Search Results - "archaeology"

Ancient manuscripts in digital culture : visualisation, data mining, communication

Table of Contents: “…Henriques -- Manuscripts, Monks, and Mufattishin: Digital Access and Concerns of Cultural Heritage in the Yale Monastic Archaeology Project / Stephen J. Davis -- Part 2. Data Mining and Visualisation -- Qualitative Analysis of Semantic Language Models / Thibault Clerice and Matthew Munson -- Using Natural Language Processing to Search for Textual References / Brett Graham -- Electronic Transcriptions of New Testament Manuscripts and Their Accuracy, Documentation and Publication / H.A.G. …”
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Make all sure : the conservation and restoration of arms and armour

Table of Contents: “…Only skin deep: residual surface coatings on arms and armour / David Starley -- Historic techniques for the gilding of armour / Kilian Anheuser -- Crucible steel: production and identification / Ann Feuerbach -- Metallurgical examination of Viking-age sword blades to reveal their pattern-welding technology / Joachim Kinder, Martin Klein and Christian Segabade -- Aspects of the conservation and restoration of archaeological arms and armour / Marilyn Hockey and Fleur Shearman -- The conservation of the Wollaston Anglian helmet / Anthony Read -- The restoration of the 15th century 'Gothic' equestrian armour in the Wallace Collection, London / David Edge -- The conservation of armour / Robert Douglas Smith -- International rescue: an Anglo-Maltese collaboration / Suzanne J Kitto -- Different approaches to the care of firearms / Alison Draper -- The storage and maintenance of weapons in the Palace Armoury, Malta, during the 17th and 18th centuries / Stephen C Spiteri -- The conservation of a gun-shield from the arsenal of Henry VIII. …”

The Gulf in world history : Arabia at the global crossroads

Table of Contents: “…Ryan -- Ships of the Gulf: shifting names and networks / Eric Staples -- The role of Indian Ocean trade inland: the Buraimi Oasis / Timothy Power -- Pearl fishing and globalisation: from the neolithic to the twentieth century CE / Robert Carter -- An archaeology of glass and international trade in the Gulf / Carolyn M. …”
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Textiles revealed : object lessons in historic textile and costume research

Table of Contents: “…Sykas -- Following the clue: seeking a solution by means of object-based research / Wendy Hefford -- Analysis and preservation -- From test-tubes to 3D fluorescence spectra / Ágnes Tímár-Balázsy -- Down among the molecules: chemical analysis in the study of historic and archaeological textiles / Anthony W. Smith.…”

The land of open graves : living and dying on the migrant trail by De León, Jason, 1977-

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Sedentism and mobility in a social landscape : Mesa Verde & beyond by Varien, Mark

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Lands West of the Lakes : a History of the Ajattappareng Kingdoms of South Sulawesi, 1200 to 1600 CE. by Druce, Stephen C

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Slavery in the city : architecture and landscapes of urban slavery in North America

Debates in the digital humanities 2016

Table of Contents: “…The Differences Between Digital Humanities and Digital History / Stephen Robertson -- Digital History Perpetual Future Tense / Cameron Blevins -- Collections and/of Data: Art History and the Art Museum in the DH Mode / Matthew Battles and Michael Maizels -- Archaeology, the Digital Humanities, and the "Big Tent" / Ethan Watrall ; Navigating the Global Digital Humanities: Insights from Black Feminism / Roopika Risam. …”
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Doctoral dissertations on South Asia, 1966-1970; an annotated bibliography covering North America, Europe, and Australia. by Shulman, Frank Joseph, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Banking, Finance, and Taxation -- Economic Planning and General Economic Development -- Foreign Aid and Foreign Investment -- Foreign Trade -- Industry and Domestic Commerce -- Labor -- Transportation -- Education -- Within India -- Indian Students Abroad -- History -- Archaeology -- Early to 1200 -- 1200-1800 -- 1800-1947 -- Economy -- 1800-1947 -- Politics, Law, and Military Activities -- 1800-1947 -- Society, Education, and Culture -- Journalism and the Mass Media -- Language and Linguistics -- Overseas Communities -- Politics, Government, Law, and International Relations…”
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The Ramat Bet Shemesh Regional Project : landscapes of settlement from the Paleolithic to the Ottoman periods by Dagan, Yehudah

Table of Contents: “…Infrared photograph (March, 1995) of the area of the Ramat Bet Shemesh Regional Project; Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Part I: IntroductIon; Chapter1: Ramat Bet Shemesh within its Geographical Setting; Chapter 2: History of Exploration and Archaeological Research; Chapter 3: Perspectives and Methodology; Chapter 4: Fieldwork and Operative Definitions; Chapter 5: Geographic Information Systems: Introduction, Methodology and description of Basic Coverages…”
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From ornament to object : genealogies of architectural modernism by Payne, Alina Alexandra

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Beyond the royal gaze : clanship and public healing in Buganda by Kodesh, Neil, 1974-

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Peregrina : love and death in Mexico by Reed, Alma M.

This blessed plot, this earth : English pottery studies in honour of Jonathan Horne

Table of Contents: “…Straube -- "A tierce of stone and earthen ware": packing ceramics for shipment to America / Janine E. Skerry -- Archaeology and social history -- "An academy of civility, and a free-school of ingenuity": Jonathan's coffeehouse / Hazel Forsyth --…”
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Building new bridges : sources, methods, and interdisciplinarity

Table of Contents: “…Vellum and vaccinium : documentary and archaeological evidence in the study of medieval produce / Charlotte Masemann -- Talking numbers : deconstructing engineering discourse / James Hull -- Model behaviour : a material culture approach to the history of anatomy models / Susan Lamb -- Re-disciplining the body / Lisa Helps -- The uncooperative primary source : literary recovery versus historical fact in the strange production of Cogewea / Robert Strong -- Reading books/reading lives : culture, language, and power in nineteenth-centurym school readers / Barbara Lorenzkowski -- Rigeur et sensibilité dans un parcours historien / Hubert Watelet -- Inside out : the use and inadvertent misuse of oral histories / Laura E. …”
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"At the shores of the sky" : Asian studies for Hoffstädt

Table of Contents: “…What Language Was Spoken by the People of the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex? / Alexander Lubotsky -- India's Past Reconsidered / Johannes Bronkhorst -- A Trust Rooted in Ignorance: Why Ānanda's Lack of Understanding Makes Him a Reliable Witness to the Buddha's Teachings / Jonathan A. …”
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Early Buddhist transmission and trade networks : mobility and exchange within and beyond the northwestern borderlands of South Asia by Neelis, Jason Emmanuel

Table of Contents: “…Geography, Economy, and Capillary Routes in a High Altitude Environment ; Graffiti, Petroglyphs, and Pilgrims ; Enigma of an Absence of Archaeological Evidence and Manifestations of Buddhist Presence -- Long-Distance Transmission to Central Asian Silk Routes and China. …”
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Cézanne and the modern : masterpieces of European art from the Pearlman Collection