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Village Life at Prehistoric Monjukli Depe, Turkmenistan

Microarchaeological, Archaeobiological, and Artifact Studies

2025 || Hardcover || Susan Pollock e.a. || Sidestone Press

Archaeological research on early villages has repeatedly shown that despite their small size these settlements were anything but simple. Excavations at the Late Neolithic and early Aeneolithic village of Monjukli Depe in the Kopet Dag foothills of Turkmenistan contribute to a picture of this complexity. General uniformities in house plans and material culture conceal underlying variability in material and social practices. Small-scale analyses of the preparation and use of space in buildings,...

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Bark Painting in the Washkuk Hills of North New Guinea

2025 || Paperback || Ross Bowden || Sidestone Press

The art of painting on bark was once widely found in many parts of the Pacific, including the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, the home of the Kwoma people who are the subject of this study. The styles of the paintings and the subjects of designs were as varied as the hundreds of languages spoken in this region.

Following European contact at the end of the nineteenth century, and the social change this brought, many New Guinea peoples discontinued producing their vibrant designs on ba...