Concrete and Culture: A Material History 9781861899330

Concrete and Culture 9781861899330

Concrete has been used in arches, vaults, and domes dating as far back as the Roman Empire. Today, it is everywhere—in o

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The Oxford Handbook of History and Material Culture 9780199341764, 0199341761

"The past has left a huge variety of traces in material form. If historians could figure out how to make use of the

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History and Material Culture: A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources [2 ed.] 1138928666, 9781138928664

Sources are the raw material of History, but whereas the written word has traditionally been seen as the principal sourc

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Material Culture and Identities in Egyptology: Towards a Better Understanding of Cultural Encounters and their Influence on Material Culture 9783700187981

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Writing Material Culture History 9781350105218, 9781350105225, 9781350105256, 9781350105232

Writing Material Culture History examines the methodologies currently used in the historical study of material culture.

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Anthropology and the Individual: A Material Culture Perspective 1847884946, 9781847884947

Anthropology is usually associated with the study of society, but the anthropologist must also understand people as indi

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Roman Slavery and Roman Material Culture 9781442660991

The contributors engage with questions concerning the slave trade, manumission, slave education, containment and movemen

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Religion, Material Culture and Archaeology 9781472549273, 9781441195777

Religion, Material Culture and Archaeology offers a new understanding of the materiality of religion. By drawing on the

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History and Its Objects: Antiquarianism and Material Culture since 1500 9781501708244

In History and Its Objects, Peter N. Miller uncovers the forgotten origins of our fascination with exploring the past th

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History and its objects : antiquarianism and material culture since 1500 2016045224, 2016049373, 9780801453700, 9781501708237, 9781501708244

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