Resultaten voor 'jerry d moore'
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Cat Tales
The first book to explore from an archaeological perspective the incredible and improbable history of our relationship with cats, from fearsome foe to purring pet. Feared, revered and respected, cats have left an indelible pawprint on the histories and civilizations of humankind. In Britain a third of all households have a cat, as of 2021, some 45 million American households owned one or more cats, making them one of the most popular pets in the world. Over the last two million years, cats and people have interacted in diverse and unexpected ways, but the predecessors of your furry friend were predators, not pets. Here, for the first time, the path from deadly enemy to improbable roommate is set out through an archaeological lens by Professor of Anthropology Jerry Moore. Starting with the terrifying prehistorical scimitar-toothed cat of the Pliocene and the lion drawings of the Palaeolithic Chauvet caves, Moore journeys through our complicated history with these charismatic creatures. He travels along the Nile and across the Mediterranean, sailing on to South America, exploring pet cemeteries, cat mummies and exquisite statuary across continents and centuries. However, our attempts to bring cats in from the cold have not always had happy endings, as Moore explores through such famous feline fanciers as Joe Exotic, Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn. Combining incredible archaeological finds with contemporary media, Cat Tales surveys ancient and modern interactions between humans and cats, wild and domestic, to ask a simple but profound question: who domesticated whom?
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Incidence of Travel
Recent Journeys in Ancient South America"Incidence of Travel is a modern-day sequel to nineteenth-century archaeological traveler John Lloyd Stephens’s classic Incidents of Travel, a charming set of essays on adventures in the field by a talented archaeologist. This is an eloquent testimony to the challenges and rewards of today’s archaeology, which provides an entertaining backdrop to a great deal of specialized, and often frankly unexciting, research. If you’re a vicarious archaeological adventurer, this book is for you." —Brian Fagan, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of The Intimate Bond "The reader gets to experience fascinating places created mostly by ancient peoples in Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, and Colombia through Moore’s descriptive, clear, and engaging narratives of his travels. His stories introduce the reader to numerous archaeological sites and remains by describing what it is actually like to be there experiencing and interacting with them today. . . . The whole world would enjoy encountering South America with him as a guide." —Maria Bruno, Dickinson College "Jerry Moore is one of our best and most original archaeologist writers. Everyone understands archaeology as travel through time, but few researchers write about the travel through space often required to understand the past—and then to understand how ancient people themselves traveled. Incidence of Travel is a smart, funny, and enlightening journey through South America, past and present." —William L. Fox, director of the Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art
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Cat Tales
A History€ 43,95 -
Cat Tales
A History€ 50,50