How have ruins become so valued in Western culture and so central to our art and literature? Covering a vast chronologic
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How have ruins become so valued in Western culture, and so central to our art and literature? Covering a vast chronologi
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Beads have been used since antiquity, not only to dress the body, but as measures of value in economic and ritual exchan
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Concrete has been used in arches, vaults, and domes dating as far back as the Roman Empire. Today, it is everywhere—in o
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Religion, Material Culture and Archaeology offers a new understanding of the materiality of religion. By drawing on the
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The verb “declutter” has not yet made it into theOxford English Dictionary, but its ever-increasing usage suggests that
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A nuanced study of conflicts over possession of Aboriginal artifacts.
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