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Cyberresearch on the ancient Near East and neighboring regions : case studies…
CyberResearch on the Ancient Near East and Neighboring Regions provides case studies on archaeology, objects, cuneiform texts, and online publishing, digital archiving, and preservation. Eleven chapters present a rich array of material, spanning the fifth through the first millennium BCE, from Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Iran. Customized cyber- and general glossaries support reader…
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- 9789004375086
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- xxviii, 458p. : ill.
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- 939.400285 CYB c
Sherborne Old Castle, Dorset : archaeological investigations 1930-90
Sherborne Old Castle was built in Dorset in about 1122–35. The fortified palace was one of several major building projects undertaken by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury. Although Sherborne Old Castle was altered over the next four centuries, most of its original structural elements were retained until the buildings were slighted during the English Civil War. This report describes and analyses the …
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- 9780854312993
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- XVIII, 206 p.
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- 914.23 WHI s
Scattered finds : archaeology, Egyptology and museums
Scattered Finds explores the politics, personalities and social histories that linked fieldwork in Egypt with the varied organizations around the world that received finds. Case studies range from Victorian municipal museums and women’s suffrage campaigns in the UK, to the development of some of the USA’s largest institutions, and from university museums in Japan to new institutions in post…
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- 9781787351400
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- XIII, 304 p.
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- 932 STE s
Man Bac : the excavation of a neolithic Site in northern Vietnam
The site of Man Bac in the Red River Delta of Vietnam, one of the most meticulously excavated and carefully analysed of Southeast Asian archaeological sites in the past few years, is emerging as a key site in the region. This book carefully analyses the human and animal remains and puts them into context. The authors describe in detail the health status, the unusual demographic profile and the …
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- 9781921862236
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- XIV, 231 p.
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- Terra Australis
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- 959.701 MAT m
Coastal Themes: An Archaeology of the Southern Curtis Coast, Queensland
Archeology; Aboriginal australians; Antiquities; Queensland; Australia
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- 9781920942960
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- XXVII, 314 p.
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- 994.01 ULM c
The archaeology of rock art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia
Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory, has a rich archaeological landscape, ethnographic record and body of rock art that displays an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings. While the archaeology goes back to the earliest period of Aboriginal occupation of the continent, the rock art represents some of the richest, most diverse and visually …
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- 9781760461614
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- XXVI, 499 p.
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- 919.429 ARC a
Cult places and cultural change in Republican Italy : a contextual approach t…
This scholarly study throws a new light on the Roman impact on religious structures in Republican Italy. In the last four centuries BC, Italy went through immense changes. The Apennine and Adriatic areas were originally inhabited by various 'Italic' tribes and characterised by a specific non-urban societal organisation, in which cult places had a pivotal function. From the fourth century BC onw…
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- 9789089641779
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- X. 263 p.
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- 939.01 STE c
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology first opened its doors in 1915, and since then has attracted visitors from all over the world as well as providing valuable teaching resources. Named after its founder, the pioneering archaeologist Flinders Petrie, the Museum holds more than 80,000 objects and is one of the largest and finest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the worl…
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- 9781910634042
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- 120 p.
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- 932.00744213 STE p
Finding Jerusalem : archaeology between science and ideology
Archaeological discoveries in Jerusalem capture worldwide attention in various media outlets. The continuing quest to discover the city’s physical remains is not simply an attempt to define Israel’s past or determine its historical legacy. In the context of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is also an attempt to legitimate—or undercut—national claims to sovereignty. Bridging …
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- 9780520968073
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- xxi, 248p. : ill.
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- 933.442 GAL f
Prehistory of Indo-Malaysian archipelago
Since its publication in 1985, Peter Bellwood’s Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago has been hailed as the sole authoritative work on the subject by the leading expert in the field. Now that work has been fully revised and includes a complete up-to-date summary of the archaeology of the region (and relevant neighboring areas of China and Oceania), as well as a comprehensive discussio…
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- 9781921313127
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- xx, 385p.: ill.
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- 959.01 BEL p
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