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Paul Kontny
A Modern Artist in Europe and America
Food Provisioning in Complex Societies
Zooarchaeological Perspectives
Through creative combinations of ethnohistoric evidence, iconography, and contextual analysis of faunal remains, this work offers new insight into the mechanisms involved in food provisioning for complex societies.
The Title of Totonicapán
This work is the first English translation of the complete text of the Title of Totonicapán, one of the most important documents composed by the K’iche’ Maya in the highlands of Guatemala, second only to the Popol Vuh.
Confronting the "Good Death"
Nazi Euthanasia on Trial, 1945-1953
Diversity in Open-Air Site Structure across the Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary
After Dark
The Nocturnal Urban Landscape and Lightscape of Ancient Cities
After Darkexplores the experience of nighttime within ancient urban settings.
Where Did the Eastern Mayas Go?
The Historical, Relational, and Contingent Interplay of Ch’orti’ Indigeneity
In Where Did the Eastern Mayas Go?Brent E. Metz explores the complicatedissue of who is Indigenous by focusing on the sociohistorical transformations over thepast two millennia of the population currently known as the Ch’orti’ Maya.
Bound by Steel and Stone
The Colorado-Kansas Railway and the Frontier of Enterprise in Colorado, 1890-1960
Bound by Steel and Stone analyzes the Colorado-Kansas Railway through the economic enterprise in the American West in the decades after the supposed 1890 closing of the frontier.
Sustainability and Water Management in the Maya World and Beyond
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