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East Asia

Préhistoire de l'Asie et de l'Océanie / Asian and Oceanic Prehistory
Sessions générales et posters / General Sessions and Posters
£22.00
Editors:
Le Secrétariat du Congrès
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781841719603
Paperback:
66pp, 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:
S1523
Sub Title:
Sessions générales et posters / General Sessions and Posters
8 papers from Section 16 (Asian and Oceanic Prehistory) Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liège, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001. More
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£25.00
Author:
Carol Raish
Publication Year:
1992
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547341
Paperback:
100pp, Includes plans and a bibliography.
BAR number:
S579
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Determining the Antiquity of Dog Origins
Canine domestication as a model for the consilience between molecular genetics and archaeology
£29.00
Author:
Michelle J. Raisor
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718095
Paperback:
105pp. Includes 6 tables, 25 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs including 4 in colour
BAR number:
S1367
Sub Title:
Canine domestication as a model for the consilience between molecular genetics and archaeology
Archaeologists have favoured a date of 14,000-15,000 years before present (BP) for canine domestication. However, recent studies of mutations in the... More
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£29.00
Editors:
Anthea Harris
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300788
Paperback:
104pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Reading Medieval Studies, 32
BAR number:
S1644
This volume comprises the publication of a one-day conference held at the University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies)... More
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Okinawa: The Rise of an Island Kingdom
Archaeological and cultural perspectives Proceedings of a Symposium, Kingdom of the Coral Seas, November 17, 2007, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
£31.00
Editors:
Richard Pearson
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303802
Paperback:
113pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs including 8 colour plates
BAR number:
S1898
Sub Title:
Archaeological and cultural perspectives Proceedings of a Symposium, Kingdom of the Coral Seas, November 17, 2007, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
This book includes papers from the Symposium, Kingdom of the Coral Seas, November 17, 2007, at the School of Oriental and African... More
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£31.00
Author:
Chong Yu
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316871
Paperback:
108 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 13 tables, 20 figures
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 2
BAR number:
S2959
Cattle (Bos taurus), domesticated from the extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius), has been an important animal to many human societies since prehistoric times.... More
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£32.00
Author:
Laurent Long
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
French with English summary
ISBN:
9781407305615
Paperback:
119pp. Illustrated with maps, plans, drawings and photographs in colour and black and white.
BAR number:
S2085
A new study of 'The Fair Stone', defining jade, its nature, virtues, deposits and carving techniques according to ancient Chinese texts.... More
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Ainu Archaeology as Ethnohistory
Iron technology among the Saru Ainu of Hokkaido, Japan, in the 17th century
£33.00
Author:
Yuriko Fukasawa
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549772
Paperback:
128pp. With additional material online (foldout of flow diagram 4-1)
BAR number:
S744
Sub Title:
Iron technology among the Saru Ainu of Hokkaido, Japan, in the 17th century
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Craft Production in the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771BC)
A case study of a jue-earrings workshop at the predynastic capital site, Zhouyuan, China
£35.00
Author:
Zhouyong Sun
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302652
Paperback:
141pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1777
Sub Title:
A case study of a jue-earrings workshop at the predynastic capital site, Zhouyuan, China
This work investigates the craft production system in the Western Zhou (China), through a case study of a 'jue'-earrings workshop at... More
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Chinese Porcelain Marks from Coastal Sites in Kenya
aspects of trade in the Indian Ocean, XIV-XIX centuries
£35.00
Author:
Caroline Sassoon
Publication Year:
1978
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860540182
Paperback:
144pp, Includes 160 illustrations
BAR number:
S43
Sub Title:
aspects of trade in the Indian Ocean, XIV-XIX centuries
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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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Animal Classification in Central China
From the late Neolithic to the early Bronze Age
£36.00
Author:
Ningning Dong
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357928
Paperback:
144 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 55 figures and 37 tables.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 4
BAR number:
S3031
Sub Title:
From the late Neolithic to the early Bronze Age
This monograph uses an archaeological approach to decipher folk classification of animals in ancient societies. Ningning Dong collates faunal data from... More
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Emergent Social Complexity in the Yangshao Culture
Analyses of settlement patterns and faunal remains from Lingbau Western Henan China (c. 4900-3000 BC)
£38.00
Author:
Xiaolin Ma
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718910
Paperback:
158pp. Includes 32 tables, 55 figures maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1453
Sub Title:
Analyses of settlement patterns and faunal remains from Lingbau Western Henan China (c. 4900-3000 BC)
This work address the question of the emergence of social complexity in the Yangshao culture (ca. 4900-3000 BC) in Central China based on... More
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£39.00
Author:
Kathryn Holmes
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300139
Paperback:
158pp. Includes 16 tables, 20 figures, maps, plans and illustrations, 2 data Appendices
BAR number:
S1597
In order to understand fully Plio-Pleistocene hominid migrations, a whole gamut of interacting factors must be examined. It has been... More
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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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The Hongshan Papers
Collected Studies on the Archaeology of Northern China
£39.00
Author:
Sarah M. Nelson
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312538
Paperback:
124pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white & colour
BAR number:
S2618
Sub Title:
Collected Studies on the Archaeology of Northern China
The papers gathered together in this volume represent over a dozen years of research on the Hongshan period in north-eastern China.... More
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£40.00
Editors:
Chen Shen and Susan G. Keates
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841715469
Paperback:
157pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings, photographs
BAR number:
S1179
This volume is derived from a symposium entitled “Theory and Practice in Chinese Pleistocene Archaeology” at the 65th annual meeting of... More
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£40.00
Editors:
Akira Ono and Masami Izuho
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309385
Paperback:
155pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2352
The Japan Association for Quaternary Research (JAQUA) and the Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial... More
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The 'Crescent-Shaped Cultural-Communication Belt': Tong Enzheng's Model in Retrospect
An examination of methodological, theoretical and material concerns of long-distance interactions in East Asia
£40.00
Editors:
Anke Hein
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313238
Paperback:
152pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2679
Sub Title:
An examination of methodological, theoretical and material concerns of long-distance interactions in East Asia
The notion of a “crescent-shaped cultural-communication belt” stretching from Northeast China and Korea along the Tibetan borderlands all... More
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£41.00
Author:
Xinwei Li
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303079
Paperback:
169pp. Includes 35 tables, 98 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, Glossary
BAR number:
S1821
This work is a case study focusing on the long-term unique evolutionary trajectory of the prehistoric Liaoxi area, Northeast China. The... More
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£41.00
Author:
Celine Y. Y. Lai
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316055
Paperback:
128 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 9 tables, 65 figures (49 in colour), 2 maps (1 in colour)
BAR number:
S2915
This monograph presents the first thorough study of the bronzes from south-central China. The finds from the Yangtze areas have conventionally been thought... More
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£43.00
Author:
Jian Leng
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711690
Paperback:
170pp. Includes black and white figures, plates, tables
BAR number:
S924
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Perceived Landscapes and Built Environments
The cultural geography of Late Paleolithic Eurasia
£43.00
Editors:
S. A. Vasil'ev, O. Soffer and J. Kozlowski
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781841714981
Paperback:
167pp. Includes large number of illustrations, tables, maps, charts, elevations, photographs.
BAR number:
S1122
Sub Title:
The cultural geography of Late Paleolithic Eurasia
Upper Palaeolithic living sites and their associated buildings have seen an increase in studies over the last few years. The focuses of... 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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Chariots in Early China
Origins, cultural interaction, and identity
£43.00
Author:
Hsiao-yun Wu
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310657
Paperback:
149pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2457
Sub Title:
Origins, cultural interaction, and identity
This book concerns the ways in which the adaption of a steppe innovation, the horse-drawn chariot, in Chinese society during the 12th -... More
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£44.00
Author:
Chao Zhao
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315362
Paperback:
148 pages, Illustrated throughout in b&w, and colour.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 11
BAR number:
S3150
This book uses a cultural ecological approach to explore how prehistoric societies were economically and socially organized to utilize the steppe... 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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Archaeoastronomy in Archaeology and Ethnography
Papers from the annual meeting of SEAC (European Society for Astronomy in Culture) held in Kecskemét in Hungary in 2004
£46.00
Editors:
Emília Pásztor
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300818
Paperback:
183pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs 3 in colour
BAR number:
S1647
Sub Title:
Papers from the annual meeting of SEAC (European Society for Astronomy in Culture) held in Kecskemét in Hungary in 2004
This book includes papers from the annual meeting of SEAC (European Society for Astronomy in Culture) held in Kecskemét in Hungary in 2004. 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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Millets, Rice and Farmers
Phytoliths as indicators of agricultural, social and ecological change in Neolithic and Bronze Age Central China
£47.00
Author:
Alison Ruth Weisskopf
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312170
Paperback:
186pp. Illustrated throughout. With additional material online (Phytolith reference collection)
BAR number:
S2589
Sub Title:
Phytoliths as indicators of agricultural, social and ecological change in Neolithic and Bronze Age Central China
Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Central China was the scene of important cultural developments which impacted on agricultural... More
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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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Agropastoralism and Languages Across Eurasia
Expansion, exchange, environment
£47.00
Editors:
Mark Hudson and Martine Robbeets
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360751
Paperback:
164 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 9
BAR number:
S3126
Sub Title:
Expansion, exchange, environment
The essays in this volume explore questions relating to human dispersals and exchange across the varied environments of Eurasia. Part One focuses on the... More
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Lithic Production and Early Urbanism in China
A case study of the lithic production at the Neolithic Taosi Site (ca. 2500–1900BCE)
£48.00
Author:
Shaodong Zhai
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309767
Paperback:
193pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2384
Sub Title:
A case study of the lithic production at the Neolithic Taosi Site (ca. 2500–1900BCE)
This work investigates the contribution of economic activity to Chinese early urbanization, through a case study of the lithic production... More
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Beyond Death
Beliefs, Practice, and Material Expression
£48.00
Editors:
Patrick Ryan Williams, Gary M. Feinman and Luis Muro Ynoñán
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English, with abstracts in Spanish
ISBN:
9781407360430
Paperback:
160 pages
Sub-series name:
Fieldiana: Anthropology, 47
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30861/9781407360430
BAR number:
S3104
Sub Title:
Beliefs, Practice, and Material Expression
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on the BAR Digital platform... More
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£49.00
Editors:
Sarah M. Nelson, Anatoly P. Derevianko, Yaroslav V. Kuzmin and Richard L. Bland
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719726
Paperback:
207pp. Includes 2 tables, 110 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1540
The archaeology of the Russian Far East is rich in new and sometimes surprising discoveries. Very early pottery dates, in several... More
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£49.00
Editors:
Akira Ono, Michael D. Glascock, Yaroslav V. Kuzmin and Yoshimitsu Suda
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312552
Paperback:
200pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2620
This volume is a collection of papers related to different aspects of obsidian studies (mainly geology, geochemistry, and archaeology) in... More
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Space and Function
Buddhist State Monasteries in Early Medieval China and their Impact on East Asia
£49.00
Author:
Liqun He
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358147
Paperback:
172 pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
BAR number:
S3110
Sub Title:
Buddhist State Monasteries in Early Medieval China and their Impact on East Asia
Space and Function is a study of Buddhist State Monasteries in medieval East Asia. The research is based on archaeological evidence and focuses on how the... More
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£50.00
Author:
Ling-yu Hung†, edited by Anke Hein and Andrew Womack
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358789
Paperback:
214 pages
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 5
BAR number:
S3045
This study focuses on Neolithic period Majiayao-style painted pottery from Northwest China, which is known for its high quality and beautiful décor. While... More
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The Origin of White Porcelain
Transformation of ceramic technology in sixth century north China
£50.00
Author:
Shan Huang
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360492
Paperback:
164 pages
Sub-series name:
UCL Institute of Archaeology PhD Series, 8
BAR number:
S3113
Sub Title:
Transformation of ceramic technology in sixth century north China
The sixth century saw a major transformation of ceramic technology. It initiated an era characterised by porcelain and polychrome decoration that overturned... More
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Rice Bowls and Dinner Plates
Ceramic artefacts from Chinese gold mining sites in southeast New South Wales, mid 19th to early 20th century
£52.00
Author:
Virginia Esposito
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313160
Paperback:
218pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2674
Sub Title:
Ceramic artefacts from Chinese gold mining sites in southeast New South Wales, mid 19th to early 20th century
This volume details the results of the first intra-site examination of Chinese gold miners' camps in Australia and the compositional... More
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Ancient Society and Metallurgy
A comparative study of Bronze Age societies in Central Eurasia and North China
£53.00
Author:
Liangren Zhang
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309118
Paperback:
210pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2328
Sub Title:
A comparative study of Bronze Age societies in Central Eurasia and North China
Focusing on Bronze Age societies in Central Eurasia and North China, this book presents a new scenario of early social evolution.... More
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Change and Continuity in the Prehistoric Rock Art of East Siberia
An archaeological and anthropological exploration into ethno-cultural identity, belonging, and symbolism
£53.00
Author:
Irina A. Ponomareva
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358765
Paperback:
222 pages
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 4
BAR number:
S3057
Sub Title:
An archaeological and anthropological exploration into ethno-cultural identity, belonging, and symbolism
The volume covers a huge region of East Siberia, considering prehistoric ethno-cultural and social processes through the development of rock art styles and... More
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Archaeological Sciences '97
Proceedings of the conference held at the University of Durham, 2nd-4th September 1997
£54.00
Editors:
Andrew Millard
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712314
Paperback:
215pp. Illustrated throughout with figures (8 in colour), tables, plans, drawings, photographs etc
BAR number:
S939
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the conference held at the University of Durham, 2nd-4th September 1997
Science is affecting all areas of contemporary archaeology. This volume contains 25 of the papers (and 18 abstracts) presented at the... 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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Atti del 3o Convegno Nazionale di Etnoarcheologia, Mondaino, 17-19 marzo 2004
Proceedings of the 3 rd Italian Congress of Ethnoarchaeology, Mondaino (Italy), 17-19 March, 2004
£55.00
Editors:
Francesca Lugli and Alessandra Assunta Stoppiello
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
Italian and English
ISBN:
9781407303260
Paperback:
221pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs.
BAR number:
S1841
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 3 rd Italian Congress of Ethnoarchaeology, Mondaino (Italy), 17-19 March, 2004
Proceedings of the 3rd Italian Congress of Ethnoarchaeology held in Mondaino (Italy), 17-19 March, 2004. More
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Minnan Blue-and-white Wares
An archaeological survey of kiln sites of the 16th-19th centuries in southern Fujian, China
£55.00
Author:
Chuimei Ho
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545538
Paperback:
244pp
BAR number:
S428
Sub Title:
An archaeological survey of kiln sites of the 16th-19th centuries in southern Fujian, China
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Art du Paléolithique Supérieur et du Mésolithique / Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Art
Sessions générales et posters / General Sessions and Posters
£56.00
Editors:
le Secrétariat du Congrès
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781841716602
Paperback:
223pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, tables and illustrations
Sub-series name:
Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liège, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001, 8
BAR number:
S1311
Sub Title:
Sessions générales et posters / General Sessions and Posters
Art du Paléolithique Supérieur et du Mésolithique/Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Art. Section 8 of the Acts of the XIVth UISPP... More
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£56.00
Author:
(Peter) Wei Ming Jia
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300436
Paperback:
227pp. Includes 28 tables, 150 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 6 data Appendices
BAR number:
S1629
The main aim of this book is to demonstrate that, based on a practicable method of tool complex analysis and using as a framework, the... More
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