Sort By:
Search Results for Keyword(s):Archaeology Ancient  (matching all words)
Search found 38 matching products.
 

Sacred Landscapes - The Threshold Between Worlds


Davis, Lynn

Hardcover. New York, Sterling Publishing Corporation, First Edition, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 246 pages. Hardcover. Peat cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Dime sized bump to front board corner, small blemish to gutter of front flyleaf. Otherwise very clean & unmarked. Stunning full page photography in black & white, beautifully presented to accompany text. Dust jacket with light marginal wear to edges. A very nice copy.

Record # 751102


Price: $63.00 

 

Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World: The Great Monuments and How They Were Built


Scarre, Chris

Hardcover. US, Thames & Hudson, rep, 1999-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 461148


Price: $19.00 

 

Tarquinia and Entruscan Origins


Hencken, Hugh

Hardcover. London, Thames and Hudson, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages, hardcover. Volume 62 in the series Ancient Peoples and Places. Red toning to top text block. Mild edgewear to boards. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Light fading to prelim pages. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951931


Price: $15.00 

 

Understanding Maya inscriptions: a hieroglyph handbook


Harris, John F.

softcover . Philadelphia, University Museum Publications, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2nd, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 247 pages. Softcover. Black and white illustrations. Light foxing, otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 469356


Price: $25.00 

 

Voices In Stone -The Decipherment of Ancient Scripts and Writings


Doblhofer, Ernst

Paperback. NY, Collier, rep wraps, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust. 327 pages.

Record # 56060


Price: $15.00 

A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i by: Kirch, Patrick Vinton
Click Image To View Larger

A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i by: Kirch, Patrick Vinton

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 2nd Pr., 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 346 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some edge wear, but is still in good condition. Blue paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, as well as a bind-in halfway through with full-color photography. This lively, accessible chronicle works back from 1778, when the British explorers encountered an island civilization governed by rulers who could not be gazed upon by common people. Interweaving anecdotes from his own widespread travel and extensive archaeological investigations into the broader historical narrative, Kirch shows how the early Polynesian settlers of Hawai'i adapted to this new island landscape and created highly productive agricultural systems. Clean copy. Record # 34124
Price: $25.00 

Forest of Kings, A - The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya by: Schele, Linda and David Freidel
Click Image To View Larger

Forest of Kings, A - The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya by: Schele, Linda and David Freidel

Paperback. N Y, Morrow, 1st wraps, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color, black & white photos, many black & white line drawings. 542 pages. Crease to rear wrap otherwise VG Record # 60607
Price: $12.00 

Grosse Kulturen Der Fruhzeit - Die Welt der Bibel Fonf Jahrtausende in Palastina-Syrien by: Jirku, Anton
Click Image To View Larger

Grosse Kulturen Der Fruhzeit - Die Welt der Bibel Fonf Jahrtausende in Palastina-Syrien by: Jirku, Anton

Stuttgart, Gustav Kilpper, 2nd, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 112 pages of black & white photos. 257 pages. German text. Record # 67367
Price: $12.00 

Grosse Kulturen Der Fruhzeit - Die Welt der Hetbiter by: Riemschneider, Margarete
Click Image To View Larger

Grosse Kulturen Der Fruhzeit - Die Welt der Hetbiter by: Riemschneider, Margarete

Stuttgart, Gustav Kilpper, 3rd, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 108 pages of black & white photo plates, fold-out map. 259 pages. German text. Record # 67369
Price: $12.00 

Grosse Kulturen Der Fruhzeit - Ur, Assor und Babylon - Drei Jahrtausende im Zweistromland by: Schmokel, Hartmut
Click Image To View Larger

Grosse Kulturen Der Fruhzeit - Ur, Assor und Babylon - Drei Jahrtausende im Zweistromland by: Schmokel, Hartmut

Softcover. Stuttgart, Gustav Kilpper, 3rd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 118 black & white photo plates, fold-out map. 302 pages. German text. Plain cardboard slipcase. Record # 67375
Price: $12.00 

Remarkable Remains of the Ancient Peoples of Guatemala by: VanKirk, Jacques and Parney Bassett-VanKirk
Click Image To View Larger

Remarkable Remains of the Ancient Peoples of Guatemala by: VanKirk, Jacques and Parney Bassett-VanKirk

Hardcover. Norman, OK, University Press of Oklahoma, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 243 pages. Color and black & white photography. Clean, tight copy with light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Record # 205858
Price: $12.00 

Temples of ancient Egypt by: N/A
Click Image To View Larger

Temples of ancient Egypt by: N/A

Hardcover . Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 335 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Some foxing to edges, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 469353
Price: $12.00 

The Horse, The Wheel, And Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by: Anthony, David W.
Click Image To View Larger

The Horse, The Wheel, And Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by: Anthony, David W.

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2nd Pr., 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 553 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, green cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book is an academic work which links archaeology and linguistics to show how Bronze Age Eurasian steppe pastoralists (Yamnaya culture) spread Indo-European languages through domestication of the horse and invention of the wheel. Clean copy. Record # 34515
Price: $25.00 

The World of Megaliths by: Mohen, Jean-Pierre
Click Image To View Larger

The World of Megaliths by: Mohen, Jean-Pierre

Hardcover. NY, Facts on File, 1st thus, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 318 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is bumped along the top edge, and the laminate on the rear has bubbled. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book takes readers beyond the myths to the megaliths themselves, piecing together their history and that of the people who built them. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34050
Price: $12.00 


  
Monroe Street Books
Cart 7 Shopping Cart