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The Archaeology Of Race And Racialization In Historic America

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Charles E. Orser, Jr. ; foreword by Michael S. NassaneyPublication Details
BookUniversity Press of Florida2007Links
Description
With the advent of this book, the ability of archaeologists to contribute to the study of race no longer can be doubted. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E159.5 .O77 2007 AVAILABLE
Palenque : Eternal City Of The Maya

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David Stuart & George StuartPublication Details
BookThames & Hudson2008Description
This “queen of Maya cities,” as Palenque has been called, fell into ruin and was abandoned along with other great urban centers when Maya civilization suffered a mysterious collapse more than 1000 years ago. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) F1435.1.P2 S785 2008 DUE 04-06-10
The Buried Soul : How Humans Invented Death

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Timothy TaylorPublication Details
BookBeacon Press2004Links
Description
A groundbreaking investigation of the human soul that encompasses vampirism, cannibalism, near-death experiences, and modern-day human sacrifice. In The Buried Soul, Taylor presents evidence of how the ancients saw their universe and asks how we came to have not only a sense of the afterlife but also an image of the soul. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) GT3150 .T26 2004 AVAILABLE
Bodies From The Ash

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James M. DeemPublication Details
BookHoughton Mifflin2005Links
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In ancient times, Pompeii was one of the largest cities in the Roman Empire. Digging crews expected to find buildings and jewelry and other treasures, but they found something unexpected, too: the imprints of lost Pompeiians, their deaths captured as if by photographic images in volcanic ash. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVER CHILD LIT (LOWER) 937.7 D311b 2005 AVAILABLE
The Blue Manuscript

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Sabiha Al KhemirPublication Details
BookVerso2008Description
The Blue Manuscript is the ultimate prize for any collector of Islamic treasures. Intensified at every turn by the uneasy relationship between Islam past and present, and between Islam and the West, The Blue Manuscript is a novel which will resonate long after the astonishing solution to its mystery has finally been revealed. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PR9408.T83 K54 2008 AVAILABLE
Solving Stonehenge : The New Key To An Ancient Enigma

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Anthony JohnsonPublication Details
BookThames & Hudson2008Description
The prehistoric engineering skills involved in the construction of Stonehenge have long been recognized, but Johnson presents for the first time tangible evidence to show that locked within the symmetry of the stones are precise formulae that determined their numbers, spacing, and relationships. He explains how the Neolithic surveyors set out the fifty-six Aubrey Holes, four Station Stones, and the thirty stones in the Sarsen Circle; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DA142 .J57 2008 AVAILABLE
Moundville

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John H. BlitzPublication Details
BookUniversity of Alabama Press2008Description
By the time the first Europeans reached the Southeast in the 1540s, the precise links between Moundville’s inhabitants and what became the historic Native American tribes had become a mystery.Illustrated with 50 color photos, maps, and figures, “Moundville” tells the story of the ancient people who lived there, the modern struggle to save the site from destruction, and the scientific saga of the archaeologists who brought the story to life. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E99.M6815 B55 2008 AVAILABLE
The Night Villa : A Novel

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Carol GoodmanPublication Details
BookBallantine Books2008Description
An evocative tale of intrigue, romance, and treachery, Carol Goodman?s spellbinding new novel, The Night Villa, follows the fascinating lives of two remarkable women centuries apart. But suspicion, fear, and danger roam the long-untrodden tunnels and chambers beneath the once sumptuous estate?especially after Sophie sees the face of her former lover in the darkness, leaving her to wonder if she is chasing shadows or succumbing to the siren song of the Night Villa. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PS3607.O566 N54 2008 AVAILABLE
The Teotihuacan Trinity : The Sociopolitical Structure Of An Ancient Mesoamerican City

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Annabeth HeadrickPublication Details
Book1st edUniversity of Texas Press2007Links
Description
Northeast of modern-day Mexico City stand the remnants of one of the world’s largest preindustrial cities, Teotihuacan. Challenging the view that Teotihuacan was a peaceful city in which disparate groups united in an ideology of solidarity, Headrick instead identifies three social groups that competed for political power?rulers, kin-based groups led by influential lineage heads, and military orders that each had their own animal insignia. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVERSIZE (UPPER) F1219.1.T27 H43 2007 AVAILABLE
After Alexander : Central Asia Before Islam

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edited by Joe Cribb & Georgina HerrmannPublication Details
BookPublished for The British Academy by Oxford University Press2007Description
This is a new study of the history, archaeology and numismatics of Central Asia, an area of great significance for our understanding of the ancient and early medieval world. Other topics include the influence of the Greek colonists on military architecture, and the major impact of the Great Kushans on the spread of Buddhism and on the development of the Central Asian metropolis. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DS329.4 .A374 2007 AVAILABLE
The Horse, The Wheel, And Language : How Bronze-Age Riders From The Eurasian Steppes Shaped The Modern World

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David W. AnthonyPublication Details
BookPrinceton University Press2007Description
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original Indo-European speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilization. Linking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, David Anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central Eurasia’s steppe grasslands as the original speakers of Proto-Indo-European, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior’s chariot turned the Eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchange. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) P572 .A555 2007 AVAILABLE
King Tutankhamun : The Treasures Of The Tomb

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Zahi Hawass ; photographs by Sandro VanniniPublication Details
BookThames & Hudson2008Description
The ultimate book on King Tut and his tomb?the most exciting archaeological find the world has ever known. An experienced field archaeologist who has made many important discoveries himself, Dr. Hawass imbues the text with his own unique voice, imagining how exploration of the tomb must have felt for Carter and providing invaluable information about the objects. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVERSIZE (UPPER) DT87.5 .H385 2008 AVAILABLE
The Lords Of Tikal : Rulers Of An Ancient Maya City

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Peter D. HarrisonPublication Details
BookThames and Hudson1999Description
The apogee of power and wealth was achieved under the reigns of three generations of the great Jaguar Claw clan, whose ruling lords–known as Hasaw Chan K’awil, Yik’in Chan K’awil, and Yax Ain–built the Great Temples that symbolize the character and individuality of the city. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) F1435.1.T5 H37 1999 DUE 04-06-10
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