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This volume collects 37 papers presented at the VAST Euroconference held in Arezzo, Italy in November 2000. The main themes explored are 'virtual archaeology and scientific research', the 'virtual cultural lab', case studies, the expoitation of archaeological resources. The papers presented here represent an important contribution to the development of 'virtual archaeology', at least in terms of the circulation of ideas and projects among scholars and young researchers.
This fully illustrated study brings together over 70 prints and drawings of mosaics from the collection of nearly 3,000 items formed by Richard Topham (1671-1730). Some are the only known records of mosaics that no longer survive, and many are published here for the first time. The book includes a detailed biographical chapter on Topham himself. The drawings, mostly by Francesco Bartoli (1670-1733) and Gaetano Piccini (1681-1736) showing mosaics displayed in Rome, are described and discussed in detail, comparing them with drawings in other collections and with the original mosaics where they survive. The small but important section relating to Roman Britain, including the Stonesfield and Woodchester mosaics, is thoroughly considered, as are the prints which contain some rare items. The concluding chapter includes an appraisal of how the drawings were presented, the artists and their sources, and an evaluation of the drawings as works of art and as archaeological records.
Eleven papers on the formation and character of the Mesoamerican cosmovision exploring the interaction between religious imagination, the movements of stars, the contours of mountains, hunting, stones, sun, moon, Venus and parts of the human body.
This collection of nine papers continues the publication of recent (1988) research into ceramic materials and traditions with papers on clay-mixing, estimating vessel life, determining production levels, and organization, etc. Chiefly New World examples.
This treatise, based on data from the 1982 to 1986 excavations at Nohmul, aims to reconstruct some aspects of the cultural history and population structure, and to identify changes in that structure over time.
A study of what lies behind the myth of the Aztec migration and the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, and of its symbol.
This collection of essays on a spectrum of problems and perspectives in contemporary research aims to inform the archaeological world about what is going on in Swedish archaeological research at the time. The range is wide: from Mesolithic to Viking, from artefact studies to settlement and burials, from social theory to paleobotanical analyses.
Spine title: Zooarchaeology in the Fayum.
Based upon the author's thesis (doctoral--Barcelona), 1987.
A Spatial Analysis of Complex Societal Evolution.
This thesis reports on experiments designed to throw light on the functional interpretation of basalt tools from late prehistoric sites in southwestern British Columbia.
An investigation of environmental variability and its impact on natural resources and the human population up to about 2000 B.P.
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