Bronze Age
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Gristhorpe Man: A Life and Death in the Bronze Age [Hardback]
Nigel D. Melton (Editor); Christopher Knusel (Editor); Janet Montgomery (Editor)
Regular Price: £50.00
Special Price: £40.00
ISBN: 9781782972075
Published by : Oxbow Books
In July 1834 excavation of a barrow at Gristhorpe, near Scarborough, Yorkshire, recovered an intact, waterlogged, hollowed-out oak coffin containing a perfectly preserved Bronze Age skeleton that had been wrapped in an animal skin... .... Learn More -
AMILLA: The Quest for Excellence. Studies Presented to Guenter Kopcke in Celebration of His 75th Birthday [Hardback]
Robert B. Koehl (Editor)
£55.00ISBN: 9781931534734
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: Prehistory Monographs
Volume: 43
Contributions by 34 scholars are brought together here to create a volume in honor of the long and fruitful career of Guenter Kopcke who is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York ... .... Learn More -
What are these Queer Stones?: Baetyls: Epistemology of a Minoan Fetish [Paperback]
Sam Crooks (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9781407311296
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This monograph examines the aniconic cult stones, or baetyls, of the Aegean Bronze Age. Minoan baetyls are commonly understood by reference to the interpretive vocabularies of ancient Near Eastern traditions developed by comparati... .... Learn More -
Knossos Monastiriako Tomb and ‘Deposit’ [Hardback]
Laura Preston (Editor)
£56.00ISBN: 9780904887686
Published by : British School at Athens
Series: BSA Studies
Volume: 22
The archaeological sites on the Monastiriako Kephali hill analysed in this volume include the earliest known mortuary activity at the key Minoan centre of Knossos on the island of Crete. Two Bronze Age sites are presented, known a... .... Learn More -
Metalurgia y Sociedad en el Nordeste de la Península Ibérica (finales del IV – II milenio cal ANE) [Paperback]
Ignacio Soriano (Author)
£46.00ISBN: 9781407311180
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2502
This research focuses on prehistoric metallurgy and the key role it played for the human communities of the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula (the present-day area of the Autonomous Region of Catalonia and the Principality of Andorr... .... Learn More -
Female Burial Traditions of the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age : A pilot study based on modern excavations [Paperback]
£25.00ISBN: 9781407311111
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar BS
Volume: 581
This study examines female representation in British Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age (2500 – 1500 BC) funerary practices. Chronology relating to the burial practices is studied, from large scale change over time through to... .... Learn More -
Tin in Antiquity: Its Mining and Trade Throughout the Ancient World with Particular Reference to Cornwall [Paperback]
R D Penhallurick (Author)
£19.50ISBN: 9781906540197
Published by : Maney Materials Science
Tin in Antiquity is the first comprehensive history of the early metallurgy of tin, a mine of information on this rare, highly prized metal so vital to the developing civilization of the Bronze Age. The origins of tin have always been a mystery, b... .... Learn More -
Exchange Networks and Local Transformations [Paperback]
Maria Emanuela Alberti (Author); Serena Sabatini (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9781842174852
Published by : Oxbow Books
Throughout the local Bronze and Iron Age, European and Mediterranean societies appear to have been involved in complex systems of exchange networks which invariably affected local customs and historical developments. Archaeological evidence su... .... Learn More -
Local Societies, Identities and Responses [Hardback]
Nils Anfinset (Author);Martin Wrigglesworth (Author)
£70.00ISBN: 9781845537425
Published by : Equinox
The contributions to this study form part of a growing trend which places the Bronze Age societies of northern Europe into a more global context, emphasising new types of society and new modes of trade and exchange. They reveal considerable loc... .... Learn More -
Collapse or Continuity? Environment and Development of Bronze Age Human Landscapes [Hardback]
Jutta Kneisel (Author);Wiebke Kirleis (Author);Marta Dal Corso (Author);Nicole Taylor (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9783774937635
Published by : Dr Rudolf Habelt GmbH
The papers gathered in this volume explore the ways in which Bronze Age societies dealt with and overcame collapse, and how community was maintained. Contributions are arranged geographically, with coverage extended across the whole of Europe ... .... Learn More