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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Native American art Native American art Hans-Ulrich Sanner,Ethnologisches Museum Berlin.,Peter Bolz "Catalog and exhibition both begin with a prologue that looks critically at the cliche images that still influence the public conception of North American Indians. The less-well-known German contribu… OL12863545W
Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies Dan Hicks,Mary Carolyn Beaudry The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies introduces and reviews current thinking in the interdisciplinary field of material culture studies. Drawing together approaches from archaeology, anthr… OL15410646W
Art of the Far North Art of the Far North Carol Finley Provides a brief history of the Inuit people and discusses their customs as a background for understanding their sculpture, drawing, and printmaking. OL1841579W
The art of silver jewellery The art of silver jewellery Rene Van Der Star,Ien Rappold,Hugo Krijger,John Beringen,Michiel Elsevier Stokmans "In thirty years of travel and passionate research, Rene van der Star has collected and catalogued with philological rigor an exceptional collection of silver jewellery from the most remote villages … OL18455529W
Archaeologies of Sexuality Archaeologies of Sexuality Barbara L. Voss,Robert A. Schmidt Status, age and gender have long been accepted aspects of archaeological enquiry, yet it is only recently that archaeologists have started seriously to consider the role of sex and sexuality in their… OL19131298W
The Casma city of El Purgatorio The Casma city of El Purgatorio Melissa A. Vogel Through analysis of the excavation sites and material culture of the major urban center of the Inka Casma polity, El Purgatorio, Vogel explores a transformative time in the pre-Hispanic Inka Empire. OL19735963W
Between pen and pixel Between pen and pixel Aaron Kashtan "Through case studies of the work of Alison Bechdel, Matt Kindt, Lynda Barry, Carla Speed McNeil, Chris Ware, and Randall Munroe, this monograph argues that paying attention to comics helps us unders… OL19750946W
Eating in the side room Eating in the side room Mark S. Warner Warner uses the archaeological data on food remains recovered from excavations in Annapolis, Maryland, as the point of departure for a broader look at the centrality of material culture in the constr… OL20018464W
Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain Gabriel Moshenska Modern warfare is a unique cultural phenomenon. While many conflicts in history have produced dramatic shifts in human behaviour, the industrialized nature of modern war possesses a material and ps… OL20927963W
Diversity of sacrifice Diversity of sacrifice Carrie Ann Murray "Explores sacrificial practices across a range of contexts from prehistory to the present. The term 'sacrifice' belies what is a complex and varied transhistorical and transcultural phenomenon. Bring… OL22316131W
Ruin memories Ruin memories Bjørnar Olsen "Since the 19th century, mass-production, consumerism and cycles of material replacement have accelerated; increasingly larger amounts of things are increasingly rapidly victimized and made redundant… OL23325834W
Honouring tradition Honouring tradition Beth Carter,Melanie Kjorlien "Dispels the traditional view that historical objects are artifacts and separate from contemporary Aboriginal practice. Rather, Aboriginal art from the late 1800s through the present is merged to hig… OL24270076W
The American Indian The American Indian David W. Penney In the winter of 2012/2013, De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam is hosting an exhibition about the artistic traditions of American Indians, the indigenous peoples of the North American continent. Exploring s… OL26187875W
Vanishing worlds Vanishing worlds Winfield Coleman,Adam Mekler,Dirk R. Van Tuerenhout,Russell A. Mittermeier,Daphne Lane Beneke Today, the Amazon is one of the world's most diversified regions, encompassing the rainforests of northeastern South America and the vibrant cultures of approximately 200 Indian tribes. Invisible to … OL28760227W
Tell el-Burak I Tell el-Burak I Hélène S. Sader,Jens Kamlah A Unique Monumental Building dating to the early part of the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 1900-1700BCE) was uncovered at the southern Lebanese coast by the joint Lebanese-German excavation project at Tell … OL32464516W
The age of homespun The age of homespun Laurel Thatcher Ulrich They began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of award-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, fourteen domestic items from preindustrial America - ranging from a linen tableclot… OL3529078W
The Noice collection of Copper Inuit material culture The Noice collection of Copper Inuit material culture James W. VanStone The collections of the Field Museum of Natural History contain 234 ethnographic objects collected among the Copper Inuit of the Northwest Territories, Canada, in 1919-1921 by Harold Noice. The artifa… OL5122872W
Pop Culture With Character Pop Culture With Character Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg 271 p. : 29 cm OL9854869W