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  • The Reflective, Facilitative, and Interpretive Practice of the Coordinated Management of Meaning

    Making Lives and Making Meaning

    by Karen Bentley, Linda Blong, Lydia Forsythe, Jeff Hutcheson, Jeff Leinaweaver, Paige Marrs, Darrin S. Murray, Adair Linn Nagata, Kim Pearce, W Barnett Pearce, Jane Peterson, Irene Stein, Ilene Wasserman ...
    Series series The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Communication Studies
    The Reflective, Facilitative and Interpretive Practices of the Coordinated Management of Meaning: Making Lives, Making Meaning, showcases practical applications of the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM). In the facilitation section, CMM creates dynamics within groups leading toward improved ways of working together; in the interpretation section CMM offers alternative frames to ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Sexual Revolutions

    Gender and Labor at the Dawn of Agriculture

    by Jane Peterson ...
    Series series Gender and Archaeology
    The change from a hunting-gathering lifestyle to one dependent upon farming constitutes a truly 'revolutionary' event in the human career. Most archaeologists agree that how ancient people organized their work and family groups was crucial to the success of early attempts at farming. Yet little serious attention has been paid to the social organization of labor in the prehistoric past. This book ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

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  • Before the Pharaohs

    Exploring the Archaeology of Stone Age Egypt

    by Julian Maxwell Heath ...
    An examination of the Paleolithic and Neolithic communities that inhabited not only the Nile Valley and Delta, but also the Western and Eastern Deserts.The remarkable archaeology of pharaonic Egypt continues to captivate countless people worldwide but evidence for Egypt's prehistoric or Stone Age past has been relatively neglected. This is perhaps understandable, as the archaeology of Stone Age ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Neolithic

    by Susan McCarter ...
    This excellent introductory textbook describes and explains the origins of modern culture– the dawn of agriculture in the Neolithic area.Written in an easy-to-read style, this lively and engaging book familiarises the reader with essential archaeological and genetic terms and concepts, explores the latest evidence from scientific analyses as varied as deep sea coring, pollen identification, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Present Past

    An Introduction to Anthropology for Archeologists

    by Ian Hodder ...
    This updated edition of Professor Ian Hodders original and classic work on the role which anthropology must play in the interpretation of the archaeological record.There has long been a need for archaeologists and anthropologists to correlate their ideas and methods for interpreting the material culture of past civilisations. Archaeological interpretation of the past is inevitably based on the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Archaeology: The Key Concepts

    Edited by Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    From two of the best-known archaeological writers in the trade, this outstanding resource provides a thorough survey of the key ideas in archaeology, and how they impact on archaeological thinking and method.Clearly written, and easy to follow, Archaeology: The Key Concepts collates entries written specifically by field specialists, and each entry offers a definition of the term, its origins and ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The Archaeology of Mesopotamia

    Theories and Approaches

    by Roger Matthews ...
    Series series Approaching the Ancient World
    The only critical guide to the theory and method of Mesopotamian archaeology, this innovative volume evaluates the theories, methods, approaches and history of Mesopotamian archaeology from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the present day.Ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), was the original site of many of the major developments in human history, such as farming, the rise of urban ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Archaeological Theory Today

    by Ian Hodder ...
    Now in a revised and updated second edition, this volume provides an authoritative account of the current status of archaeological theory, as presented by some of its major exponents and innovators over recent decades. It summarizes the latest developments in the field and looks to its future, exploring some of the cutting-edge ideas at the forefront of the discipline.The volume captures the ... Read more

    $30.00 USD

  • Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods

    Early Humans and the Origins of Religion

    by E. Fuller Torrey ...
    Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial

    Edited by Sarah Tarlow, Liv Nilsson Stutz ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial reviews the current state of mortuary archaeology and its practice, highlighting its often contentious place in the modern socio-politics of archaeology. It contains forty-four chapters which focus on the history of the discipline and its current scientific techniques and methods. Written by leading, international scholars in the field, it ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The Origins of Monsters

    Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction

    by David Wengrow ...
    Series series The Rostovtzeff Lectures
    It has often been claimed that "monsters"--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times. The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative view. Composite figurations are intriguingly rare and isolated in the art of the prehistoric era. Instead it was with the rise of cities, elites, and ... Read more

    $33.89 USD

  • The Prehistory of Asia Minor

    From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies

    by Bleda S. Düring ...
    In this book, Bleda Düring offers an archaeological analysis of Asia Minor, the area equated with much of modern-day Turkey, from 20,000 to 2,000 BC. During this period human societies moved from small-scale hunter-gatherer groups to complex and hierarchical communities with economies based on agriculture and industry. Dr Düring traces the spread of the Neolithic way of life, which ultimately ... Read more

    $49.19 USD