Altamira Press: 384 books
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Gender in African Prehistory provides methods and theories for delineating and discussing prehistoric gender relations and their change through time. Sites studied range from Egypt to South Africa and Ghana to Tanzania, while time periods span the Stone Age to the period just prior to colonialization.
Unknown Huichol
Shamans and Immortals, Allies against Chaos
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
The culmination of 34 years of ethnographic fieldwork and archival research, this book offers ground-breaking insights into fundamental principles of Huichol shamanism and ritual. The scope and length of Fikes's research, combined with the depth of his participation with four Huichol shamans, enable...
by Charles R. Ewen
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2003
How can you ensure that you are learning everything your artifacts have to teach you? Charles Ewen explores a variety of methods and techniques used to prepare, protect, and analyze artifacts once they are in the lab. In brief, user-friendly sections, he outlines the basic principles of identification,...
by Brian Leigh Molyneaux, David L. Carmichael, Robert H. Lafferty III
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Excavation is traditionally considered the heart of the archaeological enterprise. But it is an activity transformed over the past two decades of increasingly contract-based work. Carmichael and Lafferty lay out the basics of this brand of excavation for the novice reader in this handy, practical...
by Troy Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
How does one make a clear distinction between issues such as tribal sovereignty, indigenous rights, and law and justice? How do these topics differ, and can they be separated from, issues such as identity, health, and environment? The answer, of course, lies in the interconnectedness of all aspects...
Thinking About Cultural Resource Management
Essays from the Edge
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2002
Tom King knows cultural resource management. As one of its long-standing practitioners, a key person in developing the regulations, and a consultant, trainer, and author of several important books on the topic, King's ideas on CRM have had a large impact on contemporary practice. In this witty, sardonic...
Places That Count
Traditional Cultural Properties in Cultural Resource Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2003
Places That Count offers professionals within the field of cultural resource management (CRM) valuable practical advice on dealing with traditional cultural properties (TCPs). Responsible for coining the term to describe places of community-based cultural importance, Thomas King now revisits this...
Main Street Mystics
The Toronto Blessing and Reviving Pentecostalism
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2003
On January 20, 1994 the worshippers at the Toronto Airport Vineyard Church began to feel the Holy Spirit move them. They began to laugh uncontrollably, collapse to the floor, stagger as if drunk. But what was truly startling in this occurrence--now commonly known as the Toronto Blessing--is that these...
A Year in Food and Beer
Recipes and Beer Pairings for Every Season
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Beer and food pairing can be as much an art form as wine and food pairing. With the explosion in craft beers and interest in seasonal cuisine, A Year in Food and Beer perfectly fills a niche. It instructs readers how to identify flavors in specific American and European beers and how to complement...
Religion and Immigration
Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Experiences in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
Since its inception, the United States has defined itself as a nation of immigrants and a land of religious freedom. But following September 11, 2001 American openness to immigrants and openness to other beliefs have come into question. In a timely manner, Religion and Immigration provides comparative...
Aging Bodies
Images and Everyday Experience
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2003
Western thought traditionally divides the human being into a body-mind dualism, a divide realized in the divergent research fields of geriatrics and gerontology; the first examines the physical body, and the second focuses instead upon psychological and social aspects of aging. Research Health Scientist...
by Roger Blench
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2006
Archaeology, Language, and the African Past is an overview of theories and methods, a fusion of African linguistics and archaeology. Roger Blench provides a comprehensive look at the history of all African language families, incorporating the latest linguistic classifications, current evidence from...
African Herders
Emergence of Pastoral Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2005
Scholars have long acknowledged a gap in the archaeological literature on African herder societies. Utilizing almost 40 years' work, Andrew Smith presents a detailed portrait of modern herdsmen and their historical antecedents. Following the assumption that Africa has never been isolated from the...
by Larry J. Zimmerman, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2003
Using the right media, archeologists can and must educate and excite the people who need their information. Larry Zimmerman's earnestly engaging guide to reporting archaeological findings argues that communication is one of archaeology's primary tasks. He offers advice on working with colleagues,...