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Prehistory (general titles only)

Beyond Paradigms in Cultural Astronomy
Proceedings of the 27th SEAC conference held together with the EAA
£45.00
Editors:
A. César González-García, Roslyn M. Frank, Lionel D. Sims, Michael A. Rappenglück, Georg Zotti, Juan A. Belmonte, Ivan Šprajc
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358222
Paperback:
182 pages
BAR number:
S3033
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 27th SEAC conference held together with the EAA
Cultural Astronomy is the endeavour to understand the role of the sky in past and present societies, and how these societies incorporated the sky into their... More
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Animal Classification in Central China
From the late Neolithic to the early Bronze Age
£36.00
Author:
Ningning Dong
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357928
Paperback:
144 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 55 figures and 37 tables.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 4
BAR number:
S3031
Sub Title:
From the late Neolithic to the early Bronze Age
This monograph uses an archaeological approach to decipher folk classification of animals in ancient societies. Ningning Dong collates faunal data from... More
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Lithic Residue Analysis
A review and guide to techniques
£33.00
Author:
Shannon Croft
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358024
Paperback:
120 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 23 figures and 2 tables.
BAR number:
S3023
Sub Title:
A review and guide to techniques
Archaeological lithic residue analysis investigates the microscopic and chemical traces left behind by people on stone tools. These lithic residues provide... 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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Four Economic Topics for Studies of Antiquity
Agriculture, trade, population, and the behaviour of aggregate economies
£72.00
Author:
Donald W. Jones
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357683
Paperback:
272 pages, Illustrated throughout in black and white. 6 tables, 104 figures.
BAR number:
S3018
Sub Title:
Agriculture, trade, population, and the behaviour of aggregate economies
In this book Donald W. Jones presents a framework for how to approach four important topics that have held the attention of historians and archaeologists... More
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£71.00
Author:
Cezary Namirski
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357669
Paperback:
272 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. 10 tables, 451 figures
BAR number:
S3016
This book presents findings on Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Nuragic settlement dynamics in two selected areas of the east coast of Sardinia, placing them... More
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Socioeconomic Networks and the Rise of Maya Civilization
The web of complexity at Middle Preclassic Cahal Pech, Belize
£77.00
Author:
Sherman W. Horn III
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357546
Paperback:
348 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 69 tables, 111 figures.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 7
BAR number:
S3009
Sub Title:
The web of complexity at Middle Preclassic Cahal Pech, Belize
This study examines the origins of complex society in the Maya Lowlands during the Middle Preclassic period. Excavations at Cahal Pech - a mid-sized Maya... More
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The Origins and Evolution of Pig Domestication in Italy
A regional and diachronic study of husbandry practices
£61.00
Author:
Sofía Tecce
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357362
Paperback:
232 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 54 tables, 39 figures.
BAR number:
S3008
Sub Title:
A regional and diachronic study of husbandry practices
The domestication of the wild boar and the emergence of the domestic pig are a fundamental aspect of the Neolithic and a key moment in human history. This... More
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£52.00
Author:
Paula E. Galligani
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
Spanish with an English abstract
ISBN:
9781407357300
Paperback:
180 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 25 tables, 128 figures.
BAR number:
S3003
En este libro se presentan y discuten resultados de estudios sobre diagénesis ósea en restos humanos y de mamíferos grandes, recuperados en una región... More
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Los artiodáctilos de Fuego-Patagonia (Chile)
Explotación alimenticia y su importancia en la tecnología ósea de los cazadores-recolectores del Holoceno medio y tardío
£76.00
Author:
Victor Sierpe G.
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407357157
Paperback:
288 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 60 tables, 177 figures.
BAR number:
S2993
Sub Title:
Explotación alimenticia y su importancia en la tecnología ósea de los cazadores-recolectores del Holoceno medio y tardío
Este libro presenta la investigación sobre la explotación alimenticia y tecnológica de restos de artiodáctilos, Hippocamelus bisulcus (huemul) y Lama... 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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£78.00
Author:
Marta Cintas-Peña
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407356990
Paperback:
312 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 112 tables, 52 figures, 5 maps. With additional material online (appendices).
BAR number:
S2990
Sub Title:
Una aproximación multi-variable
¿Hubo desigualdad de género en la Prehistoria? ¿Cuándo apareció? Este trabajo intenta abordar las diferencias de género y la posible desigualdad entre... More
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£159.00
Author:
Évelyne Crégut-Bonnoure
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781407354248
Paperback:
657 pages, Two Volume Set (Vol 1: 351 pages, Vol 2: 306 pages), Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 646 figures, 21 planches, With additional material online (tables)
BAR number:
S2975
Sub Title:
Systématique, évolution et biochronologie
L’ouvrage présente une analyse morphométrique et biométrique des Caprinae (Ovibovini et Caprini) actuels et du plio-pléistocène d’Europe occidentale... More
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£60.00
Author:
Alba Masclans Latorre
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407317007
Paperback:
226 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 114 tables, 105 figures. With additional material online (Anexos)
BAR number:
S2972
This work broadens the current interpretative framework about communities living in the North- East of the Iberian Peninsula around the turn of the fifth... More
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£74.00
Editors:
Terry G. Powis, Sheldon Skaggs and George J. Micheletti. Foreword by Jaime J. Awe
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356631
Paperback:
272 pages, Illustrated in colour and black and white, 24 tables, 122 figures
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 4
BAR number:
S2970
This volume presents the results of 35 years of archaeological research at the Maya site of Pacbitun, located in west central Belize. The site was... More
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£31.00
Author:
Chong Yu
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316871
Paperback:
108 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 13 tables, 20 figures
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 2
BAR number:
S2959
Cattle (Bos taurus), domesticated from the extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius), has been an important animal to many human societies since prehistoric times.... More
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Los fardos de Ancón-Perú (800d.C-1532d.C)
Una perspectiva bioarqueológica de los cambios sociales en la Costa Central del Perú
£55.00
Author:
Lucía Clarisa Watson Jiménez
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407316673
Paperback:
200 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, 44 tables, 37 figures.
BAR number:
S2957
Sub Title:
Una perspectiva bioarqueológica de los cambios sociales en la Costa Central del Perú
El objetivo principal de este libro es brindar una aproximación al modo de vida y muerte de la gente común de la bahía de Ancón, ubicada en la Costa Central... More
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Ancient Maya Settlement and the Alacranes Bajo
Landscape and Communities in the Three Rivers Region, Northwestern Belize
£62.00
Author:
Gail A Hammond
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407355986
Paperback:
288 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 46 tables, 340 figures. With additional material online (Appendix).
Sub-series name:
UCL Institute of Archaeology PhD Series, 2
BAR number:
S2956
Sub Title:
Landscape and Communities in the Three Rivers Region, Northwestern Belize
This work represents the archaeological investigation of a distinctive zone of the Three Rivers Region (TRR) of far northwestern Belize. The zone is... More
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Modelling Water Use at Great Zimbabwe
An ethnohistoric, ethnoarchaeological, and GIS landscape analysis at an ancient African city
£39.00
Author:
Tendai Treddah Musindo
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407353975
Paperback:
136 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 82 figures.
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 92
BAR number:
S2952
Sub Title:
An ethnohistoric, ethnoarchaeological, and GIS landscape analysis at an ancient African city
This book combines GIS aided landscape analysis with an examination of both historical and ethnoarchaeological data to provide new insights on the link... More
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Incontri e Mobilità nel Mediterraneo preistorico
Le necropoli siciliane di Cozzo del Pantano e Matrensa
£68.00
Editors:
Davide Tanasi and Carlo Veca
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
Italian with an English summary
ISBN:
9781407356457
Paperback:
253 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 22 tables, 50 figures.
BAR number:
S2950
Sub Title:
Le necropoli siciliane di Cozzo del Pantano e Matrensa
L’Età del Bronzo Medio (meta’ XV - meta’ XIII secolo a.C.) rappresenta un momento cruciale per lo sviluppo culturale delle comunità indigene siciliane,... More
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£28.00
Author:
Emmanuel Posselt Santoyo and Liana Ivette Jiménez Osorio
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407316963
Paperback:
114 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 7 tables, 64 figures (16 in colour).
BAR number:
S2945
Sub Title:
Un estudio desde la Arqueología del Paisaje
Este trabajo es una propuesta para estudiar la organización social descentralizada en la Mixteca Alta. Para ello nos focalizamos en el estudio del sitio... More
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£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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Antiguas calzadas mayas
Estudio comparativo de los sacbeob de Ichmul, San Felipe y Yo'okop, tres sitios de la región de Cochuah
£56.00
Author:
Alberto Guadalupe Flores Colin
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
Spanish with English chapter abstracts
ISBN:
9781407316604
Paperback:
308 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 24 tables, 161 figures (52 in colour).
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 3
BAR number:
S2937
Sub Title:
Estudio comparativo de los sacbeob de Ichmul, San Felipe y Yo'okop, tres sitios de la región de Cochuah
En esta obra se abarca de manera amplia los diversos tipos de caminos que construyeron los Mayas Antiguos, específicamente los caminos pavimentados... More
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£52.00
Author:
Joanna Ewa Markiewicz
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316833
Paperback:
178 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 2 tables, 58 figures (28 in colour).
BAR number:
S2933
Sub Title:
Tracing the La Tène factor by the River Oder
Settlement evidence has long been an under-studied category of finds in examining the cultural changes which occurred in northern central Europe in the... More
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