Product Description: This book is the first of a new series dedicated to the site of K|ltepe, ancient Kanes, in central Anatolia. It is the report of a conference which took place at K|ltepe in September 2013. Contributions written by the best specialists of the field focus on K|ltepe and its environment, mainly during the Bronze Age, and on its Assyrian settlement located in the lower town...read more

Product Description: Textile and dress production, from raw materials to finished items, has had a significant impact on society from its earliest history. The essays in this volume offer a fresh insight into the emerging interdisciplinary research field of textile and dress studies by discussing archaeological, iconographical and textual evidence within a broad geographical and chronological spectrum...read more

Product Description: The history of the Ancient Near East covers a huge chronological frame, from the first pictographic texts of the late 4th millennium to the conquest of Alexander the Great in 333 BC. During these millennia, different societies developed in a changing landscape where sheep (and their wool) always played an important economic role...read more