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African histories : new sources and new techniques for studying African pasts / by Brizuela-Garcia, Esperanza

Table of Contents: “…Archaeobotany and cultivation in Africa -- Early written evidence of state and society in classical northeastern Africa -- Linguistic evidence and the Bantu expansion -- Archaeological evidence for the development of African cities -- African memories and perspectives of the Atlantic slave trade -- Islamic sources and versions of Swahili origins -- Intellectual history and cultural nationalism in West Africa -- Planning, photography, and the struggle for power in colonial Africa -- Remembering decolonization through ethnography and popular painting in Central Africa -- Literature and decolonization in Africa -- Textbooks and tribunals in the aftermath of crises -- Anthropology and the gendering of the study of AIDS in Africa -- Epilogue: African histories and histories of Africa.…”

African histories : new sources and new techniques for studying African pasts / by Brizuela-Garcia, Esperanza

Table of Contents: “…Archaeobotany and cultivation in Africa -- Early written evidence of state and society in classical northeastern Africa -- Linguistic evidence and the Bantu expansion -- Archaeological evidence for the development of African cities -- African memories and perspectives of the Atlantic slave trade -- Islamic sources and versions of Swahili origins -- Intellectual history and cultural nationalism in West Africa -- Planning, photography, and the struggle for power in colonial Africa -- Remembering decolonization through ethnography and popular painting in Central Africa -- Literature and decolonization in Africa -- Textbooks and tribunals in the aftermath of crises -- Anthropology and the gendering of the study of AIDS in Africa -- Epilogue: African histories and histories of Africa.…”

Nantucket and other native places the legacy of Elizabeth Alden Little /

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Nantucket and other native places the legacy of Elizabeth Alden Little /

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Urban cinematics understanding urban phenomena through the moving image /

Table of Contents: “…City symphonies : montaged urban cinematic landscapes -- pt. 2. Cinematic urban archaeology -- pt. 3. Geographies of the urban cinematic landscape -- pt. 4. …”
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Urban cinematics understanding urban phenomena through the moving image /

Table of Contents: “…City symphonies : montaged urban cinematic landscapes -- pt. 2. Cinematic urban archaeology -- pt. 3. Geographies of the urban cinematic landscape -- pt. 4. …”
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The ancient Southwest Chaco Canyon, Bandelier, and Mesa Verde / by Stuart, David E.

Table of Contents: “…I. A land rich in archaeological heritage -- pt. II. Classic "hunting" society -- pt. …”
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The ancient Southwest Chaco Canyon, Bandelier, and Mesa Verde / by Stuart, David E.

Table of Contents: “…I. A land rich in archaeological heritage -- pt. II. Classic "hunting" society -- pt. …”
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The great basin a natural prehistory / by Grayson, Donald K.

Table of Contents: “…The last 10,000 years -- pt. 5. Great Basin archaeology -- pt. 6. Conclusions.…”
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The great basin a natural prehistory / by Grayson, Donald K.

Table of Contents: “…The last 10,000 years -- pt. 5. Great Basin archaeology -- pt. 6. Conclusions.…”
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The inscriptions of Nabopolassar, Amēl-Marduk and Neriglissar / by Da Riva, Rocío

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The royal inscriptions as historical sources; The contents of the inscriptions; Style and composition of the inscriptions : intertextuality in the texts of Nabopolassar and Neriglissar; Archaeology and inscriptions : material supports and find-spots of the inscriptions -- The inscriptions of Nabopolassar -- The inscriptions of Amel-Marduk -- The inscriptions of Neriglissar -- Glossary -- Concordance -- List of photographs.…”
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The inscriptions of Nabopolassar, Amēl-Marduk and Neriglissar / by Da Riva, Rocío

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The royal inscriptions as historical sources; The contents of the inscriptions; Style and composition of the inscriptions : intertextuality in the texts of Nabopolassar and Neriglissar; Archaeology and inscriptions : material supports and find-spots of the inscriptions -- The inscriptions of Nabopolassar -- The inscriptions of Amel-Marduk -- The inscriptions of Neriglissar -- Glossary -- Concordance -- List of photographs.…”
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Conflicted Antiquities : Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity / by Colla, Elliott, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Egyptian Sculpture Room -- The Artifaction of the Memnon Head -- Ozymandias -- Conflicted Antiquities: Islam's Pharaoh and Emergent Egyptology -- The Antiqakhana -- Pharaonic Selves -- Two Pharaohs -- The Discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb: Archaeology, Politics, Literature -- Nahdat Misr -- Pharaonism after Pharaonism: Mahfouz and Qutb.…”
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Conflicted Antiquities : Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity / by Colla, Elliott, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Egyptian Sculpture Room -- The Artifaction of the Memnon Head -- Ozymandias -- Conflicted Antiquities: Islam's Pharaoh and Emergent Egyptology -- The Antiqakhana -- Pharaonic Selves -- Two Pharaohs -- The Discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb: Archaeology, Politics, Literature -- Nahdat Misr -- Pharaonism after Pharaonism: Mahfouz and Qutb.…”
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Cultural heritage issues the legacy of conquest, colonization, and commerce /

Table of Contents: “…Wilkie -- Legal and illegal acquisition of antiquities in Iraq, 19th century to 2003 / McGuire Gibson -- German Archaeological Institute's protection of cultural heritage in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East / Margarete van Ess -- Whose culture is it anyway? …”
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Obsidian and ancient manufactured glasses

Table of Contents: “…Jackson -- Characterization and provenance of archaeological glass artifacts from mainland and Aegean Greece / Konstantinos G. …”
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Cultural heritage issues the legacy of conquest, colonization, and commerce /

Table of Contents: “…Wilkie -- Legal and illegal acquisition of antiquities in Iraq, 19th century to 2003 / McGuire Gibson -- German Archaeological Institute's protection of cultural heritage in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East / Margarete van Ess -- Whose culture is it anyway? …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Obsidian and ancient manufactured glasses

Table of Contents: “…Jackson -- Characterization and provenance of archaeological glass artifacts from mainland and Aegean Greece / Konstantinos G. …”
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Mapping Water in Dominica : Enslavement and Environment under Colonialism / by Hauser, Mark W.

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Sourcing Prehistoric Ceramics at Chodistaas Pueblo, Arizona : The Circulation of People and Pots in the Grasshopper Region / by Zedeño, María Nieves

Table of Contents: “…Ceramic Circulation: Behavioral Mechanisms and Archaeological Correlates -- 4. The Ceramic Assemblage at Chodistaas Pueblo -- 5. …”
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