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Ritual / Religion / Temples

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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£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 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 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 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 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 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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£66.00
Author:
Raz Kletter
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548188
Paperback:
294pp
BAR number:
S636
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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 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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£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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£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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£49.00
Author:
N.C. Christopher Couch
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543459
Paperback:
212pp
BAR number:
S270
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£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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£45.00
Author:
Ethan E. Cochrane
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303956
Paperback:
175pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, Appendix of clay compositional data
BAR number:
S1912
The research presented here investigates the evolution of material cultural diversity in the Yasawa Islands in the northwestern corner of... More
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The End of Roman Britain
Papers arising from a Conference, Durham 1978
£63.00
Editors:
P. J. Casey
Publication Year:
1979
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860540694
Paperback:
276pp, Includes 2 illustrations, 21 figures.
BAR number:
B71
Sub Title:
Papers arising from a Conference, Durham 1978
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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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£47.00
Author:
Miles Russell
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712345
Paperback:
187pp. Includes extensive bibliography, site gazetteer, maps, 50 site plans.
BAR number:
B321
The primary aim of this volume is to summarize and assess for the first time all available primary evidence for the earliest forms of... More
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The Early and Middle Neolithic in Macedonia
Links with the neighbouring areas
£60.00
Author:
Sote Angeleski
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309156
Paperback:
237pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2332
Sub Title:
Links with the neighbouring areas
A study of the Neolithic in Macedonia. More
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The Eagle, the Cactus, the Rock
The Roots of Mexico-Tenochtitlan's Foundation Myth and Symbol
£41.00
Author:
Doris Heyden
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546214
Paperback:
176pp
BAR number:
S484
Sub Title:
The Roots of Mexico-Tenochtitlan's Foundation Myth and Symbol
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£30.00
Author:
Marjorie Mackintosh
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547860
Paperback:
122pp
BAR number:
S607
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£72.00
Author:
Alexander Smith
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712130
Paperback:
284pp. Includes 42 maps, 25 figures.
BAR number:
B318
The concept of Sacred Space is among the most prominent and enduring aspects of religious expression. The main aim of this work is to... 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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£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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The Cemeteries at Marki
Using a looted landscape to investigate prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus
£74.00
Author:
Andrew C. Sneddon
Publication Year:
2002
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841714066
Paperback:
292pp. Includes 16 black and white plates, 92 tables, 157 figures plans, maps and drawings, 17-page bibliography
BAR number:
S1028
Sub Title:
Using a looted landscape to investigate prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus
This monograph presents the results of an intensive site survey of three Prehistoric Bronze Age cemeteries in the vicinity of Marki... More
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£55.00
Author:
Thallein Antun
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314686
Paperback:
210pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 6 tables, 116 figures (including 16 black and white photographs), 1 map
BAR number:
S2790
This book examines the development of the mosque from the hijra (A.H.1/A.D.622) to the fall of the Umayyad dynasty (A.H.133/A.D.750). The aims of the book... More
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£41.00
Author:
Julie Candy
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304311
Paperback:
165pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, tables, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1948
Sub Title:
A landscape perspective
Theoretical perspectives on landscape and bodily engagement with place inform an approach to the medieval pilgrimage to Santiago de... More
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£48.00
Author:
Mariusz Burdajewicz
Publication Year:
1990
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547051
Paperback:
208pp, Includes illustrations.
BAR number:
S558
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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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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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£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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Temple Deposits in Early Dynastic Egypt
The case of Tell Ibrahim Awad
£55.00
Author:
Willem van Haarlem
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407353678
Paperback:
227 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 10 tables, 91 figures (16 in colour), 41 plates
BAR number:
S2931
Sub Title:
The case of Tell Ibrahim Awad
This book offers an extensive discussion of the several types of deposits (mainly consisting of votive objects like human and animal figures, model boats... More
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Tell Timai, (Egypt) 2009-2020
The Ptolemaic–Roman north western temple zone and Roman city excavations
£66.00
Author:
James E. Bennett
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360737
Paperback:
306 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
BAR number:
S3127
Sub Title:
The Ptolemaic–Roman north western temple zone and Roman city excavations
This monograph covers the excavations conducted at the Ptolemaic-Roman city of Tell Timai by the University of Hawaii from 2009 - 2020. It is divided into... 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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£172.00
Author:
Alejandro Villa del Castillo
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
Spanish, with a summary chapter in English
ISBN:
9781407358062
Paperback:
812 pages, two-volume set.
BAR number:
S3032
Sub Title:
Análisis arqueológico
En este trabajo se analiza, por primera vez en su conjunto, la producción escultórica cristiana hispana fechada entre los siglos VI y X. Frente a los... More
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Syro-Palestinian Deities in New Kingdom Egypt
The hermeneutics of their existence
£55.00
Author:
Keiko Tazawa
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304489
Paperback:
229pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs including 2 colour plates
BAR number:
S1965
Sub Title:
The hermeneutics of their existence
How did Syro-Palestinian deities come into existence in Egyptian society? What was the raison d'etre of Syro-Palestinian deities in... 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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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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£74.00
Authors:
Oleksandr Shelekhan
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356440
Paperback:
304 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 10 tables, 81 figures.
BAR number:
S2989
Oleksandr Shelekhan comprehensively examines Scythian bladed weapons belonging to farmer tribes who lived in the East European Forest-Steppe from the 7th... More
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£33.00
Author:
Vykintas Vaitkevičius
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841713564
Paperback:
128pp, Includes black and white figures, maps
BAR number:
S1228
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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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£75.00
Editors:
Fanis Mavridis and Jesper Tae Jensen
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311791
Paperback:
361pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2558
This volume provides a welcome introduction to cave archaeology generally (or it may be used as a reader on aspects of cave research);... More
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Space and Function
Buddhist State Monasteries in Early Medieval China and their Impact on East Asia
£49.00
Author:
Liqun He
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358147
Paperback:
172 pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
BAR number:
S3110
Sub Title:
Buddhist State Monasteries in Early Medieval China and their Impact on East Asia
Space and Function is a study of Buddhist State Monasteries in medieval East Asia. The research is based on archaeological evidence and focuses on how the... More
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Southeast Asian Archaeology 1986
Proceedings of the First Conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe: Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 8th – 10th September 1986
£69.00
Editors:
Ian Glover and Emily Glover
Publication Year:
1990
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547099
Paperback:
304pp
Sub-series name:
Papers in Italian archaeology
BAR number:
S561
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the First Conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe: Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 8th – 10th September 1986
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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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£94.00
Editors:
Pierfrancesco Callieri and Luca Colliva
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306742
Paperback:
376pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2133
Sub Title:
Volume II: Historic Periods
Proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology in Ravenna, Italy, July 2007. Volume II: Historic... More
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SOMA 2009
Proceedings of the XIII Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Selcuk University of Konya, Turkey 23-24 April 2009
£56.00
Editors:
Hakan Oniz, Erdogan Aslan
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307565
Paperback:
225pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2200
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the XIII Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Selcuk University of Konya, Turkey 23-24 April 2009
This book includes papers from the XIII Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, held at Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey from 23-24 April... More
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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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