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  • The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry

    The Golden Smile through the Ages

    by Jean MacIntosh Turfa, Marshall J. Becker ...
    Series series Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
    The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry offers a study of the construction and use of gold dental appliances in ancient Etruscan culture, and their place within the framework of a general history of dentistry, with special emphasis on appliances, from Bronze Age Mesopotamia and Egypt to modern Europe and the Americas. Included are many of the ancient literary sources that refer to dentistry - ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

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  • Textiles and Textile Production in Europe

    From Prehistory to AD 400

    Edited by Margarita Gleba, Ulla Mannering ...
    Series Book 11 - Ancient Textiles
    There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function. Textiles express who we are - our gender, age, family affiliation, occupation, religion, ethnicity and social, political, economic and legal status. Besides expressing our identity, textiles protect us from the harsh conditions of the environment, whether as clothes or shelter. We ... Read more

    $47.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Menswear of the Lombards. Reflections in the light of archeology, iconography and written sources

    by Yuri Godino ...
    Series series Living History
    Often considered to be “the most barbaric among barbarian populations”, the Lombards actually boast one of the most prosperous and complex civilizations of the Migration Period, able to bequeath refined cultural and artistic treasures, as well as enchanting crafts. This paper aims at focusing on menswear, a cornerstone of the Lombard culture which used to be an essential expression of status for ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ceramics, Cuisine and Culture

    The archaeology and science of kitchen pottery in the ancient Mediterranean world

    Edited by Michela Spataro, Alexandra Villing ...
    The 23 papers presented here are the product of the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and approaches to the study of kitchen pottery between archaeologists, material scientists, historians and ethnoarchaeologists. They aim to set a vital but long-neglected category of evidence in its wider social, political and economic contexts. Structured around main themes concerning technical aspects of ... Read more

    $39.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Peter Paul Rubens

    Sketches and drawings

    by Daniel Coenn ...
    Series series My Pocket Gallery
    Concise. Essential. Annotated. These three words describe what the books in My Pocket Gallery gives readers.This Art Book contains annotated reproductions of Peter Paul Rubens masterpieces, date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all e-readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for ... Read more

    $3.19 CAD

  • Resurrecting Pompeii

    by Estelle Lazer ...
    Resurrecting Pompeii provides an in-depth study of a unique site from antiquity with information about a population who all died from the same known cause within a short period of time.Pompeii has been continuously excavated and studied since 1748. Early scholars working in Pompeii and other sites associated with the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius were seduced by the wealth of artefacts and wall ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Why Millions Died

    Before the War on Infectious Diseases

    by George H. Scherr ...
    Why Millions Died reviews the painfully slow development of research by isolated investigators who believed that diseases could be caused by infectious organisms. The brutally contentious and vivid arguments that raged between the proponents of the germ theory of disease and those who condemned it from both the scientific community and the pulpits delayed the implementation of vaccines and ... Read more

    $49.69 CAD

  • The Etruscan World

    Edited by Jean MacIntosh Turfa ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    The Etruscans can be shown to have made significant, and in some cases perhaps the first, technical advances in the central and northern Mediterranean. To the Etruscan people we can attribute such developments as the tie-beam truss in large wooden structures, surveying and engineering drainage and water tunnels, the development of the foresail for fast long-distance sailing vessels, fine ... Read more

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  • The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy

    Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems

    by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow ...
    Series series Studies in the History of Greece and Rome
    The Romans developed sophisticated methods for managing hygiene, including aqueducts for moving water from one place to another, sewers for removing used water from baths and runoff from walkways and roads, and public and private latrines. Through the archeological record, graffiti, sanitation-related paintings, and literature, Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow explores this little-known world of bathrooms ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Wearing the Cloak

    Dressing the Soldier in Roman Times

    Edited by Marie-Louise Nosch, Henriette Koefoed ...
    Series Book 10 - Ancient Textiles
    Wearing the Cloak contains nine stimulating chapters on Roman military textiles and equipment that take textile research to a new level. Hear the sounds of the Roman soldiers' clacking belts and get a view on their purchase orders with Egyptian weavers. Could armour be built of linen? Who had access to what kinds of prestigious equipment? And what garments and weapons were deposited in bogs at the ... Read more

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  • Making Textiles in pre-Roman and Roman Times

    People, Places, Identities

    Edited by Margarita Gleba, Judit Pásztókai-Szeőke ...
    Series Book 13 - Ancient Textiles
    Textile production is an economic necessity that has confronted all societies in the past. While most textiles were manufactured at a household level, valued textiles were traded over long distances and these trade networks were influenced by raw material supply, labour skills, costs, as well as by regional traditions. This was true in the Mediterranean regions andMaking Textiles in pre-Roman and ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women in Antiquity

    Real Women across the Ancient World

    Edited by Stephanie Lynn Budin, Jean Macintosh Turfa ...
    Series series Rewriting Antiquity
    This volume gathers brand new essays from some of the most respected scholars of ancient history, archaeology, and physical anthropology to create an engaging overview of the lives of women in antiquity. The book is divided into ten sections, nine focusing on a particular area, and also includes almost 200 images, maps, and charts. The sections cover Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Cyprus, the ... Read more

    $92.06 CAD