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Reconstructing Past Population Trends in Mediterranean Europe (3000BC-AD1800)
edited by John Bintliff and Kostas Sbonias
Archaeology of Populus Monograph in Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes Series. Population trends and demographics in general are discussed through a variety of case studies based in Mediterranean Europe. The range of archaeological techniques and methods of analysis includes reginal field surveys, artefact scatter analysis, palaeoanthropology, historical and documentary sources, and studies of cemeteries. 288p with illus (Oxbow Books ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £60.00, Our Price GB £10.00

A Manuscript Index to the Index of English Middle Verse
by Richard Hamer
A list of manuscripts included in the 1947 `Index of Middle English Verse' and its 1965 `Supplement', with notes on their location and corrections. 62p, (British Library 1995)
Paperback. Price GB £18.00

Photography in Archaeology and Conservation
by Peter Dorrell
First published in 1989, this second edition has been revised and updated, and provides a comprehensive, guide to the many uses of photography in archaeology. Accessible to both the amateur and the experienced photographer, Dorrell offers a well-illustrated explanation of the techniques involved, with sections on equipment and materials, survey and site photography, architectural photography, the recording of different types of artefacts, ...
Paperback. Price GB £34.00

Production Technology of Faience and Related Early Vitreous Materials
by M. S. Tite and A. J. Shortland
The aim of this monograph is to bring together in a single volume the results of many years of research into production technology of early vitreous materials. The vitreous materials considered are glazed steatite, faience, Egyptian blue and green frits, and glazed pottery and bricks from Egypt, the Near East, the Indus Valley and Europe spanning the period from their beginnings in the 5th millennium BC through to the Roman period. For each group ...
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600 New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818-1856
by Michael Port
Professor Ports study of the early nineteenth-century Church Building Commission and its churches first appeared in 1961 and has long been difficult to obtain. He has now thoroughly revised it, adding much new material and a wealth of illustrations, many of which have never been published before. The book tells of the setting up of the Commission to build churches in the godless new towns, its trials and tribulations as it went about its work, ...
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Enclosures in Neolithic Europe
edited by Gillian Varndell and Peter Topping
These papers come from a conference on Neolithic Causewayed Enclosures in Europe held in London in 1999. They present a series of snapshots of some of the sites and regions at the forefront of current research on causewayed enclosures in Europe, and as such are a complement to the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) project which has systematically recorded all known Neolithic enclosures in England by both analytical ...
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Tacitus: Germania
Introduction, translation and commentary by Herbert W Benario
In the Germania Tacitus provides the most-detailed extant account of the German peoples in Antiquity. This edition is one of two which claim to be the first in English for over sixty years. It contains both text and translation and a brief commentary, with an appendix of illustrations of Domitianic coins. The popular facing page translation format is perfect for the student looking for accessibility in a text which for too long has been ...
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Tacitus: Annals IV
edited with a translation, introduction and commentary by David C. A. Shotter
The fourth book of Tacitus' Annals recounts one of the most turbulent periods of Tiberius' reign: the conflict between the emperor and Agrippina's family moved to its twin climaxes of Tiberius' retirement to Capreae and the destruction of Agrippina and members of her family. An active agent in this drama was Aelius Sejanus, the prefect of the Praetorian Guard, whose own ambitions progressed closer to fulfilment in the course of Annals IV. ...
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The Lantern Tower of Westminster Abbey, 1060-2010: Reconstructing its History and Architecture
by Warwick Rodwell
Westminster Abbey is one of the most important and well-known medieval buildings in Europe but, despite being studied by generations of scholars, there is still much to learn about its history and architecture.

The lantern over the centre of the church is a case in point. Edward the Confessor built a great tower here, which is depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. When Henry III was rebuilding the Abbey in the 1250s, a new tower was begun ...
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Romney Marsh: Coastal and Landscape Change Through the Ages
edited by Antony Long, Stephen Hipkin and Helen Clarke
Romney Marsh, the third largest coastal wetland in Britain, is a triangular-shaped landmass which projects into Rye Bay, Sussex and the eastern English Channel. For the last 10,000 years the sea has vacillated across the region, leaving rich sediments extending to depths of 20m or more. For the past 18 years the Romney Marsh Research Trust has been studying the history of this unique environment and the people who have occupied it. This is the ...
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