Archaeology
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Animating the Dead: Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney [Hardback]
Jane Downes(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789255584
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This book brings together the results of the Orkney Barrows Project, initiated and directed by Jane Downes and funded by Historic Environment Scotland. The barrows sites detailed and discussed in the volume are Linga Fiold, a barrow cemetery in We... .... Learn More -
Textiles in Motion: Dress for Dance in the Ancient World [Hardback]
Audrey Gouy(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789257984
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Dress is at the core of dance. It adorns dancers, defines various roles and forms symbolic expressions that, for example, either bind people together or opposes them. It is a communicative tool that gives crucial information for understanding the ... .... Learn More -
The First Stones: Penywyrlod, Gwernvale and the Black Mountains Neolithic Long Cairns of South-East Wales [Paperback]
William Britnell(Editor); Alasdair Whittle(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789257397
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This book brings together the results of recent research on the Neolithic long cairns lying in the shadow of the Black Mountains in south-east Wales, focusing upon Penywyrlod and Gwernvale, the two best known tombs within the group, previously exc... .... Learn More -
Prehistory and Protohistory in the Occidental Mediterranean [Hardback]
Eva Alarcón García(Editor); Antoni Ferrer(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258226
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The development of several cultural phenomena dating back to the Copper Age took place in Europe throughout the second and first millennia BC. It can be especially analyzed within the archaeological record of western Mediterranean sites, where sev... .... Learn More -
Journal of Roman Pottery Studies XIX [Paperback]
Steven Willis(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258257
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Journal of Roman Pottery Studies
Volume: 19
The main focus of this volume is upon pottery production sites. The major contribution comprises 'Excavations of Roman pottery kiln sites in Cantley Parish, South Yorkshire, 1956-1975' by Paul Buckland and the late John Magilton. Other contributio... .... Learn More -
Exploring Ancient Textiles: Pushing the Boundaries of Established Methodologies [Paperback]
Alistair Dickey(Editor); Margarita Gleba(Editor); Sarah Hitchens(Editor); Gabriella Longhitano(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789257250
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Over the past 30 years, research on archaeological textiles has developed into an important field of scientific study. It has greatly benefited from interdisciplinary approaches, which combine the application of advanced technological knowledge to... .... Learn More -
Conversations between Objects [Paperback]
Linda Hulin(Author)
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ISBN: 9781789250039
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Insights in Archaeology
Volume: 5
Linda Hulin considers the relationship between the archaeological record and the human past and examines the differences that arise between the practice of excavating material culture and the models for thinking about it. Two common themes emerge:... .... Learn More -
Cahokia: City of the Cosmos [Paperback]
John E. Kelly(Author); James A. Brown(Author)
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ISBN: 9781785708855
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Series: American Landscapes
Volume: 6
The large American Indian city of Cahokia sits amidst a diverse natural landscape within the larger central Mississippi river valley. Well positioned on the rich agricultural soils of the Mississippi river bottomlands of the Amercan Bottom it is ... .... Learn More -
Maritime Archaeology on Dry Land: Special sites along the coasts of Britain and Ireland from the first farmers to the Atlantic Bronze Age [Paperback]
Richard Bradley(Author)
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ISBN: 9781789258196
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This book is about two islands off the coast of Continental Europe, the seas that surrounded them, and the ways in which they were used over a period of three thousand years. Instead of the usual emphasis on finds in the intertidal zone, it focuse... .... Learn More -
The Megalithic Architectures of Europe [Paperback]
Luc Laporte(Editor); Christopher Scarre(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258097
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Megalithic monuments are among the most striking remains of the Neolithic period of northern and western Europe and are scattered across landscapes from Pomerania to Portugal. Antiquarians and archaeologists early recognized the family resemblance... .... Learn More
