Drawing on the past
Subtitle: an archaeologist's sketchbook
By: Naomi F. Miller.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Miller, Naomi Frances; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Turkmenistan -- Ashkhabadskai͡a oblastʹ; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East -- Pictorial works; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Turkmenistan -- Ashkhabadskai͡a oblastʹ -- Pictorial works; Middle East -- Antiquities; Anau Site (Turkmenistan); Middle East -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works; Anau Site (Turkmenistan) -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: "The Guide illuminates ancient societies by explaining and contextualizing the way objects were created and used, focusing on a few overarching themes. Brief essays touch on everyday life, language, commerce and trade, religion, and death and burial among the Etruscans and Romans, and the legacy of the classical world in Western culture.".

"Lavishly illustrated with 117 color images, 2 maps, and 15 black and white photographs, and including list of readings and an index, the Guide will be of interest to both general Museum visitors and scholars."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-82).
Table of contents: title: Drawing on the past; title: Malyan, Iran; title: Gordion, Turkey; title: Euphrates projects (Turkey and Syria); title: Anau, Turkmenistan.