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L'outillage lithique en contextes ethnoarchéologiques / Lithic Toolkits in Ethnoarchaeological Contexts
Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress University of Liège Belgium 2-8 September 2001 Colloque / Symposium 1.4
£22.00
Editors:
Xavier Terradas
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English, French and Spanish
ISBN:
9781841718125
Paperback:
71pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, tables and plates
Sub-series name:
Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liège, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001
BAR number:
S1370
Sub Title:
Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress University of Liège Belgium 2-8 September 2001 Colloque / Symposium 1.4
8 papers from Symposium 1.4 of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liège, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001 - Lithic Toolkits in... More
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Préhistoire de l'Asie et de l'Océanie / Asian and Oceanic Prehistory
Sessions générales et posters / General Sessions and Posters
£22.00
Editors:
Le Secrétariat du Congrès
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781841719603
Paperback:
66pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liège, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001
BAR number:
S1523
Sub Title:
Sessions générales et posters / General Sessions and Posters
8 papers from Section 16 (Asian and Oceanic Prehistory) Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liège, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001. More
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Mycenaean Art: A Psychological Approach
£22.00
Author:
Georgina Muskett
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300757
Paperback:
77pp. Includes 18 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1636
The aim of this book is to demonstrate the value of psychology in the study of ancient art, enabling emphasis on the individual, in the... More
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The Deceased's Life Cycle Rituals in Nepal
Present Cremation Burials for the Interpretations of the Past
£22.00
Author:
Terje Oestigaard
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711355
Paperback:
74pp
BAR number:
S853
Sub Title:
Present Cremation Burials for the Interpretations of the Past
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The Fifth Century A.D. Treasure from Pietroasa, Romania, in the light of recent research
£23.00
Author:
Radu Harhoiu and translated from the Romanian by Nubar Hampartumian
Publication Year:
1977
Language:
English, translated from Romanian
ISBN:
9780904531725
Paperback:
94pp, Includes 31 illustrations
BAR number:
S24
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Las poblaciones de la Prehistoria reciente (VIº - IIº milenio a.n.e.) en la Campiña Litoral y Banda Atlántica de Cádiz
Un análisis a través de la Antropología Física y la Arqueología
£23.00
Author:
Adolfo Moreno-Márquez
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
Spanish with English abstract & chapter summaries
ISBN:
9781407316185
Paperback:
79 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 1 table and 8 colour figures
BAR number:
S2867
Sub Title:
Un análisis a través de la Antropología Física y la Arqueología
Este trabajo de investigación fundamenta su estudio en el interés por conocer las características biológicas de los individuos inhumados en los diferentes... More
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Roman Britain and Classical Deities
Gender and sexuality in Roman art
£26.00
Author:
Angela Morelli
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304274
Paperback:
85pp. Includes 19 figures
BAR number:
B482
Sub Title:
Gender and sexuality in Roman art
This work examines aspects in the representations of femininities and masculinities in Roman art with particular reference to that of... More
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Bahr ‘as Shâm
La Presenza Musulmana nel Tirreno Centrale e Settentrionale nell'Alto Medioevo
£26.00
Author:
Stefano Del Lungo
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781841711591
Paperback:
114pp, Includes 5 black and white illustrations
Sub-series name:
Notebooks on Medieval Topography (Documentary and Field Research), 1
BAR number:
S898
Sub Title:
La Presenza Musulmana nel Tirreno Centrale e Settentrionale nell'Alto Medioevo
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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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Current Research in Egyptology III
£26.00
Editors:
Rachel Ives, Daniel Lines, Christopher Naunton and Nina Wahlberg
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841715582
Paperback:
86pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings, tables and illustrations
BAR number:
S1192
Following a successful inaugural event at the University of Oxford and an expanded second at the University of Liverpool, the Third... More
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Culture Contact in Southern Mediterranean France
7th to 2nd Centuries BC
£26.00
Author:
Daryn Reyman
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306377
Paperback:
77pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2076
Sub Title:
7th to 2nd Centuries BC
This study analyzes the gradual “acculturation” of the Celtic peoples in southern Gaul, taking as central themes 'Hellenisation',... More
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The Significance of Trees
An archaeological perspective
£26.00
Author:
Peter Skoglund
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309071
Paperback:
77pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2324
Sub Title:
An archaeological perspective
This book investigates the practical and ritual dimensions of trees and timber in the Bronze Age and Iron Age of Scandinavia. The... More
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Seth – A Misrepresented God in the Ancient Egyptian Pantheon?
£26.00
Author:
Philip John Turner
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310848
Paperback:
116pp, Includes 18 figures
BAR number:
S2473
This study examines aspects of Seth which suggest that throughout Egyptian history he was continually worshipped and indeed, at times, enjoyed some... More
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Africa, Egypt and the Danubian Provinces of the Roman Empire
Military and religious interactions (2nd -3rd centuries AD)
£27.00
Editors:
Ștefana Cristea, Călin Timoc and Eric C. De Sena
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English, with chapters in French
ISBN:
9781407359045
Paperback:
108 pages
BAR number:
S3058
Sub Title:
Military and religious interactions (2nd -3rd centuries AD)
This volume is the product of a symposium ‘Africa and the Danubian Provinces of the Roman Empire’ (July 29-30, 2018) which took place in Timișoara and was... More
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La guerra contro Dolcino “perfido eresiarca”
Descrizione e studio di un assedio medievale
£28.00
Author:
Giovanni Cerino Badone
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781841717081
Paperback:
112pp, Includes black and white figures
Sub-series name:
Notebooks on Military Archaeology and Architecture, 2
BAR number:
S1387
Sub Title:
Descrizione e studio di un assedio medievale
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Merry and Jovial: Reconsidering the Effigies Immortalis and the Commemoration of Roman Boys
£28.00
Author:
Crispin Corrado
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311036
Paperback:
81pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2489
This book undertakes to answer questions relating to the creation of deity assimilation statues for young boys, a common mode of... More
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Un Conjunto Ceremonial Subterráneo en Teotihuacan
£28.00
Author:
Natalia Moragas Segura
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407314280
Paperback:
83pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour
BAR number:
S2767
In 1992, in the context of the Archaeological Project Teotihuacan 92-94 under the direction of Eduardo Matos Montezuma , two caves in the southeast of the... More
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The Terracotta Figurines from Tell Timai: 2009-2013
£28.00
Author:
James E. Bennett, Robert J. Littman, and Jay Silverstein
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315621
Paperback:
93pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white (149 figures).
BAR number:
S2834
This study documents the corpus of terracotta figurines that were found during excavations at Tell Timai between 2009 and 2013. The study assesses the... More
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Guides, Guards and Gifts to the Gods: Domesticated Dogs in the Art and Archaeology of Iron Age and Roman Britain
£29.00
Author:
Kate Smith
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719863
Paperback:
99pp. Includes 3 tables, 38 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
B422
This study investigates the symbolic role of the domestic dog in Iron Age and Roman Britain through contextual analysis of their faunal... More
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The Uruk Phenomenon
The role of social ideology in the expansion of the Uruk Culture during the fourth millennium BC
£29.00
Author:
Paul Collins
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710969
Paperback:
105pp. Includes 31 figures, 4 tables.
BAR number:
S900
Sub Title:
The role of social ideology in the expansion of the Uruk Culture during the fourth millennium BC
This work identifies 'social ideology' as an example of a crucial mover in the emergence of a complex society, and one that helps explain... More
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Predictive Modeling and the Ecology of Hunter-Gatherers of the Boreal Forest of Manitoba
£29.00
Author:
David Ebert
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841715865
Paperback:
93pp. Includes 16 figures, maps, plans and illustrations, 2 colour pages, 47 tables
BAR number:
S1221
There are several reasons for archaeologists to develop and critically examine the use of archaeological predictive models (APM). APM has... More
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Tools of the Mammoth Hunters
The application of use-wear analysis on the Czech Upper Palaeolithic chipped industry
£29.00
Author:
Andrea Šajnerová-Dušková
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300795
Paperback:
95pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, photographs and tables
BAR number:
S1645
Sub Title:
The application of use-wear analysis on the Czech Upper Palaeolithic chipped industry
Moravia played a very important role in the Palaeolithic migration of ancient Homo sapiens as it made a natural corridor between the... More
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Religious Architecture in the Czech Republic in the Light of Geophysical Prospection and Archaeological Excavation
£29.00
Author:
Vladimír Hašek and Josef Unger
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306698
Paperback:
104pp. Includes 121 maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2128
A representational survey of sites of religious architecture in the present Czech Republic using geophysics and non-destructive... More
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Sexually Ambiguous Imagery in Cyprus from the Neolithic to the Cypro-Archaic Period
£29.00
Author:
Sandra Christou
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309125
Paperback:
106pp. Illustrated in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2329
Although the earliest known literary evidence for a dual-sexed divinity on Cyprus dates to the fifth century BCE, archaeological evidence... 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 Divine Rider in the Art of the Western Roman Empire
£30.00
Author:
Marjorie Mackintosh
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547860
Paperback:
122pp
BAR number:
S607
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Prehistoric Art in Bulgaria from the Fifth to the Second Millenium B.C.
£30.00
Author:
Anna Raduncheva and translated from the Russian by Caroline M. A. Schuck
Publication Year:
1976
Language:
English, translated from Russian
ISBN:
9780904531596
Paperback:
118pp, Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S13
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La stipe votiva di Monticchio Bagni (Rionero in Vulture, Italia)
Natura e Sacro sul Monte Vulture nel contesto italico
£30.00
Author:
Annarita Sannazzaro
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
Italian with abstracts in English
ISBN:
9781407358604
Paperback:
120 pages
Sub-series name:
Young Lukanian Archaeologists (YLA), 3
BAR number:
S3049
Sub Title:
Natura e Sacro sul Monte Vulture nel contesto italico
La scoperta agli inizi del XX secolo di un deposito votivo nelle campagne di Monticchio resta a lungo dimenticata negli archivi e nei magazzini della... More
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The Excavation of a Romano-British Shrine at Orton's Pasture, Rocester, Staffordshire
£31.00
Author:
I.M. Ferris, L. Bevan and R. Cuttler with contributions by A.S. Esmonde Cleary, A. Hammon, K. Hartley, C. Hewitson, T. Joyce, D.F. Mackreth, A. Monckton, R.S.O. Tomlin, D. Williams, S. Willis. Illustrations by M. Breedon and N. Dodds
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712055
Paperback:
112pp, Includes 34 figures, 15 tables, 16 plates
Sub-series name:
Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit Monograph Series, 3
BAR number:
B314
A summary of rescue excavations at the Romano-British Shrine site at Rocester, Staffordshire, dating from the late first to mid-second... More
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A Gazetteer of Prehistoric Standing Stones in Great Britain
£31.00
Author:
Olaf Swarbrick
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309606
Paperback:
112pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B558
A Gazetteer representing practical field observations of most of the prehistoric Standing Stones in Great Britain and some 'Other Stones'... More
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Royal Authority in Anglo-Saxon England
£31.00
Editors:
Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Brian W. Schneider
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311586
Paperback:
108pp. Includes 12 figures
BAR number:
B584
Since its establishment in 1985 the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies has regularly hosted international, interdisciplinary... 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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Amun Temples in Nubia
A typological study of New Kingdom, Napatan and Meroitic Temples
£31.00
Author:
Caroline M. Rocheleau
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303376
Paperback:
111pp. Includes 3 tables, 42 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, Gazetteer of sites
BAR number:
S1850
Sub Title:
A typological study of New Kingdom, Napatan and Meroitic Temples
The aims of this study are to observe patterns in the spatial configuration of Egyptian and Kushite temples dedicated to Amun in Nubia;... More
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Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia and Neighboring Regions
£31.00
Editors:
Charles Gates, Jacques Morin, and Thomas Zimmermann
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306117
Paperback:
124pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, tables, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2034
The ritual dimension of land use in both prehistoric and historic societies is a flourishing research issue examined by a growing number... More
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Aspects of the Cult of Cybele and Attis on the Monuments from the Republic of Croatia
£31.00
Author:
Aleksandra Nikoloska
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305622
Paperback:
113pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs. With catalogue
BAR number:
S2086
The cult of Cybele and Attis is a spiritual phenomenon of wide chronological and geographical range. There is abundant documentation of... More
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Perspectives in Landscape Archaeology Papers presented at Oxford 2003-5
Papers presented at Oxford 2003-5
£31.00
Editors:
Helen Lewis and Sarah Semple
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305790
Paperback:
125pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2103
Sub Title:
Papers presented at Oxford 2003-5
This book derives from a seminar series held at the Oxford University Institute of Archaeology in 2003-2004 and a second brief series in... More
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What are these Queer Stones? Baetyls: Epistemology of a Minoan Fetish
£31.00
Author:
Sam Crooks
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311296
Paperback:
93pp. Includes black and white illustrations
BAR number:
S2511
This monograph examines the aniconic cult stones, or baetyls, of the Aegean Bronze Age. Minoan baetyls are commonly understood by... More
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Pylai Aidao: Un percorso iconografico e letterario sulla diffusione del tema delle Porte dell'Ade da Oriente a Occidente
£31.00
Author:
Annalisa Tasso
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
Italian with English abstract
ISBN:
9781407311425
Paperback:
104pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2524
This work focuses on the persistence of the 'Gates of Hades' iconographic theme among the peoples of the ancient Mediterranean. The... More
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Ritual Scenes on the Two Coffins of PA-dj-imn in Cairo Museum
£31.00
Author:
Eltayeb Sayed Abbas
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312354
Paperback:
105pp. Illustrated in black and white and with 8 colour plates
BAR number:
S2603
This study deals with the significance of ritual scenes on 21st Dynasty coffins. The images on these coffins are studied as texts... More
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Archaeological Approaches to Dance Performance
£31.00
Editors:
Kathryn Soar and Christina Aamodt
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312576
Paperback:
101pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2622
The aim of this volume is to explore a topic which occurs in all cultures from as early as the Upper Palaeolithic, but has so far been... More
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The Sardinian Neolithic: An Archaeology of the 6th and 5th Millennia BCE
£31.00
Author:
Gary Webster
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407355115
Paperback:
108 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 57 figures.
BAR number:
S2941
Despite Sardinia’s extraordinarily rich Neolithic record, very little of it has made its way into the general European discourse. Written as a companion to... More
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Communal Solitude
The Carthusian Lay Brethren in Great Britain & Ireland, 1178-1569
£31.00
Author:
Francesca Breeden
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359755
Paperback:
108 pages
BAR number:
B675
Sub Title:
The Carthusian Lay Brethren in Great Britain & Ireland, 1178-1569
The Carthusians were a small monastic order founded in France in the late 11th century. Their dedication to the hermit lifestyle required a unique living... More
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Grave Matters
Eight studies of First Millennium AD burials in Crimea, England and southern Scandinavia. Papers from a session held at the European Association of Archaeologists Fourth Annual Meeting in Göteborg 1998
£32.00
Editors:
Martin Rundkvist
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710013
Paperback:
121pp. Includes 63 figures and photographs.
BAR number:
S781
Sub Title:
Eight studies of First Millennium AD burials in Crimea, England and southern Scandinavia. Papers from a session held at the European Association of Archaeologists Fourth Annual Meeting in Göteborg 1998
Collection of eight papers which treat three different areas of study: Late Scythian cemeteries, Anglo-Saxon England and southern... More
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Two Treasurers of the Late Middle Kingdom
£32.00
Author:
Wolfram Grajetzki
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712864
Paperback:
122pp. Includes drawings, plans, tables, 8 black and white plates
BAR number:
S1007
The Middle Kingdom (c. 2000 - 1500 BC) is in many respects the classical period of ancient Egyptian history and culture. During the two... More
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Fire as an Instrument: The Archaeology of Pyrotechnologies
£32.00
Editors:
Dragos Gheorghiu
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300313
Paperback:
128pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1619
This volumes presents 13 papers based on a session held at the EAA meeting in St Petersburg in 2003, and offers a 'material' perception of fire, which will... More
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Memory and the Mountain
Environmental Relations of the Wachagga of Kilimanjaro and Implications for Landscape Archaeology
£32.00
Author:
Timothy A R Clack
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407301174
Paperback:
119pp, Includes 26 maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 3 Appendices
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 72
BAR number:
S1679
Sub Title:
Environmental Relations of the Wachagga of Kilimanjaro and Implications for Landscape Archaeology
This book considers the relationships between memory, experience and landscape from insights gained conducting ethnographic research; its... More
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Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology / Questions théorétiques et méthodologiques en archéologie évolutive
Toward an unified Darwinian paradigm / Vers un paradigme Darwinien unifié, Vol. 20, Session WS22
£32.00
Editors:
Hernán Juan Muscio and Gabriel Eduardo José López
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303987
Paperback:
121pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 20
BAR number:
S1915
Sub Title:
Toward an unified Darwinian paradigm / Vers un paradigme Darwinien unifié, Vol. 20, Session WS22
This book includes papers from the session 'Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology' presented at the XV UISPP... More
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Symbolic Spaces in Prehistoric Art / Espaces symboliques dans l'art préhistorique
Territories, travels and site locations / Territoires, déplacements et localisation des sites
£32.00
Editors:
François Djindjian and Luiz Oosterbeek
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
French and English
ISBN:
9781407305332
Paperback:
129pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006)
BAR number:
S1999
Sub Title:
Territories, travels and site locations / Territoires, déplacements et localisation des sites
This book includes papers from the session (Vol. 40, Session C28) 'Symbolic Spaces in Prehistoric Art', presented at the XV UISPP World... More
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