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Author : Alphonse Riesenfeld
Publisher : Brill Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Megalithic Culture of Melanesia written by Alphonse Riesenfeld and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1950 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. H. R. Rivers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Psychology and Ethnology written by W. H. R. Rivers and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. J. Perry
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Megalithic Culture of Indonesia written by W. J. Perry and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : William Halse Rivers Rivers
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of Melanesian Society written by William Halse Rivers Rivers and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1968 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Halse Rivers Rivers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of Melanesian Society written by William Halse Rivers Rivers and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William James Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Megalithic Culture of Indonesia written by William James Perry and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mathieu Leclerc
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1760463027
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Archaeologies of Island Melanesia written by Mathieu Leclerc and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The island world of Melanesia—ranging from New Guinea and the Bismarcks through the Solomons, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia—is characterised more than anything by its boundless diversity in geography, language and culture. The deep historical roots of this diversity are only beginning to be uncovered by archaeological investigations, but as the contributions to this volume demonstrate, the exciting discoveries being made across this region are opening windows to our understanding of the historical processes that contributed to such remarkably varied cultures. Archaeologies of Island Melanesia offers a sampling of some of the recent and ongoing research that spans such topics as landscape, exchange systems, culture contact and archaeological practice, authored by some of the leading scholars in Oceanic archaeology.’ — Professor Patrick Vinton Kirch Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i Island Melanesia is a remarkable region in many respects, from its great ecological and linguistic diversity, to the complex histories of settlement and interaction spanning from the Pleistocene to the present. Archaeological research in Island Melanesia is currently going through a vibrant phase of exciting new discoveries and challenging debates about questions that apply far beyond the region. This volume draws together a variety of current perspectives in regional archaeology for Island Melanesia, focusing on Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea. It features both high-level theoretical approaches and rigorous data-driven case studies covering recent research in landscape archaeology, exchange and material culture, and cultural practices.
Author : Mircea Eliade
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691119422
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Shamanism written by Mircea Eliade and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2004-02-08 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the practice of Shamanism over two and a half millennia of human history, moving from the Shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia--where Shamanism was first observed--to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond. Eliade illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give primacy of place to the figure of the Shaman--at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, priest, mystic, and poet.
Author : Paul Sillitoe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521588362
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia written by Paul Sillitoe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-10-08 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia is intended for undergraduate anthropology students with some grounding in the issues and ideas that inform the discipline, and for courses in Pacific Studies. Each chapter focuses on a topic common to many cultures in the region, such as the role of so-called Big Men, ancestors, male initiation, and exchange, and these ideas are fleshed out with apt ethnographic examples. Melanesia is a fascinating culture area, and has always been a popular fieldwork site for anthropologists, including W. H. R. Rivers, Bronislaw Malinowski, Margaret Mead, and Gregory Bateson. Some of the most important theoretical contributions to the subject were also first formulated with reference to Melanesian studies, and students today still learn much of their basic anthropology from Melanesian examples.
Author : Ann Chowning
Publisher : Nicholson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to the Peoples and Cultures of Melanesia written by Ann Chowning and published by Nicholson. This book was released on 1977 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Terence Wesley-Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Melanesia Bibliography written by Terence Wesley-Smith and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian J. McNiven
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0759114617
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (591 download)
Download or read book Appropriated Pasts written by Ian J. McNiven and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology has been complicit in the appropriation of indigenous peoples' pasts worldwide. While tales of blatant archaeological colonialism abound from the era of empire, the process also took more subtle and insidious forms. Ian McNiven and Lynette Russell outline archaeology's "colonial culture" and how it has shaped archaeological practice over the past century. Using examples from their native Australia-- and comparative material from North America, Africa, and elsewhere-- the authors show how colonized peoples were objectified by research, had their needs subordinated to those of science, were disassociated from their accomplishments by theories of diffusion, watched their histories reshaped by western concepts of social evolution, and had their cultures appropriated toward nationalist ends. The authors conclude by offering a decolonized archaeological practice through collaborative partnership with native peoples in understanding their past.
Author : Geoffrey M. White
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521533324
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (333 download)
Download or read book Identity Through History written by Geoffrey M. White and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the construction of cultural identity through narratives of shared history. It presents an anthropological study of processes of identity formation in a Solomon Islands society deeply affected by colonisation and Christianization.
Author : Helen Lewis
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789695945
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)
Download or read book EurASEAA14 Volume II: Material Culture and Heritage written by Helen Lewis and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume comprises papers presented at the EurASEAA14 conference in 2012, updated for publication. It focuses on topics under the broad themes of archaeology and heritage, material culture, environmental archaeology, osteoarchaeology, historic and prehistoric archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, and long-distance contact, trade and exchange.
Author : Gary David
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1935487884
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (354 download)
Download or read book Star Shrines and Earthworks of the Desert Southwest written by Gary David and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2012-10-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a period of centuries the Ancient Ones of the American Southwest constructed a pattern of sandstone villages that precisely matches key constellations in the sky. This book plunges you into the mysteries of these unified star correlations. Other fascinating topics include: Orion’s global stargate shrines, Arizona earth chakras, crypto-creatures and star ancestors; the lost empire of Aztlán; evidence of transoceanic migrations to the Southwest in early epochs; the purpose of massive pyramids and canals made by those who once lived on the site of modern-day Phoenix; the subterranean origin of the Anasazi; the cave conundrum of Grand Canyon; the Hopi Mystery Egg; and prophecies of the Fifth World. Chapters include: Stellar Arizona; OZ (Orion Zone) Rising; Arizona Earth Chakras; Grand Canyon Cave Enigma and the Hopi Underworld; Pyramids and Canals of the Phoenix Basin Hohokam; The Hopi Mystery Egg and Prophecies of the Fifth World; All Roads Lead to... Chaco; Pole Star to the Underworld-Anasazi Ruins of Northwestern New Mexico; Mimbres-A Pre-Columbian Counter Culture In Southwestern New Mexico; Mummies, a Meteorite, and the Macaw Constellation-Casas Grandes, Mexico; The Lost Empire of Aztlán; The ABC of Orion: Ants, Bulls, and Copper; Crab Nebula Notes-Shifting To the Age of Taurus, 4,000 BC; Epic Seas Voyages of the Desert People; Genetic Evidence For Pre-Columbian Travel To the American Southwest; Global Orion Shrines-A Celestial Plan; more.
Author : G. W. Trompf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521416914
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Payback written by G. W. Trompf and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-07-14 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ambitious study, the first monograph on religion and "the logic of retribution," Professor Trompf shows how various aspects of "payback," both negative and positive, provide the best indices to an understanding of Melanesian views of life. The book explores the reasons why people "pay back" and opens up a whole new dimension in the cross-cultural study of human consciousness. The author conducts his readers through the most complex anthropological pageant on earth, illustrating his arguments from western New Guinea to Fiji.
Author : Roger Blench
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134816235
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Archaeology and Language IV written by Roger Blench and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology and Language IV examines a variety of pressing issues regarding linguistic and cultural change. It provides a challenging variety of case-studies which demonstrate how global patterns of language distribution and change can be interwoven to produce a rich historical narrative, and fuel a radical rethinking of the conventional discourse of linguistics within archaeology.
