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The Place of Astronomy in the Ancient World
A large volume reproducing important conference papers on astronomy in antiquity in prehistoric literate societies - Babylon, medieval China, Mayan Mesoamerica - and the non-literate societies of Polynesia and Western Europe, with several reports on British megalithic alignments including a
The Ancient Stones Speak: A Journey to the World's Most Mysterious Megalithic sites
The author presents a very wide range of megalithic sites from across the world chosen for their special geographic, astronomical and engineering features.
Plants from the Past
A comprehensive record of the work of two dedicated plant scientists who were instrumental in the establishment of archaeobotany and paleoethnobotany as subdisciplines within American archaeology.
Modelling Ecological Change: Perspectives from Neoecology, Palaeoecology and Environmental Archaeology
Proceedings of an Environmental Conference held at the Institute of Archaeology in 1989 - Contents include: The relationship between palaeoecology and neoecology; Phytosociology and archaeobotany; Spatial scale in the pollen record; Using space in cultural palynology; An approach to the interpret
Environmental Archaeology
The first and definitive book discussing the full range of fieldwork sampling and analytical methods deployed in environmental archaeology - soils and sediments, pollen analysis, wood and charcoal, seeds, molluscs and insects, parasites and coprolites, animal bones, and fish remains. Hardba
Time & Mind Vol 4 No 1: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture
Special issue of the Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture. Articles include - A Recent Neolithic Burial-ritual Rock Art Discovery in Northern Sardinia; Graffiti at Heritage Places; Upper Paleolithic Parietal Art Found in Coliboaia Cave, Romania; Ayahuasca in the Amazon and the
Water, Environment and Society in Times of Climatic Change: Contributions from an International Workshop Within the Framework of International Hydrological Program UNESCO
Conference Proceedings that examine palaeoclimatic changes throughout the Holocene and their impacts on various human communities in diferent parts of the world. Hardback. 355 pages. Publisher's remainder mark (?) to flyleaf, otherwise near new condition. Cat No 1687