Автор: Demarest, Arthur A. Название: Ancient maya ISBN: 0521533902 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521533904 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4277.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Ancient Maya comes to life in this new holistic and theoretical study of the rise, florescence and decline of the cities of this most sophisticated civilization. Drawing on new, unpublished data, Arthur Demarest draws lessons for contemporary society and the modern Maya peoples struggling to re-emerge.
Описание: North America's Galapagos: The Historic Channel Islands Biological Survey recounts the story of a group of researchers, naturalists, adventurers, cooks, immigrants, and scientifically curious teenagers who came together in the late 1930s to embark upon a Series of ambitious expeditions never before, or since, attempted. Their mission: to piece together the broken shards of the Channel Islands' history and evolution. California's eight Channel Islands, sometimes called 'North America's Galapagos' each support unique ecosystems with varied flora and fauna and differing human histories. The thirty-three men and women who set out to explore the islands hoped to make numerous discoveries that would go down in history along with their Names. More than eighty years ago, a lack of funds and dearth of qualified personnel dogged the pre-WWII expeditions, but it was only after America entered the war and the researchers were stranded on one of the islands that the survey was aborted, their work left for future scientists to complete. This untold saga of adventure, discovery, and goals abandoned is juxtaposed against the fresh successes of a new generation of Channel Island scholars. Engagingly written, North America's Galapagos illuminates the scientific process and reveals remarkable modern discoveries that are rewriting archaeological textbooks and unraveling the answer to the age-old question: how and when were the Americas populated? Anyone interested in the work conducted behind closed museum doors will want to read this book, so will history buffs, environmentalists, scientists, and general readers curious about our world.
Автор: Stephanie Clair Price Название: World Heritage Conservation in the Pacific ISBN: 9811344612 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811344619 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: ?This book explores the opportunities and challenges associated with the legal protection of World Heritage sites in the Pacific Islands. It argues that the small Pacific representation on the World Heritage List is in part due to a lack of strong legal frameworks for heritage conservation, putting such sites under threat. Providing a comprehensive analysis of the nomination, listing and protection of the Solomon Island World Heritage Site, it examines the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the Pacific context. It explores how the international community’s broadening interpretation of the notion of ‘outstanding universal value’ has increased the potential for Pacific heritage to be classified as ‘World Heritage’. This book also analyses the protection regime established by the Convention, and the World Heritage Committee’s approach to heritage conservation, identifying challenges associated with the protection of Pacific Island heritage.
Автор: Baldacchino, Godfrey Название: The Routledge International Handbook of Island Studies ISBN: 0367659891 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367659899 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7348.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Olwig, Karen Fog Название: Small Islands, Large Questions ISBN: 0714642258 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780714642253 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 9492.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Including a number of contributions from sub-disciplinary approaches tangential to bioarchaeology the book provides a broad theoretical and methodological approach.
Автор: Beckett, Elspeth Название: Wild flowers of Majorca Minorca and Ibiza ISBN: 9061916348 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789061916345 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 27562.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Patton, Mark Название: Islands in Time ISBN: 0415126592 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415126595 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Tobin J. Название: The Last Resort, 1: True Tales from the Islands ISBN: 1098353374 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781098353377 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 3430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Have you ever stayed at a luxury resort or plan to in the future? Do you really know what goes on or do you want to know? You may be surprised at all the things that go on behind the scenes or events that affected guests in the past. Is it important? What you really want to know if someone died in the room you are staying in or it was infested with bed bugs just days before? Celebrities abound in these refuges away from the public and you may never be aware they are staying right next to you. Is it safe or are there hidden dangers to be aware of? This account should enlighten you to the secretive world of hospitality and both entertain you and prepare you for your next visit to a resort like this.
Автор: Brightman Marc Название: Animism in Rainforest and Tundra ISBN: 178238524X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782385240 Издательство: Berghahn Рейтинг: Цена: 4796.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Amazonia and Siberia, classic regions of shamanism, have long challenged ‘western’ understandings of man’s place in the world. By exploring the social relations between humans and non-human entities credited with human-like personhood (not only animals and plants, but also ‘things’ such as artifacts, trade items, or mineral resources) from a comparative perspective, this volume offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity and personhood characteristic of the two areas. The contributors conducted their ethnographic fieldwork among peoples undergoing transformative processes of their lived environments, such as the depletion of natural resources and migration to urban centers. They describe here fundamental relational modes that are being tested in the face of change, presenting groundbreaking research on personhood and agency in shamanic societies and contributing to our global understanding of social and cultural change and continuity.
Описание: `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.
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