Archaeology
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Beside the Ocean: The Bay of Skaill, Marwick, and Birsay Bay, Orkney, Archaeological Research 2003-18 [Hardback]
David Griffiths (Author); Jane Harrison (Author); Michael Athanson (Author)
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ISBN: 9781789250961
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The Bay of Skaill, Marwick Bay, and Birsay Bay form openings in the high sandstone cliffs of Orkney’s Atlantic coast. These west-facing bays have long been favoured locations for settlement, with access to the ocean, to fresh water, to land and to... .... Learn More -
A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist [Hardback]
Niall Sharples (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789250466
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Bornais
Volume: 3
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The settlement at Bornais in the Western Isles of Scotland is one of the largest rural settlements known from the Norse period in Britain. It spans the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century AD when the Atlantic seaboard was subject to dra... .... Learn More -
Exploring Celtic Origins [Hardback]
Barry Cunliffe (Editor); John Koch (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789250886
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Exploring Celtic Origins is the fruit of collaborative work by researchers in archaeology, historical linguistics, and archaeogenetics over the past ten years. This team works towards the goal of a better understanding of the background i... .... Learn More -
Norse Greenland: Viking Peasants in the Arctic [Hardback]
Arnved Nedkvitne (Author)
£115.00ISBN: 9780815366294
Published by : Routledge
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How could a community of 2-3000 Viking peasants survive in Arctic Greenland for 430 years (ca. 985 – 1415), and why did they finally disappear? European agriculture in an Arctic environment met serious ecological challenges. The Norse peasants met... .... Learn More -
An Intellectual Adventurer in Archaeology: Reflections on the work of Charles Thomas [Paperback]
Andy M Jones (Editor); Henrietta Quinnell (Editor)
£44.00ISBN: 9781784918613
Published by : Archaeopress
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Charles Thomas (1928-2016) was a Cornishman and archaeologist, whose career from the 1950s spanned nearly seven decades. This period saw major developments that underpin the structures of archaeology in Britain today, in many of which he played a ... .... Learn More -
Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval England [Paperback]
Michael D. J. Bintley (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781783273010
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies
Volume: v. 26
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Trees were of fundamental importance in Anglo-Saxon material culture - but they were also a powerful presence in Anglo-Saxon religion before and after the introduction of Christianity. This book shows that they remained prominent in early English ... .... Learn More -
Winchester's Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Later Suburbs [Paperback]
Patrick Ottaway (Author); K. E. Qualmann (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781999978006
Published by : Hampshire Cultural Trust
This volume is a report on excavations undertaken in Winchester’s historic suburbs which produced evidence for their character, development and buildings over some 1600 years from the end of the Roman era to the ninete... .... Learn More -
Early Medieval Britain: The Rebirth of Towns in the Post-Roman West [Hardback]
Pam J. Crabtree (Author)
£77.00ISBN: 9780521885942
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Series: Case Studies in Early Societies
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The growth and development of towns and urbanism in the pre-modern world has been of interest to archaeologists since the nineteenth century. Much of the early archaeological research on urban origins focused on regions such as Mesopotamia, Egypt,... .... Learn More -
Epigraphy in an intermedial context [Hardback]
Alessia Bauer (Editor); Elise Kleivane (Editor); Terje Spurkland (Editor)
£49.50ISBN: 9781846827167
Published by : Four Courts Press
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Epigraphy refers to inscriptions on hard material such as stone, metal and wood. As a discipline, it is often considered to be part of the literary sources written in a certain language or recorded in a certain area. However, because of their mate... .... Learn More -
The Viking Age: A Time of Many Faces [Hardback]
Caroline Arcini (Author)
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ISBN: 9781785709388
Published by : Oxbow Books
The majority of literature about the Viking period, based on artefacts or written sources, covers battles, kings, chiefs and mercenaries, long distance travel and colonisation, trade, and settlement. Less is said about the life of those that staye... .... Learn More
