Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738171265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738171265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Dictionary of Archaeological Terms: English/French - French/English
Author: Tinaig Clodoré TissotPublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 178969163X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
This concise dictionary is intended to be helpful in the reading of archaeological books and publications, and in the writing of papers and articles in both English and French.
The Pleistocene Old World
Author: Olga SofferPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461318173
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Regional approaches to past human adaptations have generated much new knowledge and understanding. Researchers working on problems of adaptations in the Holocene, from those of simple hunter-gatherers to those of complex sociopolitical entities like the state, have found this approach suitable for comprehension of both ecological and social aspects of human behavior. This research focus has, however, until recently left virtually un touched a major spatial and temporaI segment of prehistory-the Old World during the Pleistocene. Extant literature on this period, by and large, presents either detailed site speeific accounts or offers continental or even global syntheses that tend to compile site speeific information but do not integrate it into whole c~nstructs of funetioning so ciocuhural entities. This volume presents our current state of knowledge about a variety of regional adaptations that charaeterized prehistoric groups in the Old World before 10,000 B. P. The authors of the chapters consider the behavior of humans rather than that of objects or features and present data and models for variaus aspects of past cultures and for culture change. These presentations integrate findings and understandings derived from a number of related disciplines actively involved in researching the past. Data and interpretations are offered on a range of Old \yorld regions during the PaIeolithic, induding Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe, and chronological coverage spans from the Early to Late PIeisto cene.
The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology
Author: Christopher J. KnüselPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351030612
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology spans the gap between archaeology and biological anthropology, the field and laboratory, and between francophone and anglophone funerary archaeological approaches to the remains of the dead and the understanding of societies, past and present. Interest in archaeothanatology has grown considerably in recent years in English-language scholarship. This timely publication moves away from anecdotal case studies to offer syntheses of archaeothanatological approaches with an eye to higher-level inferences about funerary behaviour and its meaning in the past. Written by francophone scholars who have contributed to the development of the field and anglophone scholars inspired by the approach, this volume offers detailed insight into the background and development of archaeothanatology, its theory, methods, applications, and its most recent advances, with a lexicon of related vocabulary. This volume is a key source for archaeo-anthropologists and bioarchaeologists. It will benefit researchers, lecturers, practitioners and students in biological anthropology, archaeology, taphonomy and forensic science. Given the interdisciplinary nature of these disciplines, and the emphasis placed on analysis in situ, this book will also be of interest to specialists in entomology, (micro)biology and soil science.
Dictionnaire de la préhistoire
Author: Michel Nacu BrézillonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 255
Book Description
Similar but Different
Author: Janusz CzebreszukPublisher: Sidestone Press
ISBN: 9088902224
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The book “Similar but Different. Bell Beakers in Europe” deals with a cultural phenomenon, known as the Bell Beaker culture, that during the 3rd millennium B.C. was present throughout Western and Central Europe. This development played an important role in the formation of the Bronze Age at the turn of the 3rd and the 2nd millennium BC. This book consists of 10 chapters – in each a specific issue is discussed connected with Bell Beakers. The chapters are divided into three parts concerning consecutively: general problems, issues of the so-called common ware and the character of the Bell Beakers in particular places in Europe. The reader can become acquainted with interpretations of the whole phenomenon, based on inter-regional similarities – the works of H. Case, M. Vander Linden, L. Salanova, and R. Furestier. The second part consist of the chapters by Ch. Strahm, M. Besse and V. Leonini that focus on the matter of the so-called common ware: some ceramic vessels, which are not part of the ‘beaker set’, but accompany it in many regions. That is one of the Bell Beakers’ analytical problems, which is still argued about. The three last chapters show the specific features of some regional centers, where Bell Beakers developed, the attention was focused on the Bell Beakers’ localities’. These are the works of A Gibson (Britain), O. Lemercier (Mediterranean France) and L. Sarti (central Italy). The book shows the basic features of the Bell Beaker culture in Europe. These however are still a challenge for researchers, because the phenomenon had two faces. On the one hand it is characterized by a set of material culture which is occurring in many places Western and Central Europe. On the other hand, in specific areas, these features were relatively easily influenced by the local environment, they got some sort of regional particularities. That is the essence of the Bell Beakers, hence the title of this book: ‘similar but different’. This book is a reprint, the first edition was published in 2004 by the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań.
Dictionnaire de la Préhistoire
Author: Michel BrézillonPublisher: FeniXX
ISBN: 2706240830
Category : Reference
Languages : fr
Pages : 260
Book Description
« L'évolution de la connaissance fait apparaître le manque d'un dictionnaire, où figurent les éléments indispensables à une vision universelle de la Préhistoire. La mise en œuvre d'un tel dictionnaire, ne requérait pas seulement une très vaste connaissance des données scientifiques en cause, mais aussi un jugement sur la place qu'elles occupent les unes par rapport aux autres : ce sont ces deux qualités de connaissance et de jugement, qui distinguent le présent ouvrage. Michel Brézillon est parvenu à concilier, de manière heureuse, les dimensions de son livre, avec l'importance relative des matières à y introduire. » André Leroi-Gourhan
The Self-destruction of the West
Author: Damien FrançoisPublisher: Editions Publibook
ISBN: 2748337972
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Voilà désormais plus de 10 000 ans que la civilisation occidentale s'est installée et voilà 10 000 ans qu'elle viole le sens même de la nature : la vie. En s'appropriant sans concession ce qui l'entourait, l'homme de l'Ouest a vu son horizon ployer sous la charge de la destruction qu'il lui avait lui-même réalisée. Sommes-nous des lycanthropes ou des vampires? Ces monstres si terrifiants qui sortent de notre imagination sont-ils en réalité la copie de notre comportement dévastateur? Prédateurs, nous pompons sans remords les énergies qui nous entourent. Jusqu'où ira-t-on?.
The Cave of Fontéchevade
Author: Philip G. ChasePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521898447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Summary of recent Paleolithic excavations at Fontéchevade, France, and their archaeological and paleontological implications.
Investigating Archaeological Cultures
Author: Benjamin W. RobertsPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441969705
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
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 lessons and overarching themes from these studies, the contributors draw important conclusions about cultural transmission, technology development, and cultural development. The result is a comprehensive model for approaching the study of culture, broken down into regions (Russia, Continental Europe, North America, Britain, and Africa), materials (Lithics, Ceramics, Metals) and time periods. This work will be valuable to all archaeologists and cultural anthropologists, particularly those studying material culture.
