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Studies of early Southeast Asia focus largely on its ‘classical states’, when rulers and their entourages from Sukhothai and Ayutthaya (Thailand), Angkor (Cambodia), Bagan (Myanmar), Champa and Dai Viet (Vietnam) clashed, conquered, and... more
The largest Kuiseb River floods initiate at the basin's semi-arid headwater. Downstream, along the hyperarid Namib Desert, these floodwaters are feeding shallow alluvial aquifers, the only available water for human activity and for the... more
Publikace byla vydána v Praze roku 2006 / The publication was published in Prague in 2006.
In 2008, during a rescue excavation in the Sa Osa area, near the town of Cabras (Sardinia, Italy), a Nuragic settlement was discovered. The excavation revealed numerous pits, wells and structures dug by the local communities between the... more
This report presents a critique of established cultural heritage practices in Western Australia, focusing on the control of the process by corporate proponents and its effects on rock art and stone arrangements. The moderating roles of... more
Magnetic survey data presented as filled contour maps with a non-linear scale reveals the characteristic dipolar signal from iron smelting furnaces. High resolution data, from 10cm spaced surveys, can be modelled mathematically to recover... more
This study uses bioarchaeological methods and interpretive frameworks, in conjunction with archaeological and textual evidence, to document and interpret the record of Greek colonial interactions between Corinth and local populations at... more
The previously unpublished field diaries of the principal leaders involved in the first season of the Harvard Expedition to Samaria are held by the University's Semitic Museum. The narrative they contain sheds light on the organization... more
New pedological, geological, archaeological, and geochronological data from the Miles Point site in eastern Maryland are compared with similar data from other nearby sites to develop a framework for interpreting the upland stratigraphy in... more
Leprosy is strongly stigmatized in South Asia, being regarded as a manifestation of extreme levels of spiritual pollution going back through one or more incarnations of the self. Stigma has significant social consequences, including... more
Since all long-distance trade in the Roman world travelled by water, Roman harbour design and construction have special importance. Harbour excavation must be supplemented by analysis of the components of the hydraulic concrete,... more
Offering a more precise epithet for that which has emerged under the label of the “Anthropocene”, this article trains its lens on some of the more-than-monstrous things that have revealed themselves in our calamitous times. It raises... more
In 1985 archaeological excavations at Stavanger Airport, Sola, south-western Norway, revealed evidence for five phases of human activity ranging in age from the Mesolithic to the Late Bronze Age. The two youngest phases, namely 4 and 5... more
Architectural practices constitute an appropriate field for the application of combined technological and social perspectives into the study of human action. Domestic buildings, rather than being examined as spatial and organisational... more
The large mammal and micromammal assemblages from Paleolithic cave sites in northwestern Croatia (Veternica, Velika peć ina, and Vindija) suggest the presence of relatively temperate environments without dramatic oscillations in faunal... more
This paper examines alternatives to top-down approaches to heritage management and development. One of the key issues facing communities around the globe today is the Authorized Heritage Discourse (AHD)--the determination of heritage... more
Hutian Kiln, located in Jingdezhen City of Jiangxi Province of China, is well-known for the productions of bluish white glazed porcelain (Qingbai) from Song Dynasties (AD 960 e AD 1279) and egg-white glazed porcelain (Luanbai) of Yuan... more
During the 20th century, many innovative binders have been rapidly introduced to the art world and soon became popular as artists' paints and pictorial media. However, despite the advantages that new synthetic materials presented, oil... more
Modern theories of the evolution of human cooperation focus mainly on altruism. In contrast, we propose that humans’ species-unique forms of cooperation—as well as their species-unique forms of cognition, communication, and social... more
This paper discusses the role of things in the framework of the materiality of Nazi camps. It analyzes different dimensions of thing affordances and argues that the assumption of objects being used in ways of a "canonical affordance"... more
Kniha byla vydána roku 1989 v Praze / The book was published in 1989 in Prague. Drazí kolegové, tato kniha je umístěna kvůli jejímu mimořádnému významu při porozumění archeologii Čech a její špatné dostupnosti zahraničním vědcům a... more
An archaeologically grounded history of six legendary places in Detroit. The city of Detroit has endured periods of unprecedented industrial growth, decline, and revitalization between the late nineteenth century and the present. In... more