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Paperback. James Henry Breasted (1865-1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. In this title, the author explores the scholarly, philanthropic, diplomatic, and religious contexts of his ideas and projects, providing insight into the origins of America's prominent center for Near Eastern archaeology. Num Pages: 544 pages, 130 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226045344
ISBN
9780226045344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Examining representations of Balinese culture in complex contexts of Indonesia's colonial history, Hindu ritual practice as opposed to Islam, and comparative Indo-European hierarchies, Boon offers a powerful critique of doctrinal approaches to culture, religion, literature, politics, and the history of ideas and disciplines. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; HBTB; HDD; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226064635
ISBN
9780226064635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 251 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1956
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226104256
ISBN
9780226104256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. Drawing on the work of modern economic geographers, the author explores how the unique river-based ecology and geography of the Tigris-Euphrates alluvium affected the development of urban civilization in southern Mesopotamia. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 halftones, 6 line drawings, 9 maps, 1 figure, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142371
ISBN
9780226142371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.61

Paperback. Translator(s): Wissing, P. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 halftones, 19 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK; HRKP; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143538
ISBN
9780226143538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardcover. In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. This title relates the story of Evans' excavation and its long-term effects on Western culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226289533
ISBN
9780226289533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.04

Paperback. In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. This title relates the story of Evans' excavation and its long-term effects on Western culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; HBJD; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226289540
ISBN
9780226289540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.27

Paperback. Series: Prehistoric Archaeology & Ecology S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 142 figures, 115 plates, 35 tables. BIC Classification: HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226428895
ISBN
9780226428895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HDDA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226470856
ISBN
9780226470856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Museums play a vital role in connecting us with little-known terrains and the deep mysteries of our historical past. Based on the author's exploration of the British Museum's world-famous collection of Egyptian antiquities, this title reveals the powerful role of museums in shaping our understanding of science, culture, and history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 colour plates, 99 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; GM; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1056.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226542102
ISBN
9780226542102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Combining archaeological and textual evidence, this book examines the eighth-century settlements that became the city-states of classical Greece (the polis). The author suggests that the Athenian model was probably the exception, not the rule, in the development of the polis. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226673349
ISBN
9780226673349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Hardcover. The history has resurrected from northern Europe's bogs several men, women, and children who were deposited there as sacrifices in the early Iron Age and kept intact by the chemical properties of peat. Offering an account of their modern afterlives, this title argues that the discovery of bog bodies began an extraordinary cultural journey. Num Pages: 320 pages, 63 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; HDDA; JFC; JHM; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734040
ISBN
9780226734040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.85
€ 78.49

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226771991
ISBN
9780226771991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.01

Paperback. Van Riper chronicles the Victorian debate over the idea of prehistoric human origins within the context of Victorian science, showing how the notion of human antiquity forced Victorians to redefine their assumptions about human evolution and the relationship of science to Christianity. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; HDDA; JHMP; PDX; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226849928
ISBN
9780226849928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Series: Prehistoric Archaeology & Ecology S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 65 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
a
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226951515
ISBN
9780226951515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Hardback. Humans first occupied Beringia during a twilight period when rising sea levels had not yet caught up with warming climates. This volume synthesizes research on the archaeological sites and changing climates and biota of the period. It also traces the evolving adaptations of early humans to the cold environments of northern Eurasia. Num Pages: 304 pages, 79 figures, 11 tables, and 7 text boxes. BIC Classification: HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130608
ISBN
9780231130608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.51
€ 57.15

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292708907
ISBN
9780292708907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Hardback. Based on archaeological investigations in southern Italy, this volume features a small but viable social and economic entity that was an unexpected find from a period generally marked by large landholdings Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3D; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292728776
ISBN
9780292728776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Hardback. One of the world's leading authorities presents a major overview of the Moche, one of pre-Columbian America's greatest civilizations, renowned for its monumental architecture, metalwork, ceramics, and textiles Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 colour and 62 b&w photographs, 23 line drawings, 1 map, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292737594
ISBN
9780292737594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. Correlating climate change and archaeological data, an award-winning historian offers the first comprehensive overview of how the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age significantly impacted the Native cultures of the American Southwest, Southern Plains, and Southeast Series: Clifton & Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3H; 3JB; HDD; JHMC; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292737617
ISBN
9780292737617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

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