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Spannende Entdeckungstouren auf Teneriffa, Gran Canaria, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote und Fuerteventura: Der bekannte Buchautor Harald Braem forscht seit 30 Jahren auf den Kanarischen Inseln. Folgen Sie ihm auf den Spuren der Ureinwohner zu Kultplatzen, Hohlen, Pyramiden und zu ratselhaften Zeichen einer geheimnisvollen, versunkenen KulturHarald Braem umreit die wichtigsten archaologischen Theorien uber die Herkunft der kanarischen Ureinwohner. Was sich aus Mumien, Muscheln und Mullresten uber das Leben der Guanchen ableiten lasst? Felsbilder und Pyramiden, gibt es Vergleichbares in anderen Kulturen? Wohnhohlen, Siedlungsspuren, Sehenswertes zum Thema vorspanische Bevolkerung der Kanaren. Museen, praktische Tipps, Literaturhinweise.

Flint knapping, which is the shaping of flint or other fracturing stone to manufacture tools, was one of the primary skills used for survival by our prehistoric ancestors. Early mankind once made and used these implements on a daily basis to hunt, prepare food and clothing, to farm, make shelters, and perform all the other tasks required for Stone Age existence.A material that has been with us since earliest times, flint still plays a part in our lives today: it is used in cigarette, gas and barbeque lighters; in some parts of Britain it is a major building material; and many of our beaches have shingle which is just flint by another name.In this informative and original guide, expert Robert Turner explains how flint was used, what tools were made and what they were made for, and provides detailed instruction of how to make them, enabling the reader to replicate their own Stone Age toolkit. Illustrated throughout, Flint Knapping is a journey of archaeological discovery through the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Ages.

Cuarenta años de dólmenes dan para muchas anécdotas.Hubiéramos decidido inventarlas, en el caso de que no se produjeran, pues nadie podría creerse que, con tanto viaje y tanta piedra que ver, no pasaran cosas.Pero no hizo falta.Ha habido anecdotas como para llenar un libro gordo como este. Incluso algunas son de esas que las cuentas y te dicen: Si, hombre, ¿como va a haber ocurrido eso? Te lo estas inventando.Pero no. Ocurrio tal cual. No nos hemos inventado nada.

Excavations at the Bronze Age seaport on Pseira Island uncovered the remains of sophisticated water retention systems that included the addition of retaining walls to prevent erosion, massive dams with associated reservoirs, and small check-dams to ravines that reached over one hundred meters in length in order to control water runoff and make it available for human use. Agriculture was one of the cornerstones of the Bronze Age Cretan economy, and it is no surprise that the ancient inhabitants of the island went to great lengths to control water runoff and make it available for human use. Despite the application of traditional archaeological survey methods, the full extent of the water management systems was not understood fully as the islands rugged topography prevented intensive and thorough survey of many places. The use of a differential Global Positioning System (dGPS) unit provided the opportunity to take a fresh look at the evidence for water management on the island. The results of this study contribute substantial amounts of new information on the little known subject of Minoan water conservation and control.

Written for the general visitor, the Athenian Agora Museum Guide is a companion to the 2010 edition of the Athenian Agora Site Guide and leads the reader through all of the display spaces within the Stoa of Attalos in the Athenian Agora - the terrace, the ground-floor colonnade, and the newly opened upper story. The guide also discusses each case in the museum gallery chronologically, beginning with the prehistoric and continuing with the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. Hundreds of artifacts, ranging from common pottery to elite jewelry held in 81 cases, are described and illustrated in color for the very first time. Through focus boxes, readers can learn about marble-working, early burial practices, pottery production, ostracism, home life, and the wells that dotted the ancient site. A timeline, maps, and plans accompany the text. For those who wish to learn more about what they see in the museum, a list of further reading follows each entry.

Using a study of stone adzes of the precontact period on the island of Hawaii, Lass examines the role of a material resource in the development of cultural complexity. Archaeological evidence is used to analyze the hypotheses that embrace the adaptationist and political approaches to increased complexity.

Estas Jornadas, una más de las ya muchas que se vienen celebrando en el Museo Casa de los Tiros de Granada, sirvieron de reflexión sobre uno de los temas más apasionantes de la Arqueología Medieval, en concreto la que se refiere a la parte final de la Edad Media. Nos referimos a la ciudad nazari y especialmente a su papel en la organizacion de los territorios. Coincide con la fase final de un Proyecto de Investigacion I+D (Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia) sobre este mismo tema La ciudad nazari y su territorio (Ref. BHA2003-00743). Si algo se puede destacar del reino nazari es su elevadisimo grado de urbanizacion y el papel destacado de las ciudades en los diversos conjuntos territoriales que conformaba su espacio. No se trata solo de las grandes urbes, como Granada y los dos puertos costeros principales, Malaga y Almeria, sino tambien de nucleos medianos que regian ricos distritos, bien poblados de alquerias, como por ejemplo Guadix y Almuñecar por citar solo dos de ellos. El primero en el interior y el segundo en la costa. Tambien observamos la presencia de asentamientos, calificados como pequeñas ciudades o casi ciudades que estan evolucionando para convertirse en estructuras urbanas plenamente conformadas. Que la vida economica y comercial se centralizaba en todos y cada uno de estos nucleos, es algo bien sabido por las fuentes escritas, pero asi mismo, la investigacion arqueologica ha ido poniendo de relieve su topografia, su organizacion interna, su distribucion espacial, su relacion con el entorno agricola mas inmediato, etc. Aunque en el presente libro no se incluyen problemas observados de manera transversal, no cabe duda que los analisis de los nucleos urbanos que se presentan, permiten establecer debates de mayor contenido y que trascienden el marco concreto. En tal sentido hay que señalar algunas aportaciones sobre realidades parciales y especificas de algunas que tambien se estudian en su conjunto.

Scientific exhibition catalog with a detailed description of the exhibits including further references to literature and academic contributions by Olivia Barcley, Dr. Friederike Boockmann, Prof. Dr. Reimer Hansen, Dr. Helmut Hark, Prof. Dr. Irmgard Ho, Otto Kammer, Heinrich Kuhne, Dr. Gunther Mahal, Bernd A. Mertz, Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Muller-Jahncke, Dr. habil. Gunther Oestmann, Dr. Ruediger Plantiko, Dr. Krzysztof Pomian, Dr. Karl Rottel, Dr. Ralf T. Schmitt, Dr. Christoph Schubert-Weller, Prof. Dr. Manfred Schukowski, Dr. Gabriele Spitzer, Prof. Dr. theological dr theological h.c. Reinhart Staats, Dr. Ingeborg Stein, Felix Straubinger, Dr. Martin Treu, Father Dr. Gerhard Voss, Prof. Dr. phil. Wolfgang Wildgen, Dr. Edgar Wunder, Prof. Dr. phil. Wolfgang Wildgen, Prof. Dr. Paola Zambelli and Arnold Zenker.

Funny, occasionally filthy and ultimately fascinating. - Richard Herring, comedianGo to any ancient building in the land and there will be interesting and exciting stories presented to the visitor. Tales of secret passages and hidden tunnels, strange marks and carvings left by stonemasons all commonly believed and widely repeated, but are they really true?From ship timbers being repurposed on dry land to spiral staircases giving advantage to right-handed defenders, and from archers sharpening their arrows on church stones to claims of being the oldest pub in the country, Historic Building Mythbusting seeks to uncover the real stories.Buildings archaeologist James Wright explains and unpicks the development of these myths and investigates the underlying truths behind them. Sometimes the realities hiding behind the stories are even more engaging, romantic and compelling than the myths themselves...

Cumbria is a land built from stone.Whether it is Hadrians Wall, Kendal Castle or the beautiful fells of the Lake District for thousands of years people have found a certain elegance and utility in stone. Nestled amongst these common relics are a multitude of massive stone monuments, built over 3,000 years before British shores were ever touched by Roman sandals. Cumbrias megalithic monuments are among Europes greatest and best-preserved ancient relics but are often poorly understood and rarely visited.This updated and revised edition of Cumbrias Prehistoric Monuments aims to dispel the idea that these stones are merely mysterious. Within this book you will find credible answers, using up-to-date research, excavation notes, maps and diagrams to explore one of Britains richest archaeological landscapes. Featuring stunning original photography and illustrated diagrams of every megalithic site in the county, Adam Morgan Ibbotson invites you to take a journey into a land sculpted by ancient hands.

Yorkshire is a testament to the enduring power of stone. From the imposing walls of Skipton Castle to the ruins of Whitby Abbey, the inhabitants of Englands largest county have evidently found both beauty and practicality in the use of stone for thousands of years. But amidst these well-known and relatively recent historic sites lies a host of monuments of extreme antiquity, built up to six thousand years ago.Drawing upon new research, excavation notes and diagrams, Yorkshires Prehistoric Monuments aims to reveal the secrets of one of Britains richest archaeological landscapes. Yorkshires standing stones, burial cairns and extensive earthworks are among Northern Europes best-preserved prehistoric relics. Featuring original photography and newly illustrated diagrams compiled over several years of travel and writing, Adam Morgan Ibbotson invites you to take a journey into a landscape sculpted by ancient hands.

There are huge gaps in our understanding of the lives of the Silures Despite what is in many instances a glaring lack of evidence, Ive increasingly become convinced that trying to tease out what we can about the social structure of these people offers one of our best avenues to understanding them better.Silures explores exciting new discoveries and changing interpretations to give an up-to-date analysis of the Iron Age peoples of south-east Wales.From the study of stuff, new evidence of trade and commerce and archaeological discoveries, to the suggestion of a new research agenda and a consideration of Silurian resonances in modern Wales, Ray Howells insights are based on personal observations and his own research activities, including excavations in the Silurian region.

For almost three hundred years, excavations have been carried out in Roman Bath. At first these were rare and sporadic and archaeological finds were made by chance. Even fewer were reported. But from the 1860s, deliberate investigations were made and increasingly professional methods employed. The Roman Baths were laid open to view, but little was published. From the 1950s, interest accelerated, professionals and amateurs collaborated, and there was never a decade in which some new discovery was not made. The first popular but authoritative presentation of this work was made in 1971 and updated several times. However, from the 1990s to the present there has been some sort of archaeological investigation almost every year. This has thrown much new and unexpected light on the town of Aquae Sulis and its citizens. In this book, Peter Davenport, having been involved in most of the archaeological work in Bath since 1980, attempts to tell the story of Roman Bath: the latest interim report on the Three Hundred Year Dig.

La conducta artística paleolítica es estudiada mediante dos metodologías, la atribución macroscópica y el análisis geométrico/microscópico de la forma, trazo y trazado. Los resultados llevan a concluir que la inspeccion visual esta mas sujeta a errores perceptivos de atribucion que el analisis geometrico/microscopico.Se identifican 10 autores que dibujaron figuras, otros 10 que las grabaron y 4 que realizaron dibujos y grabados. Se demuestra que existe una formula particular e irrepetible, que se expresa de forma consciente o inconsciente, en donde predomina una vision analitica, analogica y preocupada por la consistencia grafica de las proporciones de las partes de la figura.

The archaeology of death and burial is central to our attempts to understand vanished societies. Through the remains of funerary rituals we can learn not only about the attitudes of prehistoric people to death and the afterlife, but also about their way of life, their social organisation and their view of the world. This ambitious book reviews the latest research in this huge and important field, and describes the sometimes controversial interpretations that have led to rapid advances in our understanding of life and death in the distant past. A unique overview and synthesis of one of the most revealing fields of research into the past, it covers archaeologys most breathtaking discoveries, from Tutankhamen to the Ice Man, and will find a keen market among archaeologists, historians and others who have a professional interest in, or general curiosity about, death and burial.

Animal bones are one of the most abundant types of evidence found in archaeological sites dating from pre-historic times to the Middle Ages, and they can reveal a startling amount about the economy and way of life of people in the past.This is a fascinating introduction for anyone seeking to understand how these bones can shed light on our knowledge of the past, as well as the complex relationship between human and animals. Written by one of the most respected experts in this field, and published for the first time in paperback, this book will be essential reading for archaeologists, or indeed anyone intrigued by the recreation of long lost worlds from the most insignificant-seeming fragments of animal bones.

Many of Londons original power stations have either been demolished, converted for other use, or stand derelict awaiting redevelopment that is seemingly always just out of reach. However, in their prime these mighty cathedrals of power played a vital role in Londons journey towards becoming the worlds most important city. Gasworks also played a key role, built in the Victorian era to manufacture gas for industry and the people, before later falling out of favour once natural gas was discovered in the North Sea. Londons Lost Power Stations and Gasworks looks at the history of these great places. Famous sites that are still standing today, such as those at Battersea and Bankside (now the Tate Modern gallery), are covered in detail, but so are the previously untold stories of long-demolished and forgotten sites. Appealing to anyone with even the slightest interest in London, derelict buildings or urban exploring, this book uses Londons power supply as the starting point for a fascinating hidden history of Britains capital, and of the more general development of cities from the era of industrialisation to the present day.

How high were the walls of Jericho? Where did Nebuchanezzar get hold of all the bitumen he needed for the millions of bricks required to build Babylon? Was the ancient Suez canal really 200km long, and did 120,000 Egyptians die in the course of its construction?The ancient historian Herodotus had answers to all these questions and filled many pages of his famous histories with descriptions of the wonders and marvels that he saw on his extensive travels through Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia and Persia, from the hanging gardens of Babylon to the temple of Diana at Ephesus.In Engineering the Ancient World, engineering expert Dick Parry goes back over Herodotuss footsteps and compares his accounts of the extraordinary achievements of ancient engineers, builders and designers with what archaeologists and historians have since discovered. In a fascinating interplay between ancient writer and modern scientist, we learn that though we often have to take Herodotus with a pinch of salt, he was not far short of the truth.With Dick Parry to guide us through the places that Herodotus visited we can appreciate the extraordinary technological genius which brought about these impressive monuments.

This concise and fully illustrated introduction to methods of excavation describes a technique that is essential for all kinds of archaeology. It presents new ideas on excavation techniques and challenges traditional approaches to site organisation and recording. John Collis uses his 40 years of excavation experience to recommend practical solutions to problems, and considers the impact of computerisation and other technical innovations. He also describes the history and development of archaeological excavation which provides a background to the methods employed today. This practical common sense guide should find a place on the bookshelf of everyone who practices archaeology on a professional or amateur basis, and is illuminating reading for anyone who wants to understand how archaeologists can recover the past by digging in the soil.

The study of ancient curse tablets (defixiones or defixionum tabellae) throughout the twentieth century was based almost exclusively on the texts they contained, leaving aside, as less interesting, the analysis of the materiality of the magical artifacts on which the texts were written. The curse tablets, which were inscribed and subsequently deposited during rituals for aggressive purposes, present important material characteristics and states of preservation that deserve to be part of the analysis to which they are normally subjected. This volume contains essays on important aspects related to the materiality of lead tablets: conservation and restoration, multispectral photography, computational image processing, and paleographic analysis. The material approach to the study of the tablets in recent years is put in context in an epilogue.