Africa
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The Monasteries and Monks of Nubia [Hardback]
Artur Obłuski (Author)
£43.00ISBN: 9788394684860
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Supplements
Volume: 36
The volume is the first study of the archaeology of religion of Christian Nubia. It presents the material record of Nubian monasticism and offers a comparative analysis of this phenomenon. On the basis of archaeological and epigraphic data, the au... .... Learn More -
Rural Settlement and Economic Activity: Olive oil, wine and amphorae production on the Tarhuna plateau during the Roman period [Paperback]
Muftah Ahmed (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9781900971553
Published by : Society for Libyan Studies
Rural Settlement and Economic Activity is a key new addition to literature on the rural economy of Tripolitania during Antiquity. The chapters explore the geography and climate of the area and present the results of the author’s archaeological sur... .... Learn More -
Classical Antiquities of Algeria: A Selective Guide [Paperback]
Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès (Author); Claude Sintes (Author); Philip Kenrick (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781900971546
Published by : Society for Libyan Studies
Algeria is a large country, rich in visual remains of its long and complex history. The monuments of the Roman period are particularly impressive. This is partly because they are well-preserved, but also because the French, who colonised the regio... .... Learn More -
From Cambridge to Lake Chad: Life in archaeology 1956-1971 [Paperback]
Graham Connah (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9781784919580
Published by : Archaeopress
This book is about how the author became an archaeologist at a time when opportunities for employment were rare and how he worked as a field researcher in West Africa and wrote about his work there. It traces his archaeological training and employ... .... Learn More -
Visionary animal: Rock art from Southern Africa [Paperback]
Renaud Ego (Author)
£77.95ISBN: 9781776142262
Published by : Wits University Press
Why were depictions of animals a crucial trigger for the birth of art? And why did animals dominate that art for so long? In order to answer these questions, Renaud Ego examined some of the world's finest rock art, that of the San of southern Afri... .... Learn More -
Early Maritime Cultures in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean [Paperback]
Akshay Sarathi (Editor)
£48.00ISBN: 9781784917128
Published by : Archaeopress
The East African coast and the Western Indian Ocean are regions of global historical significance. This volume contains papers first presented at the conference, Early Maritime Cultures of the East African Coast, held at the University of Wisconsi... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of Western Sahara: A Synthesis of Fieldwork, 2002 to 2009 [Hardback]
Joanne Clarke (Author); Nick Brooks (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9781782971726
Published by : Oxbow Books
Contrary to much perceived wisdom, the Sahara is a rich and varied tapestry of diverse environments that sustain an array of ecosystems. Throughout its history, the Sahara has been a stage for human evolution, with human habitation, movement and l... .... Learn More -
Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2015 [Hardback]
Miroslav Bárta (Editor); Filip Coppens (Editor); Jaromír Krejčí (Editor)
£168.00ISBN: 9788073087586
Published by : Czech Institute of Egyptology
The Czech Institute of Egyptology of the Charles University in Prague has since the start of the third millennium established the tradition of organising on a regular basis a platform for scholars, active in the pyramid fields and the cemeteries o... .... Learn More -
Africa Proconsularis, Volumes 1 & 2: Regional Studies in the Segermes Valley of Northern Tunisia [Hardback]
Peter f. Orsted (Author); Jesper Carlsen (Author); Laila Ladjimi Sebai (Author); Habib Ben Hassen (Author)
£45.75ISBN: 9788772887401
Published by : Aarhus University Press
What was the relationship between city and country in the Roman Empire? The writings which have been preserved show an enormous empire, divided into "cells", each with a city at its centre. But the written sources are few, and focus mainly on the ... .... Learn More -
Africa Proconsularis: Volume 3 - Regional Studies in the Segermes Valley of Northern Tunisia -- Historical Conclusions [Hardback]
Peter f. Orsted (Author); Jesper Carlsen (Author); Laila Ladjimi Sebai (Author); Habib Ben Hassen (Author)
£34.25ISBN: 9788772888286
Published by : Aarhus University Press
From 1987 to 1990, in collaboration with several Danish research institutes, the Tunisian Institut National de Patrimoine carried out an extensive archaeological survey in the valley known as the Segermes basin, in Tunisia. The results of that wor... .... Learn More
