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Prehistory (general titles only)

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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£60.00
Author:
Derek A. Roe
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543800
Paperback:
262pp
BAR number:
S296
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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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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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£54.00
Author:
Evgenia Dammer
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360317
Paperback:
186 pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of East Asia, 8
BAR number:
S3122
This book is the first comprehensive study of the technological knowledge needed to produce Neolithic Majiayao-style pottery (5300-4000 cal yr BP) which is... 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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£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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The 'Weather-God' in Hittite Anatolia
An examination of the archaeological and textual sources
£35.00
Author:
Hilary J. Deighton
Publication Year:
1982
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541745
Paperback:
134pp, Includes 12 figures.
BAR number:
S143
Sub Title:
An examination of the archaeological and textual sources
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£48.00
Author:
Milla Y. Ohel
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543930
Paperback:
206pp
BAR number:
S307
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The Alalakh Cylinder Seals
A new catalogue of the actual seals excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley at Tell Atchana, and from neighbouring sites on the Syrian-Turkish border
£40.00
Author:
Dominique Collon
Publication Year:
1982
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541615
Paperback:
172pp
BAR number:
S132
Sub Title:
A new catalogue of the actual seals excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley at Tell Atchana, and from neighbouring sites on the Syrian-Turkish border
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£62.00
Author:
Gabrielle Vail
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545941
Paperback:
272pp
BAR number:
S463
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£39.00
Author:
Francisco Estrada Belli
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711195
Paperback:
168pp
BAR number:
S820
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The Archaeology of Verbal and Nonverbal Meaning:
Mesopotamian domestic architecture and its textual dimension
£39.00
Author:
Paolo Brusasco
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300450
Paperback:
155pp. Includes 14 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 31 tables
BAR number:
S1631
Sub Title:
Mesopotamian domestic architecture and its textual dimension
Mesopotamian houses excavated at Ur and Nippur represent a unique archaeological context for the analysis of the interaction of verbal... More
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The Bioarchaeology of Continental Croatia
An analysis of human skeletal remains from the prehistoric to post-medieval periods
£32.00
Author:
Mario Šlaus
Publication Year:
2002
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841714028
Paperback:
118pp. Includes 42 figures photographs maps, plans and drawings, 200 tables
BAR number:
S1021
Sub Title:
An analysis of human skeletal remains from the prehistoric to post-medieval periods
This book presents the results of a decade of studying skeletal archaeological collections from continental Croatia. Results of the... More
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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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£45.00
Author:
D. J. Briggs, G. R. Coope and D. D. Gilbertson
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543107
Paperback:
192pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p.165-174
BAR number:
B137
Sub Title:
A New Model
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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 Culture of Ancient Ferghana
VI century B.C.-VI century A.D.
£81.00
Author:
N.G. Gorbunova, translated from the Russian by A.P. Andryushkin
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543633
Paperback:
394pp
BAR number:
S281
Sub Title:
VI century B.C.-VI century A.D.
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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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£35.00
Author:
J. M. Feely
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544869
Paperback:
146pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 24
BAR number:
S378
Sub Title:
Before A.D. 1870
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£72.00
Author:
P. J. Mitchell
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545026
Paperback:
326pp
BAR number:
S388
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£37.00
Author:
Mats Larsson
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543367
Paperback:
152pp
BAR number:
S264
Sub Title:
Social and Economic Change 3000-2500 B.C.
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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 Episode of Carausius and Allectus
the Literary and Numismatic Evidence
£60.00
Author:
Norman Shiel
Publication Year:
1977
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780904531787
Paperback:
260pp, Includes 27 illustrations, 9 maps
BAR number:
B40
Sub Title:
the Literary and Numismatic Evidence
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£49.00
Author:
N.C. Christopher Couch
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543459
Paperback:
212pp
BAR number:
S270
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The Functional Analysis of Flint Implements
Pincevent and Pont d'Ambon : two case studies from the French Final Palaeolithic
£58.00
Author:
Emily H. Moss
Publication Year:
1983
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542278
Paperback:
252pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S177
Sub Title:
Pincevent and Pont d'Ambon : two case studies from the French Final Palaeolithic
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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 Illusion of Riches
Scale, resolution and explanation in Tasmanian Pleistocene human behaviour
£56.00
Author:
Richard Cosgrove
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547877
Paperback:
248pp, Includes 87 figures, 138 tables
BAR number:
S608
Sub Title:
Scale, resolution and explanation in Tasmanian Pleistocene human behaviour
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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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£29.00
Author:
Francesco Menotti
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549253
Paperback:
95pp. Includes black and white photos and line-drawings. With additional material online (colour photographs).
BAR number:
S735
This book examines Inka stone masonry, a major hallmark of their culture, as a whole, from stone block extraction to drressing... More
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£77.00
Author:
J. W. Hanbury-Tenison
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543985
Paperback:
350pp
BAR number:
S311
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£92.00
Author:
Janette Deacon
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542766
Paperback:
464pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p.412-441
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 12
BAR number:
S213
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£66.00
Author:
H. Opperman
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544371
Paperback:
290pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 19
BAR number:
S339
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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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£90.00
Author:
Andrew Woodcock
Publication Year:
1981
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541455
Paperback:
436pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p407-418
BAR number:
B94
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£63.00
Author:
R. F. Tylecote and B. J. J. Gilmour
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544012
Paperback:
276pp
BAR number:
B155
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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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£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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£86.00
Author:
Philip M. Vine
Publication Year:
1982
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541844
Paperback:
418pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p138-151
BAR number:
B105
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£35.00
Author:
Janusz Kruk, edited by J. M. Howell and N. J. Starling and translated by M. Hejwowska
Publication Year:
1980
Language:
English, translated from Polish
ISBN:
9780860541073
Paperback:
140pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p112-129
BAR number:
S93
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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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£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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£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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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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£32.00
Author:
István Kiszely and translated from the Hungarian by Catherine Simán
Publication Year:
1978
Language:
English, translated from Hungarian
ISBN:
9780860540298
Paperback:
124pp, Includes 41 illustrations
BAR number:
S50
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The Origins of Hereditary Social Stratification
A study focusing on early prehistoric Europe and modern ethnographic accounts
£56.00
Author:
Malcolm McKay
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545316
Paperback:
246pp
BAR number:
S413
Sub Title:
A study focusing on early prehistoric Europe and modern ethnographic accounts
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The Origins of Hilltop Enclosures
Late Bronze Age hilltop sites in Atlantic western Britain
£52.00
Author:
Lorrae Campbell
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359427
Paperback:
180 pages
BAR number:
B674
Sub Title:
Late Bronze Age hilltop sites in Atlantic western Britain
The Late Bronze Age in Britain (c. 1250-750 BC) was a period of major economic and social reorganisation: agricultural and settlement patterns, funerary and... More
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