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International Series

Traditional Weapons of Africa (Billhooks, Sickles and Scythes)
A regional approach and technical, morphological, and aesthetic classification
£38.00
Author:
Tristan Arbousse Bastide
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781407306902
Paperback:
151pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2149
Sub Title:
A regional approach and technical, morphological, and aesthetic classification
This book is the third in a series prepared by the author on traditional weapons from the African Continent. The first volume focuses on... More
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El Comercio de Terra Sigillata altoimperial en el Círculo del Estrecho
Balance historiográfico y líneas de investigación
£69.00
Author:
Macarena Bustamante Álvarez
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407306896
Paperback:
273pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2148
Sub Title:
Balance historiográfico y líneas de investigación
In this work the author gathers published (and unpublished) evidence relating to early Imperial Roman terra sigillata on both sides of... More
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£48.00
Author:
Louise Cooke
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306889
Paperback:
177pp. Illustrated throughout including 18 colour plates. With additional material online (Appendices and database)
BAR number:
S2147
This publication summarises research investigating approaches to the conservation and management of earthen architecture. A number of... 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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£40.00
Author:
Gemma Marakas
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306865
Paperback:
163pp. Includes 43 figures, 8 tables
BAR number:
S2145
The study of Greek ritual practice throughout the LH III B to Protogeometric periods is the central theme of this research. Chapter Two... More
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The Lake of Knives and the Lake of Fire
Studies in the topography of passage in ancient Egyptian religious literature
£32.00
Author:
Eltayeb Sayed Abbas
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306858
Paperback:
123pp. Includes 40 figures
BAR number:
S2144
Sub Title:
Studies in the topography of passage in ancient Egyptian religious literature
This research is an investigation into the safe passage of the deceased over water as exemplified in the early Egyptian legends involving... More
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£68.00
Author:
Emma Elder
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306841
Paperback:
268pp. Includes 8 data appendices, illustrated with figures and tables, With additional material online (Database files)
BAR number:
S2143
Sub Title:
Grim Investigations: Reaping the Dead
Archaeology has a unique and significant perspective to offer the territorial debate. In the 1970s Saxe and Goldstein argued, based on... More
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Prehistoric Sri Lanka
Late Pleistocene rockshelters and an open-air site
£68.00
Author:
Halawathage Nimal Perera
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306834
Paperback:
268pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2142
Sub Title:
Late Pleistocene rockshelters and an open-air site
Sri Lanka is a tropical island that lies approximately halfway between Africa and Australia along the northern rim of the Indian Ocean,... More
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Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt
Proceedings of the conferences held in Cairo (2007) and Manchester (2008)
£39.00
Editors:
Jenefer Cockitt and Rosalie David
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306827
Paperback:
158pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2141
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the conferences held in Cairo (2007) and Manchester (2008)
This monograph comprises the Proceedings of The Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt Conferences, jointly organised by The University... More
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Pithoi
Technology and history of storage vessels through the ages
£75.00
Author:
Mimika Giannopoulou
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306810
Paperback:
298pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2140
Sub Title:
Technology and history of storage vessels through the ages
This major study of pithoi storage vessels has two aims: To present in detail the technology of making storage vases without the use of a... More
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£148.00
Author:
Mike Parker Pearson with Karen Godden, Ramilisonina, Retsihisatse, Jean-Luc Schwenninger, Georges Heurtebize, Chantal Radimilahy and Helen Smith. With contributions by Irene de Luis, David Barker, Seth Priestman, Lucien Rakotozafy, Bako Rasoarifetra, Alan
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306803
Paperback:
768pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2139
This book presents the results of archaeological research in the extreme south of Madagascar between 1991 and 2003, and provides a... More
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Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Miniature Figures in Eurasia, Africa and Meso-America
Morphology, materiality, technology, function and context
£41.00
Editors:
Dragos Gheorghiu and Ann Cyphers
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306797
Paperback:
164pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2138
Sub Title:
Morphology, materiality, technology, function and context
The present volume is mainly the result of two symposia held at the European Archaeological Association meetings in Krakow (2006) and... More
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