Research Guide to the Ancient World (eBook)

Print and Electronic Sources

Jason de Medeiros, John M. Weeks (Autoren)

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2014
454 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3740-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A Research Guide to the Ancient World: Print and Electronic Sources is a partially annotated bibliography that covers the study of the ancient world, and closes the traditional subject gap between the humanities and the social sciences in this area of study. This book is the only bibliographic resource available for such holistic coverage.

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The archaeological study of the ancient world has become increasingly popular in recent years. A Research Guide to the Ancient World: Print and Electronic Sources, is a partially annotated bibliography. The study of the ancient world is usually, although not exclusively, considered a branch of the humanities, including archaeology, art history, languages, literature, philosophy, and related cultural disciplines which consider the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean world, and adjacent Egypt and southwestern Asia. Chronologically the ancient world would extend from the beginning of the Bronze Age of ancient Greece (ca. 1000 BCE) to the fall of the Western Roman Empire (ca. 500 CE). This book will close the traditional subject gap between the humanities (Classical World; Egyptology) and the social sciences (anthropological archaeology; Near East) in the study of the ancient world. This book is uniquely the only bibliographic resource available for such holistic coverage.The volume consists of 17 chapters and seven appendixes, arranged according to the traditional types of library research materials (bibliographies, dictionaries, atlases, etc.). The appendixes are mostly subject specific, including graduate programs in ancient studies, reports from significant archaeological sites, numismatics, and paleography and writing systems. These extensive author and subject indexes help facilitate ease of use.

Autor

John M. Weeks is Head Librarian, Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, at the University of Pennsylvannia. he has a graduate degree in librarianship as well as a doctoral degree in anthropology/archaeology. he has published numerous monographs and articles, including two editions of Introduction to Library Research in Anthropology, both of which received Outstanding Academic Book awards from Choice/ACRL (1992, 1998).Jason de Medeiros is Assistant Librarian, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Inhalt

Introduction1.What is the Ancient World? 2. Specialized Libraries Collection3. Specialized Museum Collections4. Guides to the Literature of the Ancient World 5. Subject Bibliographies 6. Regional Bibliographies 7. Book Reviews and Yearbooks 8. Dictionaries 9. Encyclopedias 10. Handbooks 11. Abstracts and Indexes 12. Journal Literature 13. Biographical Information 14. Directories of Organizations and Associations15. Atlases 16. Photographic and Visual Collections 17. Theses and Dissertations AppendixesLibrary of Congress Classification System Graduate Programs Archaeological Site Reports Paleography and Writing Systems Numismatics Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.11.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Anthropology • General Interest • general research • history of ancient world
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-3740-6 / 1442237406
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-3740-7 / 9781442237407