Exploring how stone tools provide insight into the initial settlement of the Americas...more

In this book Geert Reuten presents 21 of his previously published essays on the three volumes Marx’s Capital, dating fro......more

This book presents an in-depth analysis of the Southern Necropolis of Cyrene. Numerous tombs surround this ancient Greek......more

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Double-Sided Antler and Bone Combs in Late Roman Britain offers the first detailed study and catalogue of a comb type th......more

Exploring the Sacred Landscape of the Ancient Peloponnese traces the origins of the religious system of the Peloponnese ......more

What is the value--religious, political, economic, or altogether social--of getting on a bus in Tehran to embark on an e......more

When archaeologist John Henry Phillips volunteered with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy, due to an a......more

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New results and interpretations challenging the notion of a uniform, macroregional collapse throughout the Eastern Medit......more

As ethnographic fieldwork blurs the boundaries between >privateprofessional...more

In post-migrant societies, belonging, identity and transnationality go far beyond inclusion and exclusion. Intersecting ......more

Establishing ancient population numbers and determining how they were distributed across a landscape over time constitut......more

This book highlights the importance of palynology in understanding floral biodiversity, paleoclimate and depositional en......more

Freedom is celebrated as the definitive ideal of modern western civilization. Yet in western thought and practice, the f......more

Nature has gone feral. How can we re-attune ourselves to the new nature? A field guide can help. While the global scient......more

Central Asia Cultures, Arts, and Architecture presents a journey through time, analyzing the history of Central Asian cu......more

This volume represents the latest research in cultural anthropology on an ascendant and globalizing China, covering the ......more

Time is one of the great mysteries in the history of civilization. Its definitions are many and can be found in the most......more

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This book applies heritage studies to the present and the future of Europe. Cultural and natural heritage are central to......more

An exploration of the Syrian revolution through the experiences of citizens in exile. Based on more than three years of ......more

An exploration of the Syrian revolution through the experiences of citizens in exile. Based on more than three years of ......more

An interdisciplinary study of how the physical space of parliament buildings influences politics. As political polarizat......more

A full examination of the India Museum’s founding manifesto and evolving ambitions. The museum of the East India Company......more

A full examination of the India Museum’s founding manifesto and evolving ambitions. The museum of the East India Company......more

History is generally defined as "the study of past events, particularly in human affairs" and is mostly understood when ......more

Over the past decade, people have learned about oil contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon through toxic tours in which ......more

This book provides a detailed and carefully researched catalogue of over 140 manuscripts related to the Mevlevi Sufis in......more

Evil eye is a phenomenon observed globally and has to do with the misfortune and calamities that we can cause to someone......more

London and the Southeast of England is home to an alternative community of people called ’boaters’; individuals and fami......more

The self-identifying Ghanaian-Dutch and Somali-Dutch communities residing in the Randstad area of the Netherlands are de......more

Contemporary Asian societies present a variety of contrasting experiences and afterlives of colonialism, revolutionary s......more

As a sequel to Archaeogaming: an Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games, the author focuses on the practical ......more

Sewing new understandings Indigenous beadwork has taken the art world by storm, but it is still sometimes misunderstood ......more

Sewing new understandings Indigenous beadwork has taken the art world by storm, but it is still sometimes misunderstood ......more

Considers what unearthed documents reveal about the creation and transmission of knowledge in ancient China....more

A comparative study of wonder in South Asian religions....more

The complex exposition of the concept of economic crisis in Capital and its preparatory manuscripts gave rise to differe......more

A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1600. The Renaissance was a cultural movement......more

A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1600 to 1760, a time marked by the movement ......more

A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Industry covers the period 1760 to 1900, a time of dramatic change in the ma......more

A Cultural History of Color in Antiquity covers the period 3000 BCE to 500 CE. Although the smooth, white marbles of Cla......more

A Cultural History of Color in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400. The medieval age saw an extraordinary bur......more

A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1650, a time of change, conflict, and transform......more

A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Industry covers the period 1800 to 1920, when the world embraced color like ne......more

A Cultural History of Color in the Modern Age covers the period 1920 to the present, a time of extraordinary development......more

A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity covers the period 500 BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines ......more

This book traces the conceptual lens of historical-cultural ’survivals’ from the late 19th-century theories of E.B. Tylo......more

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How can activists strike a balance between fighting for a cause and sustaining relationships with family, friends, and n......more

The isolated valleys of Rawain in the Western Himalaya are ruled by local gods who control the weather, provide justice,......more

An ethnography focusing on a Pentecostal church community and their pursuit of healing marriages and prosperity Pentecos......more

"Extensively based on fieldwork material, From Tapas to Modern Yoga primarily analyses embodied practices of ascetics be......more

This fifth volume of a collection devoted to the interdisciplinary meetings held one every two years at Kultepe, ancient......more

In the words of Cayuga Elder Gae Ho Hwako Norma Jacobs: "We have forgotten about that sacred meeting space between the S......more

First published in 1984, Abortion Freedom explains the main reasons for widespread international liberalisation of abort......more

Apalachicola Valley Archaeology: The Late Woodland Period through Recent History, Volume 2, synthesizes the archaeology ......more

Apalachicola Valley Archaeology: The Late Woodland Period through Recent History, Volume 2, synthesizes the archaeology ......more

Originally published in 1983, this book locates the behavioural approach to the study of politics in its social science ......more

The continuing Darfur War has caused mass displacement since 2003, with hundreds of thousands driven from their homes an......more

A milestone in Sinama research has been reached with the publication of the Central Sinama-English Dictionary, making av......more

’The Tomb of the Mili Mongga lives up to its magnificent billing’ DAILY TELEGRAPH - A fossil expedition becomes a thrill......more

This study focuses on the fabric, construction and preservation of stretches of Hadrian’s Wall in its more remote locati......more

This volume presents twelve in-depth case studies that critically examine the ways in which historical linguistics and l......more

This book examines the ways in which indigeneity interacts with climate change politics at multiple levels and at the sa......more

Across the United States, groups of grassroots volunteers gather in overgrown, systemically neglected cemeteries. As the......more

Across the United States, groups of grassroots volunteers gather in overgrown, systemically neglected cemeteries. As the......more

In the hills of China’s central Hunan province, an anxious young apprentice officiates over a Daoist ritual known as the......more

Resource depletion and ecological risks are more than ever at the heart of societal and economic debates. In the 1970s, ......more

"Relationality is a core principle of Indigenous studies, yet there is relatively little work that assesses what buildin......more

This insightful volume delves into land-based Diné and Dene imaginaries as embodied in stories--oral, literary, and visu......more

This insightful volume delves into land-based Diné and Dene imaginaries as embodied in stories--oral, literary, and visu......more

The development of equitable relationships and outcomes among Indigenous communities, resource development companies, an......more