Further Studies in the Settlement Archaeology of the Sigiriya-Dambulla Region
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 13,17 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Dambulla Region (Sri Lanka).
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 13,17 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Dambulla Region (Sri Lanka).
ISBN :
Author : Robert Layton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 20,46 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134828357
The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape contributes to the development of theory in archaeology and anthropology, provides new and varied case studies of landscape and environment from five continents, and raises important policy issues concerning development and the management of heritage.
Author : Bernardo Urbani
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,35 MB
Release : 2022-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 110880327X
Archaeoprimatology intertwines archaeology and primatology to understand the ancient liminal relationships between humans and nonhuman primates. During the last decade, novel studies have boosted this discipline. This edited volume is the first compendium of archaeoprimatological studies ever produced. Written by a culturally diverse group of scholars, with multiple theoretical views and methodological perspectives, it includes new zooarchaeological examinations and material culture evaluations, as well as innovative uses of oral and written sources. Themes discussed comprise the survey of past primates as pets, symbolic mediators, prey, iconographic references, or living commodities. The book covers different regions of the world, from the Americas to Asia, along with studies from Africa and Europe. Temporally, the chapters explore the human-nonhuman primate interface from deep in time to more recent historical times, covering both extinct and extant primate taxa. This anthology of archaeoprimatological studies will be of interest to archaeologists, primatologists, anthropologists, art historians, paleontologists, conservationists, zoologists, historical ecologists, philologists, and ethnobiologists.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 20,67 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Dambulla Region (Sri Lanka).
ISBN :
Author : Nilan Cooray
Publisher : TU Delft
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 17,33 MB
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 148003097X
Besides the efforts that are of a descriptive and celebrative nature, studies related to Sri Lanka's historical built heritage largely view material remains in historical, sociological, socio-historical and semiological perspectives. There is hardly any serious attempt to view such material remains from a technical-analytical approach to understand the compositional aspects of their design. The 5th century AC royal complex at Sigiriya is no exception in this regard. The enormous wealth of information and the material remains unearthed during more than 100 years of field-based research by several generations of archaeologists provide an ideal opportunity for such analysis. The Sigiriya Royal Gardens fills the gap in research related to Sri Lanka's historical built heritage in general, and to Sigiriya in particular. Therefore, the present research attempts to read Sigiriya as a landscape architectonic design to expose its architectonic composition and design instruments.
Author : Neville Agnew
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 25,13 MB
Release : 1997-06-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892364165
At the Mogao grottoes, a World Heritage Site near Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert, generations of Buddhist monks created hundreds of rock temples. Nearly five hundred of these grottoes remain, lined with painted clay sculptures and wall paintings that depict legends, portraits, customs, and the arts of China over a one-thousand-year period. This volume of symposium proceedings marks the culmination of the first phase of the Getty Conservation Institute’s collaborative project with the State Bureau of Culture Relics of the People’s Republic of China and the Dunhuang Academy.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 34,20 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Archaeology
ISBN :
Author : Robin Coningham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 42,96 MB
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0521846978
This book synthesises the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE) to the third century BCE.
Author : Arne Jarrick
Publisher : Nordic Academic Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,80 MB
Release : 2016-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9188168492
Methods in World History is the first international volume that systematically addresses a number of methodological problems specific to the field of World History. Prompted by a lack of applicable works, the authors advocate a considerable sharpening of the tools used within the discipline. Theories constructed on poor foundations run an obvious risk of reinforcing flawed assumptions, and of propping up other, more ideological constructions. The dedicated critical approach outlined in this volume helps to mitigate such risks. Each essay addresses a particular issue, discussing its problems, giving practical examples, and offering solutions and ways of overcoming the difficulties involved. The perspectives are varied, the criticism focussed, and a common theme of coalescence is maintained throughout. This unique anthology will be of great use to advanced scholars of World History, and to students entering the field for the first time.
Author : Gwen Robbins Schug
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 38,6 MB
Release : 2016-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1119055474
A Companion to South Asia in the Past provides the definitive overview of research and knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, provided by a truly global team of experts. The most comprehensive and detailed scholarly treatment of South Asian archaeology and biological anthropology, providing ground-breaking new ideas and future challenges Provides an in-depth and broad view of the current state of knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal A comprehensive treatment of research in a crucial region for human evolution and biocultural adaptation A global team of scholars together present a varied set of perspectives on South Asian pre- and proto-history