Using field reports, data sets and "grey" literature on the many excavated sites, Houk provides a synthesis of archaeological data on the ancient cities of modern Belize for the Classical period and explores their urban planning and built environment. By examining the lowland ci…
"Lars Fogelin draws on historical accounts, religious documents, inscriptions, and the results of his systematic archaeological survey of Thotlakonda Monastery in southern India to examine Early Buddhist monastic life. He discovers a tension between the desired isolation of the …
"Complex Communities explores how sedentary settlements developed and flourished in the Middle East during the Early Iron Age nearly four thousand years ago. Using archaeological evidence, Benjamin Porter reconstructs how residents maintained their communities despite environmen…
G. Steindorff gehört zu den prägenden Persönlichkeiten der Ägyptologie im 20. Jh. Beispielhaft spiegelt sich in seiner Laufbahn der Wandel einer Wissenschaft, deren Vertreter im Spannungsverhältnis dramatischer Zeitgeschehnisse standen. Die Aufarbeitung seines Briefnachlasses gi…
This volume focuses specifically on non-normative or atypical mortuary practices situated within a contextually-driven understanding of social and cultural norms surrounding the process of interment. Drawing on examples from North and South America, Europe, and Asia, this compre…