Non-European History

Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der neuassyrischen Zeit

Teil 2. Zentralassyrien und benachbarte Gebiete, Ägypten und die arabische Halbinsel

Historical geography is one of the most important disciplines which allow a reconstruction of the history of the Ancient Near East. There are principally the cuneiform sources...

Karabalgasun – Stadt der Nomaden

Die archäologischen Ausgrabungen in der frühuigurischen Hauptstadt 2009–2011

Archaeological research on settlemets of late nomadic tribes in eastern Central Asia is just at the beginning. Scientific research carried out in the Uygur capital Karabalgasun by...

Tibetan Pastoralists and Development

Negotiating the Future of Grassland Livelihoods

The unique pastoralist economy, society, and culture on the Tibetan plateau has experienced profound changes during the 20th century: An ever closer integration into the Chinese...

Die Beduinen der Mamluken

Beduinen im politischen Leben Ägyptens im 8./14. Jahrhundert

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During the fourteenth century, the Bedouins (ʿarab) of Egypt experienced a significant increase in power. The...

Climate and Settlement in Southern Peru

The Northern Río Grande de Nasca Drainage between 1500 BCE and 1532 CE

The cultures thriving during the course of the millennia on the arid Peruvian South Coast between the valleys of Chincha and Yauca had a crucial impact on the history of the...

Kameldarstellungen aus Metall im vorislamischen Südarabien

Eine archäologische Fallstudie zu den Kulturkontakten zwischen Arabia felix und der Mittelmeerwelt

The present study takes as its basis a collection of 67 bronze camel figurines kept in the Five Continents Museum in Munic of which most will be published here for the very first...

Der Pass der Flüchtlinge

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Als Ende der 1980er Jahre die Sowjetunion auseinanderfiel und sich aus den ehemaligen Sowjetrepubliken neue,...

Die „Große Halle“ von Karakorum

Zur archäologischen Untersuchung des ersten buddhistischen Tempels der alten mongolischen Hauptstadt

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Die seit dem Jahr 2000 in der altmongolischen Hauptstadt Karakotum laufenden Ausgrabungen haben das...

South Arabia and its Neighbours. Phenomena of Intercultural Contacts

14. Recontres Sabéennes

The 14th volume in the series “Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen”, presents the proceedings of the 14th Rencontres Sabéennes which took place in Berlin 2010. The main theme of...

Nomad Military Power in Iran and Adjacent Areas in the Islamic Period

The papers in this anthology shed light on the political and military role and importance of nomadic groups in Iran and adjacent areas, using historical case studies that cover...

Zeitschrift für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen

Band 5, 2013

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Nachruf Zum Tod von Hermann Müller-Karpe (1925 bis 2013)

Burkhard Vogt
Archäologische Forschungen...

Ciudades Mayas del Noreste del Petén, Guatemala

Análisis urbanístico y conservación

The book consists of three sections of contributions representing novel ideas focusing on the quantity, quality, and actual condition of the monumental built environment of the...

Die Kujuji-Stiftungen in Tabriz

Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Jalayiriden (Edition, Übersetzung, Kommentar)

The Kujuji-foundations from 780/1380 are a vivid testimony to an outstanding personality in Tabriz during the Jalayerid period. Their founder, Khwaja Shaikh Kujuji, appears in the...

Nomadische Ressourcennutzung und Existenzsicherung im Umbruch

Die osttibetische Region Yushu (Qinghai, VR China)

On the basis of a précis of available knowledge on traditional nomadic ways of life and livelihoods on the Tibetan Plateau this book presents an analysis of current conditions of...

Die Alttürkenzeit in Mittel- und Zentralasien

Archäologische und historische Studien

This study analyses aspects of the archaeology and history of the period of the Türk Qaghanats in Central Asia (ca. A.D. 550-750). A main focus is to assess the political, social...

Zeitschrift für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen

Band 4, 2012

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Reinhold Walburg
Indian silver punch-marked coins in ancient Ceylon – a case study: The Tissamahārāma...

The Traditional Architecture of Ras al-Khaimah (North)

Seals, Sealings and Tokens from Gandhara

Ancient seals say much about people, their names, preferred styles and self-esteem. Over many decades Aman ur Rahman has built a large collection of seals from North-Western...

The Birth of the Buddha

Proceedings of the Seminar held in Lumbini, Nepal, October 2004

Pastoréalismes

Anthropologie historique des processus d’intégration chez les Kirghiz du Tian Shan intérieur

The book examines the relations between an economic phenomenon, pastoralism, and a social one, patrilineal descent-reckoning. These relations are described and analyzed on the...