Archaeology
epub |eng | 2012-06-14 | Author:Mungello, D. E.; Mungello, D E ; [Mungello, D. E.]

Figure 3.8. Water-driven clock on the west facade of the Hall of Peaceful Sea (Haiyantang ximian), in the Yuanming Yuan (Garden of Perfect Clarity), Beijing, painted by Yi Lantai (fl. ...
( Category: Archaeology June 18,2021 )
epub |eng | 2016-05-14 | Author:Nash, George; Townsend, Andrew;

Figure 9.1 The Adriatic, showing the location of Grapčeva Cave and other sites mentioned in the text. Black: caves; white: open air sites The setting The Mediterranean region boasts several ...
( Category: Archaeology May 26,2021 )
epub |eng | 2018-07-09 | Author:Unknown

HOUSES OF THE DEAD The human remains from Bestansur can be further situated by reviewing the contemporary evidence from sites with so-called Houses of the Dead, in particular Çayönü in ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations May 25,2021 )
epub |eng | 2017-05-15 | Author:Peter Topping

THE NEOLITHIC OF THE BLACKWATER Wherever large scale excavation has taken place on the gravels north of the Blackwater Estuary, Neolithic occupation has been revealed, usually in the form of ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations May 25,2021 )
epub |eng | 2017-05-15 | Author:G. Varndell,Peter Topping

Stone-filled pits of the same type are also a feature of Neolithic Italy (Mileto (Sarti & Martini 1993), and St Andrea di Travo (Bernabo Brea et al 1994), etc) (Barfield ...
( Category: Archaeology May 25,2021 )
epub |eng | 2010-12-14 | Author:Hunter, John; Ralston, Ian; Ralston, Ian

Monasteries Early monasteries do not present the classic plan of the later medieval Benedictine house, with its church, cloister and regular rectangular layout (see Chapter 14). Monastic houses seem to ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations May 24,2021 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-30 | Author:Richard Brunning;

Figure 121. Harding Alignment 1997 pollen diagram. Figure 122. Reconstruction picture of the Harding Alignment, looking north towards Harter’s Hill (Peter Lorimer). The pollen record from the Harter’s Hill 1997 ...
( Category: European History May 23,2021 )
mobi |eng | 2014-12-26 | Author:Amanda H. Podany [Podany, Amanda H.]

7. In this cuneiform letter found in Kanesh, the Assyrian merchant Assur-idi writes to his son Assur-nada about their trading operations transporting textiles to Anatolia. The father and son kept ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations April 25,2021 )
epub |eng | 2021-01-13 | Author:Steve Brusatte

8 The King of the Dinosaurs TIMELINE: latest Cretaceous, ca. 67–66 million years ago Almost everybody has heard of T. rex. It is surely the most famous dinosaur of all. ...
( Category: Children's Animals Books March 9,2021 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Brian Fagan [Fagan, Brian]

Left: The Kyrenia wreck site. Courtesy the Kyrenia Ship Project. Right: The hull remains being reassembled by Richard Steffy. Courtesy the Kyrenia Ship Project. Steffy relocated to Texas A&M University ...
( Category: Archaeology February 28,2021 )
epub |eng | 2008-07-16 | Author:William G. Dever [Dever, William G.]

Plan of Temples i, 2 at Shechem; 12th and 8th cents. B.C. Stager 2003, p. 30 Wright's views were met with suspicion in most circles, and with derision among European ...
( Category: Social Sciences February 14,2021 )
epub |eng | | Author:Verma Mishra, Susan; Ray, Himanshu Prabha; & Himanshu Prabha Ray [Susan Verma Mishra]

Conclusion Discussions of the various images found from different parts of the region demonstrate the diversity in religious forms and worship. It is evident that a study of religion minus ...
( Category: Archaeology February 12,2021 )
epub |eng | 2013-02-14 | Author:Sarah Tarlow;Liv Nilsson Stutz; & Liv Nilsson Stutz

CONCLUSIONS This chapter has considered a number of aspects associated with the placement of northwest European megalithic tombs with respect to their cultural and natural landscapes. While it would be ...
( Category: Archaeology February 12,2021 )
epub |eng | | Author:McCartney, Innes [Innes McCartney]

U671 Hydrographic Record No. 20310 Position: 50 23.690; 000 19.093E Depth: 44m Similar to U767 and U678 (see above), U671 had sailed from Norway for the Atlantic in May and ...
( Category: Archaeology February 7,2021 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sarah E. Cowie;Diane L. Teeman;Christopher C. LeBlanc; [Неизв.]

The vast quantity and variety of artifacts collected from TU 3 is significant evidence of the unit being associated with a burn pile. It was possibly a trash pile from ...
( Category: Archaeology February 5,2021 )