Aegean / Mediterranean Prehistory
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What are these Queer Stones?: Baetyls: Epistemology of a Minoan Fetish [Paperback]
Sam Crooks (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9781407311296
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This monograph examines the aniconic cult stones, or baetyls, of the Aegean Bronze Age. Minoan baetyls are commonly understood by reference to the interpretive vocabularies of ancient Near Eastern traditions developed by comparati... .... Learn More -
Knossos Monastiriako Tomb and ‘Deposit’ [Hardback]
Laura Preston (Editor)
£56.00ISBN: 9780904887686
Published by : British School at Athens
Series: BSA Studies
Volume: 22
The archaeological sites on the Monastiriako Kephali hill analysed in this volume include the earliest known mortuary activity at the key Minoan centre of Knossos on the island of Crete. Two Bronze Age sites are presented, known a... .... Learn More -
Rough Cilicia: New Historical and Archaeological Approaches [Hardback]
Michael C. Hoff (Editor); Rhys F. Townsend (Editor)
Regular Price: £65.00
Special Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781842175187
Published by : Oxbow Books
The region of Rough Cilicia (modern area the south-western coastal area of Turkey), known in antiquity as Cilicia Tracheia, constitutes the western part of the larger area of Cilicia. It is characterised by the ruggedness of its t... .... Learn More -
The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean [Hardback]
Peter F. Bang (Editor); W. Scheidel (Editor)
£95.00ISBN: 9780195188318
Published by : Oxford University Press
This Handbook offers a comprehensive survey of ancient state formation in western Eurasia and North Africa. Eighteen experts introduce readers to a wide variety of systems spanning 4,000 years, from the earliest known states in wo... .... Learn More -
Intermezzo: Intermediacy and Regeneration in Middle Minoan III Palatial Crete [Hardback]
Colin F. Macdonald (Editor); Carl Knappett (Editor)
£79.00ISBN: 9780904887679
Published by : British School at Athens
Series: BSA Studies
Volume: 21
The Middle Minoan III period on Crete was initially identified and studied in detail at Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans. Subsequent scholarly attention focused on the preceding Old Palace period and the apparent floruit of the New Pal... .... Learn More -
Materiality and Consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean [Hardback]
Louise Steel (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9780415537346
Published by : Routledge Ltd
The importance of cultural contacts in the East Mediterranean has long been recognized and is the focus of ongoing international research. Fieldwork in the Aegean, Egypt, Cyprus, and the Levant continues to add to our understandin... .... Learn More -
Monumentality in Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture: Ideology and Innovation [Hardback]
Michael L. Thomas (Author)
£43.00ISBN: 9780292738881
Published by : University of Texas Press
These essays explore the emergence of scale and monumentality as key factors in pre-Imperial Roman and Etruscan building and the social and political strategies which they reflect. They address questions both of technical developm... .... Learn More -
Warships of the Ancient World, 3000-500 BC [Paperback]
Adrian K. Wood (Author)
£9.99ISBN: 9781849089784
Published by : Osprey
Covering a vast sweep, this well-illustrated book provides a concise exploration of pre-Classical naval warfare in the Mediterranean. Adrian Wood examines the vessels, naval techniques and strategy, and prominent engagements fough... .... Learn More -
Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology for Mario Benzi [Paperback]
Giampaolo Graziadio (Editor); Riccardo Guglielmino (Editor); Valeria Lenuzza (Editor); Salvatore Vitale (Editor)
£59.00ISBN: 9781407310688
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2460
A collection of recent papers presented in honour of Mario Benzi. Contents: 1) Il periodo Antico Minoico e l’origine del fenomeno palaziale a Creta: nuovi dati da Festòs (Simona Todaro); 2) Further Notes on the So-Called Minoan ‘Egyptianizing’ Amp... .... Learn More -
The Architecture, Settlement, and Stratigraphy of Lerna IV [ebook (PDF)]
Elizabeth C. Banks
£75.00ISBN: 9781621390121
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: LERNA
Volume: VI
In 1995 Jeremy B. Rutter presented the pottery of the Fourth Settlement at Lerna in Lerna III: The Pottery of Lerna IV. The present volume is the companion to the Rutter volume, outlining the architectural sequence of the EH III... .... Learn More

