Ancient Salt

Author : Andrew Frisardi
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781666739183

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Ancient Salt by Andrew Frisardi Pdf

Andrew Frisardi's essays in Ancient Salt are about several modern and contemporary poets--British, American, and Italian. Frisardi offers close readings of these poets, and considers their work in light of the challenges of living and writing amid the extraordinary transformations of the modern era. Some of the poets are religious, some are agnostic or perhaps atheist, but all of them articulate a human-poetic response to modernity: its pluralism, mobility, scientific discoveries, innovations, and unprecedented global awareness; as well as its rootlessness, fragmentation, dehumanizing mechanization, materialism, environmental catastrophes, and even systematic genocide. The subjects of the essays are Scottish poet Edwin Muir (1887-1959); Italian modernist Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970); Irish poet W. B. Yeats (1865-1939); Welsh poet Vernon Watkins (1906-1968); English poet and Blake scholar Kathleen Raine (1908-2003); English poet-editor Peter Russell (1921-2003); American poet and Alaskan homesteader John Haines (1924-2011); English poet Richard Berengarten (formerly Burns) (1943-); and American poet-critic David Mason (1954-). Frisardi's accessible style and extensive knowledge of the thought and learning of these poets as well as of the craft of poetry makes these essays substantial nourishment for poetry lovers and students.

Author : Edward M. Harris,David M. Lewis,David Martin Lewis,Mark Woolmer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781107035881

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The Ancient Greek Economy by Edward M. Harris,David M. Lewis,David Martin Lewis,Mark Woolmer Pdf

Markets, Households and City-States in the Ancient Greek Economy brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy. The essays investigate the role of market-exchange in the economy of the ancient Greek world in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.

Author : Robin Brigand,Olivier Weller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9088903034

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Archaeology of Salt by Robin Brigand,Olivier Weller Pdf

Salt is an invisible object for research in archaeology. However, ancient writings, ethnographic studies and the evidence of archaeological exploitation highlight it as an essential reference for humanity. Both an edible product and a crucial element for food preservation, it has been used by the first human settlements as soon as food storage appeared (Neolithic).As far as the history of food habits (both nutrition and preservation) is concerned, the identification and the use of that resource certainly proves a revolution as meaningful as the domestication of plants and wild animals. On a global scale, the development of new economic forms based on the management of food surplus went along an increased use of saline resources through a specific technical knowledge, aimed at the extraction of salt from its natural supports.Considering the variety of former practices observed until now, a pluralist approach based on human as well as environmental sciences is required. It allows a better knowledge of the historical interactions between our societies and this "white gold", which are well-known from the Middle-Ages, but more hypothetical for earlier times.This publication intends to present the most recent progresses in the field of salt archaeology in Europe and beyond; it also exposes various approaches allowing a thorough understanding of this complex and many-faceted subject. The complementary themes dealt with in this book, the broad chronological and geographical focus, as well as the relevance of the results presented, make this contribution a key synthesis of the most recent research on this universal topic.

Author : Helina Solomon Woldekiros
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781646424733

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The Boundaries of Ancient Trade by Helina Solomon Woldekiros Pdf

Drawing on rich ethnographic data as well as archaeological evidence, The Boundaries of Ancient Trade challenges long-standing conceptions of highly centralized sociopolitical and economic organization and trade along the Afar salt trail—one of the last economically significant caravan-based trade routes in the world. For thousands of years, farmers in the Tigray, Amhara, and Afar regions of Ethiopia and Eritrea have run caravans of nearly 250,000 people and pack animals annually along an eighty-mile route through both cold, high-altitude farmlands and some of the hottest volcanic desert terrain on earth. In her fieldwork, archaeologist Helina Solomon Woldekiros followed the route with her own donkey and camel caravan, observing and interviewing over 150 Arho (caravaners), salt miners, salt cutters, warehouse owners, brokers, shop owners, and salt village residents to model the political economy of the ancient Aksumite state. The first integrated ethnoarchaeological and archaeological research on this legendary route, this volume provides evidence that informal economies and local participation have played a critical role in regional trade and, ultimately, in maintaining the considerable power of the Aksumite state. Woldekiros also contributes new insights into the logistics of pack animal–based trade and variability in the central and regional organization of global ancient trade. Using a culturally informed framework for understanding the organization of the ancient salt route and its role in linking the Aksumite state to rural highland agricultural and lowland mobile pastoralist populations, The Boundaries of Ancient Trade makes a key contribution to theoretical discussions of hierarchy and more diffuse power structures in ancient states. This work generates new interest in the region as an area of global relevance in archaeological and anthropological debates on landscape, social interaction, and practice theories.

Author : Gerard Malynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1114 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1686
Category : Commercial law
ISBN : OSU:32437121700658

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Consuetudo; Vel, Lex Mercatoria; Or, the Ancient Law-merchant, in Three Parts, According to the Essentials of Traffick ... Whereunto are Annexed the Following Tracts, Viz. I. The Collection of Sea Laws. II. Advice Concerning Bills of Exchange, by John Marius ... III. The Merchants Mirrour; Or, Directions for the Perfect Ordering Or Keeping of His Accounts ... by R. Dafforne ... IV. An Introduction to Merchants Accounts, by John Collins ... V. The Accountants Closet, Being an Abridgment of Merchants Accounts, Kept by Debtor and Creditor, by Abraham Liset by Gerard Malynes Pdf

Author : R. J. FORBES
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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studies in ancient technology volume iii by R. J. FORBES Pdf

Author : Anthony Harding
Publisher : Sidestone Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789088902017

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Salt in Prehistoric Europe by Anthony Harding Pdf

Salt was a commodity of great importance in the ancient past, just as it is today. Its roles in promoting human health and in making food more palatable are well-known; in peasant societies it also plays a very important role in the preservation of foodstuffs and in a range of industries. Uncovering the evidence for the ancient production and use of salt has been a concern for historians over many years, but interest in the archaeology of salt has been a particular focus of research in recent times. This book charts the history of research on archaeological salt and traces the story of its production in Europe from earliest times down to the Iron Age. It presents the results of recent research, which has shown how much new evidence is now available from the different countries of Europe. The book considers new approaches to the archaeology of salt, including a GIS analysis of the oft-cited association between Bronze Age hoards and salt sources, and investigates the possibility of a new narrative of salt production in prehistoric Europe based on the role of salt in society, including issues of gender and the control of sources. The book is intended for both academics and the general reader interested in the prehistory of a fundamental but often under-appreciated commodity in the ancient past. It includes the results of the author’s own research as well as an up-to-date survey of current work.

Author : Samuel Rush Meyrick,Henry Shaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Furniture
ISBN : COLUMBIA:AR52161579

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Specimens of Ancient Furniture Drawn from Existing Authorities by Samuel Rush Meyrick,Henry Shaw Pdf

Author : Marilyn A. Masson,David A. Freidel
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0759100810

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Ancient Maya Political Economies by Marilyn A. Masson,David A. Freidel Pdf

Ancient Maya Political Economies examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Using models originally developed by William L. Rathje, the authors explore core-periphery relations, the use of household analysis to reconstruct political economy, and evidence for market development. In doing so, they challenge the conventional wisdom of decentralized Maya political authority and replace it with a more complex view of the political economic foundations of Maya civilization.

Author : Robert J. Forbes
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Technology
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Studies in Ancient Technology by Robert J. Forbes Pdf

Author : James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10582143

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A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs and Ancient Customs from the Fourteenth Century by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps Pdf

Author : David Hatcher Childress
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781935487555

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LOST CITIES & ANCIENT MYSTERIES OF THE SOUTHWEST by David Hatcher Childress Pdf

Popular Lost Cities author David Hatcher Childress takes to the road again in search of lost cities and ancient mysteries. This time he is off to the American Southwest, traversing the region’s deserts, mountains and forests investigating archeological mysteries and the unexplained. Join David as he starts in northern Mexico and searches for the lost mines of the Aztecs. He continues north to west Texas, delving into the mysteries of Big Bend, including mysterious Phoenician tablets discovered there and the strange lights of Marfa. He continues northward into New Mexico where he stumbles upon a hollow mountain with a billion dollars of gold bars hidden deep inside it! In Arizona he investigates tales of Egyptian catacombs in the Grand Canyon, cruises along the Devil’s Highway, and tackles the century-old mystery of the Superstition Mountains and the Lost Dutchman mine. In Nevada and California Childress checks out the rumors of mummified giants and weird tunnels in Death Valley, plus he searches the Mohave Desert for the mysterious remains of ancient dwellers alongside lakes that supposedly dried up tens of thousands of years ago. It’s a full-tilt blast down the back roads of the Southwest in search of the weird and wondrous mysteries of the past!

Author : Kristine Henriksen Garroway
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884142966

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Growing Up in Ancient Israel by Kristine Henriksen Garroway Pdf

The first expansive reference examining the texts and material culture related to children in ancient Israel Growing Up in Ancient Israel uses a child-centered methodology to investigate the world of children in ancient Israel. Where sources from ancient Israel are lacking, the book turns to cross-cultural materials from the ancient Near East as well as archaeological, anthropological, and ethnographic sources. Acknowledging that childhood is both biologically determined and culturally constructed, the book explores conception, birth, infancy, dangers in childhood, the growing child, dress, play, and death. To bridge the gap between the ancient world and today’s world, Kristine Henriksen Garroway introduces examples from contemporary society to illustrate how the Hebrew Bible compares with a Western understanding of children and childhood. Features: More than fifty-five illustrations illuminating the world of the ancient Israelite child An extensive investigation of parental reactions to the high rate of infant mortality and the deaths of infants and children An examination of what the gendering and enculturation process involved for an Israelite child

Author : Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017298419

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Specimens of Ancient Furniture drawn from existing authorities. By H. Shaw. With descriptions by Sir S. R. M. by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick Pdf

Author : Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : America
ISBN : CHI:14315083

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Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Pdf