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Book A History of Housing in New York City

Download or read book A History of Housing in New York City written by Richard Plunz and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's "metropolis," New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city, but it has also led the nation in innovation and reform. Plunz traces New York's housing development from 1850 to the present, exploring the housing of all classes, discussing the development of types ranging from the single-family house to the high-rise apartment tower.

Book The Neighbors of Casas Grandes

Download or read book The Neighbors of Casas Grandes written by Michael E. Whalen and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casas Grandes, or PaquimŽ, in northwestern Mexico was of one of the few socially complex prehistoric civilizations in North America. Now, based on more than a decade of surveys, excavations, and field work, Michael Whalen and Paul Minnis provide a comprehensive new look at Casas Grandes and its surrounding communities in The Neighbors of Casas Grandes. This volume provides a fascinating and detailed look into the culture of the Casas Grandes area, involving not just the research of the architecture and artifacts left behind but also the ecology of the area. The authorsÕ research reveals the complex relationship Casas Grandes had with its neighbors, varying from very direct contact with some communities to more indirect links with others. Important internal influences on the areaÕs development come to light and population sizes throughout the period demonstrate the absorption of the surrounding populations into Casas Grandes as it reached the peak of its power in the region. New discoveries suggest the need to revise the previously held beliefs about the age of Casas Grandes and the dates of its rise to power. This ancient civilization may have developed as early as 1180 AD. Such breakthroughs provide fresh insight about not only Casas Grandes but the nearby settlements as well. The Neighbors of Casas Grandes is an important and vital piece of primary field research for all those interested in the SouthwestÕs archaelogy and history. Its contribution to the knowledge of the Casas Grandes region is monumental in helping us better understand the society that once flourished there. Ê

Book Ancient Communities in the Mimbres Valley

Download or read book Ancient Communities in the Mimbres Valley written by Roger Anyon and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spanning from the end of the Classic Mimbres period to the Black Mountain phase, this volume contains the final report on the excavations of the Mimbres Foundation. The authors consider the nature of the relationship between the Classic Mimbres period population of the valley and the people of the succeeding Black Mountain phase, as well as relationships among the Black Mountain phase people and those of neighboring parts of the region"--

Book Making Places In The Prehistoric World

Download or read book Making Places In The Prehistoric World written by Joanna Bruck and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999. This groundbreaking volume addresses issues central to the study of prehistoric settlement including group memory, the transmission of ideology and the impact of mobility and seasonality on the construction of social identity. Building on these themes, the contributors point to new ways of understanding the relationship between settlement and landscape by replacing Capitalist models of spatial relations with more intimate histories of place.

Book Cultural Resources Overview

Download or read book Cultural Resources Overview written by Fred Plog and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St  Helena

Download or read book History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St Helena written by William Forsyth and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Handwork and Social History

Download or read book Handwork and Social History written by E. Stevinson and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book High altitude Adaptations in the Southwest

Download or read book High altitude Adaptations in the Southwest written by Joseph C. Winter and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Writing Material Culture History

Download or read book Writing Material Culture History written by Anne Gerritsen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing Material Culture History examines the methodologies currently used in the historical study of material culture. Touching on archaeology, anthropology, art history and literary studies, the book provides history students with a fundamental understanding of the relationship between artefacts and historical narratives. The role of museums, the impact of the digital age and the representations of objects in public history are just some of the issues addressed in a book that brings together distinguished scholars from around the world. This new edition includes: * A new wide-ranging introduction highlighting the role of material culture in the modern period and presenting recent contributions to the field. * A more balanced and easy-to-use structure, including 9 methodological chapters and 20 'object in focus' chapters consisting of case studies for classroom discussion. * 5 fresh 'object in focus' chapters showing greater engagement with 20th-century material culture, non-European artefacts (particularly in relation to issues of power, indigenity and repatriation of objects), architecture (with pieces on industrial heritage in Europe and on heritage destruction in China) and the definitions and limits of material culture as a discipline. * Expanded online resources to help students navigate the museums/institutions holding key artefacts. * Historiographical updates and revisions throughout the text. Focusing on the global dimension of material culture and bridging the gap between the early modern and modern periods, Writing Material Culture History is an essential tool for helping students understand the potential of objects to re-cast established historical narratives in new and exciting ways.

Book History of the United States Secret Service

Download or read book History of the United States Secret Service written by La Fayette Curry Baker and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Archeological Investigations in Cochiti Reservoir  New Mexico

Download or read book Archeological Investigations in Cochiti Reservoir New Mexico written by Jan V. Biella and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report represents the third in a publication series which summarizes the results of a multiphase cultural resource management program in Cochiti Reservoir, New Mexico. The present phase of the research concerns a program for mitigation for those archeological sites which will be directly impacted by the floodwaters between 5322 and 5400 foot elevations retained in Cochiti Reservoir. During the course of the mitigation program, twenty sites that span late Archaic (En Medio phase), Anasazi(Pueblo III, Pueblo IV), and Historic (Spanish Colonial, Territorial) periods have been investigated. The site reports and appendices to this volume provide descriptive summaries of the results of the mitigation program at the intrasite level of analysis.

Book Tuzigoot

    Book Details:
  • Author : Louis Richard Caywood
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1935
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 162 pages

Download or read book Tuzigoot written by Louis Richard Caywood and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Early Music History  Volume 12

    Book Details:
  • Author : Iain Fenlon
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1994-02-24
  • ISBN : 9780521451802
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Early Music History Volume 12 written by Iain Fenlon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-02-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes contributions on European knowledge of Arabic texts referring to music and the motets of Philippe de Vitry and the fourteenth-century renaissance

Book The Early History of the Viol

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ian Woodfield
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1988-04-21
  • ISBN : 9780521357432
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book The Early History of the Viol written by Ian Woodfield and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988-04-21 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the development of the viol from its late medieval Spanish origins to the sixteenth century, when it became the most widely played bowed instrument in western Europe. Ian Woodfield examines the two most important ancestors of the instrument, the Moorish rahab and the vihuela de mano. From these two instruments emerged an early form of viol, the Valencian vihuela de arco, which spread rapidly across the Mediterranean during the papacy of Rodrigo Borgia. The viol was enthusiastically accepted by the d'Este and Gonzaga families and other Italian arbiters before migrating across the Alps and into the rest of Europe. The author discusses all aspects of the viol during its Renaissance hey-day: the growing perfection of viol design at the hands of Italian craftsmen; the gradual evolution of tuning systems; the development of advanced playing techniques and the wide range of music, both solo and consort. The final chapter examines the growth of a viol playing tradition in sixteenth-century England, in particular in the London choir-schools. Dr Woodfield brings iconographic evidence and an interesting approach to this study which will be of interest to musicologists, iconographers, organologists and viol players.

Book Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture

Download or read book Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture written by Elisabeth B. MacDougall and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1987 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mariana Mesa

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Robert McGimsey
  • Publisher : Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Publications Department
  • Release : 1980
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Mariana Mesa written by Charles Robert McGimsey and published by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Publications Department. This book was released on 1980 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed report on the excavations of, and a comprehensive account and analysis of artifacts and materials from, seven settlements that varied in size from units of one or two families to small communities of several dozen individual houses.