Prehistory
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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 -
The Bronze Age Collective Grave of Qarn al-Harf, Ras al-Khaimah (UAE): Southeast Arabia at the Dawn of the Second Millennium [Hardback]
Derek Kennet(Author); Alyson Caine(Author); Anna Hilton(Author); Lloyd Weeks(Author)
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ISBN: 9781789257953
Published by : Oxbow Books
The end of the 3rd millennium was a time of significant transformation in south-east Arabia (the United Arab Emirates and northern Oman). The cultural homogeneity of the preceding Early Bronze Age, Umm an-Nar period (c. 2700-2000 BC) came to an en... .... Learn More -
Animating the Dead: Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney [Hardback]
Jane Downes(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789255584
Published by : Oxbow Books
This book brings together the results of the Orkney Barrows Project, initiated and directed by Jane Downes and funded by Historic Environment Scotland. The barrows sites detailed and discussed in the volume are Linga Fiold, a barrow cemetery in We... .... Learn More -
Knossos, Mycenae, Troy: The Enchanting Bronze Age and its Tumultuous Climax [Paperback]
Natale Barca(Author)
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ISBN: 9781789259476
Published by : Oxbow Books
This work puts a particular emphasis on the mixing and osmosis of the first Mediterranean civilizations, with particular reference to the Minoan, Cycladic, Mycenaean, and Trojan, and on the causes of their decline, which are to be identified in a ... .... Learn More -
Coming to Terms with the Future: Concepts of Resilience for the Study of Early Iranian Societies [Paperback]
Prof. Dr Reinhard Bernbeck(Editor); Prof. Dr Susan Pollock(Editor); Dr. Gisela Eberhardt(Editor)
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ISBN: 9789464261455
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration
The collection of essays in this book focuses on the highlands of Iran in pre-modern times, reaching from the Paleolithic to the medieval period. What holds the diverse contributions together is an issue that is closely related to debates in our o... .... Learn More -
Coming to Terms with the Future: Concepts of Resilience for the Study of Early Iranian Societies [Hardback]
Prof. Dr Reinhard Bernbeck(Editor); Prof. Dr Susan Pollock(Editor); Dr. Gisela Eberhardt(Editor)
Regular Price: $155.00
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ISBN: 9789464261462
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration
The collection of essays in this book focuses on the highlands of Iran in pre-modern times, reaching from the Paleolithic to the medieval period. What holds the diverse contributions together is an issue that is closely related to debates in our o... .... Learn More -
From Hunter-Gatherers to Early Christians: The Archaeology of Ancient Societies in the Llŷn Peninsula [Hardback]
Julian Maxwell Heath(Author)
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ISBN: 9781914427220
Published by : Windgather Press
Jutting out some thirty miles into the Irish Sea, from the western edge of Snowdonia, the Llŷn Peninsula, in north-west Wales, is renowned for its stunning beaches and countryside, with much of its landscape designated as an Area of Outstandi... .... Learn More -
Complexity and dynamics: Settlement and landscape from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance in the Nordic Countries (1700 BC–AD 1600) [Paperback]
Dr Marie Ødegaard(Editor); Dr Ingrid Ystgaard(Editor)
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ISBN: 9789464270426
Published by : Sidestone Press
How did people organize their settlements in later prehistoric societies? How do architecture, spatial organization, land divisions, and landscape use relate to different modes of social organization? The papers in this book contribute to a greate... .... Learn More -
Complexity and dynamics: Settlement and landscape from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance in the Nordic Countries (1700 BC–AD 1600) [Hardback]
Dr Marie Ødegaard(Editor); Dr Ingrid Ystgaard(Editor)
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ISBN: 9789464270433
Published by : Sidestone Press
How did people organize their settlements in later prehistoric societies? How do architecture, spatial organization, land divisions, and landscape use relate to different modes of social organization? The papers in this book contribute to a greate... .... Learn More -
High Pasture Cave: Ritual, Memory and Identity in the Iron Age of Skye [Hardback]
S.A. Birch(Author); J.T. Mackenzie(Author); G. Cruickshanks(Author)
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ISBN: 9781785709500
Published by : Oxbow Books
High Pasture Cave, located on the island of Skye, Scotland, occupies a liminal location on the very edge of a settlement and appears to have been a focus for specific and special activities. Its extended period of use is indicated by ephemeral sig... .... Learn More
