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Late Antiquity and Byzantium

The Domus del Ninfeo at Ostia (III, VI, 1-3)
Structure, Function and Social Context
£79.00
Author:
Alessandra Batty
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316147
Paperback:
252 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 3 tables, 21 plates, 166 figures (53 in colour), 1 scheme. With additional information online (Plates 4 and 6-14)
BAR number:
S2909
Sub Title:
Structure, Function and Social Context
This book is the first in-depth analysis of one of the most remarkable monuments of Ostia, the ancient port town of Rome: The Domus del Ninfeo (III, VI,... More
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£45.00
Author:
Dan Gh. Teodor, translated from the Romanian by Nubar Hampartumian
Publication Year:
1980
Language:
English, translated from Romanian
ISBN:
9780860540908
Paperback:
196pp, Includes 64 figures.
BAR number:
S81
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£38.00
Author:
Carol Bell
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719993
Paperback:
152pp. Includes 3 maps, 18 tables, 29 figures, plans, drawings and photographs, 2 in colour
BAR number:
S1574
Sub Title:
A study based on imported ceramics, bronze and its constituent metals
This work investigates the excavated archaeological record of the northern Levantine littoral for specific evidence of continuity or... More
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The Golan
A profile of a region during the Roman and Byzantine periods
£61.00
Author:
Dan Urman
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543428
Paperback:
266pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p217-247
BAR number:
S269
Sub Title:
A profile of a region during the Roman and Byzantine periods
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The Horace’s Villa Project 1997-2003, Volumes I and II
Report on new fieldwork and research. Volume I: The Reports. Volume II: Documentation
£191.00
Editors:
Bernard Frischer, Jane Crawford and Monica de Simone
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300016
Paperback:
1,070pp. Two volume set, illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs, Index. With additional material online (Volume II: foldouts)
BAR number:
S1588
Sub Title:
Report on new fieldwork and research. Volume I: The Reports. Volume II: Documentation
“Horace’s Villa” is the name given to the site of a Roman country house near the hill town of ‘Licenza’ (Roma), which is located approximately 30 miles from... More
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The Image of Orpheus in Roman Mosaic
An exploration of the figure of Orpheus in Graeco-Roman art and culture with special reference to its expression in the medium of mosaic in late antiquity
£75.00
Author:
Ilona Julia Jesnick
Publication Year:
1997
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548621
Paperback:
300pp. Includes 163 line drawings, black and white and colour photographs.
BAR number:
S671
Sub Title:
An exploration of the figure of Orpheus in Graeco-Roman art and culture with special reference to its expression in the medium of mosaic in late antiquity
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The Impact of Rome on Settlement in the Northwestern and Danube Provinces
Lectures held at the Winckelmann-Institut der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in winter 1998/99
£43.00
Editors:
Stefan Altekamp and Alfred Schäfer
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English, German and French
ISBN:
9781841712192
Paperback:
169pp. Includes numerous figures, plates, maps, plans and drawings.
BAR number:
S921
Sub Title:
Lectures held at the Winckelmann-Institut der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in winter 1998/99
The seven chapters in this volume were delivered at a cycle of lectures presented (at the Winckelmann-Institut der Humboldt-Universität)... More
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£48.00
Editors:
Demetrios Michaelides, Philippe Pergola, Enrico Zanini
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English, French and Italian
ISBN:
9781407311418
Paperback:
201pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Limina/Limites: Archaeologies, histories, islands and borders in the Mediterranean (365-1556), 2
BAR number:
S2523
Sub Title:
Archaeology and history
The backbone of seafaring mobility of humans and goods during the historical longue durée of the Mediterranean basin was formed by... More
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£33.00
Author:
Ryan H. Wilkinson
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356839
Paperback:
120 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 21 figures.
BAR number:
S3006
Sub Title:
A prosopographical, numismatic, and ceramic synthesis (ca. 395-550 CE)
How did the ‘Fall of the Roman Empire’ change social and economic networks in eastern Gaul, and how did new ‘barbarian’ political frontiers shape those... More
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The Making of the Tuoba Northern Wei
Constructing material cultural expressions in the Northern Wei Pingcheng Period (398–494 CE)
£39.00
Author:
Chin-Yin Tseng
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311883
Paperback:
130pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S2567
Sub Title:
Constructing material cultural expressions in the Northern Wei Pingcheng Period (398–494 CE)
The Tuoba's success in the development of the Northern Wei as a conquest dynasty in fifth-century northern China is demonstrated as a... More
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£29.00
Author:
Attilio Mastrocinque
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359137
Paperback:
116 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white and colour. 24 figures.
BAR number:
S3074
Why did the Romans worship a Persian god? This book presents a new reading of the Mithraic iconography taking into account that the cult had a prophecy. It... More
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The Origin of White Porcelain
Transformation of ceramic technology in sixth century north China
£50.00
Author:
Shan Huang
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360492
Paperback:
164 pages
Sub-series name:
UCL Institute of Archaeology PhD Series, 8
BAR number:
S3113
Sub Title:
Transformation of ceramic technology in sixth century north China
The sixth century saw a major transformation of ceramic technology. It initiated an era characterised by porcelain and polychrome decoration that overturned... 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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£75.00
Author:
Katia Cytryn-Silverman
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306711
Paperback:
304pp. Includes 100 plates of maps, drawing and figures in colour and black and white, Gazetteer
BAR number:
S2130
The term khan can refer to urban and rural hostelries, relay stations of the Mamluk royal mail, fortresses, farmhouses, warehouses, and... More
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The Significance of Portages
Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Significance of Portages, 29th Sept–2nd Oct 2004, in Lyngdal, Vest-Agder, Norway, arranged by the County Municipality of Vest-Agder, Kristiansand
£69.00
Editors:
Christer Westerdahl
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719306
Paperback:
286pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1499
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Significance of Portages, 29th Sept–2nd Oct 2004, in Lyngdal, Vest-Agder, Norway, arranged by the County Municipality of Vest-Agder, Kristiansand
Conveying craft and their cargoes between navigable waterways (Portages) represents a hitherto neglected feature of past transport... More
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£32.00
Author:
Julia Seiber
Publication Year:
1977
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860540007
Paperback:
124pp, Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
S37
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£87.00
Author:
David Klingle
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310435
Paperback:
348pp
BAR number:
B569
The book systematically examines and compares a large sample of burials from the same region, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, in the... More
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The Years without Summer
Tracing A.D. 536 and its aftermath
£45.00
Editors:
Joel D. Gunn
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710747
Paperback:
176pp. Illustrated with maps, charts and line drawings.
BAR number:
S872
Sub Title:
Tracing A.D. 536 and its aftermath
“In the fall season of A.D. 536 Cassiodorus sat at his writing table…..” So Joel D. Gunn begins this interesting and unusual topic of... 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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Tîrpeşti
From Prehistory to History in Eastern Romania
£92.00
Author:
Silvia Marinescu-Bîlcu and translated from the Romanian by Georgeta Bolomey
Publication Year:
1981
Language:
English, translated from Romanian
ISBN:
9780860541257
Paperback:
448pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliographies
BAR number:
S107
Sub Title:
From Prehistory to History in Eastern Romania
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£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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£92.00
Author:
Paul Reynolds
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547822
Paperback:
466pp, Includes illustrations.
BAR number:
S604
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£26.00
Author:
Marco Sfacteria
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
Italian with an English abstract
ISBN:
9781407316222
Paperback:
95 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 1 tagle, 65 figures (58 in colour)
BAR number:
S2883
Sub Title:
La via Catania-Agrigento
Il libro prende le mosse dall’utilizzo integrato delle geotecnologie applicate all’Archeologia dei Paesaggi, al fine di fornire una ricostruzione della... More
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£68.00
Author:
Florian Himmler
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
German with English summary
ISBN:
9781407307534
Paperback:
274pp. Includes 23 plates, 11 in colour, index
BAR number:
S2197
A study of the role of riverine shipping in Late Roman defensive strategy along the Danube (300-600 AD). This work follows and draws... More
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