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Past Imperfect
The contested early history of the Mapungubwe Archive, South Africa
£33.00
Author:
Sian Tiley-Nel
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359632
Paperback:
132 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour. 31 figures.
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 96
BAR number:
S3080
Sub Title:
The contested early history of the Mapungubwe Archive, South Africa
This book interrogates the context, primary literature and silent gaps in the Mapungubwe Archive held at the University of Pretoria. It examines the... More
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Pastoralists, Warriors and Colonists: The Archaeology of Southern Madagascar
£148.00
Author:
Mike Parker Pearson with Karen Godden, Ramilisonina, Retsihisatse, Jean-Luc Schwenninger, Georges Heurtebize, Chantal Radimilahy and Helen Smith. With contributions by Irene de Luis, David Barker, Seth Priestman, Lucien Rakotozafy, Bako Rasoarifetra, Alan
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306803
Paperback:
768pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2139
This book presents the results of archaeological research in the extreme south of Madagascar between 1991 and 2003, and provides a... More
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Performance and Agency: The DGB Sites of Northern Cameroon
£41.00
Author:
Nicholas David with contributions by Judy Klassen, Scott MacEachern, Jean Maley, Gerhard Müller-Kosack, Andrea Richardson and Judy Sterner
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303147
Paperback:
167pp. Includes 37 tables, 69 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs. With additional material online (figures and tables)
BAR number:
S1830
The dry stone structures that are the subject of this book are located in the Mandara mountains of the Extreme North province of Cameroon... More
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Perspectives in Landscape Archaeology Papers presented at Oxford 2003-5
Papers presented at Oxford 2003-5
£31.00
Editors:
Helen Lewis and Sarah Semple
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305790
Paperback:
125pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2103
Sub Title:
Papers presented at Oxford 2003-5
This book derives from a seminar series held at the Oxford University Institute of Archaeology in 2003-2004 and a second brief series in... More
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Political Economy and Settlement Systems of Medieval Northern Morocco
An archaeological-historical approach
£35.00
Author:
Said Ennahid
Publication Year:
2002
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841714394
Paperback:
136pp. Includes 38 figures, tables
BAR number:
S1059
Sub Title:
An archaeological-historical approach
The field of Islamic archaeology in Morocco has grown substantially during the last two decades. The establishment of the Institut... More
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Population and Ceramic Traditions: Revisiting the Tana Ware of Coastal Kenya (7th-14th Century AD)
£49.00
Author:
Freda Nkirote M'Mbogori
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313702
Paperback:
154pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 89
BAR number:
S2717
This research is a departure from the traditional archaeological pottery analysis in Kenya, where emphasis has been on decorations and... More
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Prehistoria de la navegación
Origen y desarrollo de la arquitectura naval primigenia
£91.00
Author:
Víctor M. Guerrero Ayuso
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407304359
Paperback:
364pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, tables, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1952
Sub Title:
Origen y desarrollo de la arquitectura naval primigenia
A study of vessels in prehistory, both sea and river, and in all materials, from around the world. REVIEW ‘…well structured, clearly written, fully... More
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Prehistoric Art and Ideology
Session C27
£33.00
Editors:
Emmanuel Anati
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English, French and Italian
ISBN:
9781407303529
Paperback:
135pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 16
BAR number:
S1872
Sub Title:
Session C27
This book includes papers from the 'Prehistoric Art and Ideology' session (C27) held at the XV UISPP World Congress, September 2006. More
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Prehistoric Art: Signs, Symbols, Myth, Ideology
Proceedings of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon 4-9 September 2006) / Actes du XV Congrès Mondial (Lisbonne 4-9 Septembre 2006) Vol. 27 Session C26
£43.00
Editors:
Dario Seglie, Marcel Otte, Luiz Oosterbeek and Laurence Remacle
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English, French and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407306056
Paperback:
170pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, tables, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 27
BAR number:
S2028
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon 4-9 September 2006) / Actes du XV Congrès Mondial (Lisbonne 4-9 Septembre 2006) Vol. 27 Session C26
This book includes papers from Session C26, 'Prehistoric Art: Signs, Symbols, Myth, Ideology', from the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon,... More
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Prehistoric Cultures and Environments in the Late Quaternary of Africa
£58.00
Editors:
John Bower and David Lubell
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545200
Paperback:
252pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 26
BAR number:
S405
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Prehistoric Intensive Agriculture in the Tropics, Parts i and ii
£155.00
Editors:
I. S. Farrington
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543015
Paperback:
904 pages. Two volume set. Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S232
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Prehistoric Settlement and Subsistence in the Kaduna Valley, Nigeria
£92.00
Author:
Kolawole David Aiyedun & Thurstan Shaw
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546849
Paperback:
452pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 37
BAR number:
S541
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Proceedings of the Fourth International Meeting of Anthracology
Brussels, 8–13 September 2008 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
£61.00
Editors:
Freddy Damblon
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311005
Paperback:
281pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2486
Sub Title:
Brussels, 8–13 September 2008 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Twenty-five papers presented to the fourth International Meeting of Anthracology held in Brussels at the Royal Belgian Institute of... More
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Production and Distribution
A Ceramic Viewpoint
£83.00
Author:
Hilary Howard and Elaine L. Morris
Publication Year:
1981
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541462
Paperback:
404pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S120
Sub Title:
A Ceramic Viewpoint
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Public Toilets (Foricae) and Sanitation in the Ancient Roman World
Case studies in Greece and North Africa
£80.00
Author:
Antonella Patricia Merletto
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360454
Paperback:
308 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
BAR number:
S3131
Sub Title:
Case studies in Greece and North Africa
This monograph studies the architectural history of ancient public toilets, called foricae. Using comparative data and historical, archaeological and... More
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Recent Discoveries and Perspectives in Human Evolution
Papers arising from ‘Exploring Human Origins: Exciting Discoveries at the Start of the 21st Century’ Manchester 2013
£61.00
Editors:
Anek R. Sankhyan
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313726
Paperback:
238pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2719
Sub Title:
Papers arising from ‘Exploring Human Origins: Exciting Discoveries at the Start of the 21st Century’ Manchester 2013
The present volume is based on research articles submitted as part of an international conference Exploring Human Origins: Exciting... More
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Recherches archéologiques sur la capitale de l’empire de Ghana
Etude d’un secteur d’habitat à Koumbi Saleh, Mauritanie. Campagnes II-III-IV-V (1975-1976)-(1980-1981)
£37.00
Author:
Sophie Berthier
Publication Year:
1997
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860548683
Paperback:
156pp, Includes 34 plates of maps and drawings, 64 photographs and one plate in colour
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 41
BAR number:
S680
Sub Title:
Etude d’un secteur d’habitat à Koumbi Saleh, Mauritanie. Campagnes II-III-IV-V (1975-1976)-(1980-1981)
Detailed analysis of excavations undertaken at Koumbi Saleh in today’s Mauretania. With stunning results, the author argues that the architectural remains,... More
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Religious Motifs in Meroitic Painted and Stamped Pottery
£45.00
Author:
Ahmed Abuelgasim Elhassan
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841713779
Paperback:
190pp, Includes illustrations, 1 map.
BAR number:
S1285
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Rock Art in the Landscapes of Motion
Proceedings of a session of the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018 in Valcamonica, Italy
£56.00
Editors:
Pawel L Polkowski and Frank Förster
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359892
Paperback:
192 pages
BAR number:
S3092
Sub Title:
Proceedings of a session of the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018 in Valcamonica, Italy
This volume presents a collection of papers focusing on the dynamic relationship between rock art, movement and the surrounding landscape. The contributors... More
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Roles for Men and Women in Roman Epigraphic Culture and Beyond
Gender, social identity and cultural practice in private Latin inscriptions and the literary record
£47.00
Author:
Peter Keegan
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312613
Paperback:
185pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2626
Sub Title:
Gender, social identity and cultural practice in private Latin inscriptions and the literary record
Previous studies of tombstones and inscriptions dedicated to divinities have focused on methods of assigning names in Roman society, the... More
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Roman Stone Fortifications
Variation and Change from the First Century A.D. to the Fourth
£77.00
Author:
James Lander
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542674
Paperback:
374pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p313-354. Index.
BAR number:
S206
Sub Title:
Variation and Change from the First Century A.D. to the Fourth
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Römische Villen in Nordafrika
Untersuchungen zu Architektur und Wirtschaftsweise
£33.00
Author:
Mareike Rind
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
German
ISBN:
9781407305882
Paperback:
133pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2012
Sub Title:
Untersuchungen zu Architektur und Wirtschaftsweise
A study of Roman villas in North Africa (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco). More
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Safeguarding Africa's Archaeological Past
Selected papers from a workshop held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2001
£22.00
Editors:
Niall Finneran
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718927
Paperback:
62pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, tables and figures
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 65
BAR number:
S1454
Sub Title:
Selected papers from a workshop held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2001
This book includes eight papers from a workshop held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in 2001. More
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Scanning Electron Microscopy in Archaeology
£86.00
Editors:
Sandra L. Olsen
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545798
Paperback:
420pp, Includes bibliographies.
BAR number:
S452
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Section 15: Préhistoire en Afrique / African Prehistory
Sessions générales et posters / General Sessions and Posters
£56.00
Editors:
Le Secrétariat du Congrès. Présidents de la Section 15: P. de Maret, E. Cornelissen & I. Ribot
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719597
Paperback:
223pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs.
Sub-series name:
Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liège, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001
BAR number:
S1522
Sub Title:
Sessions générales et posters / General Sessions and Posters
21 papers from Section 15 (African Prehistory), Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liège, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001. More
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Sehonghong
The Middle and Later Stone Age Industrial Sequence at a Lesotho Rock-Shelter
£62.00
Author:
P. L. Carter, P. J. Mitchell and P. Vinnicombe
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545217
Paperback:
272pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S406
Sub Title:
The Middle and Later Stone Age Industrial Sequence at a Lesotho Rock-Shelter
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Session C68 (Part I): Monumental Questions: Prehistoric Megaliths, Mounds, and Enclosures
£41.00
Editors:
David Calado, Maxilian Baldia and Matthew Boulanger
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English, French and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407306636
Paperback:
167pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 7
BAR number:
S2122
This book includes papers from Session C68 (Part I) of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006). More
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Session C68 (Part II): Monumental Questions: Prehistoric Megaliths, Mounds, and Enclosures
Proceedings of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon 4-9 September 2006) / Actes du XV Congrès Mondial (Lisbonne 4-9 Septembre 2006) Vol.8
£43.00
Editors:
David Calado, Maxilian Baldia and Matthew Boulanger
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English, French and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407306643
Paperback:
173pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 8
BAR number:
S2123
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon 4-9 September 2006) / Actes du XV Congrès Mondial (Lisbonne 4-9 Septembre 2006) Vol.8
This book includes papers from Session C68 (Part II) of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006). More
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Shellfish in Prehistoric Diet
Elands Bay, S.W. Cape Coast, South Africa
£62.00
Author:
W. F. Buchanan
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545842
Paperback:
274pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 31
BAR number:
S455
Sub Title:
Elands Bay, S.W. Cape Coast, South Africa
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Ship Timbers from the Islamic Sites of al-Balid and Qalhat, Oman
Sewn-plank technology in the Indian Ocean during the 10-16th centuries CE
£58.00
Author:
Alessandro Ghidoni
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360577
Paperback:
216 pages
Sub-series name:
Nautical Archaeology Society Monograph Ser. (NAS), 7
BAR number:
S3132
Sub Title:
Sewn-plank technology in the Indian Ocean during the 10-16th centuries CE
The sewn-plank ships that sailed the Indian Ocean during the medieval Islamic period carried people, goods, and ideas between East Africa, Arabia, India,... More
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Sociétés préhistoriques et Mégalithes dans le Nord-Ouest de la République Centrafricaine
£59.00
Author:
Étienne Zangato
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860549802
Paperback:
231pp, Includes 126 figures with 24 black and white photos
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 46
BAR number:
S768
The north-east of the Central African Republic and the east of Cameroon were the only geographical zones in central Africa to have... More
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Space, Hierarchy and Society
Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Area Analysis
£61.00
Editors:
Barry C. Burnham and John Kingsbury
Publication Year:
1979
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860540601
Paperback:
268pp, Includes 33 illustrations
BAR number:
S59
Sub Title:
Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Area Analysis
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Spheroids and Battered Stones in the African Early and Middle Stone Age
£61.00
Author:
Pamela R. Willoughby
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544104
Paperback:
266pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 17
BAR number:
S321
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Stable Carbon Isotopes and Prehistoric Diets in the South-Western Cape Province, South Africa
£39.00
Author:
Judith Sealy
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543763
Paperback:
162pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 15
BAR number:
S293
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State-Periphery Relations and Sociopolitical Development in Igbominaland, North-Central Yoruba, Nigeria
Oral-ethnohistorical and archaeological perspectives
£51.00
Author:
Aribidesi Adisa Usman
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711942
Paperback:
220pp, Includes 84 black and white figures, 40 tables
BAR number:
S993
Sub Title:
Oral-ethnohistorical and archaeological perspectives
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Steatite Vessel Manufacture in Eastern North America
£49.00
Author:
James Truncer
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841716718
Paperback:
196pp. Includes 92 figures, maps, plans, drawings, 37 tables, appendices of analyses including MURR data
BAR number:
S1326
In temperate eastern North America, steatite vessels have an unusual distribution - widespread (ranging from New Brunswick, Canada to... More
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Stone Age Sites in the Making
Experiments in the Formation and Transformation of Archaeological Occurrences
£72.00
Author:
Kathy Diane Schick
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544074
Paperback:
328pp
BAR number:
S319
Sub Title:
Experiments in the Formation and Transformation of Archaeological Occurrences
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Swahili Urbanisation, Trade and Food Production
Botanical perspectives from Pemba Island, Tanzania, AD 600-1500
£47.00
Author:
Sarah Walshaw
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314167
Paperback:
138pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 90
BAR number:
S2755
Sub Title:
Botanical perspectives from Pemba Island, Tanzania, AD 600-1500
This monograph examines Swahili plant subsistence and food production patterns through the analysis of macrobotanical remains from four... More
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Tell Timai, (Egypt) 2009-2020
The Ptolemaic–Roman north western temple zone and Roman city excavations
£66.00
Author:
James E. Bennett
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360737
Paperback:
306 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
BAR number:
S3127
Sub Title:
The Ptolemaic–Roman north western temple zone and Roman city excavations
This monograph covers the excavations conducted at the Ptolemaic-Roman city of Tell Timai by the University of Hawaii from 2009 - 2020. It is divided into... More
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The Ancient Red Sea Port of Adulis and the Eritrean Coastal Region
Previous investigations and museum collections
£33.00
Author:
Chiara Zazzaro
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311906
Paperback:
121pp, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 85
BAR number:
S2569
Sub Title:
Previous investigations and museum collections
The book unveils documents and museum collections related to research and excavations conducted on the Red Sea coast and at Adulis in the 19th and 20th... More
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The Archaeology of Central Darfur (Sudan) in the 1st Millennium A.D.
£74.00
Author:
Ibrahim Musa Mohammed
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543671
Paperback:
330 pages
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 14
BAR number:
S285
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The Archaeology of Tanzanian Coastal Landscapes in the 6th to 15th Centuries AD
The Middle Iron Age of the Region
£95.00
Author:
Edward John David Pollard
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303536
Paperback:
391pp, Includes 147 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 30 figures, 5 data Appendices Gazetteer
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 76
BAR number:
S1873
Sub Title:
The Middle Iron Age of the Region
This study seeks insights into the peoples and traditions of the Tanzanian coast, East Africa, during the 6th to 15th century through the application of... More
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The Archaeology of the Coastal Desert of Namaqualand, South Africa
A Regional Synthesis
£48.00
Author:
Genevieve Isabel Dewar
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302119
Paperback:
195pp
BAR number:
S1761
Sub Title:
A Regional Synthesis
A Regional Synthesis More
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The Archaeology of the West Coast of South Africa
£47.00
Editors:
Antonieta Jerardino, Antonia Malan and David Braun
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311449
Paperback:
179pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 84
BAR number:
S2526
This work presents contributions from South African, European, and North American authors working in academic and governmental institutions. Chapters... More
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The Butana Group Ceramics and their Place in the Neolithic and Post-Neolithic of Northeast Africa
£55.00
Author:
Frank Winchell
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310671
Paperback:
247pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 83
BAR number:
S2459
This study for the first time provides an in-depth examination of the Butana Group ceramics that in turn represent a large sedentary... More
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The Capsian of North Africa
Stylistic Variation in Stone Tool Assemblages
£70.00
Author:
Peter J. Sheppard
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544562
Paperback:
314pp
BAR number:
S353
Sub Title:
Stylistic Variation in Stone Tool Assemblages
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The Cave of Hearths: Makapan Middle Pleistocene Research Project
Field research by Anthony Sinclair and Patrick Quinney, 1996-2001
£53.00
Editors:
John McNabb and Anthony Sinclair
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304205
Paperback:
211pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, tables, drawings and photographs: 2 in colour
Sub-series name:
University of Southampton Series in Archaeology, 1
BAR number:
S1940
Sub Title:
Field research by Anthony Sinclair and Patrick Quinney, 1996-2001
This volume represents the efforts of a significant collaborative project and provides a completely up-to-date interpretation of the Cave... More
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The Churches of Nobadia, Volumes I and II
£129.00
Author:
William Y Adams
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305363
Paperback:
520pp, Two volume set. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Sudan Archaeological Research Society, 17
BAR number:
S2000
This is a study of the churches of Nobadia - the most northerly of the three medieval Nubian kingdoms. Since more than two-thirds of its... More
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