Historical and Industrial Archaeology

Sense and Nonsense in Homer
A consideration of the inconsistencies and incoherencies in the texts of the Iliad and the Odyssey
£22.00
Author:
John Wilson
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710440
Paperback:
85pp
BAR number:
S839
Sub Title:
A consideration of the inconsistencies and incoherencies in the texts of the Iliad and the Odyssey
This book examines passages in the Iliad and the Odyssey which present semantic or logical difficulties, and those that might be thought... More
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Diving up the Human Past
Perspectives of maritime archaeology, with specific reference to developments in South Africa until 1996
£53.00
Author:
Bruno E. J. S. Werz
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549833
Paperback:
232pp, Includes several figures.
BAR number:
S749
Sub Title:
Perspectives of maritime archaeology, with specific reference to developments in South Africa until 1996
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El Clásico Medio en el Noroccidente de Yucatán
La fase Oxkintok Regional en Oxkintok (Yucatán) como paradigma
£74.00
Author:
Carmen Varela Torrecilla
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9780860549352
Paperback:
338pp, Includes 154 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 45 tables. Appendices of data and assemblages
Sub-series name:
Paris Monographs in American Archaeology, 2
BAR number:
S739
Sub Title:
La fase Oxkintok Regional en Oxkintok (Yucatán) como paradigma
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Village and Colony Asylums in Britain, Ireland and Germany, 1880-1914
Environmental approaches to patient treatment in Edwardian institutions for the insane
£69.00
Author:
Gillian Allmond
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357584
Paperback:
326 pages
BAR number:
B665
Sub Title:
Environmental approaches to patient treatment in Edwardian institutions for the insane
This book analyses the buildings, interiors and landscapes of asylums for the insane poor in the early part of the twentieth century, exploring the ways in... More
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Building on the Past
Medieval and postmedieval essays in honour of Tom Beaumont James
£72.00
Editors:
Amanda Richardson and Mark Allen
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357812
Paperback:
246 pages
BAR number:
B662
Sub Title:
Medieval and postmedieval essays in honour of Tom Beaumont James
This book brings together a collection of chapters reflecting the scholarship of Tom Beaumont James, Emeritus Professor at the University of Winchester, in... More
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£173.00
Author:
Peter King
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315126
Paperback:
770 pages, Two volume set. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Vol I: 2 tables and 20 maps. Vol II: 24 maps.
BAR number:
B652
Sub Title:
Volumes I and II
A new process of making iron, using a blast furnace and a forge, both powered by water, was introduced into the Weald in the 1490s, and spread to other... More
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Inscribed Vervels
A corpus and discussion of late medieval and Renaissance hawking rings found in Britain
£23.00
Author:
Michael J. Lewis and Ian Richardson
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316789
Paperback:
96 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 1 table, 15 figures (3 in colour), 4 colour maps, 17 colour graphs.
BAR number:
B648
Sub Title:
A corpus and discussion of late medieval and Renaissance hawking rings found in Britain
This book provides a corpus of inscribed hawking rings (vervels) reported Treasure via the Portable Antiquities Scheme over the last twenty years. Since... More
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Below the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
A sourcebook on the cisterns, subterranean chambers and conduits of the Ḥaram al-Sharīf
£72.00
Author:
Shimon Gibson and David M. Jacobson
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548201
Paperback:
328pp, Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S637
Sub Title:
A sourcebook on the cisterns, subterranean chambers and conduits of the Ḥaram al-Sharīf
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Industry and the Making of a Rural Landscape
Iron and pottery production at Churchills Farm, Hemyock, Devon
£68.00
Editors:
Chris Smart
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316260
Paperback:
246 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 27 tables, 133 figures (93 in colour).
BAR number:
B636
Sub Title:
Iron and pottery production at Churchills Farm, Hemyock, Devon
This book presents the results of excavation and analysis of technological remains from the Devon village of Hemyock, on the north-west side of 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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£54.00
Editors:
Chris Hewitson
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310992
Paperback:
213pp, Illustrated throughout, 7 colour plates
Sub-series name:
Birmingham Archaeology Monograph Series, 15
BAR number:
B579
Sub Title:
Archaeological Excavations at the Library of Birmingham, Cambridge Street
With the redevelopment of the former car park adjacent to Baskerville House as part of the Library of Birmingham project, the opportunity... More
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£53.00
Author:
P. H. B. Baker and F. R. Allchin
Publication Year:
1991
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547204
Paperback:
234pp
BAR number:
S570
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