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Ritual / Religion / Temples

Rebirth and Afterlife
A study of the transmutation of some pagan imagery in early Christian funerary art
£53.00
Author:
Sister Charles Murray
Publication Year:
1981
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541189
Paperback:
232pp, Includes 39 illustrations
BAR number:
S100
Sub Title:
A study of the transmutation of some pagan imagery in early Christian funerary art
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£53.00
Author:
D. Ya. Telegin and I. D. Potekhina, translated from the Russian by V. A. Tikhomirov, edited by J. P. Mallory
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544968
Paperback:
234pp
BAR number:
S383
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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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Neolithic Studies
A Review of Some Current Research
£53.00
Editors:
Richard Bradley and Julie Gardiner
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542919
Paperback:
232pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliographies
Sub-series name:
Reading Studies in Archeology, 1
BAR number:
B133
Sub Title:
A Review of Some Current Research
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Tibetan Silver, Gold and Bronze Objects and the Aesthetics of Animals in the Era before Empire
Cross-cultural reverberations on the Tibetan Plateau and soundings from other parts of Eurasia
£53.00
Author:
John Vincent Bellezza
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407354316
Paperback:
184 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 2 tables, 148 figures, 2 maps.
BAR number:
S2984
Sub Title:
Cross-cultural reverberations on the Tibetan Plateau and soundings from other parts of Eurasia
This archaeological and art-historical study is woven around rock art and ancient metallic articles attributed to Tibet. The silver bowls, gold finial, and... More
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Mesoamerican Codices
Calendrical knowledge and ceremonial practice in Indigenous religion and history
£53.00
Author:
Alessia Frassani
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359670
Paperback:
186 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white and colour. 115 illustrations.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30861/9781407359670
BAR number:
S3085
Sub Title:
Calendrical knowledge and ceremonial practice in Indigenous religion and history
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on the BAR Digital... More
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£52.00
Author:
María Dolores Tobías
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308296
Paperback:
208pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2258
This research aims to better understand Maya ritual practices associated with the burning of aromatic substances and the use of incense... More
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£52.00
Author:
Dorin Alicu and Emil Nemeş
Publication Year:
1977
Language:
English, translated from Romanian
ISBN:
9780904531626
Paperback:
224pp, Illustrated throughout, 38 figures.
Sub-series name:
Sarmizegetusa Monograph, 1
BAR number:
S18
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£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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Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Ancient Maya Underworld
Exploring the rise and fall of Maya centres in central Belize from the cave context
£52.00
Author:
Shawn Gregory Morton
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316666
Paperback:
205 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 2 tables, 103 figures (20 in colour). With additional information online (Appendices)
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 2
BAR number:
S2910
Sub Title:
Exploring the rise and fall of Maya centres in central Belize from the cave context
As integrated and varied ritual contexts, how do changing patterns of pre-Columbian cave use inform the complex of historical, social, political, economic... More
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Different Iron Ages
Studies on the Iron Age in Temperate Europe
£51.00
Editors:
J. D. Hill and C. G. Cumberpatch
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547792
Paperback:
222pp, Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S602
Sub Title:
Studies on the Iron Age in Temperate Europe
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Contested Heritage
Relations between contemporary Pagan groups and the archaeological and heritage professions in Britain in the early 21st century
£51.00
Author:
Will Rathouse
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356969
Paperback:
176 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 37 figures
BAR number:
B661
Sub Title:
Relations between contemporary Pagan groups and the archaeological and heritage professions in Britain in the early 21st century
This book examines the sometimes fraught interactions and relationships between contemporary Pagan groups and archaeological heritage managers in the first... More
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Picturing Roman Belief Systems
The iconography of coins in the Republic and Empire
£50.00
Author:
Murray Eiland
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360713
Paperback:
226 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
BAR number:
S3125
Sub Title:
The iconography of coins in the Republic and Empire
This volume is a visual exploration of Roman belief systems and culture through time, with emphasis on what coins can reveal about Roman society. The text... 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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Argos Paléochrétienne
Contribution à l'étude du Péloponnèse Byzantin
£49.00
Author:
Anastasia Oikonomou-Laniado
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781841715414
Paperback:
199pp. Includes 159 figures, plans, maps, drawings, photographs
BAR number:
S1173
Sub Title:
Contribution à l'étude du Péloponnèse Byzantin
This volume represents a detailed study of the important town of Argos in the Peloponnese during Byzantine phases (4th-7th centuries AD).... More
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£49.00
Author:
Isabel Sánchez Ramos
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
Spanish with English summary
ISBN:
9781407312378
Paperback:
204pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2606
This volume presents the current state of archaeological knowledge of the urban world in Hispania in the historical period between the... More
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£49.00
Author:
Francesca Zagari
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
Italian text with English summary
ISBN:
9781407312699
Paperback:
200pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white & colour
BAR number:
S2632
This monograph presents the results of the first planned archaeological excavations in the important Italo-Greek Abbey of Grottaferrata... More
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Portable Shrine Models
Ancient Architectural Clay Models from the Levant
£49.00
Author:
Hava Katz
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407318936
Paperback:
188pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white: 10 tables, 230 figures (including 66 photographs), 1 map
BAR number:
S2791
Sub Title:
Ancient Architectural Clay Models from the Levant
Portable shrine models with architectural features are unique objects within the assemblages of material culture, even though they appear in a variety of... More
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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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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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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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£48.00
Author:
Andrei Opait
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841716275
Paperback:
189pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans and drawings, 61 black and white plates
BAR number:
S1274
This monograph is a first attempt to present a general outline of the economic evolution of the province of Scythia (4th-6th centuries... More
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£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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A Landscape of Pilgrimage and Trade in Wadi Masila, Yemen
al-Qisha and Qabr Hud in the Islamic period
£48.00
Author:
Lynne S. Newton
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303819
Paperback:
193pp. Includes 8 tables, 52 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1899
Sub Title:
al-Qisha and Qabr Hud in the Islamic period
Archaeological excavations were carried out at al-Qisha, located on the Wadi Masila in the Mahra region of the Republic of Yemen.... More
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Archaeology of Mother Earth Sites and Sanctuaries through the Ages
Rethinking symbols and images, art and artefacts from history and prehistory
£48.00
Editors:
G. Terence Meaden
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309811
Paperback:
139pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2389
Sub Title:
Rethinking symbols and images, art and artefacts from history and prehistory
This book includes papers from a session on 'Mother Earth' sites presented at the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the European... More
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£48.00
Author:
Francesca Roggi
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781407313146
Paperback:
198pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2672
This study focuses on the architectural landscape of the lower Valdarno area, which formerly belonged to the diocese of Lucca and in the... More
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£48.00
Author:
Janet E. Levy
Publication Year:
1982
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541516
Paperback:
204pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p163-171
BAR number:
S124
Sub Title:
An Analysis of Ritual Hoard Finds
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£48.00
Editors:
Anthony F. Aveni
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545835
Paperback:
206pp
BAR number:
S454
Sub Title:
Pt.46
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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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£48.00
Author:
A. E. W. Miles
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546733
Paperback:
210pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
B212
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Carved in Stone
The archaeology of rock-cut sites and stone quarries
£48.00
Editors:
Claudia Sciuto, Anaïs Lamesa, Katy Whitaker and Ali Yamaç
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358093
Paperback:
192 pages
BAR number:
S3054
Sub Title:
The archaeology of rock-cut sites and stone quarries
The study of marks left by humans on stone outcrops is an interdisciplinary endeavour that entails geology, history of techniques, ethnography as well as... More
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Beyond Death
Beliefs, Practice, and Material Expression
£48.00
Editors:
Patrick Ryan Williams, Gary M. Feinman and Luis Muro Ynoñán
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English, with abstracts in Spanish
ISBN:
9781407360430
Paperback:
160 pages
Sub-series name:
Fieldiana: Anthropology, 47
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30861/9781407360430
BAR number:
S3104
Sub Title:
Beliefs, Practice, and Material Expression
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on the BAR Digital platform... More
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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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Case Studies in Archaeology and World Religion
The Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference
£47.00
Editors:
Timothy Insoll
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549567
Paperback:
187pp. Includes numerous photographs and drawings.
BAR number:
S755
Sub Title:
The Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference
Each of the twenty papers presented in this book is a case study utilising archaeological research, or the results thereof, as a means of... More
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Commerce and Economy in Ancient Egypt
Proceedings of the Third International Congress for Young Egyptologists 25-27 September 2009, Budapest
£47.00
Editors:
András Hudecz and Máté Petrik
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306728
Paperback:
191pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2131
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the Third International Congress for Young Egyptologists 25-27 September 2009, Budapest
Proceedings of the Third International Congress for Young Egyptologists held in Budapest in September 2009. More
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£47.00
Author:
Nicholas L. Wright
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310541
Paperback:
187pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2450
This research takes an integrative approach to the study of Hellenistic cult and cultic practices in an important part of western Asia by... More
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Punctuated Insularity
The Archaeology of 4th and 3rd Millennium Sardinia
£47.00
Author:
Gary Webster and Maud Webster
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316192
Paperback:
172 pages, Illustrated throughout in black and white. 80 figures
BAR number:
S2871
Sub Title:
The Archaeology of 4th and 3rd Millennium Sardinia
Sardinia preserves an exceptional record of its Final Neolithic and Copper Age cultures, with a diverse crafts repertory, henges and dolmens,... More
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Patrimonio Culturale, Paesaggi e Personaggi dell'altopiano ibleo
Scritti di archeologia e museologia della Sicilia sud-orientale
£47.00
Author:
Santino Alessandro Cugno con il contributo di Ray Bondin, Franco Dell’Aquila, Iorga Ivano Prato, Paolo Daniele Scirpo e la prefazione di Lorenzo Guzzardi
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
Italian with English abstract
ISBN:
9781407316031
Paperback:
171 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 118 Figures, 28 Tavolas (24 in colour)
BAR number:
S2874
Sub Title:
Scritti di archeologia e museologia della Sicilia sud-orientale
Questo libro è una raccolta di 10 saggi su vari temi di archeologia e museologia della Sicilia sud-orientale. I primi quattro capitoli sono incentrati su... More
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£47.00
Author:
Alessandro Guidi and Lucia Rosini
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
Italian with an English summary
ISBN:
9781407316680
Paperback:
172 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 73 tavole, 10 figures (1 in colour), 11 colour photos.
BAR number:
s2919
Il libro presenta i risultati delle campagne di ricerca dirette dagli autori e consiste nella pubblicazione dei risultati dei loro scavi del 1988 e 1989 una... More
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£46.00
Author:
Andy M. Jones
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718569
Paperback:
184pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
B394
This study is focused upon Cornwall, England, which has received little theoretical discussion. Attention has been given to barrows since... More
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Archaeoastronomy in Archaeology and Ethnography
Papers from the annual meeting of SEAC (European Society for Astronomy in Culture) held in Kecskemét in Hungary in 2004
£46.00
Editors:
Emília Pásztor
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300818
Paperback:
183pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs 3 in colour
BAR number:
S1647
Sub Title:
Papers from the annual meeting of SEAC (European Society for Astronomy in Culture) held in Kecskemét in Hungary in 2004
This book includes papers from the annual meeting of SEAC (European Society for Astronomy in Culture) held in Kecskemét in Hungary in 2004. More
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Conceptualising Space and Place
On the role of agency, memory and identity in the construction of space from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Iron Age in Europe. C41 - The creation of ‘significant places’ and ‘landscapes’ in the Northwestern half of the Iberia, during Pre and Proto-hi
£46.00
Editors:
Ana M. S. Bettencourt, M. Jesus Sanches, Lara B. Alves and Ramon Fábregas Valcarce
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305479
Paperback:
174pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 41
BAR number:
S2058
Sub Title:
On the role of agency, memory and identity in the construction of space from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Iron Age in Europe. C41 - The creation of ‘significant places’ and ‘landscapes’ in the Northwestern half of the Iberia, during Pre and Proto-hi
This book includes papers from Sessions C41: 'The creation of “significant places” and “landscapes” in the Northwestern half of the... More
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£46.00
Author:
Marion Hesse
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
German with English summary
ISBN:
9781407311937
Paperback:
151pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2572
The necropolis of Amarna was used for only a very short period of time and therefore presents a unique opportunity for a 'snapshot' of... More
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Neolithic and Copper Age Monuments
Emergence, function and the social construction of the landscape
£46.00
Editors:
Bettina Schulz Paulsson and Bisserka Gaydarska
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312606
Paperback:
164pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white & colour
BAR number:
S2625
Sub Title:
Emergence, function and the social construction of the landscape
The Neolithic and Copper age monuments in Europe, consisting of stone temples and circles, standing stones, henge monuments, long... More
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£46.00
Editors:
Caroline Arnould-Béhar and Véronique Vassal
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
French with French and English abstracts
ISBN:
9781407316864
Paperback:
143 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 1 table, 89 figures (59 in colour), 3 maps.
BAR number:
S2934
Sub Title:
Actes de la journée d’études du 29 mai 2018, Institut Catholique de Paris
Cette publication constitue les actes de la deuxième journée d’études sur l’art du Proche-Orient hellénistique et romain, qui s’est tenue à l’Institut... More
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£46.00
Author:
Lilian Dogiama
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358246
Paperback:
162 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour.
BAR number:
S3116
In this book Dr Lilian Dogiama considers the role of hunting at the Neolithic community of Çatalhöyük and its significance in shaping personal and communal... More
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£45.00
Author:
Maria Deoudi
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
German
ISBN:
9781841710198
Paperback:
192pp, Includes 69 figures
BAR number:
S806
This book deals with the phenomenon of the heroes’ cults in the Bronze-Age Greece. More than eighty different sites, from the mainland Greece to Asia Minor... More
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£45.00
Author:
Ahmed Abuelgasim Elhassan
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841713779
Paperback:
190pp, Includes illustrations, 1 map.
BAR number:
S1285
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