British Series

The Outcast Dead
Historical and archaeological evidence for the effect of the New Poor Law on the health and diet of London’s post-medieval poor
£29.00
Author:
Brittney K. Shields Wilford
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316093
Paperback:
104 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 17 tables, 46 figures (1 in colour)
BAR number:
B634
Sub Title:
Historical and archaeological evidence for the effect of the New Poor Law on the health and diet of London’s post-medieval poor
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this work presents an integration of osteological and historical evidence to examine the detrimental impact of the... More
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Fishing and Managing the Trent in the Medieval Period (7th–14th Century)
Excavations at Hemington Quarry (1998–2000), Castle Donington, UK
£28.00
Author:
Lynden P. Cooper and Susan Ripper with contributions by Matt Beamish, Jennifer Browning, Nicholas J. Cooper, Robert Howard, Patrick Marsden, Angela Monckton, Anita Radini and Deborah Sawday
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316178
Paperback:
96 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 15 tables, 87 figures (59 in colour)
BAR number:
B633
Sub Title:
Excavations at Hemington Quarry (1998–2000), Castle Donington, UK
Towards the end of the 20th century, sand and gravel extraction in the Middle Trent moved from the higher terrace gravels down onto the wide floodplain... More
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£48.00
Author:
Neal Johnson
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315966
Paperback:
176 pages, Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour. 26 tables, 91 figures (35 in colour)
BAR number:
B632
This research focuses on the Early Bronze Age round barrows of the central and northern Anglo-Welsh borderlands. Contextualisation of the barrows is... More
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£41.00
Editors:
Adam Parker
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315867
Paperback:
149 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 7 tables, 56 figures (6 in colour)
BAR number:
B631
This volume is intended as a Gedenkschrift to celebrate the work and legacy of Dr Brian Dobson. The papers are provided by members of the Hadrianic Society,... More
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£61.00
Author:
Jill Bourne
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315683
Paperback:
180 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 4 tables, 20 figures (10 in colour), 69 colour maps
BAR number:
B630
Sub Title:
Patterns, possibilities and purpose
In this significant study, Jill Bourne presents the corpus of all 70 surviving Kingston place-names, from Devon to Northumberland, and investigates each... More
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£62.00
Author:
Clare Duncan
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407321578
Paperback:
240pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 93 tables, 25 figures.
BAR number:
B629
The aim of this study was to determine whether there is evidence to suggest that males and females in medieval England experienced differences in health and... More
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Analysing Maritime Archaeological Archives
Collections, Access and Management
£54.00
Author:
Julie Satchell with contributions by Jesse Ransley and Julian Whitewright
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English, summaries in Spanish, Dutch and French
ISBN:
9781407315669
Paperback:
180pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white. Includes 22 tables and 67 figures (66 in colour and 1 in black and white).
Sub-series name:
The Maritime Archaeology Trust Monograph Series (formerly Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology Monograph Series), 3
BAR number:
B628
Sub Title:
Collections, Access and Management
Maritime archaeological archives within the UK often face an uncertain fate. Some are deposited in public repositories, while others are dispersed, are... More
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£72.00
Author:
Nicole Roth
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315300
Paperback:
278pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white: 127 tables, 305 figures. With additional material online (appendix).
BAR number:
B627
This study investigates potential regional patterns of Iron Age burial practices and the cultural implications thereof. It is a literary-based assessment of... More
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A Persistence of Place
A Study of Continuity and Regionality in the Roman and Early Medieval Rural Settlement Patterns of Norfolk, Kent and Somerset
£67.00
Author:
Fiona Fleming
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314822
Paperback:
250pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white: 43 tables and 187 figures
BAR number:
B626
Sub Title:
A Study of Continuity and Regionality in the Roman and Early Medieval Rural Settlement Patterns of Norfolk, Kent and Somerset
This is a publication of my doctoral thesis with the University of Exeter. My research aim has been to assess patterns of settlement continuity and... More
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A Mosaic Menagerie
Creatures of Land, Sea and Sky in Romano-British Mosaics
£77.00
Author:
Patricia Witts
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315416
Paperback:
286pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 443 figures (including 329 colour photographs and 114 black and white photographs), 1 map
BAR number:
B625
Sub Title:
Creatures of Land, Sea and Sky in Romano-British Mosaics
Over 700 creatures of land, sea and sky have been recorded from at least 140 Romano-British mosaics. This comprehensively illustrated book is the first... More
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Patterns in Stonework: The Early Churches in Northern England
A further study in ecclesiastical geology Part B: The Counties of Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Westmorland and Yorkshire
£70.00
Author:
John F. Potter
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314938
Paperback:
270pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 7 tables, 497 figures (including 42 colour photographs and 442 black and white photographs), 6 maps (including 4 colour maps)
BAR number:
B624
Sub Title:
A further study in ecclesiastical geology Part B: The Counties of Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Westmorland and Yorkshire
This work follows the rapid survey of the ecclesiastical geology of the stonework of known Anglo-Saxon churches throughout England undertaken by the author... More
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£43.00
Author:
Kirsty Millican
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407318059
Paperback:
150pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white: 147 figures (including 15 photographs), 6 maps
BAR number:
B623
Timber monuments form an important part of the Neolithic monumental repertoire, yet tend to play a relatively minor role in discussions of this period. This... More
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£46.00
Author:
Justin Garner-Lahire
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314570
Paperback:
154pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 48 tables, 57 figures (including 12 colour photographs)
BAR number:
B622
Reports of the open area excavation at the York Minster Library conducted in 1997 and associated research are presented in this book. The excavation was... More
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£63.00
Editors:
K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, Neil Christie and David Roffe
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314181
Paperback:
310pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
B621
Medieval castles are, as Professor Liddiard states in his Foreword to this volume, 'evocative monuments and perhaps more than any other building capture the... More
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The Romans in Huddersfield - A New Assessment
Huddersfield and District Archaeological Society Excavations in the vicus of Slack Roman fort 2007, 2008 and 2010
£31.00
Author:
Barry Hobson, Granville Clay and Gerrie Brown
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314068
Paperback:
96pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B620
Sub Title:
Huddersfield and District Archaeological Society Excavations in the vicus of Slack Roman fort 2007, 2008 and 2010
Work on the vicus of the Roman fort at Slack, Huddersfield, by the Huddersfield and District Archaeological Society during three seasons of excavation in... More
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Kerbside Geology in Reading, Berkshire
Aspects of historical archaeology in the expanding town, c.1840-1914
£43.00
Author:
J. R. L. Allen
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314051
Paperback:
144pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B619
Sub Title:
Aspects of historical archaeology in the expanding town, c.1840-1914
Between 1801 and the First World War the population of the Borough of Reading increased almost tenfold, simultaneously with the growth of new industries.... More
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The Southern Kintyre Project
Exploring interactions across the Irish Sea from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age
£59.00
Editors:
Vicki Cummings and Gary Robinson
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313948
Paperback:
212pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B618
Sub Title:
Exploring interactions across the Irish Sea from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age
This volume presents the results of a five year research project which investigated the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age of Southern Kintyre. This area... More
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Patterns in Stonework: The Early Churches in Northern England
A further study in ecclesiastical geology Part A: The Counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Durham, Lancashire and Lincolnshire
£81.00
Author:
John F. Potter
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313931
Paperback:
360pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B617
Sub Title:
A further study in ecclesiastical geology Part A: The Counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Durham, Lancashire and Lincolnshire
This work follows the rapid survey of the ecclesiastical geology of the stonework of known Anglo-Saxon churches throughout England undertaken by the author... More
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£59.00
Author:
Phyllis Mercer
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313849
Paperback:
202pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. With additional material online (appendices)
BAR number:
B616
Portal tombs, of which there are approximately 180 in Ireland, are the least studied of the great megaliths of Neolithic Ireland. Three aspects are... More
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£66.00
Editors:
John Naylor and Roger Bland
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313832
Paperback:
212pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B615
This book represents the proceedings of the Portable Antiquities Scheme conference on the subject of hoarding and the deposition of metalwork. AUTHOR... More
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£64.00
Author:
Jillian Hawkins
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313757
Paperback:
219pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B614
*Funta place-names, epitomize the complex network of linguistic and historical intersections in post-Roman Britain. It was a Latin term originally, but... More
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HM Submarine A7
An Archaeological Assessment: A report on the results of the A7 Project 2014
£35.00
Author:
Peter Holt
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313740
Paperback:
124pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
B613
Sub Title:
An Archaeological Assessment: A report on the results of the A7 Project 2014
The A7 submarine sank at Portsmouth with all souls lost in January 1914. It has remained on the seabed, largely unexplored, until a project, in 2014, to... More
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£70.00
Author:
Paula Levick
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313665
Paperback:
234pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B612
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£39.00
Author:
Dirk H. Steinforth
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
German
ISBN:
9781407313658
Paperback:
140pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B611
Die Isle of Man besitzt außergewöhnlich viele und interessante 'Wikingergräber', von reich ausgestatteten Schiffs- und Hügelgräbern zu einfachen... More
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The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain
A corpus of material found between 1983 and 2014
£43.00
Author:
Matthew G. Knight, Theresa Ormrod and Susan Pearce
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313504
Paperback:
126pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. With additional material online (Pearce, S.M. 1983. The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain. BAR 120 Part ii: The Corpus)
BAR number:
B610
Sub Title:
A corpus of material found between 1983 and 2014
Bronze Age metalwork has always caught the interest of archaeologists, largely due to the very large volume and variety of objects that is still being... More
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£40.00
Author:
Colin Dunlop and Peter Woodman
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313498
Paperback:
154pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
B609
In 2002-2003, the construction of a new road to bypass the village of Toomebridge, Co Antrim, through which the main Belfast to Derry Road (A6) passed, was... More
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The Maritime Archaeology of Alum Bay
Two shipwrecks on the north-west coast of the Isle of Wight, England
£43.00
Author:
Julie Satchell and Julian Whitewright with a foreword by Garry Momber and contributions by Nigel Nayling, Peter Northover, Shirley Northover, Nick Cokes, Philippa Naylor, Florencis Malamud, Joe Kelleher, Jon James and Paul Simpson
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313368
Paperback:
186pp, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
Sub-series name:
The Maritime Archaeology Trust Monograph Series (formerly Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology Monograph Series), 2
BAR number:
B608
Sub Title:
Two shipwrecks on the north-west coast of the Isle of Wight, England
In 1991, sports divers discovered a previously unknown section of wooden shipwreck, subsequently named Alum Bay 1, lying in the sheltered waters of Alum Bay... More
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£70.00
Author:
Brian G. Albrecht
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313351
Paperback:
360pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
B607
Since the first explorations of causewayed enclosures, archaeologists have attempted to define these early Neolithic monuments in relation to territorial... More
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The Gresham Ship Project
A 16th-Century Merchantman Wrecked in the Princes Channel, Thames Estuary Volume II: Contents and Context
£47.00
Editors:
Gustav Milne and Dean Sully with contributions by Mark Beattie-Edwards, Lynn Biggs, Thomas Birch, Michael F. Charlton, Kelly Domoney, Clare Hunt, Phil Magrath, Marcos Martinón-Torres and Zofia Stos-Gale
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312118
Paperback:
148pp, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
Sub-series name:
Nautical Archaeology Society Monograph Series (NAS), 5
BAR number:
B606
Sub Title:
A 16th-Century Merchantman Wrecked in the Princes Channel, Thames Estuary Volume II: Contents and Context
Sometime in the late 16th to early 17th century an armed merchantman foundered in the Thames Estuary. Forgotten for over four centuries, it was rediscovered... More
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Bridgwater: Personality, Place and the Built Environment
From its Anglo-Saxon origins to the 17th century
£53.00
Author:
David Sivier
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313276
Paperback:
228pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white with four colour plates
BAR number:
B605
Sub Title:
From its Anglo-Saxon origins to the 17th century
Bridgwater: Personality, Place and the Built Environment traces the history and development of the town of Bridgwater as a physical entity from its origins... More
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£55.00
Author:
Nigel Smith
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313207
Paperback:
236pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B604
This study evaluates the methodologies used to prepare the national Rural Settlement Atlas, published by Roberts and Wrathmell in 2000, and the English... More
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£40.00
Author:
Chris Smart
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313191
Paperback:
140pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B603
This book outlines the discovery and investigation of a Roman fort, enclosing an area of c. 2.1 ha, which overlooks the River Tamar, at Calstock in... More
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The Gresham Ship Project
A 16th-Century Merchantman Wrecked in the Princes Channel, Thames Estuary Volume I: Excavation and Hull Studies
£33.00
Editors:
Jens Auer and Thijs J. Maarleveld with contributions by Massimiliano Ditta, Antony Firth, Nigel Nayling, Delia Ní Chíobháin, Christian Thomsen, and Cate Wagstaffe
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312101
Paperback:
113pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white. With additional material online (A3 foldouts).
Sub-series name:
Nautical Archaeology Society Monograph Series (NAS), 4
BAR number:
B602
Sub Title:
A 16th-Century Merchantman Wrecked in the Princes Channel, Thames Estuary Volume I: Excavation and Hull Studies
Sometime in the late 16th century an armed merchantman foundered in the Thames Estuary. Forgotten for over four centuries, it was rediscovered in 2003... More
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£41.00
Author:
G. Lynn Morgan
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312934
Paperback:
179pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
B601
The author was inspired to embark on this work by her own sense of Welsh identity and by her surrounding landscape in south-west Ceredigion. In this... More
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£49.00
Author:
Stuart Eve
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312910
Paperback:
181pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. With additional material online (appendices and colour figures)
BAR number:
B600
This book provides an exciting foray into the use of emerging Mixed Reality techniques for examining and analysing archaeological landscapes. Mixed Reality... More
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£61.00
Author:
Imogen Tompsett
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312903
Paperback:
294pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
B599
This research investigates the development of early medieval identities in the South West, through continuity and change in the insular... More
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£35.00
Author:
John Poulter
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312811
Paperback:
104pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
B598
Sub Title:
A sequel to BAR 492
The research reported in this monograph follows on directly from the findings that were reported in BAR 492, in which, among many other... More
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Whetstones from Roman Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), North Hampshire
Character, manufacture, provenance and use. 'Putting an edge on it'.
£45.00
Author:
J. R. L. Allen
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312804
Paperback:
134pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B597
Sub Title:
Character, manufacture, provenance and use. 'Putting an edge on it'.
The five-hundred year occupation of Insula IX at Silchester has yielded a sequence of 87 whetstones, mostly tabular but some bar- or... More
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£49.00
Author:
Sarah Viner-Daniels
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312637
Paperback:
208pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
B596
This study explores the changing relationship between humans and two important animals, pigs and cattle, during the Mesolithic and... More
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£47.00
Editors:
Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Brian W. Schneider
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312620
Paperback:
177pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B595
The papers published here are developed from presentations made at a Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Conference entitled 'The... More
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£46.00
Author:
Andy M Jones and Henrietta Quinnell
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312484
Paperback:
181pp. Includes 115 figures
BAR number:
B594
This monograph presents the results of archaeological recording along two South West Water pipelines, between Tintagel and Boscastle and... More
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Unearthing Late Medieval Children
Health, status and burial practice in Southern England
£46.00
Author:
Heidi Dawson
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312477
Paperback:
179pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
B593
Sub Title:
Health, status and burial practice in Southern England
This study explores the status of children in the late medieval period (AD 1066-1539) based on two concepts of the child; biological and... More
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Excavations and Surveys at the Law Ting Holm, Tingwall, Shetland
An Iron Age settlement and medieval assembly site
£46.00
Author:
Joris Coolen and Natascha Mehler with contributions by Günther K. Kunst, Zoe Outram, Sam E. Harris, Cathy M. Batt, Louise Brown, Erich Nau, Michael Doneus, Anthony Newton and Karin Wiltschke-Schrotta
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312262
Paperback:
147pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B592
Sub Title:
An Iron Age settlement and medieval assembly site
In May 2011, a team of archaeologists from the Department of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology of the University of Vienna, assisted... More
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£69.00
Author:
David Wilson, Alan Bagnall, Beryl Taylor
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312255
Paperback:
232pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B591
This is the report of the excavation of an enigmatic site in South Gloucestershire, which contained a decorated cellar with a cruciform... More
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The 'Obese Medieval Monk'
A multidisciplinary study of a stereotype
£49.00
Author:
Pip Patrick
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312248
Paperback:
206pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
B590
Sub Title:
A multidisciplinary study of a stereotype
The purpose of this study is to explore, through a variety of approaches, the extent to which the stereotype of the 'obese medieval monk'... More
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£69.00
Author:
Ann Cole
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312095
Paperback:
352pp. Illustrated throughout. With additional material online (Map).
BAR number:
B589
This study uses place-names to suggest the major routes in use in early medieval England. Many Roman roads existing by the fifth century... More
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Contextual Archaeology of Burial Practice
Case studies from Roman Britain
£56.00
Author:
John Pearce
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311968
Paperback:
263pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
B588
Sub Title:
Case studies from Roman Britain
This study explores the insights into provincial Roman societies that can be gained from the archaeological evidence for burial practice,... More
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£56.00
Author:
Judie English
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311951
Paperback:
217pp. Illustrated in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B587
Analytical survey of visible evidence has been undertaken on twelve areas of prehistoric fields in southern Britain. In all cases at... More
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