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Non-European History
Ciudades Mayas del Noreste del Petén, Guatemala
Análisis urbanístico y conservación
The book consists of three sections of contributions representing novel ideas focusing on the quantity, quality, and actual condition of the monumental built environment of the...
Die Kujuji-Stiftungen in Tabriz
Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Jalayiriden (Edition, Übersetzung, Kommentar)
The Kujuji-foundations from 780/1380 are a vivid testimony to an outstanding personality in Tabriz during the Jalayerid period. Their founder, Khwaja Shaikh Kujuji, appears in the...
Nomadische Ressourcennutzung und Existenzsicherung im Umbruch
Die osttibetische Region Yushu (Qinghai, VR China)
On the basis of a précis of available knowledge on traditional nomadic ways of life and livelihoods on the Tibetan Plateau this book presents an analysis of current conditions of...
Die Alttürkenzeit in Mittel- und Zentralasien
Archäologische und historische Studien
This study analyses aspects of the archaeology and history of the period of the Türk Qaghanats in Central Asia (ca. A.D. 550-750). A main focus is to assess the political, social...
Zeitschrift für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen
Band 4, 2012
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Reinhold Walburg
Indian silver punch-marked coins in ancient Ceylon – a case study: The Tissamahārāma...
The Traditional Architecture of Ras al-Khaimah (North)
Seals, Sealings and Tokens from Gandhara
Ancient seals say much about people, their names, preferred styles and self-esteem. Over many decades Aman ur Rahman has built a large collection of seals from North-Western...
The Birth of the Buddha
Proceedings of the Seminar held in Lumbini, Nepal, October 2004
Pastoréalismes
Anthropologie historique des processus d’intégration chez les Kirghiz du Tian Shan intérieur
The book examines the relations between an economic phenomenon, pastoralism, and a social one, patrilineal descent-reckoning. These relations are described and analyzed on the...
From Turfan to Ajanta
Festschrift for Dieter Schlingloff on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday
Aromata in der iranischen Kultur
unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der persischen Dichtung
This volume is the result of more than 10 years' research in Persian culture from the Achaemenid period (559 B.C.) until the end of the Safavids’ time (1722 A.D.). The main...
Die syrische Steppe
Mobile Viehzucht, internationale Entwicklungshilfe und globale Märkte
Construction, Intervention and Lifelihood: Syrian Bedouin and the 'Development' of the Steppe by Government and International Organisations The study bases on the ethnological...
Symbolische Repräsentation und Wirklichkeit nomadischen Lebens
This essay collection brings together contributions from two research colloquia of the Collaborative Research Center “Difference and Integration. The interaction between nomadic...
Iconografía de la Cultura Tolita
Lecturas del discurso ideológico en las representaciones figurativas del Desarrollo Regional
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Unter den vorspanischen Kulturen Ecuadors ist die Kultur von Tolita für ihre detailreich ausgearbeiteten Figuren...
Raum – Landschaft – Territorium
Zur Konstruktion physischer Räume als nomadischer und sesshafter Lebensraum
The essays collected in this volume discuss the construction, development and perception of spaces from an interdisciplinary perspective and demonstrate how they evolve into...
Hevajra and Lam’bras Literature of India and Tibet as Seen Through the Eyes of A-mes-zhabs
The Hevajra Tantras and teachings of the 'Path with Its Fruit' (lam ‘bras) that originated in India have been central practices of Tibetan tantric Buddhism for a millenium. The...
Grenzgänge im östlichen Mittelmeerraum
Byzanz und die islamische Welt vom 9. bis 13. Jahrhundert
The volume presents articles from different academic fields. The geographical focus lies on the Eastern Mediterranean, its chronological framework comprises mainly the 9th to 13th...
Skythika in Transkaukasien
Reiternomadische Sachkultur im archäologischen Fundkontext
This volume deals with so called scythoid finds in Transcaucasia usually interpreted as traces of nomadic invasions. On contrary, the analysis of the archaeological material shows...
Catalogue des manuscrits de la fondation Georges et Mathilde Salem (Alep, Syrie)
The library of the George & Mathilde Salem Foundation (Aleppo, Syria) is one of the most important private collections of manuscripts in the Syrian Arab Republic. It contains 547...
Existenzsicherung und Mobilität im ariden Marokko
The living conditions of former nomads in the arid mountain and desert regions of Morocco have been subject to dramatic change during the last decades. New economic and social...