Author: Littauer, M.A. & J.H.Crouwel.
Title: Selected writings on chariots and other early vehicles, riding and harness.
Description: Leiden, Boston & Köln, Brill, 2002. XLVI,609 pp. B./w. ills on plts (numbered 1 - 234). Orig. hardcover (boards). 8vo. (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Vol. 6). [ISBN: 978-90-04-49416-9]. - As new.Edited by Peter Raulwing. - - This collection of papers is primarily concerned with transport by wheeled vehicle in antiquity. They shed much light on the construction of the vehicles, the ways their draught animals were harnessed and controlled, and the uses to which the equipages were put. The evidence discussed includes actual remains of vehicles and bridles, as well as figured and textual documents. Ridden animals and their gear also feature in this collection of papers. - New price at the publisher: € 180,--

Keywords: Archaeology Carriage Archaeology Archeologie Rijtuigen Archeologie