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  • The Spirited Horse

    Equid–Human Relations in the Bronze Age Near East

    by Laerke Recht ...
    Series series Ancient Environments
    Presenting a new perspective on human**–**animal relations in the ancient Near East, this volume considers how we should understand equids (horses, donkeys, onagers and various hybrids) as animals that are social actors. Recht brings together a wealth of new data, including Bronze Age Near Eastern material culture from a range of archaeological contexts with equid remains as well as iconography ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Human Sacrifice

    Archaeological Perspectives from around the World

    by Laerke Recht ...
    Series series Elements in Religion and Violence
    Sacrifice is not simply an expression of religious beliefs. Its highly symbolic nature lends itself to various kinds of manipulation by those carrying it out, who may use the ritual in maintaining and negotiating power and identity in carefully staged 'performances'. This Element will examine some of the many different types of sacrifice and ritual killing of human beings through history, from ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Dynamics and Developments of Social Structures and Networks in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus

    Edited by Teresa Bürge, Laerke Recht ...
    Series series Global Perspectives on Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology
    This volume substantiates the island of Cyprus as an important player in the history of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean and Near East, and presents new theoretical and analytical approaches.The Cypriot Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Bronze Age are characterised by an increasing complexity of social and political organisation, economic systems, and networks. The book discusses and defines how ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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  • The Sumerian World

    Edited by Harriet Crawford ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    The Sumerian World explores the archaeology, history and art of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c.3,000 - 2,000BC. Including material hitherto unpublished from recent excavations, the articles are organised thematically using evidence from archaeology, texts and the natural sciences. This broad treatment will also make the volume of interest to students looking ... Read more

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  • The Egyptian World

    Edited by Toby Wilkinson ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    Authoritative and up-to-date, this key single-volume work is a thematic exploration of ancient Egyptian civilization and culture as it was expressed down the centuries.Including topics rarely covered elsewhere as well as new perspectives, this work comprises thirty-two original chapters written by international experts. Each chapter gives an overvi ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Mesopotamia Before History

    by Petr Charvát ...
    Mesopotamia was one of the earliest regions to produce writing, literature and the fine arts, as well as being one of the first areas to construct states. This comprehensive and detailed survey of the region's prehistory and protohistory shows how these fascinating developments were possible. Petr Charvát explores the economic, social and spiritual spheres in Mesopotamia from the Palaeolithic to ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Nubian Past

    An Archaeology of the Sudan

    by David N. Edwards ...
    This cutting-edge synthesis of the archaeology of Nubia and Sudan from prehistory to the nineteenth century AD is the first major work on this area for over three decades. Drawing on results of the latest research and developing new interpretive frameworks, the area which has produced the most spectacular archaeology in sub-Saharan Africa is examined here by an author with extensive experience in ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Archaeology of Ethiopia

    by Niall Finneran ...
    This book provides the first truly comprehensive multi-period study of the archaeology of Ethiopia, surveying the country's history, detailing the discoveries from the late Stone Age, including the famous 'Lucy' and moving onto the emergence of food production, prehistoric rock art and an analysis of the increasing social complexity that can be obs ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Edited by D. T. Potts ...
    Series series Wiley Companions to the Ancient World
    A COMPANION TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTA Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of ancient material culture from the late Pleistocene to Late Antiquity. This expansive two-volume work includes 58 new essays from an international community of ancient Near East scholars.With coverage extending from Asia Minor, the eastern ... Read more

    $371.00 USD

  • The Prehistory of Asia Minor

    From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies

    by Bleda S. Düring ...
    In this book, Bleda Düring offers an archaeological analysis of Asia Minor, the area equated with much of modern-day Turkey, from 20,000 to 2,000 BC. During this period human societies moved from small-scale hunter-gatherer groups to complex and hierarchical communities with economies based on agriculture and industry. Dr Düring traces the spread of the Neolithic way of life, which ultimately ... Read more

    $49.19 USD

  • Cyprus: An island culture

    Society and Social Relations from the Bronze Age to the Venetian Period

    Edited by Artemis Georgiou ...
    Series series PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH ANNUAL MEETING OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS IN CYPRIOT
    This volume, introduced by Edgar Peltenburg, presents the results of latest research by young scholars working on aspects of Cypriot archaeology from the Bronze Age to the Venetian period. It presents a diversity excavation, material culture, iconographic and linguistic evidence to explore the themes of ancient landscape, settlement and society; religion, cult and iconography; and Ancient Cyprus ... Read more

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  • The Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt

    From the Predynastic Period to the End of the Middle Kingdom

    by Nadine Moeller ...
    In this book, Nadine Moeller challenges prevailing views on Egypt's non-urban past and argues for Egypt as an early urban society. She traces the emergence of urban features during the Predynastic period up to the disintegration of the powerful Middle Kingdom state (c.3500–1650 BC). This book offers a synthesis of the archaeological data that sheds light on the different facets of urbanism in ... Read more

    $43.49 USD