A Research Guide to the Ancient World A Research Guide to the Ancient World Print and Electronic Sources John M. Weeks and Jason de Medeiros Rowman & Littlefield Lanham • Boulder • New York • London Published by Rowman & Littlefield 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com Unit A, Whitacre Mews, 26-34 Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB Copyright © 2015 by Rowman & Littlefield All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Weeks, John M. A research guide to the ancient world : print and electronic sources / John M. Weeks and Jason de Medeiros. pages cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Summary: “Annotated bibliography of the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean world, as well as Egypt and southwestern Asia”—Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-4422-3739-1 (hardcover : alkaline paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-3740-7 (e-book) 1. Civilization, Ancient—Bibliography. 2. Egypt—Civilization—To 332 B.C.—Bibliography. 3. Mediterranean region—Civilization—Bibliography. 4. Middle East—Civilization—To 622—Bibliography. I. Medeiros, Jason de. II. Title. Z5579.2.W44 2015 [CB311] 016.930—dc23 2014010977 ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America Contents Introduction vii 1 What Is the Ancient World? 1 2 Specialized Libraries Collection 7 3 Specialized Museum Collections 17 4 Guides to the Literature of the Ancient World 62 5 Subject Bibliographies 66 6 Regional Bibliographies 69 7 Book Reviews and Yearbooks 76 8 Dictionaries 77 9 Encyclopedias 92 10 Handbooks 99 11 Abstracts and Indexes 106 12 Journal Literature 112 13 Biographical Information 126 14 Directories of Organizations and Associations 139 15 Atlases 153 16 Photographic and Visual Collections 158 17 Theses and Dissertations 182 Appendix 1. Library of Congress Classification System 185 Appendix 2. Graduate Programs 190 Appendix 3. Archaeological Site Reports 198 Appendix 4. Paleography and Writing Systems 336 Appendix 5. Numismatics 388 Index 405 v Introduction The term ancient world is being used today with more and guages included in the guides emphasize Western European more frequency although the meanings assigned to it may languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, differ greatly. The term is used most broadly to refer to an- Italian, and to a lesser extent, some Greek and Hebrew. tiquity throughout the world. More properly, and more spe- These are generally the scholarly languages most used in the cifically, it may refer to the ancient archaeological cultures study of the ancient world. of the Mediterranean basin, Egypt, and the adjacent Near This guide to the literature of the ancient world cannot East and the intricate complexity of relationships connecting be considered by any means comprehensive. By definition these groups together. The ancient world has usually been it attempts to give general bibliographic coverage to a large considered a branch of the humanities rather than the social part of the scholarly world. The decision to include a title sciences, embracing numerous academic disciplines, such as was based on criteria of availability, apparent scholarly sig- archaeology, art history, ancient history, ancient languages, nificance, and subject matter. Because the criteria for inclu- literature, philosophy, and related technical fields. For the sion are so amorphous there will undoubtedly be important purposes of this volume, chronological coverage of the titles omitted and less significant titles included in the guide. ancient world is expanded to include generally the rise of These problems are implicit in all bibliographic work, and civilization in the region ca. 4000 BCE through the Greco- since the recognition of significance is so subjective, such Roman period in ca. 500 CE. This chronological coverage dilemmas can never be adequately resolved to the satisfac- is consistent with the traditional organization of history; tion of all. however, history is messy, and any static chronological The idea for this book came from many years’ service as a scheme has its flaws. librarian and field archaeologist. It has become increasingly The purpose of A Research Guide to the Ancient World obvious to many that there is a gradual paradigm shift away is to provide a convenient and an easy-to-use guide to the from rigidly defined geographic and disciplinary boundaries enormous literature concerning the traditions of the ancient to one in which such limits are easing. Ancient or archaeo- world. This book is authoritative, clearly written, and up- logical cultures are no longer examined in isolation but are to-date. It will provide a good beginning point for research considered in the context of larger regional and interregional by high school and college students, scholars, and general perspectives. This is coincident with the gradual fading of readers, as well as by more advanced researchers and oth- traditional academic discipline as research becomes increas- ers. In addition to identifying the important reference tools, ingly multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary in nature. In the the book also includes several bibliographies for important traditional study of the ancient world the cultures of Greece, archaeological sites, writing systems, and numismatics. This Rome, Egypt, and the Near East might be approached indi- information should position the researcher with the ability vidually. However, here they are included within a single to examine much of the archaeological world in a single framework. volume. A Research Guide to the Ancient World includes seventeen Formats included in A Research Guide are limited to chapters and five appendixes. Chapters 2 and 3 identify and monographs and books and electronic resources (i.e., com- describe important specialized libraries and museums with pact disks and Internet resources). Journal articles, essays significant collections regarding the ancient world. The re- in edited volumes, pamphlets, unpublished manuscripts, maining chapters are devoted to the literature of the ancient individual cartographic sheets, and more popular treatments world in traditional library formats. Chapter 4, Guides to the are not included. This decision was based on an attempt to Literature of the Ancient World, includes subject gateways contain the potentially enormous size of the guide. Lan- introducing readers to the key information sources in a given vii viii Introduction field. Chapters 5 and 6 provide useful subject and regional in print and electronic format. Chapter 17 lists information on bibliographies or systematic lists of books and monographs how to prepare and locate theses and dissertations submitted relating to a specific subject. Chapter 7 identifies sources for to colleges and universities. book reviews and yearbooks. These are good sources for lo- These format-based chapters are supplemented by five cating summaries of research. Yearbooks are especially use- appendixes. Appendix 1 is a summary of the library classi- ful for periodic overviews of the field. Chapters 8 and 9 iden- fication system used by most academic libraries throughout tify dictionaries and encyclopedias, both useful for obtaining the world. Appendix 2 identifies many academic programs quick definitions of terms and larger concepts. Chapter 10 providing graduate-level coursework in the ancient world. lists handbooks, a kind of work intended to provide ready Appendix 3 is a bibliography of some 2,000+ archaeo- reference. Chapters 11 and 12 cover indexes, abstracts, and logical reports arranged geographically. Appendix 4 is a journal literature. An index is a regularly updated periodical bibliography of some 1,000 studies on paleography and publication, either print or electronic, that lists articles, books, writing systems, including Akkadian, Aramaic, Assyrian, and other information items, usually within a particular dis- Babylonian, Egyptian, Linear A and B, Phoenician, Punic, cipline. An abstract gives a brief summary of published re- and Sumerian, among others. Appendix 5 is a bibliography search (e.g., article, book, thesis, conference proceeding) of a of almost 300 works on numismatics, or the study of ancient particular subject and is often used to help the reader quickly coinage, also arranged geographically. determine content. Chapters 13 and 14 cover biographical The archaeological cultures of the ancient world continue information and directories of organizations and associations. to be popular subjects for college courses, study groups, These are useful for locating information about individuals or tourism and national development, public lectures, and institutions. Chapter 15 is atlases, including aerial photogra- scholarly investigation. This resource is intended to be a phy. Chapter 16 is photographic and visual collections, both guide to the best information resources. 1 What Is the Ancient World? The study of the ancient world is usually, although not literatures in establishing historical contexts among the clas- exclusively, a branch of the humanities, including the ar-