Near East
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Tell Kosak Shamali Vol II: The Archaeological Investigations on the Upper Euphrates, Syria. Chalcolithic Technology and Subsistence [Hardback]
Yoshihiro Nishiaki (Author); Toshio Matsutani (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842171387
Published by : Oxbow Books
The four seasons of excavation at Tell Kosak Shamali yielded around 33,000 flaked stone artefacts from the Chalcolithic perid. These discoveries have allowed archaeologists their first oportunity to study lithic manufacturing activities and the... .... Learn More -
Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum VIII: Tablets from Sippar 3 [Hardback]
J. J. Finkelstein (Author); Erle Leichty (Author); C. B. F. Walker (Author)
Regular Price: £50.00
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ISBN: 9780714111247
Published by : British Museum Press
The third and final Sippar volume catalogues some 12,000 Babylonian tablets acquired by the British Museum between 1882 and 1895. The tablets, which are catalogued by date, include a large number of Old Babylonian examples. .... Learn More -
Excavations at Tell Rubeidheh [Paperback]
R. G. Killick (Author)
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ISBN: 9780856684319
Published by : British Institute for the Study of Iraq
Series: IAR
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Central Zagros Archaeological Project: The Earliest Neolithic of Iran: 2008 Excavations at Sheikh-E Abad and Jani [Hardback]
Roger Matthews (Editor); Wendy Matthews (Editor); Yaghoub Mohammadifar (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781782972235
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: CZAP Report
Volume: 1
Over a period of several millennia, from the Late Pleistocene to the Early Holocene (c. 13,000-7000 BC), communities in south-west Asia developed from hunter-foragers to villager-farmers, bringing fundamental changes in all aspect... .... Learn More -
Ancient History [Paperback]
George Rawlinson (Author)
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ISBN: 9780760773581
Published by : Barnes & Noble
Originally published in 1869 this book is full of the spirit of the heroic age of archaeology, and was written to make the recent discoveries in Egypt and the Near East available to a wider audience. Accordingly the book does not subordinate th... .... Learn More -
Persian Ceramics from the 9th to the 14th Century [Hardback]
G. Curatola (Author)
Regular Price: £27.50
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ISBN: 9788876247507
Published by : Skira editore
Medieval Persian wares are outstanding for their technical innovation and the creative power and refinement of their iconography. This beautifully illustrated book presents a panorama of Persian ceramics with an analysis of the wo... .... Learn More -
Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in the Corning Museum of Art [Hardback]
David Whitehouse (Author)
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ISBN: 9780872901582
Published by : Corning Museum of Glass
This catalogue contains 72 objects that are believed to be Sasanian or "post-Sasanian" (ie, made in Sasanian style in the centuries immediately following the fall of the Sasanid dynasty). The uncertainty about their orig... .... Learn More -
Turks: A Journey of A Thousand Years, 600-1600 [Hardback]
David J. Roxburgh (Author); Serpil Bagci (Author); Filiz Cagman (Author)
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ISBN: 9781903973561
Published by : Royal Academy of Arts
This magnificent catalogue accompanies a spectacular exhibition devoted to the artistic and cultural riches of the Turks. Essays by leading scholars trace Turkic history and cultural development, while paintings, sculpture, textil... .... Learn More -
The Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East: Studies in Honour of Edgar Peltenburg [Hardback]
Diane Bolger (Editor); Louise C. Maguire (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
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ISBN: 9781842174074
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: BANEA MONOGRAPH
Volume: 2
This book explores the dynamics of small-scale societies in the ancient Near East by examining the ways in which particular communities functioned and interacted and by moving beyond the broad neo-evolutionary models of social change which have... .... Learn More -
Calendars and Years II: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World [Paperback]
John M Steele (Editor)
Regular Price: £30.00
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ISBN: 9781842179871
Published by : Oxbow Books
Understanding the calendars used by ancient and medieval cultures is essential to the writing of history. Equally important, however, is understanding the basis upon which our current knowledge of these calendars rests. This second volume of ... .... Learn More