Biological Sciences
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Animal Secondary Products: Archaeological perspectives on domestic animal exploitation in the Neolithic and Bronze Age [Hardback]
Haskel J. Greenfield (Editor)
£65.00ISBN: 9781782974017
Published by : Oxbow Books
Animal Secondary Products investigates animal exploitation and the animal economy from the end of the Neolithic to the beginning of the Bronze Age in the Near East and Europe. Incorporating current zooarchaeologial theory and cutt... .... Learn More -
Shuffling Nags, Lame Ducks: The Archaeology of Animal Disease [Paperback]
László Bartosiewicz (Author); Erika Gal (Author)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £30.00
ISBN: 9781782971894
Published by : Oxbow Books
The analysis of animal bone assemblages from archaeological sites provides much valuable data concerning economic and husbandry practices in the past, as well as insights into cultural and symbolic or ritual activity. Animal palae... .... Learn More -
Global Ancestors: Understanding the Shared Humanity of our Ancestors [Paperback]
Rebecca Redfern (Editor); Jelena Bekvalac (Editor); Heather Bonney (Editor); Margaret Clegg (Editor)
Regular Price: £30.00
Special Price: £22.00
ISBN: 9781842175330
Published by : Oxbow Books
Global Ancestors is a collection of papers which reflect on modern museological responses to the often complex and emotive relationship that people have with the ancestors and objects which they created. Set out in three broad the... .... Learn More -
A Manual for the Identification of Plant Seeds and Fruits [Hardback]
R. T. J. Cappers (Author); R.M. Bekker (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9789491431265
Published by : Barkhuis
The taxonomic identification of individual seeds and fruits of wild and cultivated plants is not always straightforward. The specialist literature and botanical reference collections can be helpful, and knowing where to begin reading and comparing... .... Learn More -
Animals, Gods and Men from East to West: Papers on archaeology and history in honour of Roberta Venco Ricciardi [Paperback]
Alessandra Peruzzetto (Editor); Francesca Dorna Metzger (Editor); Lucinda Dirven (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9781407311340
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2516
The 21 articles collected in this commemorative volume centre on animals in relation to men and gods. Many articles deal with iconographical issues, but epigraphy, ceramics and animal bones are subject of research as well. Althoug... .... Learn More -
Animals and Otherness in the Middle Ages : Perspectives across disciplines [Paperback]
Francisco de Asís García García (Editor); Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo (Editor); María Victoria Chico Picaza (Editor)
£29.00ISBN: 9781407311166
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2500
This publication has its origin in the colloquium Animals and Otherness in the Middle Ages held at the Faculty of Geography and History at Complutense University in Madrid in February 2011. This publication aims to bring together ... .... Learn More -
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Landscape and Garden Design: Lessons from History [Paperback]
Gordon Haynes (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781849950824
Published by : Whittles Publishing
This book presents a chronological review of garden design which both simplifies the big picture and supplies a rationale, with examples, of the merits and demerits of each design period while reflecting on the social conditions w... .... Learn More -
Human Identity and Identification [Paperback]
Rebecca Gowland (Author); Tim Thompson (Author)
£29.99ISBN: 9780521713665
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the relationship between the body, environment and society. Reflecting upon these developments, this book examines the role of the body in human identification, in the forging ... .... Learn More -
A Companion to Paleopathology [Hardback]
A.L. Grauer (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9781444334258
Published by : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
A Companion to Paleopathology offers a comprehensive overview of this growing interdisciplinary field, with newly commissioned essays by distinguished researchers from the biological, medical and social sciences. Each essay provides a snapshot... .... Learn More