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This collection of essays offers an examination of the Sasanian empire based almost entirely on archaeological and scientific research, much presented here for the first time. The book is divided into three parts examining Sasanian sites, settlements and landscapes; their complex agricultural resources; and their crafts and industries.

Iran --- Antiquities. --- History --- Sassanids --- Sassanides --- Antiquities --- Material culture. --- Culture matérielle. --- To 640

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South Sudan became independent in 2011 after decades of rebel wars with the Government of Sudan. Independence prompted discussions about South Sudanese identity and shared history, in which material objects and cultural heritage featured as vitally important resources. However, the long-term effects of colonialism and conflict had largely precluded any concerted attempts to preserve material culture within the country; museums remained in Khartoum, the capital of the formally united Sudan. Furthermore, tens of thousands of objects had been removed from what is now South Sudan during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to museum and private collections around the world. Up to now there have been few attempts to reconnect the history of these South Sudanese museum collections with people in or from South Sudan. Pieces of a Nation is the first extended study of South Sudanese material cultural heritage in museum collections and beyond. The chapters discuss a range of different objects and practices - from museum objects taken from South Sudan in the context of enslavement and colonialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to efforts by South Sudanese to preserve their country's cultural heritage during recent conflicts. With essays by 32 contributors in Europe, South Sudan, Uganda and Australia, this book delivers a unique range of perspectives on museum objects from South Sudan and on heritage practices in the country and among its diaspora. Written by curators, academics, heritage professionals and artists in accessible and engaging style, it is intended for scholars, museum professionals and a wide range of individuals interested in South Sudan, African arts and cultures, the history of museum collecting and colonialism and/or the role of material heritage in peacebuilding and refugee contexts. At a time of widespread, prominent debates over the provenance of museum collections from Africa and calls for restitution, this book provides an in-depth empirical study of the circumstances and practices that led to South Sudanese objects entering foreign museum collections and the importance of these objects in South Sudan and around the world today.

Material culture --- Cultural property --- Museums --- Culture matérielle --- Musées --- Protection --- Acquisition. --- Curatorship --- Since 2011 --- South Sudan --- Soudan du Sud --- South Sudan. --- Antiquities. --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement

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The Etruscan city of Caere and eleven other Etruscan city-states were among the first urban centers in ancient Italy. Roman descriptions of Etruscan cities highlight their wealth, beauty, and formidable defenses. Although Caere left little written historical record outside of funerary inscriptions, its complex story can be deciphered by analyzing surviving material culture, including architecture, tomb paintings, temples, sanctuaries, and materials such as terracotta, bronze, gold, and amber found in Etruscan crafts. Studying Caere provides valuable insight not only into Etruscan history and culture but more broadly into urbanism and the development of urban centers across ancient Italy. Comprehensive in scope, Caere is the first English-language book dedicated to the study of its eponymous city. Collecting the work of an international team of scholars, it features chapters on a wide range of topics, such as Caere’s formation and history, economy, foreign relations, trade networks, art, funerary traditions, built environment, religion, daily life, and rediscovery. Extensively illustrated throughout, Caere presents new perspectives on and analysis of not just Etruscan civilization but also the city’s role in the wider pan-Mediterranean basin.

Material culture --- Art, Etruscan --- Etruscans --- Culture matérielle --- Art étrusque --- Etrusques --- Cerveteri (Italy) --- Cerveteri (Italie) --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Antiquities. --- Civilization --- Excavations (Archaeology). --- Material culture. --- Ausgrabung. --- History. --- Etruscan influences. --- Italy --- Italy. --- Cerveteri. --- Etrurien. --- History --- Culture matérielle --- Art étrusque --- Antiquités --- Civilization, Etruscan --- Etrurians --- Ethnology --- Italic peoples --- Cerveteri, Italy --- Caere --- Cere Antica --- Cerveleri (Italy)

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Materiality and Social Practice investigates the transformative potential arising from the interplay between material forms, social practices and intercultural relations. Such a focus necessitates an approach that takes a transcultural perspective as a fundamental methodology and, then a broader understanding of the inter-relationship between humans and objects. Adopting a transcultural approach forces us to change archaeology's approach towards items coming from the outside. By using them mostly for reconstructing systems of exchange or for chronology, archaeology has for a long time reduced

Material culture --- Social archaeology --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Intercultural communication --- Cross-cultural communication --- History --- Mediterranean Region --- Antiquities. --- Communication --- Culture --- Cross-cultural orientation --- Cultural competence --- Multilingual communication --- Technical assistance --- Archaeology --- Folklore --- Technology --- Anthropological aspects --- Methodology --- Culture matérielle --- Archéologie sociale --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Communication interculturelle --- Histoire --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Antiquités --- Bronze age --- Commerce, Prehistoric --- Ceremonial objects --- Relations.

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Yoruba (African people) --- Philosophy, Yoruba. --- Art, Yoruba. --- Yariba (African people) --- Yooba (African people) --- Yorubas --- Ethnology --- Philosophy, Yoruba (African people) --- Yoruba philosophy --- Art, Yoruba (African people) --- Yoruba art --- Social life and customs. --- Communication. --- Material culture. --- Yorouba (Peuple d'Afrique) --- Art yorouba --- Philosophie Yorouba --- Material culture --- Communication --- Culture matérielle --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Social conditions.