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Bookarchaeopress.com

Carchemish: the town and the tell

T. Harrison, N. Marchetti · 2019 · Archaeopress

Recent excavations synthesis

Karkemish

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

Bookexample.com

Ain Zubaida — Engineering and History (Saudi Ministry of Culture)

S. Al-Ansary · 2009 · Riyadh Ministry

Ayn Zubaydah Aqueduct (Zubaydah Spring Canal to Makkah)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2009Open source

Bookexample.com

Shushtar Hydraulic System — Smith Study

N. Smith · 1971 · London

Band-e Gargar Secondary Canal (Shushtar Gargar Diversion Canal)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1971Open source

Bookexample.com

Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi — Umayyad Palace and Its Canal (727 CE)

D. Schlumberger · 1895 · Paris

Qasr Al-Hayr Al-Gharbi Canal (Hir Azraq Canal to Palmyra Steppe Palace)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1895Open source

Bookwhc.unesco.org

Geoglifos y tráfico prehispánico en el Desierto de Atacama

Lautaro Núñez, Tom Dillehay · 1979 · Universidad del Norte

Foundational typology of Atacama geoglyphs including Pintados

Geoglifos de Pintados

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1979Open source

Bookisac.uchicago.edu

The Gimilsin Temple and Palace of the Rulers at Tell Asmar (and Khafajah) — OIP

H. Frankfort, S. Lloyd · 1940 · Oriental Institute

Khafajah Sin Temple phasing

Khafajah

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1940Open source

Bookperseus.tufts.edu

Critias 116c–d orichalcum passage

Plato · -360 · Loeb

Primary Atlantis metal description

Orichalcum – Atlantean Red Metal (Hypothetical Metallurgy)

From the atlas bibliography · Published -360Open source

Bookhelike.org

Helike: The Real Atlantis? Earthquake and tsunami 373 BC

Dora Katsonopoulou, Steven Soter · 2005 · Helike Foundation

Primary project monograph on rediscovery

Helike

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2005Open source

Bookportusproject.org

Portus: An Archaeological Survey of the Harbour of Imperial Rome

Simon Keay, Martin Millett · 2005 · British School at Rome

Definitive harbour survey

Portus – Imperial Harbour of Rome

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2005Open source

Bookperseus.tufts.edu

Herodotus, Histories 4.17–20 on Olbia and Scythians

Herodotus · -430 · Loeb

Contemporary visit description

Olbia Pontica – Submerged Lower Town

From the atlas bibliography · Published -430Open source

Bookperseus.tufts.edu

Herodotus Histories 2.59–60, 2.137 on Bubastis festival

Herodotus · -450 · Loeb

Bubastis – Tell Basta (Cult of Bastet)

From the atlas bibliography · Published -450Open source

Bookworldcat.org

Stonehenge: A New Understanding

Mike Parker Pearson · 2012 · The Experiment

Definitive Riverside Project synthesis

Woodhenge & Durrington Walls

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2012Open source

Bookworldcat.org

Avebury

Aubrey Burl · 2002 · Constable

Gazetteer of stone circles

Avebury

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2002Open source