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Dr Collis takes a new look at such key concepts as population movement, diffusion, trade, social structure and spatial organization, with some challenging new vews on the Celts in particular.

"Archaeology and the Bible" examines new developments in archaeological finds in the Near East, particularly Palestine, that are related to the Bible. Newer field methodologies, regional surveys and creative syntheses have all

Until recently, ancient cities established along the banks of the northern Euphrates River were widely regarded as a cultural backwater compared to the civilized, archaic states of southern Mesopotamia in the third

Discussing theoretical perspectives on the archaeological study of settlements, this volume revisits a central topic of study in archaeology and anthropology, which should be of interest to historical geographers and others.

What was it about epistolarity that appealed so strongly to the Greek imagination?The first reference in Greek literature to a letter occurs in our oldest extant Greek poem, Homer's Iliad. But letters

The riddle of the "curse of the pharaohs" is finally solved via a radical anthropological treatment of the legend as a cultural concept rather than a physical phenomenon. The most penetrating study

Auguste Comte is acknowledged as the founder of the science of sociology and the 'Religion of Humanity'. This work examines his sociological vision and shows that because he thought sociology should be

Materiality And Consumption In The Bronze Age Mediterranean (Hardcover),9780415537346

Power relations among humans have likely been a topic of interest since long before any historical claims to its nature were proffered. This book recognizes that power and gender may be rooted