Authors:Paul Pettitt, Paul Bahn, Sergio Ripoll,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: european, context, crags, creswell, cave, art, palaeolithic
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2007-05-24
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 019929917X
ISBN-13: 9780199299171

Cave art is a subject of perennial interest among archaeologists. Until recently it was assumed that it was largely restricted to southern France and northern Iberia, although in recent years new discoveries have demonstrated that it originally had a much wider distribution. The discovery in 2003 of the UK’s first examples of cave art, in two caves at Creswell Crags on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border, was the most surprising illustration of this. The discoverers (the editors of the book) brought together in 2004 a number of Palaeolithic archaeologists and rock art specialists from

Author: Paul G. Bahn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: progress, polemics, art, rock, prehistoric
Number of Pages: 238
Published: 2010-06-21
List price: $27.99
ISBN-10: 0521140870
ISBN-13: 9780521140874

Prehistoric rock art is the markings - paintings, engravings, or pecked images - left on rocks or cave walls by ancient peoples. In this book, Paul G. Bahn provides a richly illustrated overview of prehistoric rock art and cave art from around the world. Summarizing the recent advances in our understanding of this extraordinary visual record, he discusses new discoveries, new approaches to recording and interpretation, and current problems in conservation. Bahn focuses in particular on current issues in the interpretation of rock art, notably the "shamanic" interpretation that has been influen

Authors:Adrian Lister, Paul Bahn,
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: ice, giants, mammoths
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2009-11-24
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0520261607
ISBN-13: 9780520261600

A dazzling visual record of one of Earth’s most extraordinary species, this updated and revised edition of Mammoths: Giants of the Ice Age integrates exciting new research to piece together the story of mammoths, mastodons, and their relatives, icons of the Ice Age. Incorporating recent genetic work, new fossil finds, new extinction theories, and more, Mammoths is a captivating exploration of how these mighty creatures evolved, lived, and mysteriously disappeared. The book features a wealth of color illustrations that depict mammoths in their dramatic Ice Age habitats, scores of photogra

Authors:Paul Bahn, Colin Renfrew,
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Keywords: fifth, practice, methods, theories, archaeology
Number of Pages: 656
Published: 2008-05-17
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0500287139
ISBN-13: 9780500287132

"Sets the new standard for excellence in this field."—Antiquity This best-selling textbook on what archaeologists do and how they do it has now been completely revised. Structured according to the key questions that archaeologists ask themselves, it provides coverage of all the major developments in methods, science, technology, and theory. For the fifth edition, the voices of indigenous archaeologists have been included, and there is updated coverage of archaeological ethics and Cultural Resource Management. Recent findings are discussed, and there is expanded coverage of topics such as

Authors:Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn,
Publisher: Akal Ediciones
Keywords: textos, spanish, practica, metodos, archaeology, teoria, arqueologia
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 2006-08-22
List price: $111.95
ISBN-10: 8446002345
ISBN-13: 9788446002345

Authors:Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: key, guides, routledge, concepts, archaeology
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2004-12-23
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0415317584
ISBN-13: 9780415317580

From two of the best-known archaeological writers in the trade, this outstanding resource provides a thorough survey of the key ideas in archaeology, and how they impact on archaeological thinking and method. Clearly written, and easy to follow, Archaeology: The Key Concepts collates entries written specifically by field specialists, and each entry offers a definition of the term, its origins and development, and all the major figures involved in the area. The entries include: thinking about landscape archaeology of cult and religion cultural evolution concepts of time urban soci

Authors:Tony Buxton, Paul Chapman, Paul G Chapman, Paul Templ
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: performance, economic, britain
Number of Pages: 608
Published: 1997-12-16
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 041514874X
ISBN-13: 9780415148740

This new and substantially revised edition of Britain’s Economic Performance provides a unique assessment of the current state of the supply-side of the economy. Written by a team of highly experienced, policy oriented applied economists, this volume will be a valuable source of reference, analysis and guidance for students and policy-makers.