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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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The Sequence of Late Formative Ceremonial Structures at Salango, Coastal Ecuador
A Reconstruction and Interpretation
£33.00
Author:
Richard Lunniss
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English, with chapter summaries in Spanish
ISBN:
9781407359953
Paperback:
108 pages
BAR number:
S3117
Sub Title:
A Reconstruction and Interpretation
The Late Formative site of Salango, on the central coast of Ecuador, functioned as a sacred centre of increasing influence from 600 BC to 100 BC. This... More
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The Significance of Form and Decoration of Anglo-Saxon Cremation Urns
£60.00
Author:
J. D. Richards
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544395
Paperback:
260pp
BAR number:
B166
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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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The Silures
Celtic identity in Iron Age, Roman and Early Medieval Gwent, South Wales
£54.00
Author:
Paul Edgar Bailey Thomas
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315393
Paperback:
184 pages
BAR number:
B680
Sub Title:
Celtic identity in Iron Age, Roman and Early Medieval Gwent, South Wales
Whether certain ancient British communities could be termed Celtic has been an ongoing debate since data first appeared in the 1950s.This study attempts to... More
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The Social Organization of Early Copper Age Tribes on the Great Hungarian Plain
£53.00
Author:
William A. Parkinson
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841717883
Paperback:
217pp. Includes 54 tables, 86 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1573
The research presented in this study focuses upon a 2,000 sq km area in the Körös River Valley, in northern Békés County, eastern... More
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The Standing Stones of Wales and South-West England
£35.00
Author:
George Williams
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545859
Paperback:
140pp, Includes illustrations, maps, plans.
BAR number:
B197
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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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The Theodosian Age (A.D. 379-455)
Power, place, belief and learning at the end of the Western Empire
£68.00
Editors:
Rosa García-Gasco, Sergio González Sánchez and David Hernández de la Fuente
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407311074
Paperback:
275pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2493
Sub Title:
Power, place, belief and learning at the end of the Western Empire
This book includes papers presented at the conference on the age of the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius (Segovia 2009). More
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The Timber Monuments of Neolithic Scotland
£43.00
Author:
Kirsty Millican
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407318059
Paperback:
150pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white: 147 figures (including 15 photographs), 6 maps
BAR number:
B623
Timber monuments form an important part of the Neolithic monumental repertoire, yet tend to play a relatively minor role in discussions of this period. This... More
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The Urban Saint in Early Byzantine Social History
£32.00
Author:
Julia Seiber
Publication Year:
1977
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860540007
Paperback:
124pp, Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S37
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The Urnfield Culture in Continental Croatia
£61.00
Author:
Snježana Karavanic
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306131
Paperback:
251pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, tables, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2036
The main aim of this book is to provide a synthesis of all published research on sites of the Urnfield culture (c. 1300 BC - 750 BC) in... 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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The Vanishing Past
Studies in Medieval Art, Liturgy and Metrology Presented to Christopher Hohler
£86.00
Editors:
Alan Borg and Andrew Martindale
Publication Year:
1981
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541325
Paperback:
416pp, Includes illustrations, plans
BAR number:
S111
Sub Title:
Studies in Medieval Art, Liturgy and Metrology Presented to Christopher Hohler
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The Waterberg Plateau in the Northern Province, Republic of South Africa, in the Later Stone Age
£39.00
Author:
Maria M. Van der Ryst
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548935
Paperback:
168pp, Includes 37 figures and 5 photographs
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 43
BAR number:
S715
The aim of this book is firstly to establish chronology of Later Stone Age settlement in Waterber plateau and secondly to investigate the particular... More
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The World of Figurines in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic Aegean
The case of Uğurlu Höyük on Gökçeada (Imbros)
£55.00
Authors:
Hasan Can Gemici and Çiğdem Atakuman
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357751
Paperback:
188 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 12 tables, 107 figures.
BAR number:
S3021
Sub Title:
The case of Uğurlu Höyük on Gökçeada (Imbros)
This book studies the corpus of figurines recovered from the Neolithic - Chalcolithic settlement of Uğurlu Höyük on the island of Gökçeada (Imbros) in the... More
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The ‘Woman at the Window’ Came from Egypt
New interpretations of the Phoenician ivories from the Assyrian palaces of Nimrud and Khorsabad
£40.00
Author:
Henriette Broekema
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407354255
Paperback:
120 pages
BAR number:
S3145
Sub Title:
New interpretations of the Phoenician ivories from the Assyrian palaces of Nimrud and Khorsabad
The ‘Woman at the Window’ Came From Egypt investigates the origin of ivory plaques found in the Assyrian palaces of Nimrud and Khorsabad from the first... More
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Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in Central European Neolithic Archaeology
Proceedings of the ‘Theory and Method in Archaeology of the Neolithic (7th - 3rd millennium BC)’ conference held in Mikulov, Czech Republic, 26th – 28th of October 2010
£41.00
Editors:
Jan Kolár and František Trampota
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309088
Paperback:
131pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2325
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the ‘Theory and Method in Archaeology of the Neolithic (7th - 3rd millennium BC)’ conference held in Mikulov, Czech Republic, 26th – 28th of October 2010
This book presents the proceedings of the 'Theory and Method in Archaeology of the Neolithic (7th - 3rd millennium BC)' conference held... 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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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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Tipologia sepolcrale delle catacombe romane
I cimiteri ipogei delle vie Ostiense, Ardeatina e Appia
£61.00
Author:
Donatella Nuzzo
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781841712017
Paperback:
243pp. Includes 295 illustrations, photographs (12 colour), drawings, plans and maps.
BAR number:
S905
Sub Title:
I cimiteri ipogei delle vie Ostiense, Ardeatina e Appia
A detailed typological study, in Italian, of the Roman catacombs found on the Via Appia, Via Ardeatina, Via Ostiense, and their immediate... 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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Topografía cristiana de las ciudades hispanas durante la Antigüedad tardía
£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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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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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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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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Upland Settlement in Britain
The Second Millennium B.C. and after
£82.00
Editors:
Don Spratt and Colin Burgess
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543510
Paperback:
396pp
BAR number:
B143
Sub Title:
The Second Millennium B.C. and after
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Urartian Architecture
£39.00
Author:
Thomas B. Forbes
Publication Year:
1983
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542186
Paperback:
168pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p145-157
BAR number:
S170
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Vida y muerte en el asentamiento del Neolítico Antiguo de El Prado (Pancorbo, Burgos)
Construyendo el Neolítico en la Península Ibérica
£55.00
Editors:
Carmen Alonso-Fernández
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
Spanish with 1 English paper. Spanish and English abstracts
ISBN:
9781407316253
Paperback:
218 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 77 figures (45 in colour) and 29 tables
BAR number:
S2876
Sub Title:
Construyendo el Neolítico en la Península Ibérica
El Prado es uno de los escasos yacimientos al aire libre del Neolítico Antiguo de la mitad norte peninsular. En la excavación arqueológica han sido... More
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Viking Age Amulets in Scandinavia and Western Europe
£56.00
Author:
Bo Jensen
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307138
Paperback:
223pp. Illustrated throughout. With additional material online (database).
BAR number:
S2169
Two hundered years of antiquarian and archaeological and archaeological interest has generated an archive of some 1350 Viking Age... More
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Violence in the Service of Order: The Religious Framework for Sanctioned Killing in Ancient Egypt
£32.00
Author:
Kerry Muhlestein
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308760
Paperback:
118pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2299
This book is hoped to be only the beginning of explorations of the ancient Egyptian notion of upholding Order (Ma'at) through violence.... More
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Vulvae, Eyes, Snake Heads. Archaeological Finds of Cowrie Amulets
£123.00
Author:
László Kovács with malacological identifications by Gyula Radócz
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303338
Paperback:
538pp. Includes 196 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, with extensive catalogue
BAR number:
S1846
A comprehensive study of cowries and other shells, including fossilised material. 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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Yachay Wasi
The House of Knowledge of I.S. Farrington
£75.00
Editors:
Lisa A. Dunbar, Rebecca Parkes, Christine Gant-Thompson and Damian Tybussek
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
Papers in English and in Spanish with English abstracts
ISBN:
9781407315102
Paperback:
312 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 33 tables and 96 figures.
BAR number:
S2962
Sub Title:
The House of Knowledge of I.S. Farrington
Yachay Wasi celebrates the remarkable career of Ian S. Farrington in archaeological research. Due to Ian’s dedication and passion as an educator, this... More
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Zeus in Early Greek Mythology and Religion
From prehistoric times to the Early Archaic period
£53.00
Author:
Olga A. Zolotnikova
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311067
Paperback:
233pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2492
Sub Title:
From prehistoric times to the Early Archaic period
This monograph examines the religious and mythological concepts of Zeus from prehistoric times until the Early Archaic period. The... More
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Zum Problem der geschlectsspezifischen Bestattungen in der Römischen Kaiserzeit
Ein Beitrag zur Forschungsgeschichte und Methode
£75.00
Author:
Ute Breitsprecher
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
German
ISBN:
9780860544845
Paperback:
344pp
BAR number:
S376
Sub Title:
Ein Beitrag zur Forschungsgeschichte und Methode
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Φιλική Συναυλία: Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology for Mario Benzi
£86.00
Editors:
Giampaolo Graziadio, Riccardo Guglielmino, Valeria Lenuzza and Salvatore Vitale
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English and Italian
ISBN:
9781407310688
Paperback:
463pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2460
A collection of recent papers presented in honour of Mario Benzi. More
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