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Ancient world 618 (Excavations at Tell es-Sweyhat, Syria, II.). Holland, Thomas A. Archaeology of the Bronze Age, Hellenistic, and Roman remains at an ancient town on the Euphrates River. Two volumes. Excavations at Tell es-Sweyhat, Syria. Volume 2, Part 1: Text/Excavations at Tell es-Sweyhat, Syria. Volume 2, Part 2: Figures and Plates. With contributions by Martha Goodway and Michael Roaf. Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 2006, xlix, 620p, bib, index, illus, maps; xxviii, 340 plates, some photographic, maps. Three folded plates in pocket of Part 2. (University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications; v. 125). New copies in dust jacket. Very large and heavy volumes: each volume measures 9 ¼" x 12" x 2". $55.00

Ancient world 361 Artifact and assemblage: the finds from a regional survey of the southern Argolid, Greece. Volume I: The Prehistoric & Early Iron Age Pottery & the Lithic Artifacts. Edited by Curtis Runnels, Daniel Pullen, and Susan Langdon. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1995, ix, 476p, bib, index, figures. Good to very good copy, large and heavy book. Volume I only. $12.50
Contents: D.J. Pullen "The Pottery of the Neolithic, Early Helladic I, & Early Helladic II Periods"; G.G. Nordquist "The Pottery of the Early Helladic III & Middle Helladic Periods"; P.A. Mountjoy "The Pottery of the Late Helladic Period"; S. Langdon "The Pottery of the Early Iron Age & Geometric Periods"; P.N. Kardulias & C. Runnels "The Lithic Artifacts & Other… Read More

Ancient world 1339 Veny, Cristóbal. Corpus de las inscripciones baleáricas hasta la dominación árabe. (Biblioteca de la Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología en Roma; 15). Roma: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Delegación de Roma, 1965, xxi, 282p, index, 52 plates. Paperback. Fine, copy, no marks, pages still uncut. $40.00

Ancient world 515 Corrstown: a coastal community: excavations of a bronze age village in Northern Ireland.
Edited by Victoria Ginn and Stuart Rathbone; with contributions by Örni Akeret et al. Oxford: Oxbow Books/Oakville, CT: David Brown Book Company, 2012, xiv, 301 p. : ill. (some col.), maps. Paperback. New copy. $13.50

Ancient world 613 The European community in later prehistory: studies in honour of C.F.C. Hawkes. Edited by John Boardman, M.A. Brown and T.G.E. Powell. Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1971, xv, 294 p., bib, index, [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, port. "Bibliography of the published works of C.F.C. Hawkes", (p. 271-287). Very good, clean, tight copy. $15.00
Contents: From bronze age to iron age : a sequel to a sequel / N.K. Sandars -- The first European body-armour / A.M. Snodgrass -- Kaineus (Caeneus) : a further link between the Mycenaean and the Greek worlds / Sp. Marinatos -- Some remarks on Peschiera bronzes in Hungary / A. Mozsolics -- Openwork bird-cage bronzes / J. Bouzek -- Late bronze and early iron in the valley of the Ebro / J. Maluquer de Motes -- A southern view of Situla art / J. Boardman -- The construction of the felloe in Iron Age spoked wheels / G. Kossack -- The Waldalgesheim master / E.M. Jope -- From Urartu to Gundestrup : the agency of Thracian metal-work /… Read More

Ancient world 1109Rider, Bertha Carr. The Greek house; its history and development from the Neolithic period to the Hellenistic age. Cambridge [Eng.]: University Press, 1916, xii, 272p, index, illus. (incl. plans). Tips of bottom corners of six pages of so have been cut not quite square, not too noticeable, good to very good copy with minor shelf wear. Nice little bookplate. [Thesis approved for the degree of Doctor of Literature in the University of London, 1916]. $40.00
Contents: Introduction. -- Neolithic period in North Africa and west Mediterranean basin. -- Neolithic period in east Mediterranean basin. -- Lacustrine dwelling. -- The Nordic house. -- Cretan tombs. -- Round, elliptical and rectangular forms. -- Early Minoan settlements in Crete. -- Cretan palaces. -- Mainland palaces. -- Central hearth in Melos and Crete. -- Palaces at Troy. -- Minoan… Read More

Ancient world 797cj (Keos). Coleman, John E. Keos: results of excavations conducted by the University of Cincinnati under the auspices of the American school of classical studies at Athens. Volume 1, Kephala: a late Neolithic settlement and cemetery. With a foreword by John E. Caskey. Princeton, N.J.: American School of Classical Studies, 1977, xxiii, 173 pages, [49] leaves of plates, index, illustrations. Paperback. Large volume Measures 9" x 12". New copy. $15.00
This is the first volume in the final publication of the University of Cincinnati s investigations on the island of Keos. It describes the excavation of a small site on the headland of Kephala, about one kilometer north of the Bronze Age site of Ayia Irini.

Ancient world 798(Keos). Caskey, Miriam E. Keos: results of excavations conducted by the University of Cincinnati under the auspices of the American school of classical studies at Athens. Volume II, Part 1: The temple at Ayia Irini: The statues. With the collaboration of John L. Caskey and with contributions by Stella Bouzaki and Yannis Maniatis. Princeton, N.J.: American School of Classical Studies, 1986, xxviii, 130 p., 89 p. of plates: appendices, index, illus. Measures 9" x 12". Hardcover. New copy. $20.00
This volume presents the remarkable terracotta statues excavated at the site of Ayia Irini in the 1960s. Beginning with the first trench and continuing through three more campaigns, these figures were recovered in fragments from almost all rooms of the temple; they now represent 40 statues by conservative estimate; all women, they wear short-sleeved jackets, heavy girdles, and full skirts. Some are as large as life size, and most wear necklaces… Read More

Ancient world Keos 1 (Keos). Coleman, John E. Keos: results of excavations conducted by the University of Cincinnati under the auspices of the American school of classical studies at Athens. Volume 1, Kephala: a late Neolithic settlement and cemetery. With a foreword by John E. Caskey. Princeton, N.J.: American School of Classical Studies, 1977, xxiii, 173 pages, [49] leaves of plates, index, illustrations. Paperback. Measures 9" x 12". Large volume. New copy. $15.00
This is the first volume in the final publication of the University of Cincinnati s investigations on the island of Keos. It describes the excavation of a small site on the headland of Kephala, about one kilometer north of the Bronze Age site of Ayia Irini.

Ancient world 637Fox, Cyril, Sir, 1882-1967. Life and death in the bronze age; an archaeologist's fieldwork. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1959, xxvii, 193 p. illus., bib, index, maps. Good to very good copy in dust jacket. $15.00

Ancient world 1212 Stead, I. M., and J.B. Bourke, Don Brothwell. Lindow man: the body in the bog. London: Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications, 1986, 208 p, bib, index, ill. Large format hardcover, dust jacket has a tear, fold on back panel. Very good. $15.00

Ancient world 895 Megalithic Enquiries in the West of Britain. A Liverpool Symposium. With contributions by T.G.E. Powell et al. Liverpool University Press, 1969, xvii, 357p, bib, index, illus. Very good in dust jacket. $20.00

Ancient world 1329 Srejovic, Dragoslav. New Discoveries at Lepenski Vir; Europe's First Monumental Sculpture. Edited by Sir Mortimer Wheeler. New York: Stein & Day, 1972, 216 pages, 13 color plates. 87 monochrome plates, 58 line drawings, bib, list of illus. index. Good copy in dust jacket. Signature of collector on front free endpaper. 17.50 Top shelfright
"A new and fascinating chapter in European pre­history was opened up with the discovery, in 1965, of the site of Lepenski Vir, in north-western Yugoslavia. For here in 'The Iron Gates' - Europe's greatest gorge, cut by the Danube through a high mountain range - was found the birthplace of one of the strangest and most advanced of European prehistoric cultures. Excavations carried out on the site between 1965 and 1968 showed that during the sixth millennium B.C., before the dawn of the Neolithic period, forms and ideas were developed at Lepenski Vir that gave Europe its first monumental art, and southeast Europe its first forms of organized… Read More

Ancient world 617 (Excavations at Tell es-Sweyhat, Syria, I.). Wilkinson, Tony J. On the margin of the Euphrates: settlement and land use at Tell es-Sweyhat and in the upper Lake Assad area, Syria. Excavations at Tell es-Sweyhat, Syria; Volume 1. With contributions by Naomi F. Miller, Clemens D. Reichel and Donald Whitcomb. Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2004, lii, 276 p., bib, index, 16 p. of plates: illus., maps. (University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications; v. 124). New in dust jacket. Large volume, 9 ¼" x 12". $35.00

Ancient world 1192Shetelig, Haakon. Prehistoire de la Norvege. Oslo: Aschehoug, 1926,280p, bib, index, illus. Paperbound. Faint stain on wrappers and first pages, few small chips to paper wrapper, very good. $15.00

Ancient world 495 Clébert, Jean Paul. Provence antique. 1, Des origines à la conquête romaine. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1966, 283p, notes, bib, index, illus, paperback. Paper has toned but decent shape overall, no marks, tight copy. $20.00

Ancient world 407 Berciu, Dumitru. Romania. (Ancient peoples and places series,Volume 57). New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967, 215p. illustrations, 73 plates, maps. Good to very good copy, clean, tight, no marks. Dust jacket has repaired tear, in good shape else. General background -- The Palaeolithic -- The Mesolithic -- The Neolithic -- The Bronze Age -- The Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages -- The First Iron Age: Hallstatt -- The Second Iron Age: La Tène. $10.00

Ancient world 813Lacaille, A. D. The Stone Age in Scotland. Published for the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by Oxford University Press, 1954, xxii, 345p, bib, index, illus. Very good in dust jacket. $35.00

Ancient world 1221Stover, Leon E. & Bruce Kraig. Stonehenge: the Indo-European heritage. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1978, xiii, 212 p, glossary, bib, index, illus. Errata slip enclosed. Good in dust jacket. 12.50

RU 1045 Gri︠a︡znov, M. P. (Mikhail Petrovich).
The ancient civilization of Southern Siberia [by] Mikhail P. Gryaznov. Translated from the Russian by James Hogarth. New York: Cowles Book Co. [1969], 250p, many illus. (part col.), maps (on lining papers). Very good in dust jacket in gray cardboard slipcase $27.50