This book presents a systematic, authoritative, and in-depth exploration of the archaeological restoration and historical evolution of Chinese palace architecture, drawing on methodologies from archaeology, history, and architecture. It fills the...Daugiau...
This volume examines the constitutive importance of salt, cod and sugar for trade networks, and the associated circulation and mobility of commodities and individuals, which conn...Daugiau...
Richard Rodger, Cliff Hague, DJ Johnston-Smith, Terry Levinthal
(Išleidimo metai: 05-Jun-2025, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: John Donald Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780859767286)
Campaigning for Edinburgh tells the story of the Cockburn Association the citys civic watchdog, which, since 1875, has campaigned to protect and enhance. It shows how citizen involvement can, and should, be key to the planning, development and mana...Daugiau...
This book highlights the importance of palynology in understanding floral biodiversity, paleoclimate and depositional environments in deep time and recent sediments. It includes contributions from renowned Indian palynologists who work on the appl...Daugiau...
Of all avian groups, birds of prey in particular have long been a prominent subject of fascination in many human societies. This book demonstrates that the art and materiality of human engagements with raptors has been significant through deep tim...Daugiau...
This book focuses on the climate dynamics of the Indian subcontinent and the role of tropical regions in modulating global climate vis-ą-vis the impact of ongoing warming on tropical regions over the Indian subcontinent. The authors discuss topics i...Daugiau...
Shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on ConservationShortlisted for the 2024 Richard Jefferies AwardA Times Science Book of the YearChris Packham...Daugiau...
RemarkableOBSERVER Deeply profound this is no ordinary memoir THE TIMES Astounding ADAM FARRER Brave and luminous SARAH LANGFORD Mesmerising POLLY ATKIN ...Daugiau...
Maya Wisdom and the Survival of Our Planet presents the Maya way of seeing and interacting with the world that embodies lessons and provides solutions to ensure a sustainable future of Earth. This book is based on over three decades of working with...Daugiau...
This book adopts a comprehensive approach, drawing from archaeology, physical anthropology, human genetics, linguistics, cultural anthropology, ethnology and ethnography, to explore the Austronesian link of Liangdao Man, and the origins of Austr...Daugiau...
This book presents posthumously four research papers by the pioneer Chinese paleontologist Pei Wenzhong (1904-1982), mostly from the 1930s. The first chapter introduces Paleolithic art from European sites. Subsequent chapters give detailed technic...Daugiau...
Irrigating the Desert explores how local communities adapted to environmental and hydrological changes in the Murghab alluvial fan. Ancient civilizations often developed near major rivers, like in Egypt and Mesopotamia. In Centr...Daugiau...
Focusing on the transitional period of the late Republic to the early Principate, Trees in Ancient Rome offers a sustained examination of the deployment of trees in the ancient city, exploring not only the practicalities of their cultivatio...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 02-Jan-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009424448)
The Indus civilization in South Asia (c. 320 1500BC) was one of the most important Old World Bronze Age cultures. Located at the cross-roads of Asia, in modern Pakistan and India, it encompassed ca. one million square kilometers, making it one the...Daugiau...
This book has re-visited two distinctive patterns, namely pottery and millet, the movement of both of which conflict with conventional narratives concerning prehistoric trans-Eurasian exchange. The significance of this lies beyond the simple matter o...Daugiau...
