Asia

ISBN: 9781902937540
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: MCDONALD INSTITUTE MONOGRAPHS
The cathedral-like Niah Caves of Sarawak (Borneo) have iconic status in the archaeology of Southeast Asia, because the excavations by Tom and Barbara Harrisson in the 1950s and 1960s revealed the longest sequence of human occupation in the regi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842174555
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PREHISTORIC RESEARCH MONOGRAPH
After more than 80 years of research, the Indus Civilization (ca. 2600–1900 BC) remains largely enigmatic. In this geographically extensive civilization, which still has no known monumental art and undeciphered texts, the la... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842173855
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: PUSPIKA
Volume: 1
It is perhaps commonplace to say that India is one of the world's richest and most enticing cultures. One thousand years have passed since Albiruni, arguably the first "Indologist", wrote his outsider's account of the subcontinent and two hundr... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780957106017
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Throughout History, the Indian Ocean has been a zone of interaction between far-flung civilizations served by ports, and connected with the Mediterranean by the Gulf and Red Sea. The shows that were the vehicles of commercial and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310794
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR
Volume: 2468
The Acheulean is the longest archaeological period in history, and was produced by different hominin species such as Homo erectus and Homo heidelbergensis. In this book the author examines the diagnostic stone tools of the Acheulean period, handa... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310626
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2454
Contents: 1) Let not the 19th Century Paradigms Continue to haunt us! (B.B. Lal); 2) Reflections on “Dots on a Map” (C. Lamberg-Karlovsky); 3) T-Shaped Pillars and Mesolithic “Chiefdoms” in the Prehistory of Southern Eurasia: A Preliminary Note (M... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310657
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2457
This book concerns the ways in which the adaption of a steppe innovation, the horse-drawn chariot, in Chinese society during the 12th – 3rd century BCE contributed profoundly to the development of Chinese political and social value. The importance... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789744176271
Published by : Fine Arts Department of Thailand
Series: The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor
Volume: 5
Ban Non Wat is a large, moated prehistoric settlement in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeast Thailand. Excavations in 2002-8 revealed a cultural sequence that began with a group of hunter-gatherers, followed by 10 mortuary phases covering the Ne... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789088900884
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: MEDEDELINGEN VAN HET RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR VOLKENKUNDE
Volume: 40
The story of ethnographic collecting is one of cross-cultural encounters. This book focuses on collecting encounters in the Kamoro region of Papua from the earliest collections made in 1828 until 2011. Exploring the links between ... .... Learn More