Monuments on the Horizon
The formation of the barrow landscape throughout the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC
Quentin Bourgeois | 2013
Barrows, as burial markers, are ubiquitous throughout North-Western Europe. In some regions dense concentrations of monuments form peculiar configurations such as long alignments while in others they are spread out extensively, dotting vast areas with…
The Value of an Archaeological Open-Air Museum is in its Use
Understanding Archaeological Open-Air Museums and their Visitors
Roeland Paardekooper | 2013
There are about 300 archaeological open-air museums in Europe. Their history goes from Romanticism up to modern-day tourism. With the majority dating to the past 30 years, they do more than simply present (re)constructed outdoor…
Intergenerational transmission of criminal and violent behaviour
Sytske Besemer | 2012
‘The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’, ‘Like father like son’, ‘Chip off the old block’. All these idioms seem to suggest that offspring resemble their parents and this also applies to criminal behaviour.…
Lake Dwellings after Robert Munro
Proceedings from the Munro International Seminar: The Lake Dwellings of Europe 22nd and 23rd October 2010, University of Edinburgh
Edited by Magdalena S. Midgley and Jeff Sanders | 2012
Dr Robert Munro (1835-1920) was a distinguished medical practitioner who, in his later life, became a keen archaeologist. His particular interests lay in the lake-dwelling settlements of his native Scotland, known as crannogs, as well…
From primitives to primates
A history of ethnographic and primatological analogies in the study of prehistory
David Van Reybrouck | 2012
Where do our images about early hominids come from? In this fascinating in-depth study, David Van Reybrouck demonstrates how input from ethnography and primatology has deeply influenced our visions about the past from the 19th…
Amotopoan Trails
A recent archaeology of Trio movements
Jimmy Mans | 2012
In this book the concept of mobility is explored for the archaeology of the Amazonian and Caribbean region. As a result of technological and methodological progress in archaeology, mobility has become increasingly visible on the…
De Nederlandse Landschapsstijl in de Achttiende Eeuw
Heimerick Tromp | 2012
Tot halverwege de twintigste eeuw was men er nog van overtuigd, dat men in Nederland niet over de landschapsstijl kan spreken vóór de negentiende eeuw. Dit beeld is echter de laatste decennia aanzienlijk gewijzigd. Incidenteel…
Monuments on the Horizon
The formation of the barrow landscape throughout the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC
Quentin Bourgeois | 2013
Barrows, as burial markers, are ubiquitous throughout North-Western Europe. In some regions dense concentrations of monuments form peculiar configurations such as long alignments while in others they are spread out extensively, dotting vast areas with…
The Value of an Archaeological Open-Air Museum is in its Use
Understanding Archaeological Open-Air Museums and their Visitors
Roeland Paardekooper | 2013
There are about 300 archaeological open-air museums in Europe. Their history goes from Romanticism up to modern-day tourism. With the majority dating to the past 30 years, they do more than simply present (re)constructed outdoor…
Intergenerational transmission of criminal and violent behaviour
Sytske Besemer | 2012
‘The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’, ‘Like father like son’, ‘Chip off the old block’. All these idioms seem to suggest that offspring resemble their parents and this also applies to criminal behaviour.…
Lake Dwellings after Robert Munro
Proceedings from the Munro International Seminar: The Lake Dwellings of Europe 22nd and 23rd October 2010, University of Edinburgh
Edited by Magdalena S. Midgley and Jeff Sanders | 2012
Dr Robert Munro (1835-1920) was a distinguished medical practitioner who, in his later life, became a keen archaeologist. His particular interests lay in the lake-dwelling settlements of his native Scotland, known as crannogs, as well…
From primitives to primates
A history of ethnographic and primatological analogies in the study of prehistory
David Van Reybrouck | 2012
Where do our images about early hominids come from? In this fascinating in-depth study, David Van Reybrouck demonstrates how input from ethnography and primatology has deeply influenced our visions about the past from the 19th…
Amotopoan Trails
A recent archaeology of Trio movements
Jimmy Mans | 2012
In this book the concept of mobility is explored for the archaeology of the Amazonian and Caribbean region. As a result of technological and methodological progress in archaeology, mobility has become increasingly visible on the…
De Nederlandse Landschapsstijl in de Achttiende Eeuw
Heimerick Tromp | 2012
Tot halverwege de twintigste eeuw was men er nog van overtuigd, dat men in Nederland niet over de landschapsstijl kan spreken vóór de negentiende eeuw. Dit beeld is echter de laatste decennia aanzienlijk gewijzigd. Incidenteel…
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