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The archaeology of rock art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia
Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory, has a rich archaeological landscape, ethnographic record and body of rock art that displays an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings. While the archaeology goes back to the earliest period of Aboriginal occupation of the continent, the rock art represents some of the richest, most diverse and visually …
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- 9781760461614
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- XXVI, 499 p.
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- 919.429 ARC a
Legacies of space and intangible heritage : archaeology, ethnohistory, and th…
This volume looks at how different physical environments contribute to the reproduction of cultural forms even in the wake of colonization, migration, and other processes of displacement and change. This raises the question of whether cultural practices are altered by changes in physical environment or if a group’s narratives and practices shape their location. Using case studies from North a…
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- 9781607325727
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- IX, 249 p.
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- 973 AMS l
Beyond waters: archaeology and environmental history of the Amazonian Inland
This book is one of the outcomes of the project Cultivated Wilderness: Socio-economic development and environmental change in pre-Columbian Amazonia (http://www.cultivated-wilderness.org/). The project has particularly focused on the previously relatively unknown prehistory of the Amazonian hinterland. Our work has revealed that pre-Columbian settlements in the Santarém region in the State of …
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- 9789185245666
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- 129 p.; 22 cm.
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- 981.1 BEY b
Governing New Guinea; an oral history of Papuan administrators, 1950-1990
This is the first time that indigenous Papuan administrators share with an international public their experiences governing their country. These administrators were the brokers of development. After graduating from the School for Indigenous Administrators (OSIBA) they served in the Dutch administration until 1962. The period 1962-1969 stands out as turbulent and dangerous, and for many curtaile…
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- 9789067183932
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- x, 358 p.; 22 cm.
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- KONINKLIJK INSTITUUTVOOR TAAL-, LAND- EN VOLKENKUNDE
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- 995.304 GOV g
Culture-bearing women. The black women renaissance and cultural nationalism
This study examines the Black Women’s Renaissance (BWR) – the flowering of literary talent among African American women at the end of the 20th century. It focuses on the historical and heritage novels of the 1980s and the vexed relationship between black cultural nationalism and black feminism. It argues that when the nation seemingly fell out of fashion, black women writers sought to re-cr…
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- 9788395609558
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- 220 p.; 22 cm.
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- 940.21 PEN c
Humour and laughter in history transcultural perspectives
Humour can be used as a »weapon« or as a means of coping with problematic historical events, especially in times of war and crisis. The book presents examples from different cultures (Russia, Europe, USA), from different historical epochs (from the Napoleonic era up to the current time) and from different medias (caricature, journalism, film). By looking at the individual cases it becomes pos…
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- 9783837628586
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- 137 p.; 22 cm.
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- Historische Lebenswelten in populären WissenskulturenHistory in Popular Cultures | Volume 15
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- 909 HUM h
Global history and new polycentric approaches : Europe, Asia and the Americas…
Rethinking the ways global history is envisioned and conceptualized in diverse countries such as China, Japan, Mexico or Spain, this collections considers how global issues are connected with our local and national communities. It examines how the discipline had evolved in various historiographies, from Anglo Saxon to southern European, and its emergence in Asia with the rapid development of th…
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- 9789811040535
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- xxx, 352p. : ill.
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- 901 GLO g
Regime change and ethnic politics in Indonesia; Dayak politics of West Kalima…
When the Indonesian New Order regime fell in 1998, regional politics with strong ethnic content emerged across the country. In West Kalimantan the predominant feature was particularly that of the Dayaks. This surge, however, was not unprecedented. After centuries of occupying a subordinate place in the political and social hierarchy under the nominal rule of the Malay sultanates, Dayaks became …
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- xiv, 461 p.; 22 cm.
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- VERHANDELINGENVAN HET KONINKLIJK INSTITUUTVOOR TAAL-, LAND- EN VOLKENKUNDE278
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- 959.8 TAN r
Visual texts, ceremonial texts, texts of exploration : collected articles on …
Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration continues the work begun in Russian Monarchy: Representation and Rule, which analyzed the interplay between the symbolic representations of Russian monarchs and the legal and institutional instruments of their rule. The articles in this volume examine the texts that, through various media, revealed the myths and scenarios conveying the goals …
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- 9781618113474
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- XV, 442 p,
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- Imperial Encounters in Russian History
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- 947.05 WOR v
Cult places and cultural change in Republican Italy : a contextual approach t…
This scholarly study throws a new light on the Roman impact on religious structures in Republican Italy. In the last four centuries BC, Italy went through immense changes. The Apennine and Adriatic areas were originally inhabited by various 'Italic' tribes and characterised by a specific non-urban societal organisation, in which cult places had a pivotal function. From the fourth century BC onw…
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- 9789089641779
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- X. 263 p.
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- 939.01 STE c
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