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Cyril Fox on Tour 1927 - 1932
Two of Sir Cyril’s notebooks describing minor earthworks of the Welsh Marches and visits to four Welsh museums, with two other unpublished papers
£59.00
Editors:
David Hill and Stephen Matthews
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841715841
Paperback:
234pp. Includes 21 illustrations, 15 maps
BAR number:
B364
Sub Title:
Two of Sir Cyril’s notebooks describing minor earthworks of the Welsh Marches and visits to four Welsh museums, with two other unpublished papers
Most of Sir Cyril Fox's papers are held in the National Museum of Wales, but two notebooks, which form the bulk of this volume, have a... More
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The Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c. 700 BC - AD 500, Part 2, Volumes I and II
Architecture and material culture. Part 2. The Northern and Southern Mainland and the Western Islands
£219.00
Author:
Euan W. MacKie
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407301327
Paperback:
1,124pp. Two volume set, illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs. Indices of site names and Appendices
BAR number:
B444
Sub Title:
Architecture and material culture. Part 2. The Northern and Southern Mainland and the Western Islands
This two-volume, second and final part of this descriptive corpus of the Iron Age brochs and allied sites of Scotland covers the whole of the mainland and... More
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Antiquarians and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Cork
£48.00
Author:
Joan Rockley
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302508
Paperback:
195pp. Illustrated throughout 1 colour pla
BAR number:
B454
This work examines the development of antiquarian and archaeological thought and practice in Cork, Ireland, from the early 1800s. More
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A "Splendid Idiosyncrasy”: Prehistory at Cambridge 1915-50
£56.00
Author:
Pamela Jane Smith with a foreword by Colin Renfrew
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304304
Paperback:
226pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
B485
It is often assumed that, in Britain, archaeology has always been a university-inspired course. However, the identification of qualified... More
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A synthesis of Antiquarian Observation and Archaeological Excavation at Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
£26.00
Author:
Wendy A. Morrison
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305189
Paperback:
77pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, tables, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
B491
This work presents a history of Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in an overlapping double vision. One image presents the more... More
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Manufacturers, Mummies and Manchester
Two hundred years of interest in and study of Egyptology in the Greater Manchester area
£31.00
Author:
Hilary Forrest
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307886
Paperback:
107pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
B532
Sub Title:
Two hundred years of interest in and study of Egyptology in the Greater Manchester area
This book traces interest in Egyptology in Manchester (England) and the surrounding towns from the early nineteenth century, when... More
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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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Politics, Religion, and Cylinder Seals
A Study of Mesopotamian Symbolism in the Second Millennium B.C.
£35.00
Author:
Jeanne Nijhowne
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549987
Paperback:
134pp
BAR number:
S772
Sub Title:
A Study of Mesopotamian Symbolism in the Second Millennium B.C.
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The Adriatic Islands Project Volume 2: The Archaeological Heritage of the Island of Brač, Croatia
£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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Piedra a Piedra
Historia de la construcción del Paleolítico en la Península Ibérica
£91.00
Author:
Jordi Estévez and Assumpció Vila
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
Spanish with English abstract
ISBN:
9781841710181
Paperback:
362pp. Includes 150 illustrations
BAR number:
S805
Sub Title:
Historia de la construcción del Paleolítico en la Península Ibérica
The authors endeavoured to interpret the evolution and development of thought about the Palaeolithic of Iberian Peninsula. A line of argument and a broad,... More
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Archaeological Field Survey of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic Settlement Sites in Kyrenia District, North Cyprus
Systematic Surface Collection and the Interpretation of Artefact Scatters
£92.00
Author:
Müge Şevketoğlu
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711270
Paperback:
524pp, Includes numerous black and white figures.
BAR number:
S834
Sub Title:
Systematic Surface Collection and the Interpretation of Artefact Scatters
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Methodological Aspects of Iranian Archaeology: Past and Present
£60.00
Author:
Kamal Aldin Niknami
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711348
Paperback:
264pp, Includes illustrations, maps (some in colour)
BAR number:
S852
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Outside Archaeology
Material culture and poetic imagination
£32.00
Editors:
Christine Finn and Martin Henig
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712802
Paperback:
120pp. Fully Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S999
Sub Title:
Material culture and poetic imagination
This volume is a highly original compilation of 12 papers that seeks to relate archaeology to the outside world, in an inclusive, rather than exclusive... More
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Ancient Egypt and Antique Europe
Two parts of the Mediterranean World. Papers from a session held at the European Association of Archaeologists Seventh Annual Meeting in Esslingen 2001
£26.00
Editors:
Amanda-Alice Maravelia
Publication Year:
2002
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841714332
Paperback:
86pp. Illustrated with figures, maps.
BAR number:
S1052
Sub Title:
Two parts of the Mediterranean World. Papers from a session held at the European Association of Archaeologists Seventh Annual Meeting in Esslingen 2001
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El Pensamiento Europeo y el Concepto de Celtíbero: 1821-1939
£30.00
Author:
Oscar López Jiménez
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
Spanish with a 4 page English summary
ISBN:
9781841713410
Paperback:
118pp, Includes black and white figures
BAR number:
S1160
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Current Research in Chinese Pleistocene Archaeology
£40.00
Editors:
Chen Shen and Susan G. Keates
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841715469
Paperback:
157pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings, photographs
BAR number:
S1179
This volume is derived from a symposium entitled “Theory and Practice in Chinese Pleistocene Archaeology” at the 65th annual meeting of... More
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Combining the Past and the Present
Archaeological perspectives on society. Proceedings from the conference ‘Pre-history in a global perspective’ held in Bergen, August 31st – September 2nd 2001, in honour of Professor Randi Haaland’s 60th anniversary
£56.00
Editors:
Terje Oestigaard, Nils Anfinset and Tore Saetersdal
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841715735
Paperback:
224pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1210
Sub Title:
Archaeological perspectives on society. Proceedings from the conference ‘Pre-history in a global perspective’ held in Bergen, August 31st – September 2nd 2001, in honour of Professor Randi Haaland’s 60th anniversary
This conference in honour of Randi Haaland was held in Bergen in September 2001. Although the title of the conference was ambitious, the... More
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Imperialist Archaeology in the Canary Islands
French and German Studies on Prehistoric Colonization at the End of the 19th Century
£37.00
Author:
A. José Farrujia de la Rosa
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841713946
Paperback:
156pp
BAR number:
S1333
Sub Title:
French and German Studies on Prehistoric Colonization at the End of the 19th Century
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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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Analysis of Lithic Artefact Microdebitage for Chronological Determination of Archaeological Sites
£40.00
Author:
George J. Susino
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300245
Paperback:
159pp. Includes 64 tables, 112 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 3 data Appendices
BAR number:
S1607
This study explores several different techniques to isolate and determine the age of lithic microdebitage in relation to archaeological... More
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The Monumental Earthworks of Palau, Micronesia
A landscape perspective
£49.00
Author:
Sarah Phear
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300603
Paperback:
222pp. Includes illustrations (some colour), maps.
BAR number:
S1626
Sub Title:
A landscape perspective
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Identification of Ancient Olive Oil Processing Methods Based on Olive Remains
£31.00
Author:
Peter Warnock
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300498
Paperback:
114pp. Includes 9 tables, 93 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1635
This research focuses on the complex issue of olive oil processing and the resulting technological changes associated with the olive oil... More
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Patterns and Process in Late Roman Republican Coin Hoards, 157-2 BC
£66.00
Author:
Kris Lockyear
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407301648
Paperback:
345pp. Illustrated throughout with figures and tables. Catalogue of hoards
BAR number:
S1733
In this study of Late Roman Republican coin hoards (157-2 BC), the author, rather than taking a specific testable hypothesis such as... More
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The Organization of Production among Sedentary Foragers of the Southern Pacific Northwest Coast
£43.00
Author:
Cameron McPherson Smith
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407301839
Paperback:
173pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, photographs and drawings
BAR number:
S1741
The study of Canadian northwest coast complex foragers, and particularly those of the Greater Lower Columbia River region, assists... More
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New Perspectives on the Ancient World
Modern perceptions, ancient representations
£63.00
Editors:
Pedro Paulo A. Funari, Renata S. Garraffoni and Bethany Letalien
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302706
Paperback:
256pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1782
Sub Title:
Modern perceptions, ancient representations
A volume of 26 contributions related to: The ancient world and modern perceptions: the invention of antiquity in modern times; Ancient... More
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Estudio historiográfico de las investigaciones sobre cerámica arqueológica en el Noroeste Argentino
£93.00
Author:
Paola Silvia Ramundo
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
Spanish with English abstract
ISBN:
9781407303253
Paperback:
371pp. Includes 32 tables, 27 graphs, 11 maps and 30 plans, drawings and photographs. 7 data appendices
BAR number:
S1840
This work provides a critical, reflexive panorama of the way archaeological pottery studies in North-western Argentina were carried out... More
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Antiquarians at the Megaliths
£26.00
Editors:
Magdalena S. Midgley
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304397
Paperback:
87pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, tables, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006)
BAR number:
S1956
This book includes papers from the session 'Antiquarians at the Megaliths' presented at the XV UISPP World Congress, Lisbon, 2006. More
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Archaeologists without Boundaries: Towards a History of International Archaeological Congresses (1866-2006) / Archéologues sans frontières : Pour une histoire des Congrès archéologiques internationaux (1866-2006)
£22.00
Editors:
Mircea Babes and Marc-Antoine Kaeser
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781407306223
Paperback:
54pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, tables, photographs and colour plates
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006)
BAR number:
S2046
This book includes papers from session C75, Archaeologists without Boundaries: Towards a History of International Archaeological... More
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Dawn of Discovery: The Early British Travellers to Crete
Richard Pococke, Robert Pashley and Thomas Spratt, and their contribution to the island’s Bronze Age archaeological heritage
£46.00
Author:
Dudley Moore
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305424
Paperback:
184pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2053
Sub Title:
Richard Pococke, Robert Pashley and Thomas Spratt, and their contribution to the island’s Bronze Age archaeological heritage
This work focuses on three important British travellers to Crete during the 18th and 19th centuries to establish whether or not they made... More
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A History of the Study of South Italian Black- and Red-Figure Pottery
£39.00
Author:
Ronald Higginson
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307848
Paperback:
138pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white.
BAR number:
S2226
This book offers an overview of the whole period from the first evidence of the Roman rediscovery of figured vases until the end of the... More
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From Archaeology to Archaeologies: The 'Other' Past
£29.00
Editors:
Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw and Eleni Stefanou
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310077
Paperback:
107pp. Includes 9 illustrations
BAR number:
S2409
The idea for this volume emerged from critical self-reflection about diverse archaeological practices in a session presented at the 13th... More
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Numismatic and Archaeological Collecting in Northern Sicily during the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
£41.00
Author:
Antonino Crisà
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310091
Paperback:
167pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2411
This research examines the archaeological protection system and antiquarian collecting in northern Sicily, in particular in the coastal... More
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South Asian Archaeology 2007: Volume I - Prehistoric Periods
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology Ravenna, Italy, 2-6 July 2007
£67.00
Editors:
Dennys Frenez and Maurizio Tosi
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310626
Paperback:
325pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2454
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology Ravenna, Italy, 2-6 July 2007
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Excalibur: Essays on Antiquity and the History of Collecting in Honour of Arthur MacGregor
£60.00
Editors:
Hildegard Wiegel and Michael Vickers
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311302
Paperback:
192pp. Illustrated in colour throughout
BAR number:
S2512
A collection of 16 papers to honour Arthur MacGregor and his work. More
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The Ancient Red Sea Port of Adulis and the Eritrean Coastal Region
Previous investigations and museum collections
£33.00
Author:
Chiara Zazzaro
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311906
Paperback:
121pp, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 85
BAR number:
S2569
Sub Title:
Previous investigations and museum collections
The book unveils documents and museum collections related to research and excavations conducted on the Red Sea coast and at Adulis in the 19th and 20th... More
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