Hayonim Cave
From the Early to the Middle Palaeolithic in the Levant (Israel)
Edited by Liliane Meignen & Ofer Bar-Yosef | 2024
The research presented in this book results from an international interdisciplinary research program in Hayonim cave (Israel) from 1992 to 2000, directed by Prof O. Bar-Yosef (Harvard University) and L. Meignen (CNRS, France), and focusing…
Death and Display
Kuba funerary art from the Congo River Basin
Raymond Corbey | 2024
During funerals of nobles in the Kuba kingdom (Democratic Republic of Congo), visitors used to theatrically offer so-called bongotols to the deceased and the mourning family. These highly appreciated valuables were either positioned under the…
Alles bleibt anders
Transformationsprozesse in Raum und Zeit
Edited by Wiebke Kirleis, Johannes Müller, Anna E. Reuter | 2024
Keine Gesellschaft lebt ewig. Diese Tatsache mag erst einmal für Aufregung sorgen – dabei stellt dies den normalen Verlauf der Geschichte dar, denn Gesellschaften und ihre Umwelten verändern sich ständig. Transformationen bestimmen, wer wir sind,…
Alternative Egyptology
Critical essays on the relation between academic and alternative interpretations of ancient Egypt
Edited by B.J.L. van den Bercken | 2024
From a mummy on board the Titanic to the pyramids’ alignment with the stars, from psychoactive mushrooms to the lost realm of Atlantis: alternative interpretations of ancient Egypt, often summarised as ‘alternative Egyptology’, have always…
Archéologie en musée et identités nationales en Europe (1848-1914)
Un héritage en quête de nouveaux défis au 21e siècle
Edited by Catherine Louboutin & Anne Lehoërff | 2024
Des spécialistes de l’ensemble de l’Europe décrivent les enjeux politiques et scientifiques auxquelles a présidé la fondation des musées d’archéologie entre 1848 et 1914. Au travers de personnalités éminentes, le livre restitue un tour d’horizon…
Storage in Ancient Egypt and Nubia
Earthen architecture and building techniques
Edited by Adeline Bats & Nadia Licitra | 2023
In 2020 and 2021 the Research Group on Storage in Ancient Egypt and Sudan organised two online workshops focusing on earthen storage buildings in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Following these two meetings, the nine contributions…
Epistemology, Economics, and Ethics
A Practical Philosophy of Prehistoric Archaeology
Konrad Ott | 2023
This book is intended to be a groundwork of how to theorise prehistory and archaeology and how to make connectivities between the past and the present. It is divided into four parts. The first part…
Hayonim Cave
From the Early to the Middle Palaeolithic in the Levant (Israel)
Edited by Liliane Meignen & Ofer Bar-Yosef | 2024
The research presented in this book results from an international interdisciplinary research program in Hayonim cave (Israel) from 1992 to 2000, directed by Prof O. Bar-Yosef (Harvard University) and L. Meignen (CNRS, France), and focusing…
Death and Display
Kuba funerary art from the Congo River Basin
Raymond Corbey | 2024
During funerals of nobles in the Kuba kingdom (Democratic Republic of Congo), visitors used to theatrically offer so-called bongotols to the deceased and the mourning family. These highly appreciated valuables were either positioned under the…
Alles bleibt anders
Transformationsprozesse in Raum und Zeit
Edited by Wiebke Kirleis, Johannes Müller, Anna E. Reuter | 2024
Keine Gesellschaft lebt ewig. Diese Tatsache mag erst einmal für Aufregung sorgen – dabei stellt dies den normalen Verlauf der Geschichte dar, denn Gesellschaften und ihre Umwelten verändern sich ständig. Transformationen bestimmen, wer wir sind,…
Alternative Egyptology
Critical essays on the relation between academic and alternative interpretations of ancient Egypt
Edited by B.J.L. van den Bercken | 2024
From a mummy on board the Titanic to the pyramids’ alignment with the stars, from psychoactive mushrooms to the lost realm of Atlantis: alternative interpretations of ancient Egypt, often summarised as ‘alternative Egyptology’, have always…
Archéologie en musée et identités nationales en Europe (1848-1914)
Un héritage en quête de nouveaux défis au 21e siècle
Edited by Catherine Louboutin & Anne Lehoërff | 2024
Des spécialistes de l’ensemble de l’Europe décrivent les enjeux politiques et scientifiques auxquelles a présidé la fondation des musées d’archéologie entre 1848 et 1914. Au travers de personnalités éminentes, le livre restitue un tour d’horizon…
Storage in Ancient Egypt and Nubia
Earthen architecture and building techniques
Edited by Adeline Bats & Nadia Licitra | 2023
In 2020 and 2021 the Research Group on Storage in Ancient Egypt and Sudan organised two online workshops focusing on earthen storage buildings in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Following these two meetings, the nine contributions…
Epistemology, Economics, and Ethics
A Practical Philosophy of Prehistoric Archaeology
Konrad Ott | 2023
This book is intended to be a groundwork of how to theorise prehistory and archaeology and how to make connectivities between the past and the present. It is divided into four parts. The first part…
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