One World Archaeology
About the Book Series
The One World Archaeology series brings together the ideas of archaeologists, anthropologists and academics in a host of related disciplines from around the world. Integral to this unique, worldwide interdisciplinary approach are the contributions made by non-academics from a wide variety of cultures - Inuit, Australian Aborigine and Native American, the result is a contemporary global, cross-cultural approach.
The fourth World Archaeological Congress will be held in Cape Town, South Africa in January 1999, with the Right Honourable Nelson Mandela as Patron.
Illicit Antiquities: The Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology
1st Edition
By Neil Brodie, Kathryn Walker Tubb
November 24, 2011
The exploitation of archaeological sites for commercial gain is a serious problem worldwide. In peace and during wartime archaeological sites and cultural institutions, both on land and underwater, are attacked and their contents robbed for sale on an international 'antiquities' market. Objects are...
Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property
1st Edition
Edited
By R Layton, P Stone, J Thomas
November 09, 2011
In 1991 the mosque at Ayodhya in India was demolished by Hindu fundamentalists who claim that it stood on the birthplace of a legendary Hindu hero. During recent conflicts in former Yugoslavia, ethnic groups destroyed mosques and churches to eliminate evidence of long-term settlement by other ...
Early Human Behaviour in Global Context: The Rise and Diversity of the Lower Palaeolithic Record
1st Edition
Edited
By Ravi Korisettar, Michael D. Petraglia
November 08, 2011
Early Human Behaviour in a Global Context will be of use to students and professionals who are interested in prehistory, Paleolithic archaeology, and paleoanthropology. Those interested in our ancestors and their place in the natural world will also benefit from the information presented in this ...
The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape: Shaping Your Landscape
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Layton, Peter Ucko
November 02, 2011
The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape contributes to the development of theory in archaeology and anthropology, provides new and varied case studies of landscape and environment from five continents, and raises important policy issues concerning development and the management of heritage....
The Prehistory of Food: Appetites for Change
1st Edition
Edited
By Chris Gosden, Jon G. Hather
November 02, 2011
The Prehistory of Food sets subsistence in its social context by focusing on food as a cultural artefact. It brings together contributors with a scientific and biological expertise as well as those interested in the patterns of consumption and social change, and includes a wide range of case ...
Archaeology and the Information Age
1st Edition
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By Sebastian Rahtz, Paul Reilly
November 01, 2011
Traditional methods of making archaeological data available are becoming increasingly inadequate. Thanks to improved techniques for examining data from multiple viewpoints, archaeologists are now in a position to record different kinds of data, and to explore that data more fully than ever before. ...
The Presented Past: Heritage, Museums and Education
1st Edition
By B. L. Molyneaux, P. G. Stone
November 01, 2011
The Presented Past is concerned with the differences between the comparatively static, well-understood way in which the past is presented in schools, museums and at historic sites compared to the approaches currently being explored in contemporary archaeology. It challenges the all-too-frequent ...
Tropical Archaeobotany: Applications and New Developments
1st Edition
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By Jon G. Hather
November 12, 2010
Tropical Archaeobotany fills the need for a substantial reference work on plant remains from the tropics. It covers the examination, identification and interpretation of plant remains in tropical archaeology, whilst also the origins, spread, investigating the origins, spread, distribution and ...
Archaeologies of the British: Explorations of Identity in the United Kingdom and Its Colonies 1600-1945
1st Edition
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By Susan Lawrence
June 29, 2010
Beginning with the early English colonisation of Ireland and Virginia, the international range of contributors in Archaeology of the British examine the interplay of objects and identity in Scotland and Wales, regional England, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka. Informed by ...
Indigenous Archaeologies: Decolonising Theory and Practice
1st Edition
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By Claire Smith, H. Martin Wobst
June 29, 2010
With case studies from North America to Australia and South Africa and covering topics from archaeological ethics to the repatriation of human remains, this book charts the development of a new form of archaeology that is informed by indigenous values and agendas. This involves fundamental changes ...
Madness, Disability and Social Exclusion: The Archaeology and Anthropology of 'Difference'
1st Edition
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By Jane Hubert
June 29, 2010
A unique work that brings together a number of specialist disciplines, such as archaeology, anthropology, disability studies and psychiatry to create a new perspective on social and physical exclusion from society. A range of evidence throws light on such things as the causes and consequences of ...
Natural Disasters and Cultural Change
1st Edition
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By John Grattan, Robin Torrence
June 29, 2010
Human cultures have been interacting with natural hazards since the dawn of time. This book explores these interactions in detail and revisits some famous catastrophes including the eruptions of Thera and Vesuvius. These studies demonstrate that diverse human cultures had well-developed strategies ...