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The volume reports the results of four seasons of excavation at Tell es-Sweyhat, an Early Bronze Age urban center located on the margins of the dry-farming zone in Syria. A goal of the project has been to integrate traditional archaeological methods and the applied sciences. Results to date suggest that the site, though several kilometers from the Euphrates River, was well-situated for exploiting upland pastures. Geomagnetic mapping reveals de...

The health impacts of changing behavior and lifestyle in a range of prehistoric, historic, and extant populations are examined in this volume. Of particular interest to the authors is the identification of issues that link past and present, and the ability of research on disease in the past to shed light on modern health problems.MASCA Vol. 9

A preliminary analysis of this dialect of Athabascan spoken by North American tribes living in southwestern Oregon and northwestern California. The Chasta Costa formerly occupied part of the lower Rouge River valley.Anthropological Publications: II/2

Published jointly with the Committee on African Affairs under the editorship of H. A. Wieschhoff, these remaining volumes from the series Africa Handbooks describe the conditions and significant issues facing the continent during and immediately following World War II.Africa Handbooks 2

The 17 figurines published here are but a small sample of the objects excavated more than 100 years ago at the Bronze Age necropolis at the site of Ayia Paraskevi in Cyprus. Vassos Karageorghis introduces the volume with an insightful essay on the significance of the site and one of its early excavators, Max Ohnefalsch-Richter. Terence Brennan contributes information on the history of the Museum's acquisition of these pieces based on a 12-year...

Seasonal fluctuations constrain the food production options of nonindustrial peoples. How do people cope with these constraints and what are the consequences of seasonality for human health and well-being? The papers in this volume address these issues from a variety of perspectives. Included are studies of physiological responses to seasonal scarcity, seasonality research in archaeology, and ethnographic case studies of the role of seasonalit...

In 1989 Ernest Allen bequeathed a fine collection of 25 classical vases and terracottas to Haverford College. The range of objects includes a Mycenean stirrup jar, a selection of black- and red-figure vases, a white-ground lekythos, several fine archaic terracottas, and two Duver plaques with colorful striding griffins. Dr. Ashmead presents an overview of each object and its significance along with a scholarly approach to complete detailed des...

The papers in this volume clearly demonstrate the importance of investigating organic residues to elucidate crucial aspects of ancient life such as agriculture, trade, ritual practice. Much of the information presented here could only have been derived using scientific techniques of analysis. MASCA Vol. 7

The major essay by renowned art historian J. J. Brody traces the development of southwestern pottery from the prehistoric Anasazi through modern Pueblo. A section on pottery technology examines the different types of clays and details the pottery-makings process. Rebecca Allen has contributed an essay on the history of the Museum's southwestern collection, providing insights into the personalities of the collectors and the ways their personal ...

Mark H. Rose is Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University. Bruce E. Seely is Professor of History at Michigan Technological University. Paul F. Barrett was Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Humanities at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Homo NarransThe Poetics and Anthropology of Oral LiteratureJohn D. NilesAwarded second place in the 2000 Chicago Folklore Prize competition"Linking the performed word of the present with the textual record of the past, Homo Narrans brings together, in mutually productive ways, what have often been contrasted--folklore and literature. This readable and accessible exploration suggests that narrative and narrating are essential ways humanity fash...

Barbarian Tides The Migration Age and the Later Roman Empire Walter Goffart "Goffart has produced yet another major study on the migration of the Northern barbarians into the late Roman Empire. Although called a sequel to his Barbarians and Romans, this is a completely rethought, significantly expanded and rewritten version."--Choice "An important book which should be read attentively by all scholars of the late Roman West and early medieval...

Sally Neighbour is a reporter with the Australian Broadcasting Company's investigative journalism program Four Corners, a writer for The Australian newspaper and winner of three Walkley Awards, Australia's most coveted prize for excellence in journalism. Her previous book was In the Shadow of Swords: On the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia.

Group HarmonyThe Black Urban Roots of Rhythm and BluesStuart L. GoosmanIn 1948, the Orioles, a Baltimore-based vocal group, recorded "It's Too Soon to Know." Combining the sound of Tin Pan Alley with gospel and blues sensibilities, the Orioles saw their first hit reach #13 on the pop charts, thus introducing the nation to vocal rhythm & blues and paving the way for the most successful groups of the 1950s.In the first scholarly treatment of thi...

Animal Characters" follows five species through the literature of early modern Europe. The horse, the parrot, the cat, the turkey, and the sheep all undergo a dramatic change in character as European writers begin to develop a new interest in--and understanding of--human character in its relation to literature.

Based on exclusive interviews with the top surviving Khmer Rouge leader, Nuon Chea, this book tells the story of a man who began as an idealistic freedom fighter and wound up involved in one of the worst atrocities of the twentieth century, Cambodia's Killing Fields.

Karla Mallette is Associate Professor of Italian and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan. She is the author of The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250: A Literary History, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Daniel J. Whelan teaches politics and international relations at Hendrix College.

Speaking of the MoorFrom "Alcazar" to "Othello"Emily C. Bartels"Bartels is one of the first, and certainly one of the most influential, literary critics to emphasize the crucial point that before the onset of the Atlantic slave trade, Africa's place in early modern English conceptualizations was open ended. She shows with great clarity that narratives of Africa were diverse and unpredictable."--Mary Floyd-Wilson, University of North Carolina a...

Domenic Vitiello teaches city and regional planning at the University of Pennsylvania. George E. Thomas teaches urban studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is coauthor (with David B. Brownlee) of Building America's First University: An Historical and Architectural Guide to the University of Pennsylvania.