Archaeology at the North-East Anatolian Frontier, I: An Historical Geography and a Field Survey of the Bayburt Province Tapa dura - 2005

Louvain: Peeters Press, 2004. Hardcover. near fine. Quarto (12" x 8-1/2"). xx, (2), 597, (5)pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with numerous maps, photos and drawings. An ex-library book but with minimal rubber stamps on title page & at bottom of text block, otherwise near fine. Part of a 7 volume study of historical geography and a field survey of the Bayburt Province.; Iron technology and iron-making communities of the first millennium BC.; Note: each volume is complete in itself. This volume presents a framework for interpreting cultural development in the highlands of Anatolia from the earliest settlements to the recent past. Begun in 1988, investigations by the University of Melbourne in cooperation with the Erzurum Museum have studied how past human societies adapted to and modified highland environments. After considerations of concepts such as 'frontiers', 'borders' and 'boundaries' that can be easily applied to north-east Anatolia, the study moves to an analysis of the complex… Leer más

Peeters Publishers, 2004. hardcover. New. 135x24x191.