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Death / Burial / Cemeteries / Tombs

Limatambo
Archaeology, history and the regional societies of Inca Cusco
£64.00
Author:
Ken Heffernan
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548294
Paperback:
280pp
BAR number:
S644
Sub Title:
Archaeology, history and the regional societies of Inca Cusco
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£52.00
Author:
Philip Mason
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548287
Paperback:
228pp, Illustrated throughout, tables, maps.
BAR number:
S643
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£84.00
Author:
Lilian Ladle
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English with a French and German summary
ISBN:
9781407316741
Paperback:
355 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 83 tables, 222 figures (40 in colour)
BAR number:
B643
Sub Title:
Excavations 2006–2011
This book presents the detailed results of excavations at a small multi-period site in south-east Dorset. The site provided evidence for an Early Neolithic... More
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£81.00
Author:
Wanda Löwe
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
German
ISBN:
9780860548270
Paperback:
392pp
BAR number:
S642
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£54.00
Author:
Geneviève Tellier
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316499
Paperback:
214 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 47 tables, 90 figures (4 in colour).
BAR number:
B642
This book brings together, for the first time, all of the burials and funerary practices from the Middle Neolithic to the end of the Middle Bronze Age... 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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Creating Society and Constructing the Past
Social Change in the Thames Valley from the Late Bronze Age to the Middle Iron Age
£74.00
Author:
Alex Davies
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316062
Paperback:
293 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 35 tables, 151 figures (46 in colour), 76 graphs and 18 colour maps. With additional material online (appendices)
BAR number:
B637
Sub Title:
Social Change in the Thames Valley from the Late Bronze Age to the Middle Iron Age
This book gives a new account of society and social change in the upper and middle Thames Valley from the Late Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age, 1150-100... More
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£69.00
Author:
Rebecca Crozier
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315713
Paperback:
333 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 37 tables, 84 figures, 54 plates. Appendices: 8 tables, 68 figures, 4 plates
BAR number:
B635
Megalithic tombs in Orkney have yielded some of the largest volumes of human remains in Neolithic Britain. However, discrete skeletons are lacking; the... More
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The Outcast Dead
Historical and archaeological evidence for the effect of the New Poor Law on the health and diet of London’s post-medieval poor
£29.00
Author:
Brittney K. Shields Wilford
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316093
Paperback:
104 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 17 tables, 46 figures (1 in colour)
BAR number:
B634
Sub Title:
Historical and archaeological evidence for the effect of the New Poor Law on the health and diet of London’s post-medieval poor
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this work presents an integration of osteological and historical evidence to examine the detrimental impact of the... More
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Between River and Barrow
A reappraisal of Bronze Age metalwork found in the province of East-Flanders (Belgium)
£45.00
Author:
Koen Verlaeckt with contributions by Jean Bourgeois, Mark Van Strydonck, Veerle Hendrix, Jozef Vynckier and Helena Wouters
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548140
Paperback:
194pp
BAR number:
S632
Sub Title:
A reappraisal of Bronze Age metalwork found in the province of East-Flanders (Belgium)
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£48.00
Author:
Neal Johnson
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315966
Paperback:
176 pages, Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour. 26 tables, 91 figures (35 in colour)
BAR number:
B632
This research focuses on the Early Bronze Age round barrows of the central and northern Anglo-Welsh borderlands. Contextualisation of the barrows is... More
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£72.00
Author:
Nicole Roth
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315300
Paperback:
278pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white: 127 tables, 305 figures. With additional material online (appendix).
BAR number:
B627
This study investigates potential regional patterns of Iron Age burial practices and the cultural implications thereof. It is a literary-based assessment of... More
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£55.00
Author:
Christine Chataigner
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860548058
Paperback:
240pp
Sub-series name:
Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen
BAR number:
S624
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£59.00
Author:
Phyllis Mercer
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313849
Paperback:
202pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. With additional material online (appendices)
BAR number:
B616
Portal tombs, of which there are approximately 180 in Ireland, are the least studied of the great megaliths of Neolithic Ireland. Three aspects are... More
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Ritual Rites and Religion in Prehistory, Volumes I and II
IIIrd Deya International Conference of Prehistory
£120.00
Editors:
W.H. Waldren, J.A. Ensenyat and R.C. Kennard
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547914
Paperback:
698 pages. Two volume set.
BAR number:
S611
Sub Title:
IIIrd Deya International Conference of Prehistory
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£39.00
Author:
Dirk H. Steinforth
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
German
ISBN:
9781407313658
Paperback:
140pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B611
Die Isle of Man besitzt außergewöhnlich viele und interessante 'Wikingergräber', von reich ausgestatteten Schiffs- und Hügelgräbern zu einfachen... More
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Unearthing Late Medieval Children
Health, status and burial practice in Southern England
£46.00
Author:
Heidi Dawson
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312477
Paperback:
179pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
B593
Sub Title:
Health, status and burial practice in Southern England
This study explores the status of children in the late medieval period (AD 1066-1539) based on two concepts of the child; biological and... More
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Excavations in Akhmīm, Egypt
Continuity and change in city life from late antiquity to the present. First Report
£26.00
Author:
Sheila McNally and Ivančica Dvoržak Schrunk
Publication Year:
1993
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547600
Paperback:
116pp, Includes figures & illustrations.
BAR number:
S590
Sub Title:
Continuity and change in city life from late antiquity to the present. First Report
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Settlements and Cult Sites on Mount Hermon, Israel
Ituraean culture in the Hellenistic and Roman periods
£77.00
Author:
Shimon Dar, translated from the Hebrew by M. Erez
Publication Year:
1993
Language:
English, translated from Hebrew
ISBN:
9780860547563
Paperback:
356 pages
BAR number:
S589
Sub Title:
Ituraean culture in the Hellenistic and Roman periods
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Contextual Archaeology of Burial Practice
Case studies from Roman Britain
£56.00
Author:
John Pearce
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311968
Paperback:
263pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
B588
Sub Title:
Case studies from Roman Britain
This study explores the insights into provincial Roman societies that can be gained from the archaeological evidence for burial practice,... More
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£33.00
Author:
Alice Rogers
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311111
Paperback:
115pp. Illustrated throughout, data Appendices
BAR number:
B581
Sub Title:
A pilot study based on modern excavations
This study examines female representation in British Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age (2500 - 1500 BC) funerary practices. Chronology... More
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£97.00
Author:
Jean-Paul Farruggia
Publication Year:
1992
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860547372
Paperback:
560pp, Includes plans and a bibliography.
BAR number:
S581
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Lod (Lydda), Israel
From its Origins through the Byzantine Period 5600 B.C.E. - 640 C.E.
£49.00
Author:
Joshua J. Schwartz
Publication Year:
1991
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547211
Paperback:
210pp, Includes text illustrations
BAR number:
S571
Sub Title:
From its Origins through the Byzantine Period 5600 B.C.E. - 640 C.E.
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Health in Past Societies
Biocultural interpretations of human skeletal remains in archaeological contexts
£37.00
Editors:
Helen Bush and Marek Zvelebil
Publication Year:
1991
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547167
Paperback:
154pp
BAR number:
S567
Sub Title:
Biocultural interpretations of human skeletal remains in archaeological contexts
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£82.00
Editors:
Ricardo J. Elia and Al B. Wesolowsky
Publication Year:
1991
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547129
Paperback:
396pp, Includes 136 figures.
BAR number:
S564
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Enterramientos de Balberta, un sitio en la Costa Sur de Guatemala
Algunas comparaciones con otros sitios e inferencias sobre su organización social
£30.00
Author:
Barbara Arroyo
Publication Year:
1990
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9780860547068
Paperback:
122pp
BAR number:
S559
Sub Title:
Algunas comparaciones con otros sitios e inferencias sobre su organización social
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Art, Death and Social Order
The Mortuary Arts of Pre-Conquest Central Panama
£62.00
Author:
Peter S. Briggs
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546979
Paperback:
272pp
BAR number:
S550
Sub Title:
The Mortuary Arts of Pre-Conquest Central Panama
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£43.00
Author:
Ezra L. Meyerhof
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546795
Paperback:
182pp
BAR number:
S534
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£47.00
Author:
Alistair Marshall
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307862
Paperback:
169pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B530
Two extended papers investigating two contemporary areas of experimental archaeology. Paper 1: Simulation of prehistoric cremation:... More
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£41.00
Author:
R. M. Chapple with appendices by Sean Denham, Catherine M. Dunne, Meriel McClatchie Maria B. O’Hare artefact illustrations by Stephanie Godden
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English with abstract in German and French
ISBN:
9781407307244
Paperback:
167pp. Includes 77 figures, 75 plates, 12 tables
BAR number:
B521
This volume details the excavation of a remarkably well preserved, enclosed Middle Bronze Age cemetery in the townland of Gransha, Co... More
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£55.00
Author:
Richard N. Wilen
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546580
Paperback:
238pp
BAR number:
S517
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The Imagination of Matter
Religion and Ecology in Mesoamerican Traditions
£53.00
Editors:
Davíd Carrasco
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546566
Paperback:
230pp
BAR number:
S515
Sub Title:
Religion and Ecology in Mesoamerican Traditions
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Identity, Commemoration and the Art of Dying Well
Exploring the Relationship between the Ars Moriendi Tradition and the Material Culture of Death in Gloucestershire, c.1350-1700A.D.
£79.00
Author:
Kirsty Owen
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304816
Paperback:
316pp
BAR number:
B513
Sub Title:
Exploring the Relationship between the Ars Moriendi Tradition and the Material Culture of Death in Gloucestershire, c.1350-1700A.D.
This study considers how the treatment of death in related forms of material culture might have contributed to the definition of elite... More
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Roman Quarrying and Stone Supply on the Periphery - Southern England
A geological study of first-century funerary monuments and monumental architecture
£49.00
Author:
Kevin M. J. Hayward
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306179
Paperback:
200pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings, figures, tables and photographs. With additional material online (appendix).
BAR number:
B500
Sub Title:
A geological study of first-century funerary monuments and monumental architecture
The content of this report which examines the geological source of the earliest examples of fine freestone carving in the province,... More
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Approaches to Swedish Prehistory
A spectrum of problems and perspectives in contemporary research
£83.00
Editors:
Thomas B. Larsson and Hans Lundmark
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546412
Paperback:
400pp
BAR number:
S500
Sub Title:
A spectrum of problems and perspectives in contemporary research
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£62.00
Author:
Mary Chester-Kadwell
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304168
Paperback:
247pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs including 6 colour plates. Catalogues and Gazetteer
BAR number:
B481
This work is a study of Anglo-Saxon mortuary and settlement practices in the landscape of Norfolk (eastern England) from the early fifth... More
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Das Totenritual, geprägt durch Jenseitsvorstellungen und Gesellschaftsrealität
Theorie des Totenrituals eines kupferzeitlichen Friedhofs zu Tiszapolgár-Basatanya (Ungarn)
£41.00
Author:
Marita Meisenheimer
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
German
ISBN:
9780860546122
Paperback:
178pp
BAR number:
S475
Sub Title:
Theorie des Totenrituals eines kupferzeitlichen Friedhofs zu Tiszapolgár-Basatanya (Ungarn)
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Bronze-und eisenzeitliche Besiedlung in den Rheinischen Lößbörden
Archäologische Siedlungsmuster im Braunkohlengebiet
£69.00
Author:
Angela Simons
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
German with summary in English
ISBN:
9780860545996
Paperback:
300pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S467
Sub Title:
Archäologische Siedlungsmuster im Braunkohlengebiet
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Prehistoric Ceramics of Northeastern Thailand
with special reference to Ban Na Di
£75.00
Author:
Brian Vincent
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545927
Paperback:
340pp
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30861/9780860545927
BAR number:
S461
Sub Title:
with special reference to Ban Na Di
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on the BAR Digital platform... More
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Portal Tombs in the Landscape
The Chronology, Morphology and Landscape Setting of the Portal Tombs of Ireland, Wales and Cornwall
£55.00
Author:
Tatjana Kytmannow
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302515
Paperback:
227pp. Illustrated throughout with tables, figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs. With CD containing catalogue of 225 sites.
BAR number:
B455
Sub Title:
The Chronology, Morphology and Landscape Setting of the Portal Tombs of Ireland, Wales and Cornwall
Portal tombs are the least researched megalithic class in Ireland, despite the fact that they have one of the widest distributions of all... More
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'Out of Darkness, Cometh Light': Life and Death in Nineteenth-Century Wolverhampton
Excavation of the overflow burial ground of St Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton 2001-2002
£31.00
Author:
Josephine Adams and Kevin Colls
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407301235
Paperback:
112pp, Includes 62 tables, 64 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, Glossary and data Appendix
Sub-series name:
Birmingham Archaeology Monograph Series, 3
BAR number:
B442
Sub Title:
Excavation of the overflow burial ground of St Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton 2001-2002
Between October 2001 and January 2002, Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit (now Birmingham Archaeology) carried out... More
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£86.00
Author:
T. Júdice Gamito
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545651
Paperback:
414pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p185-235
BAR number:
S439
Sub Title:
The Case of Tartessos
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Romano-British Tombstones between the 1st and 3rd Centuries AD
Epigraphy, gender and familial relations
£55.00
Author:
Geoff W. Adams and Rebecca Tobler
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300870
Paperback:
221pp. Includes 51 figures, 13 tables, 42 plates, 6 data Appendices
BAR number:
B437
Sub Title:
Epigraphy, gender and familial relations
For one of the most isolated provinces in the Roman Empire, the archaeology of Roman Britain has been one of the most researched areas.... More
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From Cairn to Cemetery
An archaeological investigation of the chambered cairns and early Bronze Age mortuary deposits at Cairnderry and Bargrennan White Cairn, south-west Scotland
£49.00
Author:
Vicki Cummings and Chris Fowler with contributions by Diane Aldritt, Andrew Chamberlain, Georgina Chela, Christie Cox, Donald Davidson, Hege Hollund, Jennifer Mulrooney, Marion O’Neil, Amelia Pannett, Phil Parkes, Alison Sheridan, Ben Stern, Aaron Wat
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300399
Paperback:
200pp. Includes 166 figures, maps, plans, tables, drawings and photographs, 13 data Appendices
BAR number:
B434
Sub Title:
An archaeological investigation of the chambered cairns and early Bronze Age mortuary deposits at Cairnderry and Bargrennan White Cairn, south-west Scotland
This volume presents the methodology and results for the excavations at Cairnderry and Bargrennan, south-west Scotland. A comparative... More
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Haithabu-Schleswig-Danewerk
Aspekte einer Forschungsgeschichte mittelalterlicher Anlagen in Schleswig-Holstein
£58.00
Author:
Joachim Stark
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
German
ISBN:
9780860545583
Paperback:
254pp
BAR number:
S432
Sub Title:
Aspekte einer Forschungsgeschichte mittelalterlicher Anlagen in Schleswig-Holstein
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Viking Burial in the North of England
A study of Contact, Interaction and Reaction between Scandinavian Migrants with Resident Groups, and the effect of Immigration on Aspects of Cultural Continuity
£41.00
Author:
Angela Z. Redmond
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300504
Paperback:
220pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
B429
Sub Title:
A study of Contact, Interaction and Reaction between Scandinavian Migrants with Resident Groups, and the effect of Immigration on Aspects of Cultural Continuity
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El Geili
The History of a Middle Nile Environment, 7000 B.C.-A.D. 1500
£86.00
Editors:
I. Caneva with contributions by Patrizia Baracchini, Alfredo Coppa, Vincenzo Francaviglia, Ezio Fulcheri, Achilles Gautier, Alessandro Lentini, Bruno Marcolongo, Alberto M. Palmieri, Maria Reddavid and Guiseppe Scala
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545484
Paperback:
414pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 29
BAR number:
S424
Sub Title:
The History of a Middle Nile Environment, 7000 B.C.-A.D. 1500
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Capuanische Grabsteine
Untersuchungen zu den Grabsteinen römischer Freigelassener aus Capua
£66.00
Author:
Michael Eckert
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
German
ISBN:
9780860545378
Paperback:
294pp
BAR number:
S417
Sub Title:
Untersuchungen zu den Grabsteinen römischer Freigelassener aus Capua
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