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reinvented by Childe over a thirty year period in response to advances in European archaeology, his own theoretical interests and external political factors. The importance of the book for the history of 20th ... many; a reinvention and a palimpsest of the old and the new. Influences on the book, new archaeological evidence and new theories, as well as external political forces, will be considered. Overview
, ca. 400 B.C.-A.D. 300. The chronological, geographical, and political situation of the site made the bead assemblage exceptionally rich in organic and inorganic materials as well as the technologies
Flight from the State’ David Wengrow, UCL Institute of Archaeology, GB James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology at Yale University, and Director of their Agrarian ... times down to the present day – have managed to avoid the reach of the state; strategies that for him must always involve some interplay between political structure, geography, and subsistence choices
inevitable result of demographic growth, after the first Revolution – the Neolithic one. Strangely, for a Marxist, he did not consider much the possibility of political revolution in the world’s first cities ... : the conscious overturning of a given political order. The Urban Revolution was all supposed to be part of our species’ inevitable march towards inequality. Even today, the picture we present of the
political artefact. Is ethnicity a useful analytic? What can archaeology say about the kinds of deeper time questions which scholars have asked of identities in Africa? Eleven authors engage with contemporary ... various transformations that this cattle industry caused to the island and its inhabitants, and discuss the different economic, spatial, architectural and political implications of this process. The volume
of Horsfield’s entrance into archaeology (Thornton 2009). In my doctoral thesis I examined his professional life and personal network in the context of wider political developments in the British ... sources for examining Horsfield’s life and work within the political and social environment of British Mandate Transjordan is a collection of letters from George Horsfield to Agnes Conway, whom he married
05 Dec 2018 CC BY 4.0 Accepted on 01 Oct 2018 Submitted on 11 Jul 2018 Despite their environmental and geo-political marginality, southern Africa’s Maloti ... environmental hardship or political conflict (see King and Challis 2017 for details). Recent work illustrating that these sorts of ‘refugia’ could actually serve as more regular, stable homes (King 2017) has not
ornaments worn by caciques at important political and ritual events (Ostapkowicz 2013). They enclosed the head and central core (below the navel and above the genitals), both critical points of the body and ... within the weave of the Pigorini cemí clearly positioned the individual who commissioned it at the forefront of political maneuvering in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Choice beads in quantity
examine how ritual killing was implicated in the political transformations of the third millennium BC. UCL’s partners on this project, which began in July, will include Suzanne Pilaar Birch of the ... support for PhD student research on funerary diversity across the British Beaker period and Borja Legarra-Herrero for Spanish fieldwork as part of research into the socio-political impact of human cultural
, therefore, the project considers Downley as part of a wider archaeological, historical, political and ecological landscape through time. In parallel with these research aims are a series of key learning ... the political and religious milieu prevailing during this time period. The Downley Park fieldwork has become part of a wider project looking at the workings of the Forest of Arundel from the Conquest
centrality of the dynasty and the region to global economic and political networks. Jane Briscoe, Barbara Martin, David Martin and Christopher Whittick. 2018. How Houses Evolved: Houses in the
semisedentary, organized primarily into kin- and clan-based villages rather than towns, and largely without a unified political organization (Langfur 2014:7-9). Although Brazil was a Portuguese colonial ... political climate continued through the 20th century, as military coups continued to unseat presidents until civilian government was restored in 1985. BEADS FROM EXCAVATIONS IN GUYANA Clifford Evans and
, carving, production techniques, and use history of jades underscores the role of jade in Maya belief, political economy, and personal ornamentation. ... , political economy, and personal ornamentation. INTRODUCTION From very early in their history until at least the opening years of the Spanish conquest, the ancient Maya revered jade as a sacred material
, carving, production techniques, and use history of jades underscores the role of jade in Maya belief, political economy, and personal ornamentation. ... , political economy, and personal ornamentation. INTRODUCTION From very early in their history until at least the opening years of the Spanish conquest, the ancient Maya revered jade as a sacred material
-destruction narratives that accompanied it, revealing the sociocultural, historical, and political agendas these discourses raise. This book documents the emergence of local heritage places, practices, and ... landscape studies in order to explore the relationship between church foundation, social power, and political organization across Europe. Key subjects addressed include the role played by local elites and the
Master's thesis. State University of New York, F.I.T. Mbiti, John S. 1969 African Religion and Philosophy. Praeger, New York. McManus, Edgar 1966 A History ofNegro Slavery in New York. Syracuse ... independence and social, economic and political importance. In England and northern Germany they were called gild, derived from geld, a tax or tribute. In southern Germany they were znuft. In' France they were
, philosophies, languages, customs and legends – and, less welcome, the spread of infectious diseases, and the political struggles, sometimes violent, to control trade and manage the movement of people and ideas
ornaments worn by caciques at important political and ritual events (Ostapkowicz 2013). They enclosed the head and central core (below the navel and above the genitals), both critical points of the body and ... within the weave of the Pigorini cemí clearly positioned the individual who commissioned it at the forefront of political maneuvering in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Choice beads in quantity
African Past: Materiality, History, and the Shaping of Cultural Identities. This book considers ethnicity in ancient Africa as both social fact and political artefact. Eleven authors engage with ... , Heritage and International Development. Abingdon: Routledge. While the past has been instrumentalized to serve different economic, social and political objectives in the present, heritage is also
was very useful, from political sciences courses to anthropology, not to mention sociology. Currently I work for a human rights/humanitarian organisation in Switzerland, with a special responsibility
