Archaeology In Antarctica
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Archaeology In Antarctica
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Author : Andrés Zarankin
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-12-30
Archaeology In Antarctica written by Andrés Zarankin and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-30 with Social Science categories.
Archaeology in Antarctica outlines the history of archaeology in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic. The book details for the first time all past archaeological work in Antarctica, relating to both its use for conservation and research purposes, drawing on published, unpublished and oral information. This work has addressed historic and current scientific bases, explorers’ huts, whaling stations and sealing shelters. The ongoing and long-term research on the sealing shelters and sites in the South Shetland Islands features prominently. The archaeology enables new perspectives on the impact of global modernity and empire in the Antarctic and challenges established dominant discourses on the ‘heroic’ nature of human interaction with the continent. The work on sealing sites gives voice to the experiences of the sealer as a subaltern group previously largely overlooked by historical sources. This book will appeal to students and researchers in archaeology, history and heritage as well as readers interested in the human and historical aspects of Antarctica’s past and present.
Antarctica And The Humanities
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Author : Roberts Peder
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-08-31
Antarctica And The Humanities written by Roberts Peder and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-31 with History categories.
The continent for science is also a continent for the humanities. Despite having no indigenous human population, Antarctica has been imagined in powerful, innovative, and sometimes disturbing ways that reflect politics and culture much further north. Antarctica has become an important source of data for natural scientists working to understand global climate change. As this book shows, the tools of literary studies, history, archaeology, and more, can likewise produce important insights into the nature of the modern world and humanity more broadly.
Australia In Antarctica
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Author : Ted Hopkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Australia In Antarctica written by Ted Hopkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Antarctica categories.
Anu Tara Tiki
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Author : Lorraine Saint-Hubert
language : en
Publisher: Glrd Publications
Release Date : 2020-03-04
Anu Tara Tiki written by Lorraine Saint-Hubert and has been published by Glrd Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-04 with Fiction categories.
The discovery in Antarctica by Emile, a modest French tourist, of a fragment of antique stele covered with cuneiform writing triggers a merciless fight between greedy businessmen and idealistic scientists. Professor Samuel Kahn, an American sumerologist at Harvard, sees this stone as an opportunity to make his fortune by selling it to an industrial mega-group interested in exploiting the sub-soil of Antarctica. Father Dorian Green, a former Irish catholic priest and Oxford-based unconventional archaeologist, hopes this artifact will prove his theory that there was a forgotten primary global civilization, whose remains lie under the ice of the Antarctic continent. Kate, a French young woman au-pair with the Kahn family and Kevin, English archeology student at Oxford, find themselves embarked in the adventure of a lifetime...
The Shore Whaling Stations At South Georgia
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Author : Bjørn L. Basberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Shore Whaling Stations At South Georgia written by Bjørn L. Basberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Industrial archaeology categories.
Boken tar for seg temaene hvalfangst og industriell arkeologi. Restene av hvalfangststasjonene i Sør-Georgia er i fokus. Den første halvdelen av 1900-tallet var disse stasjonene senteret for hvalfangst i Antarktis. Etter dette har de blitt forlatt og har forfalt gjennom naturlige prosesser, men de forteller stadig en historie om denne tiden. Denne boken tar for seg Sør-Georgias historie fra de første oppdagelsene, hvalfangstindustrien på 1900-tallet og utviklingen etterpå, og tar særlig opp hvordan hvalfangststasjonene var bygd og drevet. Boken er gjennomillustrert med fotografier, de fleste i farger.
Against Typological Tyranny In Archaeology
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Author : Cristóbal Gnecco
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-10-25
Against Typological Tyranny In Archaeology written by Cristóbal Gnecco and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-25 with Social Science categories.
The papers in this book question the tyranny of typological thinking in archaeology through case studies from various South American countries (Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil) and Antarctica. They aim to show that typologies are unavoidable (they are, after all, the way to create networks that give meanings to symbols) but that their tyranny can be overcome if they are used from a critical, heuristic and non-prescriptive stance: critical because the complacent attitude towards their tyranny is replaced by a militant stance against it; heuristic because they are used as means to reach alternative and suggestive interpretations but not as ultimate and definite destinies; and non-prescriptive because instead of using them as threads to follow they are rather used as constitutive parts of more complex and connective fabrics. The papers included in the book are diverse in temporal and locational terms. They cover from so called Formative societies in lowland Venezuela to Inca-related ones in Bolivia; from the coastal shell middens of Brazil to the megalithic sculptors of SW Colombia. Yet, the papers are related. They have in common their shared rejection of established, naturalized typologies that constrain the way archaeologists see, forcing their interpretations into well known and predictable conclusions. Their imaginative interpretative proposals flee from the secure comfort of venerable typologies, many suspicious because of their association with colonial political narratives. Instead, the authors propose novel ways of dealing with archaeological data.
The Ship Beneath The Ice
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Author : Mensun Bound
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2022-10-27
The Ship Beneath The Ice written by Mensun Bound and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Sunday Times Bestseller and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month. Over one hundred years after its wreck, Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the depths of the most hostile sea on Earth. The Ship Beneath the Ice is the astonishing story of the ship and its discovery, told by Mensun Bound, the Director of Exploration on the Endurance22 Expedition. 'As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration . . . Bound’s account is a triumph' – Sunday Times On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, finally succumbed to the crushing ice. Its crew watched in silence as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, it was gone. The miraculous escape and survival of all twenty-eight men on board have entered legend. And yet, the iconic ship that bore them to the brink of the Antarctic was considered forever lost. A century later, an audacious plan to locate the ship was hatched. The Ship Beneath the Ice gives a blow-by-blow account of the two epic expeditions to find the Endurance. As with Shackleton’s own story, the voyages were filled with intense drama and teamwork under pressure. In March 2022, the Endurance was finally found to headlines all over the world. Written by Mensun Bound, maritime archaeologist and Director of Exploration in the search to find the Endurance, this captivating narrative recounts incredible stories of Shackleton and his legendary ship, and the journey to its rediscovery. Beautifully illustrated with Frank Hurley’s photos from Shackleton’s original voyage in 1914–17, as well as from the expeditions in 2019 and 2022, The Ship Beneath the Ice is the perfect tribute to this monumental discovery. 'The story of Shackleton’s Endurance is one of the most extraordinary in the history of exploration. This is more than just an astonishing sequel. It is a tale just as powerful, and one which redefines the meaning of impossible' – Sir Michael Palin
The Cambridge History Of The Polar Regions
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Author : Adrian Howkins
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2023-05-11
The Cambridge History Of The Polar Regions written by Adrian Howkins and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-11 with History categories.
The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions is a landmark collection drawing together the history of the Arctic and Antarctica from the earliest times to the present. Structured as a series of thematic chapters, an international team of scholars offer a range of perspectives from environmental history, the history of science and exploration, cultural history, and the more traditional approaches of political, social, economic, and imperial history. The volume considers the centrality of Indigenous experience and the urgent need to build action in the present on a thorough understanding of the past. Using historical research based on methods ranging from archives and print culture to archaeology and oral histories, these essays provide fresh analyses of the discovery of Antarctica, the disappearance of Sir John Franklin, the fate of the Norse colony in Greenland, the origins of the Antarctic Treaty, and much more. This is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of our planet.
Deception Island
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Author : Judith A. Boss
language : en
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
Release Date : 2015-03-25
Deception Island written by Judith A. Boss and has been published by The Wild Rose Press Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-25 with Fiction categories.
While at an archaeology dig in Afghanistan, evolutionary anthropologist Rachel St. Claire discovers a pendant with strange shifting symbols. Not long after, she receives an urgent call from her colleague, Dr. Grace McAllister, insisting Rachel come to Antarctica to examine an unusual body with ethereal properties found in an ice cave. Before Rachel can respond, bandits storm the desert dig site. Just as they are about to seize Rachel, a helicopter appears with Trevor Brookenridge, a handsome polar geophysicist sent by his Aunt Grace to bring Rachel to Antarctica. Sparks fly, but Rachel already has a fiancé. Rachel must decide who she can trust when a group of bioterrorists engaged in secret genetic experiments in an abandoned World War II Nazi base under the Antarctic ice sheet come after the pendant--and her. For it seems everyone knows a secret Rachel does not, one which will change her life forever.
Historical Archaeology And Environment
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Author : Marcos André Torres de Souza
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-07-20
Historical Archaeology And Environment written by Marcos André Torres de Souza and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-20 with Social Science categories.
This edited volume gathers contributions focused on understanding the environment through the lens of Historical Archaeology. Pressing issues such as climate change, global warming, the Anthropocene and loss of biodiversity have pushed scholars from different areas to examine issues related to the causes, processes, and consequences of these phenomena. While traditional barriers between natural and social sciences have been torn down, these issues have gradually occupied a central place in the field of anthropology. As archaeology involves the transdisciplinary study of cultural and natural evidence related to the past, it is in a privileged position to discuss the historical depth of some of the processes related to environment that are deeply affecting the world today. This volume brings together substantial and comprehensive contributions to the understanding of the environment in a historical perspective along three lines of inquiry: Theoretical and methodological approaches to the environment in Historical Archaeology Studies on environmental Historical Archaeology Historical Archaeology and the Anthropocene Historical Archaeology and Environment will be of interest to researchers in both social and environmental sciences, working in different disciplines and research areas, such as archaeology, history, geography, anthropology, climate change studies, environmental analysis and sustainable development studies.