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Bones and Identity

Zooarchaeological Approaches to Reconstructing Social and Cultural Landscapes in Southwest Asia

Edited by Nimrod Marom, Reuven Yeshuran, Lior Weissbrod, Guy Bar-Oz ...

Seventeen papers demonstrate how zooarchaeologists engage with questions of identity through culinary references, livestock husbandry practices and land use. Contributions combine hitherto unpublished zooarchaeological data from regions straddling a wide geographic expanse between Greece in the West and India in the East and spanning a time range from the latest part of the Palaeolithic to the ... Read more

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Seventeen papers demonstrate how zooarchaeologists engage with questions of identity through culinary references, livestock husbandry practices and land use. Contributions combine hitherto unpublished zooarchaeological data from regions straddling a wide geographic expanse between Greece in the West and India in the East and spanning a time range from the latest part of the Palaeolithic to the
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The Gazelle's Dream

Game Drives of the Old and New Worlds

by Jack W. Brink, Maria Nieves Zedeo, Anna Jansson, Lars Pil, Espen Finstad, Olivier Barge, Jacques Elie Brochier, Jwana Chahoud, Chrisitine Chataigner, Emmanuelle Regagnon, Remy Crassard, Marie-Laure Chambrade, David Burke, Wael Abu-Azizeh, Mohammad Barakat Tarawneh, Juan Antonio Snchez Priego, Dani Nadel, Dan Malkinson, Guy Bar-Oz, Amnon Nachmias, Uzi Avner, Liora K. Horwitz, Naomi Porat, D.L. Kennedy, Ueli Brunner, Per Storemyr, Vadim N. Yagodin, Shamil Amirov, Toni Huber ...

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Once the world's prairies, grasslands, steppes and tundra teemed with massive herds of game: gazelle, wild ass, bison, caribou and antelope. Humans seeking to hunt these large fast-moving herds devised a range of specialised traps that share many characteristics across all continents. Typically consisting of guiding walls or lines of stones leading to an enclosure or trap, game drives were ... Read more

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Once the world's prairies, grasslands, steppes and tundra teemed with massive herds of game: gazelle, wild ass, bison, caribou and antelope. Humans seeking to hunt these large fast-moving herds devised a range of specialised traps that share many characteristics across all continents. Typically consisting of guiding walls or lines of stones leading to an enclosure or trap, game drives were
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Animals and Human Society in Asia

Historical, Cultural and Ethical Perspectives

Edited by Rotem Kowner, Guy Bar-Oz, Michal Biran, Meir Shahar, Gideon Shelach-Lavi ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This edited collection offers a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of human-animal interactions in Asia throughout history. With twelve thematically-arranged chapters, this book examines the diverse roles that beasts, livestock, and fish — real and metaphorical– have played in Asian history, society, and culture.Ranging from prehistory to the present day, the authors address a wealth ... Read more

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This edited collection offers a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of human-animal interactions in Asia throughout history. With twelve thematically-arranged chapters, this book examines the diverse roles that beasts, livestock, and fish — real and metaphorical– have played in Asian history, society, and culture.Ranging from prehistory to the present day, the authors address a wealth
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Hunting and Extinctions in Southwest Asia and North America

The Silent Testimony of Communal Game Traps

by Dani Nadel, Guy Bar-Oz, Dan Malkinson, Leland Bement ...

Hunting and Extinctions in Southwest Asia and North America: The Silent Testimony of Communal Game Traps explores communal game traps for harvesting ungulate herds in two continents, utilizing a comparative approach addressing settings, species, and the hunters’ societies.The kites of Southwest Asia have been known to archaeologists for almost one hundred years but with the advent of high ... Read more

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Hunting and Extinctions in Southwest Asia and North America: The Silent Testimony of Communal Game Traps explores communal game traps for harvesting ungulate herds in two continents, utilizing a comparative approach addressing settings, species, and the hunters’ societies.The kites of Southwest Asia have been known to archaeologists for almost one hundred years but with the advent of high
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A World on the Wing

The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds

by Scott Weidensaul ...

**New York Times BestsellerFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeA Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the YearAn exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration.**In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken ... Read more

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**New York Times BestsellerFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeA Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the YearAn exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration.**In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken
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Empires of the Silk Road

A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present

by Christopher I. Beckwith ...

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and ... Read more

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The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and
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Pests

How Humans Create Animal Villains

by Bethany Brookshire ...

An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural worldA squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild ... Read more

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An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural worldA squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild
... Read more
Big History

From the Big Bang to the Present

by Cynthia Stokes Brown ...

"This exciting saga crosses space and time to illustrate how humans, born of stardust, were shaped—and how they in turn shaped the world we know today." — Publishers WeeklyThis book offers "world history on a grand scale"—pulling back for a wider view and putting the relatively brief time span of human history in context. After all, our five thousand years of recorded civilization account for only ... Read more

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"This exciting saga crosses space and time to illustrate how humans, born of stardust, were shaped—and how they in turn shaped the world we know today." — Publishers WeeklyThis book offers "world history on a grand scale"—pulling back for a wider view and putting the relatively brief time span of human history in context. After all, our five thousand years of recorded civilization account for only
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Why the West Rules—for Now

The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future

by Ian Morris ...

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year"A remarkable book . . . an important book—one that challenges, stimulates and entertains. Anyone who does not believe there are lessons to be learned from history should start right here."— The EconomistSometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of ... Read more

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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year"A remarkable book . . . an important book—one that challenges, stimulates and entertains. Anyone who does not believe there are lessons to be learned from history should start right here."— The EconomistSometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of
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The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere

by Paulette F. C. Steeves ...

2022 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere is a reclaimed history of the deep past of Indigenous people in North and South America during the Paleolithic. Paulette F. C. Steeves mines evidence from archaeology sites and Paleolithic environments, landscapes, and mammalian and human migrations to make the case that people have been in the Western ... Read more

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2022 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere is a reclaimed history of the deep past of Indigenous people in North and South America during the Paleolithic. Paulette F. C. Steeves mines evidence from archaeology sites and Paleolithic environments, landscapes, and mammalian and human migrations to make the case that people have been in the Western
... Read more
The Silk Road

A New History

by Valerie Hansen ...

The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different--and far more interesting--as revealed in this new history. In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable archeological finds ... Read more

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The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different--and far more interesting--as revealed in this new history. In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable archeological finds
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The Year 1000

When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began

by Valerie Hansen ...

*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice*From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a “vivid” and “astonishingly comprehensive account [that] casts world history in a brilliant new light” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and shows how bold explorations and daring trade missions first connected all of the world’s societies at the end of the first millennium.People often... ... Read more

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*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice*From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a “vivid” and “astonishingly comprehensive account [that] casts world history in a brilliant new light” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and shows how bold explorations and daring trade missions first connected all of the world’s societies at the end of the first millennium.People often...
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