Classical Archaeology

Archaeology

Ancient Near East

A History of Hittite Literacy

Writing and Reading in Late Bronze-Age Anatolia (1650–1200 BC) Theo van den Hout | University of Chicago For all those interested in literacy and script usage in general and in the ancient world in particular. As the first, comprehensive overview, it sketches the development of literacy and of literature in Hittite Anatolia (2000/1650–1200 BC) and situates them in the history of the kingdom. • The first comprehensive overview of the subject, the product of a lifetime of research and thinking • Provides a good introduction to both the Hittite cuneiform and

Anatolian hieroglyphic writing systems • Offers new solutions to a number of longstanding problems in the field of Hittite/Anatolian studies

448pp 51 b/w illus. 1 map 35 tables 1. 2021 9781108494885 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108860161

The City of Babylon

A History, c. 2000 BC – AD 116 Stephanie Dalley | University of Oxford One of the world’s leading authorities offers an accessible and up-to-date account of a great civilisation, the city of Babylon. It lay at the heart of the empires of Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander and played a crucial role in the origins of written myth, legends, law and astronomy. • A wide-ranging, up-to-date account of one of the world’s ancient civilisations with a focus on its most famous city • Integrates literary, documentary and archaeological evidence • Shows the huge progress made as a result of the discovery of thousands of new texts in recent excavations and collections

396pp 7. 2021 9781107136274 Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 7. 2021 9781316501771 Paperback GBP 19.99 / USD 24.99 eISBN 9781316479728

The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World

Elon D. Heymans This book reconstructs the early history of money in the Mediterranean, adding an important chapter to our understanding of the ancient world. Integrating documentary and material sources from both the Levant and the Aegean, it explores how precious metal money emerged in the Iron Age Mediterranean.

• Provides a detailed reconstruction of the emergence and development of money before coinage in the Iron Age eastern Mediterranean • Provides in depth data and interpretation on Iron Age use of precious metal as money • Contextualizes the use and significance of early money in both the

Levant and the Aegean

348pp 8. 2021 9781108838580 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108975322

Archaeology (general)

Construing Cultural Heritage: The Stagings of an Artist

The Case of Ivar Arosenius Mats Malm This study examines how an artist construed himself as cultural heritage by the turn of the 19th century, how this heritage was further construed after his death, and how the artworks can be made to further new approaches and insights through a digital archive (aroseniusarchive.se).

Elements in Critical Heritage Studies

75pp 6. 2021 9781108794503 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108885652

Ethnographic Returns

Memory Processes and Archive Film Anne Gustavsson This Element explores and discusses specifically the return of digital ‘ethnographic’ images to indigenous and non indigenous people that share a common recent history of coexistence and dispute over the same territory that is to be understood in the light of the consolidation of a Nation State with a settler colonial logic.

Elements in Critical Heritage Studies

75pp 9. 2021 9781108823425 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108914086

Heritage Tourism

From Problems to Possibilities Yujie Zhu | Australian National University, Canberra This Element examines the key political and ethical issues that emerge through heritage tourism as one of the world’s fastest-growing industries. It explores the implications of heritage tourism on the social and political aspects of societies.

Elements in Critical Heritage Studies

75pp 6. 2021 9781108823395 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108914024

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Native Americans in British Museums

Living Histories Jack Davy | University of East Anglia

Drawing on interviews with Indigenous American visitors to UK museum displays and collections between 2017 and 2019, this Element highlights the most significant inadequacies of contemporary engagement with Native American visitors and communities, identifying fundamental problems rooted in the ethos of collection management and display.

Elements in Critical Heritage Studies

75pp 7. 2021 9781108829434 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108909914