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Land der Kelten? Die Britischen Inseln
Seit Jahrzehnten beschäftigen sich Archäologen, Historiker, Sprach- und Naturwissenschaftler mit den Kelten, einem bunten Gemisch verschiedener Stammesgemeinschaften mit ähnlichen Traditionen in Kunst, Handwerk, Religion und Sprache, welche die Geschichte Mitteleuropas im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. entscheidend prägten. Besonders in Südwestdeutschland ziehen spektakuläre Neufunde wie zuletzt das reich ausgestattete Frauengrab aus...Hunter, Fraser
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Vielfalt und Einheit, Tradition und Veränderung: Keltische Kunst in Großbritannien und Irland
Seit Jahrzehnten beschäftigen sich Archäologen, Historiker, Sprach- und Naturwissenschaftler mit den Kelten, einem bunten Gemisch verschiedener Stammesgemeinschaften mit ähnlichen Traditionen in Kunst, Handwerk, Religion und Sprache, welche die Geschichte Mitteleuropas im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. entscheidend prägten. Besonders in Südwestdeutschland ziehen spektakuläre Neufunde wie zuletzt das reich ausgestattete Frauengrab aus...Hunter, Fraser
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Ursprünglich getrennt – Ponykappe und Hörner von Torrs
Seit Jahrzehnten beschäftigen sich Archäologen, Historiker, Sprach- und Naturwissenschaftler mit den Kelten, einem bunten Gemisch verschiedener Stammesgemeinschaften mit ähnlichen Traditionen in Kunst, Handwerk, Religion und Sprache, welche die Geschichte Mitteleuropas im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. entscheidend prägten. Besonders in Südwestdeutschland ziehen spektakuläre Neufunde wie zuletzt das reich ausgestattete Frauengrab aus...Hunter, Fraser
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Finding the right image
It may be difficult now to recall with what passion and persistence the question of imagery was discussed among development practitioners in the late 1980s and 1990s. The history of development is a comparatively short one; the largest and most prominent development organizations in the United Kingdom – Oxfam, Christian...Lidchi, Henrietta
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Collecting nature within nature – animal inclusings in Amber in Early Modern Collections, or “Miniture marvels of nature”
When the French diplomat Charles Ogier saw frogs and lizards embedded in amber for sale during his visit to Danzig in November 1635 he called them “miniature miracles of nature.” With rare exceptions, few of these objects—copiously documented in inventories of the time—have actually survived. Instead, we must depend on...King, Rachel
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Asbestos Fingers and Flaming Lips: Metallgefäße für Tee und ihre Handhabung im 18. Jahrhundert
Ein Blatt des niederlandischen Kupferstechers Cornelis Dusart zeigt eine uppige Figur (Abb. 1): Die Frau halt eine enorme Teebuchse in der linken Hand; in der rechten wird eine Kanne mit solchem Schwung hochgeworfen, dass man beinahe vor der Szene zuruckschreckt. Trijin ist frohlich - zumindest dem Titel nach. Ihren Mann...King, Rachel
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“Some idea of our country”: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in early wartime documentary film
This edited collection focuses on the negotiation of national, geographic and cultural identities during the Second World War among the constituent countries of the United Kingdom. Adopting a four nations approach, it contributes to our understanding of how pluralistic identities within the multinational state of Britain informed the functioning of...Allan, Stuart
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The Early history of the Scottish bagpipe
Der Dudelsack - besonders die Version des Instruments, die von der Great Highland Bagpipe abgeleitet wurde - und seine Musik sind zum Symbol Schottlands geworden. Allerdings sind sehr wenige Indizien hinsichtlich seiner frühen Geschichte in Schottland und überhaupt keine archäologischer Art vorhanden. Dudelsack gewann wahrscheinlich an Popularität als das Land...Cheape, Hugh
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Bernstein. Ein deutscher Werkstoff?
Comment fonctionnent les mécanismes d'appropriation, de décontextualisation, puis de resémentisation propres à toute circulation culturelle sur les objets ? Les quatorze contributions de cet ouvrage esquissent une histoire interculturelle des espaces germanophone, néerlandophone et nordique à partir d'objets concrets, du lego à l'ambre, de la pomme de terre aux licornes...King, Rachel
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The cinerary urns
This volume presents the results of fieldwork on the East Lothian coastal plain in south-east Scotland investigating the nature of later prehistoric settlement around the hillfort of Traprain Law. Following geomagnetic surveys at thirty sites, six enclosures were excavated, three extensively. All six had complex occupation histories, involving multiple acts...Sheridan, J A
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Studs.
Woodward, Ann ; Hunter, John ; Sheridan, J A
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Appendix VII. Necklaces: additional data.
The exotic and impressive grave goods from burials of the ‘Wessex Culture’ in Early Bronze Age Britain are well known and have inspired influential social and economic hypotheses, invoking the former existence of chiefs, warriors and merchants and high-ranking pastoralists. Alternative theories have sought to explain how display of such...Sheridan, J A ; Woodward, Ann
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Felidae: Systematics
Kitchener, Andrew C
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Chairs of the Northern Isles
Jackson, Stephen
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Zooplankton Identification Manual for North European Seas (ZIMNES)
The ecological importance of marine zooplankton cannot be overestimated. Throughout the world’s oceans, plankton species abundance and diversity impact, determine and drive global cycles, food-web structure and ecosystem stability (Banse, 1995; Sommer, 1996; Lindley et al., 2003). Plankton communities mediate transfer of organic matter from the productive photic zone to...Hastie, L C ; Rasmussen, J ; Angel, M V ; Boxshall, G A ; Chambers, Susan …
horticulture and forestry, agriculture, Natural resource management, and Ecology and conservation
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Insects in Burmese amber
Burmese amber contains the highest diversity of insects out of all the Cretaceous ambers. There are 26 orders and 206 families recorded and 252 described species, of which 211 have been named in the past 15 years. The number of families is about half of all known insect families living...Ross, Andrew
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Projet JADE 2. ‘Object-signs’ and social interpretations of Alpine jade axeheads in the European Neolithic: theory and methodology
This volume brings together a group of peer reviewed papers, most of them presented at a workshop held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. The event took place on 15–17 October 2011 and was part of the European Research Council (ERC) funded project Cultural Evolution of Neolithic Europe...Pétrequin, Pierre ; Sheridan, J A ; Gauthier, Estelle ; Cassen, S ; Errera, Michael …
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Trajectoires des objets des iles Loyauté du musée d'Écosse, collectés par révérend Hadfield et son épouse
En 1910, le révérend Hadfield et son épouse, Emma Hadfield, retournement en Grande-Bretagne pour un conge, après trente-deux ans de service aux iles Loyauté. Sans adresse permanente, ils resident chez leur fils James Arthur Hadfield, pasteuer a la Kirk Memorial Church a Edimbourg. Pendant leur sejour dans cette ville, ils...Knowles, Chantal
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The different histories of the Norrie's Law hoard
This paper reviews the different histories of objects within the Norrie's Law hoard and demonstrates the likelihood that at least two objects - a plaque decorated with Pictish symbols and a handpin - are nineteenth-century forgeries.Goldberg, D Martin ; Blackwell, Alice
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Shunga in the Meiji era
This hardback catalogue, published to accompany a major international exhibition, aims to answer some key questions about what is shunga and why it was produced. In particular the social and cultural contexts for sex art in Japan are explored. Erotic Japanese art was heavily suppressed in Japan from the 1870s...Buckland, Rosina
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Japanese sculpture: a response
'Modern Japananese sculpture' is a topic that has been studied very little in the Western world, and works made in this period (1868-present) are rarely seen outside of their native country. One of our tasks at the Henry Moore Institute is to look at areas of sculpture studies that are...Buckland, Rosina
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Beating retreat: the Scottish military tradition in decline
The Scottish military tradition in the British Army is recognised as one of the most visible and celebrated manifestations of Scottish participation in the growth of the British Empire. When, in the middle years of the twentieth century, that empire began to break up, the impact on the Scottish regiments...Allan, Stuart
Scottish regiments, Save the Argylls, defence cuts, Colin Mitchell, and Amalgamation
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Foreword [Scottish photography: the first thirty years]
The souvenir book of the exhibition Photography: A Victorian Sensation at National Museums Scotland June-November 2015. It highlights objects in National Museum Scotland's history of photography collections and describes the public excitement over early photography.Lidchi, Henrietta
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Preface [Scottish photography: the first thirty years]
This lavishly illustrated book discusses the relationship between art, science and technology which, around 1840, laid a fertile groundwork for photography to flourish in Scotland. It looks at the early professionals including DO Hill, Robert Adamson, James Valentine and George Washington Wilson. The book has been written by Dr Sara...Lidchi, Henrietta
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Revolution and revitalization: the War of Independence and its aftermath (catalogue)
The catalogue accompanying the exhibition (On the Trails of the Iroquois) provides insights into the historical and cultural context of the exhibits and their makers. In addition, it also highlights the importance of the ethnographic collections held by museums today for an understanding of a fascinating people and their culture.Allan, Stuart
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Celtic arts in the long term: continuity, change and connections
The real and imagined legacy of the ancient Celts has shaped modern identities across the British Isles and retains a powerful hold over the popular imagination. Furthermore, Celtic art is one of Europe’s great artistic traditions, with the skills of Celtic craftspeople standing alongside the best of the ancient and...Hunter, Fraser ; Goldberg, D Martin ; Farley, Julia ; Leins, Ian
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A connected Europe, c.500-150 BC
The real and imagined legacy of the ancient Celts has shaped modern identities across the British Isles and retains a powerful hold over the popular imagination. Furthermore, Celtic art is one of Europe’s great artistic traditions, with the skills of Celtic craftspeople standing alongside the best of the ancient and...Joy, Jody ; Hunter, Fraser
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At the western edge of the Christian world, c. AD 600-900
The real and imagined legacy of the ancient Celts has shaped modern identities across the British Isles and retains a powerful hold over the popular imagination. Furthermore, Celtic art is one of Europe’s great artistic traditions, with the skills of Celtic craftspeople standing alongside the best of the ancient and...Goldberg, D Martin
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Out of a Roman world, c. AD 250-650
The real and imagined legacy of the ancient Celts has shaped modern identities across the British Isles and retains a powerful hold over the popular imagination. Furthermore, Celtic art is one of Europe’s great artistic traditions, with the skills of Celtic craftspeople standing alongside the best of the ancient and...Goldberg, D Martin
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The impact of Rome, c. AD 50-250
The real and imagined legacy of the ancient Celts has shaped modern identities across the British Isles and retains a powerful hold over the popular imagination. Furthermore, Celtic art is one of Europe’s great artistic traditions, with the skills of Celtic craftspeople standing alongside the best of the ancient and...Hunter, Fraser
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An innovative antiquarian: Alexander Henry Rhind’s excavations in Egypt and his collection in National Museums Scotland
A varied and charming collection of 17 papers that bring something new about the people from many countries and backgrounds who travelled to, from and within Egypt and the Near East, either singly or as a group, and explored, observed and recorded, or stayed for a short period of time...Irving, Ross ; Maitland, Margaret
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Hieroglyphs from the North: Newcastle's early travellers in Egypt and their correspondence with Jean-Francois Champollion
A varied and charming collection of 17 papers that bring something new about the people from many countries and backgrounds who travelled to, from and within Egypt and the Near East, either singly or as a group, and explored, observed and recorded, or stayed for a short period of time...Maitland, Margaret
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The faience beads: description and discussion
These two barrows in the parish of Tixall, north of Stafford, were excavated by the Stoke-on-Trent Museum Archaeological Society between the years 1986 and 1994. They are approximately one kilometre apart with King’s Low still extant but Queen’s Low badly damaged by ploughing. The results are important because little excavation...Sheridan, J A
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Medieval seals, image and truth
Medieval Coins and Seals: Constructing Identity, Signifying Power showcases these objects as intrinsic and highly significant aspects of medieval visual culture, and contributes to an understanding of the many ways in which they functioned as conveyors of meaning in Western European, Islamic, and Byzantine cultures from the fifth to the...Robinson, J
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Surviving eighteenth-century chemistry apparatus in the National Museums of Scotland
From the mid eighteenth century, many medical students from across the world made their way to Edinburgh, drawn by the reputation of the faculty and the quality and nature of its teaching. Chemistry, in particular, had star performers, notably William Cullen and Joseph Black, whose innovative teaching styles excited and...Morrison-Low, A D
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