Asia
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Territoires et urbanisation en Birmanie, des origines (IIe s. av J.-C.) à la fin du XIIIe siècle [Paperback]
E Berliet (Author)
£84.00ISBN: 9782503534442
Published by : Brepols
Series: Indicopleustoi
Volume: 8
English summary: Burma (Myanmar) possesses a rich archaeological heritage that, until now, has been mostly underestimated and ignored. This volume, based on new and recent research, studies the emergence and development of villages, towns, ... .... Learn More -
Chinese Export Porcelains [Hardback]
Andrew D. Madsen (Author)
£68.50ISBN: 9781598741285
Published by : Left Coast Press
This is a heavily illustrated guide to an important category of antiques and artifacts with new insights into identification and interpretation for collectors, archaeologists, and historians. The blue and white porcelain exported by China in th... .... Learn More -
Chinese Export Porcelains [Paperback]
Andrew D. Madsen (Author)
£19.50ISBN: 9781598741292
Published by : Left Coast Press
This is a heavily illustrated guide to an important category of antiques and artifacts with new insights into identification and interpretation for collectors, archaeologists, and historians. The blue and white porcelain exported by China in th... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of the Hellenistic Far East: A Survey [Paperback]
Rachel Mairs (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9781407307527
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This book is intended as an introduction to the archaeology of the easternmost regions of Greek settlement in the Hellenistic period, from the conquests of Alexander the Great in the late fourth century BC, through to the last Greek-named kings... .... Learn More -
Archaeology, Art and Ethnography of Bronzes of Nepal [Paperback]
Mala Malla (Author)
£41.00ISBN: 9781407307664
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This volume is the first comprehensive study of ancient and medieval bronzes of Nepal in a historical perspective. The study also covers the techniques applied by Newar artists of the Kathmandu Valley to the manufacturing of bronze objects, and... .... Learn More -
Rethinking the Indus: A Comparative re-evaluation of the Indus Civilisation as an Alternative Paradigm in the Organisation and Structure of Early Complex Societies [Paperback]
Edward Cork (Author)
£48.00ISBN: 9781407307718
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The Indus Civilization, although ranked alongside the other great Bronze Age civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia and China in terms of its technological advance and urban and literate culture, has usually been seen as having a quite different m... .... Learn More -
Mariners and Merchants: A Study of the Ceramics from Sanjan (Gujarat) [Paperback]
Rukshana J. Nanji (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781407307930
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This report on the Sanjan ceramic assemblage is the first in the series of reports on the Sanjan excavations conducted between 2002-2004. The Sanjan excavations have not only succeeded in providing a fresh perspective to Parsi / Zoroastrian his... .... Learn More -
Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives of Prehistoric Settlement Patterns of South-Central Ganga Valley [Paperback]
Shahida Ansari (Author)
£53.00ISBN: 9781407308067
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Despite the early beginnings of agriculture in the Ganga plains and the Belan valley in northern India, the hunting-gathering way of life has not completely disappeared from the region. Communities like the Musahars live almost entirely by smal... .... Learn More -
The Lady of the Spiked Throne: The Power of a Lost Ritual [Paperback]
Massimo Vidale (Author)
£25.00This volume describes and analyses an extraordinary, unprovenanced, artefact - a ceramic model of a boat in the shape of a cow transporting a dozen figurines. Whilst bearing obvious similarities to Egyptian model boats, this piece is attributed... .... Learn More