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British Archaeology

The archaeology of Britain from the Palaeolithic to the present day, reporting on a wealth of excavations

£35.00

An Atlas of Northamptonshire presents an historical atlas of the greater part of Northamptonshire (the first quarter having been published as An Atlas of Rockingham Forest).

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Colchester, Fortress of the War God

This volume is a critical assessment of the current state of archaeological knowledge of the settlement originally called Camulodunon and now known as Colchester.

£30.00

A Forged Glamour

A Forged Glamour, which takes its title from a poem, is an exploration of the lives and deaths of ironworking communities renowned for their spectacular material culture, who lived in modern-day East and North Yorkshire, between the 4th and 1st centuries BC.

£39.95

Is There a British Chalcolithic?

The Chalcolithic, the phase in prehistory when the important technical development of adding tin to copper to produce bronze had not yet taken place, is not a term generally used by British prehistorians and whether there is even a definable phase is debated.

£30.00

Iron Age Ritual, a Hillfort and Evidence for a Minster at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

The excavation of an area within the grounds of the Prebendal, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, adjacent to the parish church of St Mary's, showed that the town, which lies on a slight spur, is sited within a univallate Iron Age hillfort.

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Interpreting the English Village

An original and approachable account of how archaeology can tell the story of the English village.

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Ariconium, Herefordshire

The Roman 'small town' of Ariconium in southern Herefordshire has long been known as an important iron production centre but has remained very poorly understood.

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

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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
Horton Kingsmead Quarry Volume 1 [Hardback]

Gareth Chaffey (Author); Alistair Barclay (Author); Ruth Pelling (Author)

£40.00

ISBN: 9781874350668
Published by : Wessex Archaeology
Excavations at Kingsmead Quarry, Horton, Berkshire, have provided an opportunity to investigate a large multi-period site with occupation dating back over 12,000 years. The immediate landscape was one of braided river channels for... .... Learn More
Memory, Myth and Long-Term Landscape Inhabitation [Hardback]

Adrian M. Chadwick (Editor); Catriona D. Gibson (Editor)

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ISBN: 9781782973935
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Celtic Studies Publications 17
Memory and forgetting are fundamental to human existence and experiences of the world. Within archaeology, there has been increasing interest in the role of the past in the past. To date, however, there has been little specific di... .... Learn More
Life in the Limes: Studies of the people and objects of the Roman frontiers [Hardback]

Rob Collins (Editor); Frances McIntosh (Editor)

£45.00

ISBN: 9781782972532
Published by : Oxbow Books
Lindsay Allason-Jones has been at the forefront of small finds and Roman frontier research for 40 years in a career focussed on, but not exclusive to, the north of Britain, encompassing an enormous range of object types and subjec... .... Learn More
Newcastle upon Tyne, the Eye of the North: An Archaeological Assessment [Hardback]

David Heslop (Author)

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ISBN: 9781842178140
Published by : Oxbow Books
Newcastle upon Tyne is one of England’s great cities. Many think of it simply as a product of the Industrial Revolution when abundant natural resources of coal, iron ore and water came together to create a Victorian industri... .... Learn More
The Elizabethan Garden at Kenilworth Castle [Paperback]

Anna Keay (Editor); John Watkins (Author)

£40.00

ISBN: 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 Eng... .... Learn More
Roman roadside settlement and rural landscape at Brentford: Archaeological investigations at London Syon Park Waldorf Astoria 2004–10 [Paperback]

Robert Cowie (Author); Amy Thorp (Author); Angela Wardle (Author)

£15.00

ISBN: 9781907586194
Published by : Museum of London Archaeology
Series: MoLAS Archaeology Studies Series
Volume: 29
Excavations in Syon Park, Brentford, have made a substantial contribution to our knowledge of this Roman rural settlement on the London–Silchester road, by a ford across the Thames. The site yielded a well-dated sequence &nd... .... Learn More
At the limits of Lundenwic : Excavations in the north-west of Middle Saxon London at St Martin’s Courtyard, 2007–8 [Paperback]

Louise Fowler (Author); Ruth Taylor (Author)

£12.00

ISBN: 9781907586187
Published by : Museum of London Archaeology
Series: MoLAS Archaeology Studies Series
Volume: 27
This thought-provoking volume presents the results of the archaeological investigation of a large site in Lundenwic. A fragmentary sequence nevertheless includes possible Early Saxon activity, 7th- and 8th-century settlement featu... .... Learn More
The Ebbsfleet Elephant: Excavations at Southfleet Road, Swanscombe in advance of High Speed 1, 2003-4 []

Francis Wenban-Smith (Editor)

£25.00

ISBN: 9780904220735
Published by : Oxford Archaeology
Series: Oxford Archaeology Monograph
Volume: 20
This is the final volume in the monograph series resulting from archaeological excavations in the Ebbsfleet Valley in advance of High Speed 1 and the Ebbsfleet International station. It provides the full account of the discovery, ... .... Learn More
Prehistoric Settlement in the Lower Kennet Valley: Excavations at Green Park (Reading Business Park)Phase 3 and Moores Farm, Burghfield, Berkshire [Paperback]

Adam Brossler (Author); Fraser Brown (Author); Erika Guttman (Author); Leo Webley (Author)

£20.00

ISBN: 9781905905294
Published by : Oxford Archaeology
Series: Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph
Volume: 37
This volume presents the results of two excavations on the gravel terraces of the Lower Kennet Valley, at Green Park (Reading Business Park) Phase 3 and Moores Farm, Burghfield, Berkshire.

The Green Park excavations uncover... .... Learn More

British Archaeology

Gristhorpe Man: A Life and Death in the Bronze Age [Hardback]

Horton Kingsmead Quarry Volume 1 [Hardback]

Memory, Myth and Long-Term Landscape Inhabitation [Hardback]

Life in the Limes: Studies of the people and objects of the Roman frontiers [Hardback]

Newcastle upon Tyne, the Eye of the North: An Archaeological Assessment [Hardback]

The Elizabethan Garden at Kenilworth Castle [Paperback]

Roman roadside settlement and rural landscape at Brentford: Archaeological investigations at London Syon Park Waldorf Astoria 2004–10 [Paperback]

At the limits of Lundenwic : Excavations in the north-west of Middle Saxon London at St Martin’s Courtyard, 2007–8 [Paperback]

The Ebbsfleet Elephant: Excavations at Southfleet Road, Swanscombe in advance of High Speed 1, 2003-4 []

Prehistoric Settlement in the Lower Kennet Valley: Excavations at Green Park (Reading Business Park)Phase 3 and Moores Farm, Burghfield, Berkshire [Paperback]