Central and South Asia

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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£123.00
Author:
László Kovács with malacological identifications by Gyula Radócz
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303338
Paperback:
538pp. Includes 196 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, with extensive catalogue
BAR number:
S1846
A comprehensive study of cowries and other shells, including fossilised material. More
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£49.00
Author:
George Erdosy
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545576
Paperback:
218pp
BAR number:
S430
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Unconformist Archaeology
Papers in honour of Paolo Biagi
£47.00
Editors:
Elisabetta Starnini
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311463
Paperback:
153pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2528
Sub Title:
Papers in honour of Paolo Biagi
This honorary volume offered to Paolo Biagi for his 65th birthday brings together papers by his friends, former students and colleagues,... More
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£32.00
Author:
Wolfram Grajetzki
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712864
Paperback:
122pp. Includes drawings, plans, tables, 8 black and white plates
BAR number:
S1007
The Middle Kingdom (c. 2000 - 1500 BC) is in many respects the classical period of ancient Egyptian history and culture. During the two... More
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£29.00
Editors:
Valeriu Sîrbu and Cristian Schuster
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309897
Paperback:
103pp, 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), 2
BAR number:
S2396
This book includes papers from the session 'Tumuli Graves - Status Symbol of the Dead in Bronze and Iron Ages in Europe' held at the XVI... More
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Tibetan Silver, Gold and Bronze Objects and the Aesthetics of Animals in the Era before Empire
Cross-cultural reverberations on the Tibetan Plateau and soundings from other parts of Eurasia
£53.00
Author:
John Vincent Bellezza
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407354316
Paperback:
184 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 2 tables, 148 figures, 2 maps.
BAR number:
S2984
Sub Title:
Cross-cultural reverberations on the Tibetan Plateau and soundings from other parts of Eurasia
This archaeological and art-historical study is woven around rock art and ancient metallic articles attributed to Tibet. The silver bowls, gold finial, and... More
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£62.00
Editors:
Hans Barnard and Jelmer W. Eerkens
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300849
Paperback:
278pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps graphs and tables, 2 Appendices, Index
BAR number:
S1650
Organic residues include a broad range of materials that can be analyzed at a macro-, micro- or molecular level. They represent the... More
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Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology / Questions théorétiques et méthodologiques en archéologie évolutive
Toward an unified Darwinian paradigm / Vers un paradigme Darwinien unifié, Vol. 20, Session WS22
£32.00
Editors:
Hernán Juan Muscio and Gabriel Eduardo José López
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303987
Paperback:
121pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 20
BAR number:
S1915
Sub Title:
Toward an unified Darwinian paradigm / Vers un paradigme Darwinien unifié, Vol. 20, Session WS22
This book includes papers from the session 'Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology' presented at the XV UISPP... 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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£47.00
Author:
Wenli Zhou
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315515
Paperback:
162pp.Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 43 tables, 122 figures (62 in colour), 3 maps (1 in colour).
BAR number:
S2835
This book presents the analyses, technical interpretation and socio-economic contextualisation of the production remains of zinc distillation from three... More
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£37.00
Author:
Edmund Wickramapathirana
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542971
Paperback:
154pp, Includes figures.
BAR number:
S228
Sub Title:
A critical review
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£70.00
Author:
Margarita A. Kiryak (Dikova),Translated and edited by Richard L. Bland and Yaroslav V. Kuzmin.
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English, translated from Russian
ISBN:
9781407305752
Paperback:
285pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2099
This work introduces all the multicomponent artifact complexes from the Stone Age Chukotkan archaeological sites (north-eastern Siberia)... More
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£49.00
Author:
Tao Tong
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311395
Paperback:
213pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2521
Sub Title:
as reconstructed from archaeological and written sources
The excavation of Tuyuhun-Tubo (Tibetan) elite graves at Dulan and Delingha in the modern province of Qinghai has necessitated a... More
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£81.00
Author:
Jum’a Mahmoud H. Kareem
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710785
Paperback:
321pp. Includes 98 figures of maps, plans and line drawings
BAR number:
S877
This book is an archaeological study of the Jordan Valley in the Mid-Late Islamic periods, which include the Mamluk (AH 648-922/AD... More
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The Relief Plaques of Eastern Eurasia and China
The ‘Ordos Bronzes’, Peter the Great’s Treasure, and their kin
£47.00
Author:
John Boardman
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306872
Paperback:
250pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2146
Sub Title:
The ‘Ordos Bronzes’, Peter the Great’s Treasure, and their kin
'The 'Ordos bronzes' are well known to collectors and many museums, named for the many finds in and around the Ordos plateau in north... More
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£40.00
Author:
Manoj Kumar Singh
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311982
Paperback:
147pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2575
Researches in Stone Age prehistory from Bihar (NE India) have been reported from as early as the end of the nineteenth century. Despite... More
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£63.00
Author:
Chrysanthi Gallou
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718149
Paperback:
253pp. Includes 95 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs. Catalogue of sites
BAR number:
S1372
This book examines the evidence for the performance of ancestor veneration in LH III Greece with emphasis placed mainly on the data from... More
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The Making of the Tuoba Northern Wei
Constructing material cultural expressions in the Northern Wei Pingcheng Period (398–494 CE)
£39.00
Author:
Chin-Yin Tseng
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311883
Paperback:
130pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2567
Sub Title:
Constructing material cultural expressions in the Northern Wei Pingcheng Period (398–494 CE)
The Tuoba's success in the development of the Northern Wei as a conquest dynasty in fifth-century northern China is demonstrated as a... More
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£32.00
Editors:
Emmanuel Anati, Luiz Oosterbeek, Federico Mailland
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781407309477
Paperback:
119pp, 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), 1
BAR number:
S2360
Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Florianopolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011). More
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The Human Canopy
Homo erectus, Homo soloensis, Homo pekinensis and Homo floresiensis
£47.00
Author:
Valéry Zeitoun
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304526
Paperback:
190pp
BAR number:
S1937
Sub Title:
Homo erectus, Homo soloensis, Homo pekinensis and Homo floresiensis
Homo erectus, Homo soloensis, Homo pakinensis and Homo floresiensis More
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The Gilund Project: Excavations in Regional Context
Proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology in Ravenna, Italy, July 2007
£22.00
Editors:
Teresa P. Raczek and Vasant Shinde
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306735
Paperback:
69pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2132
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology in Ravenna, Italy, July 2007
This book presents the proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology that took place in Ravenna,... More
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The Final Feast
An examination of the significant Iron Age amphora burials in north-west Europe in relation to the mediterranean symposium and feasting ritual
£59.00
Author:
Pamela Elizabeth Craven
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300221
Paperback:
229pp. Includes 12 tables, 76 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, Glossary
BAR number:
S1605
Sub Title:
An examination of the significant Iron Age amphora burials in north-west Europe in relation to the mediterranean symposium and feasting ritual
Intrigued by this mundane, ubiquitous vessel, the author of this study began to collect data from amphora related burials with the... More
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The Deceased's Life Cycle Rituals in Nepal
Present Cremation Burials for the Interpretations of the Past
£22.00
Author:
Terje Oestigaard
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711355
Paperback:
74pp
BAR number:
S853
Sub Title:
Present Cremation Burials for the Interpretations of the Past
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£82.00
Author:
G. A. Fyodorov-Davydov and translated from the Russian by H. Bartlett Wells
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542568
Paperback:
396pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p238-265
BAR number:
S198
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The Culture of Ancient Ferghana
VI century B.C.-VI century A.D.
£81.00
Author:
N.G. Gorbunova, translated from the Russian by A.P. Andryushkin
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543633
Paperback:
394pp
BAR number:
S281
Sub Title:
VI century B.C.-VI century A.D.
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£45.00
Editors:
Fernando López Sánchez
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309972
Paperback:
176pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2402
Cities have tended throughout history to be the preferred location for the minting and circulation of coins and coinage has in turn... More
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£22.00
Author:
Rachel Mairs
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307527
Paperback:
75pp. Includes 3 figures
BAR number:
S2196
This book is intended as an introduction to the archaeology of the easternmost regions of Greek settlement in the Hellenistic period,... More
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£40.00
Author:
Monica L. Smith
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711973
Paperback:
172pp, Includes illustrations, maps.
BAR number:
S1002
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The Ahar Culture and Beyond
Settlements and Frontiers of 'Mesolithic' and Early Agricultural Sites in South-Eastern Rajasthan c. 3rd-2nd Millennia B. C.
£62.00
Author:
Rima Hooja
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545309
Paperback:
270pp
BAR number:
S412
Sub Title:
Settlements and Frontiers of 'Mesolithic' and Early Agricultural Sites in South-Eastern Rajasthan c. 3rd-2nd Millennia B. C.
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£31.00
Author:
Rostislav Nekuda and translated by Radek Kobzik and David Konecny
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841717951
Paperback:
112pp. Includes 129 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1582
This work describes the organization of an agricultural homestead and its equipment and function and the ensuing research contributes... More
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Terra and Silva in the Pannonian Plain
Opovo agro-gathering in the Late Neolithic
£49.00
Author:
Ksenija Borojevic
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719931
Paperback:
199pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, tables and photographs: 5 in colour
BAR number:
S1563
Sub Title:
Opovo agro-gathering in the Late Neolithic
This work is a study of plant macro remains from the Late Neolithic site of Opovo. Opovo is dated from 4700 to 4500 B.C., and culturally... More
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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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£54.00
Author:
Evgenia Dammer
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360317
Paperback:
186 pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 8
BAR number:
S3122
This book is the first comprehensive study of the technological knowledge needed to produce Neolithic Majiayao-style pottery (5300-4000 cal yr BP) which is... More
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Stone Age Traditions of Meghalaya
A study of variation and continuity
£39.00
Author:
Abdullah Ali Ashraf
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307206
Paperback:
158pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
South Asian Archaeology Series, 12
BAR number:
S2176
Sub Title:
A study of variation and continuity
Human adaptation in relation to northeast India is relatively unknown; various general aspects have been studied and usually interpreted... More
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£26.00
Editors:
Ranjana Ray and Vidula Jayaswal
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English with summaries in French
ISBN:
9781407304069
Paperback:
79pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 1
BAR number:
S1924
Sub Title:
Session WC01
This book includes papers from the session entitled 'Status of Prehistoric Studies in the Twenty First Century in India' presented at the... More
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Space, Time, Place
Third International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology, 17th-21st August 2009, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
£115.00
Editors:
Stefano Campana, Maurizio Forte and Claudia Liuzza
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306599
Paperback:
458pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2118
Sub Title:
Third International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology, 17th-21st August 2009, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology held in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, in August... More
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Southeast Asian Archaeology 1986
Proceedings of the First Conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe: Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 8th – 10th September 1986
£69.00
Editors:
Ian Glover and Emily Glover
Publication Year:
1990
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547099
Paperback:
304pp
Sub-series name:
Papers in Italian archaeology
BAR number:
S561
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the First Conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe: Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 8th – 10th September 1986
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£40.00
Author:
Tom Hoogervorst
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312033
Paperback:
172pp, Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2580
This book casts a new light on the role of Southeast Asia in the ancient Indian Ocean World. It brings together data and approaches from archaeology and... More
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South Asian Archaeology 2007: Volume I - Prehistoric Periods
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology Ravenna, Italy, 2-6 July 2007
£67.00
Editors:
Dennys Frenez and Maurizio Tosi
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310626
Paperback:
325pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2454
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology Ravenna, Italy, 2-6 July 2007
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£94.00
Editors:
Pierfrancesco Callieri and Luca Colliva
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306742
Paperback:
376pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2133
Sub Title:
Volume II: Historic Periods
Proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology in Ravenna, Italy, July 2007. Volume II: Historic... More
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Slavery from Known to Unknown
A comparative study of slavery in ancient Greek poleis and ancient Sri Lanka
£39.00
Author:
Chandima S. M. Wickramasinghe
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841717302
Paperback:
164pp. Includes black and white figures, tables
BAR number:
S1463
Sub Title:
A comparative study of slavery in ancient Greek poleis and ancient Sri Lanka
A comparative study of slavery in ancient Greek poleis and ancient Sri Lanka 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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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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£53.00
Author:
P. H. B. Baker and F. R. Allchin
Publication Year:
1991
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547204
Paperback:
234pp
BAR number:
S570
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Sauromatisches und sarmatisches Fundgut nordöstlich und östlich des Kaspischen Meeres
Eine Bestandsaufnahme bisheriger Forschungen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Waffengräber
£68.00
Author:
Rebecca Wegener
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
German
ISBN:
9781407306339
Paperback:
269pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2072
Sub Title:
Eine Bestandsaufnahme bisheriger Forschungen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Waffengräber
This volume is an overview of Sarmatian finds previously only published in Soviet/Russian journals and monographs. The author also... More
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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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Rethinking the Indus
A comparative re-evaluation of the Indus Civilisation as an alternative paradigm in the organisation and structure of early complex societies
£74.00
Author:
Edward Cork
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307718
Paperback:
295pp. Includes 218 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 13 tables
BAR number:
S2213
Sub Title:
A comparative re-evaluation of the Indus Civilisation as an alternative paradigm in the organisation and structure of early complex societies
In many ways, we are presented today with a situation much like that described for Indus Civilisation studies in the 1960s: a particular... More
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