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Ancient Marks

Author : Chris Rainier
Publisher : Earth Aware Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781932771756
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Marks written by Chris Rainier and published by Earth Aware Editions. This book was released on 2006-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven years, seven continents, and thirty countries, from the African savannah to the barrios of Los Angeles, from New Zealand to Egypt, and Brazil to Burkina Faso, Chris Rainier documented the traditions of tattooing, scarification, piercing, and other forms of body altering art, the origins of which date back to the dawn of humankind. Ancient Marks reveals not only the haunting beauty of these often mystical forms, but also connects them to humanity's enduring efforts to tell stories, forge identity, and create links to the divine. "The human form became, through the brillance of inspired artistry, a sacred geography of the soul, a map of culture and myth expressed by forms painted, carved, or incised upon the canvas of the body" — Wade Davis. A former apprentice to Ansel Adams, award-winning Chris Rainier is considered one of the leading documentary photographers working today. Co-director of the National Geographic Society's Cultural Ethnosphere Program, he has traveled to all seven continents, including extensive expeditions throughout Africa, Antarctica, and New Guinea. Rainier's photography has been featured in Time, Life, Smithsonian, The New York Times, Outside, and is a contributing editor for National Geographic Traveler, a contributing photographer for National Geographic Adventure and a contributing correspondent for NPR's Day to Day.

Ancient Ink

Author : Lars Krutak
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295742844
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Ink written by Lars Krutak and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human desire to adorn the body is universal and timeless. While specific forms of body decoration and the motivations for them vary by region, culture, and era, all human societies have engaged in practices designed to augment and enhance people’s natural appearance. Tattooing, the process of inserting pigment into the skin to create permanent designs and patterns, is one of the most widespread forms of body art and was practiced by ancient cultures throughout the world, with tattoos appearing on human mummies by 3200 BCE. Ancient Ink, the first book dedicated to the archaeological study of tattooing, presents new, globe-spanning research examining tattooed human remains, tattoo tools, and ancient art. Connecting ancient body art traditions to modern culture through Indigenous communities and the work of contemporary tattoo artists, the volume’s contributors reveal the antiquity, durability, and significance of body decoration, illuminating how different societies have used their skin to construct their identities.

Ancient Egypt Before Writing

Author : Alicia Meza
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479745774
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Egypt Before Writing written by Alicia Meza and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation is made here of a marking and counting system used in Ancient Egypt similar to the one existing in Mesopotamia, during the fourth millennium BCE. Th e archaeological model indicates that, this development was crucial to the invention of writing and to social stratifi cation in both Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. Th is fact was corroborated by archaeological analysis of the areas, indicating a very early state formation at the beginning of the Middle Uruk Period in Mesopotamia, which corresponded to the Predynastic Period in Egypt. A correlation is made here of proto-signs from both areas, Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, which was probably used for longrange trade between both regions.

Shard of the Ancient

Author : Loki
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0615143431
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Shard of the Ancient written by Loki and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-02-17 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine for a moment that all the faerie tales you heard in the days of youth were true. That pixies and trolls and wizards really did roam the Earth in long ago days. You might wonder, "Where did they go?" They didn't go anywhere. In the shadows and hidden places of today's world, goblins sharpen their knives while ogres load their shotguns. Wizards ply their trade from the inner city, replacing lonely tower sanctums with towering skyscrapers. And humanity has no idea. Not until a man who does not come from the world we know stumbles across the unseen presence lurking outside common vision, prompting a pursuit that spans the globe to discover the mystery of the Nocnistu.

Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks

Author : Keith Houston
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393064425
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks written by Keith Houston and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing the secret history of punctuation, this tour of two thousand years of the written word, from ancient Greece to the Internet, explores the parallel histories of language and typography throughout the world and across time.

Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain of the Renaissance and Modern Periods

Author : William Chaffers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1028 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain of the Renaissance and Modern Periods written by William Chaffers and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Old English Plate, Ecclesiastical, Decorative and Domestic: Its Makers and Marks

Author : Cripps
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old English Plate, Ecclesiastical, Decorative and Domestic: Its Makers and Marks written by Cripps and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XXXV (Forty-Five Volumes); Southey-Suetonius

Author : Charles Dudley Warner
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1605202347
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XXXV (Forty-Five Volumes); Southey-Suetonius by : Charles Dudley Warner

Download or read book A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XXXV (Forty-Five Volumes); Southey-Suetonius written by Charles Dudley Warner and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had assembled this set, it would still be hailed today as one of the great achievements of the book world. Highlights from Volume 35 include: . the poetry of Robert Southey . the verse of Edmund Spenser . the philosophy of Benedict Spinoza . the writings of Madame de Stal . the poetry of Edmund Clarence Stedman . excerpts from Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy . the writings of Robert Louis Stevenson . excerpts from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin . and much, much more.

Mamecestre

Author : John Harland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Mamecestre written by John Harland and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Old English Plate

Author : Wilfred Joseph Cripps
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old English Plate written by Wilfred Joseph Cripps and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Journal of the British Archaeological Association

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Journal of the British Archaeological Association written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script

Author : Ben Haring
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004357548
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script written by Ben Haring and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-01-03 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing is not the only notation system used in literate societies. Some visual communication systems are very similar to writing, but work differently. Identity marks are typical examples of such systems, and this book presents a particularly well-documented marking system used in Pharaonic Egypt as an exemplary case. From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script is the first book to fully discuss the nature and development of an ancient marking system, its historical background, and the fascinating story of its decipherment. Chapters on similar systems in other cultures and on semiotic theory help to distinguish between unique and universal features. Written by Egyptologist Ben Haring, the book addresses scholars interested in marking systems, writing, literacy, and the semiotics of visual communication. "With this publication, the author exemplified how a close familiarity with a subject enables research in areas of Egyptian society that had not been touched until now and how the resulting insight is presented properly." - Eva-Maria Engel, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, in: Bibliotheca Orientalis 76.1-2 (2019) "This work should certainly become a guidebook to scholars wishing to publish ostraca of this sort, who have in the past shied away from the complex task due to the enigmatic nature of the materials. The time has arrived for this study of this hitherto neglected facet of Egyptian writing, to find its fitting place in the history of literacy and script in Ancient Egypt, as well as in the history of workmen’s signs in general." - Orly Goldwasser, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in: Journal of Near Eastern Studies (2019, 78/2) "The technical data and Egyptological scholarship of the book are deliberately made very accessible to be of assistance in the understanding of identity marks in other periods and cultures. This is a remarkable work of social history." - George J. Brooke, in: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.5 (2019)

The Bibliographer

Author : Henry Benjamin Wheatley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Bibliographer written by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Journal of the British Archaeological Association

Author : British Archaeological Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journal of the British Archaeological Association written by British Archaeological Association and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Texas Court Reporter

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book The Texas Court Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Documents of the Senate of the State of New York

Author : New York (State). Legislature. Senate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1336 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Documents of the Senate of the State of New York written by New York (State). Legislature. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Gospel According to Mark

Author :
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 0857860976
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book The Gospel According to Mark written by and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest of the four Gospels, the book portrays Jesus as an enigmatic figure, struggling with enemies, his inner and external demons, and with his devoted but disconcerted disciples. Unlike other gospels, his parables are obscure, to be explained secretly to his followers. With an introduction by Nick Cave