Aegean / Mediterranean Prehistory

ISBN: 9789042926653
Published by : Peeters Press
Containing the complete proceedings of the 13th International Aegean Conference, this is almost certainly the biggest book on Bronze Age clothing and jewellery that you are ever likely to see. Nearly 100 papers address a vast arra... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842175286
Published by : Oxbow Books
Since 1890 when Sir Flinders Petrie first realised the importance of the Aegean pottery he had found in Egypt further discoveries of these wares have been noted with more than superficial interest. Early studies, however, right up to the mid 20th ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931534673
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: PREHISTORY MONOGRAPHS
Volume: 37
A regional survey was undertaken in the central part of the Mirabello Bay area: along the northeastern coast of Crete in the Gournia Valley and the northern half of the Isthmus of Ierapetra, ending in the valley of Episkopi, to provide a region... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931534680
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: PREHISTORY MONOGRAPHS
Volume: 38
This volume is based on material from an intensive and systematic field survey of Halasarna (modern Kardamaina), located on a coastal plain in the southern part of the Dodecanesian island of Kos, and a study of settlement patterns across the A... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781107029316
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Within the field of ancient bilingualism, Sicily represents a unique terrain for analysis as a result of its incredibly rich linguistic history, in which 'colonial' languages belonging to branches as diverse as Italic (Oscan and L... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931534666
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Excavations at the Bronze Age seaport on Pseira Island uncovered the remains of sophisticated water retention systems that included the addition of retaining walls to prevent erosion, massive dams with associated reservoirs, and small check-dam... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310213
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2422
The development of settlement in the region between Chiusi and Volterra (northern Etruria, corresponding to the modern territory of Siena), from the Iron Age to the end of the Romanization period (9th-1st century BC), is a much-debated subject amo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310251
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2426
The core of this study encompasses the presentation of the pottery analysis from Levels IV-V at Ulucak Mound in Izmir, Turkey, in order to reveal the site’s cultural-historical and chronological position within the greater Neolithic context of Tur... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781107009073
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar is a rare document of omens foretold by thunder. It long lay hidden, embedded in a Greek translation within a Byzantine treatise from the age of Justinian. The first complete English translation ... .... Learn More