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Stone Age Traditions of Meghalaya
A study of variation and continuity
£39.00
Author:
Abdullah Ali Ashraf
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307206
Paperback:
158pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
South Asian Archaeology Series, 12
BAR number:
S2176
Sub Title:
A study of variation and continuity
Human adaptation in relation to northeast India is relatively unknown; various general aspects have been studied and usually interpreted... More
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Structural Reconstruction
Approaches to the interpretation of the excavated remains of buildings
£72.00
Editors:
P. J. Drury
Publication Year:
1982
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541936
Paperback:
320pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliographies
BAR number:
B110
Sub Title:
Approaches to the interpretation of the excavated remains of buildings
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Studies in the Neolithic and Urban Revolutions
The V. Gordon Childe Colloquium, Mexico, 1986
£79.00
Editors:
Linda Manzanilla
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544494
Paperback:
388pp, Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S349
Sub Title:
The V. Gordon Childe Colloquium, Mexico, 1986
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Studies in the Upper Palaeolithic of Britain and Northwest Europe
£60.00
Author:
Derek A. Roe
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543800
Paperback:
262pp
BAR number:
S296
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Technology and Experimentation in Archaeology
£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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Technology and Methodology for Archaeological Practice / Technologie et Méthodologie pour la pratique en Archéologie
Practical applications for the past reconstruction / Applications pratiques pour la reconstruction du passé
£38.00
Editors:
Alexandra Velho and Hans Kamermans
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306063
Paperback:
151pp, 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), 37
BAR number:
S2029
Sub Title:
Practical applications for the past reconstruction / Applications pratiques pour la reconstruction du passé
This book includes papers from Session C04, 'Technology and Methodology for Archaeological Practice: Practical applications for the past... More
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Teeth and Anthropology
£55.00
Editors:
E. Cruwys and R. A. Foley
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543732
Paperback:
242pp
BAR number:
S291
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Text and Image in Pre-Columbian Art
Essays on the interrelationship of the verbal and visual arts
£51.00
Editors:
Janet Catherine Berlo
Publication Year:
1983
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542308
Paperback:
222pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
Sub-series name:
Proceedings 44 International Congress of Americanists/Congreso Internacional de Americanistas
BAR number:
S180
Sub Title:
Essays on the interrelationship of the verbal and visual arts
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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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The Acheulean of the Yiron Plateau, Israel
£48.00
Author:
Milla Y. Ohel
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543930
Paperback:
206pp
BAR number:
S307
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The Archaeology of Tanzanian Coastal Landscapes in the 6th to 15th Centuries AD
The Middle Iron Age of the Region
£95.00
Author:
Edward John David Pollard
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303536
Paperback:
391pp, Includes 147 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 30 figures, 5 data Appendices Gazetteer
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 76
BAR number:
S1873
Sub Title:
The Middle Iron Age of the Region
This study seeks insights into the peoples and traditions of the Tanzanian coast, East Africa, during the 6th to 15th century through the application of... More
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The Archaeology of Value
Essays on prestige and the processes of valuation
£37.00
Editors:
Douglass Bailey with the assistance of Steve Mills
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549635
Paperback:
152pp
BAR number:
S730
Sub Title:
Essays on prestige and the processes of valuation
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The Beginnings of Agriculture
£64.00
Editors:
Annie Milles, Diane Williams and Neville Gardner
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546368
Paperback:
284pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
Sub-series name:
Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, 8
BAR number:
S496
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The Byzantine Aristocracy
IX to XIII Centuries
£66.00
Editors:
Michael Angold
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542834
Paperback:
288pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S221
Sub Title:
IX to XIII Centuries
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The Capsian of North Africa
Stylistic Variation in Stone Tool Assemblages
£70.00
Author:
Peter J. Sheppard
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544562
Paperback:
314pp
BAR number:
S353
Sub Title:
Stylistic Variation in Stone Tool Assemblages
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The Cattewater Wreck
The investigation of an armed vessel of the early sixteenth century
£39.00
Author:
M. Redknap
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542858
Paperback:
162pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p.141-145
Sub-series name:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Archaeological series, 8
BAR number:
B131
Sub Title:
The investigation of an armed vessel of the early sixteenth century
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The Chemical Analysis of Prehistoric Bones
A paleodietary and ecoarcheological study of Bronze Age West-Friesland
£54.00
Author:
L. T. Runia
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544715
Paperback:
236pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S363
Sub Title:
A paleodietary and ecoarcheological study of Bronze Age West-Friesland
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The Chipped Stone Tool Production/Use Cycle
Its Potential in Activity Analysis of Disturbed Sites
£53.00
Author:
Boyce N. Driskell
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543916
Paperback:
234pp, Includes illustrations, plans
BAR number:
S305
Sub Title:
Its Potential in Activity Analysis of Disturbed Sites
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The City and the Coin in the Ancient and Early Medieval Worlds
£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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The Collapse of Palatial Society in LBA Greece and the Postpalatial Period
£38.00
Author:
Guy D. Middleton
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306513
Paperback:
148pp. Illustrated with maps, plans and figures.
BAR number:
S2110
This monograph deals with the destruction and disappearance of the palaces and palace societies of Late Bronze Age or Mycenaean Greece... More
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The Conservation of Archaeological Materials
Current trends and future directions
£63.00
Editors:
Emily Williams and Claire Peachey
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306575
Paperback:
255pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2116
Sub Title:
Current trends and future directions
The genesis for this conference, and its subsequent proceedings, came from discussions held in the newly formed Archaeological Discussion... More
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The Cucuteni-Tripolye Culture
A Study in Technology and the Origins of Complex Society
£53.00
Author:
Linda Ellis
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542797
Paperback:
232pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p.211-221
BAR number:
S217
Sub Title:
A Study in Technology and the Origins of Complex Society
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The Early Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries of East Yorkshire
An analysis and reinterpretation
£37.00
Author:
Sam Lucy
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549543
Paperback:
154pp, Includes black and white figures and and tables
BAR number:
B272
Sub Title:
An analysis and reinterpretation
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The Evolution of the Built Environment: Complexity, Human Agency and Thermal Performance
£93.00
Author:
Helen Wilkins
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305950
Paperback:
371pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings, figures, tables and photographs
BAR number:
S2020
This study investigates the relationship between the thermal performance of building assemblages (classes of buildings) and the social... More
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The Hunters of Combe Grenal
Approaches to Middle Paleolithic Subsistence in Europe
£53.00
Author:
Philip G. Chase
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543688
Paperback:
232pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S286
Sub Title:
Approaches to Middle Paleolithic Subsistence in Europe
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The Indian Ocean in the Ancient Period
Definite places, translocal exchange
£29.00
Editors:
Eivind Heldaas Seland
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300092
Paperback:
101pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1593
Sub Title:
Definite places, translocal exchange
In 2001 a project entitled “Trade, migration and cultural change in the Indian Ocean” was launched at the Department of History,... More
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The Intellectual and Spiritual Expression of Non-Literate Societies
£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 Large Egyptian Pyramids
Modelling a Complex Engineering Project
£36.00
Author:
H. J. de Haan
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305462
Paperback:
143pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs including 4 in colour
BAR number:
S2057
Sub Title:
Modelling a Complex Engineering Project
The building process of the Egyptian pyramids has been the subject of many publications. However, a thorough review of this literature... More
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The Life Biography of Artefacts and Ritual Practice
With case studies from Mesolithic-Early Bronze Age Europe
£41.00
Editors:
Mathias Bjørnevad-Ahlqvist and Peter Bye-Jensen
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356822
Paperback:
140 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 11 tables, 111 figures.
BAR number:
S2991
Sub Title:
With case studies from Mesolithic-Early Bronze Age Europe
Inspired by a session held at the EAA conference in Vilnius in 2016, The Life Biography of Artefacts and Ritual Practice focuses on creating biographies... More
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The Moneyer and the Mint in the reign of Edward the Confessor 1042-1066, Parts i and ii
£104.00
Author:
Anthony Freeman
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543541
Paperback:
604pp, Two volume set.
BAR number:
B145
This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407391311 (Volume I) ISBN 9781407391328 (Volume II) ISBN 9780860543541 (Volume set). More
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The Native Sources and the History of the Valley of Mexico
£62.00
Editors:
J. de Durand-Forest
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English (7 papers) and French (3 papers)
ISBN:
9780860542612
Paperback:
274pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliographies
Sub-series name:
Proceedings 44 International Congress of Americanists/Congreso Internacional de Americanistas
BAR number:
S204
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The Niger Delta
Aspects of its Prehistoric Economy and Culture
£66.00
Author:
Nwanna Nzewunwa
Publication Year:
1980
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860540830
Paperback:
286pp, Includes 61 figures.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 1
BAR number:
S75
Sub Title:
Aspects of its Prehistoric Economy and Culture
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The Northern Mycenaean Border in Thessaly
£55.00
Author:
Bryan Feuer
Publication Year:
1983
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542261
Paperback:
244pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p216-234
BAR number:
S176
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The Northern Rock Art Tradition in Central Norway
£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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The Old Wrecks of the Baltic Sea
Archaeological recording of the wrecks of carvel-built ships
£55.00
Author:
Carl Olof Cederlund
Publication Year:
1983
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542292
Paperback:
240pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S186
Sub Title:
Archaeological recording of the wrecks of carvel-built ships
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The Origin and Function of the Earthen Long Barrows of Northern Europe
£76.00
Author:
Magdalena S. Midgley
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543312
Paperback:
348pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p309-330
BAR number:
S259
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The Past in the Past: The Significance of Memory and Tradition in the Transmission of Culture
£31.00
Editors:
Mercourios Georgiadis and Chrysanthi Gallou
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304076
Paperback:
127pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1925
The present volume is the outcome of a session held at the 12th European Archaeological Association conference at Krakow in Poland, in... More
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The Resilience of the Roman Empire
Regional case studies on the relationship between population and food resources
£44.00
Editors:
Dimitri Van Limbergen, Sadi Maréchal and Wim De Clercq
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356945
Paperback:
152 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 26 tables, 38 figures.
BAR number:
S3000
Sub Title:
Regional case studies on the relationship between population and food resources
The Resilience of the Roman Empire discusses the relationship between population and regional development in the Roman world from the perspective of... More
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The Romano-African Domus
Studies in space, decoration, and function
£76.00
Author:
Margherita Carucci
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407301754
Paperback:
303pp. Includes 264 figures, maps, plans, tables, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1731
Sub Title:
Studies in space, decoration, and function
Roman Africa. Until recently, scholars have tended to study architecture and decoration of Roman houses as separate, visual forms of... More
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The Scale and Nature of the Late Bronze Age Economies of Egypt and Cyprus
£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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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 Stone Age of South India and Sri Lanka
A critical review
£37.00
Author:
Edmund Wickramapathirana
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542971
Paperback:
154pp, Includes figures.
BAR number:
S228
Sub Title:
A critical review
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The Taxonomy of Ground Stone Woodworking Tools
£32.00
Author:
Quentin Mackie
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547945
Paperback:
126pp
BAR number:
S613
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The Technological Study of Books and Manuscripts as Artefacts
Research questions and analytical solutions
£29.00
Editors:
Sarah Neate, David Howell, Richard Ovenden and A.M. Pollard
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307671
Paperback:
109pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2209
Sub Title:
Research questions and analytical solutions
The book (in this context any portable object whose prime purpose is to convey documentary information, including both images and text)... More
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The Values of Community Archaeology: A Comparative Assessment between the UK and US
£29.00
Author:
Faye A. Simpson
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306469
Paperback:
109pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans and figures
BAR number:
S2105
Does community archaeology work? Worldwide over the last decade, there has been a boom in projects utilising the popular phrase... More
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The Western Roman Atlantic Façade
A Study of the Economy and Trade in the Mar Exterior from the Republic to the Principate
£76.00
Editors:
C.Carreras and R. Morais
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307060
Paperback:
304pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
S2162
Sub Title:
A Study of the Economy and Trade in the Mar Exterior from the Republic to the Principate
This book has attempted to collect evidence of the lively trade in the Atlantic from the 1st century BC up to 1st century AD, when the... 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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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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