Archaeology Ebooks
PDF Ebook X-ray Fluorescence Measurements of Manganese in Petroglyphs and Graffiti in the Bluff
Submitted by antoq on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 07:03Rock art, consisting of pecked, scratched, or painted images, on rock surfaces comprises one of the most important archaeological artifacts of the Colorado Plateau region (Cole, 2009). They provide glimpses into the life, behaviors and customs of the prehistoric peoples who created them. Rock art is widely distributed geographically and is composed of a broad sweep of themes relating to essentially everything of social significance: hunting, religion, ritual, agriculture, warfare, birth, water, migration, and much more. An important step in relating these images to other physical artifacts that will advance our understanding of these people would be a reliable and non-destructive way of dating the petroglyphs.
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Ebook The nature of urbanism in Ancient Egypt by Michael Brass
Submitted by antoq on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 08:37Trigger’s main components in arguing for a pluralistic approach to Egyptian urbanism are grounded in the Early State Model (Renfrew 1975) and Johnson’s (1973) principle “that ... a [state] administrative hierarchy ... consists of three or more levels” (Trigger 1985, 345). These levels equate to Hassan’s model of village, town (secondary administrative centres) and the country’s capital, wherein limitations on distances between villages are imposed by transportational constraints.
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