James J Preston
Biographic Data
| ID | 165385 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James J Preston |
| GIVEN NAMES | James J |
| FAMILY NAME | Preston |
| SIGNATURE | PRESTON J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Fezzan Project 2001
The Fezzan Project completed its five-year fieldwork cycle in 2001. The geographical research team located numerous additional palaeolake sites within the Edeyen Ubari, using a combination of Remote Sensing technology and field visits. Additional samples were taken for analysis and dating from many lake edge locations, relating to both the large Pleistocene lake and to the numerous smaller Holocene lakes that have been identified by the team. The…
The Fezzan Project 2000
The fourth season of the Fezzan Project continued the interdisciplinary approaches of previous seasons. Geographical and environmental work focused principally in sampling sediments for scientific dating and with integrating ground observation with remote sensing data. Excavations continued at Old Germa, where the site has now reached Garamantian levels. In a separate development, the tentative identification has been made of an early mosque at t…
The Rise of a Refugee God
Celebrations of Death
The Assembly of Listeners
Hindu Women and the Power of Ideology
Preface The Village Setting The Author in the Village Pativratya: The Ideology Women's Lives within the Family Structure The Daily Life of Brahmin and Vokkaliga Women Socialization of Women Through the Life Cycle 1: Preparation for and Arrangement of Marriage Socialization of Women Through the Life Cycle 2: Married Life, Old Age, and Widowhood Parivratya and Women's Personality Pativratya and the Hindu Woman's Destiny Appendixes Selected Bibliogr…
Necessary Fictions
Necessary Fictions: Healing Encounters with a North American Saint* James J. Preston We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. —Shakespeare, The Tempest (4.1.156-58) Throughout the world for thousands of years the practice of medicine has been lodged in the context of mythopoetic world views. Medical practitioners could hardly be separated from magico-religious technicians of the "sacred." Nor was it po…
Erikson, Erik H., Childhood and Society
The Rise of a Refugee God
The Fezzan Project 2001
The Fezzan Project completed its five-year fieldwork cycle in 2001. The geographical research team located numerous additional palaeolake sites within the Edeyen Ubari, using a combination of Remote Sensing technology and field visits. Additional samples were taken for analysis and dating from many lake edge locations, relating to both the large Pleistocene lake and to the numerous smaller Holocene lakes that have been identified by the team. The…
The Fezzan Project 2000
The fourth season of the Fezzan Project continued the interdisciplinary approaches of previous seasons. Geographical and environmental work focused principally in sampling sediments for scientific dating and with integrating ground observation with remote sensing data. Excavations continued at Old Germa, where the site has now reached Garamantian levels. In a separate development, the tentative identification has been made of an early mosque at t…
Erikson, Erik H., Childhood and Society
Necessary Fictions
Necessary Fictions: Healing Encounters with a North American Saint* James J. Preston We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. —Shakespeare, The Tempest (4.1.156-58) Throughout the world for thousands of years the practice of medicine has been lodged in the context of mythopoetic world views. Medical practitioners could hardly be separated from magico-religious technicians of the "sacred." Nor was it po…
Hindu Women and the Power of Ideology
Preface The Village Setting The Author in the Village Pativratya: The Ideology Women's Lives within the Family Structure The Daily Life of Brahmin and Vokkaliga Women Socialization of Women Through the Life Cycle 1: Preparation for and Arrangement of Marriage Socialization of Women Through the Life Cycle 2: Married Life, Old Age, and Widowhood Parivratya and Women's Personality Pativratya and the Hindu Woman's Destiny Appendixes Selected Bibliogr…
The Assembly of Listeners
Celebrations of Death
The Rise of a Refugee God
The Fezzan Project 2000
The fourth season of the Fezzan Project continued the interdisciplinary approaches of previous seasons. Geographical and environmental work focused principally in sampling sediments for scientific dating and with integrating ground observation with remote sensing data. Excavations continued at Old Germa, where the site has now reached Garamantian levels. In a separate development, the tentative identification has been made of an early mosque at t…
The Fezzan Project 2001
The Fezzan Project completed its five-year fieldwork cycle in 2001. The geographical research team located numerous additional palaeolake sites within the Edeyen Ubari, using a combination of Remote Sensing technology and field visits. Additional samples were taken for analysis and dating from many lake edge locations, relating to both the large Pleistocene lake and to the numerous smaller Holocene lakes that have been identified by the team. The…
Sociology (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (2 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (2 works) · Excavation (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Geology (2 works)