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Samothrace, Excavations Conducted By the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (6 volumes)
by Fraser, P.M. Karl and Phyllis Lehmann and Others
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(New York, 1960, 1964 and 1969,): Bollingen Series/Pantheon Books. Quarto. Volumes 2: 1 and 2 (The Inacriptions on Stone and The Inscriptions on Ceramics and Minor Objects) Volume 3: (The Hieron plate book and The Hieron Text volumes I and II). Volume 4; The Altar Court) Volume I (lacking) presented the ancient literary texts relating to Samothrace. A very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Die Letzten Jahrzehnte Des Pannoinischen Limes
by Soproni, Sandor
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Munchen; (1985): C.H. Beck'sche Publishing. First Edition. Quarto. 127 (1)pages, 21 pages of plates at the rear, and a 2 page folding supplement. German text. A major study of the closing decades of Roman rule in Pannonia. Soproni's emphasis is on strengthening the frontier, particularly in the sector which screened Sirmium. Since much of this also applies to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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La Forteresse De Rhamnonte (Etude De Topographie et d'hisoitre)
by Pouilloux, Jean
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Paris: E. De Boccard, 1954. Quarto. 209 pages, with 54 full page plates and 2 folding charts and erratalaid in. French text. An important study of this particular fortress in the classical and hellenistic period. Besides being a major protection from hostile nations entering Attica, it also guarded the grain route. A very good copy bound in gray stiff… Read more about this item Item Price
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Orfebreria Prehispanica De Colmbia; Estilo Tolima y Muisca (4 Volume Set)
by Perez, Jose De Barradas
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Madrid; 1954 and 1958: Banco De La Republica. First Editions. Thick Quartos. In 4 volumes (textbooks and plate books). This work is based on the study from the collections of the Bank Gold Museum of the Republic of Bogota. These very well-produced volumes are lavishly illustrated with excellent photographs, many in color, and the accompanying text is clear and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Atti Del IX Congresso Internazionale Di Archeologia Cristiana; Roma, 21-27 Settembre 1975. (2 Volume Set.)
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Citta Del Vaticano: Pontifico Istituto Di Archeolgoia Cristian, 1978. Thick Quarto. . 2 volume set. Volume I. 685 pages, Vol. II, 603 pages. Plates, charts, photographs. Besides the set in the Vatican the only other recorded copy is at the Univ Complutense de Madrid. One of the great conferences on the discoveries of early Christian documents or archaeological sites… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Eleusis: Die Batugeschichtliche Entwicklung Des Heilitumes [Volume I] and Eleusis: Tafein (Volume II)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/097/331/1566331097.0.m.jpg)
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Eleusis: Die Batugeschichtliche Entwicklung Des Heilitumes [Volume I] and Eleusis: Tafein (Volume II)
by Noack, Ferdinand
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Berlin: Walter De Gruyter and Co, 1927. Quarto. Two volume set, [German text] with contributions by J. Kirchner, A. Korte and A.K. Orlandos. The text volume, 333 pages, with the plate [Tafein] volume having 44 plates and 112 textual illustrations. The author developed a major understanding of the architectural state of the sanctuary for the German archaeological institute at… Read more about this item Item Price
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Studien Zur Wustungsfrage Im Frinkischen Altsiedelland Zwischen Rhein, Mosel Und Elifelnordand (2 Volume set) in Slipcase
by Janssen, Walter
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Cologne [Koln] (1975): Rheinland-Verlag. First Edition. Small Quarto. Inscribed to Professor Dr. Francois Gaeushof (?) with best wishes" 1976. In 2 volumes. Vol. I, 330 pages, with multiple folding plates at end [with folding map in pocket] Vol. 2. 519 pages with folding maps. This work shows the expansive settlement periods which only lasted a short time, such as… Read more about this item Item Price
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Palestinian Bichrome Ware
by Epstein, Claire
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Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1966. First Edition. Quarto. . Color frontispiece, xxiii, 239 pages with 20 plates. (Monumenta Orientis Antiqui, Vol. XII) is a monographic treatment of this characteristic ware of Late Bronze age. The author includes an up-to-date treatment of the Hurrian question in Palestine and the Near East in general. A special problem is the date on which… Read more about this item Item Price
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Zylinder Und Stempelsiegel Aus Karahoyuk Bei Konya
by Alp, Sedat
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Ankara: Tu¨rk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi, 1968. Quarto. . xvi, 310, pages and 254 pages of plates. German text. This major work consists primarily of clay seals and an impressive number (310) of clay crescents stamped before baking. Only fourteen cylinders and seven stamps of the types used on the sealings turned up. Also published in this volume are simple… Read more about this item Item Price
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Journey to the Sky. A Novel About the True Adventures of Two Men in Search of the Lost Maya Kingdom
by Highwater, Jamake
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New York; (1978): Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. First Edition. Octavo. 242pp., illustrated. The year is 1839, two men, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood journeyed by steamboat and mule through the green hell of Central America, where almost by chance they stumbled upon a civilization so utterly forgotten by Indians and white men alike that it had no… Read more about this item Item Price
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Arrowheads of the Neolithic Levant (American Schools of Oriental Research, Dissertation Series 10)
by Gopher, Avi
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Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbruns, 1994. First Edition. Quarto. 325 pages, index of sites, and an extensive bibliography. A multi-dimensional seriation analysis of arrowhead assemblages from Neolithic sites in the Levant is presented. An attempt is made to correlate the relative dating obtained by seriation with stratigraphy evidence and available C-14 dates. The implications of the analysis for the study… Read more about this item Item Price
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Casas Grandes: A Fallen Trading Center of the Gran Chichimeca, in 3 Volumes
by Di Peso, Charles C. (edited By Gloria J. Fenner)
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Dragoon, AZ and Flagstaff, AZ: The Amerind Foundation, Inc and Northland Press. First Edition. Quareto. In three volumes. Signed and inscribed by the author, the editor Gloria J. Fenner and the illustrator Alice Wesche. Vol. I. 253pp., with a folding illustration of the Viejo Villages at rear. Vol. II. 755pp. with folding illustrations of the city of Paquime at… Read more about this item Item Price
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Archaeology and Language; the Puzzle of Indo-European Origins
by Renfrew, Colin
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Cambridge; (1988): Cambridge University Press. Octavo. 346 pages, index, bibliography. The author's research shows there is evidence of early stages of the Indo-European languages than previously thought. There was no 'coming of the Celts' but rather a parallel development of the Celtic-speaking peoples in much the same areas in which they are found today. A fine copy bound in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route
by Sidebotham, Steven E.
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Berkeley; (2011): University of California Press. First Edition. Large Octavo. . 334(2) pp. The legendary overland silk road was not the only way for ancient travelers from the Mediterranean to reach Asia. The ancient city of Berenike, located approximately 500 miles south of today's Suez Canal, was a significant port for these Conduits. The author was an archeologist who… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Peninsula of Yucatan; Medical, Biological, Meteorological and Sociological Studies
by Shattuck, George Cheever
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Washington: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1933. Thick Quarto. Portrait frontispiece. xvii, 576 pages. Illustrated with photographic images and maps. Yucatan Medical surveys and other data.--Surveys in 1931 by the Third Yucatan Medical Expedition. The purpose of this work was to discuss the medical problems of the peninsula of Yucatan. The beautiful photographs of Chichen Itza add great interest to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mazon Creek Fossils
by Nitecki, Matthew H.
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New York: Academic Press, 1979. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. xv, 581 pages, including index, illustrated. The fossils from the Francis Creek Shale Member in the Mazon Creek of northern Illinois constitute the single most varied Carboniferous flora and fauna known. The age is mid-Pennsylvanians, the rocks of marine and non-marine facies, and the biota includes over 350 species… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ancient Indian Pottery of the Mississippi Valley
by Hathcock, Roy
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Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Co, 1988. Quarto. 2nd edition. 236 pages. Signed by the author who passed away in 2005. Roy Hathcock is considered one of the premier experts on prehistoric Indian art. The Second Edition has many additional examples of Indian ceramic art. Bibliographic references, P. 232. 667 illustrations of which 72 are in color. The essential reference… Read more about this item Item Price
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Textiles in Southwestern Prehistory
by Teague, Lynn S.; Helga Teiwes
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Albuqueque; (1998): University of New Mexico Press. First Edition. Quarto. xiii, 210 pages, illustrations, and maps. Includes bibliographic references (pages 189-203), index. One of the essential items by an author who was not just an archaeologist but a noted weaver who provides a step-by-step analysis of how artisans in different traditions procured and processed fiber into yard and cordage,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Hohokam: Desert Farmers & Craftsmen. Excavation Of Snaketown, 1964-1965
by Haury, Emil W.
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Tucson, Az; (1976): University of Arizona Press. First Edition. Quarto. 412pp. Illustrated history of a famous archaeological dig by the expert of southwest history. Hundreds of photographs, with charts and maps. Bibliography. Appendix. Index. Bound in pictorial cloth over boards, lettering in black and red, spine lettering black and red, decorative endpapers. A very… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Antiquity of Man in East Anglia
by Moir, J. Reid
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1927. Octavo. 172 pages, index, illustrated. Moir made several new discoveries for example, the middle Paleolithic sites at Bramford Road and Constantine Road, Ipswich and undertook new investigations at important known localities, Hoxne, Brundon, High Lodge, and Foxhall Road being among the most famous. His assessments for pre-crag or tertiary man have largely… Read more about this item Item Price
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