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Prehistoric Mediterranean

Inhabiting Symbols: Symbol and Image
Wilkins, John
This collection of ten papers, plus an introduction, is taken from two seminars organised by the Accordia Research Institute held at the the Institute of Classical Studies in London between 2001 and 2002. In essence the papers reflect different approaches to studying symbolic systems of ancient Mediterranean societies covering a range of subjects and geographical areas, With a temporal span from the Neolithic to the early Roman empire, the ...
Hardback. Price GB £40.00

Knossos: unearthing a Legend
Farnoux, Alexandre
Presents the story of the discovery of Knossos, the ancient lost palace of King Minos on the island of Crete in the early twentieth century by English archaeologist Arthur Evans.160p, many color illus. (Abrams 1996)
Paperback. Price GB £6.95

Mycenaeans
Castleden, Rodney
Forming the sequel to Rodney Castleden's Minoans published in 1991, Mycenaeans looks at the history and archaeology of dynamic and enterprising race of people living in various regions of Greece as well as the city of Mycenae itself. Well-eritten, illustrated throughout and authoritative, this is a great introduction to the Mycenaean cvilisation. Castleden covers a wide range of topics from the Mycenaean people (their physical ...
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Unwritten Rome
Wiseman, T. P.
T.P. Wiseman presents us with an imaginative and appealing picture of the early society of pre-literary Rome - as a free and uninhibited world in which the arts and popular entertainments flourished. This original angle allows the voice of the Roman people to be retrieved empathetically from contemporary artefacts and figured monuments, and from selected passages of later literature. 336p b/w illus (University of Exeter Press 2008)
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Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus: Identity, Insularity and Connectivity
by A. Bernard Knapp
Oxbow says: This excellent new study provides a welcome synthesis of Bronze Age and early Iron Age Cyprus, combining archaeological and documentary data with interpretation and insightful comment. Even if you are not interested in or studying ...
Hardback. Price GB £103.00

Balearic Prehistoric Ecology and Culture
Waldren, William H.
(BAR S149, 1982)
Paperback. Price GB £60.00

Across Frontiers: Papers in Honour of David Ridgway and Francesca R Serra Ridgway
Herring, Edward
This massive volume contains 47 essays on a wide variety of topics related to the prehistory of the Mediterranean. Text mostly in English; some papers in Italian or French. 548p b/w figs (Accordia Research Institute 2006)
Price GB £88.00

Archaic Greek Culture: History, Archaeology, Art and Museology BAR IS2061
Solovyov, Sergey
This volume presents papers from a round table conference held in St Petersburg in 2005. After an introductory survey of the key issues in contemporary studies of Archaic Greece by John Boardman, the papers deal with the following major themes: Archaic ...
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Architektur und Bauornamentik der Archaischen Konigsgraber von Tamassos auf Zypern
Walcher, Katja
This volume analyses the royal tombs of Tamassos in Cyprus, examining their architectural form and ornamentation as evidence for dating, and for their cultural origins. Katja Walcher finds clear Phoenician parallels, and rejects local, Minoan-Mycenaean or ...
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Asia Minor Studien 63: Der Hafen von Alexandria Troas
by Stefan Feuser
Hardback. Price GB £89.00