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A General History of Horology
A General History of Horology describes instruments used for the finding and measurement of time from Antiquity to the 21st century. In geographical scope it ranges from East Asia to the Americas. The instruments described are set in their technical and social contexts, and there is also discussion of the literature, the historiography and the collecting of the subject. The book features the use of case studies to represent larger topics that cannot be completely covered in a single book. The international body of authors have endeavoured to offer a fully world-wide survey accessible to students, historians, collectors, and the general reader, based on a firm understanding of the technical basis of the subject. At the same time as the work offers a synthesis of current knowledge of the subject, it also incorporates the results of some fundamental, new and original research.
After Dark
After Dark explores the experience of nighttime within ancient urban settings. Contributors present material evidence related to how ancient people manipulated and confronted darkness and night in urban landscapes, advancing our knowledge of the archaeology of cities, the archaeology of darkness and night, and lychnology (the study of ancient lighting devices). Sensory archaeology focuses on the sensual experience of the nocturnal environment—the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and feel of an ancient city—and the multi-faceted stimuli that diverse urban populations experienced in the dark. Contributors investigate night work—for example, standing guard or pursuing nocturnal trades—an...
Der Schatten des grünen Steines
Die missglückte Festnahme eines Juwelendiebes in Wien endet mit einer Geiselnahme und der Suspendierung von Hauptkommissarin Nina Lohmeyer. Kurzerhand beschließt sie, ihrer alten Schulfreundin Carla Gabor bei deren Geschäftsreise in Irland Gesellschaft zu leisten und findet sich bald inmitten einer uralten Familienfehde und einem undurchsichtigen Netz von Verstrickungen, Korruption und Mord wieder. Der Mittelpunkt des Gewirrs scheint eine alte Schmuckkollektion zu sein, die Ende der Vierzigerjahre im westlichen Irland geschmiedet wurde und dessen Herzstück - die Kette - dem gestohlenen Schmuck aus Wien verdächtig ähnlich sieht. Während die Wiener Kommissarin versucht, den Geschichten ...
The Folklorist
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The Greater Chaco Landscape
Since the mid-1970s, government agencies, scholars, tribes, and private industries have attempted to navigate potential conflicts involving energy development, Chacoan archaeological study, and preservation across the San Juan Basin. The Greater Chaco Landscape examines both the imminent threat posed by energy extraction and new ways of understanding Chaco Canyon and Chaco-era great houses and associated communities from southeast Utah to west-central New Mexico in the context of landscape archaeology. Contributors analyze many different dimensions of the Chacoan landscape and present the most effective, innovative, and respectful means of studying them, focusing on the significance of th...
Besiedky
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