Digging through History Again: New Discoveries from Atlantis to the Holocaust follows archaeologist Richard Freund’s jou......more

From climate catastrophes to sudden wars, the world faces conflicts of unprecedented scale. Yet around the globe, Indige......more

This book represents a reflection on the policies of preservation that were established and interventions for restoratio......more

Beauty and Brutality provides an exciting, original, and critical encounter with this labyrinthine city’s imagined and m......more

Beauty and Brutality provides an exciting, original, and critical encounter with this labyrinthine city’s imagined and m......more

Philosophical concepts are influential in the theories and methods to study the world religions. Even though the discipl......more

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André Bazin (1918-58) was renowned for almost single-handedly establishing the study of film as an accepted intellectual......more

What happens when a former political journalist, operative, and consultant in her forties loses faith in her country, mo......more

This book explores how Esperanto - often regarded as a future-oriented utopian project that ended up confined to the pas......more

Tehran, the capital of Iran since the late eighteenth century, is now one of the largest cities in the Middle East. Expl......more

Based on over a decade of ethnographic fieldwork in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Onscreen/Offscreen is an explo......more

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There is a new quality of idiocy today. While the old idiot derived knowledge from isolation, the new idiot refuses all ......more

Research into the history of Christian missions in the context of colonialism has focused primarily on missions as insti......more

Chapter 1: ARTICULATING THE EPISTEMIC CHALLENGE In this chapter, we articulate the epistemic challenge and how one respo......more

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What impact did the idea of world revolution and international solidarity have on the Bolshevik rank and file and on ear......more

This work presents the marble sculpture found in the Gymnasium Area at Corinth, dating between the C6th B.C. and C5th A.......more

Using textiles to understand gender and economy in Norse societies In The Valkyries’ Loom, Michèle Hayeur Smith examines......more

Case studies of nineteenth-century sites from New York City to the American West  The Archaeology of Prostitution and C......more

An archaeological study of African American foodways in nineteenth-century Annapolis In Eating in the Side Room, Mark Wa......more

With an estimated population of 35 million, Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without an independent state......more

Translation has facilitated colonialism from the fifteenth century to the present day. Epistemicide, which involves dest......more

With an estimated population of 35 million, Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without an independent state......more

Sumud, meaning steadfastness in Arabic, is central to the issues of survival and resistance that are part of daily life ......more

In Glyphosate and the Swirl Vincanne Adams explores the chemical glyphosate-the active ingredient in Roundup and a perva......more

"Profusely illustrated... [E]xceptionally well organized and presented, Picts is a seminal work of meticulous scholarshi......more

The story of the Bamburgh Sword - one of the finest swords ever forged. In 2000, archaeologist Paul Gething rediscovered......more

"Quinoa’s new status as a superfood has altered the economic fortunes of Quechua farmers in the Andean highlands. Linda ......more

"This work provides an essential national-level look at an intriguing and impactful form of Indigenous resistance. It de......more

"This work provides an essential national-level look at an intriguing and impactful form of Indigenous resistance. It de......more

A fine-grained ethnography exploring the sociopolitical power of Kurdish women’s voices in contemporary Turkey. "Raise y......more

In Infertile Environments, Janelle Lamoreaux investigates how epigenetic research into the effects of toxic exposure con......more

In Infertile Environments, Janelle Lamoreaux investigates how epigenetic research into the effects of toxic exposure con......more

A lively new biography of Tutankhamun--published for the hundredth anniversary of his tomb’s modern discovery The discov......more

In Hard Luck and Heavy Rain Joseph C. Russo takes readers into the everyday lives of the rural residents of Southeast Te......more

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Cultural Heritage - Competing Conceptions, Significance and Protection.- Chapter 3.......more

Media Representations of Retail Work in America examines the ways in which retail workers have been portrayed in popular......more

This book presents the final report of the excavations at Yotvata, the largest oasis in the Arabah Valley, conducted by ......more

"Sartor Resartus" is a satirical novel by Scottish author Thomas Carlyle. The book is divided into three sections, with ......more

In this book, social anthropologist Steven Webster provides an ethnohistory of sustainability among the indigenous Andea......more

Introduction.- Intangible Cultural Heritage: A challenge to aesthetic and cultural education.- Part I Research.- Arts an......more

This contributed volume provides case studies from around the world that feature a convergence of indigenous and western......more

This book discusses many aspects of fetuses and motherhood from fields as wide as sociology and medicine. It examines ch......more

Part I Introduction.- 1. The Reflection in the Mirror.- 2. Background: Evolutionary Classification and Fossil Dating.- 3......more

This book explores the interplay between African archaeology and geospatial methods from three broad perspectives. First......more

Explores how a folk ballad in southern India transforms the landscape and embeds the deities that are its subject within......more

The book is about Ubuntu--loosely translated--I am because we are--or, our common humanity in Zulu, about Unity, and glo......more

This open access book adopts a cultural sociology of materiality to explore the hallmark of the female athlete: the pony......more

Reworking Culture: Relatedness, Rites, and Resources in Garo Hills, North-East India provides intimate insights into the......more

From Primates to Politicians is a fascinating exploration of politicians and their atavistic origins, traced back to the......more

Sports Studies in India, as a part of The Oxford India Studies in Contemporary Society, emerges from a sociological curi......more

The book we’ve all been needing for decades - a unique explanation of the Maori world for Pakeha, and for Maori people w......more

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This open access book adopts a cultural sociology of materiality to explore the hallmark of the female athlete: the pony......more

Ethnography as a Pastoral Practice invites you to open your eyes, ears and hearts to your congregation. By listening to ......more

This book seeks to provide unique insights into the social, cultural, and political changes that Pakistan has experience......more

This publication presents the archaeological evidence from two associated Minoan sites situated at Apesokari in the Mesa......more

How were ancient textual sources used and manipulated? How can this help us understand the dissemination of religious an......more

It is written in a lucid style with the most recent advances and with theoretical discussions being supplemented with il......more

It is written in a lucid style with the most recent advances and with theoretical discussions being supplemented with il......more

Ancient art architecture includes some of the most famous structures and landmarks on Earth and focuses on the relations......more

"The Hellenistic inscription and Roman marble portrait head of Alexander the Great that are the subjects of this monogra......more

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The title of this book, Cultural Interaction between Assyria and the Zagros, geographically covers Assyria and the Zagro......more

The second volume of "The Practicing Anthropologist", the three-volume compilation of the published papers of Dr. Joseph......more

"Co-existent with the life force and regulating its flow is the phenomenon of rhythm. Song and the measured beat of a po......more

The volume contains chapters on Hellenistic Period Public Inscriptions (administrative texts, decrees, letters), Buildin......more

This new authoritative textbook on the archaeology of Southeast England (principally Kent, Sussex and Surrey) comprises ......more

The study of beliefs and practices concerning the sky in the past and the uses to which people s understanding of the sk......more

In East Asia’s largest cities, hundreds of thousands of women remain single into middle age and beyond, giving rise to a......more

This important volume offers readers an in-depth understanding of women’s sexuality around the world, bringing to light ......more

War at the Margins offers a broad comparative view of the impact of World War II on Indigenous societies. Using historic......more