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Script and Society: The Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit [eBook (PDF)]
Philip J. Boyes(Author)
£0.00ISBN: 9781789255867
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (CREWS)
Volume: 3
By the 13th century BC, the Syrian city of Ugarit hosted an extremely diverse range of writing practices. As well as two main scripts – alphabetic and logographic cuneiform - the site has also produced inscriptions in a wide range of scripts... .... Learn More -
The Competition of Fibres: Early Textile Production in Western Asia, Southeast and Central Europe (10,000–500 BC) [Paperback]
Wolfram Schier (Editor); Susan Pollock (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789254297
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 36
The central issues discussed in this new collected work in the highly successful ancient textiles series are the relationships between fiber resources and availability on the one hand and the ways those resources were exploited to produce textiles... .... Learn More -
Current Research in Egyptology 12 (2011): Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Symposium [Hardback]
Heba Abd El Gawad (Editor); Nathalie Andrews (Editor); Maria Correas-Amador (Editor); Veronica Tamorri (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781842174982
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Current Research in Egyptology
Volume: 12
The twelfth annual Current Research in Egyptology symposium aimed to highlight the multidisciplinary nature of the field of Egyptology. Papers in these proceedings reflect this multidisciplinarity, with research based on Archaeology, Linguisti... .... Learn More -
Bringing Carthage Home: the Excavations of Nathan Davis, 1856-1859 [Hardback]
J. Freed (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842179925
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: UBC Studies in the Ancient World
Volume: 2
Adorning the north-west staircase in the British Museum is a group of brightly coloured figured mosaic pavements. Most were excavated for the Museum between 1856 and 1859 at Carthage, in what is now Tunisia, by a dilettante called Nathan Davis;... .... Learn More -
Knowledge is Light: Travellers in the Near East [Paperback]
Katherine Salahi (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781842174487
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: ASTENE Publications
For thousands of years travellers wandered to, and spread out through, Egypt and the Near East, seeking trade, adventure and knowledge. For centuries travellers to - and from - the Near East carried knowledge with them and then carried home the... .... Learn More -
Current Research in Egyptology 11 (2010): Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Symposium [Paperback]
Maarten Horn (Editor); Joost Kramer (Editor); Daniel Soliman (Editor); Nico Staring (Editor); Carina van den Hoven (Editor); Lara Weiss (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781842174296
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Current Research in Egyptology
Volume: 11
After having been held in the UK for the past 10 years, the 11th edition of the annual Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) graduate conference was held at Leiden University, The Netherlands in January 2010. As always, the main aim of the conf... .... Learn More -
Saddling the Dogs: Journeys Through Egypt and the Near East [Paperback]
Diane Fortenberry (Editor); Deborah Manley (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842173671
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: ASTENE Publications
In the absence of horses, saddle the dogs.
This Arab proverb, suggesting the uncompromising determination of nomads to keep moving, whatever the obstacles, epitomizes also the travelling ethos of many early visitors to the 'exo... .... Learn More -
Delta Reports, Volume I: Research in Lower Egypt [Paperback]
Donald B. Redford (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842172445
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Delta Reports
Volume: 1
Delta Reports is a new series that will make available the substantial amount of archaeological work that has been undertaken in the Delta region of Egypt over recent decades. Volume I contains work done in and around the temple of Ba-neb-djed... .... Learn More -
Jomon Reflections: Forager Life and Culture in the Prehistoric Japanese Archipelago [eBook (PDF)]
Tatsuo Kobayashi(Author); Simon Kaner(Author); Nakamura Oki(Author)
£0.00ISBN: 9781789257632
Published by : Oxbow Books
A fully illustrated introduction to the archaeology of the Jomon period in Japan, this book explores the complex relationships between Jomon people and their rich natural environment. From the end of the last Ice Age 12,000 years ago to the appear... .... Learn More
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