Rock-Art / Semiotics

¡El Yunque se levanta!
Interdisciplinarity and activism at the La Mina petroglyph site
£37.00
Author:
Rhianna C. Rogers, James Schuetz and Rex Cauldwell
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356433
Paperback:
120 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 87 figures and 8 tables.
BAR number:
S3019
Sub Title:
Interdisciplinarity and activism at the La Mina petroglyph site
Archaeologists consider Puerto Rico a key geographical location for categorizing native occupations in the Caribbean. However, lack of funding, minimal... More
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£35.00
Author:
Richard Osgood
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548782
Paperback:
140pp, Includes various drawings, photographs and charts, one coloured plate.
BAR number:
S694
This study looks at a variety of evidence for warfare in the Late Bronze Age in North Europe: from revealing the evidence from actual combat damage... 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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Theatres of Imagery
A performance theory approach to rock art research
£61.00
Author:
David M. Witelson
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356198
Paperback:
224 pages, Illustrated throughout in b&w, and colour.
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 98
BAR number:
S3149
Sub Title:
A performance theory approach to rock art research
This monograph applies performance theory to rock paintings in the Stormberg mountains of South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province-a rich rock art area to the... More
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£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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£60.00
Author:
J. D. Richards
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544395
Paperback:
260pp
BAR number:
B166
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The Rock Art of Ometepe Island, Nicaragua
Motif classification, quantification, and regional comparisons
£47.00
Author:
Suzanne M. Baker
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305608
Paperback:
181pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs.
Sub-series name:
Paris Monographs in American Archaeology, 25
BAR number:
S2084
Sub Title:
Motif classification, quantification, and regional comparisons
This study presents a motif classification, quantification, and regional comparisons for engraved rock art from the Maderas Volcano on... More
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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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£47.00
Author:
Marion Valerie Cutting
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718712
Paperback:
185pp. Includes 33 tables, 70 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs. Appendices of sites and data
BAR number:
S1435
Sub Title:
Household, community and the changing use of space
This research presents the qualitative and quantitative data collected from the architecture within ten Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic... More
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The Mousterian Legacy
Human Biocultural Change in the Upper Pleistocene
£53.00
Editors:
Erik Trinkaus
Publication Year:
1983
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542094
Paperback:
234pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S164
Sub Title:
Human Biocultural Change in the Upper Pleistocene
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The Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition in Central Europe
The record from the Bükk Mountain region
£47.00
Author:
Brian Adams
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548775
Paperback:
187pp. Includes numerous line drawings, tables, maps and 10 black and white photographs.
BAR number:
S693
Sub Title:
The record from the Bükk Mountain region
The book explores the issue of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Central Europe. The data sets used to investigate the... More
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£32.00
Editors:
Emmanuel Anati, Luiz Oosterbeek, Federico Mailland
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781407309477
Paperback:
119pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XVI World Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Florianopolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011), 1
BAR number:
S2360
Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Florianopolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011). 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 Ecology and Evolution of Hominin Geographic Ranges
Setting a context for archaeological interpretation using comparative analysis
£47.00
Author:
Katharine MacDonald
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719795
Paperback:
189pp. Includes 4 tables, 90 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs. 5 data Appendices
BAR number:
S1550
Sub Title:
Setting a context for archaeological interpretation using comparative analysis
In this work the author uses an evolutionary and ecological approach to interpreting early hominin geographic ranges, specifically... 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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£53.00
Author:
Jesus Ruiz Cobo and Peter Smith with the collaboration of Mᵃ Teresa Aparicio, Magdalena Barril Vicente, Pedro Mᵃ Castaños Ugarte, Juan Corrin, Carmelo Fernández Ibañez, Antxoka Martínez Velasco and Antonio Sánchez Marco
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711836
Paperback:
232pp
BAR number:
S975
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£22.00
Author:
Mark G. Plew
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718392
Paperback:
81pp. Includes 14 tables, 43 figures, maps, drawings, plans, photographs
BAR number:
S1400
This book is written for professional archaeologists, students of South American archaeology, heritage managers, museum staffs, and the... More
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£22.00
Editors:
Fernando Coimbra and Léo Dubal
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302812
Paperback:
70pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 25
BAR number:
S1793
This book includes papers from the Symbolism in Rock Art session held at the XV UISPP World Congress, Lisbon, in September 2006. 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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Symbolic Notation of Teotihuacan
Elements of writing in a Mesoamerican culture of the Classic period
£77.00
Author:
James C. Langley
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544005
Paperback:
370pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p341-355
BAR number:
S313
Sub Title:
Elements of writing in a Mesoamerican culture of the Classic period
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Styles, techniques et expression graphique dans l'art sur paroi rocheuse (Styles, Techniques and Graphic Expression in Rock Art)
Proceedings of Session A11d of the 17th World Congress of the IUPPS (Actes de la session A11d du 17e Congrés mondial de l’UISPP) (Burgos 1-7 September 2014)
£60.00
Editors:
Marc Groenen and Marie-Christine Groenen
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781407314464
Paperback:
226pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 1 table, 174 figures (including 103 black and white photographs and 5 colour photographs)
BAR number:
S2787
Sub Title:
Proceedings of Session A11d of the 17th World Congress of the IUPPS (Actes de la session A11d du 17e Congrés mondial de l’UISPP) (Burgos 1-7 September 2014)
Research on rock art conducted during the last several decades has shown the skill and knowledge demonstrated by the painters, engravers and sculptors who... 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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£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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Shepherds Who Write
Pastoral graffiti in the uplands of Europe from prehistory to the modern age
£69.00
Editors:
Marta Bazzanella and Giovanni Kezich
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357140
Paperback:
256 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 7 tables, 228 figures.
BAR number:
S2999
Sub Title:
Pastoral graffiti in the uplands of Europe from prehistory to the modern age
In a number of significant sites of the vast ancient pasturelands of the Old World, generations of wandering shepherds have left their testimony in the form... More
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Sailing Rock Art Boats
A reassessment of seafaring abilities in Bronze Age Scandinavia and the introduction of the sail in the North
£53.00
Author:
Boel Bengtsson
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315690
Paperback:
172 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 6 tables (in colour), 97 figures (46 in colour)
BAR number:
S2865
Sub Title:
A reassessment of seafaring abilities in Bronze Age Scandinavia and the introduction of the sail in the North
This book argues that the use of sail as a complement to paddling would have formed an integral part of the development of centres of power in the early... More
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Rock Art, Water, and Ancestors
The semiotic construction of a sacred landscape in the central Andes (1800 BCE - CE 1820)
£78.00
Author:
Gordon Ambrosino
Publication Year:
2020
ISBN:
9781407356624
Paperback:
296 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 39 tables, 320 figures, 9 maps, 4 graphs
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 2
BAR number:
S2969
Sub Title:
The semiotic construction of a sacred landscape in the central Andes (1800 BCE - CE 1820)
As landscape art, the rock art of the central Andes offers clues regarding relationships between ancestor veneration and the negotiation of rights to water.... More
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Rock Art Research in the Digital Era
Case Studies from the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018, Valcamonica (Italy)
£47.00
Editors:
Miguel Carrero-Pazos, Rebecca Döhl, Julian Jansen van Rensburg, Paolo Medici, Alia Vázquez-Martínez
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360119
Paperback:
164 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 5
BAR number:
S3098
Sub Title:
Case Studies from the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018, Valcamonica (Italy)
Rock Art Research in the Digital Era covers the research presented at the 20th International Rock Art Congress (IFRAO) held in Darfo Boario Terme,... More
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Rock Art of the Eastern Desert of Egypt
Content, comparisons, dating and significance
£38.00
Author:
Tony Judd
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305844
Paperback:
151pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, tables, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2008
Sub Title:
Content, comparisons, dating and significance
The objective of this research is to advance the understanding of the Egyptian Eastern Desert region petroglyphs by means of three steps:... More
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Rock Art in the Landscapes of Motion
Proceedings of a session of the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018 in Valcamonica, Italy
£56.00
Editors:
Pawel L Polkowski and Frank Förster
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359892
Paperback:
192 pages
BAR number:
S3092
Sub Title:
Proceedings of a session of the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018 in Valcamonica, Italy
This volume presents a collection of papers focusing on the dynamic relationship between rock art, movement and the surrounding landscape. The contributors... 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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Rock Art Data Base / Base de données en art rupestre
New methods and guidelines in archiving and cataloguing / Nouvelles méthodes et lignes guide en archivage et catalogage
£26.00
Editors:
Raffaella Poggiani-Keller, George Dimitriadis, Fernando Coimbra, Carlo Liborio, Maria Giuseppina Ruggiero
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English & Spanish with abs. in English & French
ISBN:
9781407305301
Paperback:
80pp, 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:
S1996
Sub Title:
New methods and guidelines in archiving and cataloguing / Nouvelles méthodes et lignes guide en archivage et catalogage
This book includes papers from the session (Vol. 29, Session WS20) 'Rock Art Data Base' presented at the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon,... More
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£29.00
Editors:
George Dimitriadis, Dario Seglie and Guillermo Muñoz
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
French, Spanish and English
ISBN:
9781407305318
Paperback:
91pp, 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:
S1997
This book includes papers from the session (Vol. 30, Session WS19) 'Rock Art and Museum' presented at the XV UISPP World Congress... More
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Recorded Places, Experienced Places
The Holocene rock art of the Iberian Atlantic north-west
£63.00
Editors:
Ana M. S. Bettencourt, Manuel Santos Estevez, Hugo A. Sampaio and Daniela Cardoso
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314846
Paperback:
222 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 122 figures (35 in colour), 3 tables (2 in colour)
BAR number:
S2878
Sub Title:
The Holocene rock art of the Iberian Atlantic north-west
This book springs from the compilation of papers and posters presented in 2013 and 2014 at the 2nd and 3rd Enardas Colloquia, entitled ‘Living Places,... 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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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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Prehistoric Art: Signs, Symbols, Myth, Ideology
Proceedings of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon 4-9 September 2006) / Actes du XV Congrès Mondial (Lisbonne 4-9 Septembre 2006) Vol. 27 Session C26
£43.00
Editors:
Dario Seglie, Marcel Otte, Luiz Oosterbeek and Laurence Remacle
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English, French and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407306056
Paperback:
170pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, tables, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 27
BAR number:
S2028
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. 27 Session C26
This book includes papers from Session C26, 'Prehistoric Art: Signs, Symbols, Myth, Ideology', from the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon,... More
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£30.00
Author:
Anna Raduncheva and translated from the Russian by Caroline M. A. Schuck
Publication Year:
1976
Language:
English, translated from Russian
ISBN:
9780904531596
Paperback:
118pp, Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S13
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£33.00
Editors:
Emmanuel Anati
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English, French and Italian
ISBN:
9781407303529
Paperback:
135pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 16
BAR number:
S1872
Sub Title:
Session C27
This book includes papers from the 'Prehistoric Art and Ideology' session (C27) held at the XV UISPP World Congress, September 2006. More
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£60.00
Author:
Simon Radchenko
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407353852
Paperback:
228 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour. Links to collection of fifteen 3D models.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 6
BAR number:
S3143
Kamyana Mohyla is Ukraine's largest and most prominent rock art complex and is located at least one thousand kilometers from other comparable rock art... More
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£26.00
Editors:
Robert G. Bednarik and Derek Hodgston
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302911
Paperback:
86pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006), 19
BAR number:
S1804
Sub Title:
Session C80
This book includes papers presented at the session entitled 'Pleistocene Palaeoart of the World' presented at the XV UISPP World Congress... More
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Pictures in Transformation
Rock Art Research between Central Asia and the Subcontinent
£29.00
Editors:
Luca Maria Olivieri in collaboration with Laurianne Bruneau and Marco Ferrandi
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307114
Paperback:
91pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
South Asian Archaeology 2007. Special Sessions, 2
BAR number:
S2167
Sub Title:
Rock Art Research between Central Asia and the Subcontinent
This book presents papres given at the “Pictures in Transformation. Rock Art Research between Central Asia and the Subcontinent”... More
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Pictish Studies
Settlement, Burial and Art in Dark Age Northern Britain
£53.00
Editors:
J.G.P. Friell and W.G. Watson
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542629
Paperback:
230pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliographies and index.
BAR number:
B125
Sub Title:
Settlement, Burial and Art in Dark Age Northern Britain
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£148.00
Author:
Mike Parker Pearson with Karen Godden, Ramilisonina, Retsihisatse, Jean-Luc Schwenninger, Georges Heurtebize, Chantal Radimilahy and Helen Smith. With contributions by Irene de Luis, David Barker, Seth Priestman, Lucien Rakotozafy, Bako Rasoarifetra, Alan
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306803
Paperback:
768pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S2139
This book presents the results of archaeological research in the extreme south of Madagascar between 1991 and 2003, and provides a... More
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Papers in Italian Archaeology IV
The Cambridge Conference. Part ii: Prehistory
£74.00
Editors:
Caroline Malone and Simon Stoddart
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English and Italian
ISBN:
9780860543138
Paperback:
332pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliographies
BAR number:
S244
Sub Title:
The Cambridge Conference. Part ii: Prehistory
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Of Things Gone but not Forgotten
Essays in archaeology for Joan Taylor
£46.00
Editors:
J.R. Trigg
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310336
Paperback:
181pp. Includes illustrations in black and white
BAR number:
S2434
Sub Title:
Essays in archaeology for Joan Taylor
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£56.00
Author:
Bryan C. Gordon
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545040
Paperback:
246pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p104-143
BAR number:
S390
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Occupation and Abandonment of Middle Bronze Age Zahrat adh-Dhra' 1, Jordan
The behavioural implications of quantitative ceramic analyses
£56.00
Author:
Ilya Berelov
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719245
Paperback:
233pp. Includes 118 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 90 tables
BAR number:
S1493
Sub Title:
The behavioural implications of quantitative ceramic analyses
In his study of the inhabitants of Zahrat adh-Dhra' 1 on the Dead Sea Plain of Jordan, the author presents a behavioral study of a Bronze... 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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