Central and South America and the Caribbean

Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Miniature Figures in Eurasia, Africa and Meso-America
Morphology, materiality, technology, function and context
£41.00
Editors:
Dragos Gheorghiu and Ann Cyphers
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306797
Paperback:
164pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2138
Sub Title:
Morphology, materiality, technology, function and context
The present volume is mainly the result of two symposia held at the European Archaeological Association meetings in Krakow (2006) and... More
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£41.00
Author:
Helen R. Haines and Michael D. Glascock
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309095
Paperback:
169pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2326
Long-distance trade of obsidian in the Maya realm has been documented as early as the Middle Formative Period (1000-400 BC). Obsidian... More
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De la Puna a las Sierras
Avances y Perspectivas en Zooarqueología Andina
£41.00
Editors:
Andrés D. Izeta and Guillermo L. Mengoni Goñalons
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
Spanish with English abstracts
ISBN:
9781407311852
Paperback:
161pp, Illustrated throughout.
Sub-series name:
South American Archaeology Series, 19
BAR number:
S2564
Sub Title:
Avances y Perspectivas en Zooarqueología Andina
A collection of recent papers on aspects of Andean zooarchaeology. More
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Archaeology of an Andean Pacarina
Settlement Patterns and rituality around Lake Puruhuay Ancash Peru
£41.00
Author:
Carolina Orsini and Elisa Benozzi
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311999
Paperback:
159pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2576
Sub Title:
Settlement Patterns and rituality around Lake Puruhuay Ancash Peru
This study focuses the relationship between man, territory and water resources in the area of Andean Lake Puruhuay (Ancash, Peru). This... More
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£41.00
Editors:
Verónica A. Vásquez López, RogelioValencia Rivera, Eugenia Gutiérrez González
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English & Spanish with abs. in Spanish & English
ISBN:
9781407312545
Paperback:
151pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2619
The present volume was born from the interest to analyse the different modalities of the political strategies used by the dominant groups... 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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The Eagle, the Cactus, the Rock
The Roots of Mexico-Tenochtitlan's Foundation Myth and Symbol
£41.00
Author:
Doris Heyden
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546214
Paperback:
176pp
BAR number:
S484
Sub Title:
The Roots of Mexico-Tenochtitlan's Foundation Myth and Symbol
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Henry's Mill: The Historical Archaeology of a Forest Community
Life around a timber mill in south-west Victoria, Australia, in the early twentieth century
£40.00
Author:
Peter Davies
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719887
Paperback:
163pp, Includes 14 figures, 28 tables, 19 plates, 3 data Appendices
Sub-series name:
Contemporary and Historical Archaeology, 2
BAR number:
S1558
Sub Title:
Life around a timber mill in south-west Victoria, Australia, in the early twentieth century
Studies in Contemporary and Historical Archaeology is a new series of edited and single-authored volumes intended to make available... More
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£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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£40.00
Editors:
Débora M. Kligmann and Marcelo R. Morales
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313221
Paperback:
162pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2678
Although the beginning of archaeological studies dates back to very old times, the use and applications of disciplines such as physics,... More
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£40.00
Author:
Nelly M. Robles García
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9780860545231
Paperback:
174pp
BAR number:
S407
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£40.00
Author:
Calogero M. Santoro
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314983
Paperback:
140pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 60 tables, 94 figures (including 13 colour photographs)
BAR number:
S2823
This is an archaeological study of social organization and change in a late prehispanic population of northern Chile. The research involves contextual... More
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£39.00
Author:
Francisco Estrada Belli
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711195
Paperback:
168pp
BAR number:
S820
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World Heritage: Global Challenges, Local Solutions
Proceedings of a conference at Coalbrookdale, 4-7th May 2006 hosted by the Ironbridge Institute
£39.00
Editors:
Roger White and John Carman
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407301402
Paperback:
154pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, tables, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1698
Sub Title:
Proceedings of a conference at Coalbrookdale, 4-7th May 2006 hosted by the Ironbridge Institute
This book includes papers presented at a conference on World Heritage management held at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England in May 2006.... More
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£39.00
Author:
Helga Geovannini Acuña
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303598
Paperback:
155pp. Includes 62 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 29 tables. 4 data Appendices
BAR number:
S1879
The main subject discussed in this study is the way in which the ancient Maya of Calakmul (modern Mexico), who thrived between 900 B.C.... More
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La Cerámica Arqueológica en la Materialización de la Sociedad
Transformaciones, Metáforas y Reproducción Soci
£39.00
Editors:
María Cecilia Páez Guillermo and A. De La Fuente
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407308715
Paperback:
151pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
South American Archaeology Series, 14
BAR number:
S2294
Sub Title:
Transformaciones, Metáforas y Reproducción Soci
The papers in this volume seek to examine the role of archaeological ceramics in the social processes of past societies, specifically... More
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Rock Art in the Americas: Mythology, Cosmogony and Rituals
Proceedings of the 2nd REEA Conference Ritual Americas: Configurations and Recombining of the Ritual Devices and Behaviors in the New World, in Historical and Contemporary Societies Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) April 2-5, 2008
£39.00
Editors:
Françoise Fauconnier and Serge Lemaitre
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407310527
Paperback:
138pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2448
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 2nd REEA Conference Ritual Americas: Configurations and Recombining of the Ritual Devices and Behaviors in the New World, in Historical and Contemporary Societies Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) April 2-5, 2008
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Xoclán
Reconstrucción Urbana de una Ciudad Maya en un Contexto Urbanizado
£39.00
Author:
Gaia Carosi
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
Spanish with abstracts in English
ISBN:
9781407360270
Paperback:
134 pages, Illustrated with 19 black & white images and 17 colour images
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 10
BAR number:
S3115
Sub Title:
Reconstrucción Urbana de una Ciudad Maya en un Contexto Urbanizado
Habitada desde el Preclásico Medio, Xoclán se desarrolló como centro urbano a partir del Clásico Temprano. El actual parque arqueológico cuenta 52 hectáreas... More
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Germanic Equal Arm Brooches of the Migration Period
A study of their style chronology and distribution including a full catalogue of finds and their contexts
£38.00
Author:
Dorothee Bruns
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841714912
Paperback:
145pp. Includes 7 maps, 4 tables, 94 illustrations, drawings, photographs.
BAR number:
S1113
Sub Title:
A study of their style chronology and distribution including a full catalogue of finds and their contexts
This work is a study of the much neglected brooch type - the “equal arm brooch”, a highly distinctive form of personal ornament - and the... More
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£38.00
Editors:
Sandrine Costamagno and Véronique Laroulandie
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
French and English
ISBN:
9781841715162
Paperback:
145pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings, tables and photographs
Sub-series name:
Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liège, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001
BAR number:
S1144
11 papers from a session on Stone Age (Magdalenian) Europe presented at the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liège, Belgium, 2-8... More
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£38.00
Author:
Jane A. Hill
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841715889
Paperback:
147pp. Includes 2 tables, 50 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1223
Prior to the last decade, few cylinder seals and no impressed sealings had ever been discovered in Predynastic Egyptian archaeological... More
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£38.00
Author:
Peter C. Kroefges
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719276
Paperback:
151pp. Includes 104 tables, 101 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs. Two data Appendices
BAR number:
S1496
In contrast to traditional stereotypes of the prehispanic culture of the Chontals of Oaxaca, architectural sites and artifacts along the... More
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£38.00
Author:
Marcos Román Gastaldi
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407301051
Paperback:
143pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 6 colour plates, 13 data Appendices
BAR number:
S1670
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Technology and Methodology for Archaeological Practice / Technologie et Méthodologie pour la pratique en Archéologie
Practical applications for the past reconstruction / Applications pratiques pour la reconstruction du passé
£38.00
Editors:
Alexandra Velho and Hans Kamermans
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306063
Paperback:
151pp, 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), 37
BAR number:
S2029
Sub Title:
Practical applications for the past reconstruction / Applications pratiques pour la reconstruction du passé
This book includes papers from Session C04, 'Technology and Methodology for Archaeological Practice: Practical applications for the past... More
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The Taíno Settlement at Guayguata
Excavations in St Mary Parish, Jamaica
£38.00
Author:
Philip Allsworth-Jones and Kit W. Wesler, with contributions from Lisabeth Carlson Simon F. Mitchell, Sherene A. James, Ryan Ramsook, Marcella Phillips, Nicole L. Patrick, Anthony R. D. Porter and Ana Luísa Santos
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310053
Paperback:
139pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2407
Sub Title:
Excavations in St Mary Parish, Jamaica
In 1998 the authors of this report initiated a Jamaican Taíno archaeological project as a joint program of the Department of History,... More
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Water Folk
Reconstructing an Ancient Aquatic Lifeway in Michoacán, Western Mexico
£38.00
Author:
Eduardo Williams
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312521
Paperback:
123pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2617
Sub Title:
Reconstructing an Ancient Aquatic Lifeway in Michoacán, Western Mexico
This study of subsistence activities (fishing, hunting, gathering, and manufacture) in the Cuitzeo and Pátzcuaro lake basins (Michoacán,... More
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Artefactos Líticos, Movilidad y Funcionalidad de Sitios: Problemas y Perspectivas
Lithic Artefacts, Mobility and Site Functionality: Problems and Perspectives
£38.00
Editors:
Patricia Susana Escola and Salomón Hocsman
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
Spanish text with one paper in English
ISBN:
9781407312651
Paperback:
138pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
South American Archaeology Series, 20
BAR number:
S2628
Sub Title:
Lithic Artefacts, Mobility and Site Functionality: Problems and Perspectives
This book discusses the relationship between mobility and / or archaeological sites functionality and lithic artifacts. The problems... More
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£38.00
Author:
Arnaud F. Lambert
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312743
Paperback:
128pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
Paris Monographs in American Archaeology, 35
BAR number:
S2637
One of the most interesting issues in the study of Olmec-style art, especially in the southern Gulf Coast lowlands, has been the debate... More
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Constructing 'Commoner' Identity in an Ancient Maya Village
Class, status, and ritual at the Northeast Group, Chan Belize
£38.00
Author:
Chelsea Blackmore
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312842
Paperback:
134pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2645
Sub Title:
Class, status, and ritual at the Northeast Group, Chan Belize
Research at the Northeast Group explores how the malleability of commoner identity is crucial to interpretations of ancient Maya society.... More
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Los Templos Coloniales como Estructuras Funerarias
Arqueología en la iglesia jesuita de Mendoza
£37.00
Author:
Horacio Chiavazza
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781841717098
Paperback:
160pp, Includes 41 black and white figures, 20 tables
BAR number:
S1388
Sub Title:
Arqueología en la iglesia jesuita de Mendoza
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Health in Past Societies
Biocultural interpretations of human skeletal remains in archaeological contexts
£37.00
Editors:
Helen Bush and Marek Zvelebil
Publication Year:
1991
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547167
Paperback:
154pp
BAR number:
S567
Sub Title:
Biocultural interpretations of human skeletal remains in archaeological contexts
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¡El Yunque se levanta!
Interdisciplinarity and activism at the La Mina petroglyph site
£37.00
Author:
Rhianna C. Rogers, James Schuetz and Rex Cauldwell
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356433
Paperback:
120 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 87 figures and 8 tables.
BAR number:
S3019
Sub Title:
Interdisciplinarity and activism at the La Mina petroglyph site
Archaeologists consider Puerto Rico a key geographical location for categorizing native occupations in the Caribbean. However, lack of funding, minimal... More
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£36.00
Editors:
Eveline J. van der Steen and Benjamin A. Saidel
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300931
Paperback:
142pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1657
The papers collected here are the precipitation of a seminar which was held at the Albright institute, Jerusalem, on June 3rd, 2004,... More
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El Inkario en los Valles del Sur Andino Boliviano
Los Yamparas entre la arqueología y etnohistoria
£36.00
Editors:
Sonia Alconini
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
Spanish with abstracts in English
ISBN:
9781407302355
Paperback:
147pp
Sub-series name:
South American Archaeology Series, 5
BAR number:
S1868
Sub Title:
Los Yamparas entre la arqueología y etnohistoria
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£36.00
Editors:
Emily M. Stovel and Guillermo De La Fuente
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314815
Paperback:
125pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 19 tables, 12 colour figures (including 3 photographs), 53 black and white figures (including 8 photographs), 8 black and white maps
BAR number:
S2808
This volume presents current trends in the application of scientific methods to ceramic analysis throughout South America. Reports from ongoing ceramic... More
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£35.00
Author:
Chantal Esquivias
Publication Year:
2002
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841713113
Paperback:
134pp, Includes black and white figures, tables
BAR number:
S1053
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Human Sacrifices for Cosmic Order and Regeneration
Structure and meaning in Moche iconography. Peru, AD 100-800
£35.00
Author:
Edward K. de Bock
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841717203
Paperback:
144pp, Includes numerous black and white plates.
BAR number:
S1429
Sub Title:
Structure and meaning in Moche iconography. Peru, AD 100-800
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£35.00
Author:
Iosif Moravetz
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718811
Paperback:
144pp. Includes 9 tables, 50 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 27 black and white plates. Appendices of data
BAR number:
S1445
St Vincent's (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean) archaeological record is rich in images depicted by a variety of fired clay artefacts.... More
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Untermassfeld
A late Early Pleistocene (Epivillafranchian) fossil site near Meiningen (Thuringia, Germany) and its position in the development of the European mammal fauna
£35.00
Author:
Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841717920
Paperback:
141pp. Includes 79 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs. With additional material online (excavation maps)
BAR number:
S1578
Sub Title:
A late Early Pleistocene (Epivillafranchian) fossil site near Meiningen (Thuringia, Germany) and its position in the development of the European mammal fauna
The fossil site of Untermassfeld, near the town of Meiningen in Southern Thuringia, was discovered in 1978 and has been the subject of 25... More
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Image and Ritual in the Aztec World
Selected papers of the ‘Ritual Americas’ conferences organized by the Société des Américanistes de Belgique in collaboration with the Red Europea de Estudios Amerindios Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), 2-5 April 2008
£35.00
Editors:
Sylvie Peperstraete
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407303789
Paperback:
137pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures and drawings.
BAR number:
S1896
Sub Title:
Selected papers of the ‘Ritual Americas’ conferences organized by the Société des Américanistes de Belgique in collaboration with the Red Europea de Estudios Amerindios Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), 2-5 April 2008
Selected papers of the sesion Image and Ritual in the Aztec World from the 'Ritual Americas' conferences organized by the Société des... More
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£35.00
Editors:
Sandra L. López Varela
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313290
Paperback:
109pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2683
Sub Title:
Papers in Honour of Charles C. Kolb
This volume celebrates and reveals the critical role of Charles C. Kolb in creating and sustaining the knowledge of ceramic studies... More
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Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, México
Sylvanus G. Morley 1946
£35.00
Editors:
John M. Weeks and Nuria Matarredona Desantes
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313719
Paperback:
124pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
Paris Monographs in American Archaeology, 39
BAR number:
S2718
Sub Title:
Sylvanus G. Morley 1946
Chichén Itzá is a UNESCO-designated World Heritage site, one of the largest and most accessible Maya archaeological areas in southern... More
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£35.00
Author:
Roberto Zárate
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544142
Paperback:
138pp
BAR number:
S322
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£35.00
Editors:
Isabelle C. Druc
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711751
Paperback:
134pp
BAR number:
S942
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Mucho más que barcos
Una aproximación teórica a las funciones, capacidades náuticas, bases materiales y dimensión social de la tecnología naval prehistórica
£35.00
Author:
Julián Moyano Di Carlo
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
Spanish with a 6 pg English summary
ISBN:
9781407316543
Paperback:
123 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 6 tables, 67 figures (1 in colour), 2 colour graphs
BAR number:
S2901
Sub Title:
Una aproximación teórica a las funciones, capacidades náuticas, bases materiales y dimensión social de la tecnología naval prehistórica
Este trabajo pretende convertirse en un modelo teórico que sirva de sustento a un proyecto de investigación futuro sobre tecnología naval prehistórica.... More
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The Paiján People
Burials and Paleoindian human remains from coastal Peru
£35.00
Authors:
Jean-Paul Lacombe and Claude Chauchat
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407361215
Paperback:
114 pages, Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S3156
Sub Title:
Burials and Paleoindian human remains from coastal Peru
From 1972 to 1997, archaeological research was undertaken on open air early sites on the north coast of Peru (Cupisnique region: about 7°30 south latitude).... More
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£33.00
Author:
Isabelle C. Druc
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549642
Paperback:
130pp, Includes 19 tables, 4 plates, 34 figures
BAR number:
S731
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£33.00
Author:
Armando Anaya Hernández
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711959
Paperback:
128pp, Includes black and white figures, tables
BAR number:
S994
Sub Title:
A GIS Approach
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