Middle & Near Eastern Archaeology

The Orontes Valley in western Syria is a land 'in between', positioned between the small trading centres of the coast and the huge urban agglomerat...

This book collects articles written by Farouk Al-Rawi and collaborators and published in the journal IRAQ between 1985 and 2006. The articles prese...

Once the worlds prairies, grasslands, steppes and tundra teemed with massive herds of game: gazelle, wild ass, bison, caribou and antelope. Humans ...

Glass and Glass Production in the Near East during the Iron Age: Evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis examines the history of glass i...

Since the beginning of Gandhran studies in the nineteenth century, chronology has been one of the most significant challenges to the understanding ...

This volume presents a series of studies by scholars working in Middle Eastern archaeology who actively apply social theory to interpret their fiel...

This book casts light on a much neglected phase of the UNESCO world heritage site of Palmyra, namely the period between the fall of the Palmyrene E...

During the roughly hundred years (ca. 1225 1125 BCE) that the Middle Assyrian dunnu at Tell Sabi Abyad was in operation, some forty-nine individua...

During the roughly hundred years (ca. 1225 1125 BCE) that the Middle Assyrian dunnu at Tell Sabi Abyad was in operation, some forty-nine individua...

This monograph comprises the final publication of a study supported by the British Institute of Persian Studies and undertaken by Seth Priestman an...

What Does This Have to Do with Archaeology? is a collection of essays published on the occasion of Reinhard Bernbecks 65th birthday. The distinguis...

What Does This Have to Do with Archaeology? is a collection of essays published on the occasion of Reinhard Bernbecks 65th birthday. The distinguis...

Olivier Nieuwenhuyse was a remarkable archaeologist whose work has transformed the study of later Neolithic societies in West Asia. He has inspired...

Olivier Nieuwenhuyse was a remarkable archaeologist whose work has transformed the study of later Neolithic societies in West Asia. He has inspired...

The collection of essays in this book focuses on the highlands of Iran in pre-modern times, reaching from the Paleolithic to the medieval period. W...