List of table and figures in text -- Preface. History of the study of the material / Athanasia Kanta -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and chronology -- History of the excavation and research on the cave / Athanasia Kanta and Costis Davaras -- Note on topography and history / …
Includes numerous articles dedicated to caves and their unique environments from leading scholars and explorers in many different countries.
Encyclopedia of Caves is a self-contained, beautifully illustrated work dedicated to caves and their unique environments. It includes more than 100 comprehensive articles from leading scholars and explorers in 15 different countries. Each entry is detailed and scientifically sou…
Ajanta: history and development
by Spink, Walter M., Yaguchi, Naomichi
fromHandbuch der Orientalistik
Ajanta: history and development
by Spink, Walter M., Yaguchi, Naomichi
fromHandbuch der Orientalistik
This is the first book-length treatment of Neolithic burial in Britain to focus primarily on cave evidence. It interprets human remains from forty-eight caves and compares them to what we know of Neolithic collective burial elsewhere in Britain and Europe. It reviews the archaeo…
Encyclopedia of caves
Time's most important moment -- Proverbial tracks -- Constructing a "poor man's time machine"--Owl omens -- Opening ancient doors -- Characters and a stage, but no script -- Fishponds -- A snails' tale -- Mauka marshes -- So what happened, anyway? -- Greetings from old Kauaʻi --…
Caves and ritual in medieval Europe, AD 500-1500
"Caves and rockshelters in Europe have traditionally been associated with prehistory, and in some regions cave archaeology has become synonymous with the Palaeolithic. However, there is abundant evidence that caves and rockshelters were important foci for activities in historic …
"Caves and Worship in Ancient Greece brings together a series of stimulating chapters contributing to the archaeology, and our modern understanding of the character and importance of caves and cave sanctuaries in the first millennium BCE Mediterranean. Written by emerging and es…