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Rock Art, Water, and Ancestors
The semiotic construction of a sacred landscape in the central Andes (1800 BCE - CE 1820)
£78.00
Author:
Gordon Ambrosino
Publication Year:
2020
ISBN:
9781407356624
Paperback:
296 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 39 tables, 320 figures, 9 maps, 4 graphs
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 2
BAR number:
S2969
Sub Title:
The semiotic construction of a sacred landscape in the central Andes (1800 BCE - CE 1820)
As landscape art, the rock art of the central Andes offers clues regarding relationships between ancestor veneration and the negotiation of rights to water.... 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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Coin Hoarding in Medieval England and Wales, c.973-1544
Behaviours, motivations, and mentalités
£70.00
Author:
Murray Andrews
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356686
Paperback:
256 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 37 tables, 198 figures. With additional material online (Appendix 1 - Gazetteer)
BAR number:
B651
Sub Title:
Behaviours, motivations, and mentalités
More than 800 hoards of medieval precious metal coins are known from England and Wales, but the phenomenon as a whole remains poorly understood: who made... More
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Current Approaches to People, Places and Things in the Early Medieval Period
Proceedings of the 12th Annual Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium
£35.00
Editors:
Heather Christie and Megan Kasten
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356501
Paperback:
124 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 10 tables, 81 figures.
BAR number:
S2951
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 12th Annual Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium
The Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium was created in 2007 to provide a platform for research students and early career archaeologists focusing on... 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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Le c.d. gammadiae nelle catacombe cristiane di Roma
Censimento, confronti ed ipotesi interpretative
£67.00
Author:
Cristina Cumbo
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
Italian with Italian and English abstracts
ISBN:
9781407355078
Paperback:
252 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 1 colour figure and 20 colour Piantas.
BAR number:
S2947
Sub Title:
Censimento, confronti ed ipotesi interpretative
Il presente volume prende avvio dalle riflessioni generate dall'analisi di tutti gli affreschi nelle catacombe cristiane di Roma, per identificare e... More
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£31.00
Author:
Gary Webster
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407355115
Paperback:
108 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 57 figures.
BAR number:
S2941
Despite Sardinia’s extraordinarily rich Neolithic record, very little of it has made its way into the general European discourse. Written as a companion to... More
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£46.00
Editors:
Caroline Arnould-Béhar and Véronique Vassal
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
French with French and English abstracts
ISBN:
9781407316864
Paperback:
143 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 1 table, 89 figures (59 in colour), 3 maps.
BAR number:
S2934
Sub Title:
Actes de la journée d’études du 29 mai 2018, Institut Catholique de Paris
Cette publication constitue les actes de la deuxième journée d’études sur l’art du Proche-Orient hellénistique et romain, qui s’est tenue à l’Institut... More
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Hadrianopolis IV
Early Byzantine mosaics and frescoes from northwestern central Turkey
£72.00
Author:
Sami Patacı and Ergün Laflı
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English with abstracts in French, German, Italian & Turkish
ISBN:
9781407315263
Paperback:
328 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour an black and white. 25 tables, 304 figures (75 in colour), 23 colour plates.
BAR number:
S2928
Sub Title:
Early Byzantine mosaics and frescoes from northwestern central Turkey
Hadrianopolis is located on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea, 3 km west of... More
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The Clayton Collection
An archaeological appraisal of a 19th century collection of Roman artefacts from Hadrian’s Wall
£44.00
Author:
Frances McIntosh
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407321479
Paperback:
205 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 36 tables, 96 figures, 23 graphs
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Roman Britain, 1
BAR number:
B646
Sub Title:
An archaeological appraisal of a 19th century collection of Roman artefacts from Hadrian’s Wall
This book examines the archaeological material from Hadrian’s Wall within the significant Clayton Collection. The Collection was formed through the work of... 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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Image and Performance, Agency and Ideology
Representations of the Human Figure in Funerary Contexts in Anglo-Saxon Art, AD 400–680
£72.00
Author:
Lisa Brundle
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316512
Paperback:
288pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 43 tables, 87 figures (40 in colour).
BAR number:
B645
Sub Title:
Representations of the Human Figure in Funerary Contexts in Anglo-Saxon Art, AD 400–680
This book investigates the topic of human imagery and hybrid human imagery rendered on metalwork of early Anglo-Saxon date recovered within eastern England... More
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