From 'lugal.Gal' to 'wanax': Kingship and Political Organisation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean, Paperback - Jorrit Kelder

DescriptionIn this book the much-debated problem of political organization in Mycenaean Greece (ca. 1400-1200 BC) is analysed and contextualised th...

The explosion of research in the field of ancient and historic glasses has opened up glass studies in recent years.Publisher: Oxbow BooksAuthor(s):...

Addresses the types of written and non-written communication used during the Aegean Bronze Age.Illustrations: B/w and colourEditor(s): John Bennet

Reducere. The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BCE, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade...

Reducere. This monograph uses an archaeological approach to decipher folk classification of animals in ancient societies. Ningning Dong collates faunal data ...

Reducere. Covers the history and material culture of Crete, Greece and the Aegean Islands from 3000-1100 BCE. This is a major subject in the study of Classic...

Reducere. European arrowheads and crossbow bolts are relatively under-represented in the literature and are usually treated only as minor aspects. There is a...

Explores the role, significance and technological development of textile manufacture in 1st millennium BC Sicily.Illustrations: B/w and colour

Ever since Sir Arthur Evans first excavated at the site of the Palace at Knossos in the early twentieth century, scholars and visitors have been dr...

The first look at the evidence from excavations at the site of Cladh Hallan (South Uist, Western Isles of Scotland).Publisher: Oxbow BooksAuthor(s)...

The papers in Karia and the Dodekanese Vol. I focus on regional developments and interregional relations in western Asia Minor and the Dodekanese d...

Eight papers consider the neolithisation of the Iberian Peninsula; faunal exploitation in early Neolithic Italy; the economic and symbolic role of ...

The Cambridge History of Religion in the Classical World provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the religions of the ancient Near East a...

In Western Europe the Golden Age of Islamic metalwork in Iran was (and is) generally considered to be the earlier period, and later metalwork was c...

Reducere. DescriptionThis pioneering work revises our notions of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East. Using innovative ...

Proposes a methodology for analysing the social context of writing systems.Illustrations: B/w

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Armour Never Wearies is the first volume to bring together all the hitherto scattered evidence - archaeological, literary and artistic - for the fo...

Long before Muhammed preached the religion of Islam, the inhabitants of his native Arabia had played an important role in world history as both mer...

Metal and metalworking in the Bronze Age tell settlements from the Carpathian Basin - Alexandra Gavan

An atlas of English archaeology covering the period from the middle Bronze Age (c. 1500 BC) to Domesday Book (AD 1086), encompassing the Bronze and...

Presents papers from Parts 1 and 2 of Session XXXIII of the 18th UISPP World Congress (Paris, June 2018). The first part, 'Siliceous rocks: procure...

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Reducere. What do you know about Greek history?The ancient Greeks loom large in legend and lore. In ancient myth, names such as Hercules, Achilles, and Prome...

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This volume, introduced by Edgar Peltenburg, presents the results of latest research by young scholars working on aspects of Cypriot archaeology fr...

The Bronze Age from Ludus - Sándor Berecki

A Game of Clans: collectores venatoresque, agricolae pastoresque and A Clash of Chiefs: rex militaris, rex sacrorum are the first and second volume...

This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of the rich histories of the peoples who lived on the Iberian Peninsula between 1, 400, 000 (the Paleoli...

Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandAuthor(s): Lindsey BusterIllustration(s): 195 colour illustrations; 195 colour illustrationsNumber of ...

Incorporating up-to-date archaeological evidence, and current methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of Rom...

Reducere. THE FULL-COLOR GUIDE TO MARVEL EARLY BRONZE AGE COLLECTIBLES: FROM 1970 TO 1973: THIRD EYE, MEGO, F.O.O.M., AND MORE is here. Picking up where the ...

Reducere. From Barbara W. Tuchman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Guns of August, comes history through a wide-angle lens: a fascinating chronicle of B...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Greece, then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Greece: A Capt...

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking o...

Recent excavations at Taplow Court have revealed a long sequence of activity stretching from the Mesolithic to the Anglo-Saxon period. Mesolithic s...

This book is for readers interested in both ancient history and the history of olive oil and wine. Readers will appreciate this book's in-depth acc...

A 10-Week Study on the Book of Judges for Women In the book of Judges, the people of God were mired in sin--from murder and violence to lust and ad...

This book provides an account of the development of European culture and society during a period of remarkable innovation.Publisher: Taylor & Franc...