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Atlas of Ancient Archaeology


Hawkes, Jacquetta

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611743


Price: $13.00 

 

Ancient Mexico: An Introduction to the Pre-Hispanic Cultures


Peterson, Frederick, Jos

Hardcover. New York, NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st U.S.A., 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 313 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in red cloth, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, has some tanning, covered in protective plastic, no rips. Some tanning from age to pages and edges, doesn't affect text or illustrations. In very good shape for its age. Books presents a coherent picture of ancient Mexico from the days of the early elephant hunters to the Spanish Conquest, and deals with all the major groups: Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Olmecs, Toltecs, Tarascans, Mixtecs and Zapotecs.

Record # 32162


Price: $23.00 

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

 

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

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

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

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 

 

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 

Gift of the Nile: chronicles of Ancient Egypt Roberts, Timothy Roland
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Gift of the Nile: chronicles of Ancient Egypt


Roberts, Timothy Roland

Hardcover. New York, MetroBooks, 1st, 1998, 176 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color photography throughout. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Illustrated title page. Gilt titles on spine. Some edge wear to dust jacket and top edge. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469027


Price: $25.00 

Temples of ancient Egypt by: N/A
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Temples of ancient Egypt by: N/A

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.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 

 

Ancient Americas, The: Art From Sacred Landscape


Townsend (Ed.), Richard F.

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Art Institute of Chicago, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 397 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped. Bound in black fabric with gilt title on spine and front cover. Other than a bit of foxing on top edge, clean inside. In very good condition. Published to accompany exhibit at art Institute of Chicago, October 10, 1992-January 3, 1993.

Record # 30945


Price: $38.00 

 

Prehistory of New Zealand, The


Davidson, Janet

Hardcover. Auckland, New Zealand, Longman Paul Limited, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 270 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Pink endpapers. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Previous owner's name and a small note on front flyleaf. Binding tight. Spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, slightly faded spine (see image), excellent. Presents an authoritative review of what is known about life in New Zealand before the coming of the European.

Record # 32194


Price: $63.00 

The World of Megaliths by: Mohen, Jean-Pierre
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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 

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

 

Great Journey, The - The Peopling of Ancient America


Fagan, Brian M.

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st US, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 126 black & white illust.

Record # 56057


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 

 

Archaeology of Ancient China, The


Chang, Kwang-Chih

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale Univ. Press, 2nd, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 346 pages.

Record # 58492


Price: $25.00 

 

Great Journey, The - The Peopling of Ancient America


Fagan, Brian M.

Hardcover. NY, Thames and Hudson, 1st US, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 288 pages.

Record # 60388


Price: $20.00 

 

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 

 

Royal City of Susa, The - Ancient Near-Eastern Treasures in the Louvre


Harper (Ed.), Prudence

NY, MMOA, 1st , 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 76 color, many black & white photos. 280 pages.

Record # 69729


Price: $40.00 

 

Mysterious Britain


Bord, Janet & Colin

NY, Doubleday, 1st US, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, B&W photos, 259 pages + index

Record # 300307


Price: $20.00 

 

Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume XXXIII & Volume XXXIV


Journal of Hellenic Studies

Hardcover. London, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1st, 1913 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two years (1913 and 1914) bound in one volume. Handsome half black calf with raised bands on spine along with red label and gilt lettering. Part one for 1913: 410 pages plus 22 full-page b&w plates. Part two for 1914: 362 pages plus 20 b&w plates. Plus a 164 page catalogue of lantern slides in the Society's collection. Former university library with minimal stamping to edge of text block and on bookplate inside front cover. Sticker residue to bottom of spine.

Record # 405367


Price: $188.00 

 

Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume XXV & Volume XXVI


Journal of Hellenic Studies

Hardcover. London, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1st, 1905 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two years (1905 and 1906) bound in one volume. Handsome half black calf with raised bands on spine along with red label and gilt lettering. Part one for 1905: 382 pages plus 13 full-page b&w plates and 1 color fold-out. Part two for 1906: 303 pages plus 16 b&w and 2 color plates. Former university library with minimal stamping to edge of text block and on bookplate inside front cover. Sticker residue to bottom of spine.

Record # 405368


Price: $188.00 

 

Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume XXIII & Volume XXIV


Journal of Hellenic Studies

Hardcover. London, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1st, 1903 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two years (1903 and 1904) bound in one volume. Handsome half black calf with raised bands on spine along with red label and gilt lettering. Part one for 1903: 373 pages plus 13 full-page b&w and color plates. Part two for 1904: 354 pages plus 14 b&w (including 2 fold-outs). Former university library with minimal stamping to edge of text block and on bookplate inside front cover. Sticker residue to bottom of spine.

Record # 405369


Price: $188.00