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A History of Hittite Literacy Writing and Reading in Late Bronze-Age Anatolia (1650–1200 BC) Theo van den Hout | University of Chicago
For all those interested in literacy and script usage in general and in the ancient world in particular. As the first, comprehensive overview, it sketches the development of literacy and of literature in Hittite Anatolia (2000/1650–1200 BC) and situates them in the history of the kingdom.
453pp 51 b/w illus. 1 map 35 tables Mar. 2022 9781108816496 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 38.99 Jan. 2021 9781108494885 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108860161
Ancient Gordion Lisa Kealhofer | Santa Clara University, California
This study of an iconic Iron Age site in Turkey, Gordion, integrates for the first time nearly 70 years of fieldwork and analysis to address key questions of political group formation and identity. Case Studies in Early Societies 350pp Sep. 2022 9781108748391 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 Sep. 2022 9781108490313 Hardback GBP 79.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108780681
Civilisation Recast Theoretical and Historical Perspectives Stephan Feuchtwang | London School of Economics and Political Science
Civilisation is a debated concept. Is it indelibly associated with the prerogatives of the ‘West’, colonial histories or, as is emerging, a new global politics? How do we understand these new forms of identity politics and claims to possessing longterm histories? The book is intended for courses in humanities and social science.
224pp Oct. 2022 9781108706186 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 Jul. 2019 9781108484343 Hardback GBP 78.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108594875
Archaeology (general) Becoming an Archaeologist A Guide to Professional Pathways Second edition Joseph Flatman
Becoming an Archaeologist is an engaging handbook on career paths in the area of Archaeology. It outlines the entire process of getting a job in Archaeology, including the various career options; the training required; and how to get positions in the academic, commercial, government and charity sectors.
The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant
275pp Oct. 2022 9781108797092 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 34.99 Oct. 2022 9781108495608 Hardback GBP 79.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108850490
From Urban Origins to the Demise of CityStates, 3700–1000 BCE Raphael Greenberg | Tel-Aviv University
Heritage and Design
A richly documented and illustrated survey of the Archaeology of a crucible of world culture, covering the earliest urban cultures and the emergence of states. This book is a key resource for students of the Ancient Near East and the Bronze Age Mediterranean, and a valuable reference work for scholars in related disciplines. Cambridge World Archaeology 431pp Aug. 2022 9781107529137 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781316275993
Archaeological science Wood in Archaeology Lee A. Newsom
This volume will interest readers and students of Archaeology, historical ecology, paleoecology, and wood science, especially as concerns understanding the vital role of wood and timber resources to past human societies.
Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology 300pp Jan. 2022 9781107666894 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 Jan. 2022 9781107052062 Hardback GBP 84.99 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781107280335
Ten Portraits from Goa (India) Pamila Gupta | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
This Element looks at the relationship between heritage and design by way of a case study approach. It offers up ten distinct portraits of a range of heritage makers located in Goa, a place that has been predicated on its difference, both historical and cultural, from the rest of India.
Elements in Critical Heritage Studies 75pp Sep. 2022 9781108744171 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108881579
Heritage Making and Migrant Subjects in the Deindustrialising Region of the Latrobe Valley Alexandra Dellios | Australian National University, Canberra
This Element argues that community-initiated migrant heritage harbours the potential to challenge and expand state-sanctioned renderings of multiculturalism in liberal nation-states. In this search for alternative readings, community-initiated migrant heritage is positioned as a grassroots challenge to positivist state-multiculturalism. Elements in Critical Heritage Studies 75pp Mar. 2022 9781108826495 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108919937
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