Ancient Near East: Cradle of Early Civilizations
Discover the early cradles of civilization with our Ancient Near East collection. These books examine the history, culture and archaeology of this pivotal region. Enrich your understanding further with our Anthropology & Sociology selections, offering broader perspectives on ancient societies.
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25 years of archaeological reconstructions
Price: $22.00
ISBN: 9789080774407
Pub Date: 2026-04-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
64 Pages
This book presents Martin Hense’s detailed and colorful reconstructions and archaeological drawings from various excavations in North Africa and West Asia.
The Gilgamesh Epos in pictures
Price: $41.00
ISBN: 9789492940155
Pub Date: 2026-04-01
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
124 Pages
This book is a pictorial re-telling of the account of Gilgamesh and the eternal mystery of death by artist Hugo de Reede who spent many years as an archaeological illustrator in Syria.
Space and Communal Agency in Pre-Modern Societies
Full Price: $95.00
Discount Price: $76.00
ISBN: 9798888571934
Pub Date: 2025-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
352 Pages
Explores the relationship between built environments, collective identities and political agency and the potential conflicts arising from competing or alternative social uses of the space, with case studies from ancient Egypt, Neo-Assyrian Nimrud and Hellenistic cities through Africa to the American south-west, Mexico, Peru and Southeast Asia.
Obsidian Vessels in the Prehistoric and Early Historic Near East
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Discount Price: $56.00
ISBN: 9798888570623
Pub Date: 2025-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
160 Pages
First comprehensive study and catalogue of over 150 obsidian vessels made and used c. 5400–1500 BC in the Near East.
Cuneiform Texts from Nimrud
Volume VI - Documents from the Nabu Temple and from private houses on the citadel
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 9780903472340
Pub Date: 2024-12-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: British Institute for the Study of Iraq
340 Pages
This penultimate volume of CTN provides an up-to-date edition and commentary on two major archives from the Kalhu acropolis, from the field seasons of 1953-1956: the business documents (mostly grain loans on triangular dockets) and a few administrative texts from the Nabu Temple (Part I: texts Nos.
Place, Encounter, and the Making of Communities
The Lower Sirwan/Upper Diyala River Valley from Prehistory to the Iron Age
Full Price: $100.00
Discount Price: $95.00
ISBN: 9789464271058
Pub Date: 2024-12-19
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sidestone Press
450 Pages
This book sketches the first archaeological history of the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley of north-east Iraq and adjacent landscapes over a period of c. 12,000 years, from the earliest signs...
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Movement and Mobility in Highland Landscapes of Southwest Asia
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ISBN: 9789464271089
Pub Date: 2024-12-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sidestone Press
180 Pages
The essays in this book focus on archaeological approaches to the utilization of highland regions in southwestern and central Asia, examining the interplay between human communities and highland landscapes...
From Midas to Cyrus and Other Stories
Papers on Iron Age Anatolia in Honour of Geoffrey and Françoise Summers
Price: $70.00
ISBN: 9781912090129
Pub Date: 2024-08-08
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: British Institute at Ankara
270 Pages
Honors the Summers' discoveries at Kerkenes Dağı, offering new insights and discussions on Anatolia’s cultural history between 700 and 550 BC.The period of Anatolian history between the death of...
A pencil will do, thank you
25 years of archaeological reconstructions
Price: $22.00
ISBN: 9789080774407
Pub Date: 2026-04-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
64 Pages
The Gilgamesh Epos in pictures
Price: $41.00
ISBN: 9789492940155
Pub Date: 2026-04-01
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
124 Pages
Space and Communal Agency in Pre-Modern Societies
Full Price: $95.00
Discount Price: $76.00
ISBN: 9798888571934
Pub Date: 2025-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
352 Pages
Obsidian Vessels in the Prehistoric and Early Historic Near East
Full Price: $70.00
Discount Price: $56.00
ISBN: 9798888570623
Pub Date: 2025-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
160 Pages
Cuneiform Texts from Nimrud
Volume VI - Documents from the Nabu Temple and from private houses on the citadel
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 9780903472340
Pub Date: 2024-12-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: British Institute for the Study of Iraq
340 Pages
Place, Encounter, and the Making of Communities
The Lower Sirwan/Upper Diyala River Valley from Prehistory to the Iron Age
Full Price: $100.00
Discount Price: $95.00
ISBN: 9789464271058
Pub Date: 2024-12-19
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sidestone Press
450 Pages
Appropriating Height
Movement and Mobility in Highland Landscapes of Southwest Asia
Full Price: $50.00
Discount Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9789464271089
Pub Date: 2024-12-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sidestone Press
180 Pages
From Midas to Cyrus and Other Stories
Papers on Iron Age Anatolia in Honour of Geoffrey and Françoise Summers
Price: $70.00
ISBN: 9781912090129
Pub Date: 2024-08-08
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: British Institute at Ankara
270 Pages