Archaeology

Cahokia: City of the Cosmos [Paperback]

John E. Kelly(Author); James A. Brown(Author)

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ISBN: 9781785708855
Published by : Oxbow Books
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

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

Animating the Dead: Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney [Hardback]

Jane Downes(Editor)

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ISBN: 9781789255584
Published by : Oxbow Books
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

Fragments of the Bronze Age: The destruction and deposition of metalwork in south-west Britain and its wider [Hardback]

Matthew G. Knight(Author)

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ISBN: 9781789256970
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Prehistoric Society Research Papers
Volume: 13
The destruction and deposition of metalwork is a widely recognized phenomenon across Bronze Age Europe. Weapons were decommissioned and thrown into rivers; axes were fragmented and piled in hoards; and ornaments were crushed, contorted and placed ... .... Learn More

Thinking Through Images: Narrative, rhythm, embodiment and landscape in the Nordic Bronze Age [Paperback]

Christopher Tilley(Author)

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ISBN: 9781789257014
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Swedish Rock Art Research Series
Volume: 7
This book provides a general self-reflexive review and critical analysis of Scandinavian rock art from the standpoint of Chris Tilley’s research in this area over the last thirty years. It offers a novel alternative theoretical perspective s... .... Learn More

Neolithic Stone Extraction in Britain and Europe: An ethnoarchaeological perspective [Hardback]

Peter Topping(Author)

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ISBN: 9781789257052
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Prehistoric Society Research Papers
Volume: 12
This new title in the acclaimed Prehistoric Society Research Papers series focuses on the introduction of Neolithic extraction practices across Europe through to the Atlantic periphery of Britain and Ireland. The key research questions are when an... .... Learn More

The Kyrenia Ship Final Excavation Report. Volume I: History of the Excavation, Amphoras, Pottery and Coins as Evidence for Dating [Hardback]

Susan W. Katsev(Editor); Laina W. Swiney(Editor)

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ISBN: 9781785707520
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: The Kyrenia Ship Final Excavation Report
Volume: 1
The Kyrenia ship, a Greek merchantman built around 315 BC and sunk off the north coast of Cyprus 294-291 BC, was excavated between 1967 and 1972 under the direction of Michael Katzev. The importance of this ship lies in the extraordinary state of ... .... Learn More

British Historic Towns Atlas Volume VII: Oxford [Hardback]

Alan Crossley(Editor)

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ISBN: 9781789253269
Published by : Historic Towns Trust
Series: British Historic Towns Atlas
Volume: 7
The latest volume of the British Historic Towns Atlas covers the internationally-renowned city of Oxford. Famed for its university and its many outstanding historic buildings, the volume presents in mapped form the history of its topographical dev... .... Learn More

Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity's Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of Northern Iran: A joint fieldwork project by the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Organisation and the Universities of Edinburgh and Durham (2014-2016) [Hardback]

Eberhard Sauer(Editor); Jebrael Nokandeh(Editor); Hamid Omrani Rekavandi(Editor)

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ISBN: 9781789254624
Published by : Oxbow Books
Which ancient army boasted the largest fortifications, and how did the competitive build-up of military capabilities shape world history? Few realise that imperial Rome had a serious competitor in Late Antiquity. Late Roman legionary bases, normal... .... Learn More

A Guide to Archaeological Draughtsmanship [Paperback]

S.E. Boersma(Author); M.A. Los-Weijns(Author)

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ISBN: 9789493194205
Published by : Barkhuis
This guide explains the drawing of artifacts in its various aspects. It treats the drawing of complete vessels, potsherds and other artifacts, as well as their marking with numbers, scanning of and photographing. .... Learn More