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Urban Elite Culture
Medieval towns were vibrant and complex social environments where diverse groups and lifestyles encountered and influenced each other. Surprisingly, in the study of urban archaeology, the aristocracy, one of the leading and most influential groups in medieval society, has so far been neglected. This book puts "aristocracy in towns" on the archaeological research agenda. The interdisciplinary and comparative study explores the significance and representation of aristocrats and their interaction with civic elites in sea-trading towns of the southwestern Baltic from the 12th to the 14th centuries. Essentially, however, the analysis of urban elite culture leads to discussion of a much more fundamental issue: the informative value of material culture for the investigation of social conditions. The book provides new archaeological approaches to the study of social differentiation in towns, and contributes to a deeper understanding of the complexity of urban social structures.
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Church Archaeology in Transylvania (ca. 950 to ca. 1450)
Transylvania has some of the most valuable monuments of medieval architecture in Europe: the easternmost churches built in Romanesque style, Cistercian monasteries, Gothic buildings, and fortified churches. This book explores archaeological sources to bring to light the hidden past of these monuments.
History of the Akkadian Language (2 vols)
History of the Akkadian Language offers a detailed chronological survey of the oldest known Semitic language and one of history’s longest written records. The outcome is presented in 26 chapters written by 25 leading authors.
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Retrospektive II
Die in »Retrospektive II: Archäologisch-kulturwissenschaftliche Essays 1977-2016« zusammengestellten Beiträge des Archäologen Manfred K. H. Eggert bieten einen weiteren Einblick in vier Jahrzehnte seiner Forschungstätigkeit. In diesem Sammelband wird ein breites Spektrum von Themen zwischen Archäologie und Kulturanthropologie erörtert. Dabei spielen Grundfragen der Feldarchäologie und Quellenanalyse eine ebenso große Rolle wie die allgegenwärtige Deutung archäologischer Funde und ihrer Auffindungskontexte. Mehrere Arbeiten sind darüber hinaus erkenntnistheoretischen und fachübergreifenden Aspekten aus einer Sicht gewidmet, die die Ur- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie als Historische Kulturwissenschaft versteht. Auch das für historische Fächer wesentliche Konzept der Zeit wird in seinen beiden Ausprägungen von relativer und absoluter Datierung behandelt. BiographicalNote>
