World Archaeology

ISBN: 9781900971157
Published by : Silphium Press
Captain Claud Williams’ memoir tells, first-hand, what it was like to be a Light Car Patrol commander during the First World War, while Russell McGuirk’s commentary provides the historical background to the formation o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714125961
Published by : British Museum Press
The British Museums uniquely important Melanesian collection is pre-eminent among early collections, and the 20,000 items it comprises are core to understanding the cultures of the western Pacific. The extraordinary art styles rep... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780975273845
Published by : Eliot Werner Publications
George Frison’s report on the 10,000-year-old Casper Site helped establish how large animal communal kill sites should be excavated, analyzed, and reported. With his background in ranching and hunting, Frison knows more abou... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407311241
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR IS
Volume: 2506
This book presents the results of research on the Inca site of Hualfín Inka, located in the northwest of the province of Catamarca, Argentina. The research focused on the methods used for the study of landscape archaeology,... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714150918
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: Objects In Focus
Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the 'Meroe Head' is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesar's great nephew and adopted heir Augustus (63 BC-AD 14). Once forming part of a statue of Rome's revered first true ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407311135
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2497
A collection of recent studies on GIS applications in South America. For example, one contribution reports the location of archaeological materials from northwestern Andean Patagonia, Argentina, modelled using GIS and image proces... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781900971140
Published by : Society for Libyan Studies
Series: Libya Archaeological Guides
This is the second volume in this series, which was launched to great acclaim in 2009. Cyrenaica (known to the Arabs as the Jabal Akhdar, the Green Mountain) has a terrain which resembles that of Greece or western Turkey. It was s... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781885923967
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Seminars
Volume: 9
The volume is the result of the eighth Annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar, held on March 2-3, 2012. Seventeen speakers, from both the US and abroad, examined the interconnections between temples, ritual, and cosmology from a v... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407311012
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2487
This book presents research results on the interaction processes between societies that inhabited in the
Calchaquí Valley (Province of Salta, northwestern Argentina) and those from surrounding regions between
the 9th ... .... Learn More