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The Coinage of the Roman World in the Late Republic
Proceedings of a colloquium held at the British Museum in September 1985
£46.00
Editors:
A.M. Burnett and M.H. Crawford
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English (x8), French (x1), German (x1), Italian (x1)
ISBN:
9780860544203
Paperback:
200pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S326
Sub Title:
Proceedings of a colloquium held at the British Museum in September 1985
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The Early Farmers of Transkei, Southern Africa
Before A.D. 1870
£35.00
Author:
J. M. Feely
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544869
Paperback:
146pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 24
BAR number:
S378
Sub Title:
Before A.D. 1870
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The Early Medieval Pottery Industry at al-Basra, Morocco
£49.00
Author:
Nancy L. Benco
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544401
Paperback:
214pp
BAR number:
S341
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The Early Microlithic Assemblages of Southern Africa
£72.00
Author:
P. J. Mitchell
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545026
Paperback:
326pp
BAR number:
S388
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The Emergence of Food Production in Ethiopia
£60.00
Author:
Tertia Barnett
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549710
Paperback:
237pp, Includes numerous drawings, maps and tables.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 45
BAR number:
S763
This book, based on reviews of existing evidence and on original ethnographic and archaeological data, addresses the issue of when, how... More
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The Emergence of Social and Political Complexity in the Shashi-Limpopo Valley of Southern Africa, AD 900 to 1300
Ethnicity, class and polity
£100.00
Author:
John Anthony Calabrese
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300290
Paperback:
399pp, Includes 260 figures, maps, plans, drawings, tables and photographs, 8 data Appendices
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 69
BAR number:
S1617
Sub Title:
Ethnicity, class and polity
This work explains the rise of social and political complexity in the area of the confluence of the Shashi and Limpopo Rivers in southern... More
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The Ethnoarchaeology of the Zaghawa of Darfur (Sudan)
Settlement and Transcience
£64.00
Author:
Natalie Tobert with ilustrations by Graham S. Reed
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545743
Paperback:
280pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 30
BAR number:
S445
Sub Title:
Settlement and Transcience
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The Kintampo Complex
The Late Holocene on the Gambaga Escarpment, Northern Ghana
£45.00
Author:
Joanna Casey
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712024
Paperback:
176pp, Includes 80 figures, maps, plans, line drawings, 32 tables.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 51
BAR number:
S906
Sub Title:
The Late Holocene on the Gambaga Escarpment, Northern Ghana
The Kintampo Complex is the first settled, sub-Sahelian complex in West Africa, and central to our understanding of West African... More
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The Later Stone Age of Southernmost Africa
£92.00
Author:
Janette Deacon
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542766
Paperback:
464pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p.412-441
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 12
BAR number:
S213
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The Later Stone Age of the Drakensberg Range and its Foothills
£66.00
Author:
H. Opperman
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544371
Paperback:
290pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 19
BAR number:
S339
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The Lower Palaeolithic of the Maghreb
Excavations and analyses at Ain Hanech, Algeria
£41.00
Author:
Mohamed Sahnouni
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548751
Paperback:
180pp, Includes numerous line drawings, three photographs.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 42
BAR number:
S689
Sub Title:
Excavations and analyses at Ain Hanech, Algeria
The excavations at Ain Hanech in Algeria, one of the oldest archaeological sites in North Africa. Includes a report on North African Lower Palaeolithic,... More
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The Middle and Later Stone Ages in the Mukogodo Hills of Central Kenya
A comparative analysis of lithic artefacts from Shurmai (GnJm1) and Kakwa Lelash (GnJm2) rockshelters
£29.00
Author:
G-Young Gang
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712512
Paperback:
109pp, Includes 34 figures, maps and illustrations, 34 tables
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 52
BAR number:
S964
Sub Title:
A comparative analysis of lithic artefacts from Shurmai (GnJm1) and Kakwa Lelash (GnJm2) rockshelters
This monograph (in the series Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology) compares lithic materials excavated from Shumai and Kakwa... More
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The Morocco Maritime Survey
An archaeological contribution to the history of the Tangier peninsula
£35.00
Author:
Elarbi Erbati and Athena Trakadas
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303703
Paperback:
138pp. Includes 5 tables, 78 maps, plans, drawings and photographs. Appendices including catalogue of finds
BAR number:
S1890
Sub Title:
An archaeological contribution to the history of the Tangier peninsula
The Morocco Maritime Survey (MMS) was initiated in 2001 in order to investigate the coasts of the Tangier peninsula in northern Morocco.... More
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The Mousterian Legacy
Human Biocultural Change in the Upper Pleistocene
£53.00
Editors:
Erik Trinkaus
Publication Year:
1983
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542094
Paperback:
234pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S164
Sub Title:
Human Biocultural Change in the Upper Pleistocene
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The Napatan Cylindrical Sheaths
A catalogue and analysis of precious objects from the royal cemetery of Nuri
£33.00
Author:
Amarillis Pompei
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407355498
Paperback:
116 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 28 figures, 19 plates (12 in colour).
BAR number:
S2948
Sub Title:
A catalogue and analysis of precious objects from the royal cemetery of Nuri
The Napatan Cylindrical Sheaths provides a complete analysis of the precious finds discovered at the royal cemetery of Nuri (Sudan) for the first time. This... More
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The Niger Delta
Aspects of its Prehistoric Economy and Culture
£66.00
Author:
Nwanna Nzewunwa
Publication Year:
1980
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860540830
Paperback:
286pp, Includes 61 figures.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 1
BAR number:
S75
Sub Title:
Aspects of its Prehistoric Economy and Culture
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The Obsidian Evidence for the Scale of Social Life during the Palaeolithic
£47.00
Author:
Theodora Moutsiou
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312446
Paperback:
185pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2613
Obsidian-bearing sites spanning the temporal framework of the Palaeolithic and located in Africa and Europe are analysed with the aim of... More
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The Positioning of the Roman Imperial Legions
£32.00
Author:
Jerome H. Farnum
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718965
Paperback:
121pp. Includes 37 maps and figures
BAR number:
S1458
The positioning of the legions of the Imperial Roman army provides a window into both the thinking and the course of events during the... More
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The Roman West in the Third Century, Parts i and ii
Contributions from Archaeology and History
£95.00
Editors:
Anthony King and Martin Henig
Publication Year:
1981
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541271
Paperback:
558pp, Two volume set. Illustrated throughout, 60 figures.
BAR number:
S109
Sub Title:
Contributions from Archaeology and History
This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407389578 (Volume I) ISBN 9781407389585 (Volume II) ISBN 9780860541271 (Volume set). More
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The Romano-African Domus
Studies in space, decoration, and function
£76.00
Author:
Margherita Carucci
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407301754
Paperback:
303pp. Includes 264 figures, maps, plans, tables, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1731
Sub Title:
Studies in space, decoration, and function
Roman Africa. Until recently, scholars have tended to study architecture and decoration of Roman houses as separate, visual forms of... More
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The So Pots of Central Africa
Memories of the past
£29.00
Author:
Graham Connah
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316888
Paperback:
97 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 2 tables, 94 figures (15 in colour).
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 91
BAR number:
S2938
Sub Title:
Memories of the past
This book is an original study of very large pots in parts of Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria. Found in excavations and surface fieldwork, they have been... More
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The Spatial Analysis of Radiocarbon Databases
The spread of the first farmers in Europe and of the fat-tailed sheep in Southern Africa
£75.00
Author:
Thembi M. Russell
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841716442
Paperback:
295pp. Includes 125 figures, 31 tables, 9 Appendices of sites and databases
BAR number:
S1294
Sub Title:
The spread of the first farmers in Europe and of the fat-tailed sheep in Southern Africa
This work analyses two spatially referenced radiocarbon databases for the spread of Europe's first farmers and for the spread of the... More
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The Transition from Lower to Middle Palaeolithic and the Origin of Modern Man
International Symposium to commemorate the 50th anniversary of excavations in the Mount Carmel Caves by D.A.E. Garrod: University of Haifa 6-14 October 1980
£76.00
Editors:
Avraham Ronen
Publication Year:
1982
Language:
English (24 papers), German (1 paper)
ISBN:
9780860541905
Paperback:
346pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliographies
BAR number:
S151
Sub Title:
International Symposium to commemorate the 50th anniversary of excavations in the Mount Carmel Caves by D.A.E. Garrod: University of Haifa 6-14 October 1980
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The Waterberg Plateau in the Northern Province, Republic of South Africa, in the Later Stone Age
£39.00
Author:
Maria M. Van der Ryst
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548935
Paperback:
168pp, Includes 37 figures and 5 photographs
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 43
BAR number:
S715
The aim of this book is firstly to establish chronology of Later Stone Age settlement in Waterber plateau and secondly to investigate the particular... More
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The Years without Summer
Tracing A.D. 536 and its aftermath
£45.00
Editors:
Joel D. Gunn
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710747
Paperback:
176pp. Illustrated with maps, charts and line drawings.
BAR number:
S872
Sub Title:
Tracing A.D. 536 and its aftermath
“In the fall season of A.D. 536 Cassiodorus sat at his writing table…..” So Joel D. Gunn begins this interesting and unusual topic of... More
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Theatres of Imagery
A performance theory approach to rock art research
£61.00
Author:
David M. Witelson
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356198
Paperback:
224 pages, Illustrated throughout in b&w, and colour.
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 98
BAR number:
S3149
Sub Title:
A performance theory approach to rock art research
This monograph applies performance theory to rock paintings in the Stormberg mountains of South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province-a rich rock art area to the... More
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Town and Country in Roman Tripolitania
Papers in honour of Olwen Hackett
£74.00
Editors:
D. J. Buck and D. J. Mattingly
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543503
Paperback:
330pp
Sub-series name:
Society for Libyan Studies occasional papers, 2
BAR number:
S274
Sub Title:
Papers in honour of Olwen Hackett
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Trade in the Western Mediterranean, AD 400-700: The ceramic evidence
£92.00
Author:
Paul Reynolds
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547822
Paperback:
466pp, Includes illustrations.
BAR number:
S604
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Traditional Weapons of Africa (Billhooks, Sickles and Scythes)
A regional approach and technical, morphological, and aesthetic classification
£38.00
Author:
Tristan Arbousse Bastide
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781407306902
Paperback:
151pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2149
Sub Title:
A regional approach and technical, morphological, and aesthetic classification
This book is the third in a series prepared by the author on traditional weapons from the African Continent. The first volume focuses on... More
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Traditions céramiques, Identités et Peuplement en Sénégambie
Ethnographie comparée et essai de reconstitution historique
£41.00
Author:
Moustapha Sall
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781841718507
Paperback:
166pp, Includes 82 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 14 tables
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 63
BAR number:
S1407
Sub Title:
Ethnographie comparée et essai de reconstitution historique
This study determines the possible connections between the various ceramic traditions of Senegal and Gambia, with special references to... More
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Understanding Landscapes, from Land Discovery to their Spatial Organization / Comprendre l'espace de peuplement, de la découverte des territoires à leur organisation spatiale
£40.00
Editors:
François Djindjian and Sandrine Robert
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781407311616
Paperback:
151pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XVI World Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Florianopolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011), 4
BAR number:
S2541
This book includes papers from the session 'Understanding Landscapes, from Land Discovery to their Spatial Organization' from the 16th... More
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Using Stone Tools: the Evidence from Aksum, Ethiopia
£40.00
Author:
Laurel Phillipson with an introduction by Rodolfo Fattovich
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304083
Paperback:
161pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 77
BAR number:
S1926
In this book the author presents the results of more than ten years of systematic fieldwork and analysis of the stone tool assemblages in... More
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West African Archaeology
New developments, new perspectives
£45.00
Editors:
Philip Allsworth-Jones
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307084
Paperback:
180pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour
BAR number:
S2164
Sub Title:
New developments, new perspectives
This book contains papers read at the conference “West African archaeology, New developments, New perspectives”, co-sponsored by the... More
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When did Antiquity End?
The Proceedings of an International Seminar held at the University of Trento on April 29-30, 2005 on Late Antique Societies, Religion, Pottery and Trade in Germania, Northern Africa, Greece, and Asia Minor
£47.00
Editors:
Redha Attoui
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English, Italian and French
ISBN:
9781407308395
Paperback:
169pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2268
Sub Title:
The Proceedings of an International Seminar held at the University of Trento on April 29-30, 2005 on Late Antique Societies, Religion, Pottery and Trade in Germania, Northern Africa, Greece, and Asia Minor
This book includes papers from an International Seminar held at the University of Trento on April 29-30, 2005. More
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