CHILDE (V. Gordon) - Lot 70

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CHILDE (V. Gordon) - Lot 70
CHILDE (V. Gordon) The Prehistoric Orient. New, completely revised edition. Translated by André Guieu. With 111 illustrations, 64 photographs, and 2 maps. Paris, Payot, 1953. “Bibliothèque historique” series. In-8, paperback, two-tone printed cover, illustrated with 111 figures in the text, 64 photographs in the appendix, and 2 maps. A new, completely revised French edition of one of the major works by Vere Gordon Childe (1892–1957), an Australian archaeologist and prehistorian who was one of the leading figures in 20th-century European archaeology. This comprehensive synthesis examines the formation and development of the earliest civilizations of the Near and Middle East, from prehistoric communities to the emergence of urban societies. In it, Childe compares archaeological discoveries made in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Anatolia, Iran, and the Indus Valley, focusing in particular on early agriculture, stone tool and metallurgical techniques, funerary practices, architecture, and exchanges between different centers of civilization. The book is richly illustrated: it features numerous figures of archaeological objects, tools, weapons, and pottery, supplemented by 64 photographs depicting, among other things, sculptures, architectural remains, and excavation finds. A classic and important work in the history of prehistoric archaeology, representative of Gordon Childe’s major syntheses on the “Neolithic Revolution” and the emergence of the earliest civilizations. Paperback copy in its original cover. Condition: cover slightly faded and browned, spine and edges rubbed, small creases and tears on the headbands; paper uniformly yellowed. Small handwritten call number in pencil on the title page. Nevertheless, the book appears to be in solid and complete condition.
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