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East Asia

£62.00
Author:
Juan Wang
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316130
Paperback:
218 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 49 tables, 84 figures (15 in colour)
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 1
BAR number:
S2902
Haimenkou was an important location, with trade and cultural links connecting parts of modern Southeast Asia and northwestern China in ancient times.... 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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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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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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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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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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Archaeological Approaches to Breaking Boundaries: Interaction, Integration and Division
Proceedings of the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Conferences 2015–2016
£70.00
Editors:
Rebecca O'Sullivan, Christina Marini and Julia Binnberg
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315133
Paperback:
341 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 8 tables, 147 figures (48 in colour), 2 maps and 5 graphs
BAR number:
S2869
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Conferences 2015–2016
This volume brings together two Graduate Archaeology at Oxford (GAO) conferences held in 2015-2016 to present the work of early-career researchers from... 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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£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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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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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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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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£74.00
Author:
Yongwook Yoo
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302133
Paperback:
292pp
BAR number:
S1772
Hominin Occupation and Technological Evolution in the Imjin-Hantan River Area, Korea. More
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Bronze Weapons of the Qin Terracotta Warriors
Standardisation, craft specialisation and labour organisation
£66.00
Author:
Xiuzhen Li
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316901
Paperback:
239 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 36 tables, 137 figures.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 3
BAR number:
S2992
Sub Title:
Standardisation, craft specialisation and labour organisation
Over 40,000 lethal bronze weapons were discovered with thousands of terracotta warriors in the tomb complex of the Qin First Emperor (259-210 BC). This book... 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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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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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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Commemorating Coal Mining Worldwide
International museums, heritage centres and sites related to coal mining
£115.00
Author:
Margaret Lindsay Faull
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358123
Paperback:
504 pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour. 452 figures.
BAR number:
S3076
Sub Title:
International museums, heritage centres and sites related to coal mining
This book contains descriptions of 432 coal-mining museums, heritage centres, archives and memorials, and preserved colliery sites in 48 countries in... 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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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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£61.00
Editors:
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin and Michael D. Glascock
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306940
Paperback:
243pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2152
The original idea for developing this book as Proceedings from the Symposium on Obsidian Source Studies in Northeast Asia, held at the... 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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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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£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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Dogs Through Time: An Archaeological Perspective
Proceedings of the 1st ICAZ Symposium on the History of the Domestic Dog, Eighth Congress of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ98), August 23-29, 1998, Victoria, B.C., Canada
£86.00
Editors:
Susan Janet Crockford
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710891
Paperback:
360pp. Includes numerous line drawings, plates and photographs.
BAR number:
S889
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 1st ICAZ Symposium on the History of the Domestic Dog, Eighth Congress of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ98), August 23-29, 1998, Victoria, B.C., Canada
The remains of domestic dogs are found in archaeological sites around the world, providing an unexpected global link between... 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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£59.00
Editors:
Andrzej Antczak and Roberto Cipriani
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303482
Paperback:
258pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1865
Papers from an international workshop the Early Human Impact on Megamolluscs (EHIM), held on the Isla de Margarita, in Venezuela, between... 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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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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£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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Equids and Wheeled Vehicles in the Ancient World
Essays in Memory of Mary A. Littauer
£59.00
Editors:
Peter Raulwing, Katheryn M. Linduff and Joost H. Crouwel
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316437
Paperback:
232 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 261 figures (80 in colour), 19 tables.
BAR number:
S2923
Sub Title:
Essays in Memory of Mary A. Littauer
The essays in this volume were originally presented at a symposium in honour of Mary Aiken Littauer, la grande dame de l’hippologie ancienne. The papers... More
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From Space to Place: 2nd International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology
Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop, CNR, Rome, Italy, December 4-7, 2006
£131.00
Editors:
Stefano Campana and Maurizio Forte
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719986
Paperback:
663pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, tables, drawings and photographs including 4 in colour
BAR number:
S1568
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop, CNR, Rome, Italy, December 4-7, 2006
In 2001, UNESCO and the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the 'Open Initiative on the Use of Space Technologies to Monitor Natural and... 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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£98.00
Editors:
Sandra L. Olsen, Susan Grant, Alice M. Choyke, and László Bartosiewicz
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719900
Paperback:
392pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1560
This volume constitutes the proceedings of the Horses and Humans Symposium, held in 2000 at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History,... More
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£56.00
Author:
Limin Huan
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315249
Paperback:
204 pages
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 10
BAR number:
S3147
In China’s Metal Age, which began around 2000 BCE, leaded bronze was widely used. The additional lead distinguishes early Chinese bronze objects from... 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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Iron Age Archaeology and Trauma from Aymyrlyg South Siberia
An examination of the health diet and lifestyles of the two Iron Age populations buried at the cemetery complex of Aymyrlyg
£62.00
Author:
Eileen M. Murphy
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841715223
Paperback:
247pp. Includes 34 tables, 10 figures, 61 plates, Gazetteer
BAR number:
S1152
Sub Title:
An examination of the health diet and lifestyles of the two Iron Age populations buried at the cemetery complex of Aymyrlyg
The objective of this monograph is to elucidate the nature of the health, diet and lifestyles of the two Iron Age populations buried at... More
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Kilns in East and North Asia
The adoption of ceramic industries
£61.00
Editors:
Tomoko Nagatomo, Maria Shinoto and Daisuke Nakamura
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358901
Paperback:
264 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white and colour
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 7
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30861/9781407358901
BAR number:
S3082
Sub Title:
The adoption of ceramic industries
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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£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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£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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£57.00
Author:
Meng Zhang
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358482
Paperback:
240 pages
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 6
BAR number:
S3056
Sub Title:
A macroecological approach to foraging societies
The rise and fall of microblade technology during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene is not only a part of the panorama of global microlithization, but... More
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£72.00
Author:
Tristan Arbousse Bastide
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
French with English abstracts
ISBN:
9781841716916
Paperback:
285pp. Includes 206 figures, maps, plans, tables, drawings and photographs. Gazetteer Glossary
BAR number:
S1345
Sub Title:
(période de Yayoi 350BC-300AD)
Several hundred enclosed protohistorical settlements have been discovered in Japan since the 1950s. They date mainly from the Yayoi... More
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Life and Death in the Korean Bronze Age (c. 1500-400 BC)
An analysis of settlements and monuments in the mid-Korean peninsula
£56.00
Author:
Sunwoo Kim
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313511
Paperback:
198pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2700
Sub Title:
An analysis of settlements and monuments in the mid-Korean peninsula
This research focuses on the Bronze Age in selected areas of Korea; Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi province. Two forms of evidence -... 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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Making History Interactive. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA)
Proceedings of the 37 th International Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America, March 22-26, 2009
£105.00
Editors:
Bernard Frischer, Jane Webb Crawford and David Koller
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305561
Paperback:
417pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs. With additional material online.
BAR number:
S2079
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 37 th International Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America, March 22-26, 2009
This book presents the proceedings (48 papers) of the 37th International Conference Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in... More
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£91.00
Editors:
Suzanne M. M. Young, A. Mark Pollard, Paul Budd and Robert A. Ixer
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710082
Paperback:
364pp. Includes numerous illustrations and photographs, 4 coloured plates.
BAR number:
S792
The book includes 43 papers which deal with various aspects of metals, metallurgy and metalworking in antiquity. Areas covered stretch... More
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£107.00
Author:
Quanyu Wang
Publication Year:
2002
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841714042
Paperback:
423pp. Includes 62 photographs maps drawings graphs, 42 tables, catalogue, 3 Appendices, CD
BAR number:
S1023
The subject of Dr Wang's research is the technical study of excavated bronze fragments from the site of Tianma-Qucun, situated in... 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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