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Theory and Method (general titles)

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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£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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Gatherings: Past and Present
Proceedings from the 2013 Archaeology of Gatherings International Conference at IT Sligo, Ireland
£39.00
Editors:
Fiona Beglane
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314587
Paperback:
136pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, 11 tables, 44 figures (19 in colour).
BAR number:
S2832
Sub Title:
Proceedings from the 2013 Archaeology of Gatherings International Conference at IT Sligo, Ireland
The Archaeology of Gatherings was a thematic international conference to bring together a range of speakers from different disciplines. It took place at the... More
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£79.00
Author:
Aritza Villaluenga Martínez
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
Spanish with summary in English, French and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407315485
Paperback:
356pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white: 35 tables, 132 figures (including 35 photographs), 2 maps
BAR number:
S2810
This monograph develops a zooarchaeological and taphonomic study of four archaeological sites (Lezetxiki, Astigarragako Kobea, Labeko Koba and Ekain) and... More
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£56.00
Author:
Stefania Merlo
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314723
Paperback:
186pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 11 tables, 114 figures (including 3 black and white photographs and 5 colour photographs). With additional material online (colour figures).
BAR number:
S2801
This book discusses the theoretical aspects and practical applications of GIS for intra-site analysis in archaeology. It has been previously argued that GIS... More
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Astronomy and Power: How Worlds Are Structured
Proceedings of the SEAC 2010 Conference
£68.00
Editors:
Michael A. Rappenglück, Barbara Rappenglück, Nicholas Campion, Fabio Silva
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314419
Paperback:
302pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 14 tables, 211 figures: (including 51 colour photographs and 38 black and white photographs), 7 maps
BAR number:
S2794
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the SEAC 2010 Conference
Throughout the course of history, from early prehistory to the Space Age, power structures have existed which have been more or less derived from or... More
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£32.00
Author:
Kalliopi Fouseki
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314396
Paperback:
114pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white: 10 tables, 12 figures (including 7 photographs)
BAR number:
S2774
The nature of disputes related to the in situ conservation of archaeological remains into the basements of contemporary buildings are explored in this... More
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Forging Identities. The Mobility of Culture in Bronze Age Europe
Report from a Marie Curie Project 2009-2012 with Concluding Conference at Aarhus University, Moesgaard 2012: Volume 2
£62.00
Editors:
Paulina Suchowska-Ducke, Samantha Scott Reiter, Helle Vandkilde
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314402
Paperback:
270pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2772
Sub Title:
Report from a Marie Curie Project 2009-2012 with Concluding Conference at Aarhus University, Moesgaard 2012: Volume 2
With a strong emphasis on data, the two volumes of this book demonstrate that mobility was essential to the European Bronze Age by exploring the shared... More
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Forging Identities. The Mobility of Culture in Bronze Age Europe
Report from a Marie Curie Project 2009-2012 with Concluding Conference at Aarhus University, Moesgaard 2012: Volume 1
£69.00
Editors:
Paulina Suchowska-Ducke, Samantha Scott Reiter, Helle Vandkilde
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314334
Paperback:
272pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2771
Sub Title:
Report from a Marie Curie Project 2009-2012 with Concluding Conference at Aarhus University, Moesgaard 2012: Volume 1
With a strong emphasis on data, the two volumes of this book demonstrate that mobility was essential to the European Bronze Age by exploring the shared... More
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Ancient Cultures at Monash University
Proceedings of a Conference held between 18-20 October 2013 on Approaches to Studying the Ancient Past
£47.00
Editors:
Jessica Cox, Caleb R. Hamilton, Katharine R. L. McLardy, Amy J. Pettman and David Stewart
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314266
Paperback:
142pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour
BAR number:
S2764
Sub Title:
Proceedings of a Conference held between 18-20 October 2013 on Approaches to Studying the Ancient Past
This volume presents 12 of the papers from the Ancient Cultures at Monash University post-graduate conference (2013) at Monash... More
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Implantation Territoriale des Terramares
Analyses géomorphologiques et spatiales Italie, provinces de Parme et Plaisance, XVIIe-XIIe siècles av. n. ère
£59.00
Author:
Julie Boudry
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781407313641
Paperback:
188pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2713
Sub Title:
Analyses géomorphologiques et spatiales Italie, provinces de Parme et Plaisance, XVIIe-XIIe siècles av. n. ère
This study uses geomorphological and spatial evidence to examine site locational strategies in the Terramare culture. The emergence of... More
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£35.00
Author:
Agata Lo Tauro
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313627
Paperback:
118pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. With additional material online (figures).
BAR number:
S2711
This book delivers information and technology skills to people around the world. It provides a comprehensive overview of networking, from... More
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Death as Archaeology of Transition: Thoughts and Materials
Papers from the II International Conference of Transition Archaeology: Death Archaeology 29th April –­ 1st May 2013
£86.00
Editors:
Leonor Rocha, Primitiva Bueno-Ramirez and Gertrudes Branco
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313597
Paperback:
390pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2708
Sub Title:
Papers from the II International Conference of Transition Archaeology: Death Archaeology 29th April –­ 1st May 2013
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Broadening Horizons 4
A Conference of young researchers working in the Ancient Near East, Egypt and Central Asia, University of Torino, October 2011
£66.00
Editors:
Giorgio Affanni, Cristina Baccarin, Laura Cordera, Angelo Di Michele and Katia Gavagnin
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313474
Paperback:
329pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2698
Sub Title:
A Conference of young researchers working in the Ancient Near East, Egypt and Central Asia, University of Torino, October 2011
Broadening Horizons is an international congress dedicated to postgraduate students and early-stage researchers working with disciplines... More
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£46.00
Author:
Núria Villena i Mota
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781407313467
Paperback:
176pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white with some colour
BAR number:
S2697
The experimental study of refitting individual bones by osteoscopic approach includes 20 bilaterally symmetrical pairs and 14 contiguous... More
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The 'Crescent-Shaped Cultural-Communication Belt': Tong Enzheng's Model in Retrospect
An examination of methodological, theoretical and material concerns of long-distance interactions in East Asia
£40.00
Editors:
Anke Hein
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313238
Paperback:
152pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2679
Sub Title:
An examination of methodological, theoretical and material concerns of long-distance interactions in East Asia
The notion of a “crescent-shaped cultural-communication belt” stretching from Northeast China and Korea along the Tibetan borderlands all... More
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£40.00
Editors:
Débora M. Kligmann and Marcelo R. Morales
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313221
Paperback:
162pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2678
Although the beginning of archaeological studies dates back to very old times, the use and applications of disciplines such as physics,... More
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Guam's Hidden Gem
Archaeological and historical studies at Ritidian
£38.00
Editors:
Mike T. Carson
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313054
Paperback:
126pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2663
Sub Title:
Archaeological and historical studies at Ritidian
The Ritidian Site is located in the United States island territory of Guam, the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands in the... More
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Miscellania
Theory, Rock Art and Heritage
£31.00
Editors:
Luiz Oosterbeek and Cláudia Fidalgo
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English with 1 paper in Spanish
ISBN:
9781407313016
Paperback:
98pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XVI World Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Florianopolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011), 11
BAR number:
S2659
Sub Title:
Theory, Rock Art and Heritage
This volume brings together several papers delivered in different sessions that, for various reasons, were not completely published. Four... More
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£31.00
Editors:
Sara Cura, Jedson Cerezer, Maria Gurova, Boris Santander, Luiz Oosterbeek and Jorge Cristóvão
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English with one paper in French
ISBN:
9781407312996
Paperback:
109pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
Proceedings of the XVI World Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Florianopolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011), 10
BAR number:
S2657
Experimental Archaeology as an hypothesis contrast method, focusing on technological studies, is not new in archaeological research... More
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£36.00
Editors:
Cristina Lemorini and Stella Nunziante Cesaro
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312880
Paperback:
124pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2649
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the International Workshop, Rome, March 5th-7th, 2012
The book publishes the proceedings of the workshop held in Rome in March 2012 that was intended to bring together archaeologists,... More
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Architecture and Material Culture from the Earthquake House at Kourion, Cyprus
A Late Roman Non-Elite House Destroyed in the 4th Century AD
£49.00
Author:
Benjamin Costello IV
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312729
Paperback:
160pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2635
Sub Title:
A Late Roman Non-Elite House Destroyed in the 4th Century AD
In the late 4th century AD, the site of Kourion, Cyprus was destroyed by an earthquake that struck with little or no warning, trapping... More
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Roles for Men and Women in Roman Epigraphic Culture and Beyond
Gender, social identity and cultural practice in private Latin inscriptions and the literary record
£47.00
Author:
Peter Keegan
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312613
Paperback:
185pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2626
Sub Title:
Gender, social identity and cultural practice in private Latin inscriptions and the literary record
Previous studies of tombstones and inscriptions dedicated to divinities have focused on methods of assigning names in Roman society, the... More
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£49.00
Editors:
Akira Ono, Michael D. Glascock, Yaroslav V. Kuzmin and Yoshimitsu Suda
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312552
Paperback:
200pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2620
This volume is a collection of papers related to different aspects of obsidian studies (mainly geology, geochemistry, and archaeology) in... More
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£41.00
Editors:
Verónica A. Vásquez López, RogelioValencia Rivera, Eugenia Gutiérrez González
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English & Spanish with abs. in Spanish & English
ISBN:
9781407312545
Paperback:
151pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2619
The present volume was born from the interest to analyse the different modalities of the political strategies used by the dominant groups... More
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£46.00
Editors:
Fabio Remondino and Stefano Campana
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312309
Paperback:
174pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2598
Sub Title:
Theory and best practices
The book derives from the experiences of the authors as lecturers and tutors at different international summer schools on reality-based... More
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£48.00
Author:
Keith Padgham
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312224
Paperback:
203pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2594
The aim of this study is to interpret the scale and nature of the economy of the Eastern Mediterranean in the latter period of the LBA.... More
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£41.00
Editors:
Annabel Bokern and Clare Rowan
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English and German
ISBN:
9781407312200
Paperback:
160pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2592
This bilingual volume presents a series of case studies exploring the ways in which different objects from the ancient world changed in... More
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A Sense of the Past
Studies in current archaeological applications of remote sensing and non-invasive prospection methods
£55.00
Editors:
Hans Kamermans, Martin Gojda and Axel G. Posluschny
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312163
Paperback:
166pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2588
Sub Title:
Studies in current archaeological applications of remote sensing and non-invasive prospection methods
This volume groups together papers presented at a Commission 4 session at the XVI UISPP World Congress in Florianópolis, Brazil (4-10... More
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Nómadas en la encrucijada
Sociedad, ideología y poder en los márgenes áridos del Levante meridional durante el primer milenio a.C.
£49.00
Author:
Juan Manuel Tebes
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
Spanish with English abstract
ISBN:
9781407311975
Paperback:
205pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2574
Sub Title:
Sociedad, ideología y poder en los márgenes áridos del Levante meridional durante el primer milenio a.C.
This work comprises several studies dealing with the society, economy, ideology and power among the mainly tribal, semi-pastoral... More
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£60.00
Author:
Martin Bommas
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
German
ISBN:
9781407311838
Paperback:
283pp. Includes 20 black and white plates
BAR number:
S2562
Based on a new edition of Moscow 314 Papyrus from the Middle Kingdom, this study identifies for the first time the ancient Egyptian... More
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Models of Mesopotamian Landscapes
How small-scale processes contributed to the growth of early civilizations
£61.00
Editors:
T.J. Wilkinson, McGuire Gibson and Magnus Widell
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311739
Paperback:
291pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white and in colour
BAR number:
S2552
Sub Title:
How small-scale processes contributed to the growth of early civilizations
This volume demonstrates how models can contribute to an understanding of the development of ancient Mesopotamian settlement and... More
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£91.00
Author:
Jaume Garcia Rosselló and Manuel Calvo Trias
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
Spanish with English abstract
ISBN:
9781407311609
Paperback:
497pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2540
This book analyses the technological process of ceramic moulding. To this end, the work is organised into four sections: The first... 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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Animals and Otherness in the Middle Ages
Perspectives across disciplines
£41.00
Editors:
Francisco de Asís García García, Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo and María Victoria Chico Picaza
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311166
Paperback:
159pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2500
Sub Title:
Perspectives across disciplines
This publication has its origin in the colloquium Animals and Otherness in the Middle Ages held at the Faculty of Geography and History... More
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Anneaux et cultures du Néolithique ancien
Production, circulation et utilisation entre massifs ardennais et armoricain
£121.00
Author:
Nicolas Fromont
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
French with English summary
ISBN:
9781407311159
Paperback:
723pp. Includes 591 figures, 408 tables, 61 Appendices
BAR number:
S2499
Sub Title:
Production, circulation et utilisation entre massifs ardennais et armoricain
In this extensive research, the author's petrographical, technological, typological and use-wear studies of arm rings/bands from the... More
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£43.00
Editors:
Marc Groenen
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781407311128
Paperback:
151pp, 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)
BAR number:
S2496
This book is the result of two symposia from the 16th World Congress of the IUPPS (Florianópolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011): 'The... More
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£59.00
Author:
Shadia Taha
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310893
Paperback:
225pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2477
At present scantily populated, Suakin was the most prominent port on the Red Sea coast from the fifteenth century to the beginning of the... More
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Computer-Generated 3D-Visualisations in Archaeology
Between added value and deception
£66.00
Author:
Joyce Wittur
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310718
Paperback:
297pp. Illustrated throughout. With additional material online (hyperlinks).
BAR number:
S2463
Sub Title:
Between added value and deception
This study is primarily concerned with computer-generated reconstruction models of architecture. It offers a collection of possible... More
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Living in the Suburbs of Roman Italy
Space and social contact
£89.00
Author:
Geoff W. Adams
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310534
Paperback:
354pp. Includes 67 tables, 137 graphs, 8 maps, 143 figures
BAR number:
S2449
Sub Title:
Space and social contact
The central focus of this research (covering the period from the middle of the Second Century BC to the middle or late Second Century AD)... More
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Butua and the End of an Era
The effect of the collapse of the Kalanga state on ordinary citizens. An analysis of behaviour under stress
£98.00
Author:
Catharina van Waarden
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310190
Paperback:
393pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 82
BAR number:
S2420
Sub Title:
The effect of the collapse of the Kalanga state on ordinary citizens. An analysis of behaviour under stress
The Kalanga state Butua, which had dominated the Zimbabwe plateau (south central Africa) for four centuries, collapsed in the 1830s due... More
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£36.00
Editors:
Juan F. Gibaja, António F. Carvalho and Philippe Chambon
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310152
Paperback:
131pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2417
With this book the contributors review funerary practices from the Mesolithic to the Chalcolithic in the Western Mediterranean, more... More
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£29.00
Editors:
Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw and Eleni Stefanou
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310077
Paperback:
107pp. Includes 9 illustrations
BAR number:
S2409
The idea for this volume emerged from critical self-reflection about diverse archaeological practices in a session presented at the 13th... More
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£36.00
Editors:
Ben Jervis and Alison Kyle
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310060
Paperback:
127pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2408
This volume derives from a session held at the 2010 Theoretical Archaeology Group conference (Bristol University). The aims of this... More
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£45.00
Editors:
Fernando López Sánchez
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309972
Paperback:
176pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2402
Cities have tended throughout history to be the preferred location for the minting and circulation of coins and coinage has in turn... More
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N-TAG TEN
Proceedings of the 10th Nordic TAG conference at Stiklestad, Norway 2009
£77.00
Editors:
Ragnhild Berge, Marek E. Jasinski and Kalle Sognnes
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309941
Paperback:
309pp. Illustrated in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2399
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 10th Nordic TAG conference at Stiklestad, Norway 2009
This book includes papers from N-TAG TEN, the Proceedings of the 10th Nordic TAG conference at Stiklestad, Norway 2009. More
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£40.00
Author:
Per Ditlef Fredriksen
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309798
Paperback:
147pp, Includes 35 figures, 5 tables
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 80
BAR number:
S2387
The two key themes in this work are 1) the meeting between knowledges about the material world, and 2) the intimate relationships between... More
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£124.00
Editors:
Guido Vannini and Michele Nucciotti
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
Italian, English and French
ISBN:
9781407309781
Paperback:
497pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Limina/Limites: Archaeologies, histories, islands and borders in the Mediterranean (365-1556), 1
BAR number:
S2386
Volume 1 of a new BAR series entitled 'Limina/Limites: Archaeologies, histories, islands and borders in the Mediterranean (365-1556)'... More
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