Near East & Cyprus
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Exploring Writing Systems and Practices in Bronze Age Aegean [Hardback]
Philippa M. Steele(Author)
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ISBN: 9781789259018
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Contexts of and Relations Between Early Writing Systems
Volume: 7
Writing does not begin and end with the encoding of an idea into a group of symbols. It is practiced by people who have learnt its principles and acquired the tools and skills for doing it, in a particular context that affects what they do and how... .... Learn More -
Cyprus in the Long Late Antiquity: History and Archaeology Between the 6th and the 8th Centuries [Hardback]
Panayiotis Panayides(Editor); Ine Jacobs(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258745
Published by : Oxbow Books
Cyprus was a thriving and densely populated late antique province. Contrary to what used to be thought, the Arab raids of the mid-seventh century did not abruptly bring the island’s prosperity to an end. Recent research instead highlights lo... .... Learn More -
Cuneiform Texts from Nimrud, Vol. VI: Documents from the Nabu Temple and from private houses on the citadel [Hardback]
S Herbordt(Editor); R Mattila(Editor); B Parker(Editor); J N Postgate(Editor); D J Wiseman(Editor)
$40.00ISBN: 9780903472340
Published by : British Institute for the Study of Iraq
Series: Cuneiform Texts from Nimrud
Volume: 6
This penultimate volume of CTN provides an up-to-date edition and commentary on two major archives from the Kalhu acropolis, from the field seasons of 1953-1956: the business documents (mostly grain loans on triangular dockets) and a few administr... .... Learn More -
The Last Hunter-Gatherers: The Epipaleolithic in Southwestern Syria [Hardback]
Kurt Felix Hillgruber(Author)
$45.00ISBN: 9783935751261
Published by : Kerns Verlag
Series: Tübingen Publications in the Archaeology of Southwestern Asia
This volume describes the first large-scale Paleolithic survey and excavation project conducted in southwestern Syria. The work examines the prehistoric hunters and gatherers who used the resources of the existing ecotopes even in periods of clima... .... Learn More -
A pencil will do, thank you: 25 years of archaeological reconstructions [Paperback]
Martin Hense(Author)
$22.00ISBN: 9789080774407
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
Martin Hense has been travelling to North Africa and West Asia to excavate and draw for more than 25 years. This book presents his reconstructions and archaeological drawings from various excavations with full colour illustrations. Reconstructing ... .... Learn More -
The Gilgamesh Epos in pictures [Hardback]
Hugo de Reede(Author)
$41.00ISBN: 9789492940155
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
Hugo de Reede (1929-2019), artist and archaeological illustrator has worked in Syria for many years. Gripped by the Gilgamesh Epos and the philosophy narrated in the epic, he created a pictorial book, re-telling the account of Gilgamesh and the et... .... Learn More -
Tracking the Neolithic in the Near East: Lithic Perspectives on Its Origins, Development and Dispersals [Paperback]
Yoshihiro Nishiaki(Editor); Dr. Osamu Maeda(Editor); Makoto Arimura(Editor)
$90.00ISBN: 9789464260809
Published by : Sidestone Press
This book combines the latest studies of Near Eastern Neolithic lithics by leading international archaeologists to develop their analytical potential and advance our understanding of the world oldest farming societies of the Near East in human his... .... Learn More -
Tracking the Neolithic in the Near East: Lithic Perspectives on Its Origins, Development and Dispersals [Hardback]
Yoshihiro Nishiaki(Editor); Dr. Osamu Maeda(Editor); Makoto Arimura(Editor)
$225.00ISBN: 9789464260816
Published by : Sidestone Press
This book combines the latest studies of Near Eastern Neolithic lithics by leading international archaeologists to develop their analytical potential and advance our understanding of the world oldest farming societies of the Near East in human his... .... Learn More -
The Matter of Çatalhöyük: Reports from the 2009-2017 Seasons [Hardback]
Professor Ian Hodder(Editor)
$85.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781912090501
Published by : British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara
Series: Çatalhöyük Research Project Series
Volume: 14
This volume presents material artifacts recovered from the site in these seasons, including a range of clay-based objects (ceramics, clay balls, tokens, figurines) as well as those made of stone, shell, and textile. .... Learn More -
The Semantics of Word Division in Northwest Semitic Writing Systems: Ugaritic, Phoenician, Hebrew, Moabite and Greek [Hardback]
Robert S.D. Crellin(Author)
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ISBN: 9781789256772
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (CREWS)
Volume: 4
Much focus in research on alphabetic writing systems has been on correspondences between graphemes and phonemes. The present study sets out to complement these by examining the linguistic denotation of markers of word division in several ancient N... .... Learn More
