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Art / Sculpture / Gems / Seals

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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Arts and Crafts in Iron Age East Yorkshire
A holistic approach to pattern and purpose, c. 400BC-AD100
£44.00
Author:
Helen Chittock
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356976
Paperback:
148 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. 17 tables, 91 figures.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 3
BAR number:
B660
Sub Title:
A holistic approach to pattern and purpose, c. 400BC-AD100
This volume presents a new approach to art in Iron Age Britain and beyond. It aims to collapse the historic distinction between arts and crafts during the... More
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£43.00
Author:
Colin Andrews
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310411
Paperback:
174pp. Illustrated in black and white and in colour
BAR number:
B567
The book includes a thorough catalogue of seal-boxes from Britan, it offers a typology of shapes, looks at the chronolgy and manufacture... More
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Population, Land Use and Settlement on Punic Malta
A contextual analysis of the burial evidence
£43.00
Author:
George A. Said-Zammit
Publication Year:
1997
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548690
Paperback:
170pp. Includes 86 plates of maps and drawings, 10 plates of photographs
BAR number:
S682
Sub Title:
A contextual analysis of the burial evidence
The book analyzes the distribution of the local Punic tombs in correlation with the geography of Malta and is followed by a proposal for... More
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Karia and the Hekatomnids
The creation of a dynasty
£43.00
Author:
Anne Marie Carstens
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304236
Paperback:
171pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, tables, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1943
Sub Title:
The creation of a dynasty
On the specific level, this work is an enquiry into Karia (south-western Turkey) and the Hekatomnids in the 4th century BC, a Persian... More
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£43.00
Editors:
Marcel Otte, Ferreidoun Biglari and Jacques Jaubert
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
French and English
ISBN:
9781407305011
Paperback:
173pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 28
BAR number:
S1968
Sub Title:
Vol. 28, Session C15
This book includes papers from the session Iran Palaeolithic presented at the XV UISPP World Congress, September 2006. More
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Prehistoric Art: Signs, Symbols, Myth, Ideology
Proceedings of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon 4-9 September 2006) / Actes du XV Congrès Mondial (Lisbonne 4-9 Septembre 2006) Vol. 27 Session C26
£43.00
Editors:
Dario Seglie, Marcel Otte, Luiz Oosterbeek and Laurence Remacle
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English, French and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407306056
Paperback:
170pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, tables, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 27
BAR number:
S2028
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon 4-9 September 2006) / Actes du XV Congrès Mondial (Lisbonne 4-9 Septembre 2006) Vol. 27 Session C26
This book includes papers from Session C26, 'Prehistoric Art: Signs, Symbols, Myth, Ideology', from the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon,... More
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£43.00
Author:
S. L. McGowen
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306506
Paperback:
173pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans and figures. Catalogue
BAR number:
S2109
This study examines Roman sculpture across the provinces extending from the Rhine to the Pyrenees and Britain to understand better both... 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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£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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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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£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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£43.00
Author:
Kirsty Millican
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407318059
Paperback:
150pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white: 147 figures (including 15 photographs), 6 maps
BAR number:
B623
Timber monuments form an important part of the Neolithic monumental repertoire, yet tend to play a relatively minor role in discussions of this period. This... More
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£43.00
Editors:
Jeanette F. Peterson
Publication Year:
1983
Language:
English (4 papers) and Spanish (4 papers)
ISBN:
9780860542216
Paperback:
182pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
Sub-series name:
Proceedings 44 International Congress of Americanists/Congreso Internacional de Americanistas
BAR number:
S171
Sub Title:
Iconography and Function / Iconografía y Función
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£41.00
Editors:
Alberto Moravetti with Mark Pearce and Maurizio Tosi
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548966
Paperback:
160pp. Includes numerous line drawings and photographs.
BAR number:
S719
Sub Title:
Volume III: Sardinia
The papers in this volume are grouped under following headings: Oases and other forms of agricultural intensification; The visibility of nomads and herders... More
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£41.00
Author:
Liza Cleland and Karen Stears with Glenys Davies
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841713731
Paperback:
162pp. Includes illustrations (some colour).
BAR number:
S1267
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£41.00
Author:
Agapi Filini
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841716329
Paperback:
165pp. Includes 67 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 4 charts, 6 tables
BAR number:
S1279
Sub Title:
A world-system perspective
Until recently it was thought that West Mexico was isolated from the cultural region defined as 'Mesoamerica', especially during the... 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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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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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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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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Ancient Marble Quarrying and Trade
Papers from a Colloquium held at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Antonio, Texas, December, 1986
£41.00
Editors:
J. Clayton Fant with contributions by Tony Kozelj, M. Waelkens, P. De Paepe, L. Moens, Susan Walker and Keith Matthews, Susan E. Kane and Amanda Claridge
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545828
Paperback:
178pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S453
Sub Title:
Papers from a Colloquium held at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Antonio, Texas, December, 1986
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The Eagle, the Cactus, the Rock
The Roots of Mexico-Tenochtitlan's Foundation Myth and Symbol
£41.00
Author:
Doris Heyden
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546214
Paperback:
176pp
BAR number:
S484
Sub Title:
The Roots of Mexico-Tenochtitlan's Foundation Myth and Symbol
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Ancient Synagogues in Israel
Third - Seventh century C.E.
£41.00
Editors:
Rachel Hachlili
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546405
Paperback:
178pp
BAR number:
S499
Sub Title:
Third - Seventh century C.E.
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£41.00
Editors:
Adam Parker
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315867
Paperback:
149 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 7 tables, 56 figures (6 in colour)
BAR number:
B631
This volume is intended as a Gedenkschrift to celebrate the work and legacy of Dr Brian Dobson. The papers are provided by members of the Hadrianic Society,... More
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£40.00
Author:
Dorin Alicu and Adela Paki
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547839
Paperback:
172pp
BAR number:
S605
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Archaic Greek Culture: History, Archaeology, Art and Museology
Proceedings of the International Round-Table Conference, June 2005, St-Petersburg, Russia
£40.00
Editors:
Sergey Solovyov
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English with one paper in German
ISBN:
9781407305523
Paperback:
163pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2061
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the International Round-Table Conference, June 2005, St-Petersburg, Russia
This book presents the proceedings of the international round-table conference held from 23-25 June 2005 at the State Hermitage Museum,... 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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£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 Alalakh Cylinder Seals
A new catalogue of the actual seals excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley at Tell Atchana, and from neighbouring sites on the Syrian-Turkish border
£40.00
Author:
Dominique Collon
Publication Year:
1982
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541615
Paperback:
172pp
BAR number:
S132
Sub Title:
A new catalogue of the actual seals excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley at Tell Atchana, and from neighbouring sites on the Syrian-Turkish border
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The Clay World of Çatalhöyük
A fine-grained perspective
£40.00
Author:
Chris Doherty
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407354224
Paperback:
138 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 18 tables, 95 figures.
BAR number:
S2981
Sub Title:
A fine-grained perspective
This book addresses a paradox concerning the role of clay at Çatalhöyük that arises from conflicting material culture and landscape views of what clay truly... More
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The ‘Woman at the Window’ Came from Egypt
New interpretations of the Phoenician ivories from the Assyrian palaces of Nimrud and Khorsabad
£40.00
Author:
Henriette Broekema
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407354255
Paperback:
120 pages
BAR number:
S3145
Sub Title:
New interpretations of the Phoenician ivories from the Assyrian palaces of Nimrud and Khorsabad
The ‘Woman at the Window’ Came From Egypt investigates the origin of ivory plaques found in the Assyrian palaces of Nimrud and Khorsabad from the first... More
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£39.00
Author:
Sheila McNally
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548232
Paperback:
162pp, Includes numerous figures and charts, 14 drawings.
BAR number:
S639
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£39.00
Author:
Francisco Estrada Belli
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711195
Paperback:
168pp
BAR number:
S820
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Late Helladic Simple Graves
A study of Mycenaean burial customs
£39.00
Author:
Kazimierz Lewartowski
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710792
Paperback:
151pp. Includes 5 maps, numerous figures, tables and line drawings
BAR number:
S878
Sub Title:
A study of Mycenaean burial customs
In the study of Mycenaean archaeology, the major monuments have been intensively and extensively studied, while others less impressive... More
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£39.00
Author:
Vasco La Salvia
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407301594
Paperback:
155pp. Illustrated with 41 figures, plans, maps, drawings and photographs.
BAR number:
S1715
Sub Title:
The case of the Lombards
This work explores the contribution of the peoples of the Barbaricum to the shaping of early medieval technology in Europe, with a... 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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£39.00
Author:
Ahmed Mohamed Ali Mansour
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312347
Paperback:
124pp. Includes 24 figures, 1 colour plate
BAR number:
S2602
The present work is an attempt to give a comprehensive overview of turquoise and its role in Ancient Egypt. Turquoise was mined mainly in... More
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Peinture murale en Gaule
Actes des séminaires AFPMA 1982 -1983: 1er et 2 mai 1982 à Lisieux 21 et 22 mai 1983 à Bordeaux
£39.00
Editors:
Alix Barbet
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860543169
Paperback:
169pp, Includes illustrations in black and white, maps.
BAR number:
S240
Sub Title:
Actes des séminaires AFPMA 1982 -1983: 1er et 2 mai 1982 à Lisieux 21 et 22 mai 1983 à Bordeaux
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£39.00
Author:
Colin Shepherd
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549789
Paperback:
166pp
BAR number:
S745
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£39.00
Author:
Lynn F. Pitts
Publication Year:
1979
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860540458
Paperback:
168pp, Includes 32 illustrations
BAR number:
B60
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Art et archéologie du Proche-Orient hellénistique et romain
Les circulations artistiques entre Orient et Occident: Actes de la journée d’études du 11 mai 2017, Institut Catholique de Paris
£39.00
Editors:
Caroline Arnould-Béhar and Véronique Vassal
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
French with English abstracts
ISBN:
9781407316444
Paperback:
123 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 87 figures (28 in colour)
BAR number:
S2897
Sub Title:
Les circulations artistiques entre Orient et Occident: Actes de la journée d’études du 11 mai 2017, Institut Catholique de Paris
Cette publication est le résultat de la première journée d’études sur l’art et l’archéologie du Proche-Orient hellénistique et romain qui s’est tenue à... More
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£38.00
Author:
César Fornis
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9780860549703
Paperback:
146pp. Includes 4 figures
BAR number:
S762
Sub Title:
Las sociedades corintia y argiva
The Peloponnesian War shows important differences compared with previous warfare since its campaigns are no longer seasonal affairs,... More
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£38.00
Author:
Peter C. Kroefges
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719276
Paperback:
151pp. Includes 104 tables, 101 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs. Two data Appendices
BAR number:
S1496
In contrast to traditional stereotypes of the prehispanic culture of the Chontals of Oaxaca, architectural sites and artifacts along the... More
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Bronze Age Anthropomorphic Figurines from Umm el-Marra, Syria
Chronology, visual analysis and function
£38.00
Author:
Alice Petty
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841717890
Paperback:
150pp. Includes 203 figures, maps, plans and drawings, 5 black and white plates of photographs. Catalogue
BAR number:
S1575
Sub Title:
Chronology, visual analysis and function
The subject of this volume is the corpus of 203 Bronze Age anthropomorphic clay figurines and figurine fragments recovered from various... More
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£38.00
Author:
Adi Erlich
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305868
Paperback:
152pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs including 3 colour plates
BAR number:
S2010
The art of the Hellenistic age (here taken as 332 BC to 37 BCE) in Palestine demonstrates the extent to which a province could be... More
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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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£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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