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Prehistory
6000 BC
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Transformation and Change in the Near East and Europe Peter F. Biehl | University of California, Santa Cruz This is the first book to present a comprehensive review of archaeological as well as environmental data between Syria and the Balkans around 6,000 BC. This is a time of both socio-economic transition as well as cultural and climate change.
436pp May. 2022 9781107042957 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781107337640
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Human Prehistory
Exploring the Past to Understand the Future Deborah Barsky Offers a long-term evolutionary perspective on human culture and its relationship with technology. Provides a fresh perspective regarding important issues that plague contemporary society, such as racism, the digital revolution, human migrations, terrorism, and war. It will appeal to Archaeology students in Prehistory and human evolution courses.
258pp Aug. 2022 9781009011990 Paperback GBP 28.99 / USD 36.99 Aug. 2022 9781316515426 Hardback GBP 84.99 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009025492
Trade before Civilization
Long Distance Exchange and the Rise of Social Complexity Johan Ling This volume explores how the transformation from an egalitarian setting to a non-egalitarian setting took place. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between long distance exchange and the rise of inequality and social complexity. This publication will appeal to archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, historians, and economists.
400pp Sep. 2022 9781316514689 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 135.00 eISBN 9781009086547
Art
Architecture
Patricia Blessing | Princeton University, New Jersey This book examines how buildings and construction sites reflect shifting attitudes towards architectural practice, style, and representation in the fifteenth-century Ottoman Empire. The book demonstrates how workers from Anatolia, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, Iran and Central Asia pArticipated in such construction projects.
296pp Aug. 2022 9781316517604 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781009042727
The Cambridge Guide to the Architecture of Christianity 2 Volume Hardback Set
Richard A. Etlin | University of Maryland, College Park The most comprehensive and up-to date reference work on this topic, The Cambridge Guide to the Architecture of Christianity will serve as a primary reference resource for scholars, practitioners, and students.
1012pp 574 b/w illus. 70 colour illus. Oct. 2022 9781108471510 2 Hardback books GBP 425.00 / USD 550.00 eISBN 9781108558914
Western Art
Between the Pagan Past and Christian Present in Byzantine Visual Culture
Statues in Constantinople, 4th-13th Centuries CE Paroma Chatterjee This book is about the importance of pre-Christian, pagan statues in Byzantine Art which has so far focused heavily on the sacred icons of Christ and the saints. It will interest those seeking an accessible and interesting study on topics such as Art, history, religion, literature and ideas related to the Roman Empire.
350pp Jan. 2022 9781108833585 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108985628
Divine Inspiration in Byzantium
Notions of Authenticity in Art and Theology Karin Krause | University of Chicago This book addresses scholars across disciplines interested in conceptions of authenticity in the construction of religious authority in Byzantium and Eastern Orthodoxy. By examining a range of textual and visual sources concerned with the concept of divine inspiration, it traces continuity and change from classical antiquity to Byzantium.
492pp Jun. 2022 9781108830997 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108922050
French Gothic Ivories
Material Theologies and the Sculptor’s Craft Sarah M. Guerin | University of Pennsylvania This monograph traces the first century of Gothic ivory sculpture (1230–1330) through a panoply of new sources, observations, and insights. It will be of interest researchers concerned with the history of materials and craft, medieval devotion and ritual, and Art history more broadly.
350pp Sep. 2022 9781316511008 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781009039987
