Asia

ISBN: 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

This 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

ISBN: 9783895008016
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: Forschungen zur Archäologie Aussereuropäischer Kulturen
Volume: 10
In a richly illustrated study, the authors trace Jimmu Tenno, Japan's legendary first emperor, on bronze mirrors of his own time.The mirrors, while steeped in mythology, tell the emperor's historic deeds almost exactly as do the eighth-century leg... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789789077922
Published by : Barkhuis
Volume 3 of eJIM, the eJournal of Indian Medicine. eJIM is a multidisciplinary periodical that publishes studies on South Asian medical systems by qualified scholars in philology, medicine, pharmacology, botany, anthropology and sociology. .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780646550510
Published by : Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies
Series: Ancient Coins in Australian Collections
Volume: 2
This lavishly illustrated book presents a selection of coins from Asia Minor and the East from the Colin Pitchfork Collection. The enlarged pictures are designed to allow close inspection of detail for the serious collector but it is also suita... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789744173898
Published by : Fine Arts Department of Thailand
This volume reports on the initial settlement of Ban Non Wat and represents a further step towards illuminating the prehistoric societies of the upper Mun Valley during the two millennia of cultural changes that led ultimately to the swift tra... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781902937588
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: MCDONALD INSTITUTE MONOGRAPHS
Does it make sense to understand the prehistory, history and present-day patterns of life in Southeast Asia in terms of a distinction between two ways of life: "farming" and "foraging"? This is the central question addressed by the anthropologi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842179949
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PREHISTORIC RESEARCH MONOGRAPH
Epigraphic Approaches to Indus Writing is a comprehensive look at one of the last undeciphered Old World scripts. It has defied decipherment for 90 years because of the terse nature of the texts and the lack of a comprehensive corpus and detail... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780861591749
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: BMP Occasional Paper
Volume: 174
The British Museum's collection of Japanese coins is one of the best outside Japan. Many of the coins were originally in the collection of Japan's renowned numismatist and collector, Kutsuki Masatsuna (1750-1802), and were acquired by the Briti... .... Learn More