Search Results: Indo-European cultures from Focloir

Ancient world 2479 Renfrew, Colin, 1937-Archaeology and language: the puzzle of Indo-European origins. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988, ©1987, xiv, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; notes, bib, index. Very good in very good dust jacket. $12.50 Box A 62
Contents: Preface: What song the sirens sang -- The Indo-European problem in outline -- Archaeology and the Indo-Europeans -- Lost languages and forgotten scripts: The Indo-European languages, old and new -- Homelands in question -- Language and language change -- Language, population and social organization: A processual approach -- Early language dispersals in Europe -- The early Indo-Iranian languages and their origins -- Ethnogenesis: Who were the Celts? -- Indo-European mythologies -- Archaeology and Indo-European origins: An assessment.

Russia ccgl Chadwick,H. Munro and Nora K. Chadwick. The Growth of Literature, Volume II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968, (1936), xvii, 783 pages, index. Good to very good condition in like dust jacket. Originally published in 1936. A very impressive piece of scholarship by two distinguished historians. Heavy volume. $42.50 Box 3
Summary: First published between 1932 and 1940, Volume II only this is a three-volume study of the historical development of literature. It explores the oral and written literatures of regions from Iceland and the British Isles, to Russia, the Balkans, Africa, India and the Pacific, placing them in their historical context and examining similarities between them. The authors discuss both ancient and recent texts, illustrating the connections within each group and considering the question of whether all literary growth is influenced by common factors. Praised on publication as ' ... a work that is not, probably could not be, superseded' (International Journal… Read More

Ancient world 1212 Stead, I. M., and J.B. Bourke, Don Brothwell. Lindow man: the body in the bog. London: Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications, 1986, 208 p, bib, index, ill. Large format hardcover, dust jacket has a tear, fold on back panel. Very good. $15.00

Ancient world 700Hahn, E. Adelaide, 1893-1967. Naming-constructions in some Indo-European languages. (Philological monographs of the American Philological Association, no. 27). [Cleveland]:Published for the American Philological Association by the Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1969, xxviii, 222p, bib, index. There are some minor droplets on the verso of the flyleaf with one on the title-page, the bottom tips of the back free endpapers are folded with the lining paper one glued to the cloth. It appears that the paper was folded in binding with one being glued. Else a clean, tight copy. $23.50
This is a study of a syntactic pattern used with such naming phrases as "there was a man named John" and "there was a man name of John" in Hittite, Sanskrit, Avestan, old Persian, Greek,… Read More

Gaelic 372 O Fiaich, Tomas. On Chreagan go Ceann Dubhrann. Aisti. Edited by Diarmuid O Doibhlin. Dublin: An Clochomhar, 1992, 199p, bib, notes. Cardinal O Fiaich, the Irish-speaking scholar, died in 1990. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00

Ancient world 778 Joukowsky, Martha. Prehistoric Aphrodisias: an account of the excavations and artifact studies. With contributions by Anna S. Benjamin ... [et al.]. (Archaeologia transatlantica; 3Publications d'histoire de l'art et d'archéologie de l'Université catholique de Louvain; 39) Two volumes. Providence, R.I.: Brown University, Center for Old World Archaeology and Art; Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique: Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Collège Erasme, 1986, (766 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps. Map on lining papers. Errata slip inserted in v. 1. Includes bibliographical references: (v. 2, p. [492]-509) and indexes. New copies in original plastic wrap, still in specially designed shipping boxes. Large, very substantial volumes, (10" x 12 ½") Very heavy item, the set weighs 12 pounds in its shipping boxes. $45.00 Contents: Volume 1: Excavations and studies; Volume 2: Bibliography, catalogue, appendix, index. Aphrodisias is located in present day Turkey.

Ancient world 643Friedrich, Paul. Proto-Indo-European syntax: the order of meaningful elements. Butte, Montana: Journal of Indo-European studies, 1975, 78p. Paperback. Good to very good. $16.50

Ancient world 1221Stover, Leon E. & Bruce Kraig. Stonehenge: the Indo-European heritage. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1978, xiii, 212 p, glossary, bib, index, illus. Errata slip enclosed. Good in dust jacket. 12.50

Ancient world aeah Akurgal, Ekrem. The art of the Hittites. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1962, 315 pages, illustrations, plates (some color), map, plans, notes, bib, index. 174 plates in total, 24 plates in color, rest in black and white. The book is in good to very good condition with some minor ruffling to bottom page corners at the back of the book. One will notice that the text pages have toned somewhat, most noticeable when juxtaposed with the bright, glossy plate pages. The dust jacket is present but just fair, I'd say. Large and heavy volume. $21.50 Box 5678 Contents: I. The Hattians; II. The Early Historical Period; III. The Hittite Old Kingdom; IV. The Period of Empire; V. The Late Hittite Period. Jacket blurb states: "In this volume the art of the Hittities is presented at full length and in all its beauty. This is an important publishing achievement, for the monuments and sanctuaries of the Hitttite Empire --- in the region where Turkey is today --- are virtually inaccessible to most of us,… Read More