Central Asia Archaeology & History - Asia

Die Lhan kar ma: Ein früher Katalog der ins Tibetische übersetzten buddhistischen Texte. Kritische Neuausgabe mit Einleitung und Materialien [Paperback]

Adelheid Herrmann-Pfandt (Author)

$144.00

ISBN: 9783700160410
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Denkschriften der Phil.-Hist. Klasse
Volume: 367
The lhan kar ma is one of three ninth century Tibetan catalogues enumerating the Tibetan translations of Buddhist texts. The list contains about 750 titles and was written in AD 812 on commission of the Tibetan king to provide an overview of t... .... Learn More

Eurasian Prehistory 5: 1 [Paperback]

Ofer Bar-Yosef (Editor); Janusz K Kozlowski (Author)

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ISBN: 9788392325901
Published by : Peabody Museum Publications
Series: Eurasian Prehistory
Volume: 5:1
This journal is a joint venture endorsed by the American School of Prehistoric Research at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Institute of Archaeology at Jagiellonian University in Poland. The aim of this journal is to publ... .... Learn More

Eurasian Prehistory 4: 1 and 4:2: A Journal for Primary Archaeological Data [Paperback]

Ofer Bar-Yosef (Author); Janusz K Kozlowski (Author)

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ISBN: 9788391641590
Published by : Peabody Museum Publications
Series: Eurasian Prehistory
Volume: 4:1
This journal is a joint venture endorsed by the American School of Prehistoric Research at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Institute of Archaeology at Jagiellonian University in Poland. The aim of this journal is to publ... .... Learn More

Early Ceramics in Eurasia [Hardback]

Marek Zvelebil (Author); Peter Jordan (Author)

$120.00

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ISBN: 9781844720804
Published by : Cavendish Publishing Ltd
This book explores the emergence of ceramics in the Late Palaeolithic of China, Japan and Eastern Siberia, and the adoption and dispersal of this technology by hunter gatherer groups of Northern Eurasia. This book examines the practical impact... .... Learn More

Southern Turkmenistan in the Neolithic: A Petrographic case study [Paperback]

Jennifer Coolidge (Author)

$90.00

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ISBN: 9781841718620
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The Neolithic period of southern Turkmenistan, Central Asia is the primary focus of this study. During the Neolithic, southern Turkmenia was inhabited by two main groups living in two discrete ecological environmental zones: the Jeitun Culture of ... .... Learn More

Silk Road: Monks, Warriors & Merchants on The Silk Road [Hardback]

Luce Boulnois (Author)

$34.95

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ISBN: 9789622177208
Published by : ody
To the modern reader, the Silk Road conjures up images of fabled cities and exotic lands, of long-gone empires and great conquerors. In this authoritative book, Luce Boulnois explores the encounter between East and West across the vast continen... .... Learn More

The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith [Paperback]

Susan Whitfield (Author)

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ISBN: 9780712348669
Published by : British Library
For over two thousand years the Silk Road has attracted those wishing to make money, converts, diplomatic deals, conquests- or those simply looking to find a quiet place of retreat. Today the name continues to beguile, conjuring up images of ex... .... Learn More

Ukek: The Golden Horde City and its Periphery [Paperback]

L F Nedashkovsky (Author)

$85.00

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ISBN: 9781841715872
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
In the 18th century, large parts of Eurasia became part of the Mongol Empire; it is the north-western region, known as the Golden Horde, which forms the focus of this study. Although no work has been carried out at the city of Ukek, lying in th... .... Learn More

The Role of Chemical Markers and Chemometrics in the Identification of Grasses Used as Food in Pre-Agrarian South West Asia [Paperback]

Michelle Cave (Author)

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ISBN: 9781841716305
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
`This thesis explores the way in which novel chemical criteria can be used to identify charred remains of grains of small-grained grasses used as food by pre-agrarian hunter-gatherers in south-western Asia but which have hitherto rarely been i... .... Learn More

Sacred Landscape of the Himalaya: Proceedings of an International Conference at Heidelberg 22-27 May, 1998 [Paperback]

Niels Gutschow (Author); Axel Michaels (Author); Charles Ramble (Author); Ernst Steinkellner (Author)

$109.00

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ISBN: 9783700131090
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: VERöFFENTLICHUNGEN ZUR SOZIANLANTHROPOLOGIE
Volume: 4
Where the mountains can be gods it seems obvious to talk about the sacredness of landscape: The proceedings of an international seminar at Heidelberg in May 1998 presents nine case studies covering the entire range of the Himalaya, from Ladakh ... .... Learn More