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Ritual Texts for the Afterlife
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 36.95Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were deposited in graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeks and Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These texts, dating from the late fifth century BCE to the second century CE, have been part of the scholarly... more...
Australia's Fossil Heritage
CSIRO Publishing 2012; US$ 62.95A detailed examination of Australia?s fossil heritage revealing the richness and diversity of Australia's prehistory. more...
Small-Format Aerial Photography
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 102.95As the need for geographical data rapidly expands in the 21 st century, so too do applications of small-format aerial photography for a wide range of scientific, commercial and governmental purposes. Small-format Aerial Photography (SFAP) presents basic and advanced principles and techniques with an emphasis on digital cameras. Unmanned platforms... more...
Connections and Complexity
Left Coast Press 2013; US$ 89.00This compilation of original research articles highlight the important cross-regional, cross-chronological, and comparative approaches to political and economic landscapes in ancient South Asia and its neighbors. Focusing on the Indus Valley period and Iron Age India, this volume incorporates new research in South Asia within the broader universe... more...
American Egyptologist
University of Chicago Press 2012; US$ 30.00James Henry Breasted (1865–1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. Daring, handsome, and charismatic, he traveled on expeditions to remote and politically unstable corners of the Middle East, helped identify the tomb of King Tut, and was on the cover of Tim e magazine. But Breasted was more than an Indiana... more...
Facts on the Ground
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 27.50Archaeology in Israel is truly a national obsession, a practice through which national identity—and national rights—have long been asserted. But how and why did archaeology emerge as such a pervasive force there? How can the practices of archaeology help answer those questions? In this stirring book, Nadia Abu El-Haj addresses these questions... more...
Roman Building
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 130.00With over 750 illustrations, Roman Buildings is a thorough and systematic examination of Roman architecture and building practice, looking at large-scale public buildings as well as more modest homes and shops. Placing emphasis on the technical aspects of the subject, the author follows the process of building through each stage -- from quarry to... more...
Historiographie in der Antike
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 133.00Historiographical documents from Ancient Greece have existed at least since the time of Herodotus; an historical awareness developed before his time, as evidenced in historical omnia, epic literature from Mesopotamia, in the texts of Hittite letters and treaties, and in Egyptian sources. The book explores the conceptual and formal characteristics of... more...
Ladies of the Field
Greystone Books 2010; US$ 14.95The first women archaeologists were Victorian era adventurers who felt most at home when farthest from it. Canvas tents were their domains, hot Middle Eastern deserts their gardens of inquiry and labor. Thanks to them, prevailing ideas about feminine nature ? soft, nurturing, submissive ? were upended. Ladies of the Field tells the story of seven... more...
Comparative Osteology
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 59.95In the forensic context it is quite common for nonhuman bones to be confused with human remains and end up in the medical examiner or coroner system. It is also quite common for skeletal remains (both human and nonhuman) to be discovered in archaeological contexts. While the difference between human and nonhuman bones is often very striking, it can... more...









