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Baule Monkeys

Bruno Claessens, Jean-Louis Danis, Vogel Susan M.

ISBN: HB: 9780300222449, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, August 2016
192 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 113 colour illus., 27 black&white illus.

The Baule people of the Ivory Coast are renowned for their refined sculptural work of masks and figures. This book is the first to focus exclusively on an antithetic aspect of Baule culture-rough zoomorphic sculptures representing monkeys. These awe-...

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Archaeology & Paleontology

Pharaoh King of Ancient Egypt

Vandenbeusch Marie, Semet Aude, Maitland Margaret Todd

ISBN: HB: 9780300218381, Yale University Press, April 2016
176 pp., 29.2x27.3 cm, 280 colour illus.

"Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt" introduces readers to three thousand years of Egypt's ancient history by unveiling its famous leaders – the pharaohs – using some of the finest objects from the vast holdings of the British Museum. In an introductory...

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Riddle of the Feathered Dragons Hidden Birds of China

Feduccia Alan

ISBN: PB: 9780300205756, Yale University Press, June 2014
384 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 242 black&white illus.

Examining and interpreting recent spectacular fossil discoveries in China, paleontologists have arrived at a prevailing view: there is now incontrovertible evidence that birds represent the last living dinosaur. But is this conclusion beyond dispute?...

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Christianity

Archaeology & Paleontology

Alexander to Constantine Archaeology of the Land of the Bible

Meyers Eric M., Chancey Mark A.

ISBN: PB: 9780300205831, ISBN: HB: 9780300141795, Yale University Press, March 2014
392 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 17 colour images, 203 black&white illus.

This comprehensive and richly illustrated book explores the archaeological record of the land of the Bible from its conquest by Alexander the Great in the fourth century B. C. E. until the reign of the Roman Emperor Constantine in the fourth century...

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In Pursuit of Ancient Pasts A History of Classical Archaeology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Dyson Stephen L.

ISBN: PB: 9780300204995, Yale University Press, August 2013
336 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, black&white illus.

The stories behind the acquisition of ancient antiquities are often as important as those that tell of their creation. This fascinating book provides a comprehensive account of the history and development of classical archaeology, explaining how and...

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Rediscovering the Ancient World on the Bay of Naples, 1710-1890

Mattusch Carol C.

ISBN: HB: 9780300189216, Yale University Press, April 2013
292 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 97 colour, 78 black&white illus.

The ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., drew international attention when excavations commenced in the 1730s. As a result, the nearby city of Naples became a nexus of scholarship, cult...

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Visions of a Vanished World The Extraordinary Fossils of the Hunsrate

Kuhl Gabriele, Bartels Christoph, Briggs D. E. G., Rust Jes, Fortey Richard

ISBN: HB: 9780300184600, Yale University Press, January 2013
128 pp., 29.5x25 cm, 127 colour illus.

About four hundred million years ago earthquake activity and possibly major storms caused sudden movements of large quantities of muddy sentiment along the seafloor. Animal communities in the path of these sediment-laden flows were instantly engulfed...

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Anthropology

Archaeology & Paleontology

Stepping-Stones A Journey Through the Ice Age Caves of the Dordogne

Desdemaines-Hugon Christine, Tattersall Ian

ISBN: PB: 9780300188028, Yale University Press, October 2012
272 pp., 23.1x15.5 cm, 38 black&white illus., 8 colour illus.

The cave art of France's Dordogne region is world-famous for the mythology and beauty of its remarkable drawings and paintings. These ancient images of lively bison, horses, and mammoths, as well as symbols of all kinds, are fascinating touchstones i...

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Archaeology & Paleontology

City of Gold The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus

Childs William A. P., Smith Joanna S., Padgett J. Michael, Caraher William, Najbjerg Tina, Papalexandrou Amy, Serwint Nancy, Weir Mary Grace

ISBN: PB: 9780300174397, Yale University Press, September 2012
400 pp., 27.9x23.5 cm, 225 colour images, 25 black&white illus.

The modern Cyprian town of Polis Chrysochous – "City of Gold" – lies above the city of Arsinoe and the earlier city – kingdom of Marion. In 1885 excavators began exploring the extensive cemeteries of these cities. Since 1983 the Princeton Cyprus Expe...

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Unearthed Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China

Juliano Annette L., An Jiayao

ISBN: HB: 9780300179675, Yale University Press, July 2012
288 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 150 colour images, 75 black&white illus.

In 1908, the American adventurer Robert Sterling Clark organized a scientific expedition to northern China to create a detailed geographical survey, photograph the region and it people, and collect samples of the flora and fauna. Inspired by this imp...

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