Heritage & Conservation
All aspects of the definition and preservation of cultural heritage and human interaction with the past, from conservation techniques to museum studies, contested pasts, and concepts of cultural property
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The Elizabethan Garden at Kenilworth Castle [Paperback]
Anna Keay (Editor); John Watkins (Author)
$80.00ISBN: 9781848020344
Published by : English Heritage
The garden created by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, at Kenilworth Castle in the early 1570s was one of the wonders of Elizabethan England. It is also the best documented of all the great gardens of its age, providing the starting point for ... .... Learn More -
England's Shipwreck Heritage: From logboats to U-boats? [Hardback]
Serena Cant (Author)
$100.00ISBN: 9781848020443
Published by : English Heritage
What do characters as diverse as Alfred the Great, the architect Sir Christopher Wren, diarist Samuel Pepys and the Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins have in common? All had some involvement in shipwrecks: in causing, recordin... .... Learn More -
Oltre la Zonazione / Beyond Zoning: Tre anni di studio al Castello di Brolio / A three years study at Castello di Brolio [Paperback]
Edoardo A.C. Costantini (Editor)
$52.90ISBN: 9788859612247
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
“… This study indicates that the considerable characterization and differentiation found in Brolio land reflects the various types of soil found within the Chianti Classico appellation area. These multifaceted aspects... .... Learn More -
Greek Vases in the Imperial Hermitage Museum: History of the Collection 1816-69 [Paperback]
Anastasi Bukina (Author); Anna Petrakova (Author); Catherine Phillips (Author)
$120.00ISBN: 9781407311326
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2514
The Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg has one of the world’s great collections of Greek vases. In addition to the numerous vases and fragments found on Russian territory, it includes those found in Italy and acquired directl... .... Learn More -
Large-Scale Excavations in Europe: Fieldwork Strategies and Scientific Outcome [Hardback]
Jorg Bofinger (Author); Dirk Krausse (Author)
$44.00ISBN: 9789639911291
Published by : Archaeolingua
Series: EAC Occasional Paper
Volume: 6
During the last decades, the number of large-scale excavations has increased significantly. Such excavations became an important element of archaeological cultural heritage management. This kind of large-area fieldwork offers not only new data,... .... Learn More -
Gardens in History: A Political Perspective [Paperback]
Louise Wickham (Author)
$49.95ISBN: 9781905119431
Published by : Windgather Press
Over the past 50 years, the subject of garden history has been firmly established as an academic discipline. While many have explored what was created in gardens throughout history, the reasons as to why they were created has naturally been mor... .... Learn More -
Integrated Pest Management for Collections: Proceedings of 2011: A Pest Odyssey, 10 Years [Hardback]
Amber Xavier-Rose (Editor)
$110.00ISBN: 9781848021143
Published by : English Heritage
Integrated pest management (IPM) is not a static approach but one that is constantly evolving. Mass international travel, climate change and other factors contribute to the spread of new pests, and the pests themselves are constantly seeking ou... .... Learn More -
WreckProtect: Decay and Protection of Archaeological Wooden Shipwrecks [Hardback]
Charlotte Gjelstrup Björdal (Editor); David Gregory (Editor)
$40.00ISBN: 9781905739486
Published by : Archaeopress
This book stems from the results of an interdisciplinary European Union supported research project, WreckProtect, which investigated the decay and preservation of wooden shipwrecks under water in the Baltic Sea. It is not limited to the decay o... .... Learn More -
Bewsey Old Hall, Warrington, Cheshire: Excavations 1977-81 and 1983-5 [Paperback]
Christine Howard-Davis (Author);Jennifer Lewis (Author);Richard Heawood (Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9781907686023
Published by : Oxford Archaeology
Series: LANCASTER IMPRINTS
Volume: 17
The origins of Bewsey Old Hall, in the Royal Forest of Burtonwood, probably lie in the late twelth or early thirteenth century, when it was held by the influential Butler family, barons of Warrington. Although much altered and diminished, Bews... .... Learn More -
The Technological Study of Books and Manuscripts as Artefacts [Paperback]
A. M. Pollard (Author); Sarah Neate (Author); David Howell (Author); Richard Ovenden (Author)
$77.50ISBN: 9781407307671
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The book (in this context any portable object whose prime purpose is to convey documentary information, including both images and text) is, in the view of the editors of this interesting volume), a much-neglected artifact in the spectrum of obj... .... Learn More