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039929Messina: Coop S.tom Book. New. Soft cover. First Thus. Well illustrated guide to the fine Greek and Roman monuments of Sicily. Text in Italian English Greek French German and Spanish 192p. illus map on rear cover.NOTE; Heavy 800 gr Large format volume 24 x 22 x1.5 cm NO copies found in WorldCat. Coop S.tom paperback
196929568Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 1400065305 . Publisher's full orange cloth gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with 79 photographs many full-page and maps. Translated from the Danish by Rupert Bruce-Mitford . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent condition; seemingly unread unmarked tight square and clean. FINE/NEAR FINE. Photographs and Maps. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 200 pp . Cornell University Press hardcover
8727Paris: 1996. Oversized Paperback. Very Good. First edition. Very good oversized softcover. Stamp of previous owner on inside of front cover with faint staining on opposite page half-title. Some light wear to the edges of the wrappers with slight scratching and scuffing to the covers themselves. 167 pages with figures. "This volume presents over 400 descriptive bibliographical notices of articles published between 1840 and 1991 as well as the manuscripts of 70 plans and surveys carried out between 1627 and 1914" back cover blurb. The text of this work is in French. <br/><br/>section B Paris: 1996. paperback
199217450Ann Arbor: the author 1992. Oversized Paperback. Very good. Quarto oversized. Slight wear to edges and corners of covers.Name of former owner on flyleaf. v 204 p. w/ b&w illus. tables maps bibliography. A disssertation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan. <br/><br/>section B the author paperback
2018016369Sussex Academic Press Brighton 2018. Edition Unstated . Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 9 3/4" x 6 3/4". Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Illustrated wraps 206 pages illustrated in black and white. "In this book Qinghua Guo examines a particular type of mingqi - pottery buildings which were previously little known or appreciated. They bring to life courtyard houses manors towers granaries and pigsty-privies as well as cooking ranges and well pavilions. They thus preserve knowledge of antiquity and demonstrate the architectural qualities and structural varieties of the period." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 1 oz. Category: Art & Design; Archaeology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 016369. . Sussex Academic Press paperback
197510763Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1975. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition; 4to gray cloth no dj; vg spine sunned spine ends bumped and worn; corners worn; pages toning. 205 pp. incl. index. <br/> <br/> Government Printing Office hardcover
1993BOOKS005238<p>xvi371 pages with charts tables figures plates maps bibliography and index. Quarto 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" bound in original publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to spine in original jacket. First edition.<br /><br />Silverman shows that Cahuachi was much larger and more complex than portrayed in the current literature but that surprisingly it was not a densely populated city. Rather Cahuachi was a grand ceremonial center whose population size density and composition changed to accommodate a ritual and political calendar. Silverman meticulously presents and interprets an abundance of current data on the physical complexities burials and artifacts of this prominent site; in addition she synthesizes the history of previous fieldwork at Cahuachi and introduces a correct map and a new chronological chart for the Rio Grande de Nazca drainage system. On the basis of empirical field data ethnographic analogy and settlement pattern analysis Silverman constructs an Andean models of Nasca culture that is crucial to understanding the development of complex society in the Central Andes.<br /><br /><strong>Condition: </strong>A fine copy in like jacket.</p> University of Iowa Press hardcover
1966070473Wellington New Zealand: Whitcombe and Tombs/Maori Purposes Fund Board 1966. Later printing of the second edition. Prior owner's name and two addresses inked on front flyleaf. Full cloth binding. 551pp. illustrations plates. Jacket now in a new mylar cover. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Whitcombe and Tombs/Maori Purposes Fund Board Hardcover
192611601New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1926. First Printing. Soft Cover. Publisher's stiff brown paper boards some pages uncut. Illustrated with diagrams maps and B&W photographs. . Back cover clipped at bottom corner spine starting else fine. VERY GOOD . . B&W diagrams photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 51 pp . The Macmillan Company paperback
2003008671Bangkok: Orchid Press 2003. Presumed First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Presumed first printing of the first edition 2003. Published by the Orchid Press in conjunction with the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society. Printed in Thailand. 11.75 x 8.5 inches. Brown cloth hardboards with crisp gilt-stamped lettering to the spine. Unbumped spine head and tail and sharp corners. The binding is exceptionally clean. Text block firmly bound in. With 163 numbered pages. Pastedowns/FEPs with color landscape scene apparently lower Mekong River area. Printed on coated stock. With numerous color plates and B&W maps plans and line drawings. The glossy full-pictorial dust jacket with light yellow lettering. DJ with just a hint of rubbing else fine. A Near Fine copy with a Near Fine DJ. 2 lbs. 4 oz. This is an in-depth study of trade in ancient Southeast Asia and with a focus on the art and archaeology of Fu Nan culture. <br/> <br/> Orchid Press hardcover
1998360984Routledge 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Pictorial Cover. clean unmarked copy. <br/> <br/> Routledge hardcover
197529108NY: Harry N. Abrams Inc. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0810904187 . Publisher's full red cloth gilt lettering on spine and cover printed endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 235 illustrations including 71 plates in full-color most of which are full-page. Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the German by Robert Erich Wolf. . The volume is in excellent condition unmarked tight square and clean. The dust jacket has one small hole along the hinge else fine. A large heavy book six pounds - additional shipping charges may apply. FINE/NEAR FINE. Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 230 pp . Harry N. Abrams, Inc. hardcover
2006326175Vancouver: UBC Press 2006. Firs tedition. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.313 UBC Press hardcover
1875000317Leipzig: B.G. Teubner 1875. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. XI 1 507 1. Bound in quarter brown morocco. Rubbing to extremities and corners; some discoloration and rubbing on the third panel of the spine due to a former shelf label. A "withdrawn" sticker is pasted on the inside front cover. A library blind stamp is located on the title page and on p.55. Interior is otherwise clean. Second edition enlarged with 6 additional essays. Contains articles on ethics and religion in ancient Greece with discussions on gods demi-gods and damons. Karl Ludwig Lehrs 1802-1878 was a professor of ancient Greek philology at Königsburg University. <br/> <br/> B.G. Teubner hardcover
1942A0578a223 pages with maps figures diagrams plates some in color fold out site plan bibliography and index. Quarto 11 3/4" x 9 1/4" bound in original publisher's wrappers. The Ethnograpphical Museum of Sweden New Series publication number 7. First edition.<br /><br />This classic work was published ten years after archaeological excavations were begun in the Valley of Mexico by Linne's team presents additional data that had not been fully detailed in the previously published Archaeological Researches at Teotihuacan. It provides comparative information on the high-status ruins situated on the fringes of the Valley of Mexico and excavation results from a compound within the city of Teotihuacan. This information is of critical use to archaeologists still excavating at Teotihuacan in projecting compound extent types of artifacts expected to be discovered and patters of artifacts to be found in particular types of rooms. The characteristics of burials is also explored. This book is an important primary resource for Americanists.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Corners bumped light edge wear lightly soiled else a very good copy. Enthographical Museum of Sweden paperback
1989A0802a379 pages with tables some foldout figures plates some foldout maps some foldout and diagrams. Royal octavo 10 1/2" x 7 1/2" in original wrappers with errata laid in. Coleccion Cientifica number 188 First edition limited to 1000 copies.<br /><br />Contents: Semblanza de Jose Luis Lorenzo by Lorena Mirambell and Joese Antonio Perez; El hombre y los proboscideos de America by Joaquin Garcia-Barcena; The evolutionary significance of the American Lower Paleolithic by Alan Bryan and Ruth Gruhn; Los cazadores tempranos de Tuina: correlaciones en el area centro-sur andian by Lautaro Nunez Atencio; Litica del Cerro del Rasario Baja California Sur by Roberto Garcia Moll and Diana Santamaria; Investigacion arqueologica en la Cuenca Baja del Panuco by Angel Garcia Cook and B Leonor Merino Carrion; La distribucion de los objetos de concha el occidente y norte de Mexico y en sur de Arizona by Lourdes Suarez Diez; Fine metal jewellery from Southern Mexico by Warwick Bray; Los suelos el bosque y la agricultura de los aborignes cubanos by Jose M Guarch Delmonte; Reflexiones en torno a la arqueologia Mexicana by Lorenzo Ochoa Yoko Sugiura and Mari Carmen Serra; Acerca de las tecnicas somatotipologicas y la validez de la tecnica Heath-Carter by Maria Villanueva agrado; Dimorfismo sexual en los pliegues cutaneous by Johonna Faulhaber; Variacion osteometrica de Marmosa Didelphidae: Marsupialia del Reciente y Pleistocene de Yucatan Mexico con descripcion de una nueva especie by Ticul Alverez and Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales; La aparicion de las clases sociales el Estado y la ciudad en los Andes Centrales by Luis Guillermo Lumbreras; Los origenes del cultivio en el noroeste de Venezuela by Mario Sanoja O.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Corners bumped light edge wear else a very good copy. Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH) paperback
1870032132London: Longmans Green Reader and Dyer 1870. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 106 24 pages. Hardcover bound in green publisher's cloth with cover designs embossed in gilt. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. Some faint spotting to the front cover. Early owner's signature of "A. W. Miller" on the front pastedown and on the title page. Otherwise a sound copy. The text is toned but clean. <br/> <br/> Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer hardcover
1990A057837 pages with diagrams map and tables. Quarto 11" x 8 1/2" bound in stapled wrappers. First edition. <br /><br />The references used in this guide are compiled by reputable archaeologists working with state universities. A few of the references were selected due to the public overage of a subject that is not in plentiful supply. While these references are listed here for a comparison of descriptions is not to infer that these publications are right or wrong; they are only gathered to give the reader a chance to research his artifacts and determine to his own satisfaction just what his artifact is called. <br /><br /><b>Condition: </b>Corners bumped light edge wear else a very good copy. Nolan E Preston paperback
2006075912Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2006. 1st printing. Glossy pictorial boards with some slight scatching. Crisp and unmarked. xxii 358pp. -- Inspired by the seminal work of Jack Goody a historical anthropologist specializing in the study of social structure and change Technology Literacy and the Evolution of Society gathers diverse perspectives of 20 distinguished historians anthropologists psychologists and educators to address the role of technologies in social stability and change in traditional and modern societies. In this interdisciplinary text scholars examine the ways in which local languages and cultural traditions modes of production and communication patterns of local knowledge and authority affect how people and cultures resist or accommodate demands for such change. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Hardcover
1936BOOKS006280viii182 pages with map diagrams tables photographs drawings figures and illustrations. Quarto 11 1/2" x 9" bound in original publisher's wrappers. From the libraries of R Gwinn Vivian and France V Scholes. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication number 471. First edition.<br /><br />The present paper is the attempt to gather together and so far as possible to analyze the available information on a form of architecture that is consider relatively rare in the region under consideration. The study is an outgrowth of work in connection with two round buildings at the ruins of Chichen Itza in Yucatan so that it will aid in the understanding of these structures as well as other buildings of a similar type.<br /><br />Vivian is a former Curator of Archaeology at the Arizona State Museum University of Arizona Tucson. He has carried out research in Chaco Canyon for more than forty years. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from the University of New Mexico and a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Arizona.<br /><br />France Vinton Scholes 1897–1979 was an American scholar and historian noted for his research on the history of New Spain especially Spanish Yucatan and Southwestern United States. Much of his research was conducted in the General Archive of the Indies in Seville Spain where he was sent in 1935 by the Carnegie Institute of Washington DC as part of a larger study on the Yucatan which was led by Alfred Kidder. In 1940 the study on Yucatan lost financial support from the Carnegie Institute and much of the literature and research was transferred over to the Library of Congress of the United States in the city of Washington. He served for over sixty years in academia specializing in the field of historical research. He studied at Harvard University. He lectured at Radcliffe College; at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Colorado College. After working for the Carnegie Institute he taught at the University of New Mexico. Scholes published more than fifty publications on the history of New Mexico in the seventeenth century; Mayan and Mesoamerica society during the Spanish colonization and conquest of Mexico during the same period. He died in Albuquerque New Mexico on February 11 1979.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Vivian's stamp to front wrapper and front end paper Scholes' stamp to front end paper. Corners bumped wrappers light soilded spine ends chipped hinges rubbed else a very good copy. Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW) paperback
187218131New York: Dodd Mead and Company circa 1872. circa 1872. Very good. - Octavo brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The covers are bumped & rubbed with a light scratch to the rear cover. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. xiii ii & 458 pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog. The page edges are slightly darkened. Illustrated with a color frontispiece 2 partially colored folding maps & black-and-white textual illustrations. Very good. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, [circa 1872]. hardcover
197628157NY: Arno Press. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1976. Reprint. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0405098545 . Publisher's full red cloth gilt lettering on black panel on spine. Illustrated with maps some fold-out plans and more than 1700 other illustrations. Includes Index and Appendices. Preface by Prof. Rudolf Virchow. First published in 1881 this is Schliemann's narrative of his excavations in the Troad. . The volume is in perfect condition showing only the very slightest shelf-wear else as new; unmarked unread tight square and clean. FINE. Maps Plans and Drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xlix 800 38 pp . Arno Press hardcover
69-4205Washington District of Columbia: Society for American Archaeology 2000. 8vo. Softcover. 161 pp. No Plates. Very Good.Provenance: Berkeley Architectural Historical Association Washington, District of Columbia: Society for American Archaeology, 2000 paperback
1967BOOKS025362ILund: Studies Mediterranean Arch. Nearly fine copies. 1967. 1st. softcover. 4to 175 62 pp. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology Vol. XVII:1. Text & 2: Charts Near Eastern Mediterranean and European Chronology: The Historical Archaeological Radiocarbon Pollen-Analytical and Geochronological Evidence. The first volume is the bound text and the second volume consists of 62 loose charts in a folder as issued . Studies Mediterranean Arch. paperback
199628286NY: Harry N. Abrams. As New in As New dust jacket. 1996. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0810933942 . Published by The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and The A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in association with Harry N. Abrams. Published in conjunction with the April 1996 exhibition of "Priam's Treasure." Profusely illustrated with 277 illustrations 263 in color. This is a complete catalog of the 259 golden artifacts excavated by Heinrich Schliemann when he identified the site of Troy in the late 19h century. Once housed in the Berlin Museum this fabulous treasure was taken by the Soviets when they reached Berlin in 1945 and eventually consigned to the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. The text contains a biography of Schliemann the history of the archaeological dig and a historic and descriptive commentary on each object including finely wrought golden bowls jewelry figurines hammer-axes and crystal lenses. Introduction by Irina Antonova. Translated from the Russian by Christina Sever and Mila Bonnichsen. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect pristine condition; unread unmarked tight square and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW. Color Plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 239 pp . Harry N. Abrams hardcover