Art / Sculpture / Gems / Seals

When East Meets West, Volumes I and II
Chichen Itza, Tula, and the Postclassic Mesoamerican world
£230.00
Editors:
Travis W. Stanton, Karl A. Taube, Jeremy D. Coltman and Nelda I. Marengo Camacho
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359717
Paperback:
984 pages. Two volume set.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 12
BAR number:
S3134
Sub Title:
Chichen Itza, Tula, and the Postclassic Mesoamerican world
This volume represents the first large-scale reconsideration of the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic periods in broader Mesoamerica in 20 years. In part,... More
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The Horace’s Villa Project 1997-2003, Volumes I and II
Report on new fieldwork and research. Volume I: The Reports. Volume II: Documentation
£191.00
Editors:
Bernard Frischer, Jane Crawford and Monica de Simone
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300016
Paperback:
1,070pp. Two volume set, illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs, Index. With additional material online (Volume II: foldouts)
BAR number:
S1588
Sub Title:
Report on new fieldwork and research. Volume I: The Reports. Volume II: Documentation
“Horace’s Villa” is the name given to the site of a Roman country house near the hill town of ‘Licenza’ (Roma), which is located approximately 30 miles from... More
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£172.00
Author:
Alejandro Villa del Castillo
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
Spanish, with a summary chapter in English
ISBN:
9781407358062
Paperback:
812 pages, two-volume set.
BAR number:
S3032
Sub Title:
Análisis arqueológico
En este trabajo se analiza, por primera vez en su conjunto, la producción escultórica cristiana hispana fechada entre los siglos VI y X. Frente a los... More
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£163.00
Author:
Rehab Assem Hema
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841717128
Paperback:
846pp. Two volume set, includes illustrations, ports.
BAR number:
S1413
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Proceedings of the 4th Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens 28-31 May 2003
£145.00
Editors:
Yorgos Facorellis, Nikos Zacharias and Kiki Polikreti
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English with Greek abstracts
ISBN:
9781407301884
Paperback:
698pp. Illustrated throughout (15 in colour) with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1746
Sub Title:
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens 28-31 May 2003
The 4th Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry was held at the National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens, from May 28 to 31, 2003. The 86... More
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£132.00
Author:
Florence Bouvry
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781407302553
Paperback:
639pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, tables, drawings and photographs.
BAR number:
S1766
This work analyzes the variety of Mesolithic decorated productions, using a variety of ethnographic, sociological and anthropological... 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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£128.00
Editors:
Armando Cristilli, Fabio De Luca, Gioconda Di Luca and Alessia Gonfloni
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
Italian and English
ISBN:
9781407360096
Paperback:
522 pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
BAR number:
S3107
Questo libro contiene i risultati del II° Convegno Internazionale di Antichità Classiche, svoltosi a Roma il 21/25 novembre 2021 presso il Dipartimento di... More
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Gem Engraving in Britain from Antiquity to the Present
with a catalogue of the British engraved gems in The State Hermitage Museum
£125.00
Author:
Julia Kagan
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305578
Paperback:
504pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings, photographs in colour and black and white. Catalogue. With additional material online (timeline).
Sub-series name:
Beazley Archive - Studies in Gems and Jewellery, 5
BAR number:
B514
Sub Title:
with a catalogue of the British engraved gems in The State Hermitage Museum
Dr. Julia Kagan, Curator of post-Classical engraved gems in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, has devoted a lifetime of... More
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La « Chronique X »
Reconstitution et analyse d'une source perdue fondamentale sur la civilisation Aztèque, d'après l'Historia de las Indias de Nueva España de D. Durán (1581) et la Crónica Mexicana de F.A. Tezozomoc (ca. 1598)
£125.00
Author:
Sylvie Peperstraete
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
French analysis, presentation of original Spanish
ISBN:
9781407300443
Paperback:
602pp. Includes 7 tables, 45 figure maps, plans, drawings and photographs. Glossary and data Appendix
BAR number:
S1630
Sub Title:
Reconstitution et analyse d'une source perdue fondamentale sur la civilisation Aztèque, d'après l'Historia de las Indias de Nueva España de D. Durán (1581) et la Crónica Mexicana de F.A. Tezozomoc (ca. 1598)
Written and illustrated in Nahuatl, the Crónica X is one of our major sources on Aztec history, from the mythical origins to the Spanish... 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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£124.00
Editors:
Ann Brown with Keith Bennett
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712819
Paperback:
554pp. 3 tables, fully Illustrated with plates drawings photographs plans etc. throughout; catalogue site Gazetteer; object Concordance within the Asmolean Museum; extensive bibliography. With additional material online (6 maps)
BAR number:
S1000
A memorable volume to mark number 1000 in the BAR International Series. After the most prolonged period of study and research, Ann Brown... More
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The Pottery Figurines of Pre-Columbian Peru
Volume III: The Figurines of the South Coast the Highlands and the Selva
£123.00
Author:
Alexandra Morgan
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310459
Paperback:
491pp. Includes 17 figures, 36 tables, 82 figures, 8 maps
BAR number:
S2441
Sub Title:
Volume III: The Figurines of the South Coast the Highlands and the Selva
Volume 3 in this series on Pre-Columbian figurines concentrates on pottery figurines from the south coast, the highlands and the 'Selva' (tropical rain... More
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The Reception of Classical Art in Britain
An Oxford story of plaster casts from the Antique
£121.00
Author:
Donna Kurtz
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710921
Paperback:
488pp, Includes 150 illustrations.
Sub-series name:
Beazley Archive - Studies in the History of Collections, 1
BAR number:
B308
Sub Title:
An Oxford story of plaster casts from the Antique
The first volume in the series Studies in the History of Collections, this work places archaeology, history of art, and British... More
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SOMA 2007
Proceedings of the XI Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Istanbul Technical University, 24-29 April 2007
£118.00
Editors:
C̊iğdem Özkan Aygün
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303826
Paperback:
475pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1900
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the XI Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Istanbul Technical University, 24-29 April 2007
This book includes papers from the 11th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology held at Istanbul Technical University, 24 to 29 April 2007. More
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Espacio gráfico, visibilidad y tránsito cavernario / Graphic Space, Visibility and Cave Transit
El uso de las cavidades con arte paleolítico en la Región Cantábrica / The use of caves with Palaeolithic art in the Cantabrian region
£115.00
Author:
Blanca Ochoa
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
Spanish with partial English translation/summary
ISBN:
9781407316154
Paperback:
480 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 416 figures (292 in colour). Includes an Annexe of numeric dates.
BAR number:
S2875
Sub Title:
El uso de las cavidades con arte paleolítico en la Región Cantábrica / The use of caves with Palaeolithic art in the Cantabrian region
El punto de partida es definir si existen convergencias o divergencias en el posicionamiento del arte parietal a través del estudio combinado del arte... More
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La malacofaune de sites mésolithiques et néolithiques de la façade atlantique de la France
Contribution à l’économie et à l’identité culturelle des groupes concernés
£114.00
Author:
Catherine Dupont
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
French with English summary
ISBN:
9781841717869
Paperback:
459pp. Includes 273 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 64 tables. 2 Data Appendices
BAR number:
S1571
Sub Title:
Contribution à l’économie et à l’identité culturelle des groupes concernés
This work is one of the first in-depth mollusc studies of the French coastal regions. It has direct implications for our understanding of... More
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£108.00
Editors:
Joël Vital, Fabien Convertini and Olivier Lemercier
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781407310503
Paperback:
431pp. Illustrated throughout. With additional material online (Annexes).
BAR number:
S2446
Sub Title:
Résultats du Projet Collectif de Recherche 1999-2009
The results of research over a period of ten years into the question of the origins of the Early Bronze Age in south-eastern France. The... More
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£104.00
Editors:
Ergün Laflı and Sami Patacı with the assistance of Gonca Cankardeş-Şenol, Ahmet Kaan Şenol and Gülseren Kan Şahin
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English and German
ISBN:
9781407314112
Paperback:
502pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2750
Recent studies on the Anatolian archaeology in this volume shows the great importance of the cultural and archaeological heritage of the... More
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£102.00
Author:
Barbara Mendoza
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303499
Paperback:
415pp. Includes 143 plates, catalogues inscriptions and data Appendices.
BAR number:
S1866
Ancient Egyptian bronze sculpture appears in many major European and North American museum collections, but its inadequate study makes... More
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Castrum Portae Jovis Mediolani
Il Castello Visconteo – Sforzesco di Milano dai disegni di Leonardo da Vinci all’Archeologia del Sottosuolo
£102.00
Author:
Gianluca Padovan
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781407356129
Paperback:
412 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 536 figures (132 in colour).
Sub-series name:
Hypogean Archaeology: Research and Documentation of Underground Structures, 14
BAR number:
S2949
Sub Title:
Il Castello Visconteo – Sforzesco di Milano dai disegni di Leonardo da Vinci all’Archeologia del Sottosuolo
Il Castello di Milano è un’opera medievale voluta dai Visconti e potenziata dagli Sforza. Oggi è sede di biblioteche, musei e raccolte d’arte, ma rimane una... More
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Tell el-Ghaba III
A Third Intermediate-Early Saite Period Site in the Egyptian Eastern Delta: Excavations 1995-1999 and 2010 in areas I, II, VI and VIII
£101.00
Editors:
Silvia Lupo with the collaboration of Claudia Kohen
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314174
Paperback:
454pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2756
Sub Title:
A Third Intermediate-Early Saite Period Site in the Egyptian Eastern Delta: Excavations 1995-1999 and 2010 in areas I, II, VI and VIII
Tell el-Ghaba project was born as part of an international project launched in the early 1990s by the Egyptian government and UNESCO to... More
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Proceedings of the XXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes
Resource, reconstruction, representation, role
£101.00
Editors:
Philipp Baas
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English, German, French, Italian
ISBN:
9781407355894
Paperback:
416 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 28 tables, 25 diagrams, 270 figures.
BAR number:
S2958
Sub Title:
Resource, reconstruction, representation, role
Bronzes in the ancient world – from over-lifesize sculptures to small-scale utilitarian objects – were an omnipresent and integral part of everyday public... More
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‘Make it According to Plan’
Workshop scenes in Egyptian tombs of the Old Kingdom
£100.00
Author:
Michelle Hampson
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359106
Paperback:
480 pages
BAR number:
S3083
Sub Title:
Workshop scenes in Egyptian tombs of the Old Kingdom
The tomb paintings and reliefs of Ancient Egypt constitute a major source of evidence for the historical and cultural reconstruction of this fascinating... More
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