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Bracken, C. P
ANTIQUITIES ACQUIRED The Spoliation of Greece
DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Explains how Greece was despoiled of much of her treasures in the early nineteenth century-- treasures that are now priceless exhibits in the great museums of the world. ; 210 pages
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Buttrey, Theodore V. & Ann Johnston & Kenneth M. Mackenzie & Michael L. Bates
GREEK, ROMAN, AND ISLAMIC COINS FROM SARDIS
Cover has adhesive stain from former sticker on bottom corner. Normal shelfwear and rubbing. ; Publication of coins found at Sardis from the 1958 to August 18th, 1972. The Byzantine section includes only coins from the 1969 season onward. ; Archaeological Exploration of Sardis; 274 pages
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Nelson, Harold Hayden & Uvo Hölscher (Holscher)
WORK IN WESTERN THEBES, 1931-33
Overall light rubbing to covers, otherwise excellent condition. ; Looks at the work done at Medinet Habu including the Calendar of Feasts and Offerings and Excavations. Texts are from the Ramesses III period. ; The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Oriental Institute Communications; Vol. 18; 118 pages
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McEwan, G. J. P.
THE LATE BABYLONIAN TABLETS IN THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM
Front Corners have edgewear with light chipping. Top of spine is slightly worn with small chip to top edge. Small scratches to back panel. ; Late Babylonian legal and administrative documents and letters in the collection of the ROM. Chronologically they fall with the Chaldean and Persian Eras-- from the last quarter of the 7th Century to the End of the late 5th Century BC. ; Royal Ontario Museum Cuneiform Texts, Vol. II; 110 pages
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Effros, Bonnie
MEROVINGIAN MORTUARY ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE MAKING OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
Clothing, jewelry, animal remains, ceramics, coins, and weaponry are among the artifacts that have been discovered in graves in Gaul dating from the fifth to eighth century. Those who have unearthed them, from the middle ages to the present, have speculated widely on their meaning. This authoritative book makes a major contribution to the study of death and burial in late antique and early medieval society with its long overdue systematic discussion of this mortuary evidence. Tracing the history of Merovingian archaeology within its cultural and intellectual context for the first time, Effros exposes biases and prejudices that have colored previous interpretations of these burial sites and assesses what contemporary archaeology can tell us about the Frankish kingdoms. Working at the intersection of history and archaeology, and drawing from anthropology and art history, Effros emphasizes in particular the effects of historical events and intellectual movements on French and German antiquarian and archaeological studies of these grave goods. Her discussion traces the evolution of concepts of nationhood, race, and culture and shows how these concepts helped shape an understanding of the past. Effros then turns to contemporary multidisciplinary methodologies and finds that we are still limited by the types of information that can be readily gleaned from physical and written sources of Merovingian graves. For example, since material evidence found in the graves of elite families and particularly elite men is more plentiful and noteworthy, mortuary goods do not speak as directly to the conditions in which women and the poor lived. The clarity and sophistication with which Effros discusses the methods and results of European archaeology is a compelling demonstration of the impact of nationalist ideologies on a single discipline and of the struggle toward the more pluralistic vision that has developed in the post-war years. ; 1.05 x 9.24 x 6.38 Inches; 272 pages
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Vermeule, Emily Townsend
GÖTTERKULT
Light soiling. ; Band III, Kapitel V. Contents: Einfuhrung; Minoische Einflusse in der spathelladischen religiosen Tradition; Der mykenische Kult nach den archaologischen Zeugnissen; Der mykenische Kult nach den Linear B-- Dokumenten; Das Dunkle Zeitalter, eine Ubergangsphase; Der Götterkult bei Homer; Kultdenkmaler des homerischen Zeitalters; Zusammenfassrung; Literatur ; Archaeologia Homerica; 205 pages
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Forbes, Robert James
BERGBAU, STEINBRUCHTÄTIGKEIT UND HÜTTENWESEN
Light soiling. A few pages are uncut. ; Band II, Kapitel K. Contents: Bergwerke und Steinbruche; Die vorklassische Entwicklung des Huttenwesens; Metalle; Weiterverabeitung der Rohmetalle; Zusammenfassung; Bergmannische und metallurgische Fachausdrucke; Literatur. ; Archaeologia Homerica: Die Denkmäler Und Das Frühgriechische Epos. ; 43 pages
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Stein, Aurel
ON ALEXANDER'S TRACK TO THE INDUS Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-West Frontier of India Carried Out Under the Orders of H. M. Indian Government
Light Foxing to textblock. Boards show slight water damage. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1929. Account of the intrepid adventures and amazing discoveries of the great explorer and archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein, who traveled in the footsteps of Alexander the Great; 9.25 x 1 x 6.25 Inches; 182 pages
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Harrison, Jane Ellen
PRIMITIVE ATHENS As Described by Thucydides
Front bottom corner lightly creased. Rubbing to wraps. Light edgewear. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1906. An understanding of the early history of Athens using Thucydides work as a guide. ; 168 pages
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Grandazzi, Alexandre; Todd, Jane Marie
THE FOUNDATION OF ROME Myth and History
Top corners lightly bumped. Light general soiling. ; 9.5 x 0.75 x 6.5 Inches; 236 pages; "The Foundation of Rome is one of the few intelligent books on the subject, neither hypercritical nor visionary; its particular strength lies in the skillful interweaving of modern historiography and ideology with ancient history. "--Jerzy Linderski, University of North Carolina. At once a historical essay and a self-conscious meditation on the writing of history, The Foundation of Rome takes as its starting point a series of accounts of Rome's origins offered over the course of centuries. Alexandre Grandazzi places these accounts in their contemporary contexts and shows how the growing sophistication in methodology gradually changed the accepted views of the city's origins. He looks, for example, at the hypercritical philology of the nineteenth century which cast aside everything that could not be verified. He then explains how the increase in archaeological discoveries and changing archaeological techniques influenced the story of Rome's birth. Grandazzi produces a depiction of Rome's origins that is both up-to-date and provocative. His use of scientific parallels in describing changes in the ways texts were analyzed and his broad familiarity with comparative material make his synthesis particularly illuminating, and he writes with clarity, verve, and wit.
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Mossé, Claude
ATHENS IN DECLINE 404-86 B. C.
Discoloration to boards. Foxing to boards and dustjacket. Minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Looks at the history of Athenian democracy from 404 B. C., when the city capitulated to Sparta down the final collapse and stages of decline. ; 181 pages
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Moore, Mabel
CARTHAGE OF THE PHOENICIANS In the Light of Modern Excavation
Light soiling to boards. Discoloration to spine. Tear to cloth along back spine. Light edgewear. Light foxing to prelims. ; Archaeology of the site of Carthage done at turn of the last century. ; 184 pages
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Brockway, Lucile & George Brockway
GREECE A Classical Tour with Extras
Former owner's signature on fly page. Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears. Soiling to DJ. ; An important guide around Greece with anecodotes. Includes 50 photographs. ; 260 pages
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Podlecki, Anthony J
THE LIFE OF THEMISTOCLES A Critical Survey of the Literary and Archaeological Evidence
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. One closed tear along front panel of dustjacket. Edgewear to head of DJ. Back panel has one small piece missing of DJ. ; 250 pages; Themistocles (ca. 525 BC-460 BC) was a leader in the Athenian democracy during the Persian War. Themistocles favored the expansion of the navy to meet the Persian threat and persuaded the Athenians to spend the surplus generated by their silver mines on building new ships - the Athenian navy grew from 70 to 200 ships. Despite the importance of this enigmatic figure in Greek history, our knowledge still largely comes from the ancient accounts of Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plutarch. Podlecki provides the first modern comprehensive assessment of Themistocles, based on literary and archaeological evidence.
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Naville, Edouard Henri
THE STORE-CITY OF PITHOM AND THE ROUTE OF THE EXODUS With Thirteen Plates and Two Maps
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Boards are yellowed. Edgewear to boards. Corners are worn. Former owner's signature has been deleted. Light foxing. ; Contents: Tell-El-Maskhutah; Names of the Ancient City; Description of Pithom; History of Pithom; Monuments Discovered; Geographical Remarks; Route of the Exodus; Ptolemy Philadelphos. ; First Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund
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Knobel, E. B. & W. W. Midgley & J. G. Milne & M. A. Murray & W. M. F. Petrie
HISTORICAL STUDIES
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Light foxing. Corners bumped. Edgewear along bottom edge; Published by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Bernard Quaritch. Contents: Egyptian Festivals and Nile Shrines; Heliacal rising of Sirius; Application of the Kalendar to History; Length of egyptian History; Nomes of Egypt; Island of Besa; The Roman Coinage of Alexandria; Roman Glazing Kilns; Linen of the Third Dynasty; An egyptian Hippocampus; Figure-Vases in Egypt. ; British School of Archaeology in Egypt Studies. Vol. II; Folio 13" - 23" tall
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McDonald, William Andrew
THE DISCOVERY OF HOMERIC GREECE
Top Corners are lightly bumped. Small tear to top of spine. DJ has edgewear and rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. ; Looks at the history of Archaeology and the discovery of Mycenaean civilization. ; 476 pages
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Mazar, Amihai & Ginny Mathias (Eds. )
STUDIES IN THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE IRON AGE IN ISRAEL AND JORDAN
Light shelfwear to book and DJ. ; JSOT Supplement Series; 337 pages; Thirteen essays on the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan, covering settlement patterns, iconography, cult, palaeography and the archaeology of certain key sites. Thirteen essays on the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan, covering settlement patterns, iconography, cult, palaeography and the archaeology of certain key sites. This volume offers an exceptionally informed update in a fast-moving area of discovery and interpretation. The first section deals with spatial archaeology and settlement patterns, all the papers based on the fieldwork by A. Zertal in Samaria, A. Ofer in Judah, G. Lehmann in the Akko Plain, and S. Gibson in various areas in the hill country of Israel. The second section covers religion and iconography. The two single Iron Age temples known today in Israel, at Dan and Arad, are discussed by A. Biran and Z. Herzog. R. Kletter and K. Prag discuss clay figurines and other cult objects; T. Ornan identifies Ishtar on a number of seals and on a silver pendant; and N. Franklin examines the iconography and meaning of the wall relief in Room V at Sargon's palace in Khorsabad. The last section includes three studies related to specific sites. M. Steiner considers urban development in Jerusalem during Iron Age II; A. Mazar presents data from Iron Age II Beth Shean, and P. Bienkowski and L. Sedman discuss finds from Buseirah, the capital of Edom.
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Feder, Theodore H.
GREAT TREASURES OF POMPEII & HERCULANEUM
Light shelfwear. ; Illustrated with 49 color plates, Many full-page size. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 104 pages
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McKay, Alexander Gordon
VITRUVIUS, ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER Buildings and Building Techniques in Augustan Rome
Rubbing to wraps else NF. ; Inside the Ancient World; 88 pages
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Woldering, Irmgard
THE ART OF EGYPT The Time of the Pharaohs
Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears and is edgeworn. Book has shelfwear. ; 65 full-color illustrations. ; 256 pages
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Doe, Brian
SOUTHERN ARABIA
DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Includes 8 color plates, 134 black and white plates & 41 line drawings. ; New Aspects of Archaeology; 267 pages; For almost twenty years the author has lived in Aden, first as a Government Architect and then as Director of the Department of Antiquities. In this capacity he has made many expeditions and conducted extensive research into the archaeology of Southern Arabia. Doe presents an integrated study of this mysterious land, its culture, trade, art and architecture--ranging from earliest historical times to the rise of Islam in the seventh century A. D.
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Parrot, André
THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM
Light soiling and edgewear to DJ. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Slight discoloration to DJ. ; Looks at the Temples of Solomon, of Ezekiel; the Second Temple; Herod's Temple and the Haram Esh-Sherif; Studies in Biblical Archaeology No. 5; 112 pages; A history of the temple in Jerusalem from the time of King David to the coming of the Moslems.
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Brown, Frank E. & Emeline Richardson & L. Richardson
COSA III: THE BUILDINGS OF THE FORUM Colony, Municipium, and Village
Corners are bumped else NF. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket has edgewear with light chipping and a couple of small closed tears along bottom edge. ; The Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome Volume XXXVII; 431 pages; Cosa was a Latin colonia founded under Roman influence in southwestern Tuscany in 273 BC, perhaps on land confiscated from the Etruscans. One of the last textual references to Cosa comes from the work of Rutilius Claudius Namatianus in his De reditu suo. In the passage 1.285-90, Rutilius remarks that by 416 the site of Cosa was deserted and could be seen to be in ruins. In the 20th century, Cosa was the site of excavations carried out under the auspices of the American Academy in Rome, initially under the direction of the archaeologist Frank Edward Brown. Excavations (1948-54, 1965-72) have traced the city plan, the principal buildings, the port, and have uncovered the Arx, the forum, and a number of houses. Unexcavated buildings include a bathing establishment, but no trace of a theater or an amphitheater has been found. In the 1990s a limited series of excavations were carried out under the direction of Elizabeth Fentress, then associated with the American Academy in Rome. This latter campaign aimed at understanding the history of the site between the imperial period and the middle agest. Sample excavations took place over the whole site, with larger excavations on the Arx, the Eastern Height and around the Forum.
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OCNUS Quaderni Della Scuola Di Specializzazione in Archeologia (Università Degli Studi Di Bologna)
Top of spine bumped else NF. ; Vol. 6; 143 pages; Contents: Cuccureddus di Villasimius; Le fasce di bronzo di Tli e la tradizione artistica del Caucaso; A proposito di un'iconografia monetale dei dinasti del Fars post-achemenide; Testimonianze di architettura ionica romana a Bologna; ... Frammenti da Bakchias; Nella media ed alta valle del Sinni...Le diverse nature del tornio da vasaio nelle immagini della ceramica greca... Et cetera...
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Reece, Richard
THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE An Archaeology AD 150-600
Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Corners are lightly bumped. Book has minor shelfwear; 208 pages; The core of the later Empire lies somewhere between AD 150 and 600 and it is on the material evidence of this period that this study concentrates. Looks in detail at official sculpture and representation, portraits, painting and mosaics, illuminated manuscripts, churches, silver, coins and economy, and other material culture in addition to having a framework of the period.
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Pedley, John Griffiths
ANCIENT LITERARY SOURCES ON SARDIS
Archaeological Exploration of Sardis Monograph 2; 0.54 x 11.34 x 8.83 Inches; 108 pages; Contents: 1. Early Sardis; 2. From the Accession of Gyges to the Fall of Sardis; 3. From the Persian Conquest to the End of the Seleucid Era; 4. From the Establishment of the Roman Province of Asia to A. D. 284; 5. Topography and Monuments.
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Hanfmann, George Maxim Anossov & Nancy H. Ramage
SCULPTURE FROM SARDIS The Finds through 1975
Cloth is slightly faded. Light discoloration to spine; Archaeological Exploration of Sardis; 322 pages; This book provides an account of the city of Sardis and its stone sculptures in the Prehistoric, Lydian and Persian period.
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Hanfmann, George M. A.
LETTERS FROM SARDIS
Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Archaeological Exploration of Sardis; 1.03 x 11.32 x 8.46 Inches; 380 pages; "The metropolis of Asia Minor, the Paris of the ancient world, Sardis was the place where legendary Croesus ruled, where coinage was invented, and economic history revolutionized. The letters published in this book provide an informal account of fourteen years of work by a Harvard-Cornell team to retrieve evidence of the greatness of Lydian culture as well as of the Prehistoric, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine civilizations that preceded and followed the Lydian kingdom. "
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Berndt-Ersoz, Susanne
PHRYGIAN ROCK-CUT SHRINES Structure, Function, and Cult Practice
Unwrapped in plastic. ; Culture and History of the Ancient Near East; 11.25 x 1 x 8.5 Inches; 438 pages; This volume explores the Iron Age Phrygian rock-cut monuments in Anatolia and defines their role in religion. Among other features this book questions the traditional view of the Mother goddess Kybele being the only Phrygian deity. A detailed analysis based on the monuments provides new interpretations and aspects of Phrygian religion: the Mother goddess was not alone, but rather accompanied by a Superior male god. For the first time all known Phrygian rock-cut monuments are brought together in the useful corpus with plenty of illustrations. It is a unique and significant contribution to the study of Phrygian religion and spatial conceptualization and is useful both for those interested in Anatolian culture and archaeology but also in fields such as classical religion and archaeology.
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Boatwright, Mary T.
HADRIAN AND THE CITIES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Remainder mark to bottom of textblock else Fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages; Cities throughout the Roman Empire flourished during the reign of Hadrian (A. D. 117-138) , a phenomenon that not only strengthened and legitimized Roman dominion over its possessions but also revealed Hadrian as a masterful negotiator of power relationships. In this comprehensive investigation into the vibrant urban life that existed under Hadrian's rule, Mary T. Boatwright focuses on the emperor's direct interactions with Rome's cities, exploring the many benefactions for which he was celebrated on coins and in literary works and inscriptions. Although such evidence is often as imprecise as it is laudatory, its collective analysis, undertaken for the first time together with all other related material, reveals that over 130 cities received at least one benefaction directly from Hadrian. The benefactions, mediated by members of the empire's municipal elite, touched all aspects of urban life they included imperial patronage of temples and hero tombs, engineering projects, promotion of athletic and cultural competitions, settlement of boundary disputes, and remission of taxes.
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Dunbabin, T. J.
THE WESTERN GREEKS The History of Sicily and South Italy from the Foundation of the Greek Colonies to 480 B.C.
Ex-library copy with usual discard stamps, call numbers and pocket. Light discoloration to spine. ; Looks at the colonial history of Greece in Southern Italy and Sicily, and the development of a culture rivalling that of Greece itself, and the relations of Greeks and native peoples. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 504 pages
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Diakonoff, I. M. & Alexander Kirjanov (Tr. )
EARLY ANTIQUITY
Light shelfwear to book. Very light foxing to top of textblock. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 1.36 x 9.26 x 6.38 Inches; 486 pages; The internationally renowned Assyriologist and linguist I. M. Diakonoff has gathered the work of Soviet historians in this survey of the earliest history of the ancient Near East, Central Asia, India, and China. Diakonoff and his colleagues, nearly all working within the general Marxist historiographic tradition, offer a comprehensive, accessible synthesis of historical knowledge from the beginnings of agriculture through the advent of the Iron Age and the Greek colonization in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea areas. Besides discussing features of Soviet historical scholarship of the ancient world, the essays treat the history of early Mesopotamia and the course of Pharaonic Egyptian civilization and developments in ancient India and China from the Bronze Age into the first millennium B. C. Additional chapters are concerned with the early history of Syria, Phoenicia, and Palestine, the Hittite civilization, the Creto-Mycenaean world, Homeric Greece, and the Phoenician and Greek colonization. This volume offers a unified perspective on early antiquity, focusing on the economic and social relations of production. Of immense value to specialists, the book will also appeal to general readers. I. M. Diakonoff is a senior research scholar of ancient history at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Leningrad Academy of Sciences.
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Heinrich, Theodore A
ART TREASURES IN THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM A Representative Selection of the Finest Art Treasures in the Royal Ontario Museum, Commemorating the Museum's 50th Anniversary.
Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears. Soiling to DJ. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket is protected in plastic cover. ; 41 tipped-in colour plates, 163 b&w illustrations; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 200 pages
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Desborough, V. R. D'A.
THE LAST MYCENAEANS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS An Archaeological Survey, C. 1200- C. 1000 B. C.
One small stain to boards. Minor shelfwear and rubbing to boards. ; 288 pages; This book assembles for the first time the archaeological data for the whole of Greece and the Aegean - and for certain adjacent areas - during the twelfth and eleventh centuries B. C. With 24 b/w plates.
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Puma, Richard Daniel De
CORPUS SPECULORUM ETRUSCORUM (CORPVS SPECVLORVM ETRVSCORVM) U. S. A. 1 : Midwestern Collections
Back upper corner lightly bumped. ; Illustrated with numerous full-page drawings and photographs. An illustrated survey of Etruscan mirrors and handles in 21 midwestern collections. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 242 pages
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Khader, Aicha Ben Abed Ben & David Soren
CARTHAGE: A MOSAIC OF ANCIENT TUNISIA
Minor wear to wraps. ; Presents an accurate panorama of Carthage's varied and splendid artistic achievements against a backdrop of the events of the times and the struggles that surged across this part of the African landscape. ; 238 pages
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Thornton, M. K. & R. L. Thornton
JULIO-CLAUDIAN BUILDING PROGRAMS A Quantitative Study in Political Management
0.5 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches; 150 pages; An analysis of the Imperial Policy of Public Programs and of Labor Management. A significant contribution to a better understanding of the Early Empire and to political management in general.
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Tsetskhladze, G. R. & A. J. N. W. Prag & A. M. Snodgrass
PERIPLOUS Papers on Classical Art and Archaeology Presented to Sir John Boardman
Still in plastic. ; The ideas of circumnavigation suggested by the title of this volume of essays, presented to one of the world's leading Classical archaeologists, conjures up the sense of excitement associated with a voyage of discovery. Over 40 friends and former doctoral students whose work was supervised by John Boardman during his time as Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at Oxford University (1978-1994) have contributed essays on topics close to his heart. Now holding academic posts worldwide, they all recall with pleasure the enthusiasm and encouragement of their former teacher. ; 1.65 x 10.57 x 7.73 Inches; 416 pages
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Lagerlöf, Margaretha Rossholm
THE SCULPTURES OF THE PARTHENON Aesthetics and Interpretation
Minor scuffing to DJ. ; 0.77 x 8.57 x 6.23 Inches; 212 pages; Margaretha Lagerlöf provides a complete overview of current knowledge of the sculptures of the Parthenon and offers new interpretations of the ancient temple`s sculptural creations in this book. She considers what the sculptures reveal about the Greek sense of democracy, the nature of women`s lives, and the relationship between human beings and the gods.
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Vermeule, Cornelius C.
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURE IN AMERICA Masterpieces in Public Collections in the United States and Canada
Very minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Published in collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum. ; 1.25 x 11.5 x 9 Inches; 416 pages
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Reisner, George Andrew
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EGYPTIAN TOMB DOWN TO THE ACCESSION OF CHEOPS
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Stamp deletions on ffep, back inner cover and title-page with black marker. Rubbing to extremities. Colour loss along spine from previous removed call numbers (there are other call numbers on spine). Text is clean. ; With 192 illustrations of the tomb plans and types. The two maps show the Royal Cemeteries of the Abydos and the Saqqara Cemetery. This book was the first volume in Reisner's planned series on the Giza Necropolis. ; 428 pages
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Hoffmann, Herbert & A. E. Raubitschek (coll.)
EARLY CRETAN ARMORERS With the Collaboration of A. E. Raubitschek
57 pp of plates; Fogg Art Museum Monographs in Art and Archaeology; 69 pages; Some Contents: Descriptive Catalog; Inscriptions; The Technique; Related finds of Cretan Armor; Some Groupings; Representations; Chronology; Appendices: A Mitra inscribed with a Law; The cuirasses of the 'Olympia Group'; Metallographic Examination of Some Fragments of Cretan Bronze Armor from Afrati.
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Herrmann, Siegfried
A HISTORY OF ISRAEL IN OLD TESTAMENT TIMES
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Description of book has been pasted down to inner cover. ; An ideal introduction to Old Testament history. ; 364 pages
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Janse, Olov R. T.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN INDO-CHINA Conducted under the Auspices of the École Française D'Extrême-Orient, the Museums of Paris & the Harvard Yenching Institute
Ex-library set with usual stamps, call numbers and pockets. Text is clean of marks. Volume I is in good condition with half inch tear to cloth at top of spine and moderate edgewear to back board top edge. Bumping to corners. Volume II is in VG- or G+ condition with stamps on textblock deleted with black marker. Minor (1cm) cut to cloth along edge of spine. Minor edgewear. Scuffing to boards. Text is clean of marks. Volume III: is in VG condition with stamps on textblock deleted with black marker. Scratches and scuffing to boards. ; Volume 1: The District of Chiu-Chên during the Han Dynasty: General Considerations and Plates (1947). Vol. 2: The District of Chiu-Chên during the Han Dynasty: Description and Comparative Study of the Finds (1951). Vol. 3: The Ancient Dwelling Site of Dông-So'n (Thanh-Hoá, Annam) : General Description and Plates (1957) (vol. 3 Published at St-Catherine Press at Bruges). ; 3 Volume Set; The expedition was conducted between the years 1934 and 1939 under the Auspices of the École Française D'Extrême-Orient, the Museums of Paris & the Harvard Yenching Institute. The main historical significance of Dr. Janse's archaeological documents is to be found in the fact that they not only introduce to us the Chinese conquerors of what was to become Vietnam, at the very moment when they were laying its foundations as a civilized nation, buy they also reflect on Chinese culture and conditions even at home and may help to give us a clearer idea of what the Chinese were, about the beginning of our era, and what their quest was, so far south of the Honanese cradle of their civilization.
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Dunham, Dows
THE ROYAL CEMETERIES OF KUSH Volume V: the West and South Cemeteries At Meroë
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Bumping to back top corner. 2 Stamps to textblock have been deleted with black marker. Text is clean of marks. ; Excavated by the late George Andrew Reisner. Fold-out map of the Merloe South and Merloe West Cemeteries tucked into pocket inside back cover. ; Vol. 5; 457 pages
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Greenhalgh, P. A. L.
EARLY GREEK WARFARE Horsemen and Chariots in the Homeric and Archaic Ages
Corners are bumped. DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket spine is sunned. One open tear (1 inch) to DJ along upper edge near spine. Mild rubbing to DJ. ; 228 pages; A study of the literary and archaeological (especially artistic) evidence for developments in the warfare of early Greece. Greenhalgh considers in particular the military history of the chariot and mounted horse, both as they were represented in poetry and art and as they were used in reality from about 1100 to 500 B. C.
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Heather, Peter
THE VISIGOTHS FROM THE MIGRATION PERIOD TO THE SEVENTH CENTURY An Ethnographic Perspective
Dustjacket has very minor rubbing. ; Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology; 1.8 x 9.77 x 6.98 Inches; 488 pages; Between 376 and 476 the Roman Empire in western Europe was dismantled by aggressive outsiders, `barbarians' as the Romans labelled them. Chief among these were the Visigoths, a new force of previously separate Gothic and other groups from south-west France, initially settled by the Romans but subsequently, from the middle of the fifth century, achieving total independence from the failing Roman Empire, and extending their power from the Loire to the Straits of Gibraltar. These studies draw on literary and archaeological evidence to address important questions thrown up by the history of the Visigoths and of the kingdom they generated: the historical processes which led to their initial creation; the emergence of the Visigothic kingdom in the fifth century; and the government, society, culture and economy of the `mature' kingdom of the sixth and seventh centuries. A valuable feature of the collection, reflecting the switch of the centre of the Visigothic kingdom from France to Spain from the beginning of the sixth century, is the inclusion, in English, of current Spanish scholarship. Contributors: Dennis Green, Peter Heather, Ana Maria Jiménex Garnica, Giorgio Ausenda, Ian Wood, Isabel Velázquez, Felix Retamero, Pablo C. Díaz, Mayke De Jong, Gisela Ripoll López, Andreas Schwarcz.
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Gurney, O.R.
SOME ASPECTS OF HITTITE RELIGION
Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. Minor discoloration to DJ. ; Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology; 88 pages; Parallels between Hittite civilisation and the Old Testament belong largely to the field of religion. In the first of his three Schweich lectures (delivered in 1976) Professor Gurney traces the historical development of the Hittite pantheon, while in his second and third lectures he selects some aspects of Hittite religion which can be compared with ancient Hebrew and Canaanite institutions. The second lecture describes the cult, both local and official, and the purpose of the open-air temple at Yazilikaya. The third is devoted to Hittite rituals of elimination and substitution and the mortuary ritual for the King. Parallels are drawn with the biblical masseba as a cult object and with the scapegoat ritual of Leviticus.
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Palmer, L. R. and John Chadwick, eds.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CAMBRIDGE COLLOQUIUM ON MYCENAEAN STUDIES
Former owner's signature on fly page. Minor bump to base of spine. Light shelfwear. ; 310 pages; Articles by: E L Bennett, jr; J Chadwick; J T Killen; J. -P Olivier; A Bartonek; V Georgiev; F R Hart; M Lejeune; E Risch; P Chantraine; C Gallavotti; A Morpurgo Davies; C J Ruijgh; M S Ruipérez; O Szemerényi; A Heubeck; P H Ilievski; D M Jones; M Lang; S Marinatos; L R Palmer; L J D Richardson.
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