Britain & Ireland
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High Pasture Cave: Ritual, Memory and Identity in the Iron Age of Skye [Hardback]
S.A. Birch (Author); J.T. Mackenzie (Author); G. Cruickshanks (Author)
Regular Price: £48.00
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ISBN: 9781785709500
Published by : Oxbow Books
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High Pasture Cave, located on the island of Skye, Scotland, occupies a liminal location on the very edge of a settlement, and appears to have been a focus for specific and special activities. Its extended period of use is indicated by ephemeral si... .... Learn More -
Repeopling La Manche: New Perspectives on Neanderthal Lifeways from La Cotte de St Brelade [Hardback]
Rebecca Scott (Editor); Andrew Shaw (Editor)
Regular Price: £35.00
Special Price: £28.00
ISBN: 9781789251524
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Prehistoric Society Research Papers
Volume: 10
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The current geography of north-west Europe, from the perspective of long term Pleistocene climate change, is temporary. The seaways that separate southern Britain from northern France comprise a flooded landscape open to occupation by hunter-gathe... .... Learn More -
Animating the Dead: Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney [Hardback]
Jane Downes (Editor)
Regular Price: £40.00
Special Price: £32.00
ISBN: 9781789255584
Published by : Oxbow Books
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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 -
The Snettisham Hoards [Paperback]
Jody Joy (Editor); Julia Farley (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592258
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 225
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For over 60 years, spectacular discoveries have been made on a wooded hillside at Snettisham, overlooking the northwest Norfolk coast, close to Hunstanton. The location of the discoveries, at Ken Hill, is known as the ‘gold field’ because of the l... .... Learn More -
Hunter-Gatherer Ireland: Making connections in an island world [Paperback]
Graeme Warren (Author)
Regular Price: £13.99
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ISBN: 9781789256819
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Explores the Irish Mesolithic - the period after the end of the last Ice Age when Ireland was home to hunter-gatherer communities, mostly from about 10,000-6,000 years ago. At this time, Ireland was an island world, with striking similarities and ... .... Learn More -
Fragments of the Bronze Age: The Destruction and Deposition of Metalwork in South-West Britain and its Wider Context [Hardback]
Matthew G. Knight (Author)
Regular Price: £35.00
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ISBN: 9781789256970
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Prehistoric Society Research Papers
Volume: 13
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The destruction and deposition of metalwork is a widely recognised 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 -
The First Stones: Penywyrlod, Gwernvale and the Black Mountains Neolithic Long Cairns of South-East Wales [Paperback]
William Britnell (Editor); Alasdair Whittle (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
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ISBN: 9781789257397
Published by : Oxbow Books
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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 -
New Perspectives on Early Neolithic Enclosures [Paperback]
Jonathan Last (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £30.40
ISBN: 9781789256314
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Neolithic Studies Group
Volume: 18
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This volume originates from the Neolithic Studies Group meeting in November 2019. The main aims of the conference were: first, to showcase and explore the range of current work on causewayed enclosures and related sites across the academic and dev... .... Learn More -
Monuments in the Making: Raising the Great Dolmens in Early Neolithic Northern Europe [Paperback]
Vicki Cummings (Author); Colin Richards (Author)
Regular Price: £39.95
Special Price: £31.95
ISBN: 9781911188438
Published by : Windgather Press
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Dolmens are iconic international monumental constructions which represent the first megalithic architecture (after menhirs) in north-west Europe. These monuments are characterised by an enormous capstone balanced on top of smaller uprights. Howeve... .... Learn More -
Marking Place: New Perspectives on Early Neolithic Enclosures [Paperback]
Jonathan Last (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £30.40
ISBN: 9781789257090
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Neolithic Studies Group
Volume: 18
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Latest in the Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers series arising from the NSG conference of November 2019. This collection showcases and explores the wide range of current work on causewayed enclosures and related sites, and assesses what we st... .... Learn More
