Buried Worlds

Stones and Bones! How Archaeologists Trace Human Origins

Minneapolis: Runestone Press, 1994. First edition. Pp. 64; numerous color and black-and-white photos. Publisher's original color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), matching color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. A brief well-illustrated review of human origins from the archaeological and fossil human record. From the Runestone Press series ""Buried Worlds."" No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 7563

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Butzer, Karl

Environment and Archeology: An Ecological Approach to Prehistory.

Chicago: Aldine-Atherton, 1971. Second edition. Pp. xxvi, (1), 703; 95 text-figures (maps, line-drawings, graphs). Publisher's original brick red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. This classic work is divided into six parts, presenting both techniques and applications of paleo-environmental studies, focused on archaeological context and human-land relationships. Part I gives a brief historical and methodological sketch and then provides an up-to-date synthesis of stratigraphy and chronology. Part II deals with the significance of vegetation, soils and geomorphology as environmental indicators. Part III presents a systematic description Pleistocene sediments and provide field or laboratory methods for their study. Part IV considers the biological sciences relevant to environmental reconstruction such as palynology, past vegetation and prehistoric faunas. Part V deals with regional reconstructions of late Pleistocene environments in North America, Europe, Africa, etc. Finally, Part VI, comprising one-third of the book, deals with human-land interactions in both the Old and New Worlds. No ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in very good condition in a lightly edge-worn but very good dust jacket..

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Book number: 6524

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

China Reconstructs

In Memory of Soong Ching Ling 1893-1981

Beijing: China Reconstructs, 1981. First edition. Pp. 72; 95+ black-and-white photos. Publisher's original pictorial wrappers, sm 4to. This work presents a biography of Sun Yat sen's wife, Soong Ching Ling. Given that she lived from 1893 to 1981, her life reflects the modern history of China. The numerous black-and-white photos document her long life. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8153

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Clark, J Desmond

The Prehistory of Africa

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970. First edition. Pp. 302; 48 black-and-white photographs, 60 line drawings of artifacts, 10 maps. Publisher's original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, pictorial yellow dust jacket, thick 8vo. A thorough review of the archaeology and prehistory of Africa from the earliest stone tool makers to the cave art and to Zimbabwe's Acropolis. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 7416

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Coombs, Andrew

Folktales from the Land of Smiles.

Bangkok: Editions Duang Kamol, 1994. First edition. Pp. xii, 140; numerous fine color drawings by Sarah Schofield. Original color pictorial stiff warppers, sm 4to. Documents folktales from Thailand with superb color drawings illustrating the folktales. Printed on clay-coated paper with excellent color reproduction. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 5796

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Crow, T. J. (editor)

The Speciation of Modern Homo sapiens

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. First edition. Pp. iv, (2), 265; numerous text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher's original brick red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket illustrated with cave painting on the front panel, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, 8vo. According to the jacket flap, this is the first volume to address directly the speciation of Homo sapiens. The volume addresses the nature of the species, our defining characteristic (language), and the brain changes and their genetic basis that distinguish us from other primate species. The work contains 13 chapters by noted authorities in the field. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 7581

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Dart, Raymond A.

African Serological Patterns and Human Migrations (Presidential Address 1950, delivered before the South African Archaeological Society at Cape Town on 6 March 1951).

Claremont, Cape Town: The South African Archaeological Society, 1951. First edition. Pp. 39; 2 folding charts. Original printed red wrappers, sm 4to. Name stamp of former owner, Larry Marshall, on the front wrapper. Two corners with minor bumps; a very good copy..

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Book number: 4745

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Davies, Oliver

The Quaternary in the Coastlands of Guinea.

Glasgow: Jackson, Son and Company, 1964. First edition. Pp. xv, 276; 8 full page black-and-white photo-plates, 120 text-figures (line-drawings of artifacts and maps). Publisher's original pale blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, sm 4to. The work covers the archaeology of this coastal West African country. The volume is divided into nine chapters - 1: The Chronological Frame; 2: Pluvial Sequence in Africa; 3: Raised Beaches; 4: West African River-Terraces; 5: Soil-Profiles and Lateralization; 6: Tentative Scheme of Absolute Chronology; 7: Paleolithic Industries; 8: The Mesolithic; and 9: The Neolithic. Signature of former owner, archaeologist Richard Osborne, on the front endpaper. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 6180

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Davis, Simon J.M.

The Archaeology of Animals

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. First edition. Pp. 224; 150+ black-and-white photos, halftones, maps and diagrams. Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to (10 x 7.5 inches). This is the hardcover first printing. The volume is about zoo-archaeology, the study of fossilized animal remains from archaeological sites. It contains an Introduction and 8 fact-loaded chapters. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 7540

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Doyle, James E

A Chronicle of England: B.C. 55 – A.D. 1485

London: Longmans, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1864. First edition. Pp. (5), vi-viii, (1), 2-462, (2); 80 color-printed illustrations by James Doyle (brother of Richard Doyle and uncle to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle); his designs were engraved and printed in color by Edmund Evans. Publisher’s original highly-gilt-decorated and blind-stamped brown cloth, beveled edges, all page edges in gilt, brick red endpapers, lg 4to (11 x 8.25 inches). This first edition was limited 500 copies printed. This volume was a major achievement at the time, being one of the first books to have color illustrations printed on the same pages as typeset text pages. Even more impressive are the extraordinarily bright, vivid color illustrations printed from woodblocks engravings in as many as ten colors per illustration. The book details the events from the landing of the Roman legions in England to the Battle of Bosworth Field near the end of the Wars of the Roses. This volume is an important achievement in the advancement of illustrated books. See also Hardie 269; Houfe 121; McLean 184; Muir 157-158; Ray 241 and Slythe 28. Light edge wear to the outer joints, a near fine copy..

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Book number: 9679

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Dunn, L. C. (editor)

Commemoration of the Publication of Gregor Mendel's Pioneer Experiments in Genetics: Papers read at the Annual General Meeting, April 23, 1965.

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1965. First edition. Pp. (3), 189-248; frontispiece black-and-white photo of Mendel. Original printed gray wrappers, 4to. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 109, no. 4. Presents seven chapters on Mendel and Mendelism by Dunn, Sturtevant, Dobzhansky, Stern, Glass, Sonneborn and Mangelsdorf and Beza. Signature of David Klingener on the front wrapper. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 6496

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Evans, Grant (editor)

Asia's Cultural Mosaic: An Anthropological Introduction

New York: Prentice Hall, 1993. First edition. Pp. xi, 436; numerous black-and-white photographs and diagrams. Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, sm 4to. This volume ""provides a comprehensive introduction to Asia from an anthropological point of view. It ranges from India to Japan, from Mongolia to Indonesia, and uses empirical material from across the region to discuss key anthropological themes concerning the economy, kindship, religion, gender, caste and the state"" (from the rear wrapper). No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7312

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Evans, Grant (editor)

Laos: Culture and Society.

Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, 1999. First edition. Pp. xi, 313. Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, lg 8vo. This volume is the first comprehensive social and cultural study of Laos in forty years. Laos stands at the center of mainland Southeast Asia. It shares borders with all the main states in the region including China, so that when one touches on Laos, one touches the heart of the region. Any study of culture and society in Laos inevitably leads into broader issues associated with all the surrounding societies and cultures concerning their origins and contemporary developments. While all the essays in this volume take Laos as their focal point they raise issues which overflow the boundaries of the Lao state. They focus on the creation of the idea of Laos and its culture, whether it be through literature, tourism, or the activities of nationalists, thereby contributing to more general debates on the nature of Southeast Asian nationalism. They look at questions of minorities in Laos and issues of ethnic change. And they look at Laos in its regional context, and at Lao businessmen in their new global context (modified from the blurb on the rear cover). No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 6015

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Eyre-Todd, George (editor)

Scottish Poetry of the Eighteenth Century

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1971. Reprint Pp. xii, 234; xii, 335. Publisher's original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. This is a facsimile of the 1896 edition. Slight bump to the top of the spine of volume (quite minor), a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 3601

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Keywords: History Scotland Scottish poetry 18th century United Kingdom Europe

Finot, Louis

Le Temple D'Angkor Vat, in 3 volumes - Volume I: L'Architecture; Volume II: La Sculpture; Volume III: La Galerie des Bas-Reliefs (Memoires Archeologiques: Publies Par L'ecole francaise D'Extreme-Orient).

Bangkok: SDI Publications, 1995. Limited edition reprint. Pp. (Volume 1) 196; 50 black-and-white (duotone) photo-plates, 2 large fold-out plan views; (Volume 2) pp. 156; 136 black-and-white (duotone) photo-plates (2 are fold-out), 2 fold-out plan views; (Volume 3) pp. 144, 322 black-and-white (duotone) photo-plates (many foldout), 9 foldout plan views. Publisher's original black cloth, boldly lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, tan pictorial dust jackets, in black cloth-covered slipcase lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover and with gilt view of a gallery at Angkor Wat on the front cover, folio (14 x 10.25 x 4 inches). This work documents the temple complex at Angkor Wat, the largest stone monument in the world. This sumptuous work, originally published in 1929 in Memoires Archeologiques: Publies Par L'ecole francaise D'Extreme-Orient, was reissued in 1995 in a facsimile limited edition of 1000 copies. The text is in French as issued. No ownership marks and no signs of use. This large set weighs 15 lbs, extra postage will be required for both domestic and overseas delivery. Spines of dust jackets lightly sunned, a tight, bright and clean copy in fine condition, in fine dust jackets and in a fine cloth-covered slipcase..

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Book number: 5838

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Keywords: Archaeology archeology Angkor Indochina Southeast Asia Angkor Wat sculpture architecture bas reliefs art art history French Louis Finot ISBN 1-87829-16-1 187829161