possehl gregory editor (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. New oversized black cloth covered hardcover with gilt lettering to spine and front cover in a new dust jacket. 4to. (8.5 x 1 x 11.25 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. B&W photos and illustrations. Includes figures, tables, maps, appendices [6], bibliography and author biographies. 360 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. In the third millennium B.C.E., the Oman Peninsula was the site of an important kingdom known in Akkadian texts as "Magan," which traded extensively with the Indus Civilization, southern Iran, the Persian Gulf states, and southern Mesopotamia. Excavations have been carried out in this region since the 1970s, although the majority of studies have focused on mortuary monuments at the expense of settlement archaeology. While domestic structures of the Bronze Age have been found and are the focus of current research at Bat, most settlements dating from the third millennium B.C.E. in Oman and the U.A.E. are defined by the presence of large, circular monuments made of mudbrick or stone that are traditionally called "towers." Whether these so-called towers are defensive, agricultural, political, or ritual structures has long been debated, but very few comprehensive studies of these monuments have been attempted. Between 2007 and 2012, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology conducted excavations at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bat in the Sultanate of Oman under the direction of the late Gregory L. Possehl. The focus of these years was on the monumental stone towers of the third millennium B.C.E., looking at the when, how, and why of their construction through large-scale excavation, GIS-aided survey, and the application of radiocarbon dates. This has been the most comprehensive study of nonmortuary Bronze Age monuments ever conducted on the Oman Peninsula, and the results provide new insight into the formation and function of these impressive structures that surely formed the social and political nexus of Magan's kingdom.

Condición: Good. 1st edition. Clot,h dj, G/G. xvi+422pp, 16pp b/w plates, b/w text figs & plans, index, Ex Reference Library with bookplates & occasional stamp internally, dustjacket scuffed at the edges, a good copy. A collection oif detailed papers on the archaeology & early history of the Indus Valley in Pakistan & India. The book is divided up into 11 sections & deals with the ancient civilization in the area, the Harappan Civilization, Indus scripts, contact with Mesopotamia & the decline of the asian subcontinents first urban phase. 2000 grams.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 330 pages. 11.25x8.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 254 pages. 11.75x8.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.