North America
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Is It a House?: Archaeological Excavations at English Camp, San Juan Island, Washington [Paperback]
Amanda K. Taylor (Editor); Julie K. Stein (Editor)
Regular Price: £23.99
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9780295991474
Published by : University of Washington Press
Prehistoric houses on the Northwest Coast were built from wood, often within piles of discarded shells, leaving little archaeological evidence from which to confirm their presence. Is It a House? uses multiple lines of evidence to investigate whet... .... Learn More -
Comparative Archaeologies [Hardback]
Katina T. Lillios (Editor)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9781935488262
Published by : Oxbow Books
Comparative Archaeologies scrutinises current thinking on the dynamics and historical trajectories of complex societies in the American Southwest (AD 900-1600) and the Iberian Peninsula (3000-1500 BC) through a focused comparison of five themes... .... Learn More -
American Art Medals, 1909-1995 [Hardback]
David Thomason Alexander (Author); David Alexander (Author); Alan Roche (Author); Robert Krajewski (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9780897223171
Published by : American Numismatic Society
Volume: 1
American Art Medals, 1909-1995 is the first comprehensive study of the two most important series of art medals produced in the United States: the medals of the Circle of Friends of the Medallion (1909-1915) and those of the Society of Medalists... .... Learn More -
The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky [Hardback]
Paul A. Tenkotte (Editor); James C. Claypool (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9780813125855
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
When Heinz Lüning posed as a Jewish refugee to spy for Hitler's Abwehr espionage agency, he thought he had discovered the perfect solution to his most pressing problem: how to avoid being drafted into Hitler's army. Lüning was unsympathetic to Fas... .... Learn More -
Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait [Hardback]
William W. Fitzhugh (Editor); Aron L. Crowell (Editor); Julie Hollowell (Editor)
Regular Price: £40.00
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9780300122060
Published by : Yale University Press
Series: Princeton University Art Museum
The appearance during the first millennium A.D. of small, exquisitely carved artifacts of walrus ivory in the Bering Strait region marks the beginning of an extraordinary florescence in the art and culture of North America. The discovery in the 19... .... Learn More -
European Visions [Paperback]
Kim Sloan (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861591725
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 172
John White's watercolours of the flora, fauna and North Carolina Algonquians he encountered on the expedition sent by Walter Raleigh in 1585 are some of the greatest treasures of the British Museum; engraved by Theodor de Bry in 1590 to illustr... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Late Holocene San Miguel Island [Paperback]
Torben Rick (Author)
Regular Price: £26.00
Special Price: £10.00
ISBN: 9781931745369
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: Perspectives in California Archaeology
Volume: 8
California's northern Channel Islands have one of the longest and best preserved archaeological records in the Americas, spanning some 13,000 calendar years. When European explorers first travelled to the area the Chumash, some of the most pop... .... Learn More -
First Settler of the New World [Paperback]
Jonas Kristjansson (Author); Jónas Kristjánsson (Author)
£18.99ISBN: 9789979546504
Published by : University of Iceland Press
This study discusses the expedition made by Thorfinn Karlsefni to Vinland the Good. Karlsefni sailed there from Greenland along with his wife Gudrid and a fine company of men. They brought along all sorts of livestock, having orginally planned ... .... Learn More -
Ceramics in America 2004 [Paperback]
Robert Hunter (Author)
£56.00ISBN: 9780972435338
Published by : Chipstone Foundation
Series: Ceramics in America Annual
The 2004 issue features many important articles including the first color publication of America's earliest stoneware factory-The Poor Potter of Yorktown. In addition, other articles feature previously unpublished information about several importa... .... Learn More -
Miskwabik, Metal of Ritual: Metallurgy in Precontact Eastern North America [Hardback]
Amelia M. Trevelyan (Author)
£32.00ISBN: 9780813122724
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Miskwabik, Metal of Ritual examines the thousands of beautiful and intricate ritual works of art -- from ceremonial weaponry to delicate copper pendants and ear ornaments -- created in eastern North America before the arrival of Europeans. The fir... .... Learn More
