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British Isles

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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Texts and Monuments
A study of ten Anglo-Saxon churches of the pre-Viking period
£83.00
Author:
Christopher Pickles
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549413
Paperback:
331pp. Includes 51 black and white figures with maps, drawings and photographs, 1 plate in colour
BAR number:
B277
Sub Title:
A study of ten Anglo-Saxon churches of the pre-Viking period
Examination of ten major churches of pre-Viking period in Anglo-Saxon England, from a linguistic as well as from an historical point of... More
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TEGULAE
Manufacture, typology and use in Roman Britain
£41.00
Author:
Peter Warry
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719566
Paperback:
167pp. Includes 126 figures, maps, plans and drawings, 114 plates. 5 data Appendices
BAR number:
B417
Sub Title:
Manufacture, typology and use in Roman Britain
Ceramic building material, particularly roofing material, is one of the most common finds on Romano-British sites, yet despite its... More
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£55.00
Editors:
E. Cruwys and R. A. Foley
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543732
Paperback:
242pp
BAR number:
S291
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Tacitus, Thule and Caledonia
The achievements of Agricola’s navy in their true perspective
£31.00
Author:
Stan Wolfson
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302744
Paperback:
124pp. Includes 17 figures
BAR number:
B459
Sub Title:
The achievements of Agricola’s navy in their true perspective
The purpose of this book is to put the achievements of Agricola's navy, apparently understated by Tacitus, in their true perspective,... More
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£22.00
Editors:
Fernando Coimbra and Léo Dubal
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302812
Paperback:
70pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 25
BAR number:
S1793
This book includes papers from the Symbolism in Rock Art session held at the XV UISPP World Congress, Lisbon, in September 2006. More
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Surveying Roman Military Landscapes across Northern Britain
The planning of Roman Dere Street, Hadrian’s Wall and the Vallum, and the Antonine Wall in Scotland
£39.00
Author:
John Poulter with a supplementary report on the mapping of the Antonine Wall by Peter McKeague
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305196
Paperback:
157pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
B492
Sub Title:
The planning of Roman Dere Street, Hadrian’s Wall and the Vallum, and the Antonine Wall in Scotland
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Sub-Roman Britain (AD 400-600)
A gazetteer of sites
£22.00
Author:
Christopher A. Snyder
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548249
Paperback:
70pp, Includes 6 maps
BAR number:
B247
Sub Title:
A gazetteer of sites
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£125.00
Author:
Michael Klemperer
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306414
Paperback:
547pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs, Appendices
BAR number:
B511
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£60.00
Author:
Derek A. Roe
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543800
Paperback:
262pp
BAR number:
S296
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Studies in the Archaeology and History of Cirencester
based on papers presented to a research seminar on the post-Roman development of Cirencester held at the Corinium Museum, November 1975
£48.00
Editors:
Alan McWhirr
Publication Year:
1976
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780904531435
Paperback:
210pp, Includes 6 illustrations, 39 figures.
BAR number:
B30
Sub Title:
based on papers presented to a research seminar on the post-Roman development of Cirencester held at the Corinium Museum, November 1975
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£77.00
Author:
Seán McGrail
Publication Year:
1997
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549031
Paperback:
376pp, Includes 179 illustrations
BAR number:
B256
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£54.00
Editors:
Stuart Brookes, Sue Harrington and Andrew Reynolds
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307510
Paperback:
196pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
B527
This volume of papers is offered to Martin Welch on the occasion of his retirement from UCL in 2010. It is a celebration of his long... More
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£33.00
Editors:
Lloyd Laing
Publication Year:
1977
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780904531657
Paperback:
130pp, Includes 8 figures.
BAR number:
B37
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Structural Reconstruction
Approaches to the interpretation of the excavated remains of buildings
£72.00
Editors:
P. J. Drury
Publication Year:
1982
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541936
Paperback:
320pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliographies
BAR number:
B110
Sub Title:
Approaches to the interpretation of the excavated remains of buildings
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Stories from the Edge
Creating Identities in Early Medieval Staffordshire
£40.00
Author:
Matthew Blake
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316697
Paperback:
126 pages, 141 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 79 figures.
BAR number:
B657
Sub Title:
Creating Identities in Early Medieval Staffordshire
Stories from the Edge identifies a methodology to illuminate the early medieval history of places that lack the compelling evidence to be included in... More
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£80.00
Author:
Christina Willis
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358345
Paperback:
376 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 88 tables and 233 figures.
BAR number:
B668
Neolithic Britain is characterised by its wide diversity in funerary and mortuary rites. However, a shift c.3500BC led to a rise in cremation burials... More
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£46.00
Author:
Christopher Casswell and Patrick Daniel
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307398
Paperback:
205pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B526
Sub Title:
Excavations between Pannal and Nether Kellet 2006-2007
In 2006 and 2007, a 94km-long gas pipeline was excavated across the Pennines, from Pannal in North Yorkshire, to Nether Kellet in... More
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£39.00
Author:
Ann Clarke
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719108
Paperback:
156pp. Includes 21 tables, 105 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs. Index to sites and stone tool types
BAR number:
B406
This volume explores the possibilities of using coarse stone assemblages from the Northern Isles of Scotland to observe aspects of social... More
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Stanley Abbey and its Estates 1151-c1640
A Cistercian monastery and its impact on the landscape
£46.00
Author:
Graham Brown
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310404
Paperback:
149pp. Illustrated in black and white and in colour
BAR number:
B566
Sub Title:
A Cistercian monastery and its impact on the landscape
The book assesses the impact of a Cistercian monastery on the landscape and how, in its turn, the landscape influenced the monastery. It... More
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£32.00
Author:
Sheila M. Elsdon
Publication Year:
1975
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780904531114
Paperback:
126pp, Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
B10
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St. Saviour's Church and Parsonage (1855-6), Mortimer West End, Hampshire-Berkshire Border
Building on the Englefield Estate during the Victorian boom
£24.00
Author:
J. R. L. Allen
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308142
Paperback:
64pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B537
Sub Title:
Building on the Englefield Estate during the Victorian boom
The Anglican church of St. Saviour's and its former parsonage, in the historic Hampshire parish of Mortimer West End, lie on the northern shoulder of the... More
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St Ninian and the Earliest Christianity in Scotland
Papers from the conference held by The Friends of the Whithorn Trust in Whithorn on September 15th 2007
£26.00
Editors:
Jane Murray
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304281
Paperback:
89pp. Illustrated with figures, maps and drawings.
BAR number:
B483
Sub Title:
Papers from the conference held by The Friends of the Whithorn Trust in Whithorn on September 15th 2007
This book includes papers from a 2007 conference marking 21 years of the Friends of Whithorn Trust. Contents: Introduction (Alex Woolf);... More
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£28.00
Author:
Bob Wilson
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548409
Paperback:
110pp, Includes 29 figures
BAR number:
B251
Sub Title:
An English regional exploration
A review and analysis of the state of animal bone research. It includes a substantial inter-site review comparing the sites on which Wilson has worked in... 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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Sources and Techniques in Boat Archaeology
Papers based on those presented to a Symposium at Greenwich in September 1976, together with edited discussion
£74.00
Editors:
Sean McGrail
Publication Year:
1977
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780904531824
Paperback:
330pp, Includes 115 illustrations
Sub-series name:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Archaeological series, 1
BAR number:
S29
Sub Title:
Papers based on those presented to a Symposium at Greenwich in September 1976, together with edited discussion
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£22.00
Author:
Peter Harbison and Lloyd R. Laing
Publication Year:
1974
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780904531039
Paperback:
56pp, Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
B5
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£75.00
Author:
Stephen Pierpoint
Publication Year:
1980
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860540786
Paperback:
340pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p280-300
BAR number:
B74
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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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£41.00
Editors:
Bruce Proudfoot
Publication Year:
1983
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542223
Paperback:
176pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
Sub-series name:
Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, 3
BAR number:
S173
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£66.00
Author:
Esther A. Cameron
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710655
Paperback:
258pp. Includes 80 figures and photographs.
BAR number:
B301
Anglo-Saxon swords have always attracted scholarly attention. However, the almost intangible nature of Anglo-Saxon sheath and scabbard... More
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Severn Valley Ware Production at Newland Hopfields
Excavation of a Romano-British kiln site at North End Farm, Great Malvern, Worcestershire in 1992 and 1994
£26.00
Author:
C. Jane Evans, Laurence Jones and Peter Ellis
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712048
Paperback:
88pp, Includes 47 figures, 8 plates
Sub-series name:
Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit Monograph Series, 2
BAR number:
B313
Sub Title:
Excavation of a Romano-British kiln site at North End Farm, Great Malvern, Worcestershire in 1992 and 1994
This report presents the results of two campaigns of Romano-British archaeological work at Newland Hopfields, and makes a significant... More
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Settlements at Skaill, Deerness, Orkney
Excavations by Peter Gelling of the Prehistoric, Pictish, Viking and Later Periods, 1963-1981
£69.00
Author:
Simon Buteux with contributions by Enid Allison, Jane Bellam, Sally Brooks, Judson Chesterman, Rachel Edwards, Peter Gelling, Raymond Lamb, Susan Limbrey, Jessica Lloyd-Jones, Gerry McDonnell, Rebecca Nicholson, Barbara Noddle and Deborah Porter
Publication Year:
1997
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548645
Paperback:
289pp. Includes numerous drawings and photographs.
BAR number:
B260
Sub Title:
Excavations by Peter Gelling of the Prehistoric, Pictish, Viking and Later Periods, 1963-1981
Detailed reports of the excavations carried out by Peter Gelling between 1963 and 1981. Five locations have been investigated, revealing... More
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Settlement, Burial and Industry in Roman Godmanchester
Excavations in the extra-mural area: The Parks 1998, London Road 1997–8, and other investigations
£61.00
Editors:
Alex Jones
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841714844
Paperback:
240pp, Includes 57 tables, 50 plates drawings plans, photographs, 15-page bibliography, 3 Appendices
Sub-series name:
Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit Monograph Series
BAR number:
B346
Sub Title:
Excavations in the extra-mural area: The Parks 1998, London Road 1997–8, and other investigations
This volume presents the results from two excavations in the extra-mural area of Roman Godmanchester. Excavation at the Parks, to the... More
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£22.00
Author:
Lloyd R. Laing
Publication Year:
1975
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780904531138
Paperback:
56pp, Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
B13
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Settlement Patterns in Hertfordshire
A review of the typology and function of enclosures in the Iron Age and Roman landscape
£28.00
Author:
J. R. Hunn
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548355
Paperback:
112pp, Includes 26 figures.
BAR number:
B249
Sub Title:
A review of the typology and function of enclosures in the Iron Age and Roman landscape
A variety of studies concerned with settlement patterns and enclosures in late Iron Age and Roman Hertfordshire. A gazetteer of sites is included, most of... More
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Settlement in North Britain 1000 BC-AD1000
Papers presented to George Jobey, Newcastle upon Tyne, December 1982
£77.00
Editors:
J.C. Chapman and H.C. Mytum
Publication Year:
1983
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542247
Paperback:
380pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
B118
Sub Title:
Papers presented to George Jobey, Newcastle upon Tyne, December 1982
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£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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Searching for Early Welsh Churches
A study in ecclesiastical geology
£93.00
Author:
John F. Potter
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310985
Paperback:
496pp. Illustrated throughout, two in colour
BAR number:
B578
Sub Title:
A study in ecclesiastical geology
This work follows the study of the ecclesiastical geology of almost all Anglo-Saxon religious sites throughout England. There, it proved... More
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£54.00
Author:
Alex G. C. Hale
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841716022
Paperback:
219pp. Includes 67 figures, maps, plans, drawings, 36 tables, 40 photographs
BAR number:
B369
Scottish crannogs are situated in wetland lacustrine or marine environments. While the so called “lake dwellings“ situated in freshwater... More
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Sceattas in England and on the Continent
The Seventh Oxford Symposium on Coinage and Monetary History
£62.00
Editors:
David Hill and D. M. Metcalf
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542667
Paperback:
274pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliographies
BAR number:
B128
Sub Title:
The Seventh Oxford Symposium on Coinage and Monetary History
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£86.00
Editors:
Sandra L. Olsen
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545798
Paperback:
420pp, Includes bibliographies.
BAR number:
S452
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£24.00
Author:
Chris Butler
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710525
Paperback:
88pp. Includes 29 illustrations
BAR number:
B295
Report on rescue excavations that took place in 1994 on a construction site of a golf course, at Friars Oak, on the northern edge of Hassocks in West... More
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£70.00
Author:
Ben Lennon
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309460
Paperback:
193pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B555
The objective of this study is to seek to better understand the processes involved in landscape change that have resulted in the highly... More
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Salt: Life and Industry
Excavations at King Street, Middlewich, Cheshire, 2001-2002
£52.00
Author:
Matthew Williams and Malcolm Reid
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302614
Paperback:
205 pages, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, tables, drawings and photographs. 3 data Appendices. With additional material online (foldouts).
BAR number:
B456
Sub Title:
Excavations at King Street, Middlewich, Cheshire, 2001-2002
This report describes the results of a developer-funded excavation undertaken in 2001 and 2002 in Middlewich, Cheshire, north-eastern England, prior to the... More
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£43.00
Author:
Janice Kinory
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309729
Paperback:
171pp. Illustrated throughout, Gazette
BAR number:
B559
The study of salt during British prehistory has experienced an awakening during the past 40 years. In this work the author explores the... More
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£43.00
Author:
S. L. McGowen
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306506
Paperback:
173pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans and figures. Catalogue
BAR number:
S2109
This study examines Roman sculpture across the provinces extending from the Rhine to the Pyrenees and Britain to understand better both... More
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Royal Estates in Anglo-Saxon Wessex
Land, politics and family strategies
£41.00
Author:
Ryan Lavelle
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300993
Paperback:
167pp. Includes 12 table, 23 maps and figures, 3 data Appendices, Index
BAR number:
B439
Sub Title:
Land, politics and family strategies
This work, focusing on specific categories of royal estates, concentrates on the later Anglo-Saxon period in England (the mid-ninth... More
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