Author: sir Daniel WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
Prehistoric man, researches into the origin of civilisation
Author: sir Daniel WilsonA History of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, from Prehistory to the End of the Classical Period
Author: Robert W. BoylePublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527576507
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Since Mendeleev outlined the modern periodic table in 1869, many new uses have been found for the 92 naturally occurring elements. This book travels back in time to describe the utilization of materials familiar (gold, copper, iron) and arcane (arsenic, boron, red ochre) and their practical history (mining, metallurgy and crafts), with evidence from archaeology and geology. Together with the technological developments, author Robert Boyle portrays the advances in our understanding of materials science which led to modern geological and environmental sciences. It is a source book valuable to students of history and archaeology, mining and metallurgy, as well as to geologists, mineralogists and geochemists everywhere.
On the manners and customs of the ancient Irish, lects., ed. with an intr. by W.K. Sullivan
Author: Eugene O'CurryObsidian
Author: M. Steven ShackleyPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816523962
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Obsidian was long valued by ancient peoples as a raw material for producing stone tools, and archaeologists have increasingly come to view obsidian studies as a crucial aid in understanding the past. Steven Shackley now shows how the geochemical and contextual analyses of archaeological obsidian can be applied to the interpretation of social and economic organization in the ancient Southwest. This book, the capstone of decades of investigation, integrates a wealth of obsidian research in one volume. It covers advances in analytical chemistry and field petrology that have enhanced our understanding of obsidian source heterogeneity, presents the most recent data on and interpretations of archaeological obsidian sources in the Southwest, and explores the ethnohistorical and contemporary background for obsidian use in indigenous societies. Shackley provides a thorough examination of the geological origin of obsidian in the region and the methods used to collect raw material and determine its chemical composition, and descriptions of obsidian sources throughout the Southwest. He then describes the occurrence of obsidian artifacts and shows how their geochemical fingerprints allow archaeologists to make conclusions regarding the procurement of obsidian. The book presents three groundbreaking applications of obsidian source studies. It first discusses an application to early Preceramic groups, showing how obsidian sources can reflect the range they inhabited over time as well as their social relationships during the Archaic period. It then offers an examination of the Late Classic Salado in Arizona's Tonto Basin, where obsidian data, along with ceramic and architectural evidence, suggest that Mogollon migrants lived in economic and social harmony with the Hohokam, all the while maintaining relationships with their homeland. Finally, it provides an intensive look at social identity and gender differences in the Preclassic Hohokam of central Arizona, where obsidian source provenance and projectile point styles suggest that male Hohokam sought to create a stylistically defined identity in at least three areas of the Hohokam core area. These male "sodalities" were organized quite differently from female ceramic production groups. Today, obsidian research in the American Southwest enjoys an equal standing with ceramic, faunal, and floral studies as a method of revealing social process and change in prehistory. Shackley's book discusses the ways in which archaeologists should approach obsidian research, no matter what the region, offering a thorough survey of archaeological obsidian studies that will have methodological and theoretical applications worldwide. The volume includes an extensive glossary created specifically for archaeologists.
On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish
Author: Eugene O'CurryPublisher: Scribner
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Analytical Bibliography of the Prehistory and the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt and Northern Sudan
Author: Stan HendrickxPublisher: Leuven University Press
ISBN: 9789061866831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
An analytical bibliography that contains 7407 references, covering the Egyptian prehistory (palaeolithic, neolithic and predynastic) as well as the period of the first two dynasties.
Prehistory
Author: Chris GosdenPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198803516
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Recent archaeological discoveries from China and central Asia have changed our understanding of how human civilization developed in the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history. In this new edition of his Very Short Introduction, Chris Gosden explores the current theories on the ebb and flow of human cultural variety.
Prehistoric Man
Author: Sir Daniel WilsonPublisher: London : Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Ancient and medieval
Author: Josephus Nelson LarnedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Author: