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'The culmination of 25 years of research on the extensive human modification of the wetlands environment of Guiana, this book demands a radical rethinking of conventional wisdom about settlemtn and landscape management in tropical lowlands over millennia.
This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor’s seminal book Radiocarbon Dating: An Archaeological Perspective, again providing a benchmark for... Læs mere
Tami Spry provides a methodological introduction to the budding field of performative autoethnography including examplars and exercises for the novice.
Meticulously documents cultural values and beliefs, dietary practaices, and the nutritional and health status of mothers in Indian squatter settlements.
The contributors to this volume—themselves from six continents and many representing indigenous and minority communities and disadvantaged countries—suggest... Læs mere
The blue and white porcelain exported by China in the 18th and early 19th centuries is an important category of artifacts and antiques. This illustrated guide to Chinese export... Læs mere
Adams makes use of interviews, personal narratives, and autoethnography to analyze lived, relational experiences of sexuality, using the closet as metaphor.
Heritage, Tourism, and Race views heritage and leisure tourism in the Americas through the lens of race, and is especially concerned with redressing gaps in recognizing and critically accounting for African Americans as an underrepresented community in leisure.
This groundbreaking book explores the revolution in New Zealand museums that is influencing the care and exhibition of indigenous objects around the world.
Expert curator Elizabeth Schlatter outlines the types of jobs available within museums, the kinds of training needed, how to secure a job, and how to move up the ladder once you are working in the field.
Presents research and practice to show how history museums offer a point of entry to the past by empowering children to connect to history through... Læs mere