Levant / Near East

Early Bronze IV Village Life in the Jordan Valley
Excavations at Tell Abu en-Ni'aj and Dhahret Umm el-Marar, Jordan
£51.00
Author:
Steven E. Falconer and Patricia L. Fall with contributions by Ilya Berelov and Steven Porson
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316925
Paperback:
232 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 68 tables, 112 figures (4 in colour), 122 photos (6 photos), 7 maps (6 in colour). With additional information online (Appendices).
BAR number:
S2922
Sub Title:
Excavations at Tell Abu en-Ni'aj and Dhahret Umm el-Marar, Jordan
The archaeological excavation of Tell Abu en-Ni‘aj provides the foundation for an unprecedented analysis of agrarian village life during an era of the... More
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Equids and Wheeled Vehicles in the Ancient World
Essays in Memory of Mary A. Littauer
£59.00
Editors:
Peter Raulwing, Katheryn M. Linduff and Joost H. Crouwel
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316437
Paperback:
232 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 261 figures (80 in colour), 19 tables.
BAR number:
S2923
Sub Title:
Essays in Memory of Mary A. Littauer
The essays in this volume were originally presented at a symposium in honour of Mary Aiken Littauer, la grande dame de l’hippologie ancienne. The papers... More
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£46.00
Editors:
Caroline Arnould-Béhar and Véronique Vassal
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
French with French and English abstracts
ISBN:
9781407316864
Paperback:
143 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 1 table, 89 figures (59 in colour), 3 maps.
BAR number:
S2934
Sub Title:
Actes de la journée d’études du 29 mai 2018, Institut Catholique de Paris
Cette publication constitue les actes de la deuxième journée d’études sur l’art du Proche-Orient hellénistique et romain, qui s’est tenue à l’Institut... More
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Lucid Transformations
The Byzantine–Islamic transition as reflected in glass assemblages from Jerusalem and its environs, 450–800 CE
£62.00
Author:
Tamar Winter
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316987
Paperback:
236 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 10 tables, 47 figures (6 in colour), 4 maps, 3 plans.
BAR number:
S2946
Sub Title:
The Byzantine–Islamic transition as reflected in glass assemblages from Jerusalem and its environs, 450–800 CE
The book investigates the contribution of glass finds to understanding the nature of the transition from Byzantine to Islamic rule in Syria-Palestine, by... More
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Le c.d. gammadiae nelle catacombe cristiane di Roma
Censimento, confronti ed ipotesi interpretative
£67.00
Author:
Cristina Cumbo
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
Italian with Italian and English abstracts
ISBN:
9781407355078
Paperback:
252 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 1 colour figure and 20 colour Piantas.
BAR number:
S2947
Sub Title:
Censimento, confronti ed ipotesi interpretative
Il presente volume prende avvio dalle riflessioni generate dall'analisi di tutti gli affreschi nelle catacombe cristiane di Roma, per identificare e... More
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£60.00
Author:
B. Nilgün Öz
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356587
Paperback:
222 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 8 tables, 107 figures.
BAR number:
S2954
Sub Title:
A critical review
Foreign-run excavations are a significant component of archaeological research in Turkey, however, conservation work carried out at these excavations has... More
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Proceedings of the XXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes
Resource, reconstruction, representation, role
£101.00
Editors:
Philipp Baas
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English, German, French, Italian
ISBN:
9781407355894
Paperback:
416 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 28 tables, 25 diagrams, 270 figures.
BAR number:
S2958
Sub Title:
Resource, reconstruction, representation, role
Bronzes in the ancient world – from over-lifesize sculptures to small-scale utilitarian objects – were an omnipresent and integral part of everyday public... More
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Archaeology of a World of Changes. Late Roman and Early Byzantine Architecture, Sculpture and Landscapes
Selected Papers from the 23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies (Belgrade, 22–27 August 2016) – In memoriam Claudiae Barsanti
£92.00
Editors:
Dominic Moreau, Carolyn S. Snively, Alessandra Guiglia, Isabella Baldini, Ljubomir Milanović, Ivana Popović, Nicolas Beaudry and Orsolya Heinrich-Tamáska
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English, with papers in French and Italian
ISBN:
9781407354217
Paperback:
412 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, 376 figures.
BAR number:
S2973
Sub Title:
Selected Papers from the 23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies (Belgrade, 22–27 August 2016) – In memoriam Claudiae Barsanti
Published in memory of Prof. Claudia Barsanti, Archaeology of a World of Changes provides a selection of papers presented in sessions on Late Roman and... More
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Dynastic Deeds
Hunt scenes in the funerary imagery of the Achaemenid Eastern Mediterranean
£51.00
Author:
Alessandro Poggio
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356389
Paperback:
174 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 89 figures.
BAR number:
S2974
Sub Title:
Hunt scenes in the funerary imagery of the Achaemenid Eastern Mediterranean
This study adopts a transregional approach that focuses on connectivity dynamics in order to present a wider picture of artistic, cultural and political... More
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The Clay World of Çatalhöyük
A fine-grained perspective
£40.00
Author:
Chris Doherty
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407354224
Paperback:
138 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 18 tables, 95 figures.
BAR number:
S2981
Sub Title:
A fine-grained perspective
This book addresses a paradox concerning the role of clay at Çatalhöyük that arises from conflicting material culture and landscape views of what clay truly... More
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Kouklia. Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Tombs at Palaepaphos 1951-1954, Volumes I and II
Excavations of the Liverpool City Museum and St Andrews University Expedition to Palaepaphos
£162.00
Author:
H. W. Catling
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357324
Paperback:
672 pages, Two volume set. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 19 tables, 143 figures, 246 plates
BAR number:
S2994
Sub Title:
Excavations of the Liverpool City Museum and St Andrews University Expedition to Palaepaphos
Palaepaphos (modern Kouklia) is a major prehistoric site in south-west Cyprus, famous as a cult-place of a deity later identified with Aphrodite. Between... More
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Shepherds Who Write
Pastoral graffiti in the uplands of Europe from prehistory to the modern age
£69.00
Editors:
Marta Bazzanella and Giovanni Kezich
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357140
Paperback:
256 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 7 tables, 228 figures.
BAR number:
S2999
Sub Title:
Pastoral graffiti in the uplands of Europe from prehistory to the modern age
In a number of significant sites of the vast ancient pasturelands of the Old World, generations of wandering shepherds have left their testimony in the form... More
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