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Flintknapping: Making and Understanding Stone Tools [Paperback]
John C. Whittaker (Author)
Regular Price: £22.99
Special Price: £18.99
ISBN: 9780292790834
Published by : University of Texas Press
Series: pa-lith
A fourth reprinting shows that this book is very popular as well as being the most detailed and extensive handbook on flintknapping currently available. Written from the archaeological perspective of interpreting stone tools as well as making ... .... Learn More -
Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The Aegean Writing Systems [Paperback]
Philippa Steele (Editor)
Regular Price: £36.00
Special Price: £27.00
ISBN: 9781785706448
Published by : Oxbow Books
Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The Aegean Writing Systems arises from a conference held in Cambridge in 2015. The question of how writing systems are related to each other, and how we can study those relationships, ... .... Learn More -
The Medieval Postern Gate by the Tower of London [Paperback]
David Whipp (Author)
Regular Price: £7.95
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ISBN: 9781901992601
Published by : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Series: MoLAS Monograph
Volume: 29
This long-awaited publication elucidates a remarkable monument, now preserved in situ beside the Tower of London. Excavations at Tower Hill in 1979 uncovered substantial reamins of the medieval postern gate at the junction of the City's defens... .... Learn More -
Ancient Egyptian Coffins: Past – Present – Future [Hardback]
Julie Dawson (Editor); Helen Strudwick (Editor)
Regular Price: £70.00
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ISBN: 9781785709180
Published by : Oxbow Books
Not yet published - available for pre-order
This collection of papers by leading international experts on the subject of ancient Egyptian coffins, builds on a project based at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, to study and record in detail its collection. Papers address a series of topics ... .... Learn More -
Farming Transformed in Anglo-Saxon England: Agriculture in the Long Eighth Century [Paperback]
Mark McKarracher (Author)
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ISBN: 9781911188315
Published by : Windgather Press
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Anglo-Saxon farming has traditionally been seen as the wellspring of English agriculture, setting the pattern for 1000 years to come – but it was more important than that. A rich harvest of archaeological data is now revealing the untold story of ... .... Learn More -
The Gallican Saints Life and the Late Roman Dramatic Tradition [Hardback]
E. Catherine Dunn (Author)
Regular Price: £26.95
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ISBN: 9780813206622
Published by : Catholic University of America Press
Fascinating exploration into how late Roman drama was transformed into mimic theatre, as literacy became rare following the decline of Roman rule over Gaul and Spain in the 5th century. .... Learn More -
Terra Incognita [Hardback]
Alfred Hiatt (Author)
Regular Price: £40.00
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ISBN: 9780712349314
Published by : British Library
Until the entire world was mapped, terra incognita was not a metaphor. It existed and was acknowledged to exist. Yet the very acknowledgement of terra incognita raises a problem in the words themselves: without knowledge of it, how can land be ... .... Learn More -
Dated and Datable English Manuscript Borders c.1395-1499 [Paperback]
Kathleen L. Scott (Author)
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ISBN: 9780712347426
Published by : British Library
Borders comprising stylised motifs, animals, human figures, flowers and plants, grotesques and such like are commonly found on manuscripts marking divisions in the text or marking the start of a new chapter. Since border styles were frequently ... .... Learn More -
Selling the Church: The English Parish in Law, Commerce, and Religion, 1350-1550 [Hardback]
Robert C. Palmer (Author)
Regular Price: £63.50
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780807827437
Published by : University of North Carolina Press
During the 15th century clerics were able to engage in economic and administrative business outside of their parish. Henry VIII sought to control this by means of a series of statutes which aimed to confine clerics to their parish and work und... .... Learn More -
From the Foundations to the Legacy of Minoan Archaeology: Studies in Honour of Professor Keith Branigan [Paperback]
Maria Relaki (Editor); Yiannis Papadatos (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £28.50
ISBN: 9781785709265
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology
Volume: 12
Not yet published - available for pre-order
From the Foundations to the Legacy seeks to examine how the developmental trajectory of a single site can offer insights into regional patterns, the importance of integrating local survey information in reconstructing general historical p... .... Learn More
