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    Resplendent Dress from Southeastern Europe: A History in Layers

    In the past, girls from rural southeastern Europe spent their childhoods weaving, sewing, and embroidering festive dress so that upon reaching puberty they could join the Sunday afternoon village dances…

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    Women’s Work

    Elizabeth Wayland Barber

    The 30th-anniversary edition of a historical account, called "brilliantly original" by Katha Pollitt (The Washington Post Book World), that reframed our understanding of women's lives in early societies

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    The Mummies of Urumchi

    Elizabeth Wayland Barber

    A look at the incredibly well-preserved ancient mummies found in Western China describes their clothing and appearance, attempts to reconstruct their culture, and speculates about how Caucasians could have found…

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    The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance

    Elizabeth Wayland Barber (Occidental College)

    A fascinating exploration of an ancient system of beliefs and its links to the evolution of dance.

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    The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance

    Elizabeth Wayland Barber (Occidental College)

    A fascinating exploration of an ancient system of beliefs and its links to the evolution of dance.

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    When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth

    Elizabeth Wayland Barber,Paul T. Barber

    Why were Prometheus and Loki envisioned as chained to rocks? What was the Golden Calf? Why are mirrors believed to carry bad luck? This book shows that myths originally transmitted…

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    Resplendent Dress from Southeastern Europe: A History in Layers

    In the past, girls from rural southeastern Europe spent their childhoods weaving, sewing, and embroidering festive dress so that upon reaching puberty they could join the Sunday afternoon village dances…

    $210.99

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    The Bog People: Iron Age Man Preserved

    P.V. Glob

    Conceived as a detective story of sorts, The Bog People is a fascinating account of the religion, culture, and daily life of Iron Age Europe as revealed when a well-preserved…

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