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East Asia

£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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£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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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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£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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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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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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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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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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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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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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£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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£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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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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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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£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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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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£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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£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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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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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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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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Studies in the Neolithic and Urban Revolutions
The V. Gordon Childe Colloquium, Mexico, 1986
£79.00
Editors:
Linda Manzanilla
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544494
Paperback:
388pp, Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S349
Sub Title:
The V. Gordon Childe Colloquium, Mexico, 1986
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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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Néolithisations
Proche et Moyen Orient, Méditerranée orientale, Nord de l'Afrique, Europe méridionale, Chine, Amérique du Sud
£74.00
Editors:
Olivier Aurenche et Jacques Cauvin
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860546573
Paperback:
336pp
Sub-series name:
Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen, 5
BAR number:
S516
Sub Title:
Proche et Moyen Orient, Méditerranée orientale, Nord de l'Afrique, Europe méridionale, Chine, Amérique du Sud
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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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Recent Discoveries and Perspectives in Human Evolution
Papers arising from ‘Exploring Human Origins: Exciting Discoveries at the Start of the 21st Century’ Manchester 2013
£61.00
Editors:
Anek R. Sankhyan
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313726
Paperback:
238pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2719
Sub Title:
Papers arising from ‘Exploring Human Origins: Exciting Discoveries at the Start of the 21st Century’ Manchester 2013
The present volume is based on research articles submitted as part of an international conference Exploring Human Origins: Exciting... 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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The Miwa Project
Survey, coring and excavation at the Miwa site, Nara, Japan
£71.00
Editors:
Gina L. Barnes and Masaaki Okita
Publication Year:
1993
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547402
Paperback:
318pp, Includes figures, illustrations and 6 colour plates.
BAR number:
S582
Sub Title:
Survey, coring and excavation at the Miwa site, Nara, Japan
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Natural Catastrophes During Bronze Age Civilisations
Archaeological, geological, astronomical and cultural perspectives
£66.00
Editors:
Benny J. Peiser, Trevor Palmer and Mark E. Bailey
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549161
Paperback:
257pp. Includes numerous drawings, photographs, charts etc.
BAR number:
S728
Sub Title:
Archaeological, geological, astronomical and cultural perspectives
Research in the field of neo-catastrophism and impact cratering has quickened its pace since the early 1980s. An increasing number of... 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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£58.00
Author:
Tracey Lie Dan Lu
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711003
Paperback:
250pp
BAR number:
S774
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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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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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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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£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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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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£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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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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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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£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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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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£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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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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Perspectives on Hominid Behaviour and Settlement Patterns
A study of the Lower Palaeolithic sites in the Luonan Basin, China
£66.00
Author:
Shejiang Wang
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718491
Paperback:
266pp. Includes 54 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 54 tables
BAR number:
S1406
Sub Title:
A study of the Lower Palaeolithic sites in the Luonan Basin, China
This study focuses on the Lower Palaeolithic archaeology of China. It examines early hominid adaptive behaviour based on the new evidence... 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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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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£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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£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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