Keyword: Civilization

Connecting the Dots: Counting, Writing, and the Beginnings of Civilization

Denise Schmandt-Besserat

This memoir recounts Denise Schmandt‑Besserat’s pioneering research into Neolithic clay tokens, proposed as precursors to writing. Blending personal experiences with archaeological discovery, it traces her decades of fieldwork and presents her influential argument that early accounting practices helped give rise to writing and civilisation. READ MORE

Paperback: £25.00

New Perspectives on the Harappan Culture in Light of Recent Excavations at Rakhigarhi: 2011–2017, Volume 1: Bioarchaeological Research on the Rakhigarhi Necropolis

ed. Vasant Shinde et al.

Rakhigarhi, situated in Hisar District, Haryana, India, is one of the largest metropolises of the Harappan Civilization found so far. After introducing the excavations that took place 2011-2017 and setting out the objectives of the project, this book focuses on the uncovered cemetery, with detailed analysis and inventories of the burials. READ MORE

Paperback: £50.00 | eBook: £16.00

The Pax Assyriaca: The Historical Evolution of Civilisations and Archaeology of Empires

Benjamin Toro

This study of the evolutionary process of ancient civilisations stresses the complementarity between theoretical principles and the relevant historical and archaeological evidence. Taking its approach from World Systems Theory, it focuses on the origin, development and collapse of the first, ‘Near Eastern’, stage of the ‘Central Civilisation’. READ MORE

Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00

Archaeological Paleography

Joshua D. Englehardt

This volume explores the development of the Maya writing system in Middle-Late Formative and Early Classic period (700 BC-AD 450) Mesoamerica. READ MORE

Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00

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