James Mellaart (133 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Reprint. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Wraps. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing, Trade PB in photo wraps. Near Fine. Ex-lib. 300pp inc. Index; illustrated in maps, diagrams, drawings. Ex-Library.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Bibliography: p. 136-137. An examination of man's development as a food-producer based on recent archaeological and anthropological research.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. White titles on multicolored illustrated soft covers, 143 pages including bibliography, list of illustrations and index. Previous owner's name inked at top of title page. Covers are beginning to splay outwards. Illustrated with color and b/w illustrations.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. GOOD+ orange tape spine over white cloth, bagged for protection, heavy bumps and rubbed through corners, rubbings to surfaces of covers, sun-faded spine, book is well bound, paper is generally clean. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1975. Scribners. First Printing. Prev owner name inside front cover otherwise pages all clean and bright no marks. Red cloth hardcover is clean and bright. Dust jacket is clean and bright, light shelf wear no tears. Price is intact on jacket.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. This trade paperback is in used condition with noticeable wear. The cover shows signs of creasing and edge wear, and there is a "USED BOOK" sticker on the spine. The binding remains intact, though the pages may exhibit some yellowing due to age. no dust jacket (trade paperback).…

Cloth. Condition: Good +. Good +. (1965), 143pp, illus., bookplate to front free ep has been removed, dj flaps had been glued down, have since come loose, but glue still remains on eps & dj flaps, slight edgewear to dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Has DJ (edge wear).

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 143 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear and crisp pages. Slightly creased spine. Occassional pencil markings on text. Thames and Hudson (Designed and Produced by) (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 300 pages, w/many table, figure and photo illustrations. A very good copy - unmarked, tight and clean.

Octavo, orange boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 300 pp. Very Good+, in a Very Good+, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Neolithic peoples of the Near East laid the foundations upon which the civilization of Western Asia and Europe were built. Ancient Civilization, Archaeology, Archeology. bslic. …

Condition: Good. 1965 McGraw-Hill. Jacket shows considerable wear and tear. Good hardcover copy with jacket, solid binding, mild to moderate reading/age wear, jacket has some mild edge wear, may have ex owner inscription and/or some light markings. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.…

Paperback. 300p. A softcover book in good condition. Edges lightly rubbed. The glued binding is starting to crack between pages 130-131, although no pages have yet come loose. The text is unmarked.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Very Good -. First Edition. (1975), 300pp, illus., maps, red cloth, light shelfwear to cover, light soiling to top pg edges, slight edgewear to dj, contents clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine dust. First Edition. Book is in NF condition with owner's ink stamp to FFE, owner's pasted stamp to FFE else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted else bright, intact and whole. W.04; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and bumped. Light foxing to edges and endpapers. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; World of archaeology. Physical description; 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Contents; 1. The Levant from the Epipalaeolithic to the end of the Aceramic period -- 2. The Zagros zone : the development from the Epipalaeolithic to the Neolithic -- 3. Anatolia and Cyprus -- 4. Cultures of the Mesopotamian Lowlands -- 5. The highland cultures of Iran -- 6. Early cultures in Transcaucasia and Azerbaijan -- 7. Cultures of the Transcaspian lowlands -- 8. Early pottery cultures in the Levant -- 9. Southeastern Europe : the Aegean and the southern Balkans -- 10. Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic in the southeast Mediterranean -- 11. Conclusions. Subjects; Neolithic period Middle East. Neolithic period Balkan Peninsula. Neolithic period Asia, Central. 1 Kg. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ but has been laminated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The Neolithic of the Near East (1975) by James Mellaart ? Thames & Hudson ? ISBN: 0500790035 Condition: Good ? Offered by Crappy Old Books Picture this: somewhere between the last Ice Age and the invention of coffee, a few spectacularly ambitious villagers in the Levant looked at wild wheat and said, ?What if we? owned breakfast?? James Mellaart?s The Neolithic of the Near East is the grand, trowel-in-hand tour of that audacious moment when humans stopped chasing dinner and persuaded it to grow politely in rows. Mellaart?who spoke fluent stratigraphy and could read a tell like a diary?maps the whole transformation: from round huts to right-angled living, from hunter?s luck to farmer?s logistics, from ?nice rock? to obsidian supply chain . He ushers you through Jericho?s early walls (yes, before the trumpet section), Çatalhöyük?s stacked rooms, Anatolian figurines with opinions, plastered skulls that stare back at your modern sensibilities, sickle gloss that tells on industrious harvesters, stamp seals, storage bins, and the moment pottery makes everything both more practical and somehow messier. This is classic Thames & Hudson : crisp prose, site plans and photographs, line drawings that make you feel clever, and a sweep of argument that places the Near Eastern Neolithic at the very hinge of history?the bit where ?culture? stops being a campfire and becomes infrastructure. Mellaart?s specialty is turning mudbrick and seed impressions into narrative: why villages grew where they did, how households coordinated without a meeting app, and what happens to a society when agriculture turns surplus into status and storage jars into stories. Inside, you?ll encounter: Pre-Pottery Neolithic A & B behaving like a two-part pilot episode?stone tips, communal architecture, then the big pottery reveal. Architectural plot twists: round to rectangular houses, rooftop streets, rooms that remember their own renovations. Domestication drama: sheep, goats, wheat, barley?plus the political career of the humble storage pit. Ritual & everyday life interleaved: wall paintings, figurines, skulls with plaster smiles, and the daily choreography of grinding grain. Trade before trucks: obsidian routes flashing across Anatolia like Stone Age fiber optics. For whom is this happily earth-toned epic? The reader who wants one book that makes the whole Near Eastern Neolithic feel legible, vivid, and unexpectedly funny. The armchair excavator who enjoys a well-argued stratigraphic section. Anyone who suspects that civilization began not with kings, but with cottages, storage jars, and people negotiating whose turn it is to grind. Condition notes (from your friends at Crappy Old Books ): Graded Good ?the respectable kind. Text clean and readable, binding steady, pages with the sort of mild, well-traveled patina that whispers of prior scholarly crushes. Expect light shelf wear, a touch of age toning, and perhaps the occasional archaeological fingerprint (the book?s, not yours). In short: sturdy enough for field camp, handsome enough for the bookshelf. Why you?ll actually finish it: Because Mellaart treats the Neolithic not as a prelude but as the main act ?the invention of home, of neighborhood, of tomorrow. By the last page, you?ll look at a loaf of bread like it?s a triumphant piece of technology (which it is), and you?ll never underestimate a mudbrick again. Crappy Old Books : rescuing the past, one gloriously annotated timeline at a time. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and bumped. Light foxing to edges and endpapers. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; World of archaeology. Physical description; 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Contents; 1. The Levant from the Epipalaeolithic to the end of the Aceramic period -- 2. The Zagros zone : the development from the Epipalaeolithic to the Neolithic -- 3. Anatolia and Cyprus -- 4. Cultures of the Mesopotamian Lowlands -- 5. The highland cultures of Iran -- 6. Early cultures in Transcaucasia and Azerbaijan -- 7. Cultures of the Transcaspian lowlands -- 8. Early pottery cultures in the Levant -- 9. Southeastern Europe : the Aegean and the southern Balkans -- 10. Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic in the southeast Mediterranean -- 11. Conclusions. Subjects; Neolithic period Middle East. Neolithic period Balkan Peninsula. Neolithic period Asia, Central. 1 Kg. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).…

Softcover. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition - covered very neatly with clear adhesive film. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. White-out over name to top corner of title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 300pages. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).…