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The UNESCO Training Manual for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 517

The UNESCO Training Manual for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean

"De Engelstalige 'UNESCO Training Manual for the Protection and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean' is samen met UNESCO ontwikkeld en vormt de basis voor trainingen in onderwater cultureel erfgoedbeheer in Latijns Amerika en de Caraïben. Het is een vervolg op een eerder verschenen trainingsmanual (2012) waarin gefocused werd op Azië en de Pacifische regio."--uitgever.

Aquatic Adaptations in Mesoamerica
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 290

Aquatic Adaptations in Mesoamerica

This book explores the subsistence strategies that ancient Mesoamericans implemented to survive and thrive in their environments. It discusses the natural settings, production sites, techniques, artifacts, cultural landscapes, traditional knowledge, and other features linked to human subsistence in aquatic environments.

Collision of Worlds
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 376

Collision of Worlds

"Mexico of five centuries ago was witness to one of the most momentous encounters between human societies, when a group of Spaniards led by Hernando Cortâes joined forces with tens of thousands of Mesoamerican allies to topple the mighty Aztec empire. It served as a template for the forging of much of Latin America and began the globalized world we inhabit today. This violent encounter and the new colonial order it created, a New Spain, was millennia in the making, with independent cultural developments on both sides of the Atlantic and their fateful entanglement during the pivotal Aztec-Spanish war of 1519-1521. Collision of World examines the deep history of this encounter with an archaeo...

Ocean
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 636

Ocean

Ocean is an ambitious history of the pre-Columbian Atlantic Ocean, a story that begins with the formation of the mid-Atlantic ridge some 200 million years ago and ends with the Castilian conquest of the Canary Islands in the fifteenth century, which provided a template for the methods used by the Spanish in their colonisation of the New World. John Haywood argues that the perception that Atlantic history begins with the first voyage of the celebrated Genoese navigator is a mistaken one, and that the seafaring and shipbuilding skills that enabled European global exploration and expansion did not arrive fully formed in the fifteenth century, but were learned over centuries and millennia in the...

Archaeological and Ethnographic Evidence of Domination in Indigenous Latin America
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 261

Archaeological and Ethnographic Evidence of Domination in Indigenous Latin America

New data and interpretations that shed light on the nature of power relations in prehistoric and contemporary Indigenous societies This volume explores the nature of power relations and social control in Indigenous societies of Latin America. Its chapters focus on instances of domination in different contexts as reflected in archaeological, osteological, and ethnohistorical records, beginning with prehistoric case studies to examples from the ethnographic present. Ranging from the development of nautical and lacustrine warfare technology in precontact Mesoamerica to the psychological functions of domestic violence among contemporary Amazonian peoples, these investigations shed light on how l...

Kaya Tujuh Turunan (Crazy Rich Asians)
  • Language: id
  • Pages: 484

Kaya Tujuh Turunan (Crazy Rich Asians)

Ketika Rachel Chu, dosen ekonomi keturunan Cina, setuju untuk pergi ke Singapura bersama kekasihnya, Nick, ia membayangkan rumah sederhana, jalan-jalan keliling pulau, dan menghabiskan waktu bersama pria yang mungkin akan menikah dengannya itu. Ia tidak tahu bahwa rumah keluarga Nick bagai istana, bahwa ia akan lebih sering naik pesawat pribadi daripada mobil, dan dengan pria incaran se-Asia dalam pelukannya, Rachel seperti dimusuhi semua wanita. Di dunia yang kemewahannya tak pernah terbayangkan oleh Rachel itu, ia bertemu Astrid, si It Girl Singapura; Eddie, yang keluarganya jadi penghuni tetap majalah-majalah sosialita Hong Kong; dan Eleanor, ibu Nick, yang punya pendapat sangat kuat tentang siapa yang boleh---dan tidak boleh---dinikahi putranya. Dengan latar berbagai tempat paling eksklusif di Timur Jauh---dari penthouse-penthouse mewah Shanghai hingga pulau-pulau pribadi di Laut Cina Selatan---Crazy Rich Asians bercerita tentang kalangan jet set Asia, dengan sempurna menggambarkan friksi antara golongan Orang Kaya Lama dan Orang Kaya Baru, serta antara Cina Perantauan dan Cina Daratan. Novel menarik tentang apa artinya menjadi anak muda, kasmaran, dan kaya, kaya tujuh turunan.

Les Aztèques (Londres - 2002)
  • Language: fr
  • Pages: 54

Les Aztèques (Londres - 2002)

  • Categories: Art

À de nombreux titres, l'exposition présentée à Londres, à la Royal Academy of Arts, du 16 novembre 2002 au 11 avril 2003, constitua un événement majeur pour la perception européenne des arts précolombiens... À PROPOS DE L’ENCYCLOPAEDIA UNIVERSALIS Reconnue mondialement pour la qualité et la fiabilité incomparable de ses publications, Encyclopaedia Universalis met la connaissance à la portée de tous. Écrite par plus de 7 400 auteurs spécialistes et riche de près de 30 000 médias (vidéos, photos, cartes, dessins...), l’Encyclopaedia Universalis est la plus fiable collection de référence disponible en français. Elle aborde tous les domaines du savoir.

Yang Terurai
  • Language: id
  • Pages: 296

Yang Terurai

Novel bergenre drama psikologis ini mengisahkan tentang seseorang yang hidup dengan gangguan identitas disosiatif. Cerita ini bukanlah sebuah kisah klise di mana ketidakbahagiaan disebabkan oleh rasa tidak puas. Namun ternyata di balik keglamoran kehidupannya, Alexandra selalu merasa bingung, cemasa dan gelisah. Ia juga merasakan adanya enigma dalam hidup dan dirinya sendiri. Ia sering kehilangan waktu, mengalami blackout dan trance, serta menemukan dirinya dalam keadaan asing, tak tahu apa yang telah dilakukannya, di mana dan bersama siapa. Oleh karenanya, hidup Alexandra penuh dengan kengerian dan ketidakpastian. Akankah enigma itu terurai?