Demography in Archaeology is a review of current theory and method in the reconstruction of populations from archaeological data. Starting with a summary of demographic concepts and methods, the book examines historical and ethnographic sources of demographic evidence before addressing the methods by which reliable demographic estimates can be ...
The science called 'harmonics' was one of the major intellectual enterprises of Greek antiquity. Ptolemy's treatise seeks to invest it with new scientific rigour; its consistently sophisticated procedural self-awareness marks it as a key text in the history of science. This book is a sustained methodological exploration of Ptolemy's project. After ...
The ancient science of harmonics investigates the arrangements of pitched sounds which form the basis of musical melody, and the principles which govern them. It was the most important branch of Greek musical theory, studied by philosophers, mathematicians and astronomers as well as by musical specialists. This book examines its development during ...
This book is the first of two volumes offering a selection of Greek writings on music, newly translated into English and equipped with an extensive commentary. This volume contains passages from Greek poets, historians and essayists, evoking or describing aspects of the practical activities of musical performance and composition, together with ...
This second volume of Greek Musical Writings contains important texts on harmonic and acoustic theory, illustrating the progress of these sciences from their beginnings in the sixth century BC over the subsequent thousand years. Writers represented include Philolaus, Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Aristoxenus, Ptolemy, Aristides, Archytas, and ...
The miniaturist Peter Altenberg (1859-1919) is a seminal but often neglected figure in the culture of turn-of-the-century Vienna and in twentieth-century Modernism. Altenberg has suffered neglect both because he failed to work in so-called 'major' genres and on account of his addiction to drugs, alcohol, and young girls, yet his marginal status ...
Designed to comprehensively cover the aspects of the Core modules necessary for the MRCS exam, this book provides explanations for each question in a format which clearly delineates the required standard for the MRCS. This book is accompanied by a volume covering the Systems modules of the exam.
"This is impersonal poetry. Nothing here is about me." Using the established poetic forms of the villanelle and thesonnet, "Snowblind from my Protective Colouring" gives us dialogues from many characters, some imagined some real, as they confront and express their lives and relationships. From the un-named She and He of 'Everything in Life is ...
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