Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK, 2014
ISBN 10: 0691162867 ISBN 13: 9780691162867
Anbieter: Egyptology Titles, Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: New, still sealed in shrink wr. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. Scarce. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering along the spine. This handsome exhibition catalog is 184 pages in length. This copy is brand new and is still sealed in the publisher's original shrink wrap. Photographs are available upon request. "This well-illustrated book provides an excellent introduction to the Chalcolithic period (4500-3600 BCE) of the southern Levant. . . . Of special interest is the well-illustrated essay detailing the hoard of metal objects recovered from the cave of Nahal Mishmar and the techniques of their manufacture. This hoard consists of crowns and numerous elaborate mace-heads representing some of the earliest artifacts cast in molds by cire perdue processes in the ancient Near East." Choice.