Paul (Freelance writer, translator, and broadcaster in archaeology) Bahn
In this revised and updated edition of Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction, Paul Bahn presents an engaging introduction and a superb overview of a field that embraces everything from the cave art of Lascaux to the great stone heads of Easter Island. This entertaining introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology--a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, and academic discipline, encompasses the whole globe, and spans some 2.5 million years. From deserts to jungles, from deep caves to mountain tops, from pebble tools to satellite photographs, from excavation to...
In this revised and updated edition of Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction, Paul Bahn presents an engaging introduction and a superb overv...
Archaeology: The Key Concepts is an invaluable resource, providing an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of key ideas in archaeology and their impact on archaeological thinking and method. Entries include: * thinking about landscape. * archaeology of cult and religion. * cultural evolution. * concepts of time. * urban societies. * the Antiquity of Man. * archaeology of gender. * feminist archaeology. * experimental archaeology. * multiregional evolution. Each entry offers a definition of the term, explaining its origin and development, and any major figures involved, as well as a guide to...
Archaeology: The Key Concepts is an invaluable resource, providing an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of key ideas in archaeology and their impact...
This is the fourth in the five-yearly series of surveys of what is happening in rock art studies around the world. The aims are to present a synthesis of the status of rock art research in different regions of the world, provide information about recent projects, publications, prevailing research objectives and methods, and enable rock art researchers to relate their findings in a specific region to mainstream research results. As always, the texts reflect something of the great differences in approach and emphasis that exist in different regions, presenting examples from Europe, Asia,...
This is the fourth in the five-yearly series of surveys of what is happening in rock art studies around the world. The aims are to present a synthesis...
Byla jednou jedna obyčejná městská rodina a ta prožila neobyčejnou dovolenou. Ne u moře, ne v horách, ne v bůhvíjakých dálavách, ale v domácích luzích na báječné samotě uprostřed lesů, plných hub, borůvek a přírodních krás. A ve společnosti několika svérázných bodrých starousedlíků, ale především legendární dobrosrdečné tety Růži, která báječně vařila. Den co den se tam prostíral stůl plný dobrot, den co den byl naplněn spoustou chuťových zážitků a lidské pohody. Z této pohody pak vznikla tato neobyčejná kuchařská knížka, v...
Byla jednou jedna obyčejná městská rodina a ta prožila neobyčejnou dovolenou. Ne u moře, ne v horách, ne v bůhvíjakých dálavách, ale v do...