wyszukanych pozycji: 8
Pigs and Humans: 10,000 Years of Interaction
ISBN: 9780199207046 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Pigs are one of the most iconic but also paradoxical animals ever to have developed a relationship with humans. This relationship has been a long and varied one: from noble wild beast of the forest to mass produced farmyard animal; from a symbol of status and plenty to a widespread religious food taboo; from revered religious totem to a parodied symbol of filth and debauchery.
Pigs and Humans brings together some of the key scholars whose research is highlighting the role wild and domestic pigs have played in human societies around the world over the last 10,000 years. The 22 contributors... Pigs are one of the most iconic but also paradoxical animals ever to have developed a relationship with humans. This relationship has been a long and ...
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Environmental Archaeology: Meaning and Purpose
ISBN: 9789048156344 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Despite the fact that the human life of the past cannot be understood without taking into account its ecological relationships, environmental studies are often marginalised in archaeology. This is the first book that, by discussing the meaning and purpose we give to the expression environmental archaeology', investigates the reasons for such a problem. This is achieved through the use of theoretical considerations and the aid of a number of case studies, which, by taking us from Anglo-Saxon England to pre-Columbian Venezuela, and from Classical Greece to late Antique Egypt, emphasise the...
Despite the fact that the human life of the past cannot be understood without taking into account its ecological relationships, environmental studies ...
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586,33 zł |
Environmental Archaeology: Meaning and Purpose
ISBN: 9780792367635 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Despite the fact that the human life of the past cannot be understood without taking into account its ecological relationships, environmental studies are often marginalised in archaeology. This is the first book that, by discussing the meaning and purpose we give to the expression environmental archaeology', investigates the reasons for such a problem. This is achieved through the use of theoretical considerations and the aid of a number of case studies, which, by taking us from Anglo-Saxon England to pre-Columbian Venezuela, and from Classical Greece to late Antique Egypt, emphasise the...
Despite the fact that the human life of the past cannot be understood without taking into account its ecological relationships, environmental studies ...
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586,33 zł |
The History of British Birds
ISBN: 9780199581160 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The History of British Birds reviews our knowledge of avifaunal history over the last 15,000 years, setting it in its wider historical and European context. The authors, one an ornithologist the other an archaeologist, integrate a wealth of archaeological data to illuminate and enliven the story, indicating the extent to which climatic, agricultural, and social changes have affected the avifauna. They discuss its present balance, as well as predicting possible future changes.
It is a popular misconception that bird bones are rarely preserved (compared with mammals), and cannot be reliably... The History of British Birds reviews our knowledge of avifaunal history over the last 15,000 years, setting it in its wider historical and European co...
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284,66 zł |
The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology
ISBN: 9780198854432 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 864 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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210,05 zł |
The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology
ISBN: 9780199686476 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 784 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Animals have played a fundamental role in shaping human history and the study of their remains from archaeological sites--zooarchaeology--has gradually been emerging as a powerful discipline and crucible for forging an understanding of our past. The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology offers a cutting-edge compendium of zooarchaeology the world over that transcends environmental, economic, and social approaches, seeking instead to provide a holistic view of the roles played by animals in past human cultures. Incisive chapters written by leading scholars in the field incorporate...
Animals have played a fundamental role in shaping human history and the study of their remains from archaeological sites--zooarchaeology--has graduall...
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751,91 zł |
Roman Animals in Ritual and Funerary Contexts: Proceedings of the 2nd Meeting of the Zooarchaeology of the Roman Period Working Group, Basel 1st-4th F
ISBN: 9783447116411 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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376,66 zł |
The History of British Birds
ISBN: 9780199217519 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The History of British Birds reviews our knowledge of avifaunal history over the last 15,000 years, setting it in its wider historical and European context. The authors, one an ornithologist, the other an archaeologist, integrate a wealth of archaeological data to illuminate and enliven the story, indicating the extent to which climatic, agricultural, and social changes have affected the avifauna. They discuss its present balance, as well as predicting possible future changes.
It is a popular misconception that bird bones are rarely preserved (compared with mammals), and cannot be... The History of British Birds reviews our knowledge of avifaunal history over the last 15,000 years, setting it in its wider historical and European co...
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249,82 zł |