Category: Anthropology/Archaeology

Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead (Gift Edition with Scarab)

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Sterling Innovation : October 2011

Seller ID: 78179

ISBN-13: 9781435123021

In ancient Egypt, "The Book of the Dead" was buried with the deceased to assist the spirit in its journey to eternal life. This special edition of the classic text comes packaged in a stunning gold foil-stamped, embossed gift box along with a beautiful collectible scarab--a symbol of resurrection for the Egyptians. Translated by an eminent Egyptologist, the book features hundreds of photos of jewelry, tomb paintings, amulets, papyrus scrolls, and other artwork that will delight the eye as well as the mind.
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Indigenous Knowledges in Global Contexts: Multiple Readings of Our Worlds (Oise / Utp)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: University of Toronto Press : September 2000

Seller ID: 79022

ISBN-13: 9780802080592

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Indigenous knowledges are understood as the commonsense ideas and cultural knowledges of local peoples concerning the everyday realities of living. This definition refers to the epistemic saliency of cultural traditions, values, belief systems and world views that, in any indigenous society, are imparted to the younger generation by community elders. It is also refers to world views that are products of a profoundly direct experience of nature and its relationship with the social world.Bringing new and complex readings to the term 'indigenous', this collection of essays from Canadian and inter...
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Mysterious Places: The World's Unexplained Symbolic Sites, Ancient Cities and Lost Lands

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Bbs Pub Corp : September 1996

Seller ID: 80313

ISBN-13: 9780883659380

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Like New

Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Touchstone : March 1986

Seller ID: 78170

ISBN-13: 9780671617714

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Secrets of the Great Pyramid by Tompkins, Peter(December 31, 1978) Hardcover

Price: $5.00

Publisher: HarperCollins

Seller ID: 48860

ISBN: B014S2TK1K

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Used - Very Good

Solnhofen: A Study in Mesozoic Palaeontology

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : July 1994

Seller ID: 78299

ISBN-13: 9780521458306

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

The celebrated Solnhofen limestone is among the most important fossil deposits because of its astonishing diversity of organisms, many exquisitely preserved. This book illustrates many of the marine and terrestrial creatures and plants, buried 150 million years ago in soft lagoonal muds, to provide a unique glimpse into the true diversity of Jurassic life. Highlights include Archaeopteryx. This is an authoritative account of the geological history, palaeoecology, palaeoenvironment and fossil taxonomy of this classic location. It will be of great interest to palaeontologists and evolutionary bi...
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The Aidonia Treasure: Seals and Jewellery of the Aegean Late Bronze Age

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Archaeological Receipts Fund : January 1998

Seller ID: 80430

ISBN-13: 9789602149171

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

The Codex Nuttall (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Dover Publications : June 1975

Seller ID: 70477

ISBN-13: 9780486231686

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Hieroglyphs and pictures reveal major events in the lives of the Mixtec kings during the tenth century.
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The Ecosystem Approach in Anthropology: From Concept to Practice

Price: $3.00

Publisher: The University of Michigan Press : January 1990

Seller ID: 48671

ISBN-13: 9780472081028

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

A reassessment of the ecosystem concept for anthropology
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The Flood Myth

Price: $60.00

Publisher: University of California Press : February 1988

Seller ID: 78290

ISBN-13: 9780520063532

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Land of the Etruscans

Price: $3.00

Publisher: SCALA

Seller ID: 20675

ISBN-13: 9788881172702

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

Tribal Peoples and Development Issues: A Global Overview

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Mayfield Pub Co : October 1987

Seller ID: 51982

ISBN-13: 9780874847864

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

This collection of 39 articles is the most complete historical and contemporary overview of anthropology and development available in a single volume.
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Written in Bones: How Human Remains Unlock the Secrets of the Dead

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Firefly Books : March 2003

Seller ID: 48675

ISBN-13: 9781552976593

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

Written in Bones brings together a team of international experts to show how the careful study of bones reveals a compelling picture of the lives, cultures, and beliefs of ancient societies from around the world. This compelling and scientifically-accessible book: Provides 38 case studies examining the discoveries at archeological sites Introduces readers to ancient peoples Includes more than 350 color photographs Human remains tell us much about how our ancestors lived and died. In Written in Bones, significant discoveries are carefully brought together and analyzed. Readers learn how exp...
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The Incas And Other Ancient Andean Civilizations

By: Alva, Maria Longhena & Walter

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Barnes & Noble : January 2007

Seller ID: 48688

ISBN-13: 9781435100039

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Like New

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

By: Anthony, David W.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Princeton University Press : December 2007

Seller ID: 78300

ISBN-13: 9780691058870

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Like New

Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original Indo-European speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civili...
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The Gold of Troy: Searching for Homer's Fabled City

By: Antonova, Irina; Vladimir Tolstikov & Mikhail Treister

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Thames & Hudson : January 1996

Seller ID: 78197

ISBN-13: 9780500017173

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Like New

Dinosaur Extinction and the End of an Era

By: Archibald, J. David

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Columbia University Press : April 1996

Seller ID: 78211

ISBN-13: 9780231076258

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

The first book to approach the Cretaceous extinction -- the period during which dinosaurs disappeared from Earth -- from the perspective of the fossil record.
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