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Landscape Setting As Medium Of Communication At Chavín De Huántar, Peru, Daniel A. Contreras

Daniel A. Contreras

The Central Andean ceremonial centre of Chavín de Huántar is situated in a dramatic, mountainous and dynamic environment high on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes, yet the site's landscape setting has remained in the shadow of its monumental architecture, complex lithic art and highly elaborated material culture. Nevertheless, that dynamic landscape setting was an integral part of the site's significance as a ceremonial centre and may be read as evidence of the capacity, worldview and message of the site's builders. First, Chavín's setting is evidence of capacity, demonstrating the considerable degree of labour mobilization and organization, as well …

Civil Societies? Heritage Diplomacy And Neo-Imperialism., Morag Kersel, Christina Luke

Morag M. Kersel

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The “Land Of Conjecture:” New Late Prehistoric Discoveries At Maitland’S Mesa And Wisad Pools, Jordan, Yorke Rowan, Gary Rollefson, Alexander Wasse, Wael Abu-Azizeh, Austin Hill, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

Major cultural transformations took place in the southern Levant during the late prehistoric periods (ca. late 7th–4th millennia B.C.). Agropastoralists expanded into areas previously only sparsely occupied and secondary animal products played an increasingly important economic role. In the arable parts of the southern Levant, the olive in particular became increasingly significant and may have played a part in expanded exchange contacts in the region. Technological expertise developed in craft production, and the volume and diversity of status goods increased, particularly in funerary contexts. Mortuary and other ritual practices became increasingly pronounced. General study syntheses, however, rarely include more than …

Review Of D. Comer (Ed.) Tourism And Archaeological Heritage Management At Petra: Driver To Development Or Destruction?, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

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Cahokia's Coles Creek Predecessors, Vincas P. Steponaitis, Megan C. Kassabaum, John W. O'Hear

Megan C Kassabaum

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Field Work In The Age Of Digital Reproduction: A Review Of The Potentials And Limitations Of Google Earth For Archaeologists (Chinese), Adrian Myers

Adrian Myers

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Review Of Håkansson And Widgren, Landesque Capital: The Historical Ecology Of Enduring Landscape Modifications, Daniel A. Contreras

Daniel A. Contreras

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Advancing An Archaeology Of Movements And Relationships, Jacob Skousen

Jacob Skousen

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Fractured Oversight: The Abcs Of Cultural Heritage In Palestine After The Oslo Accords, Morag M. Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

Palestine is a state in limbo—they lack full formal recognition as a sovereign land but possess a unique nation-state status that incorporates elements of a unified national consciousness and basic civil institutions albeit with limited autonomy. Palestine’s ambiguous political status is starkly illustrated by its convoluted territorial control, and nowhere is this more clearly attested than in the jurisdiction of archaeological sites and the display of artifacts in museums. The legislative colonial legacies of the Ottoman, the British Mandate, the Jordanians, the Egyptians, Israeli military orders, and the 1995 Oslo II Accords, which carved the Occupied Territories into a complex …

The Evolution Of Equality: Rethinking Variability And Egalitarianism Among Modern Forager Societies, Grant Mccall, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist