Modern, Industrial Archaeology
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Turning Stone to Bread: A Diachronic Study of Millstone Making in Southern Spain [Paperback]
Timothy J. Anderson (Author)
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ISBN: 9780992633653
Published by : The Highfield Press
Millstone quarries are the sites where hard and abrasive stones were extracted to be fashioned into the querns or millstones to grind flour for bread, the staple food of our ancestors. These stones equipped the different grinding mechanisms, from ... .... Learn More -
Shipwrecked in Paradise: Cleopatras Barge in Hawaii [Hardback]
Paul F. Johnston (Author)
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ISBN: 9781623492830
Published by : Texas A&M University Press
The first oceangoing yacht ever built in America, Cleopatra's Barge , endured many incarnations over her eight-year life, from Mediterranean pleasure cruiser to a Hawaiian king's personal yacht. The famed ship, at times also a Christian missionary... .... Learn More -
La Explotacion Inglesa de las Minas de Cerro Muriano (Cordoba, Espana): Una Historia de Colonialismo Economico de Principios del Siglo XX [Paperback]
Juan Manuel Cano Sanchiz (Author)
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ISBN: 9781407313795
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2724
Cerro Muriano is a small population centre situated 16 km to the north of the city of Córdoba, between the municipalities of Córdoba and Obejo (Andalusia, Spain). This territory is situated over a large field of copper veins, which has been exploi... .... Learn More -
What the Victorians Threw Away [Paperback]
Tom Licence (Author)
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ISBN: 9781782978756
Published by : Oxbow Books
The people who lived in England before the First World War now inhabit a realm of yellow photographs. Theirs is a world fast fading from ours, yet they do not appear overly distant. Many of us can remember them as being much like ourselves. Nor is... .... Learn More -
Digging the Trenches [Paperback]
Andrew Robertshaw (Author); David Kenyon (Author)
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ISBN: 9781473822887
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Modern research methods - archaeological, historical, forensic - have transformed our view of the past. This is especially true of the history of the Great War. In this, the first comprehensive survey of this exciting new field, A... .... Learn More -
'Remember Me To All' [Hardback]
Louise Loe (Author); Caroline Barker (Author); Kate Brady (Author); Margaret Cox (Author); Helen Webb (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780904220759
Published by : Oxford Archaeology
Volume: 23
During the First World War, 250 soldiers were buried behind enemy lines in unmarked mass graves on the outskirts of the village of Fromelles, Northern France. They were among several thousand Australian and British soldiers who were killed in the ... .... Learn More -
The Hope playhouse, animal baiting and later industrial activity at Bear Gardens on Bankside [Paperback]
Anthony Mackinder (Author); Lyn Blackmore (Author); Julian Bowsher (Author); Christopher Phillpotts (Author)
£12.00ISBN: 9781907586200
Published by : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Series: MoLAS Archaeology Studies Series
Volume: 25
Southwark’s famous Bankside was long known as an entertainment area up to the 17th century. This volume provides evidence for the Barge, one of the medieval stewhouses (tavern/brothel) and the later Hope, a dual purpose building h... .... Learn More -
Schliemann en Nederland. Een leven vol verhalen [Paperback]
Wout Arentzen (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9789088900914
Published by : Sidestone Press
This book describes the life of the famous archaeologist and shrewd trader Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) from a Dutch perspective since his commercial succes started in the Netherlands. We see how two myths meet: the myth of the ancient city... .... Learn More -
Industrial Archaeology: A Handbook [Paperback]
Marilyn Palmer (Author); Michael Nevell (Author); Mark Sissons (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781902771922
Published by : Council for British Archaeology
Series: CBA Practical Handbook
Volume: 21
This Handbook provides an informative and accessible guide to the industrial remains of the UK. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in our industrial heritage, giving concise summaries of the history of different i... .... Learn More -
