Exploring the cultural role of cycads in the ancient and modern Mesoamerican and Caribbean worlds, this volume demonstrates how these ancient plants have figured prominently in regional mythologies, rituals, art, and foodways from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition to the present.
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Discussing case studies from the Pleistocene through Late Holocene periods, this volume offers a robust examination of houses as not only places of shelter but also of memory, history, and social cohesion within mobile cultures.
This volume synthesizes 25 years of new data and hypotheses on the sacred Andean site of Pachacamac, a sanctuary that has an enduring presence in Peruvian history and plays a pivotal role in the formation of current views about religion and thought in the pre-Hispanic period.
Exploring practical applications of digital and computational approaches to heritage studies and archaeology, this volume addresses digitization at museums and other heritage institutions, public and community engagement with archaeology using digital tools, and the teaching of digital methods to both students and professionals.
Exploring practical applications of digital and computational approaches to heritage studies and archaeology, this volume discusses methods for preparing and analyzing archaeological data, case studies that focus on data structuring, and topics related to ethics and professionalism in the field.
This volume examines shifting social identities, lived experiences, and networks of interaction in Mexico during the Mesoamerican Formative period, an era that helped produce some of the world’s most renowned complex civilizations, offering a new and holistic view of the region over two thousand years of history.
In this firsthand look at the landscape of community news today, photojournalist John Pendygraft uses his own experiences to show why trusted local reporting matters now more than ever, making the case that the decline of local journalism threatens the future of democracy.
Representing current and emerging methods and theory, this volume introduces new avenues for exploring how prehistoric and historic communities provided healthcare for their sick, injured, and disabled members.
Examining the historic Black community of Timbuctoo, New Jersey, this book illuminates the intersectionality of life at the village and the ways Black residents resisted the marginalizing structures of race and class.
In this book, Dale Hutchinson traces the history of American healthcare and wellbeing from the colonial era to the present, drawing on evidence from material culture and historical documents.