bar international objects in motion

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects AMDO 2006 held in Port d Andratx Mallorca Spain in July 2006. Presents 53 carefully selected and revised full papers on... ... more

The subject of this study is a collection of over one hundred intaglios cameos seals and rings acquired by Tom and Danielle White during a diplomatic posting in Burma (Myanmar) between 1985 and 1989. (Another private collection of intaglios seals... ... more

This book looks at the 942 artifacts of foreign origin - from Anatolia Cyprus Egypt Italy Mesopotamia and Syro-Palestine - which have been found in the late Bronze Age Aegean area. These objects represent the only group of material in the LBA Aegean... ... more

The genesis for this conference and its subsequent proceedings came from discussions held in the newly formed Archaeological Discussion group a subgroup of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Objects specialty group... ... more

Portable shrine models with architectural features are unique objects within the assemblages of material culture even though they appear in a variety of cultures throughout the ancient world. This book concentrates on models from the Land of Israel... ... more

This volume publishes the contributions to a research project involving 37 authors to examine the evolution of the idea of the precious stone looking at the role of objects considered to have aesthetic value in a wide range of cultures and time periods... ... more

This study is based on analysis of sandstone tools from thirty or so early Neolithic settlement sites from the Paris Basin Hainaut and Hesbaye dating to the Bandkeramik (Rubané) and Villeneuve-Saint-Germain cultures. Almost ten thousand objects... ... more

This study analyses earthenware vessels including foreign ceramics and other objects found in 15th century burials in the Philippines to determine the effects of foreign trade and influence on social identity and stratification. Specifically it focuses... ... more

Five studies on raw material form and function in Neolithic Europe in which Winiger aims to show the high quality of prehistoric manufactured objects and considers them as an expression of the wants adn intentions of prehistoric man this giving access... ... more