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DIGITAL BOOKS (WEBSITES)

     A central concern in the current use of websites is what may be defined as their lack of bibliographical status. Besides internal issues, regarding the structure of the website and its contents, there is what we may call an issue of governance. Traditionally, publishing houses have served as guarantors of the nature and integrity of printed publications. Publishing houses and libraries are then, together, guarantors of the enduring availability of the resulting product.
     Websites have not, to date, been considered to be within the purview of publishing houses, a policy that has to do with the nature of websites as currently conceived. They tend to be anonymous, non-linear, ephemeral and not reviewed nor vetted the way paper publications are.
     Undena Publications, in this, its 50th anniversary, is taking once more the initiative and is starting (as of 2023) to publish websites as part of its regular catalog. Measures are taken to guarantee quality and a special structural integrity, and to ensure durability.
     An Undena digital book is a website understood, in this perspective, as distinct from an electronic version which serves merely as an analog of a printed book (as per our dual edition series). It is therefore clearly associated with one or more author, peer reviewed, inter-planar in structure, and permanent. This is described in detail in our digital book Cybernetica Mesopotamica.
     ISBN numbers (International Standard Book Numbers) serve to identify each publisher and each publication, and since 1967 they have been used for printed media, more recently for ebooks or other electronic versions of the printed media. Undena is now using ISBN numbers for websites conceived as digital books. This is a marker of the full bibliographical status of the digital book.
     DOI numbers (Digital Object Identifiers) serve in a similar way to identify a digital object, such as a website. They differ from the ISBN number in two important ways. On the one hand, they point to the target taking the reader directly to it. On the negative side, they do not imply any specific publishing oversight, as afforded by a publishing house.


Cybernetica Mesopotamica
   Giorgio Buccellati
        Online at https://cyb-mes.net
        2024. Pages ...
        ISBN 978-0-89003-121-6
        DOI ...............

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A Critique of Archaeological Reason
   Giorgio Buccellati and Laerke Recht
        Online at https://Critique-of-AR.net
        2021. Pages ...
        ISBN 978-0-89003-131-5
        DOI ...............
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URKESH GLOBAL RECORD SERIES
1. An Introduction to the Urkesh Global Record
   Giorgio Buccellati
        Online at https://urkesh.org/GRM
        2027. Pages ...
        ISDN 978-0-89003-885-7
        DOI .......

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2. A Grammar of the Archaeological Record
   Giorgio Buccellati
        Online at urkesh.org/GRM
        2027. Pages ...
        ISDN 978-0-89003-885-7
        DOI .......

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3. The Central Plaza below the Temple Terrace
   Federico Buccellati and Lorenzo Crescioli
        Online at urkesh.org/A16
        2027. Pages ...
        ISDN 978-0-89003-886-4
        DOI .......

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4. JP. The Temple Plaza and the Terrace Edge
   Lorenzo Crescioli and Patrizia Camatta
        Online at urkesh.org/JP
        2027. Pages ...
        ISBN ....
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5. J1. The Terrace Edge and the Late Chalcolithic Temple
   Lorenzo Crescioli
   with the collaboration of Rasha el-Endari and Mary Stancavage
        Online at urkesh.org/J1
        2027. Pages ...
        ISBN 978-0-89003-887-1
        DOI .......

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6. J2. The Temple Staircase
   Caitlin Chaves Yates
   with the participation of Minna Haapanen, Sarah Comelli,
   Patrizia Camatta and Lorenzo Crescioli
        Online at urkesh.org/J1
        2027. Pages ...
        ISBN 978-0-89003-888-5
        DOI .......

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7. J3. The Terrace Edge and the Late Chalcolithic Temple
   James L. Walker
        Online at urkesh.org/J3
        2027. Pages ...
        ISBN 978-0-89003-889-5
        DOI .......

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8. J4. The Eastern Top of the Main Staircase
   Sarah Comelli and Yasmine Mahmoud
        Online at urkesh.org/J4
        2027. Pages ...
        ISBN .....
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9. J5. The Mittani Staircase and the Western Closure of the Plaza
   James L. Walker
        Online at urkesh.org/J5
        2027. Pages ...
        ISBN ...
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10. J6. The Eastern End of the Temple Terrace and the Betili
   Patrizia Camatta
        Online at urkesh.org/J6
        2027. Pages ...
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11. J7. The Southeastern End of the Plaza
   Caitlin Chavez Yates
        Online at urkesh.org/J7
        2027. Pages ...
        ISBN ...
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12. Urkesh Ceramic Analysis
   Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati
   with the collaboration of Laerke Recht
   and the assistance of Caitlin Chavez Yates
        Online at urkesh.org/Ceramics
        2027. Pages ....
        ISBN 978-0-89003-132-2
        DOI .......

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FOUR BANKS

The Land of the Four River Banks. The Hub Website
   Giorgio Buccellati
        Online at 4banks.net
        2024. Pages ...........
        ISBN 978-0-89003-121-
        DOI ...............
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Mesopotamian Religion and Spirituality
with Reference to the Biblical World

   Giorgio Buccellati and Jonah Lynch
   with the assistance of Marco De Pietri
        Online at 4banks.net/Mes-rel
        2027. Pages ...........
        ISBN ....
        DOI ...............
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Mesopotamian Political History
   Marco De Pietri
        Online at 4banks.net/Mes-pol
        2027. Pages ...........
        ISBN ....
        DOI ...............
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