Bronze Age and Iron Age

£36.00
Editors:
Dimitris Paleothodoros
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English and Italian
ISBN:
9781407309514
Paperback:
125pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2364
The papers that form up this collection of studies originate in a session organized by the present author at the 15th Annual Meeting of... More
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£41.00
Author:
Rachel Sarah Fox
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309286
Paperback:
167pp. Includes 21 figures, 27 tables
BAR number:
S2345
A feast is a sensory, sacralised and social occasion. Its multiple resonances and experiences extend far beyond the nutritive consumption... 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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The Significance of Trees
An archaeological perspective
£26.00
Author:
Peter Skoglund
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309071
Paperback:
77pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2324
Sub Title:
An archaeological perspective
This book investigates the practical and ritual dimensions of trees and timber in the Bronze Age and Iron Age of Scandinavia. The... More
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The Aryballos as an Example
The Corinthian Aryballos as a mirror of the artistic connections between East and West in the 8th to the 6th centuries BC – an artistic analysis
£25.00
Author:
Amnon Dvir
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308982
Paperback:
100pp, Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2315
Sub Title:
The Corinthian Aryballos as a mirror of the artistic connections between East and West in the 8th to the 6th centuries BC – an artistic analysis
The Corinthian Aryballos, a perfume vessel, is the subject of this book and the author examines the place of the vessel within the cultural system of ties... More
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£94.00
Author:
Georgia Xekalaki
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308975
Paperback:
373pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2314
The subject of this work is the way that symbolism operates in official representations of the pharaohs' sons and daughters, during the... More
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Out of Place
Human Skeletal Remains from Non-Funerary Contexts. Northern Italy during the 1st Millennium BC
£53.00
Author:
Vera Zanoni
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308838
Paperback:
209pp. Illustrated throughout, some in colour
BAR number:
S2306
Sub Title:
Human Skeletal Remains from Non-Funerary Contexts. Northern Italy during the 1st Millennium BC
The aim of this research is to record the presence of human skeletal remains found in spatial and functional contexts which were not... More
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The Minoan Double Axe
An experimental study of production and use
£43.00
Author:
Maria Lowe Fri
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308814
Paperback:
154pp. Illustrated throughout, some in colour, catalogue
BAR number:
S2304
Sub Title:
An experimental study of production and use
Since the double axe is such an important and symbolically charged object, emblematic for Minoan Crete, it has been discussed from... More
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£84.00
Author:
Andrea Moreno Martín
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
Spanish with English abstract
ISBN:
9781407308753
Paperback:
337pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2298
Normally, in Archaeology, material culture tends to be the main object of study for past societies, especially those who have no written... More
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£36.00
Author:
Anastasia Gadolou,With a contribution by A. Sakalis, D. Tsiafakis and N. Tsirliganis
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308531
Paperback:
132pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2279
Sub Title:
Pottery Workshop or Pottery Style?
Recent excavations in the region of Achaea in the northern Peloponnese (Greece) have brought to light new evidence on the Thapsos-class... More
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Nägel, Stifte, Niete
Befestigungstechnik im samischen Heraion
£40.00
Author:
Uwe Peltz
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
German with English abstract
ISBN:
9781407308371
Paperback:
143pp. Illustrated throughout, catalogue
BAR number:
S2266
Sub Title:
Befestigungstechnik im samischen Heraion
This research takes a new look, including metallurgical analyses, at the small metal finds from earlier digs at the Temple of Hera on the... More
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L'età del Ferro a Capua
Aspetti distintivi del contesto culturale e suo inquadramento nelle dinamiche di sviluppo dell’Italia protostorica
£137.00
Author:
Gianluca Melandri
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
Italian with English summary
ISBN:
9781407308364
Paperback:
702pp. Illustrated throughout. With additional material online (tables).
BAR number:
S2265
Sub Title:
Aspetti distintivi del contesto culturale e suo inquadramento nelle dinamiche di sviluppo dell’Italia protostorica
In this extensive study, the author aims at a comprehensive analysis of funerary archaeological evidence in Early Iron Age Capua, the... More
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£125.00
Author:
Ann Merriman
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308340
Paperback:
505pp. Illustrated throughout, catalogue
BAR number:
S2263
The primary goal of this study is the reclassification of Egyptian watercraft models from the standard 1898 George Reisner Typology. The... More
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£129.00
Author:
Wim M. J. van Binsbergen and Fred C. Woudhuizen
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308234
Paperback:
521pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2256
This book on ethnicity in Mediterranean protohistory may well be regarded as the main and final result of the project on the ethnicity of... More
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£59.00
Editors:
Marion Uckelmann and Marianne Mödlinger
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308227
Paperback:
231pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2255
The articles in this volume cover aspects relating to archaeometallurgy, functional analyses, experimental work and archaeology and focus... More
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Early Iron Age Pottery: A Quantitative Approach
Proceedings of the International Round Table organized by the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece (Athens, November 28-30, 2008)
£48.00
Editors:
Samuel Verdan, Thierry Theurillat and Anne Kenzelmann Pfyffer
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308210
Paperback:
175pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2254
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the International Round Table organized by the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece (Athens, November 28-30, 2008)
Quantitative approaches in ceramology are gaining ground in excavation reports, archaeological publications and thematic studies. Hence,... More
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£61.00
Author:
Adolfo Zavaroni
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781407308173
Paperback:
247pp. With additional material online (1230 colour photographs)
BAR number:
S2250
A detailed study of north Umbrian pre-Roman inscriptions in the Valle di Ospitale, which lies in the Appennino Modenese region of Italy's... More
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£63.00
Editors:
Manuel Álvarez Martí-Aguilar
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407308098
Paperback:
255pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2245
This publication offers new perspectives on the Phoenician presence in the Iberian Peninsula. It is proposed that Tartesos needs to be... More
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La producción de instrumental lítico en Tiwanaku / Stone Tool Production in the Tiwanaku Heartland
El impacto del surgimiento y expansión del estado en las unidades domésticas locales / The impact of state emergence and expansion on local households
£74.00
Author:
Martín Giesso
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407308081
Paperback:
297pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
South American Archaeology Series, 11
BAR number:
S2244
Sub Title:
El impacto del surgimiento y expansión del estado en las unidades domésticas locales / The impact of state emergence and expansion on local households
This research explores the characteristics of stone tool production in the heart of the Andean state of Tiwanaku, comparing tool... More
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£60.00
Editors:
†S. Cleuziou, S. Méry et B. Vogt
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781407307893
Paperback:
241pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Maison de l’archéologie René Ginouvès-Nanterre / Abou Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH)
BAR number:
S2227
Sub Title:
Les sépultures de l’âge du Bronze
This work is the definitive publication of the excavation that took place between 1977 and 1984 of several tombs by the French... More
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£61.00
Author:
Louise Calder
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307831
Paperback:
242pp, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
Sub-series name:
Beazley Archive - Studies in Classical Archaeology, 5
BAR number:
S2225
This study examines Greek archaeological and literary evidence between 600 and 300 BC, to discover how ancient Greeks regarded,... More
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£60.00
Author:
Isabelle Ribot
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307732
Paperback:
237pp. Includes 40 figures, 45 tables, 21 appendices
BAR number:
S2215
The main objective of the present research is to explore through skull morphology some potential sources of biological diversity within... More
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Rethinking the Indus
A comparative re-evaluation of the Indus Civilisation as an alternative paradigm in the organisation and structure of early complex societies
£74.00
Author:
Edward Cork
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307718
Paperback:
295pp. Includes 218 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 13 tables
BAR number:
S2213
Sub Title:
A comparative re-evaluation of the Indus Civilisation as an alternative paradigm in the organisation and structure of early complex societies
In many ways, we are presented today with a situation much like that described for Indus Civilisation studies in the 1960s: a particular... More
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£40.00
Author:
Rogério Sousa
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307695
Paperback:
146pp. Includes 111 figures
BAR number:
S2211
The heart amulet is one of the most often depicted images in Egyptian art. Due to the scarcity of archaeological information available... More
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