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  • Prehistoric Textiles

    The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with Special Reference to the Aegean

    by E. J.W. Barber ...
    This pioneering work revises our notions of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East. Using innovative linguistic techniques, along with methods from palaeobiology and other fields, it shows that spinning and pattern weaving began far earlier than has been supposed.Prehistoric Textiles made an unsurpassed leap in the social and cultural understanding of textiles in ... Read more

    $66.29 USD

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  • The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

    How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

    by David W. Anthony ...
    Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • The Sumerian World

    Edited by Harriet Crawford ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    The Sumerian World explores the archaeology, history and art of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c.3,000 - 2,000BC. Including material hitherto unpublished from recent excavations, the articles are organised thematically using evidence from archaeology, texts and the natural sciences. This broad treatment will also make the volume of interest to students looking ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age

    Edited by Cynthia W. Shelmerdine ...
    This book is a comprehensive up-to-date survey of the Aegean Bronze Age, from its beginnings to the period following the collapse of the Mycenaean palace system. In essays by leading authorities commissioned especially for this volume, it covers the history and the material culture of Crete, Greece, and the Aegean Islands from c.3000–1100 BCE, as well as topics such as trade, religions, and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • A History of Ancient Egypt

    From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid

    by John Romer ...
    From the renowned Egyptologist, the first volume in a two-book series on the history of Egypt that brings the ancient world to life.Famed archaeologist John Romer draws on a lifetime of research to tell one history's greatest stories; how, over more than a thousand years, a society of farmers created a rich, vivid world where one of the most astounding of all human-made landmarks, the Great ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Mesopotamia Before History

    by Petr Charvát ...
    Mesopotamia was one of the earliest regions to produce writing, literature and the fine arts, as well as being one of the first areas to construct states. This comprehensive and detailed survey of the region's prehistory and protohistory shows how these fascinating developments were possible. Petr Charvát explores the economic, social and spiritual spheres in Mesopotamia from the Palaeolithic to ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Textiles and Textile Production in Europe

    From Prehistory to AD 400

    Edited by Margarita Gleba, Ulla Mannering ...
    Series Book 11 - Ancient Textiles
    There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function. Textiles express who we are - our gender, age, family affiliation, occupation, religion, ethnicity and social, political, economic and legal status. Besides expressing our identity, textiles protect us from the harsh conditions of the environment, whether as clothes or shelter. We ... Read more

    $41.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Silk for the Vikings

    by Marianne Vedeler ...
    Series Book 15 - Ancient Textiles
    The analysis of silk is a fascinating topic for research in itself but here, focusing on the 9th and 10th centuries, Marianne Vedeler takes a closer look at the trade routes and the organization of production, trade and consumption of silk during the Viking Age. Beginning with a presentation of the silk finds in the Oseberg burial, the richest Viking burial find ever discovered, the other silk ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Before the Pharaohs

    Exploring the Archaeology of Stone Age Egypt

    by Julian Maxwell Heath ...
    An examination of the Paleolithic and Neolithic communities that inhabited not only the Nile Valley and Delta, but also the Western and Eastern Deserts.The remarkable archaeology of pharaonic Egypt continues to captivate countless people worldwide but evidence for Egypt's prehistoric or Stone Age past has been relatively neglected. This is perhaps understandable, as the archaeology of Stone Age ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Identify Persian Rugs and Other Oriental Rugs

    by C. J. Delabere May ...
    This classic, historical book provides instruction on the facts necessary to enable the reader to identify any typical specimen of the better known classes of Oriental rugs. It gives diverse direction on classification with regard to their type, their age and their value. Despite its age this book contains much information that is still practical and useful today. Many of the earliest books, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Prehistoric, Ancient Near Eastern & Aegean Textiles and Dress

    Edited by Mary Harlow, Cécile Michel, Marie-Louise Nosch ...
    Series series Ancient Textiles
    Textile and dress production, from raw materials to finished items, has had a significant impact on society from its earliest history. The essays in this volume offer a fresh insight into the emerging interdisciplinary research field of textile and dress studies by discussing archaeological, iconographical and textual evidence within a broad geographical and chronological spectrum. The thirteen ... Read more

    $32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oriental Rugs

    An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins

    by Peter F. Stone ...
    This monumental reference work—long awaited by collectors and scholars—fills an important gap in the available literature on oriental rugs.Lavishly illustrated with over 1000 photographs and drawings, it offers clear and precise definitions for the rug and textile terms in use across a broad swath of the globe—from Morocco to Turkey, Persia, the Caucasus region, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan ... Read more

    $28.99 USD