History of Art: Pre-history

The book is a first attempt to analyze the complex problems of Romanian etymology in English. Romanian is a Romance language, but it also inherits ...

It has often been claimed that "monsters"--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the though...

It has often been claimed that "monsters"--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the though...

Named after an archaeological site discovered in 1951 in Zhengzhou, China, the Erligang civilization arose in the Yellow River valley around the mi...

Named after an archaeological site discovered in 1951 in Zhengzhou, China, the Erligang civilization arose in the Yellow River valley around the mi...

Weapons and tools are frequently found depicted in rock art in many parts of the globe and different periods and in varying social contexts. This c...

Founded in the first century BCE near a set of natural springs in an otherwise dry northeastern corner of the Valley of Mexico, the ancient metropo...

In 1962, after a period of secret looting, the location of a shrine for the Greek Goddess Eileithyia was discovered by the police in south-central ...

This excavation of a Late Bronze Age town on the island of Mochlos in northeastern Crete includes the House of the Metal Merchant (with two large b...

This volume is a catalog of the ancient Egyptian imports and Egyptianizing artifacts found in 1962 during the excavation of a cave near Tsoutsouros...

Pictures from the Bronze Age are numerous, vivid and complex. There is no other prehistoric period that has produced such a wide range of images sp...

The result of forty years of study, this book offers an overview of the most common find, after coins, on sites in Roman Britain – the brooch. Used...

Discovered in 1866 as two separate pieces and acquired by the British Museum in 1887, the sculpture known as the ‘swimming reindeer’ depicts a male...

An awe-inspiring study of the enduring power of Paleolithic art The cave art of France’s Dordogne region is world-famous for the mythology and beau...

As the most important ancient cultural relics in prehistory, rock art have become a direct basis for the reproduction of human history and ideologi...

A Pre-Columbian art lover and noted curator journey into a fine art collection, describing the rich cultural context and artistic merits of each wo...

The catalogue for the exciting exhibition at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Masters of Fire presents a compreh...