sidestone press jan 2015 (3 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Although the bioarchaeology (study of biological remains in an archaeological context) of Egypt has been documented in a desultory way for many decades, it is only recently that it has become an inherent part of excavations in Egypt. This volume consists of a series of essays that explore how ancient plant, animal, and human remains should be studied, and how, when they are integrated with texts, images, and artefacts, they can contribute to our understanding of the history, environment, and culture of ancient Egypt in a holistic manner. Topics covered in this volume relating to human remains include analyses of royal, elite and poor cemeteries of different eras, case studies on specific mummies, identification of different diseases in human remains, an overview of the state of palaeopathology in Egypt, how to analyse burials to establish season of death, the use of bodies to elucidate life stories, the potential of visceral remains in identifying individuals as well as diseases that they might have had, and a protocol for studying mummies. Faunal remains are represented by a study of a canine cemetery and a discussion of cat species that were mummified, and dendroarchaeology is represented by an overview of its potentials and pitfalls for dating Egyptian remains and revising its chronology. Leading international specialists from varied disciplines including physical anthropology, radiology, archaeozoology, Egyptology, and dendrochronology have contributed to this groundbreaking volume of essays that will no doubt provide much fodder for thought, and will be of interest to scholars and laypeople alike. ContentsBurials under the Temple of Millions of Years of Amenhotep II - Luxor, West Thebes - Giovanna Bellandi, Roberta De Marzo, Stefano Benazzi and Angelo SesanaBioarchaeology, TT 65 Project, Hungarian Mission in Thebes - Jerome S. Cybulski, Robert J. Stark and Tamás A. BácsThe Bioarchaeology of Akhetaten: Unexpected Results from a Capital City - Gretchen R. Dabbs, Jerome C. Rose and Melissa ZabeckiBirth in Ancient Egypt: Timing, Trauma, and Triumph Evidence from the Dakhleh Oasis - Tosha L. Dupras, Sandra M. Wheeler, Lana Williams and Peter SheldrickToward a Protocol for Studying Ancient Egyptian Mummies in the Field - Salima IkramA Case of Metastatic Carcinoma in an Old Kingdom-Period Skeleton from Saqqara - Iwona Kozieradzka-OgunmakinStudy of Growth Arrest Lines upon Human Remains from Kharga Oasis - Roger LichtenbergFrom Egypt to Lithuania: Marija Rudzinskait -Arcimavicien 's Mummy and its Radiological Investigation - Dario Piombino-Mascali, Lidija McKnight, Aldona Snitkuvien , Rimantas Jankauskas, Algirdas Tamosiunas, Ramunas Valancius, Wilfried Rosendahl and Stephanie PanzerCanopic Jars: A New Source for Old Questions - Frank J. Rühli, Abigail S. Bouwman and Michael E. HabichtA Decade of Advances in the Paleopathology of the Ancient Egyptians - Lisa SabbahyResolving a Mummy Mismatch - Bonnie M. SampsellThe People of Sayala During the Late Roman to Early Byzantine Period - Eugen StrouhalRoyal Musical Chairs: To Whom Does the New Pyramid in Saqqara Belong - Afaf Wahba'Behind Every Mask there is a Face, and Behind that a Story.' Egyptian Bioarchaeology and Ancient Identities - Sonia ZakrzewskiDogs at El Deir - Françoise Dunand, Roger Lichtenberg and Cécile CallouFeline Descendant of the Red or the Black Land: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of an unusually large Ancient Egyptian Cat Mummy - Carolin Johansson, Geoffrey Metz and Margareta UhlhornThe Potential of Dendrochronology in Egypt: Understanding Ancient Human/Environment Interactions - Pearce Paul Creasman 248 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Every year, in the last month of the Islamic calendar, millions of Muslims from around the world come together in Mecca to perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage that all capable Muslims should perform at least once in their lives. In 2013, the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden organised the exhibition Longing for Mecca. The Pilgrim's Journey. The chapters in this volume are the outcome of the two-day symposium on the Hajj, which was held at the museum in connection to the exhibition. The central theme that runs through the book is how Hajj practices, representations of Mecca and the exchange of Hajj-related objects have changed over time. The chapters in the first part of the book discuss religious, social, and political meanings of the Hajj. Here the relationship is addressed between the significance of pilgrimage to Mecca for the religious lives of individuals and groups and the wider contexts that they are embedded in. Together, these anthropological contributions provide insights into the effects on Hajj practices and meanings for present-day Muslims caused by current dimensions of globalisation processes. The second part of the book takes material expressions of the Hajj as its starting point. It explores what Hajj-related artefacts can tell us about the import of pilgrimage in the daily lives of Muslims in the past and present. The contributions in this part of the volume point out that Mecca has always been a cosmopolitan city and the nodal point of global interactions far exceeding religious activities. Together, the chapters in this book depict the Hajj ritual as a living tradition. Each with its own focus, the various contributions testify to the fact that, while the rites that make up the Hajj were formulated and recorded in normative texts in early Islam, details in the actual performance and interpretations of these rites are by no means static, but rather have evolved over time in tandem with changing socio-political circumstances.ContentsThe Hajj and the Anthropological Study of PilgrimageMarjo BuitelaarSacrifice, Purification and Gender in the Hajj: Personhood, Metonymy, and Ritual TransformationPnina WerbnerPilgrimage, Performativity, and British Muslims: Scripted and Unscripted Accounts of the Hajj and UmraSeán McLoughlinThe Hajj and Politics in Contemporary Turkey and IndonesiaRobert R. BianchiIslamic Reformism and Pilgrimage: The Hajj of Rashid Rida in 1916Richard van LeeuwenGifts, Souvenirs and the HajjVenetia PorterHajj from China: Social Meanings and Material CultureOliver MooreThe Uppsala Mecca Painting: A New Source for the Cultural Topography and Historiography for MeccaMehmet TütüncüHajj Murals in Dakhla Oasis (Egypt)Remke Kruk and Frans OortSouvenir, Testimony, and Device for Instruction: Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Printed Hajj CertificatesLuitgard MolsAppearances Belie. A Mecca-Centred World Map and a Snouck Hurgronje Photograph from the Leiden University CollectionsArnoud VrolijkHajj Music from Egypt, Syria and Lebanon: Some Reflections on Songs for the PilgrimageNeil van der Linden 256 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Los mercados de la Mixteca son colectividades vibrantes y dinámicas que funcionan y forman parte del macrocontexto de la globalización, desde el consumismo hasta el movimiento mundial de productos y personas.Por lo general, la historia económica más formal deja mudos a los actores que definen esta economía: los comerciantes. Por medio de sus relatos, este libro documenta una historia informal que ha sido poco registrada. Cincuenta entrevistas, hechas entre 2004 y 2006 en algunas de las plazas principales de la Mixteca Alta, forman el eje central del libro. Son las historias de emprendedores mexicanos, que por ser tan personales y reales son estimulantes, alarmantes y atractivas a la vez. Por un lado, son analizadas desde la perspectiva del mercader individual, su agencia local y personal, y por otro lado, desde un punto de vista diacrónico, ya que se presentan, en la medida de lo posible, datos históricos que documentan historias de la vida de los mercaderes y de los mercados de la época precolonial, colonial y del siglo XIX.Además, se han incorporado una serie de mapas detallados de varios centros comerciales locales importantes de la Mixteca, como por ejemplo el mercado de Tlaxiaco, Chalcatongo, Yanhuitlán, Teposcolula y Coixtlahuaca. 280 pp. Spanisch.