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Hagar Qim & Mnajdra: Prehistoric Temples, Qrendi
by Katya Stroud
Hagar Qim and Mnajdra Temples are amongst the most popular and most visited archaeological sites on the Maltese islands. But what is it about these sites that makes them so unique? What do they tell us about the people who built them? And who discovered them? This fully-illustrated guidebook attempts to answer these questions. It highlights some of the reasons why every visitor to the sites should feel privileged and why we should all protect ...
Paperback. Price GB £5.50

Lapps and Labyrinths: Saami Prehistory, Colonization and Cultural Resilience
by Noel D. Broadbent
A detailed analysis of Saami prehistory from 5000 BC to AD 1500 along 500 km of the Bothnian coast in northern Sweden. The Saami were highly specialised seal hunters, who also practiced animal husbandry, farming and metallurgy in ways analagous to the Norse. In the early fourteenth century they were assimilated by the Swedish state, Christianized and driven inland, where many became nomadic reindeer herders. Their land-uses, place-names, ...
Hardback. Price GB £21.95

The Master of Animals in Old World Iconography
edited by Derek B. Counts and Bettina Arnold
Old World iconography from the Upper Paleolithic to the Christian era consistently features symbolic representations of both female and male protagonists in conflict with, accompanied by or transmuted partly or completely into, animals. Adversarial relationships are made explicit through hunting and sacrifice scenes, including heraldic compositions featuring a central figure grasping beasts arrayed on either side, while more implicit expressions ...
Hardback. Price GB £60.00

Vortrage des 28. Niederbayerischen Archaologentages
edited by Karl Schmotz
The volume contains 8 papers presented at the 28th archaeological conference of Lower Bavaria in 2009. The contributions deal with figurative representations of the Linear Pottery Culture in the shape of sculptures, vessels, applications, handles, and engravings [Becker], anthropomorphic and zoomorphic pictures of the 5th millennium in south-eastern Bavaria [Engelhardt], head and feet of a figurine of the Linear Pottery Culture from Aufhausen, ...
Paperback. Price GB £25.00

W. J. de Wilde (1860-1936): Een vergeten onderzoeker van de Nederlandse hunebedden
by Wout Arentzen
This biography explores the life of W. J. de Wilde, one of the more mysterious characters in the history of Dutch prehistoric archaeology. He wrote several articles and gave lectures on the "hunebedden", the Dutch megalithic tombs in the first two decades of the 20th century. c.214p, 9 col and 27 b/w illus (Sidestone Press, 2011)
Paperback. Price GB £26.00

Western European Loess Belt: Agrarian History, 5300 BC - AD 1000
by Corrie C. Bakels
This book deals with the early history of agriculture in a defined part of Western Europe: the loess belt west of the river Rhine. It spans a long chronological period from the first farmers to the end of the first millennium AD. Subjects covered are crops, crop cultivation, livestock and livestock handling, the farm and its yard, and the farm in connection with other farms. Crop plants and animals are described, together with their origin. New ...
Hardback. Price GB £103.50

Anatomy of Denmark: Archaeology and History from the Ice Age to the Present
by Klavs Randsborg
The Anatomy of Denmark is a concise, well illustrated history of the accomplishments and cultural heritage of the people living on what is now Danish territory since the Ice Age. The archaeology and history of the earlier period (up to AD 1200) is given as much weight as the more recent past, unlike standard history books which emphasise written texts and more modern times. 175p b/w illus (Duckworth 2009)
Paperback. Price GB £14.99

The Celtic Revolution: In Search of 2000 Forgotten Years
by Simon Young
This book flies the flag for the ancient Celts, aiming to show not only that they 'existed', but also that their successes and impact on history have been underappreciated. To this end he identifies three Celtic 'revolutions' which had a decisive and widespread effect. First he describes the Celtic invasions of southern Europe which took place between the 5th and 2nd centuries B.C., showing a society geared fundamentally towards war, and which ...
Paperback. Reprinting - orders recorded. Price GB £7.99

Ayios Dhimitrios a Prehistoric Settlement in the Southwestern Peloponnese BAR IS1770
by Konstantinos Zachos
This study presents the material assemblage of the Neolithic and Early Helladic strata from the excavations at Ayios Dhimitrios, ancient Triphylia in the SW Peloponnese, Greece. The data is used to compare the culture of Ayios Demetrios with the northern Peloponnese, and show that it was not left outside the cultural evolution of the northern areas, but was involved in and contributed to this evolution. 266p b/w illus (BAR 1770, Archaeopress ...
Paperback. Price GB £45.00

Iron Age Households: Structure and Practice in Western Denmark, 500BC-AD200
by Leo Webley
A Cambridge doctoral thesis examining the changing pattern of settlement, increasing nucleation of settlements from north to south and through time, and inferring a changing social structure. This is reflected also in the arrangement of domestic space within and around houses, and the degre to which this is a set tradition or adaptable to varying circumstances. Shows how social patterns of behaviour can be deduced from the evidence of ...
Paperback. Price GB £25.00