Why do people tame animals — and how did it start in the ancient Near East? This review of Brentjes’ classic explores domestication, science, and society as it is covered in a book.
#Domestication #AncientNearEast #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives
Petzsch, Hans. 1964. “B. Brentjes, Wildtier Und Haustier Im Alten Orient, Berlin 1962”. EAZ – Ethnographisch-Archaeologische Zeitschrift 5 (2):165‐167 (in German).
https://doi.org/10.54799/TPZK9963

Svend Hansen’s review unpacks “Die Vollgriffschwerter in der Slowakei“ by Mária Novotná: highlights the volume's contribution to our understanding of Central Europe’s sword-depositing traditions and challenges how we date and interpret hoards.
#CentralEurope #Archaeology #BronzeAge #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/FVOU8121

EAZ Vol. 16, No. 1 (1975) is now in our digital archive! This issue features a comparative study of Inca and Aztec land ownership and tribute systems. It also includes reviews of key publications on Pre-Columbian cultures, a report on Soviet-era debates around pre-capitalist social formations, and conference reports from Weimar and Budapest on museum studies and cuneiform research.
#Archaeology #Anthropology #EAZ #EAZArchives
Read here: https://www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/eaz/issue/view/110

In "Fictitious Tradition and Cultural Memory", Holger Wendling explores how the past can be used to validate the present, based on Celtic cultural remains.
#CelticHistory #IronAge #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/BJVX5053

EAZ Vol. 15, No. 4 (1974) is now available online! With contributions covering, among others, the archaeology and ethnography of the Caucasus, physical anthropology, along with reviews of a number of palynological publications and conference reports, including the II Symposion Byzantinon in Strasbourg, the volume is now added to our archives.
#Archaeology #Palynology #AcademicPublishing #EAZ #EAZArchives
Read here: https://www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/eaz/issue/view/103

EAZ Vol. 15, No. 4 (1974) is now available online! With contributions covering, among others, the #archaeology and #ethnography of the #caucasus, #physicalanthropology along with reviews of a number of palynological publications and conference reports, including the II Symposion Byzantinon in Strasbourg, the volume is now added to our archives.
#Archaeology #Palynology #AcademicPublishing #EAZ #EAZArchives
Read here: https://www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/eaz/issue/view/103

In early 2017, EAZ invited German-speaking archaeologists - representing at least three generations of researchers - to share their perspectives on the future of archaeological theory, which formed a Provocation & Response section of Vol. 56, No. 1/2 (10 contributions).
#ArchaeologicalTheory #AcademicDebate #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/PEGG4053
Vol. 56, No. 1/2 https://www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/eaz/issue/view/58

Today we are looking at the rituals behind ancient constructions and the concept of ‘building sacrifices’.
#Bauopfer #Rituals #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/ZTES1444

This report from our archives reflects a symposium held at Malé Vozokany, Slovakia, from 16th to 20th October 1972, focusing on the Late La Tène and Early Roman Imperial periods.
#GermanicTribes #AncientHistory #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/TCAT8514

This brief review from our archive is of the book, which offers a rare and detailed insight into the life of the San people in the mid-20th century.
#SanPeople #IndigenousRights #Anthropology #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/FIFO8480

This study from our archives combines archaeology, anthropology and social history to reveal living conditions in medieval Europe.
#MedievalEurope #LivingStandards #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/PZHU3144

Update 2024: Expansion of the EAZ Digital Archive! We're glad to announce the addition of volumes 14-15 of the EAZ to our archive.They span 8 issues containing over 100 papers from 1973-1974, cover a variety of topics ranging from theoretical debates on human evolution and anthropological methods, Mayan civilisation and witchcraft studies, to Finno-Ugric kinship systems and their implications for linguistic and cultural anthropology.
#AcademicPublishing #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/eaz/vol-eleventh

Holtorf's perspective encourages a more inclusive and reflective approach to archaeology, emphasising that we are all archaeologists in some sense, as the field intersects with universal human interests in history, culture and materiality.
#ArchaeologyIdeas #PublicArchaeology #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/CFAK3021

This article from our archives explores how time is conceptualized within the field of archaeology. It examines the different ways in which archaeologists understand and interpret time, and how these interpretations influence their work.
#Archaeology #ConceptOfTime #Philosophy #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/TELV8202

The article discusses the author's research conducted between April 1968 and April 1969 on the traditional way of life of the East Kimberley Aborigines and the impact of European influence in North-Western Australia.
#AustralianAnthropology #AboriginalCulture #CulturalResearch #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/NKII3339

Through analysis of execution sites and skeletal remains, this article offers valuable insights into the social and cultural attitudes towards punishment and death in medieval and early modern societies.
#MedievalJustice #PenalSystem #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/LLKT9251

This piece from our archives reviews the work on medieval archaeology in Central Europe, focusing on the comprehensive analysis of Bohemian and Moravian ceramics. It unveils methodological insights and the societal role of potters, offering an understanding of cultural development during the medieval period.
#ArchaeologyReview #MedievalArchaeology #CeramicsResearch #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/GTFZ3372