up and was reconfigured. New barbarian kingdoms emerged in the R
The reaction against archaeological explanations relying on invasion and migration was part of the processualist critique in the 1960s. Only recently have archaeologists like Kristiansen argued that a
In Christ Died for Our Sins, Jarvis J. Williams argues a twofold thesis: First, that Paul in Romans presents Jesus' death as both a representation of, and a substitute for, Jews and Gentiles. Second,
This edited volume focuses on long-term economic structures refl ected in material culture, analysing the emergent processes that aff ected production mechanisms and embedded economic behaviour.
Between 2008 and 2011 excavations were undertaken by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit at Tremough, near Penryn, Cornwall. The site is situated on a plateau overlooking the Carrick Roads, historically
The site of La Grava (or Grove Priory) in Bedfordshire, excavated in advance of quarrying between 1973 and 1985, was one of the most extensive monastic/manorial projects of the 20th century in the UK.
Things travel around the globe: they are shipped as mass consumer goods, or transported as souvenirs or gifts. There are infinite ways for things to be mobile, not only in the era of globalisation but
Die Menschheitsgeschichte war und ist eng mit dem Kamel verbunden, denn ohne dieses bemerkenswerte Tier hatten Menschen in den ariden Zonen Asiens und Nord-Afrikas kaum uberlebt. Die Beforschung der e
Contents: Mikhail Abramzon: A hoard of bronze Pontic and Bosporan coins of the reign of Mithradates VI from Phanagoria, 2007; Anna Alexandropoulou: The Late Classical and Hellenistic pottery of Sinope
