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<body bgcolor=white><br><br><br><center><p>Your browser does not support frames <br><br> <a href="https://www.microwebedu.nl/bestellen/sidestone/">Webshop</a> </center></p> <br><br><br><br> <b>Our publications:</b><br><br><b> <ul> <li> Wentink, Karsten 2006: Ceci n'est pas une hache. Neolithic Depositions in the Northern Netherlands, Mphil thesis University of Leiden, Leiden (Sidestone Press). <ul> <li>abstract:</li></b> As early as the 19th century discoveries of groups of large axes puzzled those confronted with them. The fact that most were found in waterlogged places in particular formed the basis of speculation as to the nature of these objects. In this Research Master thesis, the character and significance of TRB flint axe depositions are explored. The first part of this thesis is mainly concerned with the question how selective deposition was structured. By means of metrical, spatial and functional analysis, patterns are explored that can shed light on the actions performed by people in the past.<br> The second part of this thesis deals with the meaning and significance of TRB flint axe depositions. Why did people in the past do the things they did, how were these actions meaningful and important? Using sociological theory and ethnographic evidence an interpretation is presented based on the empirically observed patterns. </li></ul><br><br><br><br><br> <ul> <li> Slot, Laura 2007: Consistency and Change in Bertrand Russell's Attitude towards War, MA thesis University of Utrecht, Leiden (Sidestone Press). <ul> <li>abstract:</li></b> Philosopher Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1871-1970) lived almost an entire century, a century full of change. He was one of the few who dared to provide answers to the impossible questions of twentieth century world politics. Several historians have analyzed his attitude towards war, but seldom did they agree on why Russell felt a certain way about war and what caused his often radical attitude. Also, many questions remained unanswered: <br> why did he object to the First World War and objected the Second? And did he really advocate a preventive war against Russia? This book explains the background, motivations and passions behind Russell's sometimes seemingly controversial attitude towards the First World War, the Second World War and the Cold War. By analyzing the consistencies and changes in his thought between 1914 and 1970, the story of twentieth century struggles are relived through the eyes of this invincible rationalist from the nineteenth century. </li></ul><br><br><br><br><br> <ul> <li> Mol, Angus A.A., 2007: Costly Giving, Giving Guaízas. Towards an organic model of the exchange of social valuables in the Late Ceramic Age Caribbean, Mphil thesis University of Leiden, Leiden (Sidestone Press). <ul> <li>abstract:</li></b> An Archaeology of Exchange is primarily an archaeology of human sociality and anti-sociality. Nevertheless, archaeological studies of exchange are numerous and varied, and archaeologists do not always approach exchange as a social mechanism, concentrating rather on the cultural, economic or political implications of exchange. Even so, at times it is worth retracing the implicit theoretical steps that archaeologists have taken and look at human sociality through the eyes of exchange as something new. <br> This will be undertaken here by concentrating on the exchange of social valuables in the later part of the Late Ceramic Age of the Greater and Lesser Antilles (AD 1000/1100-1492). Questions concerning this exchange will be framed in a novel mix of theories - such as Costly Signalling Theory coupled with the paradox of keeping-while-giving and the notion of gene/culture co-evolution joined with Complex Adaptive System theory. Still, all these theories can be related back to the concept of exchange as put forward by the French sociologist Marcel Mauss in his famous Essai sur le don of 1950. <br> This theoretical framework will be put to the test by an extensive case-study of a specific category of Late Ceramic Age social valuables: shell faces, which have an area of distribution that ranges from central Cuba to the Île de Ronde in the Grenadines. The study of these enigmatic artefacts will uncover novel insights on the nature and use of social valuables in the Late Ceramic Age by communities and individuals. </li></ul><br><br><br><br><br> <ul> <li> Hough, Karen 2008: The Expression & Perception of Space in Wayana, Mphil thesis University of Leiden, Leiden (Sidestone Press). <ul> <li>abstract:</li></b> Until recently it was assumed that all cultures perceive and express ‘space’ from the ego. However, this belief in a universal phenomenological bias is currently being challenged by many linguists from several disciplines, who believe that space can also be perceived intrinsically or absolutely. This ethno-linguistic analysis of the Cariban language, Wayana (still spoken in the dense rainforests of Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil), not only strengthens these claims but, more importantly, gives a detailed account of how spatiality is expressed in Wayana. Particular attention is given to their rich postpositional system surrounding topological relations, to their demonstrative pronouns and to their locative adverbs. Additionally, following the idea that language and culture are intrinsically interwoven, this linguistic analysis gives us a glimpse into the worldview of the Wayana, enabling us to achieve a greater understanding of how the Wayana perceive and categorize ‘space’ and the ‘landscape’ in which they live. </li></ul><br><br><br><br><br> <ul> <li> Picardt, Johan 2008: Korte Beschryvinge van eenige Vergetene en Verborgene ANTIQUITETEN, Leiden (Sidestone Press). <ul> <li>abstract:</li></b> In 1660 schreef Johan Picardt één van de eerste historische werken over Noord-Nederland. In het boek behandelt hij tal van onderwerpen zoals de Romeinen, de Franken, de mythische stad Hunsow en de Tachtigjarige Oorlog. Picardt is bovendien de eerste die de prehistorische monumenten van Drenthe probeert te verklaren. Zo zouden de hunebedden gebouwd zijn door Reuzen en woonden er Witte Wijven in grafheuvels. </li></ul><br><br><br><br><br> <ul> <li> Arfman, William R., 2008: Visiting the Calvario at Mitla, Oaxaca - a critical look at the continuity of a religious practice, Mphil thesis University of Leiden, Leiden (Sidestone Press). <ul> <li>abstract</a> In the centre of the Mexican town of Mitla stands a run-down chapel on an overgrown pre-colonial pyramid. The chapel, housing three crosses, is the town’s Calvario, the local representation of the hill on which Christ died. Although busses full of tourists on their way to Chiapas or on daytrips from Oaxaca City swarm the town every day almost none of them ever visit the Calvario. Instead they stick to the tourist zone to marvel at the famous mosaic friezes of the pre-colonial temples and shop for traditional souvenirs in the tourist market. If they would climb the steep steps to the chapel they would discover that despite appearances the building still sees extensive use as pilgrims from the wide Zapotec region visit it to bring offerings to and ask favours of the souls of their dearly departed. And as these offerings consist of elaborate arrangements of flowers, fruits, black candles, cacao beans and bundles of copal incense, such tourists might well start to wonder where the origins of these practices lie.<br><br> It is this question to which an answer will be sought in this research master thesis. To achieve this, current theories on cultural continuity, syncretism, the materiality of religion and ritual theory are combined with a study of archaeological, historical, iconographical and anthropological sources. In addition ethnographic fieldwork has been conducted to come to a better understanding of the offerings made in the Calvario today. Divided in three segments, the thesis first addresses the history of Mitla as ‘The Place of the Dead’, then of the Calvario as a ritual location and finally of the offerings for the dead. By then combining these three lines of research an interesting image is formed of the continuity of ancestor veneration in this busy tourist town. </li></ul><br><br><br><br><br> <ul> <li> Mickleburgh, Hayley L., 2008: Teeth Tell Tales. Dental wear as evidence for cultural practices at Anse a la Gourde and Tutu, Mphil thesis University of Leiden, Leiden (Sidestone Press). <ul> <li>abstract:</li></b> to be added </li></ul><br><br><br><br><br> </body>