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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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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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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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Natural Processes in the Degradation of Open-Air Rock-Art Sites
An urgency intervention scale to inform conservation: The case of the Côa Valley world heritage site, Portugal
£68.00
Author:
António Pedro Martins da Mota Batarda Fernandes
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312408
Paperback:
335pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2609
Sub Title:
An urgency intervention scale to inform conservation: The case of the Côa Valley world heritage site, Portugal
Open-air rock-art forms one of the most widely distributed categories of prehistoric culture with examples recognized across the Old and... 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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Methodological Issues for Characterisation and Provenance Studies of Obsidian in Northeast Asia
£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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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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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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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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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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The Technology of Large-Scale Zinc Production in Chongqing in Ming and Qing China
£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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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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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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A Zooarchaeological Study of the Haimenkou Site, Yunnan Province, China
£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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Contacts Between the Shang and the South c. 1300–1045 BC
£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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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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The Origin of Cattle in China from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age
£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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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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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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Painted Pottery Production and Social Complexity in Neolithic Northwest China
£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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Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Microblade-based Industries in Northeastern Asia
A macroecological approach to foraging societies
£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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Technological Knowledge in the Production of Neolithic Majiayao Pottery in Gansu and Qinghai
£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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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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How Leaded Bronze Transformed China, 2000-1000 BCE
£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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Land Use Among Prehistoric Steppe Societies on the South Mongolian Plateau
£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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