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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 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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The Heart of Wisdom: Studies on the Heart Amulet in Ancient Egypt
£40.00
Author:
Rogério Sousa
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307695
Paperback:
146pp. Includes 111 figures
BAR number:
S2211
The heart amulet is one of the most often depicted images in Egyptian art. Due to the scarcity of archaeological information available... More
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The Hongshan Papers
Collected Studies on the Archaeology of Northern China
£39.00
Author:
Sarah M. Nelson
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312538
Paperback:
124pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white & colour
BAR number:
S2618
Sub Title:
Collected Studies on the Archaeology of Northern China
The papers gathered together in this volume represent over a dozen years of research on the Hongshan period in north-eastern China.... More
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The Imagination of Matter
Religion and Ecology in Mesoamerican Traditions
£53.00
Editors:
Davíd Carrasco
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546566
Paperback:
230pp
BAR number:
S515
Sub Title:
Religion and Ecology in Mesoamerican Traditions
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The Judean Pillar-Figurines and the Archaeology of Asherah
£66.00
Author:
Raz Kletter
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548188
Paperback:
294pp
BAR number:
S636
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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 Late Roman Army in the Near East from Diocletian to the Arab Conquest
Proceedings of a colloquium held at Potenza, Acerenza and Matera, Italy (May 2005)
£112.00
Editors:
Ariel S. Lewin and Pietrina Pellegrini with the aid of Zbigniew T. Fiema and Sylvain Janniard
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English, French and Italian
ISBN:
9781407301617
Paperback:
447pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, plans, maps, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1717
Sub Title:
Proceedings of a colloquium held at Potenza, Acerenza and Matera, Italy (May 2005)
This book includes papers from a colloquium held at Potenza, Acerenza and Matera, Italy (May 2005), entitled The Late Roman Army in the... More
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The Life Biography of Artefacts and Ritual Practice
With case studies from Mesolithic-Early Bronze Age Europe
£41.00
Editors:
Mathias Bjørnevad-Ahlqvist and Peter Bye-Jensen
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356822
Paperback:
140 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 11 tables, 111 figures.
BAR number:
S2991
Sub Title:
With case studies from Mesolithic-Early Bronze Age Europe
Inspired by a session held at the EAA conference in Vilnius in 2016, The Life Biography of Artefacts and Ritual Practice focuses on creating biographies... 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 Minoan Double Axe
An experimental study of production and use
£43.00
Author:
Maria Lowe Fri
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308814
Paperback:
154pp. Illustrated throughout, some in colour, catalogue
BAR number:
S2304
Sub Title:
An experimental study of production and use
Since the double axe is such an important and symbolically charged object, emblematic for Minoan Crete, it has been discussed from... 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 Napatan Cylindrical Sheaths
A catalogue and analysis of precious objects from the royal cemetery of Nuri
£33.00
Author:
Amarillis Pompei
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407355498
Paperback:
116 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 28 figures, 19 plates (12 in colour).
BAR number:
S2948
Sub Title:
A catalogue and analysis of precious objects from the royal cemetery of Nuri
The Napatan Cylindrical Sheaths provides a complete analysis of the precious finds discovered at the royal cemetery of Nuri (Sudan) for the first time. This... More
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The Northern Rock Art Tradition in Central Norway
£52.00
Author:
Kalle Sognnes
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315164
Paperback:
208pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 1 table and 118 figures.
BAR number:
S2837
This book examines the Northern (Stone Age) rock art of central Norway, which is dominated by images of marine and terrestrial motifs. It focuses on how... More
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The Orthodox Christian Sakkos: Ecclesiastical Garments Dating from the 15th to the 20th Centuries from the Holy Mountain of Athos
Collection survey, scientific analysis and preventive conservation
£104.00
Author:
Christos Karydis
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307169
Paperback:
413pp. Illustrated throughout. With additional material online (Data)
BAR number:
S2172
Sub Title:
Collection survey, scientific analysis and preventive conservation
This work focuses on the research findings from a collection survey of Euro-Mediterranean post-Byzantine ecclesiastical garments, known... More
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The Pagan Image of Greco-Roman Palestine and Surrounding Lands
£56.00
Author:
Pau Figueras
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311098
Paperback:
259pp. Illustrated throughout, Gazetteer Glossary
BAR number:
S2495
The present collection refers not only to the remains of the pagan religion of Greeks and Romans, but also to those of Edomites,... More
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The Past and Present of Leprosy
Archaeological, historical, palaeopathological and clinical approaches
£81.00
Editors:
Charlotte A. Roberts, Mary E. Lewis and K. Manchester
Publication Year:
2002
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841714349
Paperback:
321pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, drawings, tables, maps, index
BAR number:
S1054
Sub Title:
Archaeological, historical, palaeopathological and clinical approaches
This book contains papers from the Proceedings of the International Congress on the Evolution and Palaeoepidemiology of the Infectious... More
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The Presence of Teotihuacan in the Cuitzeo Basin, Michoacán, Mexico
A world-system perspective
£41.00
Author:
Agapi Filini
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841716329
Paperback:
165pp. Includes 67 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 4 charts, 6 tables
BAR number:
S1279
Sub Title:
A world-system perspective
Until recently it was thought that West Mexico was isolated from the cultural region defined as 'Mesoamerica', especially during the... More
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The Religious Reuse of Roman Structures in Early Medieval England
£84.00
Author:
Tyler Bell
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718354
Paperback:
331pp. Includes 143 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 11 tables, 5 Appendices including radiocarbon recalibrations
BAR number:
B390
This work examines how and why Roman structures - commonly villas, forts, and bathhouses - were reinvented as religious centres in the... More
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The Residue of Ritualised Action: Neolithic Deposition Practices in the Middle Thames Valley
£66.00
Author:
Hugo Lamdin-Whymark
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303239
Paperback:
257pp. Includes 58 tables, 80 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, Appendix of features and monuments
BAR number:
B466
This study characterises deposition practices in the Middle Thames Valley (England) from the late Mesolithic to early Bronze Age. All... More
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The Role of the Religious Sector in the Economy of Late Bronze Age Mycenaean Greece
£48.00
Author:
Susan M. Lupack
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303413
Paperback:
193pp. Includes 5 figures
BAR number:
S1858
Our conception of the Mycenaean economy has been considerably altered in recent times. The palatial administration has gone from being... More
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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 Roman Temple Complex at Horvat Omrit
An Interim Report
£38.00
Editors:
J. Andrew Overman and Daniel N. Schowalter
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307633
Paperback:
135pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs, appendices of coins
BAR number:
S2205
Sub Title:
An Interim Report
This volume details the excavation of a Roman temple complex in northern Galilee. The site is known as Omrit, although the origin of the... More
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The Roman West in the Third Century, Parts i and ii
Contributions from Archaeology and History
£95.00
Editors:
Anthony King and Martin Henig
Publication Year:
1981
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541271
Paperback:
558pp, Two volume set. Illustrated throughout, 60 figures.
BAR number:
S109
Sub Title:
Contributions from Archaeology and History
This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407389578 (Volume I) ISBN 9781407389585 (Volume II) ISBN 9780860541271 (Volume set). More
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