British Archaeology
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Art, Image, Power and Place: Contextualising the Stone Sculpture of Anglo-Saxon England [Hardback]
Sarah Semple (Editor); Jane Hawkes (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258981
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Early medieval stone sculptures survive across Europe: at waysides, in architectural settings and in churches and graveyards, and provide an exceptional source for understanding the aesthetics and beliefs of early medieval communities. England is ... .... Learn More -
Burials and the Black Death in Hereford: New Library Excavation, Hereford Cathedral [Hardback]
Derek Hurst (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258684
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Excavation at Hereford Cathedral took place in 1993, prior to the construction of the Mappa Mundi Museum and new archive library. This revealed extensive remains, some potentially dating back to the 7th/8th century, including timber-built building... .... Learn More -
Revisiting Grooved Ware: Understanding Ceramic Trajectories in Britain and Ireland, 3200–2400 cal BC [Paperback]
Mike Copper (Editor); Alasdair Whittle (Editor); Alison Sheridan (Editor)
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ISBN: 9798888570326
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Series: Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers
Volume: 20
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Following its appearance, arguably in Orkney in the 32nd century cal BC, Grooved Ware soon became widespread across Britain and Ireland, seemingly replacing earlier pottery styles and being deposited in contexts as varied as simple pits, passage t... .... Learn More -
Monumental Times: Pasts, Presents and Futures in the Prehistoric Construction Projects of Northern and Western Europe [Paperback]
Richard Bradley (Author)
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ISBN: 9798888570388
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This book is concerned with the origins, uses and subsequent histories of monuments. It emphasises the time scales illustrated by these structures, and their implications for archaeological research. It is concerned with the archaeology of Western... .... Learn More -
Excavations at Tlachtga, Hill of Ward: Co. Meath, Ireland, 2014–2016 [Paperback]
Stephen Davis (Author); Caitriona Moore (Author)
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ISBN: 9798888570449
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Tlachtga is one of very few quadrivallate ringforts in Ireland and a site that has long been regarded as of potential ‘Royal’ status. It is a site with significant associated folklore and historical narrative associated with it. In the 12th centur... .... Learn More -
Eilean Donan Castle: Exploring a Highland Icon, Archaeological Research Excavations 2009–2017 [Hardback]
Cecily Shakespeare (Author); Jonathan Clark (Author); Justin Garner-Lahire (Author); Richard D. Oram (Author); Nicola Toop (Author)
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Now hard to believe, Eilean Donan Castle was once one of the largest castles in the west Highlands, known to have featured seven towers, the remains of which lie buried on the island. This book provides a refreshed view of the lost medieval guise ... .... Learn More -
Broken Pots, Mending Lives: The Archaeology of Operation Nightingale [Hardback]
Richard Osgood (Author)
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ISBN: 9781789259384
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For those that survive, the traumas of military conflict can be long lasting. It might seem astonishing that archaeology, with its uncovering of the traces of the long-dead, of battlefields, of skeletal remains, could provide solace, and yet there... .... Learn More -
Excavations Along Hadrian’s Wall 2019–2021: Structures, Their Uses, and Afterlives [Hardback]
Rob Collins (Author); Jane Harrison (Author)
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ISBN: 9781789259445
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The Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP) conducted a series of fieldwork projects along the Hadrian’s Wall corridor between 2019 and 2021. The work focused on sites that were poorly understood or under particular threat and aimed... .... Learn More -
Community Archaeology on Hadrian’s Wall 2019–2022 [Paperback]
Rob Collins (Author); Jane Harrison (Author); Ian Kille (Author); Kathryn Murphy (Author); Kerry Shaw (Author)
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ISBN: 9781789259599
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The Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP) was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to promote the value of heritage – specifically of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site – to local communities, and to provide opportunit... .... Learn More -
Ballynahatty: Excavations in a Neolithic Monumental Landscape [Hardback]
Barrie Hartwell (Editor); Sarah Gormley (Editor); Catriona Brogan (Editor); Caroline Malone (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789259711
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Just six miles from the center of Belfast, County Down, on the plateau of Ballynahatty above the River Lagan, is one of Ireland’s great Neolithic henge monuments: the 200 m wide Giant’s Ring. For over a thousand years, this area was the focus of i... .... Learn More