Levant / Near East

Sumaqa
A Roman and Byzantine Jewish village on Mount Carmel, Israel
£97.00
Author:
Shimon Dar with contributions by Y. Ben Ephraim, S. Chaim, J. Drory, M. Henig, L.K. Horwitz, G.L. Jacobson, A. Kindler, S.A. Kingsley, O. Lernau, N. Liphschitz, A. Tsatskin, Y. Turnheim and M. Weinstein-Evron
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710280
Paperback:
384pp. Includes 236 black and white photographs, numerous illustrations
BAR number:
S815
Sub Title:
A Roman and Byzantine Jewish village on Mount Carmel, Israel
Detailed report on rescue excavations on the Roman and Byzantine village of Sumaqa. The excavations unearthed remains of a synagogue,... More
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Taille et conformation crânienne chez les Hominidés de la fin du Pléistocène
Contributions de la morphométrie géométrique au débat sur l'origine de l'Homme moderne
£62.00
Author:
Martin Frieß
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781841710150
Paperback:
247pp. Includes numerous figures, tables, charts.
BAR number:
S799
Sub Title:
Contributions de la morphométrie géométrique au débat sur l'origine de l'Homme moderne
Within the background of modern human origins debate, this book tempts to improve the knowledge of variation in cranial shape and size... More
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£91.00
Editors:
Suzanne M. M. Young, A. Mark Pollard, Paul Budd and Robert A. Ixer
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710082
Paperback:
364pp. Includes numerous illustrations and photographs, 4 coloured plates.
BAR number:
S792
The book includes 43 papers which deal with various aspects of metals, metallurgy and metalworking in antiquity. Areas covered stretch... More
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£37.00
Author:
Elizabeth C. Stone and Paul E. Zimansky with contributions by Patricia L. Crawford, Carol J. Frey, Curtis W. Marean and Murray C. McClellan
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711034
Paperback:
154pp
BAR number:
S786
Sub Title:
Survey and Soundings
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The Eastern Wing of the Fertile Crescent
Late prehistory of Greater Mesopotamian lithic industries
£70.00
Author:
Stefan Karol Kozlowski with chapters by Avi Gopher and Galina Korobkova and Preface by Ofer Bar-Yosef
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549659
Paperback:
279pp, Includes 81 plates, maps, drawings and tables
Sub-series name:
Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen
BAR number:
S760
Sub Title:
Late prehistory of Greater Mesopotamian lithic industries
This book is a contribution to our understanding of the agricultural revolution that took place some 10,000 years ago in southwestern... More
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Case Studies in Archaeology and World Religion
The Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference
£47.00
Editors:
Timothy Insoll
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549567
Paperback:
187pp. Includes numerous photographs and drawings.
BAR number:
S755
Sub Title:
The Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference
Each of the twenty papers presented in this book is a case study utilising archaeological research, or the results thereof, as a means of... More
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El Clásico Medio en el Noroccidente de Yucatán
La fase Oxkintok Regional en Oxkintok (Yucatán) como paradigma
£74.00
Author:
Carmen Varela Torrecilla
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9780860549352
Paperback:
338pp, Includes 154 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 45 tables. Appendices of data and assemblages
Sub-series name:
Paris Monographs in American Archaeology, 2
BAR number:
S739
Sub Title:
La fase Oxkintok Regional en Oxkintok (Yucatán) como paradigma
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Natural Catastrophes During Bronze Age Civilisations
Archaeological, geological, astronomical and cultural perspectives
£66.00
Editors:
Benny J. Peiser, Trevor Palmer and Mark E. Bailey
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549161
Paperback:
257pp. Includes numerous drawings, photographs, charts etc.
BAR number:
S728
Sub Title:
Archaeological, geological, astronomical and cultural perspectives
Research in the field of neo-catastrophism and impact cratering has quickened its pace since the early 1980s. An increasing number of... More
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El centro ceremonial de Caguana, Puerto Rico
Simbolismo iconográfico, cosmovisión y el poderío caciquil Taíno de Boriquén
£63.00
Author:
José R. Oliver
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9780860549154
Paperback:
251pp. Includes 76 black and white photographs and drawings
BAR number:
S727
Sub Title:
Simbolismo iconográfico, cosmovisión y el poderío caciquil Taíno de Boriquén
Using mutidisciplinary approach (archaeology, ethnohistory, linguistics, anthropology, and art history) Oliver explores the nature of... More
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£77.00
Editors:
Mark Pearce and Maurizio Tosi with Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, Serge Cleuziou, Alessandro Guidi, Ludmila Koryakova, Pietro Laureano, Manuel Molinos, Mike Rowlands, Nataliya Shishlina, Simon Stoddart, Andrea Zifferero
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548942
Paperback:
308pp. Includes numerous illustrations and photographs.
BAR number:
S717
Sub Title:
Volume I: Pre- and Protohistory
Papers in this volume are grouped under following headings: Oases and other forms of agricultural intensification; The visibility of... More
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£77.00
Author:
S. A. A. Kubba
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549444
Paperback:
378pp, Includes 271 figures
BAR number:
S707
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£46.00
Author:
Dominique de Moulins
Publication Year:
1997
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549222
Paperback:
200pp, Includes 81 figures
BAR number:
S683
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Charlemagne’s Months and their Bavarian Labors
The politics of the Seasons in the Carolingian Empire
£25.00
Author:
Carl I. Hammer
Publication Year:
1997
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548652
Paperback:
100pp, Includes 7 plates (one in colour)
BAR number:
S676
Sub Title:
The politics of the Seasons in the Carolingian Empire
A fresh look at the two early-ninth-century illustrations of the ‘Labours of the Months’ produced in the area of Salzburg. The author disputes the accepted... More
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The Image of Orpheus in Roman Mosaic
An exploration of the figure of Orpheus in Graeco-Roman art and culture with special reference to its expression in the medium of mosaic in late antiquity
£75.00
Author:
Ilona Julia Jesnick
Publication Year:
1997
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548621
Paperback:
300pp. Includes 163 line drawings, black and white and colour photographs.
BAR number:
S671
Sub Title:
An exploration of the figure of Orpheus in Graeco-Roman art and culture with special reference to its expression in the medium of mosaic in late antiquity
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L’habitat traditionnel à 'Aima
Enquête ethnoarchéologique dans un village jordanien
£39.00
Author:
Michèle Biewers
Publication Year:
1997
Language:
French with an English abstract
ISBN:
9780860548560
Paperback:
164pp, Includes numerous illustrations and black and white photographs.
Sub-series name:
Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen, 2
BAR number:
S662
Sub Title:
Enquête ethnoarchéologique dans un village jordanien
The book is the result of an ethno-archaeological investigation in the region of Tafila in southern Jordan. More
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Zabid Project Pottery Manual 1995
Pre-Islamic and Islamic Ceramics from the Zabid area, North Yemen
£30.00
Author:
Christopher Ciuk and Edward Keall
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548447
Paperback:
122pp
BAR number:
S655
Sub Title:
Pre-Islamic and Islamic Ceramics from the Zabid area, North Yemen
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Below the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
A sourcebook on the cisterns, subterranean chambers and conduits of the Ḥaram al-Sharīf
£72.00
Author:
Shimon Gibson and David M. Jacobson
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548201
Paperback:
328pp, Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S637
Sub Title:
A sourcebook on the cisterns, subterranean chambers and conduits of the Ḥaram al-Sharīf
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£66.00
Author:
Raz Kletter
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548188
Paperback:
294pp
BAR number:
S636
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The Ancient Harbour and Anchorage at Dor, Israel
Results of the underwater surveys 1976 - 1991
£60.00
Author:
Sean A. Kingsley and Kurt Raveh with various contributions
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548072
Paperback:
264pp
BAR number:
S626
Sub Title:
Results of the underwater surveys 1976 - 1991
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£62.00
Author:
Chantal Foucault-Forest
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860548065
Paperback:
272pp, Includes 115 maps
BAR number:
S625
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£55.00
Author:
Christine Chataigner
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860548058
Paperback:
240pp
Sub-series name:
Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen
BAR number:
S624
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Frühkretische Siegel
Ansätze für eine Interpretation der sozial-politischen Entwicklung auf Kreta während der Frühbronzezeit
£52.00
Author:
Kostas Sbonias
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
German
ISBN:
9780860548010
Paperback:
228pp. Includes 15 maps, 60 illustrations. With additional material online (foldouts of table and maps 1, 3, 6, 8)
BAR number:
S620
Sub Title:
Ansätze für eine Interpretation der sozial-politischen Entwicklung auf Kreta während der Frühbronzezeit
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Ritual Rites and Religion in Prehistory, Volumes I and II
IIIrd Deya International Conference of Prehistory
£120.00
Editors:
W.H. Waldren, J.A. Ensenyat and R.C. Kennard
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547914
Paperback:
698 pages. Two volume set.
BAR number:
S611
Sub Title:
IIIrd Deya International Conference of Prehistory
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£48.00
Author:
László Bartosiewicz with contributions by Zsuzsa Miklós and Ferenc Gyulai
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547884
Paperback:
189pp. Includes 66 figures and 20 plates
BAR number:
S609
Sub Title:
A case study from Vác, Hungary
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