Author : Benedikt Gräfingholt
Publisher :
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,86 MB
Release : 2022-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783867570428
Author : Persis B. Clarkson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 24,58 MB
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 100050414X
Ranging across space and time, this book brings together up-to-date research on the socio-cultural phenomenon of caravans. It shows that caravans for long-distance trade in arid lands are present in both the Old and New Worlds. Alongside historical and archival records, ethnographic analyses of modern caravans provide theoretical frameworks for reconstructing aspects of ancient caravans such as behaviour, ritual and material culture. The volume reflects on the changing foci of caravan research and the future of caravans, when memories of living caravaners are fading, and the fragile and remote nature of caravan-related sites means that they are at risk. It will be relevant to scholars from anthropology, archaeology and history and others with an interest in trade, travel and nomadism.
Author : Georg Petersen G.
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 33,72 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0813724678
"In 2009, Perú was the world's leading producer of silver, the world's second leading producer of copper, and the leading producer of gold in Latin America. However, Perú's role as a producer of metals extends for centuries into the past. Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient Perú documents the use of minerals, metals, and mineral resources in ancient Perú for pigments, industrial stone, and the aesthetic and artistic use of gold, silver, copper, and platinum. The tools and methods used for mining, as well as ancient mining sites in the extensive Andean region, are described here, as are metallurgical techniques and fabrication procedures. The volume also provides forward-thinking analytical data on metals, artifacts, and alloys. A detailed pyrite mirror, featured on the cover of the book, symbolizes the spectacular workmanship and blending of utilitarian craft and mineral resources in ancient Perú."--Publisher's description.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 19,36 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN :
Author : Paul T. Craddock
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 18,25 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
This volume grew out of the proceedings of an international conference on the Prehistory of Mining and Metallurgy hosted by The British Museum in 1995. The original papers are augmented by the inclusion of participants' more recent work and additional contributions by other leading experts in the field.
Author : Markus Reindel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 42,84 MB
Release : 2009-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3540874380
This heavily-illustrated book covers recent developments in archaeometry and offers a multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing complex cultural histories. It also presents a detailed history of human development in South America’s Nasca region.
Author : David A. Scott
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 1994-10-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892362499
Based on the 28th International Archaeometry Symposium jointly sponsored by the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Getty Conservation Institute, this volume offers a rare opportunity to survey under a single cover a wide range of investigations concerning pre-Columbian materials. Twenty chapters detail research in five principal areas: anthropology and materials science; ceramics; stone and obsidian; metals; and archaeological sites and dating. Contributions include Heather Lechtman's investigation of “The Materials Science of Material Culture,” Ron L. Bishop on the compositional analysis of pre-Columbian pottery from the Maya region, Ellen Howe on the use of silver and lead from the Mantaro Valley in Peru, and J. Michael Elam and others on source identification and hydration dating of obsidian artifacts.
Author : Alan K. Craig
Publisher :
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,97 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 11,9 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN :
Author : Carl J. Bauer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 48,13 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1461564034
In 1981 Chile's military government dictated a new Water Code that radically changed the country's previous water rights system by strengthening private property rights, favoring market incentives, and reducing state regulation. Against the Current: Privatization, Water Markets, and the State in Chile is the first empirical and interdisciplinary study of water markets in Chile, which is the leading international example of free market water policies. Against the Current: Privatization, Water Markets, and the State in Chile challenges the glowing reports given by neoliberals in Chile and the World Bank, showing that the results of this economic experiment have actually been rather mixed. Within the agricultural sector the Water Code has worked fairly well, although the market incentives to conserve water have been ineffective and water rights trading has been less active than expected. The Code's impact has been more negative at the level of river basins, where the institutional framework has revealed critical flaws in coordinating multiple water users and resolving conflicts. Against the Current: Privatization, Water Markets, and the State in Chile combines law, political economy, and geography to analyze the disadvantages, problems, and wider contexts of water markets. This book will appeal to everyone interested in property rights, market-friendly environmental policies, the political economy of sustainable development, and the intersection of economics with law and institutions.
