Archaeological Method & Theory
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Excavations at Cill Donnain: A Bronze Age Settlement and Iron Age Wheelhouse in South Uist [Hardback]
Mike Parker Pearson (Author); Marek Zvelebil (Author)
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ISBN: 9781782976271
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Sheffield Environmental and Archaeological Research Campaign in the Hebrides
Volume: 9
The SEARCH (Sheffield Environmental and Archaeological Research Campaign in the Hebrides) project began in 1987 and covers the Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. The aim of the project is to investigate how human societies adapted ... .... Learn More -
Medicine and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean [Hardback]
D. Michaelides (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781782972358
Published by : Oxbow Books
There are many recoverable aspects and indications concerning medicine and healing in the ancient past – from the archaeological evidence of skeletal remains, grave-goods comprising medical and/or surgical equipment and visu... .... Learn More -
Counting People: A DIY Manual for Local and Family Historians [Paperback]
John Moore (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842174807
Published by : Oxbow Books
Local and family historians are often afraid to use numerical data (Statistics) in their research and writing. Yet numbers are an essential part of much historical work, obviously in population history but also in local studies of... .... Learn More -
The Remains of Distant Times: Archaeology and the National Trust [Hardback]
David Morgan Evans (Author); Peter Salway (Author); David Thackray (Author)
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ISBN: 9780851156712
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The vast amount of land and buildings under National Trust ownership carries with it a large burden of responsibilty with regard to management, restoration, and public access/education. The 27 articles in this book, written by prominent members... .... Learn More -
Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince [Hardback]
Stella Mary Newton (Author)
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ISBN: 9780851151250
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
1340 to 1363 were years remarkable for dramatic developments in fashion and for extravagant spending on costume, foreshadowing the later luxury of Richard II's court. Stella Mary Newton draws on surviving accounts from the Royal c... .... Learn More -
Patterns of Folklore [Hardback]
Hilda Ellis Davidson (Author)
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ISBN: 9780859910422
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The four main essays in this collection look at folklore in relation to myth, history, literature and man's past, tracing the patterns that seem to repeat themselves but without imposing any preconceived generalisations of the kin... .... Learn More -
Documenting the Past [Hardback]
J.S. Hamilton (Editor); Patricia J. Bradley (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780851155159
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Essays in Medieval history presented to George Peddy Cuttino. .... Learn More -
William Morris's Kelmscott: Landscape and History [Hardback]
Tom Hassall (Author); Peter Salway (Author); Alan Crossley (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781905119134
Published by : Windgather Press
Kelmscott Manor is forever linked with the name of William Morris, pioneer conservationist and utopian socialist, designer and father of the Arts and Crafts tradition. The manor played a crucial role in shaping his thought: at the climactic mom... .... Learn More -
The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities from Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums [Paperback]
Cecili todeschini (Author); Peter Watson (Author)
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ISBN: 9781586484385
Published by : Perseus Press
Oxbow says: What could easily be a work of fiction, this book reveals the scandals of the murky world of the illicit trading of ancient treasures. Peter Watson has earned himself a reputation for exposing scandals of the art world and here he ... .... Learn More -
Runnymede Bridge Research Excavations Volume I: The Passage of the Thames [Hardback]
Stuart P. Needham (Author)
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ISBN: 9780714123158
Published by : British Museum Press
Described as the `anchor' of the Runnymede Research series, this volume forms a report on the Holocene environment and changes in the riverscape around the Runnymede site. The build-up of alluvial sediments, molluscan and palynological evidence... .... Learn More