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ISBN: 9781842174807
Published by : Oxbow Books
Local and family historians are often afraid to use numerical data (Statistics) in their research and writing. Yet numbers are an essential part of much historical work, obviously in population history but also in local studies of... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781900971164
Published by : Society for Libyan Studies
The frontiers of the Roman Empire form the largest surviving monument of one of the world's greatest states, and stretch for around 7500km through 20 countries. The remains of these have been studied for many centuries. Inscriptio... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783777420509
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Anton Graff was the leading portrait painter of the German Enlightenment. His contemporaries admired his ability to look “into the depths of the soul” of his sitters, and yet his greatest achievement was that he painte... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788856402650
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Series: Le ragioni dell’Occidente
Eight Western men come to grips with China, a difficult nation to understand, with a history and a Party way more complex than what they thought. An ex American diplomat, a freelance journalist, a broker, a student from Bocconi Un... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781902771885
Published by : Council for British Archaeology
This volume presents the results of the first national assessment of English battlefields. The primary written sources are complemented by the results of extensive fieldwork, computer-based terrain reconstruction, and scientific a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789059372672
Published by : SPA Uitgevers
Amsterdam Ceramics explores nine centuries of urban history and archaeological ceramics from the city of Amsterdam. A total of 1247 archaeological ceramic items are presented in a catalogue which is chronologically subdivided into... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904965381
Published by : Spire Books
In studies of seventeenth-century British architecture, Britain has, more often than not, been a synonym for England, yet the geographical and political reality was far more complex. In this book, based on a Society of Architect... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789088900730
Published by : Sidestone Press
Groups of burial mounds may be among the most tangible and visible remains of Europe's prehistoric past. Yet, not much is known on how "barrow landscapes" came into being . This book deals with that topic, by presenting ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781874350590
Published by : Wessex Archaeology
Series: Wessex Archaeology Reports
Volume: 29
Excavations and built heritage recording on the site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have revealed evidence dating from the last Ice Age up to the modern period. Extensive geoarchaeological and palaeo-environmenal ... .... Learn More