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Agency In Archaeology Description: In this text, 19 internationally renowned scholars discuss nine theoretically based case studies ranging in subject from the late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers to the restructuring of gender relations in the US.... Read More about the "Agency In Archaeology" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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An Archaeology Of Natural Places Description: In studying settlements and monuments, archaeologists have learnt a great deal about the ways in which these sites were used during prehistory. This volume explores why natural places such as caves, mountains, springs and rivers assumed a sacred character in European prehistory, and how the evidence for this can be analyzed in the field. It shows how established research on votive deposits, rock art and production sites can contribute to a more imaginative approach to the prehistoric landscape, and can even shed light on the origins of monumental architecture. The discussion is illustrated through a wide range of European examples, and three extended case studies.... Read More about the "An Archaeology Of Natural Places" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Collecting In A Consumer Society Description: With a new preface, this new paperback edition outlines the history of museum collecting from ancient civilizations to the present. It also looks at aspects of consumer culture - advertising, department stores, mass merchandising, consumer desire, and how this relates to the activity of collecting... Read More about the "Collecting In A Consumer Society" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Critical Approaches To Fieldwork Description: This work takes as its starting point the role of fieldwork and how this has changed over the past 150 years. The author argues against progressive accounts of fieldwork and instead places it in its broader intellectual context to critically examine the relationship between theoretical paradigms and everyday archaeological practice. In providing a historical and critical evaluation of current practice in archaeology, this book opens up a topic of debate which affects all archaeologists, whatever their particular interests.... Read More about the "Critical Approaches To Fieldwork" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Early Mesopotamia Description: Old World civilization began in the Near East, in the Nile Valley and in Mesopotamia, where two very different cultures prospered. Egypt, isolated as it was within the Nile Valley, largely failed to export its culture. Early Mesopotamia, however, exerted its influence throughout the Near Eastern world. This work assesses the influence of this culture, examining modern scholarship in the light of archaeological discovery.;Early Mesopotamia has left us with an abundance of inscribed clay tablets from a wide variety of sources, from government institutions and diplomatic correspondence, to legal proceedings and private correspondence. With the help of illustrations and quotations from these documents, this work reveals the organization of the world`s first urban society. Surprisingly modern at times, this ancient culture was technologically and socially innovative, as well as acutely self-analytical and dominated by bureaucracy and commerce. The study integrates historical and archaeological data which has been largely scattered in specialist literature.... Read More about the "Early Mesopotamia" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Hands-on Exhibitions Description: The development of interactive displays has transformed the traditional museum world in the last decade. Visitors are no longer satisfied by simply gazing at worthy displays in glass cases - they expect to have hands-on experience of the objects and be actively involved with the exhibits, learning informally and being entertained simultaneously. Hands-on museums and science centres provide the most remarkable example of how museums are redefining their roles in society - improving access to real objects and real phenomena, so that they can be enjoyed by more people. In recent years museums have been thrust into intense competition for the public`s time and money with all branches of the leisure industry, from commercial theme parks to retail shopping and home entertainment. This has upset the traditional stability of the museum and their visitors. A hands-on approach encourages a broader visitor base, which in turn helps to bring in additional revenue at a time of declining public subsidy. Tim Caulton investigates how to create and operate effective exhibitions which achieve their educational objectives through hands-on access.;He concludes that the continuing success of hands-on museums and science centres hinges on attaining the very best practice in exhibition design and evaluation, and in all aspects of operations, including marketing and financial and human resource management.... Read More about the "Hands-on Exhibitions" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Interpreting Objects And Collections Description: Bringing together papers on the interpretation of objects and collections, this volume examines how people relate to material culture and why they collect things.... Read More about the "Interpreting Objects And Collections" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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King Arthur Description: King Arthur is often written off as a medieval fantasy, the dream of those yearning for an age of strong, just rulers and a contended kingdom. Those who accept his existence at all generally discard the stories that surround him. This exciting new investigation argues not only that Arthur did exist, as a Dark Age chieftain, but that many of the romantic tales - of Merlin, Camelot and Excalibur - are rooted in truth.In his quest for the real King Arthur, Rodney Castleden uses up-to-date archaeological and documentary evidence to recreate the history and society of Dark Age Britain and its kings. He revives the possibility that Tintagel was an Arthurian legend, and proposes a radical new theory - that Arthur escaped alive from his final battle. A location is even suggested for perhaps the greatest mystery, the whereabouts of Arthur`s grave.King Arthur: the Truth Behind the Legend offers a more complete picture of Arthur`s Britain and his place in it than ever before. The book`s bold approach andcompelling arguments will be welcomed by all readers with an interest in Arthuriana.... Read More about the "King Arthur" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Learning In The Museum Description: Over the last 20 years, museum professionals have become increasingly aware of the educational role of museums and have begun to re-evaluate the relationship between museums and their visitors. Museum visits tend to be brief, infrequent events requiring less time and effort than most educational activities. Can adults and children alike learn anything from such fleeting exposure, let alone find the experience profound and meaningful? This text confronts these issues and shows how research in visitor studies and the philosophy of education can be applied to facilitate a meaningful educational experience in museums. Learning in the Museum begins with a brief history of education in public museums, and a rigorous examination of how the educational theories of Dewey, Piaget, Vygotsky and subsequent theorists relate to learning in the museum. A survey of the wide range of research methods employed in visitor studies is illustrated with examples taken from museums around the world.;George Hein concludes that visitors can best learn when knowledge is actively constructed in their own minds, in exhibitions which are physically, socially, and intellectually accessible to every single visitor. He shows how museums can adapt to create this kind of environment, to provide what he calls the Constructivist Museum. As well as providing a meaningful theoretical basis to museum education, this volume serves as a practical guide for all museum professionals on how to adapt their museums to maximise the educational experience of every visitor.... Read More about the "Learning In The Museum" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Managing Museums And Galleries Description: Michael A. Fopp examines the highly sophisticated principles and techniques of modern business management from the perspective of museums and galleries and delineates their practical application. This volume surveys the day-to-day issues of time management, delegation and recruitment to the problems of strategic planning and initiating and controlling conflict and change. The study incorporates the needs of both the independent and national sectors and discusses the links between the museum and commerce.... Read More about the "Managing Museums And Galleries" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Minoans Description: In the short time that has elapsed since Sir Arthur Evans rediscovered the Minoans in the early 1900s, the people of Bronze Age Crete have become a fixture in European prehistory. We have defined a whole string of cultural traits that make the Minoan personality.;The Minoans were an elegant and graceful people, lithe and athletic, refined aesthetes who surrounded themselves with sophisticated architecture and beautiful objects. They were nature lovers and lovers of peace - the inhabitants of each city-state living in harmony with their neighbours. With fleets controlling the seas surrounding Crete, they were collectively strong and ruled by a great and powerful King of Knossos called Minos.;But how far does the work of subsequent archaeologists in Crete support this widely-held view of Minoans? It is appropriate, as we approach the centenary of Evans` historic excavation, to take stock of the evidence. Rodney Castleden has extended the new interpretation he began in The Knossos Labyrinth. Embodying the fruits of recent archaeological research, he has produced a new vision of the peoples of Minoan Crete.... Read More about the "Minoans" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Museum Exhibition Description: This textbook considers exhibition development from an integrated approach from theory to practice. The study covers a range of exhibitions, collection care of exhibits, exhibition evaluation and administration, content and text development for exhibitions and computer usage. It provides an complete outline for all those concerned with providing displays for museums and similar cultural heritage contexts.... Read More about the "Museum Exhibition" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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