Ancient Near East & Cyprus
Archaeology and history from Early Man to the spread of Islam in the region that stretches from northern Turkey to southern Arabia and from the Levantine coast to Iran.
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The Archaeobotany of Aşvan: Environment & Cultivation in Eastern Anatolia from the Chalcolithic to the Medieval Period [Hardback]
Mark Nesbitt (Author); Jennifer Bates (Author); Gordon Hillman (Author); Stephen Mitchell (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781898249177
Published by : British Institute at Ankara
Series: British Institute at Ankara Monograph
Volume: 33
This volume contains the final publication of the archaeobotanical remains recovered from four sites at the village of Aşvan in eastern Turkey, which were excavated between 1968 and 1973 as part of the archaeological rescue project in the Keban Da... .... Learn More -
A Wayside Shrine in Northern Moab: Excavations in the Wadi ath-Thamad [Hardback]
P. M. Michèle Daviau (Editor); Margreet L. Steiner (Editor)
Regular Price: £50.00
Special Price: £37.50
ISBN: 9781785707087
Published by : Oxbow Books
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Major recent excavations have shed much light on the complexity of Iron Age society and religion in southern Palestine, a region where both Judeans and Edomites lived. However, it is not clear whether the religious practices attested at these site... .... Learn More -
Bordered Places - Bounded Times: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Turkey [Hardback]
Emma. L. Baysal (Editor); Leonidas Karakatsanis (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781898249382
Published by : British Institute at Ankara
Series: British Institute at Ankara Monograph
Volume: 51
Building on similarities and exploring differences in the way scholars undertake their research, this volume presents crossdisciplinary communication on the study of borders, frontiers and boundaries through time, with a focus on Turkey. Standing ... .... Learn More -
The Socio-Economic Organisation of the Urartian Kingdom [Hardback]
Ali Cifci (Author)
£86.00ISBN: 9789004347588
Published by : Brill
Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East
Volume: 89
In The Socio-economic Organisation of the Urartian Kingdom, Ali Cifci presents a detailed study of the life of the highland communities of eastern Anatolia, Armenia and north-west Iran between the 9th and 6th centuries BC. In doing so, the author ... .... Learn More -
Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Change at Ancient Gordion: Gordion Special Studies 8 [Hardback]
John M. Marston (Author)
£52.00ISBN: 9781934536919
Published by : University of Pennsylvania Press
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This book publishes the results of 220 botanical samples from the 1993-2002 Gordion excavations directed by Mary Voigt. Together with Naomi Miller's 2010 volume (Gordion Special Studies 5), this book completes the publication of botanical samples ... .... Learn More -
From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire [Hardback]
Pierre Briant (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9781575060316
Published by : Eisenbrauns
The Persian Empire was a vast entity, stretching from central Asia to Upper Egypt and from the Indus to the Danube. This large book, described as `voluminous and diverse' discusses the history of the Persian Empire from its emergence in 550BC t... .... Learn More -
Sasanian Persia: Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia [Hardback]
Eberhard W. Sauer (Editor)
£80.00ISBN: 9781474401012
Published by : Edinburgh University Press
The Sasanian Empire (third-seventh centuries) was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan and from Central Asia to the Arabian Peninsula. This mega-empire withstood powerful opponents in the steppe a... .... Learn More -
At the Northern Frontier of Near Eastern Archaeology / An Der Nordgrenze Der Vorderasiatischen Archaologie: Recent Research on Caucasia and Anatolia i: 3 (Subartu) [Paperback]
Elena Rova (Editor); Monica Tonussi (Editor)
Regular Price: £115.00
Special Price: £109.65
ISBN: 9782503548975
Published by : Brepols
35 papers, originally presented by an international group of researchers at a conference held in Venice in January 2013, present the results of the last 20 years of archaeological research about the pre-classical cultures of the Caucasus and Anato... .... Learn More -
Early Mesopotamian Divination Literature: Its Organizational Framework and Generative and Paradigmatic Characteristics [Hardback]
Abraham Winitzer (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9789004346994
Published by : Brill
Series: Ancient Magic & Divination
Volume: 12
Not yet published - available for pre-order
In Early Mesopotamian Divination Literature: Its Organizational Framework and Generative and Paradigmatic Characteristics, Abraham Winitzer provides a detailed study of the Akkadian Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1600 BC) omen collections stemming from ... .... Learn More -
Treasures from the Oxus: The Art and Civilization of Central Asia [Hardback]
Massimo Vidale (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781784537722
Published by : I.B. Tauris
In history, this grand arterial 1500-mile waterway was always seen as the natural frontier between the northern provinces of the Iranian empires and the outer Turanian lands. It was for centuries central to Achaemenid and later Persian power. But,... .... Learn More
