Archaeology — Markus Wiener Publishers

Subject: Archaeology

African Sites Archaeology in the Caribbean
	Haviser, Jay B. Subject: Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Archaeology	This book examines archaeological research about African peoples who were brought to the Caribbean, as well as their descendants in the twentieth century. These contributions cover a wide geographic sample of regions and range from Caribbean studies to individual investigations … More Information

Ancient African Civilizations: Kush and Axum, Third Edition
	Burstein, Stanley (editor) Subject: Africa, World Literature, Archaeology	The first edition of this book provided teachers of African history, for the first time, with fully annotated translations of the most important Greek and Roman sources for the history of these two remarkable ancient African civilizations. The new edition … More Information

Ancient South Arabia: From the Queen of Sheba to the Advent of Islam
	Schippman, Klaus (translated by Allison Brown) Subject: Middle East, Archaeology,Relion	At a crossroads between Africa, Asia, and Europe, the South Arabian kingdoms were major commercial and cultural players in world history. Their art and architecture, and especially their irrigation system, featuring a gigantic dam high in the mountains, give witness … More Information

Architectural Heritage of the Caribbean: An A-Z of Historic Buildings
	Gravette, Andrew Subject: Latin America, Caribbean	Better known for its land and sea, the Caribbean is also home to a wealth of historic buildings. As a region colonized by Spanish, French, British, and Dutch settlers, its architecture reflects an unparalleled variety of colonial influences. Its buildings … More Information

Leo Frobenius on African History, Art, and Culture: An Anthology
	Frobenius, Leo (edited by Eike Haberland; preface by Léopold Sédar Senghor) Subject: Africa, Archaeology, Art History	Leo Frobenius’ pivotal works on African culture represented a landmark study in ethnography. His writings, when discovered by young African intellectuals studying in Europe in the early 1900s, reverberated throughout the community of Africans in search of cultural legitimacy. Frobenius … More Information

Olympia: Cult, Sport, and Ancient Festival
	Sinn, Ulrich (translated by Thomas Thornton) Subject: World History	In antiquity, Olympia stood for sports. A victory at the Olympic games led to lifelong honors and often to a political career and wealth. Alexander the Great and other kings and emperors as well as wealthy and powerful men and … More Information

The Kingdom of Kush
	Welsby, Derek A. Subject: Africa	When Rome was a small village and the Greek city-states held sway over minuscule territories, the Kushites ruled an empire stretching from central Sudan to the borders of Palestine. During the eighth and seventh centuries B.C.E., its rulers controlled Egypt … More Information

The Lure of Antiquity and the Cult of the Machine: The Kunstkammer and the Evolution of Nature, Art and Technology
	Bredekamp, Horst (introduction by Anthony T. Grafton; translated by Allison Brown) Subject: Europe	Translated into six languages The Kunstkammer was a programmatic display of art and oddities amassed by wealthy Europeans during the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. These nascent museums reflected the ambitions of such thinkers as Descartes, Locke, and Kepler … More Information