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‘Northeton .. a praty uplandyshe towne ..’: Building Recording, Excavation and Documentary Research in King’s Norton, Birmingham, 2005–2007
£54.00
Author:
Malcolm Hislop, George Demidowicz and Stephen Price. Illustrations by Nigel Dodds, Helen Moulden, Bryony Ryder and Ric Tyler.
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307626
Paperback:
193pp, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
Sub-series name:
Birmingham Archaeology Monograph Series, 7
BAR number:
B529
This report describes the results of an archaeological programme undertaken by Birmingham Archaeology between 2005 and 2007 at King's... 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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Æthelbald and Offa
Two Eighth-Century Kings of Mercia. Papers from a Conference held in Manchester in 2000. Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies
£38.00
Editors:
David Hill and Margaret Worthington
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841716879
Paperback:
150pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
B383
Sub Title:
Two Eighth-Century Kings of Mercia. Papers from a Conference held in Manchester in 2000. Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies
This volume presents 16 papers from the conference entitled “Æthelbald and Offa: Two Eighth Century Kings of Mercia” held in Manchester... 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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Woods, Wolds and Groves
The woodland of medieval Warwickshire
£66.00
Author:
Sarah J. Wager
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549338
Paperback:
288pp, Includes 90 black and white figures
BAR number:
B269
Sub Title:
The woodland of medieval Warwickshire
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Wine in Ancient Egypt
A cultural and analytical study
£26.00
Author:
Maria Rosa Guasch Jané
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303383
Paperback:
81pp. Includes 50 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs 1 in colour
BAR number:
S1851
Sub Title:
A cultural and analytical study
Wine is a beverage that belongs to the Mediterranean culture. A study of the origins of wine shows how deep vineyards are rooted in this... More
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Wild Signs: Graffiti in Archaeology and History
£29.00
Editors:
Jeff Oliver and Tim Neal
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306353
Paperback:
108pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Contemporary and Historical Archaeology, 6
BAR number:
S2074
This, the sixth volume in the series 'Studies in Contemporary and Historical Archaeology', assembles a series of innovative studies in... More
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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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Urbanisation in Early Historic India
£49.00
Author:
George Erdosy
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545576
Paperback:
218pp
BAR number:
S430
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Urban-Rural Connections in Domesday Book and Late Anglo-Saxon Royal Administration
£39.00
Author:
Jeremy Haslam
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310565
Paperback:
153pp. Includes 24 figures, 26 tables
BAR number:
B571
One of the most tenacious and long-running controversies regarding the origin and development of the late Anglo-Saxon town has been the... More
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Un’ area di frontiera
La Bitinia dall’età arcaica all’ età ellenistica
£37.00
Author:
Ferdinando Ferraioli
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781407359793
Paperback:
108 pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
BAR number:
S3106
Sub Title:
La Bitinia dall’età arcaica all’ età ellenistica
Scopo di questo libro è presentare uno studio dell’area della Bitinia dall’ età arcaica al periodo ellenistico. Si è deciso di dividere l’esposizione in due... More
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Una Fundación de Valencia (Hispania)
Antítesis de la tesis actual
£31.00
Author:
Miquel Ramon Marti Matias
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781841717265
Paperback:
110pp. Includes black and white figures and plates
BAR number:
S1443
Sub Title:
Antítesis de la tesis actual
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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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Two Industries in Roman Lusitania
Mining and Garum Production
£77.00
Author:
J. C. Edmondson
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544692
Paperback:
368pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p306-345. Index.
BAR number:
S362
Sub Title:
Mining and Garum Production
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Transporting the Deceased to Eternity: The Ancient Egyptian Term 'H3i'
£33.00
Author:
Kelly-Anne Diamond
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307299
Paperback:
131pp. Includes 45 figures
BAR number:
S2179
The research conducted for this work revolves around the Egyptian word HAi. Man's innate desire to defeat death has found expression in... More
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Topografia delle Tabulae Halaesinae
Una assegnazione di terre comuni nella Sicilia ellenistico-romana
£85.00
Author:
Francesco Collura
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
Italian with 4-page abstract in English
ISBN:
9781407315140
Paperback:
364 pages, Illustrated throughout in b&w, and colour
BAR number:
S3148
Sub Title:
Una assegnazione di terre comuni nella Sicilia ellenistico-romana
Le Tabulae Halaesinae sono il più importante documento epigrafico proveniente dalla città greco-romana di Halaesa Archonidea in Sicilia ed uno dei pochi a... More
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The Vindolanda Tablets and the Ancient Economy
£26.00
Author:
Kasper Grønlund Evers
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308425
Paperback:
89pp. Includes 4 figures and tables
BAR number:
B544
The Vindolanda Tablets are rightly famous for the insights they provide into the life of Roman auxiliaries on the province of Britain's... More
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The Vanishing Past
Studies in Medieval Art, Liturgy and Metrology Presented to Christopher Hohler
£86.00
Editors:
Alan Borg and Andrew Martindale
Publication Year:
1981
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541325
Paperback:
416pp, Includes illustrations, plans
BAR number:
S111
Sub Title:
Studies in Medieval Art, Liturgy and Metrology Presented to Christopher Hohler
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The Technological Study of Books and Manuscripts as Artefacts
Research questions and analytical solutions
£29.00
Editors:
Sarah Neate, David Howell, Richard Ovenden and A.M. Pollard
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307671
Paperback:
109pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2209
Sub Title:
Research questions and analytical solutions
The book (in this context any portable object whose prime purpose is to convey documentary information, including both images and text)... More
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The Survey of the Whole of England
Studies of the documentation resulting from the survey conducted in 1086
£41.00
Author:
Colin Flight
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719092
Paperback:
168pp. Includes 41 tables, 12 figures, Appendices
BAR number:
B405
Sub Title:
Studies of the documentation resulting from the survey conducted in 1086
The manuscript which eventually came to be called “Domesday Book” is a product of the enterprise originally known as the “Descriptio... More
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The Survey of Kent
Documents relating to the survey of the county conducted in 1086
£82.00
Author:
Colin Flight
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305417
Paperback:
327pp. Includes 25 tables, 20 figures
BAR number:
B506
Sub Title:
Documents relating to the survey of the county conducted in 1086
The description of Kent contained in “Domesday Book” does not stand alone.At the time of the “Survey of the whole of England” - the... More
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The Rural Landscape of Ancient Israel
£45.00
Editors:
Aren M. Maeir, Shimon Dar and Ze’ev Safrai
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841714974
Paperback:
173pp. Includes 49 Illustrations, maps, plans, drawings, photographs, tables
BAR number:
S1121
Israel is, and always has been, a geographical, historical and most importantly cultural crossroads, linking three continents, three of... More
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The Roman Milestones of Britain: their Petrography and probable Origin
£22.00
Author:
Jeffrey P. Sedgley
Publication Year:
1975
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780904531206
Paperback:
66pp, Includes 19 figures, 5 maps
BAR number:
B18
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The Roman Cult of Salus
£41.00
Author:
Martin A. Marwood
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545965
Paperback:
176pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S465
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The Role and Origins of Mercian Settlements with the Place-Name Worth
£55.00
Author:
Graham Aldred
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315553
Paperback:
184 pages
BAR number:
B679
It is commonly recognised that in the Anglo-Saxon world, the naming of geographical features and settlement names was far from arbitrary. Settlement names... More
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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 Reign of Æthelred II
King of the English, Emperor of all the Peoples of Britain, 978-1016
£36.00
Author:
Ian Howard
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307251
Paperback:
145pp. Includes 16 illustrations
BAR number:
B522
Sub Title:
King of the English, Emperor of all the Peoples of Britain, 978-1016
King Æthelred II (978-1016), known as 'the Unready', is a relatively unknown English monarch. The exploration of Æthelred's reign in this... More
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The Native Sources and the History of the Valley of Mexico
£62.00
Editors:
J. de Durand-Forest
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English (7 papers) and French (3 papers)
ISBN:
9780860542612
Paperback:
274pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliographies
Sub-series name:
Proceedings 44 International Congress of Americanists/Congreso Internacional de Americanistas
BAR number:
S204
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The Moneyers of England, 973–1086
Labour organisation in the Late Anglo-Saxon and Early Anglo-Norman English mints
£62.00
Author:
Jeremy Piercy
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407353746
Paperback:
237 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, 111 tables, 30 figures (3 in colour), 9 colour maps. With additional material online (supplementary data and Appendix 1 in graphic format).
BAR number:
B650
Sub Title:
Labour organisation in the Late Anglo-Saxon and Early Anglo-Norman English mints
The book examines the moneyers, those men responsible for minting the king’s coinage, within developing urban society in England during the tenth and... More
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The Mithraic Prophecy
£29.00
Author:
Attilio Mastrocinque
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359137
Paperback:
116 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white and colour. 24 figures.
BAR number:
S3074
Why did the Romans worship a Persian god? This book presents a new reading of the Mithraic iconography taking into account that the cult had a prophecy. It... More
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The Maya and Environmental Stress from Past to Present
Human response and adaptation to climate change in the Maya lowlands
£55.00
Author:
Eva Jobbová
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357287
Paperback:
236 pages
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 8
BAR number:
S3055
Sub Title:
Human response and adaptation to climate change in the Maya lowlands
Both the perceived successes and failures of the Maya are often linked to their relationship with the local environment and their response to episodes of... 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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The Last Horizons of Roman Gaul: Communication, Coin Circulation, and the Limits of the Second Burgundian Kingdom
A prosopographical, numismatic, and ceramic synthesis (ca. 395-550 CE)
£33.00
Author:
Ryan H. Wilkinson
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356839
Paperback:
120 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 21 figures.
BAR number:
S3006
Sub Title:
A prosopographical, numismatic, and ceramic synthesis (ca. 395-550 CE)
How did the ‘Fall of the Roman Empire’ change social and economic networks in eastern Gaul, and how did new ‘barbarian’ political frontiers shape those... More
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The Land of the Solstices
Myth, geography and astronomy in ancient Greece
£49.00
Author:
Tomislav Bilić
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358628
Paperback:
212 pages
BAR number:
S3039
Sub Title:
Myth, geography and astronomy in ancient Greece
Following the recent upsurge of interest in ancient geography and astronomy, together with the ever-present fascination with myth, this book offers a fresh... More
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The Lake of Knives and the Lake of Fire
Studies in the topography of passage in ancient Egyptian religious literature
£32.00
Author:
Eltayeb Sayed Abbas
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306858
Paperback:
123pp. Includes 40 figures
BAR number:
S2144
Sub Title:
Studies in the topography of passage in ancient Egyptian religious literature
This research is an investigation into the safe passage of the deceased over water as exemplified in the early Egyptian legends involving... 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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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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The History of Archaeological Research in the Melfese
A bibliography from the sites of Lavello, Melfi and Ripacandida
£26.00
Author:
Pasqualina Iosca
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
Italian and English
ISBN:
9781407306568
Paperback:
90pp. Includes 15 figures
BAR number:
S2115
Sub Title:
A bibliography from the sites of Lavello, Melfi and Ripacandida
A study of the neglected Malfese regions of southern Italy and the archaeological work undertaken in the area. The objective is to... More
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The Historical Archaeology of Northern Caria
A Study in Cultural Adaptations
£41.00
Author:
Ronald T. Marchese
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546818
Paperback:
178pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p155-168. Index.
BAR number:
S536
Sub Title:
A Study in Cultural Adaptations
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The Golan
A profile of a region during the Roman and Byzantine periods
£61.00
Author:
Dan Urman
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543428
Paperback:
266pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p217-247
BAR number:
S269
Sub Title:
A profile of a region during the Roman and Byzantine periods
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The Festival Cycle of the Aztec Codex Borbonicus
£49.00
Author:
N.C. Christopher Couch
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543459
Paperback:
212pp
BAR number:
S270
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The Excavations of Maresha Subterranean Complex 57: The 'Heliodorus' Cave
£39.00
Editors:
Ian Stern with contributions by Bernie Alpert, Einat Ambar-Armon, Donald Ariel, Baruch Brandl, Avner Ecker, Adi Erlich, Esther Eshel, Gerald Finkielsztejn, Dov Gera, Hava Korzakova and Lee Perry-Gal
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312941
Paperback:
146pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2652
Maresha is located in the Judean lowlands approximately 40 km southwest of Jerusalem and approximately 30 km southeast of Ashkelon. This... More
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The Episode of Carausius and Allectus
the Literary and Numismatic Evidence
£60.00
Author:
Norman Shiel
Publication Year:
1977
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780904531787
Paperback:
260pp, Includes 27 illustrations, 9 maps
BAR number:
B40
Sub Title:
the Literary and Numismatic Evidence
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The End of Paganism in the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire
The example of the Mithras cult
£33.00
Author:
Eberhard Sauer
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548164
Paperback:
128pp, Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S634
Sub Title:
The example of the Mithras cult
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The Defence of the Roman and Byzantine East, Parts i and ii
Proceedings of a colloquium held at the University of Sheffield in April 1986
£148.00
Editors:
Philip Freeman and David Kennedy
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543817
Paperback:
860pp, Two volume set.
Sub-series name:
British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Monograph, 8
BAR number:
S297
Sub Title:
Proceedings of a colloquium held at the University of Sheffield in April 1986
This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407388236 (Volume I) ISBN 9781407388243 (Volume II) ISBN 9780860543817 (Volume set). More
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The Culture of Ancient Ferghana
VI century B.C.-VI century A.D.
£81.00
Author:
N.G. Gorbunova, translated from the Russian by A.P. Andryushkin
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543633
Paperback:
394pp
BAR number:
S281
Sub Title:
VI century B.C.-VI century A.D.
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The Creation, Composition, Service and Settlement of Roman Auxiliary Units Raised on the Iberian Peninsula
£41.00
Author:
Alexander Meyer
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311210
Paperback:
157pp. Includes 2 tables
BAR number:
S2505
This monograph is an epigraphic study of the Roman auxiliary units raised on the Iberian Peninsula based on a corpus of over 750... More
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The Classic Maya Western Region: A History
£87.00
Author:
Peter Biro
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308913
Paperback:
345pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2308
Over the past decade there has been substantial progress in understanding Maya hieroglyphic writing. This development led to the... More
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