Uncovering evidence that ancestor veneration was deeply rooted in Wari society, shaping Wari expansion, rituals, and statecraft This volume examines the central role of ancestors in Andean society during the Wari Empire of the Middle Horizon period (600-1000 CE), centuries before the rise of the Incas. As one of the earliest expansionist states ......
Digital Heritage and Engagement on the Disappearing Island
Documenting and interpreting the intersecting pasts of a historic island before they vanish under rising tides Egmont Key, a small island at the meeting point of the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay, was a pivotal site in US history. Now a Florida State Park and a National Wildlife Refuge, it attracts visitors for its beaches and wildlife-but is ......
Digital Heritage and Engagement on the Disappearing Island
Documenting and interpreting the intersecting pasts of a historic island before they vanish under rising tides Egmont Key, a small island at the meeting point of the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay, was a pivotal site in US history. Now a Florida State Park and a National Wildlife Refuge, it attracts visitors for its beaches and wildlife-but is ......
An examination of Edith Wharton's works from World War I, reclaiming Wharton as a "Great War" writer Edith Wharton resided in France during World War I, visiting combat zones and hospitals and working tirelessly with refugee and children's relief organizations. In magazines and newspapers such as the New York Times, Saturday Evening Post, and ......
Arguing against the prevailing view of Edith Wharton as a realist writer, Hildegard Hoeller finds the real Wharton in the writer's sentimental voice and in her critique of realism. She demonstrates that the American writer created a dialogue between the two literary traditions.
Exploring Edith Wharton's engagement with global issues in her life and writing Hailed for her remarkable social and psychological insights into the Gilded Age lives of privileged Americans, Edith Wharton, the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, was a transnational author who attempted to understand and appreciate the culture, history, and ......
A leading authority on the archaeology of Florida tells the story of the state's past as a Spanish colony Florida is the state with the oldest recorded history of European contact, beginning with the arrival of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon more than five centuries ago-but many people don't know the full story of Florida during this ......
Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and the Struggle for Black Equality in America
Comparing the lives and goals of two icons of Black resistance One man dreamed of a country united in true racial equality. Another saw this as a nightmare that served only the interest of wealthy white people. Both were sons of Baptist ministers. Both grew up to be icons of the civil rights movement. Integration versus separatism. Martin ......
Examples of how to conduct bioarchaeological research that integrates archival records with skeletal evidence Doing Historical Bioarchaeology explores ways researchers can utilize and approach archival records alongside skeletal evidence. In this book, case studies demonstrate how this dual approach can generate new research questions, ......
