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Oxfam shop walthamstow monographs in world archaeology no 23 proceedings of the may conference on levallois technology at the university of pennsylvania museum of archaeology and anthropology, focusing on a stone flaking technique that existed during the lower and middle paleolithicprevious owner's name written in black ink on the top right corner of the 1st pagepencil underlining on a few paragraphs on ppno other wear marks on covers/pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read moretopics include refitting of prehistoric artifacts; metric techniques developed to reconstruct processes of core reduction; variability in the levallois process; and the role of technological analysis in reconstructing the processes that underlie morphological variabilityb/w illustrations throughout the book
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The applications of the methods needed for an holistic human-ecology approach in archaeology are illustrated by examples ranging from the paleolithic, through classical civilizations, to recent urban archaeologymoreover, the methods that are chosen must be appropriate to particular sets of dataarchaeologists today need a wide range of scientific approaches in order to delineate and interpret the ecology of their sitessee oxfam website for delivery information read moredena dincauze has written an authoritative and essential guide to a variety of archaeological methods, ranging from techniques for measuring time with isotopes and magnetism to the sciences of climate reconstruction, geomorphology, sedimentology, soil science, paleobotany and faunal paleoecologyoxfam bookshop leeds 587ppprofessor dincauze insists that borrowing concepts from other disciplines demands a critical understanding of their theoretical roots
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He tracks the origins of life with a team of nasa microbiologists a mile beneath the black hills, camps out for three days with urban explorers in the catacombs and sewers of paris, descends with an aboriginal family into a -year-old mine in the australian outback, and glimpses a sacred sculpture moulded by paleolithic artists in the depths of a cave in the pyreneesin a narrative spanning continents and epochs, hunt follows a cast of subterraneaphiles who have dedicated themselves to investigating underground worlds' michael finkel, author of the stranger in the woods'a unique history of a culturally and scientifically important netherworld most people barely know existsunderground is both a personal exploration of hunt's obsession and a panoramic study of how we are all connected to the underground, how caves and other dark hollows have frightened and enchanted us through the ageseach adventure is woven with findings in mythology and anthropology, natural history and neuroscience, literature and philosophy - this is a graceful meditation on the allure of darkness, the power of mystery, and our eternal desire to connect with what we cannot see' booklist'an unusual and intriguing travel bookoxfam books & music durham 'a mesmerizingly fascinating tale, one astonishing adventure after anotherhis first tunnel trips inspired a lifelong fascination with exploring underground worlds, from the derelict subway stations and sewers of new york city to sacred caves, catacombs, tombs, bunkers and ancient underground cities in more than twenty countries around the worlda vivid illumination of the dark and an effective evocation of its profound mysteryi could not stop reading this beautifully written booksee oxfam website for delivery information read more'kirkus (starred review) when will hunt was sixteen years old, he discovered an abandoned tunnel that ran beneath his house in providence, rhode island
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