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Exploring Ancient Sounds and Places
Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Archaeoacoustics
Full Price: £38.00
Discount Price: £30.40
ISBN: 9798888571774
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-10-29
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
312 Pages
An overview of different topics covered by the field of archaeoacoustics, which seeks to advance the field through innovative approaches to the study of, for instance, archaeomusicology, neuroacoustics, psychoacoustics, portable and fixed lithophones and soundscapes, incorporating case studies from America, Asia and Europe.
Ecology of a Tool
The ground stone axes of Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781789253863
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2020-02-25
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
336 Pages
English edition of classic French publication on the manufacture, exchange and social and economic significance of New Guinea axes.
Death and Changing Rituals
Function and meaning in ancient funerary practices
Price: £35.00
ISBN: 9781789253818
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2020-02-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
480 Pages
Examines key themes about belief and ritual, body and deposition, place, performance and commemoration.
Childhood and Violence in the Western Tradition
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781785707964
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2017-05-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
352 Pages
The violence and neglect suffered by children today is a common subject of media attention and much political hand-wringing, not just in Britain but in other parts of the western world.
Socialising Complexity
Approaches to Power and Interaction in the Archaeological Record
Price: £36.00
ISBN: 9781842172940
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2016-11-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
248 Pages
Socialising Complexity introduces the concept of complexity as a tool, rather than a category, for understanding social formations.
African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present
Techniques, Identification and Distribution
Price: £34.00
ISBN: 9781842179680
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2016-10-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
208 Pages
African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present considers ethnographic, museological and archaeological approaches to pottery-decorating tools called roulettes, that is to say, short lengths of fibre or wood that are rolled over the surface of a vessel for decoration.
The Archaeology of Darkness
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ISBN: 9781785701917
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2016-03-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
144 Pages
Thirteen papers explore Palaeolithic use of deep caves in Europe and the orientation of mortuary monuments in the Neolithic and Bronze Age. It examines how the senses are affected in caves and monuments that were used for ritual activities..
Children, Spaces and Identity
Full Price: £45.00
Discount Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781782979357
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2015-07-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
336 Pages
Presents multi-disciplinary studies focusing on how children construct, negotiate and organize space during their lives and what part they play in funerary practices..
Exploring Ancient Sounds and Places
Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Archaeoacoustics
Full Price: £38.00
Discount Price: £30.40
ISBN: 9798888571774
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-10-29
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
312 Pages
Ecology of a Tool
The ground stone axes of Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781789253863
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2020-02-25
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
336 Pages
Death and Changing Rituals
Function and meaning in ancient funerary practices
Price: £35.00
ISBN: 9781789253818
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2020-02-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
480 Pages
Childhood and Violence in the Western Tradition
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781785707964
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2017-05-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
352 Pages
Socialising Complexity
Approaches to Power and Interaction in the Archaeological Record
Price: £36.00
ISBN: 9781842172940
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2016-11-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
248 Pages
African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present
Techniques, Identification and Distribution
Price: £34.00
ISBN: 9781842179680
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2016-10-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
208 Pages
The Archaeology of Darkness
Price: £34.00
ISBN: 9781785701917
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2016-03-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
144 Pages
Children, Spaces and Identity
Full Price: £45.00
Discount Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781782979357
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2015-07-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
336 Pages