01880oam 2200349 450 991013137700332120181214161701.01-78316-793-9(EXLCZ)99371000000049360620151116h20152015 fy| 0engurbn#---u||||Understanding Celtic Religion[electronic resource] Revisiting the Pagan Past /Katja, RitariCardiff, Wales :University of Wales Press,2015©20151 online resource (138 p.)New Approaches to Celtic Religion and MythologyDescription based upon print version of record.1-78316-792-0 ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Foreword by Jonathan Wooding""; ""1 Introduction: 'Celtic Religion': Is this a Valid Concept?: Alexandra Bergholm and Katja Ritari""; ""2 Celtic Spells and Counterspells: Jacqueline Borsje""; ""3 The Old Gods of Ireland in the Later Middle Ages: John Carey""; ""4 Staging the Otherworld in Medieval Irish Tradition: Joseph Falaky Nagy""; ""5 The Biblical Dimension of Early Medieval Latin Texts: Thomas O'Loughlin""""6 Ancient Irish Law Revisited: Rereading the Laws of Status and Franchise: Robin Chapman Stacey""""7 A Dirty Window on the Iron Age? Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Pre-Roman Celtic Religion: Jane Webster""; ""Bibliography""New Approaches to Celtic Religion and MythologyPhilosophy & ReligionHILCCPhilosophy & Religion299.94Ritari Katja901303Bergholm Alexandra901304AU-PeELBOOK9910131377003321Understanding Celtic Religion2014550UNINA04806nam 2200709 450 991081369850332120200520144314.00-292-76830-30-292-76829-X10.7560/760813(CKB)3710000000238859(EBL)3571794(SSID)ssj0001349240(PQKBManifestationID)11805445(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001349240(PQKBWorkID)11397484(PQKB)11475267(OCoLC)891081437(MdBmJHUP)muse37785(Au-PeEL)EBL3571794(CaPaEBR)ebr10936875(Au-PeEL)EBL7171734(MiAaPQ)EBC3571794(MiAaPQ)EBC7171734(DE-B1597)586985(OCoLC)1286807365(DE-B1597)9780292768291(EXLCZ)99371000000023885920141001h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDiscovering the Olmecs an unconventional history /by David C. GroveFirst edition.Austin, Texas :University of Texas Press,2014.©20141 online resource (208 p.)William & Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western HemisphereDescription based upon print version of record.0-292-76081-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Preface""; ""1. The Olmecs Come to Light""; ""2. The Tulane Expedition and the Olmec World (1925-1926)""; ""3. The First Excavations: Tres Zapotes (1938-1940)""; ""4. Stone Heads in the Jungle (1940)""; ""5. Fortuitous Decisions at La Venta (1942-1943)""; ""6. Monuments on the Río Chiquito (1945-1946)""; ""7. The Return to La Venta (1955)""; ""8. Of Monuments and Museums (1963, 1968)""; ""9. Adding Antiquity to the Olmecs (1966-1968)""; ""10. Research Headaches at La Venta (1967-1969)""; ""11. Reclaiming La Venta (1984 to the Present)""""12. San Lorenzo Yields New Secrets (1990-2012, Part 1)""""13. El Manatí: "Like Digging in Warm Jell-O" (1987-1993)""; ""14. "They're Blowing Up the Site!" Tres Zapotes after Stirling (1950-2003)""; ""15. An Olmec Stone Quarry and a Sugarcane Crisis (1991)""; ""16. Discoveries Large and Small at San Lorenzo (1990-2012, Part 2)""; ""17. The Night the Lights Went Out (2001)""; ""18. Some Thoughts on the Archaeology of the Olmecs""; ""Bibliographic Essay""; ""Index""The Olmecs are renowned for their massive carved stone heads and other sculptures, the first stone monuments produced in Mesoamerica. Seven decades of archaeological research have given us many insights into the lifeways of the Olmecs, who inhabited parts of the modern Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco from around 1150 to 400 BC, and there are several good books that summarize the current interpretations of Olmec prehistory. But these formal studies don’t describe the field experiences of the archaeologists who made the discoveries. What was it like to endure the Olmec region’s heat, humidity, mosquitoes, and ticks to bring that ancient society to light? How did unforeseen events and luck alter carefully planned research programs and the conclusions drawn from them? And, importantly, how did local communities and individuals react to the research projects and discoveries in their territories? In this engaging book, a leading expert on the Olmecs tells those stories from his own experiences and those of his predecessors, colleagues, and students. Beginning with the first modern explorations in the 1920s, David Grove recounts how generations of archaeologists and local residents have uncovered the Olmec past and pieced together a portrait of this ancient civilization that left no written records. The stories are full of fortuitous discoveries and frustrating disappointments, helpful collaborations and deceitful shenanigans. What emerges is an unconventional history of Olmec archaeology, a lively introduction to archaeological fieldwork, and an exceptional overview of all that we currently know about the Olmecs.William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.OlmecsHistoryOlmecsAntiquitiesMexicoAntiquitiesMexicoCivilizationIndian influencesOlmecsHistory.OlmecsAntiquities.972/.01Grove David C.4892MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813698503321Discovering the Olmecs4038260UNINA01784ojm 2200253z- 450 991015773170332120251118111111.01-68168-436-5(CKB)3710000001002183(BIP)060400153(ODN)ODN0003136118(EXLCZ)99371000000100218320231107c2017uuuu -u- -engNot-Quite States of America, The : Dispatches From the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USAHighBridge AudioEveryone knows that the USA is made up of fifty states and, uh . . . some other stuff. The territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands are often neglected, but they are filled with American flags and national parks and US post offices and some 4 million people, many of whom are as proudly red-white-and-blue as any Daughter of the American Revolution.In The Not-Quite States of America, Doug Mack ventures 31,000 miles across the globe and deep into American history to reveal the fascinating and forgotten story of how these places became part of the United States, what they're like today, and how they helped create the nation as we know it. Along the way, Mack meets members of millennia-old indigenous groups, far-flung US government workers, ardent separatists, and tropical-paradise dropouts and dreamers in a quixotic and winning quest to find America where it is least expected.Not-Quite States of America, The Mack Doug1435821Yen JonathannrtAUDIO9910157731703321Not-Quite States of America, The : Dispatches From the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA3593838UNINA