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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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, 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
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.
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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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An original and approachable account of how archaeology can tell the story of the English village.
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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.
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The Romano-British Peasant: Towards a Study of People, Landscapes and Work during the Roman Occupation of Britain [Paperback]
Mike McCarthy (Author)
Regular Price: £29.95
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ISBN: 9781905119479
Published by : Windgather Press
This important and significant volume examines, for the first time, the ordinary people of Roman Britain. This overlooked group – the farmers, shopkeepers, labourers and others – fed the country, made the clothes, mine... .... Learn More -
Medieval to early post-medieval tenements and Middle Eastern imports: Excavations at Plantation Place, City of London, 1997–2003 [Hardback]
Ken Pitt (Author); Lyn Blackmore (Author); Tony Dyson (Author); Rachel Tyson (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9781907586163
Published by : Museum of London Archaeology
Series: Monograph Series
Volume: 66
Excavations at Plantation Place provided evidence for medieval and early post-medieval occupation of an entire block in the eastern part of the City of London near the Thames waterfront. Contemporary ground surfaces and buildings ... .... Learn More -
The Masonry Defences of Roman Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), North Hampshire : Building materials, building styles and the building programme [Paperback]
J.R.L. Allen (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781407311104
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar BS
Volume: 580
A detailed study of the masonry defences of one England’s most important Roman sites. Erected in c. 270 AD, the masonry walls of the Roman town of Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum; Hampshire, S. England) are part of the third s... .... 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 -
The Hope playhouse, animal baiting and later industrial activity at Bear Gardens on Bankside: Excavations at Riverside House and New Globe Walk, Southwark, 1999–2000 [Paperback]
Anthony Mackinder (Author); Lyn Blackmore (Author); Julian Bowsher (Author); Christopher Phillpotts (Author)
£12.00ISBN: 9781907586200
Published by : Museum of London Archaeology
Series: MoLAS Archaeology Studies Series
Volume: 25
Southwark’s famous Bankside was long known as an entertainment area up to the 17th century. This volume provides evidence for the Barge, one of the medieval stewhouses (tavern/brothel) and the later Hope, a dual purpose buil... .... Learn More -
Searching for Early Welsh Churches : A study in ecclesiastical geology [Paperback]
John F Potter (Author)
£64.00ISBN: 9781407310985
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar BS
Volume: 578
This work follows the study of the ecclesiastical geology of almost all Anglo-Saxon religious sites throughout England. There, it proved possible to both understand and distinguish clearly obvious patterns in the use of stonework,... .... Learn More -
‘The Homes of our Metal Manufactures. Messrs R.W. Winfield and Co’s Cambridge Street Works and Rolling Mills, Birmingham’ : Archaeological Excavations at the Library of Birmingham, Cambridge Street [Paperback]
£37.00ISBN: 9781407310992
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar BS
Volume: 579
With the redevelopment of the former car park adjacent to Baskerville House as part of the Library of Birmingham project, the opportunity arose to examine some of the most complete remains of the 19th-century industrialisation in ... .... Learn More -
Prehistory in Practice: A Multi-Stranded Analysis of British Archaeology, 1975-2010 [Paperback]
Anwen Cooper (Author)
£31.00ISBN: 9781407310862
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar BS
Volume: 577
This study examines developments in British archaeology over the last 30 years or so (between 1975-2010), focusing in particular on transformations in prehistoric research. Ultimately it seeks to foreground the extent to which recent historical de... .... Learn More -
The Roman Villa at Brading, Isle of Wight: The Excavations of 2008-10 [Hardback]
Barry Cunliffe (Author)
£39.00ISBN: 9781905905263
Published by : Oxford University School of Archaeology
Brading Roman Villa is a fine example of a maritime courtyard villa with in situ mosaics of the third and fourth centuries which rank amongst the best of their kind in northern Europe. This highly illustrated volume presents the r... .... Learn More -
Ecology and Enclosure: The Effect of Enclosure on Society, Farming and the Environment in South Cambridgeshire, 1798-1850 [Paperback]
Shirley Wittering (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781905119448
Published by : Windgather Press
South Cambridgeshire has some of the richest arable land in England and has been cultivated for millennia. By the turn of the nineteenth century industrialisation and massive population growth had resulted in an enormous increase in the demand ... .... Learn More