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Pleistocene Mammals of Europe
ISBN: 9780202309538 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of all the Pleistocene species in Europe, classified according to modern taxonomic principles. For each species there is a description of its descent and migration history, its range, and its mode of life. The first version of this book was a semipopular paperback in the Swedish Aldus series.
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of all the Pleistocene species in Europe, classified according to modern taxonomic principles. For each s...
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228,18 zł |
Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society
ISBN: 9780226001951 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Archaeology in Israel is truly a national obsession, a practice through which national identity and national rights have long been asserted. But how and why did archaeology emerge as such a pervasive force there? How can the practices of archaeology help answer those questions? In this stirring book, Nadia Abu El-Haj addresses these questions and specifies for the first time the relationship between national ideology, colonial settlement, and the production of historical knowledge. She analyzes particular instances of history, artifacts, and landscapes in the making to show how archaeology...
Archaeology in Israel is truly a national obsession, a practice through which national identity and national rights have long been asserted. But how a...
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152,88 zł |
The Hunters or the Hunted?: An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy
ISBN: 9780226070902 / Angielski / Miękka / 1983 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Amongst scientists involved in taphonomy], C. K. Brain stands out as the pioneer; this impressive book is a statement of his investigations. . . . The Hunters or the Hunted? is a very important book for paleoanthropology. It presents the first thorough analysis of the Sterkfontein Valley assemblages, contributes significantly to the resolution of lingering controversies and, by placing the old information in a fresh perspective, enables new and more sophisticated questions to be asked not only of the South African material but of similar assemblages elsewhere. Another contribution is...
"Amongst scientists involved in taphonomy], C. K. Brain stands out as the pioneer; this impressive book is a statement of his investigations. . . . <...
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419,14 zł |
The Fate of the Mammoth: Fossils, Myth, and History
ISBN: 9780226112923 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. From cave paintings to the latest Siberian finds, woolly mammoths have fascinated people across Europe, Asia, and North America for centuries. Remains of these enormous prehistoric animals were among the first fossils to be recognized as such, and they have played a crucial role in the birth and development of paleontology. In this lively, wide-ranging look at the fate of the mammoth, Claudine Cohen reanimates this large mammal with heavy curved tusks and shaggy brown hair through its history in science, myth, and popular culture.
Cohen uses the mammoth and the theories that naturalists... From cave paintings to the latest Siberian finds, woolly mammoths have fascinated people across Europe, Asia, and North America for centuries. Remains...
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196,56 zł |
Kingship and the Gods: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature
ISBN: 9780226260112 / Angielski / Miękka / 1978 / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This classic study clearly establishes a fundamental difference in viewpoint between the peoples of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. By examining the forms of kingship which evolved in the two countries, Frankfort discovered that beneath resemblances fostered by similar cultural growth and geographical location lay differences based partly upon the natural conditions under which each society developed. The river flood which annually renewed life in the Nile Valley gave Egyptians a cheerful confidence in the permanence of established things and faith in life after death. Their Mesopotamian...
This classic study clearly establishes a fundamental difference in viewpoint between the peoples of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. By examining the fo...
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243,08 zł |
Evolutionary Paleobiology
ISBN: 9780226389134 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Representing the state of the art in evolutionary paleobiology, this book provides a much-needed overview of this rapidly changing field. An influx of ideas and techniques both from other areas of biology and from within paleobiology itself have resulted in numerous recent advances, including increased recognition of the relationships between ecological and evolutionary theory, renewed vigor in the study of ecological communities over geologic timescales, increased understanding of biogeographical patterns, and new mathematical approaches to studying the form and structure of plants and...
Representing the state of the art in evolutionary paleobiology, this book provides a much-needed overview of this rapidly changing field. An influx of...
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245,70 zł |
Experimental Determination of Stone Tool Uses: A Microwear Analysis
ISBN: 9780226428895 / Angielski / Miękka / 1980 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A major problem confronting archeologists is how to determine the function of ancient stone tools. In this important work, Lawrence H. Keeley reports on his own highly successful course of research into the uses of British Paleolithic flint implements. His principal method of investigation, known as "microwear analysis," was the microscopic examination of traces of use left on flint implements in the form of polishes, striations, and breakage patterns.
The most important discovery arising from Keeley's research was that, at magnifications of 100x to 400x, there was a high correlation... A major problem confronting archeologists is how to determine the function of ancient stone tools. In this important work, Lawrence H. Keeley reports ...
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163,80 zł |
The Analysis of Animal Bones from Archeological Sites
ISBN: 9780226439587 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In growing numbers, archeologists are specializing in the analysis of excavated animal bones as clues to the environment and behavior of ancient peoples. This pathbreaking work provides a detailed discussion of the outstanding issues and methods of bone studies that will interest zooarcheologists as well as paleontologists who focus on reconstructing ecologies from bones. Because large samples of bones from archeological sites require tedious and time-consuming analysis, the authors also offer a set of computer programs that will greatly simplify the bone specialist's job. After setting...
In growing numbers, archeologists are specializing in the analysis of excavated animal bones as clues to the environment and behavior of ancient peopl...
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163,80 zł |
The Sangamo Frontier: History and Archaeology in the Shadow of Lincoln
ISBN: 9780226514253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. When Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois Sangamo Country in 1831, he found a pioneer community transforming from a cluster of log houses along an ancient trail to a community of new towns and state roads. But two of the towns vanished in a matter of years, and many of the activities and lifestyles that shaped them were almost entirely forgotten. In "The Sangamo Frontier," archaeologist Robert Mazrim unearths the buried history of this early American community, breathing new life into a region that still rests in Lincoln s shadow. When Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois Sangamo Country in 1831, he found a pioneer community transforming from a cluster of log houses along an anc... |
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103,74 zł |
Social Adaptation to Food Stress: A Prehistoric Southwestern Example
ISBN: 9780226530246 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Combining anthropology, archeology, and evolutionary theory, Paul E. Minnis develops a model of how tribal societies deal with severe food shortages. While focusing on the prehistory of the Rio Mimbres region of New Mexico, he provides comparative data from the Fringe Enga of New Guinea, the Tikopia of Tikopia Island, and the Gwembe Tonga of South Africa.
Minnis proposes that, faced with the threat of food shortages, nonstratified societies survive by employing a series of responses that are increasingly effective but also are increasingly costly and demand increasingly larger cooperative... Combining anthropology, archeology, and evolutionary theory, Paul E. Minnis develops a model of how tribal societies deal with severe food shortages. ...
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152,88 zł |
After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America
ISBN: 9780226668123 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The fascinating story of how a harsh terrain that resembled modern Antarctica has been transformed gradually into the forests, grasslands, and wetlands we know today.
"One of the best scientific books published in the last ten years." Ottowa Journal "A valuable new synthesis of facts and ideas about climate, geography, and life during the past 20,000 years. More important, the book conveys an intimate appreciation of the rich variety of nature through time." S. David Webb, Science" The fascinating story of how a harsh terrain that resembled modern Antarctica has been transformed gradually into the forests, grasslands, and wetland...
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125,76 zł |
Bonebeds: Genesis, Analysis, and Paleobiological Significance
ISBN: 9780226723716 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The vertebrate fossil record extends back more than 500 million years, and bonebeds localized concentrations of the skeletal remains of vertebrate animals help unlock the secrets of this long history. Often spectacularly preserved, bonebeds both modern and ancient can reveal more about life histories, ecological associations, and preservation patterns than any single skeleton or bone. For this reason, bonebeds are frequently studied by paleobiologists, geologists, and archeologists seeking to piece together the vertebrate record.
Thirteen respected researchers combine their experiences in... The vertebrate fossil record extends back more than 500 million years, and bonebeds localized concentrations of the skeletal remains of vertebrate ani...
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196,56 zł |
The Meaning of Fossils: Episodes in the History of Palaeontology
ISBN: 9780226731032 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "It is not often that a work can literally rewrite a person's view of a subject. And this is exactly what Rudwick's book should do for many paleontologists' view of the history of their own field." Stephen J. Gould, "Paleobotany and Palynology"
"Rudwick has not merely written the first book-length history of palaeontology in the English language; he has written a very intelligent one. . . . His accounts of sources are rounded and organic: he treats the structure of arguments as Cuvier handled fossil bones." Roy S. Porter, "History of Science"" "It is not often that a work can literally rewrite a person's view of a subject. And this is exactly what Rudwick's book should do for many paleontolo...
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180,18 zł |
Scenes from Deep Time: Early Pictorial Representations of the Prehistoric World
ISBN: 9780226731056 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. How did the earth look in prehistoric times? Scientists and artists collaborated during the half-century prior to the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species to produce the first images of dinosaurs and the world they inhabited. Their interpretations, informed by recent fossil discoveries, were the first efforts to represent the prehistoric world based on sources other than the Bible. Martin J. S. Rudwick presents more than a hundred rare illustrations from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to explore the implications of reconstructing a past no one has ever seen.
How did the earth look in prehistoric times? Scientists and artists collaborated during the half-century prior to the publication of Darwin's Origi...
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152,88 zł |
Georges Cuvier, Fossil Bones, and Geological Catastrophes: New Translations and Interpretations of the Primary Texts
ISBN: 9780226731070 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. French zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) helped form and bring credibility to geology and paleontology. Here Martin J. S. Rudwick provides the first modern translation of Cuvier's essential writings on fossils and catastrophes and links these translated texts together with his own insightful narrative and interpretive commentary. "Martin Rudwick has done English-speaking science a considerable service by translating and commenting on Cuvier's work. . . . He guides us through Cuvier's most important writings, especially those which demonstrate his new technique of comparative...
French zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) helped form and bring credibility to geology and paleontology. Here Martin J. S. Rudwick provides the firs...
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174,72 zł |
Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds
ISBN: 9780226771410 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Sprinkled across the tropical Pacific, the innumerable islands of Oceania are home to some of the most unique bird communities on the planet, and they sustain species found nowhere else on earth. Many of the birds that live in this region are endangered, however; many more have become extinct as a result of human activity, in both recent and prehistoric times.
Reconstructing the avian world in the same way archeologists re-create ancient human societies, David Steadman a leading authority on tropical Pacific avian paleontology has spent the past two decades in the field, digging through... Sprinkled across the tropical Pacific, the innumerable islands of Oceania are home to some of the most unique bird communities on the planet, and they...
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698,88 zł |
Prehistoric Life on the Mississippi Floodplain: Stone Tool Use, Settlement Organization, and Subsistence Practices at the Labras Lake Site, Illinois
ISBN: 9780226951515 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. At the confluence of the Illinois, the Missouri, and the Mississippi Rivers lies the "American Bottom," a broad floodplain that prehistoric peoples inhabited for millennia. Precisely how did they live? What were their ties to the natural world around them? In this study, based upon some six years of intensive archeological and geological research at Labras Lake in St. Clair County, Illinois, Richard W. Yerkes interprets a wealth of important new data in a stimulating and original fashion.
With a fine-tuned control of the data, Yerkes challenges prevailing theories based on simple... At the confluence of the Illinois, the Missouri, and the Mississippi Rivers lies the "American Bottom," a broad floodplain that prehistoric peoples in...
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174,72 zł |
The New Indicators of Well-Being and Development
ISBN: 9780230005006 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 135 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. New indicators of development, well being, social health or ecological footprint are presented in this volume as alternative methods of re-assessing the growing gap between well being and 'more having'. They show that ongoing growth might destroy vital natural resources and has already begun this depletion.
New indicators of development, well being, social health or ecological footprint are presented in this volume as alternative methods of re-assessing t...
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382,84 zł |
Anthropological Archaeology
ISBN: 9780231056625 / Angielski / Twarda / 1984 / 455 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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643,77 zł |
Origin and Evolution of Gymnosperms
ISBN: 9780231063586 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. -- Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
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916,97 zł |