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This intriguing book is the first to explore the potential of shipwrecks discovered off the Holy Land to rewrite social and economic history. Ancient myths and modern misconceptions about Byzantine Palestine’s maritime compatibility are radically reconsidered by discussing cargoes in relation to wine, glass, cloth, and dye processing across the Holy Land and by plotting mass exports shipped as far as Britain and the Yemen. A new model for the province’s economy is assembled, in which middle class merchants and entrepreneurs replace the traditional image of oppressive State and Church domination.

Shipwreck Archaeology of the Holy Land integrates archaeology, history, and early modern travelogues to argue that in isolation shipwrecks are of limited value and must be appreciated as cogs in far broader exchange mechanisms. It sets a new theoretical agenda for the thousands of shipwrecks continuing to be discovered beneath the Mediterranean Sea and is an invaluable source for students of everyday life in Late Antiquity. ... Read more

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The timeless message of the New Testament applies to people of every culture and generation. Yet there is great value in understanding the world in which that message was first revealed - its social manners, politics, religious customs, and culture. Exploring the New Testament World, written by classics and Bible scholar Dr. Albert A. Bell, Jr., illuminates the living context of the New Testament, immersing its readers in the intriguing world of Jesus and the early church.

An authority on ancient Greek and Roman language, culture, and history, Dr. Bell writes in a readable style that is accessible and enjoyable to any reader - an uncommon accomplishment among New Testament scholars today. Surveying Jewish factions of the era, the social and political structure of the Roman Empire, and the philosophies and religions that surrounded the early church, Dr. Bell helps his readers learn to think like first-century Jews, Greeks, and Romans, illuminating puzzling New Testament passages for clear understanding. Comprehensive Scripture and Subject Indexes make this volume even more useful as a "manners and customs" Bible companion.

This authoritative guide receives high praise from college professors and Sunday school teachers alike, proving its appeal to both popular and academic audiences. A "must-have" reference for every pastor and an indispensable resource to any Bible reader. ... Read more

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Unless Someone Guides Me
Albert Bell sees this book as beginning while he was yet in high school. At some point, he says, he made the connection that the authors he read in his Latin class"lived in the same world as the people who wrote the books I studied on Sunday." Now as an instructor at Hope college in Holland, MI, Bell asks the question of how we can believe something that we simply do not understand. Will we be like the Ethiopian eunuch of Acts 8.26-40 who asked, " How can I (understand) unless someone guides me?"

As an illustration of what he means, Bell says he once heard a minister tell the story of Paul's imprisonment in Rome. In his story, the minister told of clanking chains and a foul-smelling dungeon. But in ancient Rome, the law was that prisons were for holding people for trial and not for punishment. More accurately, Paul as under house arrest. He was chained during moves but even in Rome he was allowed to by himself in his own hired dwelling with a guard.

There are ten major sections to Bell's book ranging from the Judaic background of the NT to Roman law, religion, and philosophy to Greco-Roman society and morality to a section on time, distance, and travel. In the section on Roman Law, Bell covers Pliny the Younger, the powers of Roman governors, and so on. in the section on Greco-Roman religion Bell notes the story of Vespasian's healing of the blind man; such stories succeeded, says Bell, because "the popular mentality of the time accepted such things happening"

I heartily endorse the study of non-canonical writings in order to study the cultural milieu of a text. Time and again Bell guides the reader through the world in which the writers of the New Testament wrote.

First-rate study of New Testament background
This is a masterful study of the Graeco-Roman culture of the first century AD which underlies the New Testament.Bell examines a wide variety of topics, from dress to how meals were eaten, from child-rearing to the treatment of slaves, and discusses the dominant philosophical and religious movements of the day.Knowing such things enables a reader of the New Testament to delve more deeply into the meaning of the text and to dig out new levels of understanding. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, published by Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Assn. on February 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1263 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Many Petals of the Lotus, Five Asian Buddhist Communities in Toronto. (Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus). (book review)
Author: Marilyn F. Nefsky
Publication: The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2002
Publisher: Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Assn.
Volume: 39Issue: 1Page: 107(3)

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From the author: Utilisant l'Enquete aupres des jeunes en transition (EJET), sondage longitudinal nationalement representatif, l'auteur examine l'argument voulant que les resultats educationnels inferieurs de diverses minorites visibles et d'immigrants seraient attribues a leurs desavantages socioeconomiques, tandis que les resultats superieurs des autres minorites visibles auraient pour cause leur soutien culturel. Les analyses rapportent des inegalites non negligeables dans le parcours pedagogique des Premieres nations, des minorites visibles et des immigrants. Cependant, ni leur emplacement structurel ni leurs attributs culturels (ni les deux ensemble) n'expliquent entierement les differences de leur parcours pedagogique ni ne peuvent etre reduits a un simple modele dans lequel les desavantages structurels determineraient les resultats inferieurs et les facteurs culturels les superieurs.

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Title: The pursuit of postsecondary education: a comparison of first nations, African, Asian, and European Canadian Youth.(Report)
Author: Victor Thiessen
Publication: Canadian Review of Sociology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2009
Publisher: Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Assn.
Volume: 46Issue: 1Page: 5(33)

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This digital document is an article from SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) on April 1, 2000. The length of the article is 8655 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: This paper examines the interaction between the imposed image of "otherness" and its manipulation. Descended from migrant workers who came over in the 1920s and 1930s, the Javanese-Malays form a latent sub-category within Malay society. They are generally known as powerful sorcerers or medicine men in Malaysia. Although this is partly due to their Javanese syncretic tradition, their alleged power could also be explained in relation to their marginal position in Malay society. Pragmatically, the Javanese-Malays also took advantage of the imposed image by carving for themselves a niche in the practice of sorcery that the Malays with their stronger Islamic orientation tend to avoid, officially at least. However, in the process of becoming "Malay", the Javanese-Malays inevitably began to depart from their niche and thus their alleged magical power, which has served as their cultural resource.

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Title: Javanese-Malay: Between Adaptation and Alienation.(Brief Article)
Author: Koji MIYAZAKI
Publication: SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2000
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
Volume: 15Issue: 1Page: 76

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This digital document is an article from Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, published by University of Hawaii Press on March 22, 2008. The length of the article is 6845 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ongoing archaeological research on Fais Island, Micronesia.(Report)
Author: Michiko Intoh
Publication: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2008
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Volume: 47Issue: 1Page: 121(18)

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This digital document is an article from Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, published by University of Hawaii Press on March 22, 2008. The length of the article is 14640 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Excavations in Peva Valley, Rurutu, Austral Islands (East Polynesia).(Geographic overview)(Report)
Author: Robert Bollt
Publication: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2008
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Volume: 47Issue: 1Page: 156(32)

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This digital document is an article from Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, published by University of Hawaii Press on September 22, 2008. The length of the article is 7253 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: The purely typological approach to microblade technology often obscures the range of variability seen in the creative and flexible ways microblade cores were prepared and the reasons behind this variability. There is a real need to understand the situational context of microblade production and move the focus of investigation on to the microblades themselves, as these are the key components of an effective risk-reduction strategy. Combining a typological and technological approach to study standardization in core preparation and the resulting microblades made from volcanic glass within a known geological context has shown that key characteristics of both are vital to the successful implementation of this technological approach. KEYWORDS: microblade technology, typology, risk, volcanic glass, Far East Russia.

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Title: Flexibility and creativity in microblade core manufacture in southern Primorye, Far East Russia.(Report)
Author: Trudy Doelman
Publication: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2008
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Volume: 47Issue: 2Page: 352(19)

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This digital document is an article from Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, published by University of Hawaii Press on September 22, 2008. The length of the article is 9642 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: The present work combines archaeology, historical analysis, and ethnography to examine historical continuities in village social organization and settlement patterns in southern Taiwan in the mid- to late second millennium A.D. The focus of the work is Kau-shi village, located in Mu-clan County, Pin-dong District, at the southern tip of Taiwan. Its residents belong to the Southern Pai-wan Group, one of Taiwan's indigenous populations. Kau-shi people moved and established new settlements six times before they settled on the current village. Their oldest abandoned settlement, Sagacengalj, is located about 7 to 8 km from the current village, an archaeological site covering about 1.4 acres with more than 83 stone structures dated to 500-600 years B.P. (before present), known previously through mystical folktale and oral tradition, and only recently through archaeology. Archaeological mapping of site layout and structural features found that the Sagacengalj settlement shares certain characteristics with later Pai-wan settlements extending into the twentieth century. However, there are certain features distinctly Sagacengalj from these settlements. In addition, a significant percentage of the 83 structures at Sagacengalj have a unique arrangement of small structures within the larger structure not found in later villages. These initial archaeological analyses suggest significant historical changes in the cultural and social meaning of village settlement patterns of the Southern Pai-wan Group over this half-millennium. KEYWORDS: Pai-wan Group, Taiwan, oral history, historical archaeology, slate houses, settlement pattern, social organization, status symbolization.

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Title: Settlement patterns at Saqacengalj, a slate house settlement in Southern Taiwan.(Report)
Author: Maa-Ling Chen
Publication: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2008
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Volume: 47Issue: 2Page: 210(32)

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Title: Examining prehistoric migration patterns in the Palauan archipelago: a computer simulated analysis of drift voyaging.(Report)
Author: Richard Callaghan
Publication: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2008
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Volume: 47Issue: 1Page: 28(17)

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This digital document is an article from Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, published by University of Hawaii Press on September 22, 2008. The length of the article is 16634 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Important information on demography, epidemiology, inter-population differences in growth, infant burial practices, and social aspects of the community can be gleaned from the study of perinatal bones. The increasing number of perinates unearthed from prehistoric sites in Southeast Asia provides a rare opportunity to investigate these issues. The high number of full-term infants represented at the site of Khok Phanom Di in Central Thailand (4000-3500 B.P.) remains an enigma. This is an important issue for bioarchaeologists as infant mortality patterns are sensitive barometers of the health and fertility of a population. This study investigated the perinatal age distributions of several chronologically spread sites in prehistoric Southeast Asia with differing subsistence modes and evidence of social complexity. Results show that the age distribution in the collection from Khok Phanom Di is different from the other skeletal samples, with a comparatively higher number of full-term perinates represented. Explanations including infanticide, issues of health and disease, and infant burial practices are considered. It seems likely that the age distribution results from different burial rites of pre-term infants as a consequence of social and cultural differences between Khok Phanom Di and the other sites. This study emphasizes the important contribution bioarchaeological research and the comparative study of infant burial rites can make in understanding aspects of social change in prehistoric communities. KEYWORDS: bioarchaeology, infant burial practices, perinatal age at death distributions, prehistoric mainland Southeast Asia, social organization.

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Title: Infant death in late prehistoric Southeast Asia.(Report)
Author: Sian E. Halcrow
Publication: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2008
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Volume: 47Issue: 2Page: 371(34)

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This digital document is an article from Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, published by University of Hawaii Press on March 22, 2008. The length of the article is 9817 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Pacific bananas: complex origins, multiple dispersals?(Report)
Author: Jean Kennedy
Publication: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2008
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Volume: 47Issue: 1Page: 75(20)

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Title: Indo-Pacific migration and colonization--introduction.(Report)
Author: Atholl Anderson
Publication: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2008
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Volume: 47Issue: 1Page: 2(10)

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This digital document is an article from Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, published by University of Hawaii Press on September 22, 2008. The length of the article is 7510 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: The article aims to examine aspects of mortuary behavior in late Neolithic/early Bronze Age (Phung Nguyen phase) populations represented at the site of Man Bac in Viet Nam, specifically how mortuary behavior illuminates the role of children, and adult attitudes toward children. In addition, the authors discuss biological characteristics of the human sample, focusing particularly on the child burials, in order to explore aspects of childhood palaeohealth. The methodology includes combining various measures of health--including palaeodemography (childhood mortality), analysis of oral health (Early Childhood Caries or ECC), and analysis of physiological health (Cribra Orbitalia and LEH)--with studies of culturally defined mortuary practices to suggest that, while children clearly had significant health deficiencies and many suffered early deaths, their treatment in mortuary rites shows significant economic value and social esteem placed on children. KEYWORDS: Viet Nam, Neolithic, childhood, health, mortuary behavior, palaeodemography, bioarchaeology.

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Title: Health and the experience of childhood in late Neolithic Viet Nam.(Report)
Author: Marc Oxenham
Publication: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2008
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Volume: 47Issue: 2Page: 190(20)

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This digital document is an article from Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, published by University of Hawaii Press on September 22, 2008. The length of the article is 25121 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Funeral ritual is a projective symbolic system where the treatment received by a deceased individual does not necessarily reflect the social position of that individual when living. Study of past social relations based on mortuary treatment alone is potentially ambiguous. Because many diseases leave indelible marks on the skeleton, human bones provide independent information reflecting the health and behavior of the deceased. Integrating the studies of mortuary treatment and osteological pathology can achieve a fuller understanding of past societies. Equipped with this hybrid methodology, we tried to unravel the social relations of an early Neolithic community at Jiahu in central China. The considerable difference in the quantity and quality of grave offerings indicates the presence of competitive display in funeral practice. However, the individuals buried in richly furnished graves had higher rates of iron-deficiency anemia than those buried in poorly furnished graves, indicating that higher status at death was not inherited but achieved. Osteoarthritis rates in the females were lower than that of the males, suggesting that they were less engaged in mechanically stressful activities. This sexual division of labor is reflected in a differential mortuary treatment in that fewer females were buried in the communal graveyards and their graves were furnished with less material wealth. Yet, the females had lower iron-deficiency anemia rates, suggesting that playing a physically less strenuous role did not hinder their access to critical resources such as meat in the diet. KEYWORDS: China, mortuary practice, pathology, social reconstruction, projective ritual.

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Title: Mortuary treatment, pathology, and social relations of the Jiahu community.(Report)
Author: Barbara Li Smith
Publication: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2008
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Volume: 47Issue: 2Page: 242(57)

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