Verre forten, Vreemde kusten
Nederlandse verdedigingswerken overzee
Onder redactie van Kees Ampt, Ad Littel en Edwin Paar | 2017
Nederlanders hebben door de eeuwen heen forten en andere verdedigingswerken op vele locaties ver van Nederland gebouwd. Meestal dienden deze ter bescherming van Nederlandse belangen. Denk hierbij aan de Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) en de…
Religion, cults & rituals in the medieval rural environment
Religion, Kulte und Rituale in der mittelalterlichen bäuerlichen Umgebung | Réligion, cultes et rituels au milieu rural médiéval
Edited by Christiane Bis-Worch & Claudia Theune | 2017
The study of belief, faith and religious practices can provide a deep insight into historical societies, whether Christian, Muslim, Jewish or pagan. They form a constant of human behaviour. Through religion, cult and rituals, multi-layered…
European Archaeology: Identities & Migrations
Archéologie européenne: Identités & Migrations
Edited by Laurence Manolakakis, Nathan Schlanger, Anick Coudart | 2017
As it appears in diverse guises – and notably as a founding narrative – the past is at the core of every functioning human society. The idea that the past can be known through scientific…
Drawing Lithic Artefacts
Yannick Raczynski-Henk | 2017
Stone Age researchers spend a lot of time studying and documenting lithic artefacts. Since it is impossible to study all these artefacts physically, they often rely on images. Drawings are often the most informative because…
Treasures in Trusted Hands
Negotiating the Future of Colonial Cultural Objects
Jos van Beurden | 2017
This pioneering study charts the one-way traffic of cultural and historical objects during five centuries of European colonialism. It presents abundant examples of disappeared colonial objects and systematises these into war booty, confiscations by missionaries…
The Interactive Past
Archaeology, Heritage, and Video Games
Edited by Angus A.A. Mol, Csilla E. Ariese, Krijn H.J. Boom & Aris Politopoulos | 2017
Video games, even though they are one of the present’s quintessential media and cultural forms, also have a surprising and many-sided relation with the past. From seminal series like Sid Meier’s Civilization or Assassin’s Creed…
Sailors, Musicians and Monks
The Leatherwork from Dra‘ Abu el Naga (Luxor, Egypt)
André J. Veldmeijer, with contributions by Daniel Polz and Ute Rummel | 2017
This volume describes, illustrates, and analysis the finds from the excavations at Dra‘ Abu el-Naga, an important necropolis on the east bank of the Nile in Luxor (Egypt), which was in use from Middle Kingdom…
Verre forten, Vreemde kusten
Nederlandse verdedigingswerken overzee
Onder redactie van Kees Ampt, Ad Littel en Edwin Paar | 2017
Nederlanders hebben door de eeuwen heen forten en andere verdedigingswerken op vele locaties ver van Nederland gebouwd. Meestal dienden deze ter bescherming van Nederlandse belangen. Denk hierbij aan de Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) en de…
Religion, cults & rituals in the medieval rural environment
Religion, Kulte und Rituale in der mittelalterlichen bäuerlichen Umgebung | Réligion, cultes et rituels au milieu rural médiéval
Edited by Christiane Bis-Worch & Claudia Theune | 2017
The study of belief, faith and religious practices can provide a deep insight into historical societies, whether Christian, Muslim, Jewish or pagan. They form a constant of human behaviour. Through religion, cult and rituals, multi-layered…
European Archaeology: Identities & Migrations
Archéologie européenne: Identités & Migrations
Edited by Laurence Manolakakis, Nathan Schlanger, Anick Coudart | 2017
As it appears in diverse guises – and notably as a founding narrative – the past is at the core of every functioning human society. The idea that the past can be known through scientific…
Drawing Lithic Artefacts
Yannick Raczynski-Henk | 2017
Stone Age researchers spend a lot of time studying and documenting lithic artefacts. Since it is impossible to study all these artefacts physically, they often rely on images. Drawings are often the most informative because…
Treasures in Trusted Hands
Negotiating the Future of Colonial Cultural Objects
Jos van Beurden | 2017
This pioneering study charts the one-way traffic of cultural and historical objects during five centuries of European colonialism. It presents abundant examples of disappeared colonial objects and systematises these into war booty, confiscations by missionaries…
The Interactive Past
Archaeology, Heritage, and Video Games
Edited by Angus A.A. Mol, Csilla E. Ariese, Krijn H.J. Boom & Aris Politopoulos | 2017
Video games, even though they are one of the present’s quintessential media and cultural forms, also have a surprising and many-sided relation with the past. From seminal series like Sid Meier’s Civilization or Assassin’s Creed…
Sailors, Musicians and Monks
The Leatherwork from Dra‘ Abu el Naga (Luxor, Egypt)
André J. Veldmeijer, with contributions by Daniel Polz and Ute Rummel | 2017
This volume describes, illustrates, and analysis the finds from the excavations at Dra‘ Abu el-Naga, an important necropolis on the east bank of the Nile in Luxor (Egypt), which was in use from Middle Kingdom…
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