Ritual / Religion / Temples

Prehistoric Imagery and Landscapes
Rock art in Stjørdal, Trøndelag, Norway
£53.00
Author:
Kalle Sognnes
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712796
Paperback:
206pp. Includes 146 figures, photographs, drawings, maps, plans and tables 18-page bibliography
BAR number:
S998
Sub Title:
Rock art in Stjørdal, Trøndelag, Norway
This monograph represents 15 years of research by the author and concentrates on the so-called South Scandinavian or Bronze Age... More
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Preparing for Eternity
Funerary models and wall scenes from the Egyptian Old and Middle Kingdoms
£61.00
Author:
Georgia Barker
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359175
Paperback:
262 pages. Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour. 107 figures and 2 tables.
BAR number:
S3070
Sub Title:
Funerary models and wall scenes from the Egyptian Old and Middle Kingdoms
During the late Old Kingdom to the end of the Middle Kingdom, there were two principal types of artistic representation in the ancient Egyptian elite tomb:... 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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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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£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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Raqit
Marinus’ Estate on the Carmel, Israel
£83.00
Author:
Shimon Dar
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841716503
Paperback:
329pp. Includes 175 figures, maps, plans, drawings, tables plates and photographs 3 colour plates
BAR number:
S1300
Sub Title:
Marinus’ Estate on the Carmel, Israel
Following the excavations at Sumaqa, Horvat Raqit was chosen as the second site for excavation and research on Mount Carmel. The... More
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£39.00
Author:
Mara Zatti
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
German
ISBN:
9781407304403
Paperback:
155pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, tables, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Freiburg Dissertations in Aegean Archaeology
BAR number:
S1957
In this study of Minoan cult practice, the author looks beyond the many vivid images from Cretan prehistory, focussing on the... More
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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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Recent Research in Roman Yorkshire
Studies in honour of Mary Kitson Clark (Mrs Derwas Chitty)
£86.00
Editors:
J. Price and P. R. Wilson with C. S. Briggs and S. J. Hardman
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545552
Paperback:
420pp, Includes illustrations in black and white, maps.
BAR number:
B193
Sub Title:
Studies in honour of Mary Kitson Clark (Mrs Derwas Chitty)
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£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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£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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Rhadamanthys
Studi di archeologia minoica in onore di Filippo Carinci per il suo 70° compleanno/Studies in Minoan archaeology in honour of Filippo Carinci on the occasion of his 70th birthday
£77.00
Editors:
Giorgia Baldacci and Ilaria Caloi
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
Italian (20 papers) & English (13 papers), Eng abstracts
ISBN:
9781407315331
Paperback:
328 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 11 tables, 185 figures (20 in colour)
BAR number:
S2884
Sub Title:
Studi di archeologia minoica in onore di Filippo Carinci per il suo 70° compleanno/Studies in Minoan archaeology in honour of Filippo Carinci on the occasion of his 70th birthday
La presente raccolta contiene 33 articoli in italiano o inglese che, con differenti approcci e prospettive, si concentrano sull’archeologia minoica di... More
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Ritual and Rubbish in the Iron Age of Wessex
A Study on the formation of a specific archaeological record
£56.00
Author:
J.D. Hill
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547846
Paperback:
287pp
BAR number:
B242
Sub Title:
A Study on the formation of a specific archaeological record
The author has been a familiar speaker at Theoretical Archaeology Group meetings in Britain for a number of years and his general... 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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£40.00
Author:
Gemma Marakas
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306865
Paperback:
163pp. Includes 43 figures, 8 tables
BAR number:
S2145
The study of Greek ritual practice throughout the LH III B to Protogeometric periods is the central theme of this research. Chapter Two... More
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£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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£36.00
Author:
Sonia Puttock
Publication Year:
2002
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712901
Paperback:
142pp. Includes 17 pages of ancient and modern sources.
BAR number:
B327
This work on personal ornament in Roman Britain began as an analysis of, and a comparison between, the types of and styles of jewellery... More
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£45.00
Author:
Omar Larentis
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
Italian, with abstract and two Forewords in English
ISBN:
9781407354064
Paperback:
152 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour.
BAR number:
S3157
Questo studio costituisce la prima analisi complessiva dei dati antropologici della Civiltà di Golasecca nel loro contesto cronologico e geografico, cioè... More
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Rock Art in the Americas: Mythology, Cosmogony and Rituals
Proceedings of the 2nd REEA Conference Ritual Americas: Configurations and Recombining of the Ritual Devices and Behaviors in the New World, in Historical and Contemporary Societies Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) April 2-5, 2008
£39.00
Editors:
Françoise Fauconnier and Serge Lemaitre
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407310527
Paperback:
138pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2448
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 2nd REEA Conference Ritual Americas: Configurations and Recombining of the Ritual Devices and Behaviors in the New World, in Historical and Contemporary Societies Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) April 2-5, 2008
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Roman and Celtic Objects from Anglo-Saxon Graves
A catalogue and an interpretation of their use
£77.00
Author:
Roger H. White
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545477
Paperback:
380pp, Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
B191
Sub Title:
A catalogue and an interpretation of their use
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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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£39.00
Author:
Lynn F. Pitts
Publication Year:
1979
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860540458
Paperback:
168pp, Includes 32 illustrations
BAR number:
B60
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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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£76.00
Author:
Renate Kurzmann
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719757
Paperback:
312pp. Includes 209 figures, tables, plans drawings and photographs. Glossary of terms
BAR number:
S1543
The purpose of this work is to determine the most informative articles and the most effective methods and research approaches to the... More
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£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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£43.00
Author:
S. L. McGowen
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306506
Paperback:
173pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans and figures. Catalogue
BAR number:
S2109
This study examines Roman sculpture across the provinces extending from the Rhine to the Pyrenees and Britain to understand better both... More
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£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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Salt Effect
Second Arheoinvest Symposium: From the ethnoarchaeology to the anthropology of salt  20-21 April 2012, ‘Al. I. Cuza’ University, Iaşi, Romania
£67.00
Editors:
Marius Alexianu, Roxana-Gabriela Curca, Vasile Cotiuga
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314228
Paperback:
292pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2760
Sub Title:
Second Arheoinvest Symposium: From the ethnoarchaeology to the anthropology of salt  20-21 April 2012, ‘Al. I. Cuza’ University, Iaşi, Romania
Salt is a biological and social necessity to human life. Salt has played a significant role in many ancient and modern processes, such as... More
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£125.00
Author:
Silvia Alfayé Villa
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407304465
Paperback:
603pp. Includes 492 maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1963
This volume is a study of later Iberian prehistory and contributes to our understanding of the range of religious beliefs and practices... More
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Section 15: Préhistoire en Afrique / African Prehistory
Sessions générales et posters / General Sessions and Posters
£56.00
Editors:
Le Secrétariat du Congrès. Présidents de la Section 15: P. de Maret, E. Cornelissen & I. Ribot
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719597
Paperback:
223pp, 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:
S1522
Sub Title:
Sessions générales et posters / General Sessions and Posters
21 papers from Section 15 (African Prehistory), Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liège, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001. More
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Sémiologie du temple maya
Contribution à l’archéologie des centres cérémoniels des Basses Terres méso-américaines (200/900 ap. J.-C.)
£129.00
Author:
Aliénor Letouzé
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781407315744
Paperback:
610 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 29 tables, 331 figures (28 in colour), 5 maps (3 in colour) and 178 plans.
BAR number:
S2855
Sub Title:
Contribution à l’archéologie des centres cérémoniels des Basses Terres méso-américaines (200/900 ap. J.-C.)
Cette recherche de doctorat est le fruit d’une analyse innovante de l’architecture méso-américaine, et plus précisément de la planification urbaine et du... More
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Sepolture, rituali e comunità nei secoli IV-VI d.C
Il cimitero paleocristiano e bizantino di Vaste (Puglia meridionale)
£89.00
Authors:
Giovanni Mastronuzzi and Valeria Melissano
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781407360133
Paperback:
372 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
BAR number:
S3103
Sub Title:
Il cimitero paleocristiano e bizantino di Vaste (Puglia meridionale)
Nell'entroterra di Otranto, a partire dal 1991, un importante complesso paleocristiano e bizantino è stato portato alla luce durante gli scavi... More
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£41.00
Editors:
David Calado, Maxilian Baldia and Matthew Boulanger
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English, French and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407306636
Paperback:
167pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 7
BAR number:
S2122
This book includes papers from Session C68 (Part I) of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006). More
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Session C68 (Part II): Monumental Questions: Prehistoric Megaliths, Mounds, and Enclosures
Proceedings of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon 4-9 September 2006) / Actes du XV Congrès Mondial (Lisbonne 4-9 Septembre 2006) Vol.8
£43.00
Editors:
David Calado, Maxilian Baldia and Matthew Boulanger
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English, French and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407306643
Paperback:
173pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 8
BAR number:
S2123
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon 4-9 September 2006) / Actes du XV Congrès Mondial (Lisbonne 4-9 Septembre 2006) Vol.8
This book includes papers from Session C68 (Part II) of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006). More
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£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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£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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£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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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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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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£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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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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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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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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£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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£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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£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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£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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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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