Archaeological Method & Theory
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Landscape Biographies: Geographical, Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on the Production and Transmission of Landscapes [Hardback]
Rita Hermans (Editor); Jan Kolen (Editor); Hans Renes (Editor)
Regular Price: £94.00
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ISBN: 9789089644725
Published by : Amsterdam University Press
Landscape Biographies explores the long and complex histories of landscapes from personal and social perspectives. As an essential part of human life-worlds, landscapes have the potential to absorb something of people's lives, works, and thoughts.... .... Learn More -
An Atlas of Northamptonshire: The Medieval and Early-Modern Landscape [Hardback]
Tracey Partida (Author); David Hall (Author); Glenn Foard (Author)
Regular Price: £40.00
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ISBN: 9781842175118
Published by : Oxbow Books
An Atlas of Northamptonshire presents an historical atlas of the greater part of Northamptonshire (the first quarter having been published as An Atlas of Rockingham Forest). It presents in map form the results of fieldwork and documentary research... .... Learn More -
The Ancient Ways of Wessex: Travel and Communication in an Early Medieval Landscape [Paperback]
Alexander Langlands (Author)
Regular Price: £35.00
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ISBN: 9781911188513
Published by : Windgather Press
Series: Windgather
Not yet published - available for pre-order
The Ancient Ways of Wessex tells the story of Wessex’s roads in the early medieval period, at the point at which they first emerge in the historical record. This is the age of the Anglo-Saxons and an era that witnessed the rise of a kingdom that w... .... Learn More -
Death and Changing Rituals: Function and meaning in ancient funerary practices [Hardback]
J. Rasmus Brandt (Editor); Håkon Roland (Editor); Marina Prusac (Editor)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781782976394
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Studies in Funerary Archaeology
Volume: 7
The forms by which a deceased person may be brought to rest are as many as there are causes of death. In most societies the disposal of the corpse is accompanied by some form of celebration or ritual which may range from a simple act of deportment... .... Learn More -
The Culture of Food in England, 1200-1500 [Hardback]
C. M. Woolgar (Author)
Regular Price: £30.00
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ISBN: 9780300181913
Published by : Yale University Press
In this revelatory work of social history, C. M. Woolgar shows that food in late-medieval England was far more complex, varied, and more culturally significant than we imagine today. Drawing on a vast range of sources, he charts how emerging techn... .... Learn More -
Papyrus: The Plant that Changed the World [Hardback]
John Gaudet (Author)
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ISBN: 9781605985664
Published by : Pegasus Books
Ecologist and conservationist John Gaudet provides an engaging history of the papyrus plant and its central role in civilisation. He first traces the plant's pivotal role in the rise of Egypt, and its use as paper, but also for shelter, building, ... .... Learn More -
Innovation in Cultural Systems: Contributions in Evolutionary Anthropology [Hardback]
Michael J. O'Brien (Editor); Stephen Shennan (Editor)
Regular Price: £37.95
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ISBN: 9780262013338
Published by : MIT Press
In recent years an interest in applying the principles of evolution to the study of culture emerged in the social sciences. Archaeologists and anthropologists reconsidered the role of innovation in particular, and have moved toward characterizing ... .... Learn More -
Settling in a Changing World [Hardback]
Diederick Habermehl (Author)
Regular Price: £89.00
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ISBN: 9789089645067
Published by : Amsterdam University Press
Offering a broad analysis of the complex developments in rural habitation of the northern provinces of the Roman Empire, "Settling in a Changing World" reconstructs the colonial villa from social and economic perspectives to create a broad geograp... .... Learn More -
Textile Production and Consumption in the Ancient Near East: archaeology, epigraphy, iconography [Hardback]
Marie-Louise Nosch (Editor); Henriette Koefoed (Editor); Eva Andersson Strand (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781842174890
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 12
In the past, textile production was a key part of all ancient societies. The Ancient Near East stands out in this respect with the overwhelming amount of documentation both in terms of raw materials, line of production, and the distribution of fin... .... Learn More -
Time and Change: Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives on the Long Term in Hunter-Gatherer Societies [Paperback]
Dimitra Papagianni (Author); Robert Layton (Editor); Herbert Maschner (Editor)
Regular Price: £34.00
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ISBN: 9781842173206
Published by : Oxbow Books
This volume explores long-term behavioural patterns and processes of change in hunter-gatherer societies from the Lower Palaeolithic to the present. In doing so, this volume questions the disciplinary distinctions between fine and coarse-grain ... .... Learn More
