Ancient History: Uncovering the Civilizations of the Old World
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Forsaken Relics
Practices and Rituals of Appropriating Abandoned Artifacts from Antiquity to Modern Times
Full Price: £60.00
Discount Price: £48.00
ISBN: 9798888571149
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-08-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
352 Pages
Uses case studies to examine the intricate mechanisms of ritualistic appropriation of ruined and/or abandoned assets and artifacts in the ancient and medieval worlds.
From House Societies to States
Early Political Organisation, From Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Price: £55.00
ISBN: 9781789258622
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2022-10-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
312 Pages
Explores recent multi-disciplinary approaches to analysis of early political organization, its development from simple to complex political structures and the rise of the political state.
Writing Around the Ancient Mediterranean
Practices and Adaptations
Price: £50.00
ISBN: 9781789258509
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2022-08-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
320 Pages
A range of innovative approaches to the practice and adaptation of early writing systems, focusing on societies in and around the eastern half of the Mediterranean area.
Textiles in Ancient Mediterranean Iconography
Price: £48.00
ISBN: 9781789257212
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2021-12-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
304 Pages
Collection of papers by leading textile researchers addressing issues related to depictions of dress, textile tools, textile production, as well as textiles for other purposes than dress, such as furnishing textiles, in the ancient Mediterranean region.
The Ancient Art of Transformation
Case Studies from Mediterranean Contexts
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781789251043
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2018-12-12
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
The Ancient Art of Transformation: Case Studies from Mediterranean Contexts examines instances of human transformation in the ancient and early Christian Mediterranean world by exploring the ways in which art impacts, aids, or provides evidence for physical, spiritual, personal, and social transitions.
Slave-Wives, Single Women and “Bastards” in the Ancient Greek World
Law and Economics Perspectives
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781785708633
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2018-01-17
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
224 Pages
Slave Wives presents a radically new and lively approach to interpreting the marital, social, and economic role of women termed pallakē (sold into marriage) and hetaira (traditionally viewed as prostitutes or courtisans) and nothoi (their ‘bastard’ children) within ancient Greek society. It examines the nature of the marital transaction, the potent
Cityscapes and Monuments of Western Asia Minor
Memories and Identities
Full Price: £60.00
Discount Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781785708367
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2017-12-21
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
400 Pages
Cityscapes presents a cross-disciplinary examination of literary, epigraphical, numismatic, and archaeological evidence for changing ways in which communities commemorated their past and their ancestors and how identity was displayed through the construction, maintenance, neglect, and modification of public and private buildings, tombs, and other m
Textiles and Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean
Price: £48.00
ISBN: 9781785706721
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2017-09-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
320 Pages
Twenty-one papers on the role of textiles in ancient religion in Greece, Italy, The Levant and the Near East. Examines the topics of textile production in sanctuaries, the use of textiles as votive offerings and ritual dress using epigraphy, literary sources, iconography and the archaeological material itself.
Forsaken Relics
Practices and Rituals of Appropriating Abandoned Artifacts from Antiquity to Modern Times
Full Price: £60.00
Discount Price: £48.00
ISBN: 9798888571149
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-08-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
352 Pages
From House Societies to States
Early Political Organisation, From Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Price: £55.00
ISBN: 9781789258622
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2022-10-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
312 Pages
Writing Around the Ancient Mediterranean
Practices and Adaptations
Price: £50.00
ISBN: 9781789258509
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2022-08-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
320 Pages
Textiles in Ancient Mediterranean Iconography
Price: £48.00
ISBN: 9781789257212
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2021-12-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
304 Pages
The Ancient Art of Transformation
Case Studies from Mediterranean Contexts
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781789251043
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2018-12-12
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
Slave-Wives, Single Women and “Bastards” in the Ancient Greek World
Law and Economics Perspectives
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781785708633
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2018-01-17
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
224 Pages
Cityscapes and Monuments of Western Asia Minor
Memories and Identities
Full Price: £60.00
Discount Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781785708367
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2017-12-21
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
400 Pages
Textiles and Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean
Price: £48.00
ISBN: 9781785706721
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2017-09-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
320 Pages