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A Research Guide to the Ancient World

Print and Electronic Sources

John M. Weeks and Jason de Medeiros

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.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 454 • Trim: 9 x 11⅜
978-1-4422-3739-1 • Hardback • November 2014 • $224.00 • (£173.00)
978-1-4422-3740-7 • eBook • November 2014 • $212.50 • (£165.00)
Subjects: History / Reference, History / World, Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General, Reference / Research, History / Ancient / Egypt, History / Ancient / General, History / Ancient / Greece, History / Ancient / Rome, Social Science / Archaeology, Art / History / Ancient & Classical, Architecture / History / Ancient & Classical, Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Reference / General, History / Pre-Modern
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.

Introduction
1.What is the Ancient World?
2. Specialized Libraries Collection
3. Specialized Museum Collections
4. 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 Associations
15. Atlases
16. Photographic and Visual Collections
17. Theses and Dissertations

Appendixes

  1. Library of Congress Classification System
  2. Graduate Programs
  3. Archaeological Site Reports
  4. Paleography and Writing Systems
  5. Numismatics

Index

The study of the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt, and the Near East continues to be a mainstay of Western education, generating a large volume of scholarship. This guide by Weeks and Medeiros focuses on the monographs, books, journals, and electronic resources written primarily in Western European languages, Greek, or Hebrew that treat the history and prehistory of the region. As the authors state, the guide cannot be considered comprehensive because of the enormous literature of the field. To warrant inclusion, works were judged by their availability, scholarly significance, and subject matter. In separate chapters, the authors discuss specialized library and museum collections, subject and regional bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, abstracts and indexes, journals, biographical information, directories of organizations and associations, atlases, photographic and visual collections, and theses and dissertations. Several appendixes provide additional helpful information, such as relevant graduate programs, sources on paleography and writing systems, and numismatics. The most useful appendix, however, is the list of archaeological site reports arranged by country and then by site. Because of the scope of the work, some omissions are inevitable, yet for those libraries that support programs in classics, archaeology, ancient history, biblical studies, and related fields, this guide must be considered a required purchase. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty.
— Choice Reviews


First and foremost, a bibliographic record of resources relating to the ancient world, this book is a collected volume that brings together the disciplines of humanities and the social sciences. Its coverage is holistic and generally excellent. . . .The world is often at our fingertips in an age of technological advances but more often than not knowing where to start and how to get there are questions that concern us. This volume takes away the uncertainty and ensures that when research is undertaken the researcher knows that they are going directly to some relevant information. Arranged in a traditional style by the types of material that would be found in a library, yet with links to finding the information online, this is an extensive volume that will undoubtedly assist researchers in their work.
— Reference Reviews


With its inclusion of a wide range of resources for those interested in this period, this volume could be useful in libraries in high schools to those in large academic institutions, whose users seek information on these topics.
— American Reference Books Annual


Weeks and de Medeiros have done a great service for students of the ancient world, making the vast scholarly literature on the subject much more manageable. The clear organizing principles behind this research guide mean that those who are new to the study of antiquity or those experts who want to broaden their understanding beyond their own region of specialization can very quickly immerse themselves in the scholarly literature. With the increasing specialization of ancient studies, a research guide like this adds a much needed level of accessibility to a field that has become very complex and very regionally focused. It is particularly useful in that it is not just a bibliography confined to major works but offers guidance about libraries, institutes, photographic collections, and academic organizations.

— Kevin M. McGeough, University of Lethbridge, Canada


A Research Guide to the Ancient World

Print and Electronic Sources

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Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • 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.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 454 • Trim: 9 x 11⅜
    978-1-4422-3739-1 • Hardback • November 2014 • $224.00 • (£173.00)
    978-1-4422-3740-7 • eBook • November 2014 • $212.50 • (£165.00)
    Subjects: History / Reference, History / World, Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General, Reference / Research, History / Ancient / Egypt, History / Ancient / General, History / Ancient / Greece, History / Ancient / Rome, Social Science / Archaeology, Art / History / Ancient & Classical, Architecture / History / Ancient & Classical, Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Reference / General, History / Pre-Modern
Author
Author
  • 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.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents

  • Introduction
    1.What is the Ancient World?
    2. Specialized Libraries Collection
    3. Specialized Museum Collections
    4. 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 Associations
    15. Atlases
    16. Photographic and Visual Collections
    17. Theses and Dissertations

    Appendixes

    1. Library of Congress Classification System
    2. Graduate Programs
    3. Archaeological Site Reports
    4. Paleography and Writing Systems
    5. Numismatics

    Index

Reviews
Reviews
  • The study of the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt, and the Near East continues to be a mainstay of Western education, generating a large volume of scholarship. This guide by Weeks and Medeiros focuses on the monographs, books, journals, and electronic resources written primarily in Western European languages, Greek, or Hebrew that treat the history and prehistory of the region. As the authors state, the guide cannot be considered comprehensive because of the enormous literature of the field. To warrant inclusion, works were judged by their availability, scholarly significance, and subject matter. In separate chapters, the authors discuss specialized library and museum collections, subject and regional bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, abstracts and indexes, journals, biographical information, directories of organizations and associations, atlases, photographic and visual collections, and theses and dissertations. Several appendixes provide additional helpful information, such as relevant graduate programs, sources on paleography and writing systems, and numismatics. The most useful appendix, however, is the list of archaeological site reports arranged by country and then by site. Because of the scope of the work, some omissions are inevitable, yet for those libraries that support programs in classics, archaeology, ancient history, biblical studies, and related fields, this guide must be considered a required purchase. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty.
    — Choice Reviews


    First and foremost, a bibliographic record of resources relating to the ancient world, this book is a collected volume that brings together the disciplines of humanities and the social sciences. Its coverage is holistic and generally excellent. . . .The world is often at our fingertips in an age of technological advances but more often than not knowing where to start and how to get there are questions that concern us. This volume takes away the uncertainty and ensures that when research is undertaken the researcher knows that they are going directly to some relevant information. Arranged in a traditional style by the types of material that would be found in a library, yet with links to finding the information online, this is an extensive volume that will undoubtedly assist researchers in their work.
    — Reference Reviews


    With its inclusion of a wide range of resources for those interested in this period, this volume could be useful in libraries in high schools to those in large academic institutions, whose users seek information on these topics.
    — American Reference Books Annual


    Weeks and de Medeiros have done a great service for students of the ancient world, making the vast scholarly literature on the subject much more manageable. The clear organizing principles behind this research guide mean that those who are new to the study of antiquity or those experts who want to broaden their understanding beyond their own region of specialization can very quickly immerse themselves in the scholarly literature. With the increasing specialization of ancient studies, a research guide like this adds a much needed level of accessibility to a field that has become very complex and very regionally focused. It is particularly useful in that it is not just a bibliography confined to major works but offers guidance about libraries, institutes, photographic collections, and academic organizations.

    — Kevin M. McGeough, University of Lethbridge, Canada


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