Asia

ISBN: 9780521576529
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In this volume, Rita P. Wright uses both Mesopotamian texts but principally the results of archaeological excavations and surveys to draw a rich account of the Indus civilisation's well-planned cities, its sophisticated alterations to the lands... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780195161748
Published by : Oxford University Press
The ancient trade routes that made up the Silk Road were some of the great conduits of cultural and material exchange in world history. In this intriguing book, Xinru Liu reveals both why and how this long-distnace trade in luxury goods emerged... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780195338102
Published by : Oxford University Press
The ancient trade routes that made up the Silk Road were some of the great conduits of cultural and material exchange in world history. In this intriguing book, Xinru Liu reveals both why and how this long-distnace trade in luxury goods emerged... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306339
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This volume provides a compilation of Sarmatian and Sauromation finds from the area north and northeast of the Caspian sea, making available a wealth of often fragmentary research previously only available in Soviet/Russian journals and monogr... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407305615
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study, by relying on analysis of ancient textual sources, aims to reconstruct Chinese perceptions of jade, looking at the philology of words associated with jade and its manufacture, and at how it was presented in a moral sense in ancient ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407305783
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study aims at exploring the significance of maritime commerce to societies on the Indian Ocean rim, by examining how rulers adjusted their policy in order to control and profit from trade. The point of departure is the anonymous Greek firs... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781598743357
Published by : Left Coast Press
This volume examines co-existence between cultures in the archaeology of Japan and wider East Asia. Archaeologists traditionally examine the boundaries between different cultural groups in terms conflict and dominance rather than long-term, ha... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781598744354
Published by : Left Coast Press
The major international recognition of a World Heritage Site designation can bring important preservation efforts and a wealth of tourist dollars to an impoverished areabut it can also have destructive side effects. In a revealing study with le... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306735
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This volume comprises a thorough review of excavations at a two mound site in southern Rajasthan. The occupation sequence is determined, from pre-Chalcolithic beginnings, to its height in the mid-Chalcolithic and decline in the late Chalcolithi... .... Learn More