World Archaeology
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Ancient Churches of Ethiopia [Hardback]
D. W. Phillipson (Author)
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ISBN: 9780300141566
Published by : Yale University Press
This superb book, lavishly illustrated with plans and photographs takes a largely archaeological approach in its comprehensive coverage of Ethiopia's early churches from the conversion of the Aksumite kingdom in the 4th century down to the 13t... .... Learn More -
Power, Politics and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Ilkhanate of Iran [Hardback]
Michael Hope (Author)
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ISBN: 9780198768593
Published by : Oxford University Press
This study provides a new interpretation of how political authority was conceived and transmitted in the Early Mongol Empire (1227-1259) and its successor state in the Middle East, the Ikhanate (1258-1335). Authority within the Mongol Empire was i... .... Learn More -
Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea [Hardback]
Daniel Finamore (Editor); Stephen Houston (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780300161373
Published by : Yale University Press
Maya art and hieroglyphs constitute one of the world's most fascinating, visually striking, and complex systems of expression. Most scholarly interpretations of Maya art and culture have emphasized that this ancient civilization was oriented towar... .... Learn More -
Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico [Hardback]
Kathleen Berrin (Editor); Virginia Fields (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780300166767
Published by : Yale University Press
Considered the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica, the Olmec developed an iconic and sophisticated artistic style as early as the second millennium B.C. This pre-Columbian civilization, which flourished in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco b... .... Learn More -
Archaeology of East Asia: The Rise of Civilisation in China, Korea and Japan [Paperback]
Gina L. Barnes (Author)
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ISBN: 9781785706677
Published by : Oxbow Books
Archaeology of East Asia constitutes an introduction to social and political development from the Palaeolithic to 8th-century early historic times. It takes a regional view across China, Korea, Japan and their peripheries that is unbounded by mode... .... Learn More -
With Alexander in India and Central Asia: Moving east and back to west [Paperback]
Claudia Antonetti (Editor); P. Biagi (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785705847
Published by : Oxbow Books
Alexander conquered most parts of the Western World, but there is a great deal of controversy over his invasion of India, the least known of his campaigns. In BC 327 Alexander came to India, and tried to cross the Jhelum river for the invasion, bu... .... Learn More -
Rice Bowls and Dinner Plates [Paperback]
Virginia Esposito (Author)
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ISBN: 9781407313160
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2674
This volume details the results of the first intra-site examination of Chinese gold miners’ camps in Australia and the compositional analyses of Chinese-made ceramic vessels found there. Ceramic collections from five southeastern New South Wales g... .... Learn More -
Dynamics of Settlement Patterns in the Shekhawati Region of Rajasthan [Paperback]
Kishore Raghubans (Author)
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ISBN: 9781407313139
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2671
This study enunciates the position of prehistoric to early historic settlement-patterns in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. It brings forth structure-inference concerning settlement location, function, distribution and trend in settlement densi... .... Learn More -
Mobility and Transitions in the Holocene [Paperback]
Luis Oosterbeek (Editor); Claudia Fidalgo (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781407313009
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2658
The organization of the UISPP XVI world congress in Florianópolis was the occasion to focus a certain number of themes that are preferably dealt with at a transcontinental scale. Several sessions discussed the issue of transition mechanism (techno... .... Learn More -
Stone Trees Transplanted? Central Mexican Stelae of the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic and the Question of Maya ‘Influence’ [Paperback]
Keith Jordan (Author)
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ISBN: 9781784910105
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
Volume: 2
Stelae dating to the Epiclassic (650-900 CE) and Early Postclassic (950-1150 CE) from Tula, Xochicalco, and other sites in Central Mexico have been presented in the archaeological and art historical literature of the last four decades—when they ha... .... Learn More
