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Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome by Claire L Lyons Synopsis Ancient Sicily, a prosperous island at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, occupied a pivotal place between Greece, North Africa, and the Italian peninsula. In the late eighth century B.C., émigrés from the Greek mainland founded colonies... (read more) List Price $70.75 Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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The Ancient Hawaiian State: Origins of a Political Society by Robert J. Hommon Publisher Comments Historians and archaeologists define primary states -- "cradles of civilization" from which all modern nation states ultimately derive -- as large-scale territorially-based, autonomous societies in which a centralized, bureaucratic government employs... (read more) Your price: $76.25 New - Hardcover
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Nine Mile Canyon: The Archaeological History of an American by Jerry D. Spangler Publisher Comments With an estimated 10,000 ancient rock art sites, Nine Mile Canyon has long captivated people the world over. The 45-mile-long canyon, dubbed the “World’s Longest Art Gallery,” hosts what is believed to be the largest concentration of... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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Museum Tusculanum Press - ACTA Hyperborea #13: Vessels and Variety: New Aspects of Ancient Pottery by Hanne (edt) Thomasen Publisher Comments Addressing topics ranging from production and distribution to iconography and museum collections, Vessels and Variety sheds new light on perspectives in the fields of ancient pottery studies. The contributors cover a wide span of time from the... (read more) Your price: $58.95 New - Trade Paper
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Neandertal Lithic Industries at La Quina [With CDROM] by Arthur J. Jelinek Publisher Comments Although Neandertals lived in Europe and western Asia for more than 200,000 years, we know surprisingly little about them or about their everyday lives. Evidence of their behavior is largely derived from the surviving pieces of chipped stone and animal... (read more) Your price: $86.95 New - Hardcover
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The Archaeology of Antislavery Resistance (American Experience in Archaeological Pespective) by Terrance M. Weik Publisher Comments "Weik's comprehensive survey of the archaeology of freedom represents a critical contribution to African Diaspora studies, and serves as an admirable standard to which future research in this area should strive to achieve."--Maria Franklin... (read more) Your price: $23.75 New - Trade Paper
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Violence, Ritual, and the Wari Empire: A Social Bioarchaeology of Imperialism in the Ancient Andes (Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local,) by Tiffiny A. Tung Publisher Comments "A ground-breaking study that provides one of the best case studies we have in the bioarchaeology of violence. A must-read for anyone interested in the origin and evolution of aggression and violence in human societies."--Debra L. Martin... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Chinese Junks on the Pacific: Views from a Different Deck (New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog) by Hans Konrad Van Tilburg Publisher Comments “It is Van Tilburg’s goal to broaden our understanding of Chinese nautical technology, to explore the evolution of Chinese vessels between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, to investigate the differences between Chinese and Western... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Narrative Literature from the Tebtunis Temple Library (Museum Tusculanum Press - The Carlsberg Papyri) by Kim Ryholt Publisher Comments Centuries before the Library of Alexandria, ancient Egypt was home to numerous temple libraries, but only a single large-scale one has survived: the Tebtunis Temple library. Abandoned around 200 CE—but rediscovered by archaeologists in 1900&mdash... (read more) Your price: $69.75 New - Hardcover
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Uncovering History by Douglas D. Scott Synopsis Almost as soon as the last shot was fired in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the battlefield became an archaeological site. For many years afterward, as fascination with the famed 1876 fight intensified, visitors to the area scavenged the many relics... (read more) Your price: $42.95 New - Hardcover
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The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation by Nicholas (edt) Marquez-grant Publisher Comments Methodologies and legislative frameworks regarding the archaeological excavation, retrieval, analysis, curation and potential reburial of human skeletal remains differ throughout the world. As work forces have become increasingly mobile and... (read more) Your price: $64.95 New - Trade Paper
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Crafting History in the Northern Plains: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America (Archaeology of Colonialism in Native North America) by Mark D. Mitchell Publisher Comments The histories of post-1500 American Indian and First Nations societies reflect a dynamic interplay of forces. Europeans introduced new technologies, new economic systems, and new social forms, but those novelties were appropriated, resisted, modified... (read more) Your price: $70.75 New - Hardcover
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World of the Vikings (13 Edition) by Richard Hall Publisher Comments Here is the complete story of the Vikings from their origins in Scandinavia during the early first millennium AD, through the incredible period of raiding, trading, and settling known as the Viking Age, to the last surviving Viking settlements in... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Dumbarton Oaks Papers #65/6: Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 65/66 by Margaret (edt) Mullett Publisher Comments This issue includes "Bishops and Territory: The Case of Late Roman and Byzantine North Africa" (Anna Leone); "A Conflicted Heritage: The Byzantine Religious Establishment of a War Ethic" (J. A. McGuckin); "Hoards and Hoarding Patterns in the Early... (read more) Your price: $143.25 New - Hardcover
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Loot Publisher Comments This brief, jolting film shows the hidden cost to the heritage of Latin American peoples caused by the trade in Precolumbian art by western museums and collectors. Archaeologists Arlen and Diane Chase show how the damage to archaeological sites done by... (read more) Your price: $98.95 New - DVD
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In the Eastern Fluted Point Tradition by Joseph A. M. (edt) Gingerich Publisher Comments Eastern North America has one of the largest inventories of Paleoindian sites anywhere in the Americas. Despite this rich record of early human settlement during the late Pleistocene, there are few widely published reports or summaries of Paleoindian... (read more) Your price: $65.00 New - Hardcover
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Molas Monograph #57: A Bioarchaeological Study of Medieval Burials on the Site of St Mary Spital: Excavations at Spitalfields Market, London E1, 1991-2007 by Brian Connell Publisher Comments Major excavations on the site of the Augustinian priory and hospital of St Mary Spital uncovered the remains of over 10,500 human skeletons. Unprecedented accuracy of dating and phasing of the cemetery was achieved using a targeted programme of... (read more) Your price: $56.00 New - Hardcover
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Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology by Kenneth L. Feder Your price: $77.40 New - Trade Paper
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Ancient Inca (Case Studies in Early Societies) by Alan L. Kolata Your price: $99.00 New - Hardcover
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Handheld Xrf for Art and Archaeology (Studies in Archaeological Sciences) by Aaron N. (edt) Shugar Your price: $103.75 New - Hardcover
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