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In 1933, the demolition of the thriving Los Angeles Chinatown for the construction of Union Station sealed the remains of this intact community 14 feet below the railroad tracks. The planning and construction of the Metro Rail subway system five decades later included efforts to preserve and protect cultural resources in the area, detailed in this volume. The assemblage of excavated material objects reflects the import, preparation, and service of food; recreation; health practices; the presence of women and children, rubbish disposal practices; and degree of participation in local social networks. The unprecedented numbers and densities of artifacts illuminate aspects of lifeways not previously recorded, revealing a rich picture of people and life in nineteenth and early twentieth century Los Angeles. Intensive historical research, oral history, and laboratory analyses have been synthesized into a comprehensive reconstruction of a community that was isolated socially, economically, and geographically.

Conservation treatments and techniques for the archaeologist in the field, emphasizing how to conserve an excavated object before it is taken to a trained conservator offsite. Safety procedures and conservation supplies and materials are recommended. Techniques for lifting, cleaning, consolidating, marking, and storing are discussed, along with methods for treating specific artifact materials (e.g., amber, wood). Appendixes cover impressions and chemical preparations.

La estructura del libro, basada no en las fases arqueológicas sino en los grandes temas bíblicos, hace que su lectura sea atractiva para el no arqueólogo [...] una nueva óptica irresistiblemente iluminadora [...] una obra imprescindible y necesaria. Fernando Quesada, Revista de Libros. Da las claves para descubrir en la Biblia ni una verdad historica literalista ni una mera ficcion literaria [...] En este libro es tan importante el trabajo arqueologico como el conocimiento de las sociedades que dieron vida al texto biblico. Joan Martinez Porcell, El Periodico de Catalunya.

El sorprendente hallazgo y la exploración sistemática del túnel bajo el Templo de la Serpiente Emplumada en Teotihuacán, uno de los contextos arqueológicos más importantes descubiertos en los últimos años, permitio la recuperacion de una gran cantidad y variedad de objetos y materiales. La correcta identificacion de los distintos materiales y su lugar de procedencia ha sido de gran importancia para comprender desde el significado simbolico de los depositos hasta la relacion de Teotihuacan con lugares distantes.En este volumen se presentan consideraciones generales sobre el contexto y los principales depositos localizados en el conducto subterraneo, su exploracion y tecnicas de registro. A lo largo de varias colaboraciones se exponen los primeros resultados de los estudios empleando tecnicas no convencionales para caracterizar y determinar su origen y cronologia.Los avances reportados constituyen una importante contribucion a la comprension de diversos aspectos de Teotihuacan, una de las sociedades mas complejas que existieron en el Mexico Prehispanico.

En los libros de historia, y en nuestros museos, topamos, indefectiblemente, con la fórmula «a. C.» y «d. C.», pero yo, Jordi Serrallonga, como arqueólogo, naturalista, explorador y peliculero, defie

Sobre la base de su teoría revolucionaria de que los orígenes de la Gran Esfinge de Egipto se remontan mucho más allá del 2500 a.C., el geólogo Robert Schoch analiza la evidencia científica de una civilizacion avanzada anterior al antiguo Egipto, Sumeria y Grecia, asi como la catastrofe que destruyo la alta cultura temprana hace casi 12.000 años y lo que su legado puede enseñarnos sobre nuestro propio futuro.Combinando evidencias de multiples disciplinas cientificas, Schoch argumenta que el abrupto final de la ultima edad de hielo, alrededor del 9700 a.C., se debio a una agitada actividad solar, con su consecuente impacto en las culturas y civilizaciones superiores de la epoca y un retraso para la humanidad de miles de años.La civilizacion resurgio alrededor del 3500 a.C. Schoch explora cuantos monumentos megaliticos antiguos, petroglifos, ciudades subterraneas, tradiciones indigenas y leyendas encajan logicamente en su lugar, incluidos los origenes de los glifos rongorongo reinterpretados de la Isla de Pascua y el antiguo entierro del complejo Gobekli Tepe en Turquia.Schoch presenta la evidencia cientifica que sugiere que la historia podria repetirse con un estallido solar lo suficientemente poderoso como para dejar un panorama devastador en la sociedad moderna. Debemos prestar atencion a la advertencia megalitica del pasado y prepararnos colectivamente para futuros episodios.

Lucid, poetic and fascinating ALICE ROBERTSEngaging, authoritative and full of fascinating stories of the past RAY MEARSA gentle, personal and very readable book JULIA BLACKBURN AUTHOR OF TIME SONGA triumph!JAMES CANTON, AUTHOR OF THE OAK PAPERSI loved this book FRANCIS PRYOROn paths, roads, seas, in the air, and in space - there has never been so much human movement. In contrast we think of the past as static, frozen in time. But archaeologists have in fact always found evidence for humanitys irrepressible restlessness. Now, latest developments in science and archaeology are transforming this evidence and overturning how we understand the past movement of humankind.In this book, archaeologist Jim Leary traces the past 3.5 million years to reveal how people have always been moving, how travel has historically been enforced (or prohibited) by people with power, and how our forebears showed incredible bravery and ingenuity to journey across continents and oceans.With Leary to show the way, youll follow the footsteps of early hunter-gatherers preserved in mud, and tread ancient trackways hollowed by feet over time. Passing drovers, wayfarers and pilgrims, youll see who got to move, and how people moved. And youll go on long-distance journeys and migrations to see how movement has shaped our world.

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.

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.

Visit any settlement in the land and there will be ancient buildings hidden in plain sight. Behind a Victorian façade is a Tudor house. Underneath a Georgian frontage is a mediaeval cottage. What is now a modern farm may once have been a castle. We know relatively little about the ancient buildings that surround us, yet buildings archaeology can offer us so many clues for discovering secret hidden historic houses. This book looks at the ways in which ancient buildings have been studied and conserved, the puzzling ways that some buildings became listed whereas others were overlooked, and how we can really understand the age and development of a structure. With over a quarter of a century of field experience, James Wright uses case studies drawn from his career to explain the fascinating, enigmatic, and frequently surprising world of The Buildings Archaeologist.

A comprehensive, fully illustrated A-Z guide to the English and Welsh parish church, dating from the post Roman period to the present day.Subjects covered include architecture, fitting an furnishings, traditions and customs, ecclesiastical history, and the role of the church in its community.

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...

A tale of the poor bloody infantry and what we glean of their lot from prehistory right through to World War I. This book compares the life of the soldier across time and cultures. It includes the gr

If you stand today in the middle of Gloucester youre standing above two thousand years of accumulated history. Beneath your feet is a Roman fortress, a proud colonial city, a Saxon royal centre, a prosperous medieval market town, a Roundhead bastion and an expanding Victorian industrial hub.Over the last 50 years, local artist and historian Philip Moss has been recreating those Gloucesters of the past in a series of beautiful and well researched reconstruction drawings and paintings. In Gloucester: Recreating the Past, the complete body of Philips work has been collected together for the first time, and is presented alongside original photographs and drawings from archaeological excavations to tell the story of Gloucester from its Roman beginnings to the present day.

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.