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Oxbow Books - Bournemouth University School of Conservation Sciences Occasional Paper

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	Bournemouth University School of Conservation Sciences Occasional Paper 8 St Wulfsige and Sherborne: Essays to Celebrate the Millennium of the Benedictine Abbey, 998-1998 Edited by Katherine Barker, David A Hinton and Alan Hunt In April 1998 a one-day conference was held in Sherborne to mark the one-thousandth anniversary of the founding of the Benedictine Abbey by St Wulfsige through the granting of a charter by King Æthelred II. The papers presented here cover various aspects of the Benedictine foundation, as well as examining the history and archaeology of Sherborne in its wider context. Of particular importance in this volume is the inclusion of a new ... Paperback. Publisher's Price US$60.00, Our Price US$14.98
	Bournemouth University School of Conservation Sciences Occasional Paper 7 Digging Holes in Popular Culture: Archaeology and Science Fiction edited by Miles Russell, with a preface by Douglas Adams What would Howard Carter have thought of Lara Croft? and why do archaeologists feature so prominently in Star Trek? Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy writes the preface to this unusual collection of papers dedicated to exploring the role of the archaeologist in popular culture. The clichés and stereotypes of archaeology that abound in popular culture, the sense of mystery and adventure, the excitement ... Paperback. Out of print. Price US$50.00
	Bournemouth University School of Conservation Sciences Occasional Paper 6 Rough Quarries, Rocks and Hills. John Pull and the Neolithic Flint Mines of Sussex by Miles Russell A study on the Neolithic of the South Downs in Sussex, featuring the unpublished 1920s-1950s excavation archive of John Henry Pull. The Neolithic was a period of prolific activity for the South Downs, when enclosures and monuments were being built, ditches cut, large areas cleared and flint was extracted from the ground. This study features æone of the last, great unpublished excavation archives relating to fieldwork conducted on ... Paperback. Price US$70.00
	Bournemouth University School of Conservation Sciences Occasional Paper 5 The Cerne Giant by Timothy Darvill, Katherine Barker, Barbara Bender and Ronald Hutton Prehistoric war-god, seventeenth century marvel, or living monument? In 1996, a 'trial' was held in Cerne Abbas Village Hall to discuss the origin of the Giant - prehistoric/Romano-British, medieval/post-medieval, or significant for the very fact that he ... Paperback. Publisher's Price US$39.95, Our Price US$14.98
	Bournemouth University School of Conservation Sciences Occasional Paper 4 Communicating Archaeology edited by John Beavis and Alan Hunt A volume of essays on communicating archaeology by every imaginable means provides an excellent tribute to the work of Bill Putnam - always a communicator. Learning by doing (Philip Rahtz), field archaeology in the 70s and 80s (John Hinchliffe), ignore good communication at your peril (Andrew Lawson), the IFA: what it means to be a member of a professional body (Timothy Darvill), talking to ourselves (Ellen ... Paperback. Publisher's Price US$39.95, Our Price US$7.98