Reinhold Merkelbach 
Abrasax Ausgewählte Papyri Religiösen und Magischen Inhalts [PDF ebook] 
Band 4: Exorzismen und Judisch/Christlich Beeinflusste Texte

In this latest collection of his articles, of which seven are written especially for this volume, Ian Hodder captures and continues the lively controversy of the 1980s over symbolic and structural ap …

The twenty-first century is a time of change for early learning in museums, due in part to society”s evolving view of childhood, from an age of innocence to understanding the robust learning that de …

Though archaeologists have long acknowledged the work of social anthropologists, anthropologists have been much less eager to repay the compliment. This volume argues that the time has come to recogn …

Beginning with the early English colonisation of Ireland and Virginia, the international range of contributors in Archaeology of the British examine the interplay of objects and identity in Scotland …

Humans are unique in that they expend considerable effort and ingenuity in disposing of the dead. Some of the recognisable ways we do this are visible in the Palaeolithic archaeology of the Ice Age. …

Many of us accept as uncontroversial the belief that the world is comprised of detached and disparate products, all of which are reducible to certain substances. Of those things that are alive, we ac …

The archaeological sites of Mexico”s Yucatan peninsula are among the most visited ancient cities of the Americas. Archaeologists have recently made great advances in our understanding of the social …

The Origins of Agriculture in Europe takes a look at current ideas in the light of a considerable mass of literature and archaeological evidence; examining the transition to agriculture through the c …

Animals have been used to human advantage for thousands of years. ”Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel” presents an analysis of caprines and cattle husbandry in the Southern Levantine Bronze and Iro …

An up-to-date and critical analysis of how archaeologists study past societies, Archaeologies of Complexity addresses the nature of contemporary archaeology and the study of social change, and debate …