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 Celtic Britain 
 Author: Homer Sykes Celtic Britain Cassell & Co 2001 Format: PDF Pages: 160 Language: English Size: 79 MB Who were the Celts? What part did they play in our land s history? In Celtic Britain, Homer Sykes embarks on a fascinating journey though the mysterious landscapes and artifacts bequeathed to us by the Celts. Over 120 evocative photographs take us from Cornwall, through England, Wales and up to Scotland. We visit little-known sites that belong to pre-Celtic times, ruined cells where Celtic holy men performed Christian ceremonies during the Dark Ages, enigmatic sites such as Stonehenge, Avebury, and places that are shrouded in the mysteries of Arthurian legend. The powerful narrative explores the historical and archaeological evidence surrounding the myths, folktales and sites that are scattered throughout Britain: saints who saved lives by restoring heads to shoulders, eels that coiled around patients legs to cure them, the mystery of the bluestones at Carn Menyn, and many more.
An Archaeological History of Indian Buddhism
 Author: Lars Fogelin An Archaeological History of Indian Buddhism Oxford University Press 2015 Format: PDF Size: 7.45 Mb Language: English An Archaeological History of Indian Buddhism is a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism from its origins in the 6th century BCE, through its ascendance in the 1st millennium CE, and its eventual decline in mainland South Asia by the mid-2nd millennium CE. Weaving together studies of archaeological remains, architecture, iconography, inscriptions, and Buddhist historical sources, this book uncovers the quotidian concerns and practices of Buddhist monks and nuns (the sangha), and their lay adherents--concerns and practices often obscured in studies of Buddhism premised largely, if not exclusively, on Buddhist texts. At the heart of Indian Buddhism lies a persistent social contradiction between the desire for individual asceticism versus the need to maintain a coherent community of Buddhists. Before the early 1st millennium CE, the sangha relied heavily on the patronage of kings, guilds, and ordinary Buddhists to support themselves. During this period, the sangha emphasized the communal elements of Buddhism as they sought to establish themselves as the leaders of a coherent religious order. By the mid-1st millennium CE, Buddhist monasteries had become powerful political and economic institutions with extensive landholdings and wealth. This new economic self-sufficiency allowed the sangha to limit their day-to-day interaction with the laity and begin to more fully satisfy their ascetic desires for the first time. This withdrawal from regular interaction with the laity led to the collapse of Buddhism in India in the early-to-mid 2nd millennium CE. In contrast to the ever-changing religious practices of the Buddhist sangha, the Buddhist laity were more conservative--maintaining their religious practices for almost two millennia, even as they nominally shifted their allegiances to rival religious orders. This book also serves as an exemplar for the archaeological study of long-term religious change through the perspectives of practice theory, materiality, and semiotics.
Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe
 Author: Ion Grumeza Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe Hamilton Books 2009 Format: PDF (rar+3%) Size: 4,18 mb Language: English Pages: 276 This book tells the little known story of Dacia, the powerful and rich land that became Transylvania and Romania. This book revives the Dacian history and contributes to our understanding of the region as it is today.
Milestones in Archaeology: A Chronological Encyclopedia
 Author: Tim Murray Milestones in Archaeology: A Chronological Encyclopedia ABC-CLIO ISBN: 1851096450 2007 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 12,8 Mb, 639 pages The history of archaeology leads from the musty collections of dilettante antiquarians to high-tech science. The book identifies three major developmental periods—Birth of Archaeology (16th–18th centuries), Archaeology of Origins and Empires (19th century), and World Archaeology (20th century). An introductory essay acquaints the reader with the essence of the science for each period. The short entries comprising the balance of the book expand on the themes introduced in the essays. Organized around personalities, techniques, controversies, and conflicts, the encyclopedia brings to life the history of archaeology. It broadens the general reader's knowledge by detailing the professional significance of widely known discoveries while introducing to wider knowledge obscure but important moments in archaeology. Archaeology is replete with the visionaries and swashbucklers of popular myth; it is also filled with careful and dedicated scientists.
Ancient Athenian Building Methods
 Ancient Athenian Building Methods (Agora Picture Book 21) Author: Camp, J., Dinsmoor Jr., W. B. American School of Classical Studies 1984 ISBN: 0876616260 Pages: 36 Format: PDF Size: 10 mb Language English While this booklet is illustrated solely with materials from the Athenian Agora, it also provides a concise introduction to building styles and techniques that will be useful to anyone interested in ancient Greek architecture. From financing to tools, and from mason’s marks to the clamps that held blocks together, no detail is ommitted in this well-illustrated text. The different parts of monumental buildings, from the foundations to the tile roofs, are all discussed with clear drawings to indicate how the whole was constructed.
War and Peace in the Ancient World
 War and Peace in the Ancient World Author: composite authors Blackwell Publishing Limited 2006 Pages: 400 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 1.4 Mb This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective. 19 distinguished scholars, all of whom are experts in their fields, discuss different aspects of this fascinating subject in relation to a large number of early civilizations, from China and India through West Asia (Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Hittites, Israel, Persia, and early Islam) to the Mediterranean (Greece, Rome, and early Christianity) and the Americas (the Aztecs and the Iroquois Peace League). The book demonstrates that ancient societies, no less than modern ones, suffered from the losses and destructions caused by war, and yearned for peace and prosperity. It offers remarkable insights into the different responses ancient societies developed in order not only to defend their territory, but also to avoid war and restore peace. Some early societies, the volume reveals, even developed an explicit public discourse on war and peace, and embedded peace in an ideological or religious framework.
Encyclopedia Of Ancient Egypt
 Author: Margaret R.Bunston Encyclopedia Of Ancient Egypt Facts On File,Inc 2000 г. Format: PDF Size: 4,46 mb
El sexo y el amor en la Historia
 Author: Enrique M.Coperias El sexo y el amor en la Historia (Los libros de Muy interesante) G y J España Ediciones 2004 Format: PDF Size: 29 Mb Language: Spanish La historia de los seres humanos es la historia de su sexualidad. Las relaciones eróticas y sentimentales entre hombres y mujeres han variado mucho de una cultura a otra, estando condicionadas por censuras, tabúes, creencias religiosas, moral y, cómo no, por los avances médicos. En la civilización egipcia el incesto no era algo anormal y ciertas formas de prostitución estaban dedicadas a los dioses. En Grecia, se toleraban la homosexualidad y la pederastia; y con los romanos se llegó al colmo de lo que hoy es considerado un comportamiento depravado. En la Edad Media, sin embargo, la iglesia católica consagra el matrimonio monógamo y declara demoníaco el instinto sexual.
The Art of Rome and Her Empire
 The Art of Rome and Her Empire New York : Greystone Press; Revised Edition edition Author: New York : Greystone Press; Revised Edition edition 1965 Pages: 270 Language:English Format: pdf Size:24,5
Animal Teeth and Human Tools: A Taphonomic Odyssey in Ice Age Siberia
 Author: Christy G. Turner II, Nicolai D. Ovodov, Olga V. Pavlova Animal Teeth and Human Tools: A Taphonomic Odyssey in Ice Age Siberia Cambridge University Press 2013 Format: PDF Size: 22.6 Mb Language: English The culmination of more than a decade of fieldwork and related study, this unique book uses analyses of perimortem taphonomy in Ice Age Siberia to propose a new hypothesis for the peopling of the New World. The authors present evidence based on examinations of more than 9000 pieces of human and carnivore bone from 30 late Pleistocene archaeological and palaeontological sites, including cave and open locations, which span more than 2000 miles from the Ob River in the West to the Sea of Japan in the East. The observed bone damage signatures suggest that the conventional prehistory of Siberia needs revision and, in particular, that cave hyenas had a significant influence on the lives of Ice Age Siberians. The findings are supported by more than 250 photographs, which illustrate the bone damage described and provide a valuable insight into the context and landscape of the fieldwork for those unfamiliar with Siberia.
The Greenhaven Encylopedia of Ancient Mesopotamia
 The Greenhaven Encylopedia of Ancient Mesopotamia Author: Don Nardo Greenhaven Press Greenhaven Encylopedia 2006 ISBN: 0737734418 Format: PDF Size: 10 MB Language: English Pages: 386 Mesopotamia, the "land between the rivers," was the site of the world's first true cities, empires, large-scale engineering projects, and written literature. The history, culture, and contributions of the pivotal civilizations that inhabited the area are presented in vivid detail in this volume, which includes the rise and fall of Sumeria, Babylonia, Assyria, and Persia.
Letters to Atticus (Vol. I-III)
 Author: Cicero Letters to Atticus (Vol. I-III) Harvard University Press Language: /English 1912, 1913, 1918 (Reprint 1919, 1960, 1961) Format: PDF Size: 58,44 mb 524 + 472 + 488
The Histories (Vol. I-III, V, VI)
 Author: Polybius The Histories (Vol. I-III, V, VI) Harvard University Press The Loeb Classical Library 1922, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927 (Reprint 1998, 1979, 1979, 1978, 1968) Format: PDF Size: 126,61 mb 452 + 548 + 574 + 560 + 492
Roman Britain - A New History
 Author: Guy de la Bédoyère Roman Britain - A New History Thames & Hudson 2010 Format: PDF Pages: 288 Language: English Size: 145.8 MB A detailed portrait for nonspecialists of the many facets of Romano-British society as revealed by archaeological excavation, including the most recent discoveries...may become the standard archaeological survey of Roman Britain for students and lay readers. Simultaneously scholarly and attractive.
Wild Harvesters: The First People in Scotland
 Author: Bill Finlayson Wild Harvesters: The First People in Scotland B.T. Batsford 1998 ISBN: 0862417791 Language: English Pages: 64 Format: PDF Size: 5,20 МБ his is the story of Scotland's very fine people. From about 8000BC to 4000BC migrant hunter gatherers were slowly moving north as the great ice sheets of the last Ice Age gradually melted. This represents the longest single period in Scotland's past. These peoples did not use metals, farm, or build great monuments, but their success in harvesting the resources available to them allowed them to flourish for thousand of years.
Encyclopedia of Archaeology - Volume 1-3
 Encyclopedia of Archaeology Volume 1-3 Academic Press 2007 ISBN: 012548030XE Pages: 2209 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 142,7 МВ The Encyclopedia of Archaeology changes this, in making all aspects of archaeology accessible to a broad audience of the general scientific community, educators, students, and avocational archaeologists. Professional archaeologists and anthropologists will also find the encyclopedia a ready source of up-to-date information on specialities outside their own expertise.
The Armies of the Aztec and Inca Empires
 Author: Ian Heath Armies of the Sixteenth Century Vol.2: The Armies of the Aztec and Inca Empires, Other Native Peoples of the Americas, and the Conquistadores 1450-1608: Organisation, Warfare, Dress and Weapons Foundry Books ISBN: 1901543382 2009 Format: PDF Pages: 176 Size: 37 Mb Language: English There has probably never been a single volume with such extensive information on the uniforms and costumes of the European conquest of the Americas. Ian Heath has assembled 247 drawings and other illustrations to depict the native peoples of South America and the eastern parts of North America as well as Spanish, English, French and even German adventurers and explorers. The accompanying text also offers a clear account of the rise and development of the various European colonies. Includes extensive bibliography.
Daily Life in the Inca Empire
 Author: Michael A. Malpass Daily Life in the Inca Empire Greenwood Press 1996 Format: PDF (rar+3%) Size: 28,62 mb Language: English Pages: 200 Up to now, little has been known about the life of the ordinary Inca during the Inca empire--earlier works describe only the culture of the ruling class. Based on the most recent scholarship, this book reconstructs the daily life not only of the ruling class but of the rest of society, including the conquered peoples, and features contrasting chapters on "a day in the life" of an Inca family and "a day in the life" of a conquered family. Over 50 illustrations and photographs of Inca life, artifacts, and archaeological sites bring the social, political, economic, religious, and cultural aspects of Inca civilization to life. Everything from life cycle events to food and drink, dress and ornaments, recreation, religious rituals, the calendar, and the unique Inca form of taxation are fully described and illustrated in the most comprehensive coverage of the Inca way of life to date.
Community and Identity in Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom Cemetery at Qubbet el-Hawa
 Author: Dr Deborah Vischak Community and Identity in Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom Cemetery at Qubbet el-Hawa Cambridge University Press 2014 Format: PDF Size: 11.1 Mb Language: English This book examines a group of twelve ancient Egyptian tombs (ca. 2300 BCE) in the elite Old Kingdom cemetery of Elephantine at Qubbet el-Hawa in modern Aswan. It develops an interdisciplinary approach to the material - drawing on methods from art history, archaeology, anthropology, and sociology, including agency theory, the role of style, the reflexive relationship between people and landscape, and the nature of locality and community identity. A careful examination of the architecture, setting, and unique text and image programs of these tombs in context provides a foundation for considering how ancient Egyptian provincial communities bonded to each other, developed shared identities within the broader Egyptian world, and expressed these identities through their personal forms of visual and material culture.
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