Method, Excavation & Survey Techniques
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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 -
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)
Regular Price: $25.00
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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 -
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
Published by : Oxbow Books
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 -
Chariots, Swords and Spears: Iron Age Burials at the Foot of the East Yorkshire Wolds [Hardback]
Mark Stephens(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789255423
Published by : Oxbow Books
This volume brings together recent excavations at two sites in Pocklington, East Yorkshire. The main focus of the Volume will be examining Iron Age burials, which included chariots, sword and spears and will also include earlier Prehistoric and la... .... Learn More -
Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity's Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of Northern Iran: A joint fieldwork project by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, The Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and the University of Edinburgh (2014-2016) [Hardback]
Eberhard Sauer(Editor); Jebrael Nokandeh(Editor); Hamid Omrani Rekavandi(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789254624
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: British Institute of Persian Studies, Archaeological Monograph Series
Volume: VII
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 -
Tracing Textile Production from the Viking Age to the Middle Ages: Tools, Textiles, Texts and Contexts [Hardback]
Ingvild Øye(Author)
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ISBN: 9781789257779
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This book concerns textile production at the fringes of north-western Europe - areas in western Norway and the North Atlantic in the expanding, dynamic and transformative period from the early Viking Age into the Middle Ages. Textiles constitute o... .... Learn More -
The Viking Age: A Time of Many Faces [Paperback]
Caroline Arcini(Author)
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ISBN: 9781789258042
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The majority of literature about the Viking period, based on artifacts or written sources, covers battles, kings, chiefs and mercenaries, long distance travel and colonization, trade, and settlement. Less is said about the life of those that staye... .... Learn More -
Disease and the Ancient World: Proceedings of an International Symposium held at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, on 21-23 September 2017 [Hardback]
Robert Arnott(Editor); Rupert Breitwieser(Editor)
Regular Price: $110.00
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ISBN: 9781789255300
Published by : Oxbow Books
This volume is the proceedings of an international symposium on the subject of Disease in the Ancient World, is based on a collaboration between the Universities of Oxford and Salzburg, aimed at understanding the role of disease and epidemics in t... .... Learn More -
Scientific Dating in Archaeology [Paperback]
Seren Griffiths(Editor)
Regular Price: $45.00
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ISBN: 9781789255621
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Studying Scientific Archaeology
Volume: 5
A variety of techniques have been developed to provide scientific chronologies of archaeological sites and material culture. These chronologies under-pin the narratives that are generated for prehistoric and other periods. The application of Bayes... .... Learn More
