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A Taste for Green
Often along vast expanses, ancient societies traded certain commodities that were considered valuable either for functional or symbolic reasons – or, rather, a mixture of both factors. A Taste for Green addresses latest research into the acquisition of jade, turquoise or variscite, all of which share a characteristic greenish colour and an engaging appearance once they are polished in the shape of axes or assorted adornments. Papers explore how, in addition to constituting economic transactions, the transfess of these materials were also statements of social liaisons, personal capacities, and relation to places or to unseen forces. The volume centres on two study areas, Western Europe and ...
The Intangible Elements of Culture in Ethnoarchaeological Research
This volume focuses on the intangible elements of human cultures, whose relevance in the study of archaeology has often been claimed but rarely practiced. In this book, the authors successfully show how the adoption of ethnoarchaeological perspectives on non-material aspects of cultures can support the development of methodologies aimed at refining the archaeological interpretation of ancient items, technologies, rituals, settlements and even landscape. The volume includes a series of new approaches that can foster the dialogue between archaeology and anthropology in the domain of the intangible knowledge of rural and urban communities. The role of ethnoarchaeology in the study of the intang...
Living on the Lake in Prehistoric Europe
A survey of the history and current state of research on lake-dwelling in Europe. Timed to mark the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the study of prehistoric lake-dwellers.
The Final Report of the Agent and Counsel of the United States
Considered claims between France and the United States arising from the American Civil War, the war between France and Mexico in the 1860s, and the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871.
The Early Olmec and Mesoamerica
Breaking new ground in Olmec studies, this book reveals the complexity and diversity of 'America's first civilization'.
Connecting Networks: Characterising Contact by Measuring Lithic Exchange in the European Neolithic
This volume brings together a group of peer reviewed papers, most of them presented at a workshop held at University College London, 15-17 October 2011, as part of the European Research Council (ERC) funded project Cultural Evolution of Neolithic Europe (EUROEVOL 2010-2015).
Flexible Stones
Despite their ubiquitous presence among prehistoric remains in Greece, ground stone tools have yet to attract the same kind of attention as have other categories of archaeological material, such as pottery or lithics. Flexible Stones provides a detailed analysis of the material discovered during the excavations at Franchthi Cave, Peloponnese, Greece. Approximately 500 tools, the raw material used for their manufacture, as well as the byproducts of such manufacture were found. Most of this collection comes from the Neolithic component of the site—including a small number of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic cases—with a large number of the studied tools indicating multiple uses. Anna Stroulia sees the multifunctional character of these tools as a conscious choice that reflects a flexible attitude of tool makers and users toward tools and raw materials.
Les sociétés mégalithiques
Les sociétés mégalithiques, celles des dolmens et des menhirs, sont présentées au grand public par le professeur Alain Gallay dans une remarquable tentative d'accorder l'anthropologie, l'archéologie et l'histoire. Si l'on y trouve par exemple les sites bretons ou valaisans, parmi les hauts lieux de l'Europe du 5e au 3e millénaire av. J.-C., les cultures décrites sont situées dans une perspective planétaire. Mieux qu'un inventaire géographique et chronologique, cet ouvrage propose une analyse ethnologique des pouvoirs, usages, croyances et divisions sociales qu'implique le maniement de pierres pesantes. C'est notamment, en Europe, l'apparition des sociétés agricoles à richesses ...
Investigating Archaeological Cultures
Defining "culture" is an important step in undertaking archaeological research. Any thorough study of a particular culture first has to determine what that culture contains-- what particular time period, geographic region, and group of people make up that culture. The study of archaeology has many accepted definitions of particular cultures, but recently these accepted definitions have come into question. As archaeologists struggle to define cultures, they also seek to define the components of culture. This volume brings together 21 international case studies to explore the meaning of "culture" for regions around the globe and periods from the Paleolithic to the Bronze Age and beyond. Taking...
