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  • The Deep History of Cattle Herding and Symbolism

    New Perspectives from Anthropology, Archaeology and Zooarchaeology in Sudan

    by Elena A.A. Garcea, Julia Budka, Salima Ikram, John Galaty, Shayla Monroe ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This brief provides a unique overview that weaves a thread across the deep history of the management and symbolism of wild aurochs and domestic cattle in Sudan, where these practices are attested for over 15,000 to 20,000 years. It highlights the central preoccupation with these bovids by societies of the region, from the time of the earliest funerary rituals involving wild aurochs in the late ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • 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

  • Ancient Africa

    A Global History, to 300 CE

    by Distinguished Research Professor Christopher Ehret ...
    A panoramic narrative that places ancient Africa on the stage of world historyThis book brings together archaeological and linguistic evidence to provide a sweeping global history of ancient Africa, tracing how the continent played an important role in the technological, agricultural, and economic transitions of world civilization. Christopher Ehret takes readers from the close of the last Ice Age ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • 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 Including material hitherto unpublished from recent excavations, the articles are organised thematically using evidence from archaeology, texts and the natural sciences.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

  • Ancestors

    Identity and DNA in the Levant

    by Pierre Zalloua ...
    An eye-opening investigation into ancestry and origins in the Middle East that synthesizes thousands of years of genetic history in the region to question what it means to be indigenous to any land“Ancestors transcends geography to launch an eye-opening inquiry into the relationship of genetics and identity. It’s a transformational read for us all.”—Jason Roberts, author of Every Living Thing and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Egyptian World

    Edited by Toby Wilkinson ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    Authoritative and up-to-date, this key single-volume work is a thematic exploration of ancient Egyptian civilization and culture as it was expressed down the centuries.Including topics rarely covered elsewhere as well as new perspectives, this work comprises thirty-two original chapters written by international experts. Each chapter gives an overvi ... Read more

    $70.99 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

    $77.99 USD

  • The Nubian Past

    An Archaeology of the Sudan

    by David N. Edwards ...
    This cutting-edge synthesis of the archaeology of Nubia and Sudan from prehistory to the nineteenth century AD is the first major work on this area for over three decades. Drawing on results of the latest research and developing new interpretive frameworks, the area which has produced the most spectacular archaeology in sub-Saharan Africa is examined here by an author with extensive experience in ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Personal Ornaments in Prehistory

    An exploration of body augmentation from the Palaeolithic to the Early Bronze Age

    by Emma L. Baysal ...
    Beads, bracelets, necklaces, pendants and many other ornaments are familiar objects that play a fundamental role in personal expression and communication. This book considers how and why the human relationship with ornaments developed and continued over tens of thousands of years, from hunter-gatherer life in the cave to urban elites, from expedient use of natural resources to complex technologies ... Read more

    $23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Archaeology of Ethiopia

    by Niall Finneran ...
    This book provides the first truly comprehensive multi-period study of the archaeology of Ethiopia, surveying the country's history, detailing the discoveries from the late Stone Age, including the famous 'Lucy' and moving onto the emergence of food production, prehistoric rock art and an analysis of the increasing social complexity that can be obs ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Origins of Monsters

    Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction

    by David Wengrow ...
    Series series The Rostovtzeff Lectures
    It has often been claimed that "monsters"--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times. The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative view. Composite figurations are intriguingly rare and isolated in the art of the prehistoric era. Instead it was with the rise of cities, elites, and ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial

    Edited by Sarah Tarlow, Liv Nilsson Stutz ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial reviews the current state of mortuary archaeology and its practice, highlighting its often contentious place in the modern socio-politics of archaeology. It contains forty-four chapters which focus on the history of the discipline and its current scientific techniques and methods. Written by leading, international scholars in the field, it ... Read more

    $41.39 USD