‎Archaeology‎

‎Bookidis, Nancy‎

‎CORINTH: THE SANCTUARY OF DEMETER AND KORE The Terracotta Sculpture‎

‎American School of Classical Studies. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2010. Hardcover. 0876611854 . Long Scratch to front panel of DJ about 5-6 cm else no other faults. ; Corinth Volume XVIII.5; 315 pages; The fifth part of the Corinth volume dedicated to the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore publishes the large-scale terracotta sculpture found in the sanctuary. Ranging in date from the late 7th through the 4th century B.C. the sculpture consists of fragments from 132 to as many as 147 statues from half- to nearly life-size. These are for the most part statues of young males both draped and nude although females and seated infants appear as well. Several introductory chapters discuss the types represented the findspots and possible original placement of the sculptures and the techniques involved in their construction. This volume greatly expands our knowledge of the history of Corinth broadening our understanding both of cult practices at the site and of the manufacture of terracotta sculpture. . American School of Classical Studies hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 7170 ISBN : 0876611854 9780876611852

‎Palagia, Olga & Bonna Daix Wescoat (Eds. )‎

‎SAMOTHRACIAN CONNECTIONS Essays in Honor of James R. McCredie‎

‎Oxbow Books. Fine with no dust jacket. 2010. Hardcover. 1842179705 . 224 pages; This volume of sixteen papers is dedicated to James R. McCredie in celebration of his outstanding contribution to the excavation and study of the sanctuary of the Great Gods on the Greek island of Samothrace. The papers focus mainly on the art and archaeology of Samothrace while two contributions discuss Alexandria in Egypt and Florina in Macedonia two areas that were closely connected with Samothrace in antiquity. The volume covers the latest research on the architecture sculpture pottery epigraphy and cult of the sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace and contains many original architectural drawings and photos of previously unpublished material. . Oxbow Books hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 7158 ISBN : 1842179705 9781842179703

‎Immerwahr, Henry R.‎

‎ATTIC SCRIPT A Survey‎

‎Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0198132239 . Former scholar's name on ffep P. Stork. Top corner has light bumping. Dustjacket has a few small tears and chipping. ; Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology; 286 pages; This study places the inscriptions found on Athenian vases in the context of the early development of writing in Athens. Focusing on the period from the invention of the alphabet in the 8th century B.C. to the early 4th century B.C. when the local alphabet had been supplanted by the common Ionic script the book presents inscriptions on stone both public and private scratched inscriptions on pottery including the political ostraca and some inscriptions on lead tablets. Although the vase inscriptions are brief they number in the thousands and give an accurate picture of the art of writing and the state of literacy in the Classical Period. . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 6973 ISBN : 0198132239 9780198132233

‎Munn, Mark H.‎

‎THE DEFENSE OF ATTICA The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B. C.‎

‎University of California Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0520076850 . Very minor shelfwear to DJ else Fine. ; 259 pages; The enigmatic three-mile-long Dema wall in the countryside outside ancient Athens has perplexed archaeologists and historians for decades. When was it built and what role did it play in Greek military history In a tour de force of archaeological and historical argument Mark H. Munn establishes the place of the Dema wall in the defense of Athens and offers a completely new perspective on the Boiotian War. Since no ancient reference to the wall survives scholars have contested the date and purpose of the wall's construction placing it anywhere between the Geometric Age and Hellenistic eras. While directing the excavation of a watchtower above the wall Munn's chance discovery of a datable sherd in the wall's remains fixed the date of the wall's construction at 378 B. C. the onset of the three-year Boiotian War. Munn offers an absorbing narrative account of the war and his descriptions and effective use of literary extracts render a vivid portrayal of the opposing generals military tactics and battle scenes. . University of California Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 6977 ISBN : 0520076850 9780520076853

‎Munn, Mark H.‎

‎THE DEFENSE OF ATTICA The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B. C.‎

‎University of California Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0520076850 . Slight discoloration to DJ spine. ; 259 pages; The enigmatic three-mile-long Dema wall in the countryside outside ancient Athens has perplexed archaeologists and historians for decades. When was it built and what role did it play in Greek military history In a tour de force of archaeological and historical argument Mark H. Munn establishes the place of the Dema wall in the defense of Athens and offers a completely new perspective on the Boiotian War. Since no ancient reference to the wall survives scholars have contested the date and purpose of the wall's construction placing it anywhere between the Geometric Age and Hellenistic eras. While directing the excavation of a watchtower above the wall Munn's chance discovery of a datable sherd in the wall's remains fixed the date of the wall's construction at 378 B. C. the onset of the three-year Boiotian War. Munn offers an absorbing narrative account of the war and his descriptions and effective use of literary extracts render a vivid portrayal of the opposing generals military tactics and battle scenes. . University of California Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 7012 ISBN : 0520076850 9780520076853

‎Griffo, Pietro & Leonard von Matt‎

‎GELA The Ancient Greeks in Sicily‎

‎New York Graphic Society. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Very minor shelfwear to book. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing with 1 small tear to top of spine 1cm. ; The ancient Greeks attempted to dominate the whole Mediterranean basin and thus invaded Sicily during the 8th century BC and from various parts of the homeland they eventually founded Gela ca. 693 BC on the south shore where it prospered and grew as one of the principal Greek centers in Sicily until its eventual defeat and destruction around 280 BC. Over 150 plates 56 in colour this book is intended for the general reader the traveler and also the specialist in things Greek and Sicilian. ; 224 pages . New York Graphic Society hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 6833

‎Cinthio Maria‎

‎EN VÄGLEDNING TILL RUNOR I LUND‎

‎Drottens Arkeologiska Museum / Kulturen Facta. Fine. 1996. Softcover. 22 pages . Drottens Arkeologiska Museum / Kulturen Facta paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 6888

‎Sprenger, Maja & Gilda Bartoloni [Photographs by Max and Albert Hirmer; Robert Erich Wolf, translator]‎

‎THE ETRUSCANS Their History Art and Architecture‎

‎Harry N. Abrams Inc. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0810908670 . 1 small tear to DJ at top of spine 1cm. Minor rubbing to DJ. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 471 pages; With 387 illustrations including 46 plates in full color. . Harry N. Abrams, Inc. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 6909 ISBN : 0810908670 9780810908673

‎Blazquez, Jose Maria‎

‎EL MEDITERRÁNEO Historia Arqueología Religión Arte‎

‎Ediciones Cátedra. Near Fine. 2006. Softcover. 8437622891 . Minor edgewear to front wrap. ; In spanish. ; 448 pages . Ediciones Cátedra paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 6915 ISBN : 8437622891 9788437622897

‎Meiggs Russell‎

‎TREES AND TIMBER IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD‎

‎Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0198148402 . Light foxing to text block else Fine. Minor shelfwear to DJ. DJ is faded. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 598 pages; This is the first comprehensive study of timber supply and demand in the Near East and the world of ancient Greece and Rome. Drawing from a wide range of literary epigraphic and archaeological sources Meiggs traces changing patterns in their historical setting and examines the timber requirements of fleets and armies building agriculture and sculpture and furniture. He also draws a tentative outline of the structure of the timber trade with special emphasis on transport and determines that the part played by Greece and Rome in deforestation has been greatly exaggerated. . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 6751 ISBN : 0198148402 9780198148401

‎Gauer, Werner‎

‎UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZUR TRAJANSSÄULE Erster Teil: Darstellungsprogramm Und Künstlerischer Entwurf‎

‎Gebr. Mann Verlag. Very Good. 1977. Softcover. 3786111383 . Scholar's name on inner cover F. Lepper. Pencil underlining and marginalia by Lepper passim. Light foxing to textblock. Top of spine is bumped. Light bump to top corner of book. Slight rubbing to wraps. ; Plus 26 photographic plates and 2 semitransparent overlay sheets; Monumenta Artis Romanae XIII; 123 pages . Gebr. Mann Verlag paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 6558 ISBN : 3786111383 9783786111382

‎Williams, Hugh P. G.‎

‎CARAUSIUS A Consideration of the Historical Archaeological and Numismatic Aspects of His Reign‎

‎Archaeopress. Fine. 2004. Softcover. 1841716561 . British Archaeological Reports B. A. R. British Series 378; 101 pages; This study relates the significant bronze coinage of the usurper Carausius 286-93 to the archaeological and historical evidence from the period. Since the publication of Roman Imperial Coinage. Volume Vii in 1933 many new and significant coin types have appeared. Several important hoards have been published in the intervening years which throw a new light on discussions of the chronology of the coinage enabling a modified sequence of issues to be postulated. Part of an important hoard discovered in the 1980Aes has been reconstituted. Much information regarding the archaeology of Roman Britain in the latter half of the third century has been published during the last three decades and this is discussed in conjunction with the coin evidence of site finds. Consideration is made of the probable methods employed in the striking of the coinage and a new mathematical method is invoked to yield a more accurate picture of the supply of coinage under the Carausian administration. A study of the metrology of the bronze coinage is made and this includes the illustration of the metrology with a three-dimensional surface using computer graphics. Consideration of the geographical distribution of the index-marked coinage has enabled a new interpretation of the location of the minting centres to be forwarded. The older historical sources have been reconsidered and important new interpretations have been made. Certain aspects of the coinage which relate to the history have been examined in the light of newly discovered coin types. The study involved the examination of approximately seven thousand specimens of the coinage from both public and private collections and excavations. . Archaeopress paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 6631 ISBN : 1841716561 9781841716565

‎Rorison, Monica‎

‎VICI IN ROMAN GAUL‎

‎British Archaeological Reports. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. 1841712272 . British Archaeological Reports BAR International Series 933; 269 pages; Monica Rorison's thesis identifies and examines the vici of Aquitania Lugdunensus and Belgia dating from Caesar's victory at Alesia in 52 BC through to the Roman withdrawal in the early 5th century. The study combines a catologue of sites arranged geographically with an overview of the definition origins development structure and function of the settlements. . British Archaeological Reports paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 6628 ISBN : 1841712272 9781841712277

‎Grainge, Gerald‎

‎THE ROMAN CHANNEL CROSSING OF AD 43 The Constraints on Claudius's Naval Strategy‎

‎Archaeopress. Very Good. 2002. Softcover. 1841712973 . Minor bump to base of spine. Light creasing to wraps top of spine. ; British Archaeological Reports B. A. R. British Series 332; 159 pages; Grainge's dissertation examines recent evidence from maritime archaeology in the Mediterranean and off the coast of Britain to reinterpret the events of AD 43. Grainge's principal aims are to identify Roman bridgeheads on the British coastline to examine the technology available to the Romans for seafaring and to assess the value of Romano-Celtic vessels. The study also considers more recent invasions for clues as to where the Roman force landed. . Archaeopress paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 6644 ISBN : 1841712973 9781841712970

‎Cunliffe, Barry; (Brian Brake & Leonard Von Matt, photographers)‎

‎ROME AND HER EMPIRE‎

‎McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0370301072 . Dustjacket has chipping and a few tears especially to head of spine. One small tear to cloth at head of spine else NF. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 320 pages; 'Rome and Her Empire' is an account of one of the world's greatest historical periods. Contents include: Land of the Estruscans Rise of Military Demagogues The Baths A Pompeian Street Gaul and Briton Barbarian Threat The Goths and the Alans Disintegration of the West. Heavily illustrated. . McGraw-Hill hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 6303 ISBN : 0370301072 9780370301075

‎Welsby, Derek A.‎

‎THE ROMAN MILITARY DEFENCE OF THE BRITISH PROVINCE IN ITS LATER PHASES‎

‎British Archaeological Reports. Very Good-. 1982. Softcover. 0860541789 . Creasing to bottom portion of spine. Light creasing to wraps. Top corner bumped. Small stains to front wrap. Former owner's initials on ffep. Spine slightly browned. ; B. A. R. - British Archaeological Reports. British Series 101; 311 pages; Contents: Roman Frontier Development; Third Century; Archaeological Evidence for the History of Forts in the Later Third Century; Forts without Angle-Towers Artillery and the Provision of Projecting towers; Britain under Constantius Chlorus AD 296-306; AD 367 The 'Barbarica Conspiratio' and Count Theodosius; Last Four Decades of Military occupation; notitia Dignitatum; Function of Towns in the Military Defence of the British Diocese; Evidence for the Presence of Laeti and Foederati in Later Roman Britain; Appendixes: Chronology of the Stone Forts and Vici at Chesterholm; A note on Pottery Supplies to Northern Military Sites in the Fourth Century. . British Archaeological Reports paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 6364 ISBN : 0860541789 9780860541783

‎French, E. B. & K. A. Wardle (Eds)‎

‎PROBLEMS IN GREEK PREHISTORY Papers Presented at the Centenary Conference of the British School of Archaeology at Athens Manchester April 1986‎

‎Bristol Classical Press. Near Fine. 1988. Softcover. 086292247X . Former owner's name on ffep. Very light edgewear to wraps. ; Collection of papers and abstracts with notes of major discussion points in Greek Prehistory. ; 609 pages . Bristol Classical Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 6216 ISBN : 086292247X 9780862922474

‎Evans, Arthur J.‎

‎SCRIPTA MINOA: VOLUME I The Written Documents of Minoan Crete with Special Reference to the Archives of Knossos‎

‎Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. Former classics scholar's bookplate on inner cover John H. Betts. Corners bumped. Light scratches to boards. Edgewear to bottom of spine. Small stamped 'J' on inner back cover. ; Volume I: The Hieroglyphic and Primitive Linear Classes with an Account of the Discovery of the Pre-Phoenician Scripts their Place in Minoan Story and their Mediterranean Relations. With Plates Tables and Figures in the Text. 13 full pages of plates at end. ; Volume 1 Only. ; Vol. 1; 302 pages . Clarendon Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 6260

‎Karousos, Christos‎

‎RHODOS History Monuments Art‎

‎Esperos Editions. Very Good. 1973. Softcover. Spine is creased. Minor shelfwear to wraps. Well-Illustrated. ; Ancient Sites and Sanctuaries of Greece No. 4; 135 pages; Looks at the history Monuments and Art of Rhodes. . Esperos Editions paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 6031

‎Petsas, Photios‎

‎DELPHI Monuments and Museum‎

‎Krene Editions. Good. 1981. Softcover. Light pen underlining and marginalia on about 8 pages else VG. Light rubbing to wraps. ; Well illustrated. ; 96 pages; Good guide to the antiquities of Delphi by the former Director of Antiquities at Delphi . Krene Editions paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 6076

‎Kammerer, A.‎

‎ESSAI SUR L'HISTOIRE ANTIQUE D'ABYSSINIE Le Royaume D'Aksum Et Ses Voisins D'Arabie Et De Meroe. Avec 48 Planches Hors Texte Et 4 Cartes‎

‎Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner. Very Good. 1926. Softcover. Spine has clear waxed laminate as published . Minor shelfwear to wraps. Light tanning to pages. ; En français. ; 200 pages . Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 6110

‎Snell, Daniel C.‎

‎LIFE IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST 3100-332 B. C. E.‎

‎Yale University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0300066155 . One small closed tear to top of DJ 1cm. ; 288 pages; In this sweeping overview of life in the ancient Near East Snell surveys the history of the region from the invention of writing five thousand years ago to Alexander the Great`s conquest in 332 B.C. The book provides a detailed picture of the demography social groups family women labor land and animal management crafts trade money and government of the countries of ancient Western Asia. . Yale University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 5786 ISBN : 0300066155 9780300066159

‎MEMOIRS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME Volume I: School of Classical Studies 1915-1916‎

‎American Academy in Rome / University Press Association. Very Good-. 1917. Hardcover. Bookplate of Alex G. Malloy to ffep. Foxing to textblock. Pages are mildly tanned. Endpapers browned. Profusely illustrated some plates tipped in with tissues. Some pages uncut. Boards are edgeworn with bumping to corners. Worn corners and chipping to spine ends. Scuffing to boards. ; Contents: The Reorganization of the Roman Priesthoods at the Beginning of the Republic Jesse Benedict Carter; The Vatican Livy and the Script of Tours E. K. Rand and George Howe 14 plates ; The Aqua Traiana and the Mills on the Janiculum W. W. Van Buren 1 plate ; Ancient Granulated Jewelry of the VIIth Century B. C. And Earlier C. Densmore Curtis 4 plates ; Bartolomeo Caporali Stanley Lothrop 29 plates ; Capita Desecta and marble Coiffures John R. Crawford 2 plates ; The Military Indebtedness of Early Rome to Eturia Eugene S. McCartney 4 plates. 172 pages and 55 plates. ; Vol. 3; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 172 pages; Extremely heavy. May require extra charges for postage. . American Academy in Rome / University Press Association hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 5625

‎THE ANNUAL OF THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS: NO. 56. 1961‎

‎The British School At Athens. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Bumping to top of spine. Minor rubbing and shelfwear. ; Includes 31 plates. ; The Annual of the British School At Athens. ; Vol. 56; 228 pages; Contents: T B Mitford: Hellenistic inscriptions of Old Paphos; D M Metcalf: Byzantine Scyphate Bronze Coinage in Greece; R M Cook: the 'double stoking tunnel' of Greek kilns; M S F Hood & John Boardman: Early Iron Age tombs at Knossos; Elizabeth French: Mycenaean occupation near the Cyclopean Terrace building at Mycenae; Elizabeth French: a chariot larnax from Mycenae; J M Cook: Some sites of the Milesian territory; Richard Garnett and John Boardman: Underwater reconnaissance off the island of Chios; Helen Waterhouse and R Hope Simpson: Prehistoric Laconia: Part II; A Schachter: Inscriptions from Boeotia: a Note; ursula K Duncan: Notes on lettering by some Attic masons in the sixth and fifth centuries B. C. ; R J Hopper: Plain Shore and Hill in early Athens. . The British School At Athens hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 5641

‎Clay, Albert Tobias‎

‎DOCUMENTS FROM THE TEMPLE ARCHIVES OF NIPPUR DATED in the REIGNS of CASSITE RULERS Complete Dates‎

‎Pub. by the Dept. of Archaeology University of Pennsylvania. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1906. Hardcover. Inscription in ink on ffep from author "To my dear friend Mrs Langstrotle / Langstrotte with the best regards of the author. Additional inscriptions on ffep from former owner Jeff Cooper from 1965 in blue pen. Browning along edges of endpapers. Gilt textblock. Half-Leather boards with bottom front leather corner scratched and slightly worn. Rubbing to leather spine with a few small scratches to gilt spine. ; 74 pages with Lists of Signs and 72 plates of written transcriptions of cuneiform & 15 photographic plates. ; The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts. Ed. by H. V. Hilprecht. Vol. XIV; 74 pages; Signed by Author . Pub. by the Dept. of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 4813