On this page you can browse (and order from) among the 95 books on various areas of archaeology (often spelled archeaology) that are in stock at Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire, as of March 27, 2008. This is an area that has always fascinated me, and I think there are some fascinating titles here. Enjoy, RAY
1. ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURES EXCAVATED IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, ASAHA, n.p., (1973), B&W and color illustrations, very good, wraps (softcover), Mainly in Chinese, with an English translation of the plates at the end of the book., (Order No: 49825 ), $15.00
2. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - 1911, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1912, B&W illustrations, 688pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover), Besides the usual reports there are articles on: Value of ancient Mexican manuscripts, native plants of New Mexico, Chinese architecture, ferns of North America, radiotelegraphy, etc., (Order No: 9812 ), $20.00
3. Alfieri, Nereo; Arias, Paolo Enrico; Hirmer, Max (photographs by), SPINA, Sansoni Editore - Hirmer, Munich, Germany, (1958), B&W illustrations, 83pp of text, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The recently discovered Etruskerstadtand the Greek vases of their graves. Text in Italian., (Order No: 50085 ), $25.00
4. Ali-Sami (translated by The Reverend R. Sharp), PERSEPOLIS - (TAKHT-I-JAMSHID), Musavi Printing Office, Shiraz, 1967 5th ed, B&W illustrations, 168pp, good+, wraps (softcover), Gives a summary of thirty years of scientific discovery in the ruins of Persepolis on the part of American and Iranian excavation organizations from 1930 to 1960., (Order No: 48951 ), $4.50
5. Alsop, Joseph (introduction by Sir Maurice Bowra; photographs by Alison Frantz), FROM THE SILENT EARTH: A REPORT ON THE GREEK BRONZE AGE, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1964), B&W illustrations, 296pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The moving story of the Bronze Age civilization and its end, and the curious drama of its rediscovery, form the substance of this engrossing book., (Order No: 18449 ), $4.00
6. Andrews, Carol, THE BRITISH MUSEUM BOOK OF THE ROSETTA STONE, Dorset Press, New York, (1981), B&W illustrations, 64pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0880296070 This volume tells of the discovery of the Stone, and the story of how its mystery was solved., (Order No: 43668 ), $6.00
7. Archaeological Institute of America, PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS - VOLUME V: 1886-1890, Damrell and Upham, Boston, MA, 1892, B&W illustrations, 314pp of text, good+, original boards (hardcover) lt edgewear, unopened pages, "The present volume includes the work of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens from 1886 to the summer of 1890. With reports of the work of the School at Sikyon, Ikaria, Stamata, Anthedon, Thisbe, and Plataia, a larger part of this volume is given up to the results of actual excavaton than has been the case with any of its predecessors.", (Order No: 49859 ), $30.00
8. Arnold, Dieter, BUILDING IN EGYPT - PHARAONIC STONE MASONRY, Oxford University Press, New York, 1991, B&W illustrations, 316pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195063503 This book traces the methods of Egyptian stone construction from its beginnings at Saqqara, through the pyramids of the Old and Middle Kingdoms, to the great hypostyle hall at Karnak and other architectural achievements. Uncommon in hardcover., (Order No: 49967 ), $150.00
9. Asai, Kiyoshi (designed by), THE EXHIBITION OF TREASURES OF SYRIAN ANTIQUITY, The Chunichi Shimbun, Japan, (1977), B&W and color illustrations, very good, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of the exhibit held November 2nd - 21st, 1977 at The Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery in Japan with some 247 masterpieces of ancient Syria from its three National Museums sent to Japan for this exhibition to play a significant role in a cultural exchange between Japan and Syria. Text in Japanese with English translation., (Order No: 51834 ), $35.00
10. Asher, Frederick M. and Gai, G. S. (edited by), INDIAN EPIGRAPHY: ITS BEARING ON THE HISTORY OF ART, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi, (1985), B&W ill., B&W figures, 294pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), While the correlation between the monument and the written word is too often neglected, this volume, with contributions by many of the world's leading experts, explores the bearing of inscriptions on works of art., (Order No: 35453 ), $60.00
11. Attenborough, David, THE FIRST EDEN: THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD AND MAN, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, (1987) 1st ed, B&W and color ill., 240pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) review press rel., ISBN 0316057509 Companion to the PBS television series. David Attenborough's latest excursion into the field of natural history where he explores the history and current state of the fascinating Mediterranean region, which became the cradle of civilization., (Order No: 11836 ), $4.00
12. Baldwin, John D., ANCIENT AMERICA, IN NOTES ON AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, (1871), B&W illustrations, 299pp, ads, good+, green cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB with no external marks, A nice clean and tight copy from a small country library, and has never been circulated. From the preface, "The purpose of this volume is to give a summary of what is known of American Antiquities, with some thoughts and suggestions relative to their significance." Contents include: mound-builders; Mexico and Central America; Aniquity of the Ruins; Aztec Civilization; Ancient Peru; and much more., (Order No: 52985 ), $27.50
13. Bass, George R. (editor), A HISTORY OF SEAFARING BASED ON UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY, Omega - Futura Publications, London, (1974), over 500 B&W and color ill., 320pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0860077055, (Order No: 3747 ), $8.50
14. Benson, Elizabeth P. (editor), MESOAMERICAN WRITING SYSTEMS: A CONFERENCE AT DUMBARTON OAKS, OCTOBER 30TH AND 31ST, 1971, Dumbarton Oaks Research Lib., Washington, D.C., (1973), B&W figures, 226pp, fine, tan cloth (hardcover) owners name, The subject for this conference is Mesoamerican writing systems, not just to summarize what is now known but to raise and examine some of the outstanding problems, as well as to present, even though in preliminary form, some of the most recent research not yet in print elsewhere., (Order No: 47069 ), $25.00
15. Bray, Warwick (catalogue written and compiled by), THE GOLD OF EL DORADO - EXHIBITION AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY PICCADILLY LONDON 21 NOVEMBER 1978 - 18 MARCH 1979, Times Newspapers Limited, UK, (1978), B&W and color illustrations, 240pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0723002266 Thirty-one pages of superb color plates and hundreds of black and white illustrations in this volume present the extraordinary ceremonial objects, artifacts and tools of everyday life, beautifully designed and crafted, amplified by the full story of the legend of El Dorado and a descriptive account of the gold itself., (Order No: 44524 ), $6.00
16. Brittingham, Joseph B. and Brittingham, Alvin W., THE FIRST TRADING POST AT KICOTAN (KECOUGHTAN) HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, published by the authors, Hampton, VA, 1947, 10 B&W plates follow text, 12pp of text, very good, wraps (softcover), "A description of the excavation work with map and photographs of some of the artifacts found at the site on which, the authors have endeavored to show, was built the first trading post established by the Colonists for trading with the Indians prior to 1610.", (Order No: 13522 ), $8.50
17. Brodrick, Alan Houghton (Broderick, Alan Houghton on title page, but copyright is to Brodrick, and 4 places on dj-Brodrick), FATHER OF PREHISTORY: THE ABBE HENRI BREUIL, HIS LIFE AND TIMES, William Morrow & Company, New York, 1963, 17 B&W ill., 306pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, The first book about Henri Breuil, the man, the priest, and the paleontologist, who revolutionized our understanding of man's history before the invention of writing., (Order No: 11029 ), $8.00
18. Brotherston, Gordon (translations prepared in collaboration with Ed Dorn), IMAGE OF THE NEW WORLD: THE AMERICAN CONTINENT PORTRAYED IN NATIVE TEXTS, Thames and Hudson, London, (1979), B&W illustrations, 324pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0500012067 The texts are a revelation of the everyday experiences of native peoples in every part of the continent, and of their sufferings in time of war or famine, and not least at the hands of the invaders from the Old World., (Order No: 53535 ), $7.50
19. Burl, Aubrey, PREHISTORIC AVEBURY, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1979, 13 color ill., 107 B&W ill., 275pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300023685 The author carefully sifts the rich archaeological and historical evidence that is available about the Avebury monuments and their builders to present a comprehensive and convincing picture of the life of the primitive communities who erected these massive structures nearly 5000 years ago., (Order No: 13464 ), $7.50
20. Burland, C. A. (edited by Edward Bacon), PERU UNDER THE INCAS, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1967), B&W and color ill., 144pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A fascinating account of the Inca people and their rich cultural achievements over a period of six hundred years., (Order No: 16816 ), $7.00
21. Caldwell, Joseph R. (edited by), NEW ROADS TO YESTERDAY: ESSAYS IN ARCHAEOLOGY, Basic Books, Inc., Publ., New York, (1966), B&W illustrations, 546pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "These views of archaeology's broadening horizons emanate from SCIENCE, the official journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.", (Order No: 29950 ), $5.00
22. Calvani, Vittori (text by) (translated by Bridget Bailey-Galeotti), LOST CITIES, Minerva, Geneve, (1976), B&W and color illustrations, 144pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), The story of 19 magic cities; Sodom and Gomorrha, Thebes, Cnossus, Mycenae, Byblos, Sidon, Tyre, Babylon, Persepolis, Petra, Carthage, Pompeii, Baalbek, Leptis Magna, Palenque, Macchu Picchu, Angkor, and Fatehpur Sikri., (Order No: 17112 ), $8.50
23. Ceram, C. W., THE FIRST AMERICAN: A STORY OF NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, (1971) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 357pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0151312508, (Order No: 1705 ), $3.50
24. Ceram, C. W., THE SECRET OF THE HITTITES: THE DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1956 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 281pp, index, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 8494 ), $3.00
25. Chevrillon, Olivier (preface by), LE PREMIER OR DE L'HUMANITE EN BULGARIE 5E MILLENAIRE: 17 JANVIER - 30 AVRIL 1989, Ministere de la Culture, Paris, 1989, B&W and color illustrations, 200pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 2711822192 Title translates to: THE FIRST GOLD OF HUMANITY IN BULGARIA, 5th MILLENIUM: JANUARY 17 to APRIL 30, 1989, MUSEUM OF THE NATIONAL ANTIQUITIES, SAINT-GERMAIN-IN-BUSH HAMMER.", (Order No: 49214 ), $35.00
26. Chubb, Mary, CITY IN THE SAND, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1957) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 213pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), More adventures in archeology., (Order No: 39517 ), $9.50
27. Clancy, Flora S.; Coggins, Clemency C.; Culbert, T. Patrick; Gallenkamp, Charles; Harrison, Peter D.; & Sabloff, Jeremy A., MAYA: TREASURES OF AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION, Albuquerque Museum/Abrams, New York, (1985), B&W and color illustrations, 240pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) owner's name, ISBN 0810918269 Contents include: THE ANCIENT MAYA; ANCIENT MAYA CIVILIZATION; MAYA ICONOGRPAHY; MAYA SCULPTURE; MAYA CERAMICS; ANCIENT MAYA ARCHITECTURE., (Order No: 53232 ), $8.50
28. Cleator, P.E., ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE MAKING, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1976), B&W photos & ill., 238pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0709155344, (Order No: 8695 ), $5.00
29. Cockburn, Aidan and Cockburn, Eve (edited by), MUMMIES, DISEASE, AND ANCIENT CULTURES, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (1980), B&W illustrations, 340pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0521230209 This unique book reviews the theoretical and experimental status of current knowledge concerning mummies, disease, and ancient cultures., (Order No: 51983 ), $30.00
30. Cohen, Lenore, BURIED TREASURE IN BIBLE LANDS, The Ward Ritchie Press, n.p., (1965), 38 B&W ill., 225pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This book is a survey of that world from pre-history to Roman times as explored by Biblical archaeologists and anthoropologists., (Order No: 8115 ), $7.50
31. Cottrell, Leonard, DIGS AND DIGGERS: A BOOK OF WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH, (1964), B&W illustrations, 285pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A comprehensive introduction to world archaeology, ranging in time from European prehistory to the great cultures of pre-Columbian America, in space from the Middle East and Egypt to China, India, the Americas, and Europe., (Order No: 15101 ), $5.00
32. Crampton, Patrick, STONEHENGE OF THE KINGS: A PEOPLE APPEAR, The John Day Company, New York, (1968) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 173pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Based on new evidence, this exciting reconstruction of Stonehenge as the headquarters of a warrior society--not an ancient cathedral or a prehistoric computer--places the mysterious site in the context of Bronze Age culture and sea trade., (Order No: 33220 ), $5.00
33. Daniel, Glyn, THE ORIGINS AND GROWTH OF ARCHAEOLOGY, Galahad Books, New York, (1967), B&W illustrations, 298pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0883652099 A series of extracts froom the original writings of archaeologists interspersed with commentary by the author. Each selection demonstrates in the words of the people involved how archaeology came into being and developed., (Order No: 27714 ), $4.00
34. Darvill, Timothy, PREHISTORIC BRITAIN, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (1987) 1st ptg, 110 B&W ill., 223pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300039514 Using archaeological evidence, the author examines the development of human societies in Britain from earliest times to the Roman Conquest. Darvill gives special attention to six themes that are traced through all phases of prehistory: subsistence, technology, ritual, trade, society, and population., (Order No: 17263 ), $10.00
35. David, Nicholas and Driver, Jonathan, THE NEXT ARCHAEOLOGY WORKBOOK, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1989), B&W illustrations, 106pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0812212932 "A rare example of a textbook that both instructs and delights. ... this volume features exercises that allow students to use their knowledge of archaeological method and theory to deal with ficticious scenarios and data sets.", (Order No: 54193 ), $10.00
36. Davies, Nigel, VOYAGERS TO THE NEW WORLD, William Morrow and Company, New York, 1979 1st US, 29 B&W ill., 7 B&W maps, 287pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0688033962 "How does it happen that a pyramid in Veracruz resembles the terraces of Central Java? And a Mexican goddess of fertility resembles Queen Nefertiti? An authoritative archaeologist explains the dramatic parallels between the Old World and the primitive New.", (Order No: 14641 ), $4.00
37. Dehejia, Vidya, EARLY BUDDHIST ROCK TEMPLES: A CHRONOLOGY, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, (1972), B&W illustrations, 240pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 080140651X With a full examination of the evidence yielded by epigraphy, numismatics, and especially palaeography, the author analyzes and compares the stylistic development of the caves in terms of architecture, sculpture, and painting. Throughout, she treats them as part of the general artistic activity in India from 200 B.C. to A.D. 200., (Order No: 44292 ), $85.00
38. Deuel, Leo (selected, edited, and introduced by), THE TREASURES OF TIME: FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS BY FAMOUS ARCHAEOLOGISTS OF THEIR WORK IN THE NEAR EAST, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH, (1961) 1st ed, 23 B&W ill., 319pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Here is the story not only of Near Eastern archaeology but also of the development of the science of archaeology itself, from its crude beginnings to its present sophistication., (Order No: 17470 ), $4.50
39. Dorr, Dalton (Director of the Museum, introduction by), THE WILLIAM HAMMER COLLECTION OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES, The Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 1894, B&W illustrations, 94pp, very good, wraps (softcover), William Hammer born in Copenhagen Denmark in 1821, where he died in 1889. His collection of antiquities was exhibited at Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park in 1894., (Order No: 49800 ), $30.00
40. Fagan, Brian M., THE JOURNEY FROM EDEN: THE PEOPLING OF OUR WORLD, Thames and Hudson, London, (1990), 96 B&W ill., 256pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0500050570 This book tells the exciting story of the human conquest of the earth, when and where did modern humans first evolve, and how?, (Order No: 10591 ), $2.50
41. Fagan, Brian M. (introductions by), READINGS FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, PREHISTORIC TIMES, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, (1983), B&W and color ill., 262pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0716714913 A collection of 18 articles from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN that describe recent discoveries and major developments in many areas of archaeology., (Order No: 32140 ), $8.50
42. Fox, Sir Cyril, LIFE AND DEATH IN THE BRONZE AGE: AN ARCHAEOLOGIST'S FIELD-WORK, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, (1959), B&W ill., B&W maps, 193pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), One of the pioneers of modern archaeology covers the period from 1700 to 700 B.C., and is mainly concerned with the author's field work in western Britain., (Order No: 36213 ), $25.00
43. Gallenkamp, Charles, MAYA: THE RIDDLE AND REDISCOVERY OF A LOST CIVILIZATION - THIRD REVISED EDITION, Viking, New York, (1985) 3rd rev, 117 B&W ill., 235pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0670803871 Published in conjunction with the exhibition: Maya: Treasures of An Ancient Civilization, (Order No: 4818 ), $4.50
44. Gallenkamp, Charles, MAYA: THE RIDDLE AND REDISCOVERY OF A LOST CIVILIZATION, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, (1959), drawings by John Skolle, 240pp, good+, reddish cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 12590 ), $3.00
45. Glob, P. V. (translated from the Danish by Joan Bulman), THE MOUND PEOPLE: DANISH BRONZE-AGE MAN PRESERVED, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, (1974), B&W illustrations, 184pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0801408008, (Order No: 52728 ), $5.00
46. Glusker, Irwin; von Rosenvinge, Christian; and, Hollander, Lilly (designed by) (photographs by Lee Boltin and Ken Kay), FROM THE LANDS OF THE SCYTHIANS: ANCIENT TREASURES FROM THE MUSEUMS OF THE U.S.S.R., 3000 B.C.-100 B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, c1968, B&W and color ill., B&W maps, 160pp, good+, wraps (softcover), This landmark exhibition comprises 197 works of art from the ancient civilizations of the territories that now are part of the Soviet Union., (Order No: 19560 ), $5.00
47. Goheen, Robert F. (foreword by), THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A SICILIAN CITY - THE LOST MORGANTINA, Luigi Sturzo Sicilian Arch., New York, n.d. c1958, color illustrations, 51pp, good, wraps (softcover), An Account of the Princeton University Archaeological Expedition to Sicily., (Order No: 49801 ), $10.00
48. Gorenstein, Shirley, NOT FOREVER ON EARTH: PREHISTORY OF MEXICO, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1975), B&W illustrations, 153pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684138379, (Order No: 3974 ), $5.00
49. Grant, Michael, THE VISIBLE PAST: GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORY FROM ARCHAEOLOGY 1960-1990, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1990), B&W illustrations, 258pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0684191245, (Order No: 4461 ), $4.00
50. Hawkins, Gerald S., BEYOND STONEHENGE, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1973), B&W illustrations, 319pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0060117869 Author delves into the many fascinating aspects of ancient man's knowledge of the sun and stars., (Order No: 4615 ), $3.00
51. Hencken, H. O'Neill, THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND SCILLY, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, (1932), B&W illustrations, 340pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) some spotting to spine/rear board, Contents include: Introduction: The Stone Age; Great Stone Monuments; The Bronze Age; The Iron Age; The Prehistoric Tin Trade; The Romano-British Period; The Dark Ages; Addenda; Archaeological Gazetteer; A List of Collections Containing Cornish Material; Lists of Chambered Barrows in the Scilly Isles, Burial-Chambers on the Cornish Mainland, Stone Circles, and Large Cists; The Bishops of Cornwall., (Order No: 52379 ), $45.00
52. Irwin, Constance, FAIR GODS AND STONE FACES: ANCIENT SEAFARERS AND THE NEW WORLD'S MOST INTRIGUING RIDDLE, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1963), B&W ill., 347pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small closed tear on dj, The author examines the possible precursors of Columbus., (Order No: 33647 ), $15.00
53. James, T. G. H. (edited by), EXCAVATING IN EGYPT: THE EGYPT EXPLORATION SOCIETY 1882-1982, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1984), B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0226391922 A hundred years' work of the Egypt Exploration Society is celebrated in this centenary volume, written by nine leading authorities. From the pioneering days of Amelia Edwards, a founder of the Society, the essays describe the expeditions of Flinders Petrie, Naville, Griffith, Emery, and many other great archaeologists., (Order No: 52394 ), $6.00
54. Khader, Aicha Ben Abed Ben & Soren David (eds), CARTHAGE: A MOSAIC OF ANCIENT TUNISIA, American Museum of Nat. Hist, New York, (1987), B&W and color illustrations, 238pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0913424110, (Order No: 5665 ), $10.00
55. Kraus, Theodor (text by); Wolf, Robert Erich (translated by); von Matt, Leonard (photographs by), POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM - THE LIVING CITIES OF THE DEAD, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Pub., New York, (1975), 235 ill. w/71 color plates, 230pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810904187 Buried under volcanic ash and mud, Pompeii and Herculaneum remained thus entombed for nearly seventeen centuries - preserved by the very elements that destroyed them., (Order No: 51017 ), $15.00
56. Lau, Robert Julius, OLD BABYLONIAN TEMPLE RECORDS, Columbia University Press, New York, 1906 1st ed, B&W ill., 35 plates, 89pp of text, very good+, light brown cloth (hardcover) nice clean/tight copy, Columbia University Oriental Studies Vol. III. A study of a series of documents coming from one of the oldest of the temples, dealing chiefly with the manner in which its priests handled the revenues in kind and money which represented the offerings of the faithful. Includes "Sign-List and Glossary.", (Order No: 8658 ), $85.00
57. Lawrence, Marion, THE SARCOPHAGI OF RAVENNA, College Art Assn. of America, New York, 1945, 80 B&W ill. follow text, 55pp of tect, good, wraps (softcover), MONOGRAPH II ON ARCHAEOLOGY AND FINE ARTS SPONSORED BY THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN AND THECOLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. Fourth of a series of studies on early Christian sarcophagi which the author began in Rome twenty years earlier., (Order No: 50124 ), $50.00
58. Lehmann, Phyllis Williams, THE PEDIMENTAL SCULPTURES OF THE HIERON IN SAMOTHRACE, J. J. Augustin Publisher, New York, [1962], B&W illustrations, 30pp, plates, very good, cloth (hardcover) original acetate cover, The text of this lecture is an abridged version of portions of Chapter III, Volume 3, of SAMOTHRACE, Excavations Conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (Bollingen Series LX)., (Order No: 44795 ), $45.00
59. Lloyd, Seton and Rice, D. Storm (foreword by Steven Runciman), ALANYA ('ALA'IYYA), British Inst. of Archaeology, London, 1958, B&W illustrations, 70pp, plates, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA NO. 4. Details of the Alanya fortress are here described for the first time in English language by Mr. Seton Lloyd, who illustrates them with twenty-five architectural drawings and fifty-eight remarkable photographs taken by Dr. D. Storm Rice., (Order No: 42718 ), $45.00
60. Lothrop, S. K. (text by), TREASURES OF ANCIENT AMERICA - THE ARTS OF THE PRE-COLUMBIAN CIVILIZATIONS FROM MEXICO TO PERU, Skira - World Publishing Co., Cleveland, OH, (1964), B&W and color illustrations, 230pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 50172 ), $14.50
61. Macaulay, Rose, PLEASURE OF RUINS, Thames and Hudson, London, (1966), 76 B&W ill., 466pp, good++ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1953. Rose Macaulay has searched literature, art and the memory of her own travels, to illustrate the pleasure which she and others have gained from visiting the ruins of the past. Palaces, temples, houses, fortresses, cities and the artificial follies of the last two centuries, all come within her scope, provided only that they are sufficiently ruinous to qualify for inclusion., (Order No: 19881 ), $10.00
62. Magnusson, Magnus, BC THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE BIBLE LANDS, The Bodley Head/BBC, London, (1977), B&W and color illustrations, 239pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0563172096 Magnusson describes in fascinating detail the latest archaeological discoveries in the Near East that illustrate the development of civilization and culture in the area and that add a new understanding to the unique religous, literary and historical document known to us as the Old Testament., (Order No: 53454 ), $10.00
63. Mau, August (translated into English by Francis W. Kelsey), POMPEII: ITS LIFE AND ART, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1899 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 509pp, very good, 3/4 brown leather, teg (hardcover), Contents include: Introduction; Public Places and Buildings; The Houses; Trades and Occupations; The Tombs; Pompeian Art; The Inscriptions of Pompeii; and, Conclusion. An exceptionally nice clean and tight copy, handsomely bound. With the bookplate from Staunton Hill Plantation, the estate of David K. E. Bruce., (Order No: 52948 ), $200.00
64. Millar, Ronald, THE PILTDOWN MEN, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1972), B&W ill., B&W diagrams, 264p, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The story, as fascinating as a whodunit, of how the Piltdown skull came to be discovered; how the hoax was exposed and who the hoaxer may have been., (Order No: 35255 ), $10.00
65. Miller, Stephen G. (editor), NEMEA: A GUIDE TO THE SITE AND MUSEUM, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (1990) 1st ptg, 68 B&W illustrations, 214pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0520065905 Excavations sponsored by the University of California at Berkeley since 1974 have revealed many details of Nemea's history as well as evidence for the nature of the buildings and other facilities which were part of the festival center. These discoveries, together with smaller finds in the museum and ancient literary and epigraphic sources, form the basis of a new and sharply defined picture of the Nemean Games., (Order No: 13014 ), $5.00
66. Mohen, Jean-Pierre, L'AGE DU BRONZE DANS LA REGION DE PARIS, Edition des Musees Nationaux, Paris, 1977, B&W illustrations, 264pp, good+, gray cloth spine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 2711800660 Catalogue synthetique des collections conservees au Musee des Antiquites Nationales. Text in French., (Order No: 47900 ), $85.00
67. Morris, Earl H., PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE REGION BETWEEN THE MANCOS AND LA PLATA RIVERS IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1919, B&W illustrations, p157 - p206, very good, olive green cloth (hardcover), Reprinted from The Thirty-Third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. A report of the excavations among the ruins in the region between the Mancos and La Plata Rivers., (Order No: 49236 ), $60.00
68. Nichols, Marianne, MAN, MYTH, AND MONUMENT, William Morrow and Company, New York, 1975 1st ptg, 53 B&W ill., 340pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0688029434 The fascinating story of a great detective endeavor-how modern scholars have ventured four thousand years into the past to document the events and illuminate the backgrounds of the great classical myths., (Order No: 14234 ), $6.00
69. Nolan, Tony, THE ROMANTIC WORLD OF GOLD GOLD GOLD GOLD, A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd., London, (1980), B&W and color illustrations, 117pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0589013246 Lifelong gold-seeker Tony Nolan brings together the intricate and intriguing strands of the golden web in a story that ranges through the centuries and across the world: from the dawn of time to the great gold rushes of more recent memory, from the Sumerians and Ancient Egyptians to the Aztecs, from the Coromandel to the Klondike., (Order No: 13227 ), $5.00
70. Norman, Bruce, FOOTSTEPS: NINE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNEYS OF ROMANCE AND DISCOVERY, Salem House Publishers, Topsfield, MA, (1988), B&W and color ill., B&W maps, 279pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0881623245 This book retraces the perilous expeditions of nine dedicated explorers during the romantic period of archaeoogy which began in the nineteenth century., (Order No: 22892 ), $4.00
71. Pellegrino, Charles, UNEARTHING ATLANTIS: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ODYSSEY, Vintage Books, New York, (1993) 1st ptg, B&W maps, 327pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0679734074, (Order No: 39704 ), $6.00
72. Perin, Patrick; Velay, Philippe; and, Renou, Laurent, COLLECTIONS MEROVINGIENNES: CATALOGUES D'ART ET D'HISTOIRE DU MUSEE CARNAVALET II, Les Presses de L'Imprimerie, Paris, (1985), B&W and color illustrations, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 2729900624 Text in French., (Order No: 54138 ), $20.00
73. Poole, Lynn and Poole, Gray, ONE PASSION, TWO LOVES: THE STORY OF HEINRICH AND SOPHIA SCHLIEMANN, DISCOVERERS OF TROY, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1966) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 299pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The whole story of Heinrich and Sophia Schliemann's romantic and embattled lives is told for the first time in this authoritative biography. A fund of letters, diaries, and photographs was turned over to Lynn and Gray Poole by General Alex L. Melas, the Schliemann's only living grandchild., (Order No: 45825 ), $20.00
74. Prescott, William H., THE WORLD OF THE AZTECS, Minerva, Barcelona, (1974), B&W and color ill., 156pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0814804454, (Order No: 16815 ), $7.50
75. Ridley, Michael, TREASURES OF CHINA, Arco Publishing Company, New York, (1973), B&W and color illustrations, 144pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0668033770 Deals with all the recent spectacular archaeological discoveries, which are discussed and placed in the traditional framework of Chinese archaeology and art., (Order No: 14488 ), $3.50
76. Ruby, Robert, JERICHO - DREAMS, RUINS, PHANTOMS, Henry Holt and Co., New York, (1995) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 350pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0805027998, (Order No: 4188 ), $4.00
77. Schoch, Robert M., with Robert Aquinas McNally, VOYAGES OF THE PYRAMID BUILDERS - THE TRUE ORIGINS OF THE PYRAMIDS FROM LOST EGYPT TO ANCIENT AMERICA, Jeremy P. Tarcher / Putnam, New York, (2003) 1st ptg, color illustrations, 338pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1585422037 Shows how the pyramids of Egypt and the Far East and those of the Americas and other parts of the globe were more than coincidental echoes of one another; they were products of a far higher degree of contact and exchange between early civilizations than experts have previously thought possible., (Order No: 50710 ), $10.00
78. Schreiber, Hermann and Schreiber, Georg, VANISHED CITIES, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1957 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 344pp, index, good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, "The splendor and destruction of cities, a subject that has exercised magic in men's minds.", (Order No: 3995 ), $4.00
79. Schuchhardt, C. (translated from the German by Eugenie Sellers) (introduction by Walter Leaf), SCHLIEMANN'S EXCAVATIONS - AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL STUDY, Macmillan and Co., London, 1891, B&W illustrations, 363pp, good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcover) EX-LIB w/minimal marks, With an Appendix on the Recent Discoveries at Hissarlik by Dr. Schliemann and Dr. Dorpfeld; and with an introduction by Walter Leaf. A nice clean and tight copy from a small country library, checked out only three times., (Order No: 42346 ), $65.00
80. Scott, Joseph and Scott, Lenore, EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS FOR EVERYONE - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WRITING OF ANCIENT EGYPT, Funk & Wagnalls, New York, (1968) 6th ptg, B&W illustrations, 96pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0308802233, (Order No: 47093 ), $4.00
81. Shear, Theodore Leslie, SARDIS - VOLUME X - TERRA-COTTAS, PART ONE, ARCHITECTURAL TERRA-COTTAS, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1926, 46pp of text, very good, black cloth (hardcover), "Publications of the American Society for the Excavation of Sardis." Color frontis and 14 color plates, 22 B&W plates. This volume covers three groups of Tiles. "The terra-cottas found in the excavations at Sardis suffered in the destruction of the house and in the injury to the site that occurred during the military engagements between the Greeks and Turks in this vicinity. Some of them were damaged, others vanished. The present study is based on the results of excavations made by the author in 1922, and on available records of earlier excavations.", (Order No: 15035 ), $150.00
82. Skelton, R. A.; Marston, Thomas E.; & Painter, George D., THE VINLAND MAP AND THE TARTAR RELATION, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1965 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 292pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The Vinland Map contains the earliest known and indisputable cartographic representation of any part of the Americas, and includes a delineation of Greenland so strikingly accurate that it may well have been derived from experience., (Order No: 4418 ), $5.00
83. Snow, Dean, THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA, The Viking Press, New York, (1976), B&W and color illustrations, 272pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670130583, (Order No: 3200 ), $4.00
84. Spence, Lewis (introduction by Michael Lord), ATLANTIS DISCOVERED, Causeway Books, New York, (1974), B&W illustrations, 232pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0883560232 Lewis Spence was one of the greatest scholars of Atlantis literature. his book is the best introduction to the story of Atlantis., (Order No: 29951 ), $4.00
85. Stafford, Michael, FROM FORAGER TO FARMER IN FLINT: A LITHIC ANALYSIS OF THE PREHISTORIC TRANSITION TO AGRICULTURE IN SOUTHERN SCANDINAVIA, Aarhus University Press, Oxford, (1999), B&W illustrations, 147pp, fine, pictorial blue boards (hardcover), ISBN 8772887427 The goals of this volume are to examine the flint materials from a group of prehistoric settlements in Denmark that span the transition to agriculture, evaluate how the form and production technology of stone tools changed over this period, and determine how those changes relate to the adoption of a food producing economy., (Order No: 52813 ), $45.00
86. Stern, Edward (compiled by), DESCRIPTION OF POMPEIAN RUINS, RESTORATIONS AND SCENES EXHIBITED AT THE POMPEIAN MUSEUM, MEMORIAL HALL, FAIRMOUNT PARK, Edward Stern & Co., Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 1903 rev. ed., 15pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Title on cover reads: THE POMPEIAN MUSEUM - MEMORIAL HALL, FAIRMOUNT PARK. The souvenir booklet (Price 5 Cents) describing the exhibit at this grand building that remains from the Centennial Exhibition of 1876., (Order No: 49878 ), $15.00
87. Suggs, Robert C., THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1965), ill. Leonard Everett Fisher, 150pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small chip/tear on dj, This book is two stories: an account of the archaeologists of the San Francisco area and their patient, scientific sifting of facts and evidence, and a brilliant re-creation of those prehistoric Indian days which this detective work has brought to light., (Order No: 33704 ), $10.00
88. Trustees of The British Museum (John Pope-Hennessy, Director), THE BRITISH MUSEUM YEARBOOK 1 - THE CLASSICAL TRADITION, British Museum Publ., Ltd., London, (1976), 291 B&W, 4 color ill., 298pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0714100455 "A 'new' annual publication for all those interested in the fields of Art and Archaeology, especially those interested in the work and collections of the British Museum." The theme of this first annual is THE CLASSICAL TRADITION, and has eight articles including: Reynold Higgins on MAGENTA WARE; M. Jessop Price with ARCHITECTURE ON ANCIENT COINS; J.E. Curtis on PARTHIAN GOLD FROM NINEVEH; R.A.G. Carson in GOLD AND SILVER COIN HOARDS AND THE END OF ROMAN BRITAIN; R.H. Pinder- Wilson on THE MALCOLM CELESTIAL GLOBE; Ruth Olitsky Rubinstein on A BACCHIC SARCOPHAGUS IN THE RENAISSANCE; Nicholas Turner with AN ATTACK ON THE ACCADEMIA DI S. LUCA; and Andrew Wilton assessing BLAKE AND THE ANTIQUE., (Order No: 14150 ), $15.00
89. Van Doorselaer, A. and Verhaeghe, F., EXCAVATIONS AT THE XIVTH CENTURY VILLAGE OF ROESELARE (SINT MARGRIETE): (EAST FLANDERS, BELGIUM), De Tempel, Brugge, 1974, B&W ill., excavation plans, 79pp, good+, wraps (softcover), An archaeological investigation of the "lost" village of Roeselare, located on the territory of the present village of Sint Margriete. The purpose of this excavation was to get an idea of the lay-out of this agglomeration., (Order No: 26862 ), $40.00
90. Vermaseren, M. J. (con la collaborazione de Piero Simoni), LIBER IN DEUM - L'APOTEOSI DI UN INIZIATO DIONISIACO, E. J. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 1976, 45 B&W plates follow text, 80pp, very good+, green cloth (hardcover) marginal note on one page, ISBN 9004045015, (Order No: 48413 ), $45.00
91. Vogel, J. Ph., TILE-MOSAICS OF THE LAHORE FORT, Pakistan Publications, Karachi, n.d. c1980s, 80 B&W and color plates, 69pp of text, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Originally published in 1920. Contents include: Indian Tilework; The Lahore Fort; The Pictured Wall of Lahore; Animal Fights at the Moghul Court; Date of the Tile-Mosaics; List of monuments at Lahore and Delhi which are decorated with tilework; Analysis of Kashi work; Pictures in the Lahore Fort noticed by William Finch., (Order No: 49343 ), $50.00
92. Vulliamy, C. E., OUR PREHISTORIC FORERUNNERS, Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1925, B&W illustrations, 214pp, very good, clay colored cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, "The aim of this book is to give as complete an account of Prehistoric Man as is possible.", (Order No: 52665 ), $12.50
93. Wainwright, F. T. (edited by), THE PROBLEM OF THE PICTS, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, Edinburgh, 1955, B&W illustrations, 188pp, very good, dark blue cloth (hardcover) couple faint pencil marks, A look at early Scotland with contents including: The Picts and the Problem; The Archaeological Background; Fortifications; Houses and Graves; Pictish Art; The Pictish Language., (Order No: 51229 ), $50.00
94. Wilson, David M., THE VIKINGS: AND THEIR ORIGINS - SCANDINAVIA IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM, Thames and Hudson, New York, (1989), 115 ill. w/23 in color, 144pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0500275424 In this book the author describes the history and culture of the Vikings from the beginning of the Christian era to the end of the Viking Age in about AD 1100., (Order No: 16043 ), $3.50
95. Zangger, Eberhard (with a foreword by Anthony Snodgrass), THE FLOOD FROM HEAVEN: DECIPHERING THE ATLANTIS LEGEND, William Morrow and Company, New York, (1992) 1st US, B&W illustrations, 256pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0688113508 A well-known geoarchaeologist has discovered the true nature of Plato's story and the real location of Atlantis in this ground-breaking book, which draws on modern science, legends, and ancient poetry to solve one of the world's most mysterious puzzles., (Order No: 17628 ), $4.00