This volume describes the two seasons of excavation at Segsbury Camp which form a part of Oxford University's Hillforts of the Ridgeway Project . It contains background material and a series of interpretations of the site at different scales finishing with a discussion of the Lambourn Downs landscape in later prehistoric and Romano-British times. The evidence suggests that the large hillfort of Segsbury was used during the period 6th to 2nd century BC but was not densely and permanently occupied. It also seems that Segsbury was constructed in a new and previously unused area of the Downs....

THIS IS A COMEPLETELY HONEST ACCOUNT OF HOW ONE MAN BATTLED TO OVERCOME ILL HEALTH AND STILL MANAGED TO LIVE A LIFE OF ADVENTURE AND EXCITEMENT. PATRICK DALY STRUGGLED WITH BAD HEALTH SINCE CHILDHOOD AND, DESPITE THESE DISABILITIES, COMPETED IN MARATHONS ACROSS THE GLOBE. BUT THE MAIN POINT OF THIS REMARKABLE STORY IS HIS 30 YEARS OF WORLD ADVENTURE, FROM NEAR-DEATH INCIDENTS, DETENTION IN LAOS, A COUP IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE KILLING FIELDS OF CAMBODIA, AND THE MAFIA IN HAWAII, PLUS MANY COMICAL AND BITTERSWEET EVENTS ALONG THE WAY: HE WAS ALL AT SEA IN THAILAND; TRAPPED IN THE TUNNELS OF...

Aceh during the 2004 tsunami was a war-zone, with Indonesia's military engaged in a major operation to crush a separatist rebellion that had been simmering since 1976. Even though the funds had been donated for tsunami relief, any real reconstruction of Aceh had to consider the impact of the conflict on the well-being of the population, as well as governance and administrative capacities.

Providing a detailed and comparative assessment of the humanitarian responses to a series of major disasters in Asia over the past two decades, including massive earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis, this book explores complex and changing understandings and practices of relief, recovery, and reconstruction. These critical investigations raise questions about the position and responsibilities of a growing range of stakeholders, and provide in-depth explorations of the ways in which local communities are transformed on multiple levels - not only by the impact of disaster events, but...

Aceh has become best known in our times for its twin disasters--the worst earthquake and tsunami of modern times in December 2004, and a long-running separatist conflict that rent Indonesia for most of its independent history. Although this book emerged from the process of recovery from those traumas, it turns the spotlight on a more positive and neglected claim Aceh has on our attention, as the Southeast Asian maritime state that most successfully and creatively maintained its independent place in the world until 1874. Like Burma, Siam and Vietnam, all better protected by geography, Aceh has...