ITEM # 8071 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY JAN. 2007 QUARTLEY PUB OF ARCH . INST OF AM. 184 PGAS . 8 1/2 X 11 CARD COVER ARTICLES ON HEROIC AND OTHER NUDITIES IN GREEK ART ROMAN KNOSSOS , HADRIAN'S VILLA PREHISTORIC BURIAL ALBANINAND MORE FINE CLEAN CONDITION [ ARCH. SHELF 3 ] View More...
Very nice, clean booklet measuring 5-1/2"x8-3/4." No defects of note save faint toning to outer edge of front cover.Published as part of a series entitled "Excavations of the Athenian Agora." Lavishly illustrated throughout with detailed photographs of portraits found as both sculptures and on coins. Includes detailed drawings of the lay-out of the Agora itself. Unpaginated, but we counted 32. View More...
167 PGS OF TEXT AND COLOR PHOTOS OF SOUTH ASIAN SCULPTURE, WORKS FROM THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT IN THE COLLECTION AT THE ACKLAND MUSEUM AT CHAPEL HILL , BOOK IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT ,VERY GOOD CONDITION View More...
This is a verry handsome booklet about the Kon-Tiki Museum which was/is the home of the Kon-Tiki raft and papyrus boat, Ra. The Thor Heyerdahl 's famous exhibited together from various archaeological expeditions. there's a color photo of Herdahl at the front of the booklet. His signature is on it too, but I doubt very greatly that it was not signed by hand. Rhe bookj;let measures 6-1/2" x 9-1/2" and has 32 pages cvering the 1947 expedition, the Galapagos Expedion of 1953; the Easter Island Expedition in 1955-56; From Balsa Raft to Reed Boat; The RA Expeditions; the Tigris Expedition; and so... View More...
This one's a magazine masquerading as a book, as there is so much to read!It's been lovingly cared for and is pristine with the exception of a little sunning to spine. No names or writing. Measures 9"x11" and has 211 pages plus black and white plates at back of book printed on coated paper. A sampling of article topics include: status symbols in the architecture of El-'Amarna; reflections on the reign of Ramesses VI; the identity of the Ramesside Queen Tyti; the camel in dynastic Egypt; and Anubis and the lunar disc; and the composition of a military work party in Roman Egypt. Other issues av... View More...
As I write this it's the third issue I have listed on here. I bought them all at the same time and never saw another since. Among the offerings are these: The Walters Art Gallery Mummy; Robert Gilmor Jr. Baltimore Collector. A Method for Detecting False Limoges Painted Enamels; Firearms Carved by the Master H.N.; The Brummer Collection; illuminated manuscripts and a fifth century bronze ornament. Magazine measures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 111 pages. There's a small crease to top front edge and two small spots on the word Baltimore at bottom of the cover. View More...
Very nice, clean journal inside and out with no names or writing and no spine crease. Tightly bound with pristine pages and page edges. A compendium of articles including, but not limited to, the following topics: the unsolved ogam-like carvings of the Colorado-Oklahoma area; the Colorado Ogam expedition; remarks on the Colorado/Oklahoma petroglyphs; oral speech and epigraphy; ancient Chinese maps of the world and more. 9see photo of table of contents). Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, charts and drawings. 128 pages. Indexed. View More...
Crisp, clean, untoned paper and no names or writing make this magazine a stand-out. I have MANY issues of this, so if you're looking for a specific one please use the contact button and send me an email. The magazine measures 7"x 9-3/4" and has 84 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Principle topics covered in this issue are: "Are These the Walls of Camelot?"; Excavations at Knowth, Count Meath, Ireland, 1968; Radiocarbon Dates and the Scottish Iron Age; The Origins of Agriculture, A Reconsideration; South Cadbury Excavations, 1968; and Verulamium 1966-68. View More...
Crisp, clean, untoned paper and no names or writing make this magazine a stand-out. I have MANY issues of this, so if you're looking for a specific one please use the contact button and send me an email. The magazine measures 7"x9-3/4" and has 80 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings, including a handsome fold-put. Principle topics covered in this issue are: Dilmun; The Wessex culture; Archaeology in Sulawesi, Indonesia; the first British navy; and the Graveney boat View More...
This booklet is like brand new, even though it's dated 1983. It derived from the discoveries the Univierty of Michigan's Expedition to Egypt from 1924-1935. The booklet measures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 50 pristine pages.There are many photos from the lengthly trip, and quite a few drawings.The contents include these chapters: "Karanis In Perspective; The Rural Economy; Domestic Life; and The Temples and the Gods. View More...
Here we have two very hard to find (especially the second volume) preliminary archaeological reports on The Lake Pleasant Project which was undertaken by the Arizona State Museum with the cooperation of the Arizona Highway Department in early 1970's. The earlier one focuses on the excavation of the Beardsley Canal Site, a colonial Hohokam village on the Agua Pria River in Central Arizona. The second does likewise but indicates the Lower Agua Pria River. Both booklets are very basic in design, but offer much information, plus photographs and drawings of the excavation and its finds. 35 pages co... View More...
A QUARTLY REVIEW OF ARCHAEOLOGY PUBLISHED IN AND FOCUSED ON ENGLAND BUT COVERING RECENT RESEARCH AROUND THE WORLD EACH BOOK ABOUT 80 PGS AND SOME 6 TO 8 FEATURES SUCH AS EGYPT AND CARBON 14 DATING , THE KNOSSOS TABLETS, NEW DISCOVERIES OF ROCK PAINTING IN ETHIOPIA ALL FOUR ISSUES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER FULL YEARS AND MANY SINGLE ISSUES LIST ON REQUEST View More...
Crisp BRAND NEW book. Illustrated with charts, graphs, and black and white photos. Book examines developments in analysis and conservation and how to screen and prioritize large groups of excavation coins. Much information on corrosion, cleaning exacavated coins, and treating silver coins with alkaline dithionite. The book measures 7-1/4" x 9-3/4" and has 91 pages. View More...
These classical Athenian booklets are accompanied by three more in a separate lot here, all of which are about ancient Athens. These four consist of three Athens booklets about the wine trade, the stoa, and garden lore of ancient Athens. The fourth is Cure and Cult in Corinth, a guide to the Asklepeion, the beginning of a series of topics on Corinth. All are published by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and all measure 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and together have 123 pages. Crisp and clean with only one defeat -- a tiny name of a previous owner at upper top corner of first page on one... View More...
Very clean and tightly bound journal with just a tiny tear to top of spine which I reglued and is holding well. This is a heavy magazine measuring 8-3/4" x 12" pronted on substantial paper. No numbering of pages, but they measure 1/2" thick. Articles include: The Bronze culture of Korea; The Life and Art of Kim Hong-do; The Influence of Baekje on Ancient Japan; The Architectural Theories and Planning Concepts of Seongyojang; Goryeo Celadon in Japan; and A Prospective on the History of Korean Portrait Painting. Nicely illustrated -- a very sophisticated publication. English language. View More...
These archaeological booklets were printed in large numbers, but it is uncommon to find the first four titles together in clean, attractive condition. All are tightly bound and have no names or writing. Their titles are: Glass in Colonial Williamsburg's Archaeological Collections; Pottery and Porcelain in Colonial Williamsburg's Archaeological Collections; Archaeology and Wetherburn's Tavern; and The Wells of Williamsburg -- Colonial Time Capsules. All four were authored by Ivor Noel Hume and measure 6"x9" with a collective 189 pages. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. Faults ... View More...
A bit hard to find, but here it is in very nice clean condition. Booklet measures 5-1/2"x8-1/2" and has 44 pages plus a wonderful large fold-out at back which shows a map on one side and a scale drawing of Temple Lakshmana on the other. Booklet also contains numerous black and white photographs printed on quality coated paper. Other than one very small tear to outer edge of back cover and one also small one on map, both of which I repaired with almost invisible archival tape, the book is very good. View More...
This booklet was originally published in the 1990's by the Eastern National Park and Monument Association, but is offered here in its revised version published by the Ohio Historical Society in 2002. the booklet measures 8-1/2"x11" and is illustrated with black and white and color photos, plus maps and art. Ohio is noted for its mounds and earthworks, especially those left in the Ohio Valley by the Hopewell and Adena cultures. The Hopewell is the focus here. 23 pages. View More...
Beautifully made booklet designed with a white embossed card cover with white on white raised lettering and a paste-on image of a blue and white bowl on the front. It measures 8" square and has a color photo of the excavation at frontis protected by a clean tissue guard. It's illustrated throughout with color photographs and small drawings. REALLY NICE. Tells the story of an excavation which took place in Philadelphia on three lots, all once owned by Benjamin Franklin. Unpaginated, but I counted 40 pages. View More...
This is a crisp, beautiful booklet which was published using the informationgarnered by the Michigan University's Reconnaissance Expedition Kom Abou Billou, the Nicopolis of Ancient Terenouthis from March to April, 1935. There are no defects of note. the beoklet measures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 15 pages with many photographs throughout.I have photographed the Contents page so you cna see it (I hope). View More...