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Archaeology & Paleontology

Ancient Thai Beads From U-Thong to Dvaravati

Pongpanich Bunchar

ISBN: HB: 9786167339887, Prestel Publishing, River Books, March 2021
220 pp., 22.2x17.5 cm, colour and black&white illus.

In the pre-historic period in the archaeology of Thailand, beads are among the most exciting finds. Easily transportable, hard and durable, one bead can provide a mass of information. Usually found as part of grave assemblages, the quantity of beads...

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Design

Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss: History of the Site Exhibition Guide

Prokasky Judith

ISBN: PB: 9783791358352, Prestel Publishing, March 2021
192 pp., 22x12 cm, 175 colour and black&white illus.

Monastery, royal palace, museum, parade ground, Palace of the Republic, archeological site, and cultural building – a lot has happened on this spot, in the middle of Berlin, on which the Humboldt Forum is located today. Where initially only a civil b...

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Evolution

Standing between Life and Extinction Ethics and Ecology of Conserving Aquatic Species in North American Deserts

Propst David, Williams Jack, Bestgen Kevin, Hoagstrom Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9780226694474, ISBN: HB: 9780226694337, University of Chicago Press, September 2020
496 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 90 colour plates, 22 halftones

North American deserts – lands of little water – have long been home to a surprising diversity of aquatic life, from fish to insects and mollusks. But with European settlement, water extraction, resource exploitation, and invasive species set many of...

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Quality of the Archaeological Record

Perreault Charles

ISBN: PB: 9780226630960, ISBN: HB: 9780226630823, University of Chicago Press, September 2019
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 57 line drawings, 8 tables

Paleobiology struggled for decades to influence our understanding of evolution and the history of life because it was stymied by a focus on microevolution and an incredibly patchy fossil record. But in the 1970s, the field took a radical turn, as pal...

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Art Conservation

Archaeology & Paleontology

Conservation Practices on Archaeological Excavations Principles and Methods

Pedeli Corrado, Pulga Stefano

ISBN: HB: 9781606061589, Getty Publications, May 2014
168 pp., 26.5x19.4 cm, 88 black&white illus.

This book is essential reading for archaeologists working in the field, as well as conservation scientists, museum curators and students of archaeology. The relationship between archaeology and conservation has long been complex and, at times, challe...

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Mammals

Bones, Clones, and Biomes The History and Geography of Recent Neotropical Mammals

Patterson Bruce D., Costa Leonora P.

ISBN: HB: 9780226649191, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 17 tables, 26 halftones, 13 line illus.

As explorers and scientists have known for decades, the Neotropics harbor a fantastic array of our planet's mammalian diversity, from capybaras and capuchins to maned wolves and mouse opossums to sloths and sakis. This biological bounty can be attrib...

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Evolution

Archaeology & Paleontology

Stratigraphic Paleobiology Understanding the Distribution of Fossil Taxa in Time and Space

Patzkowsky Mark E., Holland Steven M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226649382, ISBN: HB: 9780226649375, University of Chicago Press, April 2012
256 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 colour illus., 31 halftones, 19 line illus.

Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils themselves. In the late 1700s, Georges Cuvier argued for a literal interpretation, b...

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Aztec Pantheon and Art of Empire

Pohl John, Lyons Claire

ISBN: HB: 9781606060070, Getty Publications, May 2010
104 pp., 26.2x21.1 cm, 38 colour illus., 9 black&white illus.

This is a groundbreaking exploration of the function and significance of Aztec monumental art and religious spectacles. When the Aztec Empire emerged to dominate central Mexico from 1460 to 1519, vast amounts of tribute wealth flowed into the capital...

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Great Moments in Greek Archaeology

Petrakos Vasileios

ISBN: HB: 9780892369102, Getty Publications, February 2008
384 pp., 29.2x24.4 cm, 650 colour illus.

This beautifully illustrated book offers a wide-ranging, yet detailed overview of the greatest archaeological sites and discoveries from ancient Greece – with contributions from both those who have excavated the sites and scholars who have spent a li...

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Management Planning for Archaeological Site Proceedings of the Corinth Workshop

Palumbo Gaetano, Teutonico Jeanne Marie

ISBN: PB: 9780892366910, Getty Publications, March 2006
96 pp., 29x21.1 cm, 15 black&white illus., 2 line illus.

Archaeological sites around the world are threatened by forces including population growth, development, urbanization, pollution, tourism, vandalism, and looting Site management planning is emerging as a critical element not only for the conservation...

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