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Epigraphy / Ancient and Medieval Texts / Papyri

Solomon and Shishak
Current Perspectives from Archaeology, Epigraphy, History and Chronology: Proceedings of the Third BICANE Colloquium held at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 26-27 March 2011
£68.00
Editors:
Peter James and Peter G. van der Veen. Assistant editor Robert M. Porter
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313894
Paperback:
294pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2732
Sub Title:
Current Perspectives from Archaeology, Epigraphy, History and Chronology: Proceedings of the Third BICANE Colloquium held at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 26-27 March 2011
A collection of papers presented at the Third BICANE Colloquium held at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in March of 2011. More
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SOMA 2007
Proceedings of the XI Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Istanbul Technical University, 24-29 April 2007
£118.00
Editors:
C̊iğdem Özkan Aygün
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303826
Paperback:
475pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1900
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the XI Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Istanbul Technical University, 24-29 April 2007
This book includes papers from the 11th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology held at Istanbul Technical University, 24 to 29 April 2007. More
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SOMA 2010
Proceedings of 14th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev Ukraine 23-25 April 2010
£48.00
Editors:
Yana Morozova and Hakan Oniz
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311760
Paperback:
199pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2555
Sub Title:
Proceedings of 14th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev Ukraine 23-25 April 2010
The fourteenth annual meeting of the Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology (SOMA) was held in Kiev, Ukraine at the National University... More
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SOMA 2011
Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, held at the University of Catania 3-5 March 2011
£177.00
Editors:
Pietro Maria Militello and Hakan Öniz
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313443
Paperback:
1,116pp. Two volume set, Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2695
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, held at the University of Catania 3-5 March 2011
This volume presents the proceedings of the 15th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, held at the University of Catania 3-5 March... More
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SOMA 2012
Identity and Connectivity: Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Florence, Italy 1–3 March 2012
£224.00
Editors:
Luca Bombardieri, Anacleto D’Agostino, Guido Guarducci, Valentina Orsi and Stefano Valentini
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312064
Paperback:
1302pp. Two volume set, illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2581
Sub Title:
Identity and Connectivity: Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Florence, Italy 1–3 March 2012
This book presents the proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology that took place in Florence, Italy, 1–3 March 2012. More
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£40.00
Author:
Tom Hoogervorst
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312033
Paperback:
172pp, Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2580
This book casts a new light on the role of Southeast Asia in the ancient Indian Ocean World. It brings together data and approaches from archaeology and... More
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£69.00
Author:
Atle Omland
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306957
Paperback:
276pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2153
The main objective of this book is to discuss parts of the later life histories of burial mounds by studying local interests in them... More
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£59.00
Author:
Hamid Fahimi
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
German with English abstract
ISBN:
9781407311555
Paperback:
249pp. Illustrated in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2537
The present study is based on the new research carried out at the southern mound of Sialk (Isfahan Province, Iran) in 2001-2005 as well... More
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Sylloge of Defixiones from the Roman West, Volumes I and II
A comprehensive collection of curse tablets from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE
£126.00
Author:
Celia Sánchez Natalías
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315324
Paperback:
600 pages, two-volume set
BAR number:
S3077
Sub Title:
A comprehensive collection of curse tablets from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE
Defixiones, also known as curse tablets, are one of the most revealing sources for ancient magico-religious practices. Born of rancour, anger, desire, love,... More
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Symbolic Notation of Teotihuacan
Elements of writing in a Mesoamerican culture of the Classic period
£77.00
Author:
James C. Langley
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544005
Paperback:
370pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p341-355
BAR number:
S313
Sub Title:
Elements of writing in a Mesoamerican culture of the Classic period
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Tacitus, Thule and Caledonia
The achievements of Agricola’s navy in their true perspective
£31.00
Author:
Stan Wolfson
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302744
Paperback:
124pp. Includes 17 figures
BAR number:
B459
Sub Title:
The achievements of Agricola’s navy in their true perspective
The purpose of this book is to put the achievements of Agricola's navy, apparently understated by Tacitus, in their true perspective,... More
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Taille et conformation crânienne chez les Hominidés de la fin du Pléistocène
Contributions de la morphométrie géométrique au débat sur l'origine de l'Homme moderne
£62.00
Author:
Martin Frieß
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781841710150
Paperback:
247pp. Includes numerous figures, tables, charts.
BAR number:
S799
Sub Title:
Contributions de la morphométrie géométrique au débat sur l'origine de l'Homme moderne
Within the background of modern human origins debate, this book tempts to improve the knowledge of variation in cranial shape and size... More
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Tell el-Mazar II
Excavations on the Mound 1977-1981. Field I
£45.00
Author:
Khair Yassine and Eveline van der Steen
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310299
Paperback:
179pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Catalogues of pottery and finds.
BAR number:
S2430
Sub Title:
Excavations on the Mound 1977-1981. Field I
Tell el-Mazar (central east Jordan valley, c. 3km north of Tell Deir Alla and 5.5km south of Tell es-Sa'idiyeh) forms part of a complex... More
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£35.00
Author:
Maria Milvia Morciano
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
Italian with English abstract
ISBN:
9781407309262
Paperback:
125pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2343
In this work the cult of the Capitoline Triad is examined from a viewpoint that varies from the traditionally public and official one. A... More
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Terra and Silva in the Pannonian Plain
Opovo agro-gathering in the Late Neolithic
£49.00
Author:
Ksenija Borojevic
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719931
Paperback:
199pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, tables and photographs: 5 in colour
BAR number:
S1563
Sub Title:
Opovo agro-gathering in the Late Neolithic
This work is a study of plant macro remains from the Late Neolithic site of Opovo. Opovo is dated from 4700 to 4500 B.C., and culturally... More
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Text and Image in Pre-Columbian Art
Essays on the interrelationship of the verbal and visual arts
£51.00
Editors:
Janet Catherine Berlo
Publication Year:
1983
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542308
Paperback:
222pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
Sub-series name:
Proceedings 44 International Congress of Americanists/Congreso Internacional de Americanistas
BAR number:
S180
Sub Title:
Essays on the interrelationship of the verbal and visual arts
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Texts and Monuments
A study of ten Anglo-Saxon churches of the pre-Viking period
£83.00
Author:
Christopher Pickles
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549413
Paperback:
331pp. Includes 51 black and white figures with maps, drawings and photographs, 1 plate in colour
BAR number:
B277
Sub Title:
A study of ten Anglo-Saxon churches of the pre-Viking period
Examination of ten major churches of pre-Viking period in Anglo-Saxon England, from a linguistic as well as from an historical point of... More
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The 'Weather-God' in Hittite Anatolia
An examination of the archaeological and textual sources
£35.00
Author:
Hilary J. Deighton
Publication Year:
1982
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541745
Paperback:
134pp, Includes 12 figures.
BAR number:
S143
Sub Title:
An examination of the archaeological and textual sources
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£62.00
Author:
Zoran Stančič, Nikša Vujnović, Branko Kirigin, Slobodan Čače, Tomaž Podobnikar and Josip Burmaz
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710167
Paperback:
256pp, Includes 30 maps, 10 figures, numerous site drawings
Sub-series name:
Adriatic Islands Project, 2
BAR number:
S803
This is the second volume of the Adriatic Island Project. It lists the results of extensive archaeological survey of the island of Brac in the Croatian... More
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The Aegean and its Cultures
Proceedings of the first Oxford-Athens graduate student workshop organized by the Greek Society and the University of Oxford Taylor Institution, 22-23 April 2005
£37.00
Editors:
Georgios Deligiannakis and Yannis Galanakis
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305073
Paperback:
158pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs 3 colour plates
BAR number:
S1975
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the first Oxford-Athens graduate student workshop organized by the Greek Society and the University of Oxford Taylor Institution, 22-23 April 2005
Proceedings of the first Oxford-Athens graduate student workshop organized by the Greek Society and the University of Oxford Taylor Institution, April 2005.... More
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£30.00
Author:
Leandre Villaronga and translated from the Spanish by Elisabeth Weeks
Publication Year:
1977
Language:
English, translated from Spanish
ISBN:
9780904531701
Paperback:
120pp, Includes 15 illustrations
BAR number:
S23
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£47.00
Editors:
Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Brian W. Schneider
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312620
Paperback:
177pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B595
The papers published here are developed from presentations made at a Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Conference entitled 'The... More
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£69.00
Author:
Philip J. Smith
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302126
Paperback:
276pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S1762
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£23.00
Author:
Lourdes Conde Feitosa and English translation by Miriam Adelman
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311517
Paperback:
79pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2533
The city of Pompeii, or Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeiorum, the stage of the action that takes place here, is seen by the author from... More
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The Archaeology of Roman Southern Pannonia
The state of research and selected problems in the Croatian part of the Roman province of Pannonia
£69.00
Editors:
Branka Migotti
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309859
Paperback:
151pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2393
Sub Title:
The state of research and selected problems in the Croatian part of the Roman province of Pannonia
Contributions on the current state of archaeological research in the Croatian part of the Roman province of Pannonia. More
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£32.00
Editors:
Marta Zuchowska
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310121
Paperback:
115pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2414
A collection of papers on the archaeology of water installation from a session presented at the EAA conference in The Hague, September... More
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£53.00
Author:
Andrei Aricescu, translated from the Romanian by Nubar Hampartumian
Publication Year:
1980
Language:
English, translated from Romanian
ISBN:
9780860540991
Paperback:
234pp, Includes maps, plans and a bibliography: p186-188
BAR number:
S86
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The Castles of Mallorca
Fortification and state-formation during the Islamic period
£54.00
Author:
Martin S. Goffriller
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357607
Paperback:
204 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 108 plates, 71 figures
BAR number:
S3024
Sub Title:
Fortification and state-formation during the Islamic period
This research presents a study in the dynamics of territorial control of the island of Mallorca from ca. 902-1300 AD, with the aim of providing the first... More
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£77.00
Author:
Heather Edwards
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545897
Paperback:
364pp, Includes illustrations in black and white, maps.
BAR number:
B198
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£41.00
Author:
Carol A. M. Glucker
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544180
Paperback:
180pp, Includes plans and a bibliography: p164-172
BAR number:
S325
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£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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£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 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 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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£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 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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£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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£49.00
Author:
N.C. Christopher Couch
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543459
Paperback:
212pp
BAR number:
S270
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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 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 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 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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£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 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 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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£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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£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 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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