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The Knossos Tablets - Bok av John Chadwick - Häftad

Originally published in 1971, this is the important fourth edition of scholarly research into the Linear B tablets from Knossos.

SEK 706.00

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They Wrote on Clay - The Babylonian Tablets Speak To-day - Bok av Edward Chiera - Häftad

Originally published in 1939, this book contains an assessment of the historical evidence provided by ancient Babylonian cuneiform tablets. The text is accompanied by a number of photographs of the tablets, as well as of important archaeological sites and Babylonian artefacts. The text is accessibly written and contains many Babylonian legends.

SEK 466.00

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Dogs - Domestication and the Development of a Social Bond - Bok av Darcy F. (Research Associate Morey - Häftad

Dogs have developed a distinctive social bond with people throughout the world. This book traces the dog's journey through time. Using archaeological and modern evidence, it explores the process of dog domestication, evolution of dogs from their wolf ancestors, and the roles of dogs in human societies through time.

SEK 770.00

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The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets and Greek Religion - Further along the Path - Bok - Häftad

The 'Orphic' gold tablets are some of the most fascinating and baffling pieces of evidence for ancient Greek religion. This volume examines some of the new methodologies employed in their study and includes an updated edition and translation of the tablet texts.

SEK 736.00

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The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets and Greek Religion - Further along the Path - Bok - Inbunden

The 'Orphic' gold tablets are some of the most fascinating and baffling pieces of evidence for ancient Greek religion. This volume examines some of the new methodologies employed in their study and includes an updated edition and translation of the tablet texts.

SEK 1606.00

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The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek: Volume 2, Selected Tablets and Endmatter - Bok - Inbunden

An accessible survey written by fourteen of the world's leading experts of work in recent years on the Linear B tablets, deciphered by Michael Ventris in 1952, revealing both the earliest form of Greek and much of the society and economy of its time.

SEK 1626.00

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The Bacchic Gold Tablets and Poetic Tradition - Bok av Mark (Hillsdale College McClay - Inbunden

Examines a collection of gold tablets, products of Greek mystery religions offering post-mortem salvation, and reads them in the performance context and thought of early Greek poetry. Applies a range of new analytical tools to these materials, including approaches from epigraphy and religious studies.

SEK 1300.00

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Myths of the Underworld Journey - Plato, Aristophanes, and the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets - Bok av III Edmonds - Häftad

Plato, Aristophanes and the creators of the 'Orphic' gold tablets employ the traditional tale of a journey to the realm of the dead to redefine the boundaries of their societies. The narratives in this 2004 book reveal their meanings through close analysis of the specific ways in which each makes use of the tradition.

SEK 660.00

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Myths of the Underworld Journey - Plato, Aristophanes, and the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets - Bok av III Edmonds - Inbunden

Plato, Aristophanes and the creators of the 'Orphic' gold tablets employ the traditional tale of a journey to the realm of the dead to redefine the boundaries of their societies. The narratives in this 2004 book reveal their meanings through close analysis of the specific ways in which each makes use of the tradition.

SEK 1117.00

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Societies of Wolves and Free-ranging Dogs - Bok av Stephen (Dr) Spotte - Häftad

Focusing on behavioral ecology, this is the first book to assess societies of both gray wolves and domestic dogs living as urban strays and in the feral state. Spotte draws on the latest scientific findings across the fields of genetics, sensory biology, reproductive physiology, space use, foraging ecology and socialization.

SEK 630.00

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The Domestic Dog - Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions with People - Bok - Häftad

The ultimate book for anyone interested in domestic dogs, this new edition of a classic text includes seven new chapters covering topics such as behavioral modification and training, dog population management, molecular evidence for dog domestication, canine behavioral genetics, cognition, and the impact of free-roaming dogs on wildlife conservation.

SEK 690.00

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The Domestic Dog - Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions with People - Bok - Inbunden

The ultimate book for anyone interested in domestic dogs, this new edition of a classic text includes seven new chapters covering topics such as behavioral modification and training, dog population management, molecular evidence for dog domestication, canine behavioral genetics, cognition, and the impact of free-roaming dogs on wildlife conservation.

SEK 1406.00

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Bronze Age Bureaucracy - Writing and the Practice of Government in Assyria - Bok av Nicholas (University of Cambridge) Postgate - Häftad

This book describes ten different government archives of cuneiform tablets from Assyria, using them to analyze the social and economic character of the Middle Assyrian state, as well as the roles and practices of writing.

SEK 526.00

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Bronze Age Bureaucracy - Writing and the Practice of Government in Assyria - Bok av Nicholas (University of Cambridge) Postgate - Inbunden

This book describes ten different government archives of cuneiform tablets from Assyria, using them to analyze the social and economic character of the Middle Assyrian state, as well as the roles and practices of writing.

SEK 1320.00

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Writing and Society - An Introduction - Bok av Florian Coulmas - Häftad

Drawing on contemporary and historical examples, from clay tablets to touchscreen displays, this book is a general account of the place of writing in society. It explores the functions of writing and written language, analysing its consequences for language, society, economy and politics.

SEK 476.00

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The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek: Volume 1, Introductory Essays - Bok - Inbunden

An accessible survey written by fourteen of the world's leading experts of work in recent years on the Linear B tablets, deciphered by Michael Ventris in 1952, revealing both the earliest form of Greek and much of the society and economy of its time.

SEK 1627.00

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Syria and Egypt - From the Tell el Amarna Letters - Bok av William Matthew Flinders Petrie - Häftad

A pioneering Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. This 1898 work contains summaries of the most significant cuneiform tablets found at Tell el-Amarna, offering insights into Near Eastern diplomacy in the fourteenth century BCE.

SEK 417.00

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Rudimenta linguae umbricae et rudimenta linguae oscae - Ex inscriptionibus antiquis enodata - Bok av Georg Friedrich Grotefend - Häftad

Between 1835 and 1839, the philologist Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775-1853) published these analyses of the Umbrian and Oscan languages. Using inscriptions from buildings, tablets, coins and vessels, he attempts to reconstruct the grammar of these languages belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European family.

SEK 620.00

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Tell el-Amarna - Bok av William Matthew Flinders Petrie - Häftad

A pioneering Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. Published in 1894, this richly illustrated excavation report from Tell el-Amarna features fragments of cuneiform tablets that contain diplomatic correspondence from the fourteenth century BCE, alongside other important artefacts.

SEK 450.00

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The Archaeology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions - Bok av Archibald Henry Sayce - Häftad

In this 1907 work, Sayce begins with the history of the decipherment of cuneiform, and goes on to describe what the tablets reveal of political and trade interactions among the different nations of the Near East and Asia Minor, and the relevance of these discoveries to Old Testament studies.

SEK 416.00

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Legitimacy and Law in the Roman World - Tabulae in Roman Belief and Practice - Bok av Elizabeth A. (University of Virginia) Meyer - Inbunden

The Romans wrote solemn religious, public and legal documents on wooden tablets. This book investigates the historical significance of this practice: its power to order the human realm and cosmos and to make documents efficacious; its spread to the provinces; and its influence on the evolution of Roman law.

SEK 1606.00

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Legitimacy and Law in the Roman World - Tabulae in Roman Belief and Practice - Bok av Elizabeth A. (University of Virginia) Meyer - Häftad

The Romans wrote solemn religious, public and legal documents on wooden tablets. This book investigates the historical significance of this practice: its power to order the human realm and cosmos and to make documents efficacious; its spread to the provinces; and its influence on the evolution of Roman law.

SEK 736.00

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A Primer of Assyriology - Bok av Archibald Henry Sayce - Häftad

This 1894 work is an introduction to the world of ancient Assyria. Beginning with the geography of Mesopotamia and with the early archaeological discoveries in the region, Sayce next describes the decipherment of the cuneiform inscriptions and tablets, before describing religion, literature, and what can be deduced about everyday life.

SEK 360.00

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The Expertise of Perception - How Experience Changes the Way We See the World - Bok av James W. (University of Victoria Tanaka - Häftad

Explores the interaction between perception and experience by studying perceptual experts, people who specialize in recognizing objects such as birds, automobiles, dogs. We propose perceptual expertise promotes a downward shift in object recognition where experts recognize objects in their domain of expertise at a more specific level than novices.

SEK 316.00

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Documents in Mycenaean Greek - Three Hundred Selected Tablets from Knossos, Pylos and Mycenae with Commentary and Vocabulary - Bok av Michael Ventris

In their 1953 book, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, Michael Ventris and John Chadwick demonstrated that the previously mysterious script Linear B was, in fact, a syllabic form of written Greek, thereby revolutionizing ancient history and linguistics. In this second edition, Chadwick examines how the study of the subject has expanded since 1953.

SEK 776.00

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