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Palmyra Mirage in the Desert
ISBN: PB: 9781588396310, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2018
160 pp., 25.4x20 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.
In this important and timely publication, top international scholars present current research and developments about the art, archaeology, and history of the ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Syria. Palmyra became tragi...
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Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record
ISBN: HB: 9780226377445, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
384 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 56 halftones, 26 line drawings, 12 tables
Although the species is one of the fundamental units of biological classification, there is remarkably little consensus among biologists about what defines a species, even within distinct sub-disciplines. The literature of paleobiology, in particular...
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Cornerstone The Birth of the City in Mesopotamia
ISBN: PB: 9788493923174, University of Chicago Press, Editorial Tenov, October 2015
106 pp., 21x15.8 cm
Taking us back to the earliest days of cities – and the earliest days of human civilization – in Mesopotamia, Pedro Azara in "Cornerstone" offers a contemporary view on the rise and growth of early cities and urban culture. Investigating ruins and ex...
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Ancient Mesopotamia at the Dawn of Civilization The Evolution of an Urban Landscape
ISBN: PB: 9780226142371, ISBN: HB: 9780226013770, University of Chicago Press, February 2014
248 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 halftones, 9 maps, 6 line drawings, 1 figure, 1 table
The alluvial lowlands of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southern Mesopotamia are widely known as the "cradle of civilization", owing to the scale of the processes of urbanization that took place in the area by the second half of the fourth millen...
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American Egyptologist The Life of James Henry Breasted and the Creation of His Oriental Institute
ISBN: PB: 9780226045344, ISBN: HB: 9780226001104, University of Chicago Press, April 2013
536 pp., 25.5x18 cm, 4 maps, 128 halftones
James 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 tom...
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£39,00
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Of the Past, for the Future Integrating Archaeology and Conservation
ISBN: PB: 9780892368266, Getty Publications, March 2006
336 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 67 black&white illus., 40 colour illus.
Conservation is a core value for most archaeological societies. It is highlighted in their codes of ethics, statements of mission, and governance. In recognition of this, the World Archaeological Congress, with the Getty Conservation Institute and a...
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