Glass and glass production in the Near East during the Iron Age : evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis /
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Glass and Glass Production in the Near East during the Iron Age Period' examines the history of glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia and neighbouring regions (1000-539 BCE). This is the first monograph to cover this region and period comprehensively and in detail and thus fills a significant gap in glass research. It focuses on an identification of the different types of glass objects and their respective manufacturing techniques that existed in the Iron Age period. Both the material glass and individual glass objects are investigated for such topics as how raw glass (primary production) and glass objects (secondary production) were manufactured at that time, how both these industries were organized, and how widespread glass objects were in Mesopotamian society in the Iron Age period. Such a comprehensive picture of glass and its production in the Iron Age can only be achieved by setting archaeological data in relation to cuneiform texts, archaeometric analyses and experimental-archaeological investigations. With regard to the different disciplines incorporated into this study, an attempt was made to view them together and to establish connections between these areas.
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viii, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. :
9781789691542
Iron Age hillfort defences and the tactics of sling warfare /
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Sling accuracy at a hillfort is measured here for the first time, in a controlled experiment comparing attack and defence across single and developed ramparts.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
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9781784914110 (ebook) :
Atlas of mammal distribution through Africa from the LGM (18 ka) to modern times : the zooarchaeological record /
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This work provides the first overview of mammal species distributions in Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 18 ka) to modern time.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784915414 (ebook) :
In pursuit of ancient Cyrenaica... : two hundred years of exploration set against the history of archaeology in Europe (1706-1911) /
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This work examines travellers' accounts of their journeys to Cyrenaica, focusing in the main on an analysis of these accounts within the context of their significance to topographic surveys of the region.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784913212 (ebook) :
Brochs and the empire : the impact of Rome on Iron Age Scotland as seen in the Leckie Broch excavations /
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Excavations of the Leckie Iron Age broch in Stirlingshire, Scotland, reflect the expansion of the Roman Empire into southern Scotland in the late first century AD.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784914417 (ebook) :
For the gods of Girsu : city-state formation in ancient Sumer /
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This work demonstrates Girsu is a primary locale for re-analyzing, through an interdisciplinary approach combining archaeological and textual evidence, the origins of the Sumerian city-state.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784913908 (ebook) :
Warriors and other men : notions of masculinity from the late Bronze Age to the early Iron Age in Scandinavia /
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This text questions whether androcentric archaeology has taught us anything about prehistoric men and their masculinities.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784914189 (ebook) :
Considering creativity : creativity, knowledge and practice in Bronze Age Europe /
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The papers in this volume view Bronze Age objects through the lens of creativity in order to offer fresh insights into the interaction between people and the world, as well as the individual and cultural processes that lie behind creative expression.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (x, 164 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784917555 (ebook) :
Why did ancient states collapse? : the dysfunctional state /
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Rooted in agriculture, sedentism and population growth, ancient states were fragile and prone to collapse. There is an ongoing debate about the importance, nature and even existence of state-wide collapse. This book investigates why ancient states collapsed and examines to what extent inequality contributed to their downfall.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (viii, 42 pages). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693034 (PDF ebook) :
The archaeology of prehistoric burnt mounds in Ireland /
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This work details the archaeology of burnt mounds (fulachtaí fia) in Ireland, one of the most frequent and under researched prehistoric site types in the country. It presents a re-evaluation of the pyrolithic phenomenon in light of some 1000 excavated burnt mounds.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (viii, 328 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784919870 (ebook) :
Household food storage in Ancient Israel and Judah /
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This volume serves as a source on domestic food storage in Ancient Israel and Judah by outlining important ethnographic and ancient textual and pictorial sources relevant to the discussion. These allow us to understand the motivated actions in relation to food storage, and the significance of food storage in daily life.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784919818 (ebook) :
The archaeology of nucleation in the Old World : spatiality, community, and identity /
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Fourteen papers take advantage of advances in archaeological methods and theory to explore the role of the built environment in expressing and shaping community organization and identity at prehistoric and historic nucleated settlements and early cities in the Old World.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781803270913 (PDF ebook) :
Technology of sword blades from the La Tène period to the early modern age : the case of what is now Poland /
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This text assesses the results of recent metallographic examination of 45 sword blades (mid-2nd century BC to early-16th century) from the territory of what is now Poland.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784910297 (PDF ebook) :
Houses in Graeco-Roman Egypt : arenas for ritual activity /
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This title examines different forms of ritual activities performed in houses of Graeco-Roman Egypt. It draws on the rich archaeological record of rural housing and evidence from literature or papyrological references to both urban and rural housing.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784914387 (ebook) :
Glass and glass production in the Near East during the Iron Age period : evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis /
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This text examines the history of glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia and neighbouring regions (1000-539 BCE). This monograph covers this region and period comprehensively and in detail.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (viii, 316 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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9781789691559 (ebook) :
[symbol of Greek letter Pi]otamikon : sinews of Acheloios : a comprehensive catalog of the bronze coinage of the man-faced bull, with essays on origin and identity /
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This work, 'Potamikon', presents an investigation into the origin and identity of the man-faced bull, as well as a catalogue of coins.
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"Title appears on resource with symbol for Greek letter Pi as the first letter."
Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
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9781784914028 (ebook) :