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Treasures
from the Royal Tombs of Ur
•Richard
L. Zettler and Lee C. Horne, eds•
This
stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230
objects excavated in the 1930s by the renowned British archaeologist,
Sir Leonard Woolley, at the 3rd millennium b.c. Sumerian city
of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation
of these magnificent artifacts. Many of the objects are published
in color and fully described for the first time—jewelry
of gold and semi-precious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular
gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and
vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler
sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and
the details of the actual excavations. Renowned art historians
Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance
and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds
from the tombs.
1998 • 220 pp. • 217 illus.
0-924171-54-5 / $75.00
0-924171-55-3 / $49.95
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Two
Lyres from Ur
•Maude
de Schauensee•
During
the 1928-29 season at Ur, in the Great Death Pit of the Royal Cemetery,
C. Leonard Woolley discovered two spectacular musical instruments:
a silver Boat-shaped Lyre and a magnificent lyre with the head of
a bull made of gold sheet and a lapis lazuli beard. This book chronicles
their history, conservation, and reconservation.
Cloth 2002 / 0-924171-88-X / 147 pp., 69 ills / $29.95
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Drawing
on the Past:
An Archaeologist's Sketchbook
•Naomi
F. Miller •
What is it like to be an
archaeologist and to “do” archaeology? Through whimsical
watercolors, drawings, fascinating marginalia, and humorous anecdotes,
Miller illustrates her story with charming art that she has done
mostly in her spare time on digs.
Cloth 2002 / 1-931707-27-8 / 104 pp., 100 ills / $19.95
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Early
Urban
Life in the Land of Anshan Excavations at Tal-e Malyan in the Highlands
of Iran
•William
M. Sumner•
This
book provides summary data on the archaeological excavations of
Banesh Period (ca. 3400-2600 bc) levels. Published with the support
of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund.
Cloth 2003 / 1-931707-45-6 / 300 pp., 183 illus. / $85.00
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Volume 2
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Reports
on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete
Volume
2:The
Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies
•Barbara
J. Hayden•
Data gathered
through systematic survey detail the settlement history of the Vrokastro
region from the Final Neolithic period through the early part of
the 20th century.
Each period is introduced by an environmental pattern for the settlement,
with a brief summary of project methodology and goals, a description
of the regional topography and botany, and a synopsis of the regional
topography and hydrology. The penultimate chapter and conclusion
s present a summary of the regional settlement history, growth,
demographics, and a prospectus concerning future work in the Vrokastro
region.
ISBN 1-931707-59-6
520 pp. • 83 illustrations • cd of 6 appendixes
93 tables • bibliography • index • 8.5 X 11”
• cloth
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Reports
on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete
Volume
1: Catalogue of Pottery from the Settlement of Vrokastro
•Barbara
J. Hayden•
Catalogue
of Pottery from the Bronze and Early Iron Age Settlement of Vrokastro
in the Collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology and The Archaeological Museum, Herakleion, Crete
ISBN 1-931707-26-X
256 pp. • 208 photos • 35 plates • index. •
cloth
8.5 x 11” • cloth
$59.00
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Tepe
Gawra: The Evolution of a Small, Prehistoric Center in Northern
Iraq
•Mitchell
S. Rothman•
This
volume presents the complex evolutionary history of an ancient town,
Tepe Gawra, over a thousand-year period, fromthe Terminal Ubaid
period to the Late Chalcolithic or Uruk period, during the fourth
millennium B.C.
Cloth
2001 / 0-924171-89-9 / 516 pp., 531 illus. / $75.00
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The
Hyksos: New Historical and Archaeological Perspectives
•Eliezer
D. Oren, ed.•
This
volume focuses on the Hyksos against the background of Middle Bronze
Age civilizations, examining the diverse data, methodologies and
interpretations that have emerged from the rather meager textual
evidence and extensive archaeological exploration of Egypt, Nubia,
Palestine, Syria, Anatolia, Cyprus and the Aegean. Published with
the support of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund.
Cloth 1997 / 0-924171-46-4 / 459 pp., 206 ills / $60.00
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Altyn-Depe
•V.
M. Masson•
Excavations
at the Bronze Age site of Altyn-Depe in southwest Turkmenistan have
revealed an urban community dating to the Middle Bronze Age.
Cloth 1988 / 0-934718-54-7 / 170 pp., 88 ills / $55.00
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Gordion
Wooden Furniture
•Elizabeth
Simpson and K. Spirydowicz•
This
book details 18 years of research and conservation work at Gordion,
Turkey. This work has uncovered the most important collection of
well-preserved wooden objects surviving from the ancient Near East.
Paper 1999 / 1-931707-47-2 / 174 pp., 110 illus. / $29.95
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Searching
for Ancient Egypt
•David
Silverman•
Lavishly
illustrated in color, this book documents a spectacular collection
of archaeological and artistic treasures, covering the entire range
of Egyptian art-from Old Kingdom works of the 3rd millennium BC
to works of the Greco-Roman period ending in AD 300.
Cloth 1997 / 0-8014-3482-3 / $75.00 / Paper / 1-931707-36-7 $49.95
/ 300 pp., 125 illus.
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A
Central Asian Village at the Dawn of Civilization, Excavations at
Anau, Turkmenistan
•Fredrik T. Hiebert•
This
integration of earlier and new scholarship reconceptualizes the
origins of civilization, challenging the received view that the
ancient Near East spawned the spread of civilization outwards from
Mesopotamia to all other neighboring cultures.
Cloth 2003 / 1-931707-50-2 / 256 pp., 209 illus. / $75.00
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| The
"Ur-Nammu" Stela
•Jeanny
Vorys Canby•
Ur-Nammu was king of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia
(southern Iraq) around 2000 BC. In 1925 a joint expedition from
the University of Pennsylvania Museum and The British Museum discovered
dozens of fragments of a monument in honor of Ur-Nammu. This book
includes the justification of the reconstructions, description of
the scenes and speculation on the ancient fate of the stela. Published
with the support of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund.
Cloth 2001 / 0-924171-87-1 / 144 pp., 126 ills / $49.95
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| Excavations
at Anshan (Tal-e Malyan): The Middle Elamite Period
•Elizabeth
Carter•
This volume provides us with the first detailed
view of the functioning of the Middle Elamite Empire outside Susiana.
Cloth 1996 / 0-924171-22-7 / 158 pp. , 93 ills / $50.00
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| A
Sixth Century Monastery at Beth-Shan (Scythopolis)
•Gerald
M. Fitzgerald•
The building, mosaics, objects, and mosaic
inscriptions found at the site.
Cloth 1939 / 0-686-24094-4 / 80 pp., 22 ills / $30.00
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Late Bronze Egyptian Garrison at Beth Shan:
A Study of Levels VII and VIII
•Frances
W. James and Patrick McGovern•
The
University Museum excavated at Beth Shan 1921-1934 when stratigraphical
methods were first being developed. The two Late Bronze levels have
been re-evaluated by the careful analysis of field records, photographs,
and drawings along with the restudy of all artifacts in The University
Museum and in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.
Cloth 1994 / 0-924171-27-8 / 2 vols. Vol. 1: 304 pp.;
Vol. 2: 231 ills / $115.00
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| Emblems
of Identity and Prestige:
The Seals and Sealings from Hasanlu, Iran
•Michelle I. Marcus•
The
105 seals and seal impressions in this catalog greatly expand the
corpus of glyptic materials.
Cloth 1996 / 0-924171-26-X / 301 pp., 172 ills / $50.00
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| The
Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Central Transjordan:
The Baq'ah Valley Project
•Patrick E. McGovern•
A critical transition period in the
archaeology and history of Palestine-the Late Bronze Age and Early
Iron Age-is described in detail from the perspective of a group
of sites.
Cloth 1987 / 0-934718-75-X / 397 pp., 243 ills / $100.00
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| Economy
and Settlement in the Near East: Analyses of Ancient Sites and Materials
•Naomi F. Miller, ed.•
While no one interpretive archaeological
method or analysis can fully reveal an extinct economic system,
this volume focuses on various data to elucidate different aspects
of ancient economy and settlement in the Near East.
Paper 1990 / 0-924171-98-7 / $20.00
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| The
Catalogue of Ivories from Hasanlu, Iran
•Oscar White Muscarella•
The Museum carried out excavations
at Hasanlu from 1956 through 1977, focusing on the Iron Age settlement.
Paper 1980 / 0-934718-33-4 / 242 pp., 295 ills / $30.00
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| Excavations
at Haft Tepe, Iran
•Ezat O. Negahban•
The ancient remains at Haft Tepe
lie on the plain of Khuzistan in southwestern Iran close to the
ruins of ancient Susa.
Cloth 1990 / 0-934718-89-X / 176 pp., 81 ills / $75.00
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| Ur
Animals
Lions and Rams and Bulls! Oh my!
See them in all their golden splendor.
Postcard book 1998 / 0-924171-61-8 / 20 postcards / $9.95
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Marlik
•Ezat O. Negahban•
The Royal Cemetery at Tepe Marlik
was excavated in one incredible 14-month season. The 53 intact
tombs contained a fabulous array of precious metal vessels, jewelry,
sculpture, weapons, and other artifacts.
Cloth 1996 / 0-924171-32-4 / 2 vols., vol. 1: 408 pp.,
53 ills; vol. 2: 207 ills / $195.00
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The
Proto-Elamite Settlement at TUV
•Ilene M. Nicholas•
This volume examines excavation at a small outlying
mound of Tal-e Malyan, a large urban site in the Kur River basin
of highland Iran.
Cloth 1990 / 0-934718-86-5 / 184 pp., 107 ills / $65.00
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The
Sea Peoples and Their World
•Eliezer D. Oren, ed.•
This volume examines current methodologies and
interpretations concerning the origin, migration, and settlement
of the Sea Peoples against the overwhelming new archaeological
record from sites throughout the Mediterranean basin and the Levant.
Published with the support of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund.
Cloth 2000 / 0-924171-80-4 / 368 pp., 143 ills / $59.00
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The
Cemetery at Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, Jordan
•James B. Pritchard•
A portion of the mound was used
for burials during the Bronze age. A summary of pottery types
is followed by a description of the contents of each of the 45
tombs.
Paper 1980 / 0-934718-32-6 / 124 pp., 66 illus. / $25.00
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Tell
es-Sa'idiyeh, Jordan
•James B. Pritchard•
The findings from excavations at a prominent mound
are described by the excavator.
Cloth 1985 / 0-934718-60-1 / 88 pp., 194 illus. / $60.00
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Winery,
Defenses, and Soundings at Gibeon
•James B. Pritchard•
An account of the discovery of the winery and systems
of defense and the results of three soundings that supplied the
best evidence for the history of the occupation of the site.
Paper 1964 / 0-934718-18-0 / 93 pp., 100 illus. / $15.00
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A
Decorated Breastplate from Hasanlu, Iran
•Irene J. Winter•
Any consideration of the Iranian
plateau must include the important site of Hasanlu in northern
Iran.
Paper 1980 / 0-934718-34-2 / 119 pp., 81 illus. / $30.00
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Ur:
The Buildings of the Third Dynasty
•Sir Leonard Woolley•
This volume deals with all the excavated monuments at Ur belonging
to the Third Dynasty, other than the Ziggurat and its surroundings.
Cloth 1974 / 068617772X / 120 pp., 84 illus. / $60.00
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