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The Representation of Monkeys in the Art and Thought of Mediterranean Cultures
A new perspective on ancient primates
£29.00
Author:
Cybelle Greenlaw
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307473
Paperback:
101pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2192
Sub Title:
A new perspective on ancient primates
Inspired in part by the famous blue monkeys of Thera, in this original work, the author provides a survey of the diverse cultural... More
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The Archaeology of the Hellenistic Far East: A Survey
£22.00
Author:
Rachel Mairs
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307527
Paperback:
75pp. Includes 3 figures
BAR number:
S2196
This book is intended as an introduction to the archaeology of the easternmost regions of Greek settlement in the Hellenistic period,... More
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Ship Iconography in Mosaics
An aid to understanding ancient ships and their construction
£59.00
Author:
Zaraza Friedman
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307589
Paperback:
235pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2202
Sub Title:
An aid to understanding ancient ships and their construction
Mosaic surfaces (floor and/or wall) comprise one of the most accomplished art forms to develop in the Mediterranean region in antiquity.... More
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Archaeology, Art and Ethnography of Bronzes of Nepal
£53.00
Author:
Mala Malla
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307664
Paperback:
209pp, Illustrated throughout with 247 figures and 4 colour plates
Sub-series name:
South Asian Archaeological Series, 13
BAR number:
S2208
Bronze art of Nepal bears its distinctive stamp on the cultural history of the country. Meager and sporadic research on the subject... More
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The Heart of Wisdom: Studies on the Heart Amulet in Ancient Egypt
£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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From Pella to Gandhara
Hybridisation and Identity in the Art and Architecture of the Hellenistic East
£53.00
Editors:
Anna Kouremenos, Sujatha Chandrasekaran and Roberto Rossi with a foreword by Sir John Boardman
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307794
Paperback:
213pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2221
Sub Title:
Hybridisation and Identity in the Art and Architecture of the Hellenistic East
Alexander the Great's campaigns in the East brought the Greek and Eastern worlds in closer contact than was possible in previous... More
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Tying Headbands or Venus Appearing: New Translations of k'al, the Dresden Codex Venus Pages and Classic Period Royal 'Binding' Rituals
£26.00
Author:
Gerardo Aldana y Villalobos
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308036
Paperback:
87pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2239
Epigraphers of the Mayan hieroglyphic writing system have demonstrated that a single verb root lies behind a substantial array of royal... More
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In Memoriam: Fr Michele Piccirillo, ofm (1944-2008)
Celebrating his life and work
£83.00
Editors:
Claudine Dauphin and Basema Hamarneh
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English & French with abst. in English, French, Italian, Arabic
ISBN:
9781407308159
Paperback:
331pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2248
Sub Title:
Celebrating his life and work
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Marine Craft in Ancient Mosaics of the Levant
£29.00
Author:
Eva Grossmann
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308166
Paperback:
91pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2249
This book presents an outline history of ancient sites associated with floor mosaics depicting marine vessels in the widely defined... More
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La escuela de pintura de Sición y su fortuna crítica
£54.00
Author:
Jorge Tomás García
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407308197
Paperback:
193pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2252
The painters of Sicyon were rulers of a τέχνη in their artistic creation that allowed them to combine their natural talent for painting... More
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Ethnicity in Mediterranean Protohistory
£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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Egyptian Watercraft Models from the Predynastic to Third Intermediate Periods
£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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La fatica del bello
Tecniche decorative dell’acciaio e del ferro su armi e armature in Europa tra Basso Medioevo ed Età Moderna
£41.00
Author:
Giorgio Dondi
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781407308593
Paperback:
169pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Notebooks on Military Archaeology and Architecture, 5
BAR number:
S2282
Sub Title:
Tecniche decorative dell’acciaio e del ferro su armi e armature in Europa tra Basso Medioevo ed Età Moderna
A study of European decorative ironwork techniques as applied to arms and armour from Late Medieval to modern times. More
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Portuguese Faience in England and Ireland
£53.00
Author:
Tânia Manuel Casimiro
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308784
Paperback:
213pp. Illustrated throughout, some in colour
BAR number:
S2301
The object of this research is to register, analyse, understand and interpret the presence of Portuguese faience in the British Isles are... 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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Symbolism in the Representation of Royal Children during the New Kingdom
£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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Les Princes Martyrs Boris et Gleb
Iconographie et Canonisation
£61.00
Author:
Victor Spinei
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781407309026
Paperback:
185pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2319
Sub Title:
Iconographie et Canonisation
An art historical/contextual study of various representations of the Russian/Ukrainian saints Boris and Gleb, the first saints to be... More
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Sexually Ambiguous Imagery in Cyprus from the Neolithic to the Cypro-Archaic Period
£29.00
Author:
Sandra Christou
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309125
Paperback:
106pp. Illustrated in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2329
Although the earliest known literary evidence for a dual-sexed divinity on Cyprus dates to the fifth century BCE, archaeological evidence... More
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The Intellectual and Spiritual Expression of Non-Literate Societies
£32.00
Editors:
Emmanuel Anati, Luiz Oosterbeek, Federico Mailland
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781407309477
Paperback:
119pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XVI World Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Florianopolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011), 1
BAR number:
S2360
Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Florianopolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011). More
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Multifaceted Studies in South Asian Archaeology
Arpitam. Festschrift for Professor Vidula Jayaswal
£41.00
Editors:
S. Rama Krishna Pisipaty
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309484
Paperback:
171pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2361
Sub Title:
Arpitam. Festschrift for Professor Vidula Jayaswal
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Modern Materials
The proceedings of CHAT Oxford, 2009
£38.00
Editors:
Brent Fortenberry & Laura McAtackney
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309507
Paperback:
135pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Contemporary and Historical Archaeology, 8
BAR number:
S2363
Sub Title:
The proceedings of CHAT Oxford, 2009
This, the eighth volume in the series, brings together papers from the seventh CHAT Conference (2009), held at Keble College, Oxford on... More
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The Management of Estates and their Resources in the Egyptian Old Kingdom
£66.00
Author:
Joyce Swinton
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309842
Paperback:
261pp. Includes 45 figures, 17 tables
BAR number:
S2392
The subject of this study is an examination of the resources at the disposal of the elite class of Old Kingdom officials who administered... More
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Unravelling the Palaeolithic
Ten years of research at the Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins (CAHO, University of Southampton)
£47.00
Editors:
Karen Ruebens, Iza Romanowska and Rachel Bynoe
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309958
Paperback:
188pp, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
Sub-series name:
University of Southampton Series in Archaeology, 8
BAR number:
S2400
Sub Title:
Ten years of research at the Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins (CAHO, University of Southampton)
This book includes papers from the 2011 conference marking ten years of Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins (CAHO, University of... More
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A Study of Scythian Gold Jewellery Manufacturing Technology and its Comparison to Greek Techniques from the 7th to 5th Centuries BC
£29.00
Author:
David Vincent Redfern
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310237
Paperback:
109pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2424
This comparative study of Greek and Scythian jewellery manufacturing in the North Pontic region is based on a new technique developed by... More
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A New Interpretation of the Cone on the Head in New Kingdom Egyptian Tomb Scenes
£43.00
Author:
Joan Padgham
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310305
Paperback:
175pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2431
The dome shaped object commonly referred to as a 'cone on the head' originated in tomb scenes of the early New Kingdom. At first, it... More
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The Black Sea, Paphlagonia, Pontus and Phrygia in Antiquity
Aspects of archaeology and ancient history
£94.00
Editors:
Gocha R. Tsetskhladze with the assistance of Ergün Laflı, James Hargrave and William Anderson
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310312
Paperback:
377pp. Illustrated in black and white and colour
BAR number:
S2432
Sub Title:
Aspects of archaeology and ancient history
The papers in this volume vary in their coverage, from the archaeological to the linguistic, from numismatics to pottery (and peoples),... More
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Islamic Art, Architecture and Material Culture
New perspectives
£40.00
Editors:
Margaret S. Graves
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310350
Paperback:
161pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2436
Sub Title:
New perspectives
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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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Archaeological Heritage: Methods of Education and Popularization
£48.00
Editors:
Roksana Chowaniec and Wieslaw Wieckowski
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310473
Paperback:
189pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2443
This volume stems from an International Conference titled 'Methods of Education and Popularization in Archaeological Heritage', held in... More
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Memorie Suessane di Matidia
Suessa: Città e territorio dagli Aurunci all’età romana
£39.00
Author:
Sergio Cascella and Maria Grazia Ruggi D’Aragona
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781407310497
Paperback:
151pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2445
Sub Title:
Suessa: Città e territorio dagli Aurunci all’età romana
This volume presents a compendium of the history of the city of Suessa (Sessa Aurunca - northern Campania, Italy) which was the principal... More
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Composantes culturelles et premières productions céramiques du Bronze ancien dans le Sud-Est de la France
Résultats du Projet Collectif de Recherche 1999-2009
£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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Φιλική Συναυλία: Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology for Mario Benzi
£86.00
Editors:
Giampaolo Graziadio, Riccardo Guglielmino, Valeria Lenuzza and Salvatore Vitale
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English and Italian
ISBN:
9781407310688
Paperback:
463pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2460
A collection of recent papers presented in honour of Mario Benzi. More
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Sulle spalle dei saccarii
Le rappresentazioni di facchini e il trasporto di derrate nel porto di Ostia in epoca imperiale
£43.00
Author:
Elena Martelli
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
Italian and English
ISBN:
9781407310787
Paperback:
171pp. Illustrated throughout, catalogue
BAR number:
S2467
Sub Title:
Le rappresentazioni di facchini e il trasporto di derrate nel porto di Ostia in epoca imperiale
This work examines a group of clay figurines representing porters carrying sacks (saccarii) recovered from Ostia and other harbours. The... More
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Ethnoarchaeology: Current Research and Field Methods
Conference Proceedings, Rome, Italy, 13th-14th May 2010
£68.00
Editors:
Francesca Lugli, Assunta Alessandra and Stoppiello Stefano Biagetti
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English, French and Italian
ISBN:
9781407310831
Paperback:
339pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2472
Sub Title:
Conference Proceedings, Rome, Italy, 13th-14th May 2010
This volume is a collection of the contributions to the Ethnoarchaeology Conference 'Ethnoarchaeology: Current Research and Field... More
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From Funeral Monuments to Household Pottery
Current advances in Funnel Beaker Culture (TRB/TBK) research: Proceedings of the Borger Meetings 2009, The Netherlands
£52.00
Editors:
J. A. Bakker, S. B. C. Bloo and M. K. Dütting
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310855
Paperback:
203pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2474
Sub Title:
Current advances in Funnel Beaker Culture (TRB/TBK) research: Proceedings of the Borger Meetings 2009, The Netherlands
In November 2009 an international conference on the Trichterbecher Kultur (Funnel Beaker culture; TRB) was held in Borger, the... More
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Dediche di Occidentali nel santuario di Apollo a Delfi (VI-IV a. C.)
£38.00
Author:
Maria Emilia Cavaliere
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
Italian with English summary
ISBN:
9781407310916
Paperback:
129pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Young Lukanian Archaeologists (YLA), 1
BAR number:
S2479
The first volume of Young Lukanian Archaeologists (YLA) sub-series examines monumental votive offerings (tripods or pedestals which... More
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Merry and Jovial: Reconsidering the Effigies Immortalis and the Commemoration of Roman Boys
£28.00
Author:
Crispin Corrado
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311036
Paperback:
81pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2489
This book undertakes to answer questions relating to the creation of deity assimilation statues for young boys, a common mode of... More
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Zeus in Early Greek Mythology and Religion
From prehistoric times to the Early Archaic period
£53.00
Author:
Olga A. Zolotnikova
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311067
Paperback:
233pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2492
Sub Title:
From prehistoric times to the Early Archaic period
This monograph examines the religious and mythological concepts of Zeus from prehistoric times until the Early Archaic period. The... More
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The Theodosian Age (A.D. 379-455)
Power, place, belief and learning at the end of the Western Empire
£68.00
Editors:
Rosa García-Gasco, Sergio González Sánchez and David Hernández de la Fuente
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407311074
Paperback:
275pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2493
Sub Title:
Power, place, belief and learning at the end of the Western Empire
This book includes papers presented at the conference on the age of the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius (Segovia 2009). More
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The Pagan Image of Greco-Roman Palestine and Surrounding Lands
£56.00
Author:
Pau Figueras
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311098
Paperback:
259pp. Illustrated throughout, Gazetteer Glossary
BAR number:
S2495
The present collection refers not only to the remains of the pagan religion of Greeks and Romans, but also to those of Edomites,... More
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Expressions esthétiques et comportements techniques au Paléolithique / Aesthetic Expressions and Technical Behaviours in the Palaeolithic Age
£43.00
Editors:
Marc Groenen
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781407311128
Paperback:
151pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XVI World Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Florianopolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011)
BAR number:
S2496
This book is the result of two symposia from the 16th World Congress of the IUPPS (Florianópolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011): 'The... More
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Animals and Otherness in the Middle Ages
Perspectives across disciplines
£41.00
Editors:
Francisco de Asís García García, Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo and María Victoria Chico Picaza
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311166
Paperback:
159pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2500
Sub Title:
Perspectives across disciplines
This publication has its origin in the colloquium Animals and Otherness in the Middle Ages held at the Faculty of Geography and History... More
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Excalibur: Essays on Antiquity and the History of Collecting in Honour of Arthur MacGregor
£60.00
Editors:
Hildegard Wiegel and Michael Vickers
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311302
Paperback:
192pp. Illustrated in colour throughout
BAR number:
S2512
A collection of 16 papers to honour Arthur MacGregor and his work. More
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Representations of the Family in the Egyptian Old Kingdom
Women and marriage
£63.00
Author:
Kim McCorquodale
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311319
Paperback:
305pp. Includes figures, tables, indices
BAR number:
S2513
Sub Title:
Women and marriage
An investigation of the iconography and inscriptions in over 800 tombs and objects with provenances, from Old Kingdom Egypt throws light... More
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Mosaici tardoantichi dell'isola di Cos
Scavi italiani 1912–1945
£66.00
Author:
Lorella Maria De Matteis
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781407311333
Paperback:
259pp. Includes 69 black and white and colour plates
BAR number:
S2515
Sub Title:
Scavi italiani 1912–1945
This monograph examines the mosaic floors of the Early Christian basilicas of Kos island brought to light by the Italian Archaeological... More
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Animals, Gods and Men from East to West
Papers on archaeology and history in honour of Roberta Venco Ricciardi
£52.00
Editors:
Alessandra Peruzzetto, Francesca Dorna Metzger, Lucinda Dirven
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311340
Paperback:
219pp. Illustrated in black and white throughout
BAR number:
S2516
Sub Title:
Papers on archaeology and history in honour of Roberta Venco Ricciardi
The 21 articles collected in this commemorative volume centre on animals in relation to men and gods. Many articles deal with... More
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La eboraria andalusí
Del Califato omeya a la Granada nazarí
£94.00
Author:
Noelia Silva Santa-Cruz
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
Spanish with an English abstract
ISBN:
9781407311401
Paperback:
519pp. Illustrated throughout, with catalogues.
BAR number:
S2522
Sub Title:
Del Califato omeya a la Granada nazarí
A comprehensive study of a wide range of Andalusian ivory artefacts from the Middle Ages. More
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Pylai Aidao: Un percorso iconografico e letterario sulla diffusione del tema delle Porte dell'Ade da Oriente a Occidente
£31.00
Author:
Annalisa Tasso
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
Italian with English abstract
ISBN:
9781407311425
Paperback:
104pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2524
This work focuses on the persistence of the 'Gates of Hades' iconographic theme among the peoples of the ancient Mediterranean. The... More
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