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Atlas of Ceramic Fabrics 1
Valentina Cannavò et al.
This book presents and interprets the petrographic composition of Bronze Age Impasto pottery (23rd-10th centuries BCE) found in the eastern part of Italy. This is the first of a series of Atlases organised according to geographical areas, chronology and types of wares. This volume contains 935 samples from 63 sites. READ MORE
Paperback: £29.00 | eBook: £16.00
Estudios sobre el África romana
ed. Fabiola Salcedo Garcés et al.
These collected papers are for those who have their gaze fixed on the fascinating mosaic of cultures that was the North-African world from the moment Rome appeared in the region. Most articles are dedicated to the world of images, but other subjects include Historiography, Archaeology of Architecture, and Libyan-Berber ethnicities. READ MORE
Paperback: £44.00 | eBook: £16.00
Buildings in Society: International Studies in the Historic Era
ed. Liz Thomas et al.
This book presents a series of papers reflecting the latest approaches to the study of buildings from the historic period. This volume does not examine buildings as architecture, rather it adopts an archaeological perspective to consider them as artefacts, reflecting the needs of those who commissioned them. READ MORE
Paperback: £32.00 | eBook: £16.00
Settlement and Land Use on the Periphery
Jere M. Wickens et al.
This survey by the Southern Euboea Exploration Project provides a wealth of intriguing information about fluctuations in long-term use and habitation in the Bouros-Kastri peninsula at the south-eastern tip of the Greek island of Euboia, and how the peninsula's use was connected to that of the main urban centre at Karystos. READ MORE
Paperback: £32.00 | eBook: £16.00
Cycladic Archaeology and Research: New Approaches and Discoveries
ed. Erica Angliker et al.
Recent excavations and new theoretical approaches are changing our view of the Cyclades. This volume aims to share these recent developments with a broader, international audience. Essays have been carefully selected as representing some of the most important recent work and include significant previously-unpublished material. READ MORE
Paperback: £50.00 | eBook: £16.00
KYMISSALA: Archaeology – Education – Sustainability
ed. Manolis I. Stefanakis
Kymissala, on the southwest coast of Rhodes, is an area of great archaeological interest. Here, after ten years of systematic research, in terms of Archaeology, Education and Sustainable Development, fourteen original studies are presented, constituting the first complete presentation of the area of Kymissala and the work in progress. READ MORE
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Colecciones, arqueólogos, instituciones y yacimientos en la España de los siglos XVIII al XX
ed. Sergio España-Chamorro et al.
The History of archaeological research has only recently become a research topic of interest within Spain. Eleven papers, first presented at a congress in March 2016, address several aspects from different perspectives that collectively enrich the historiography of Spanish archaeological research. READ MORE
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Special Place, Interesting Times: The island of Palagruža and transitional periods in Adriatic prehistory
Stašo Forenbaher
Palagruža is a remote Croatian archipelago in the middle of the Adriatic Sea, unexpectedly abundant in high-grade archaeological evidence, dating precisely from the three periods of later Adriatic prehistory marked by radical change. READ MORE
Paperback: £34.00 | Open Access
The Search for Winchester’s Anglo-Saxon Minsters
Martin Biddle et al.
A history of extensive archaeological excavations in Winchester from 1961 to 1970, showing how they led to the discovery of the Old and New Minsters and brought back to life the history, archaeology and architecture of the city’s greatest Anglo-Saxon buildings. READ MORE
Paperback: £15.00 | eBook: £16.00
From the Archaeological Record to Virtual Reconstruction
Juana Molina Salido
From the Archaeological Record to Virtual Reconstruction' describes the use of New Information Technologies (IT) for the analyses and interpretation of the archaeological record of an Iron Age fortified settlement, the San Chuis Hillfort (San Martín de Beduledo, Allande, Asturias, Spain). READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | eBook: £16.00
Gifts, Goods and Money: Comparing currency and circulation systems in past societies
ed. Dirk Brandherm et al.
The papers gathered in this volume explore the economic and social roles of exchange systems in past societies from a variety of different perspectives. Based on a broad range of individual case studies, the authors tackle problems surrounding the identification of (pre-monetary) currencies in the archaeological record. READ MORE
Paperback: £34.00 | Open Access
Who Owns the Past?
ed. Maja Gori et al.
This volume, part of the wider Ex Novo series, hosts papers exploring the various ways in which the past is remembered, recovered, created and used. In particular, contributions discuss the role of archaeology in present-day conflict areas and its function as peacekeeping tool or as trigger point for military action. READ MORE
Paperback: £25.00
Visualizing cityscapes of Classical antiquity: from early modern reconstruction drawings to digital 3D models
Chiara Piccoli
The study presented here aims to make a practical contribution to a new understanding and use of digital 3D reconstructions in archaeology, namely as ‘laboratories’ to test hypotheses and visualize, evaluate and discuss multiple interpretations. READ MORE
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My dear Miss Ransom: Letters between Caroline Ransom Williams and James Henry Breasted, 1898-1935
ed. Kathleen L. Sheppard
Letters between Caroline Ransom Williams, the first American university-trained female Egyptologist, and James Henry Breasted, the first American Egyptologist and founder of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, show that Ransom Williams had a full life and productive career as the first American female Egyptologist. READ MORE
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SOMA 2015: Time, Space and People
ed. Murat Arslan
The proceedings of SOMA 2015 contain eighteen interdisciplinary articles on themes from underwater archaeology to history, archaeometry and art history, and chronologically, the subjects of these articles range from the Bronze Age to the 20th century. READ MORE
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Marcadores gráficos y territorios megalíticos en la Cuenca interior del Tajo: Toledo, Madrid y Guadalajara
Mª Ángeles Lancharro Gutiérrez
The aim of this work is to analyze Late Prehistoric graphical markers, comprising paintings, engravings, Megalithic elements, and other portable objects. The Tajo inner basin (Spain), was chosen for this study due to the lack of scholarship on the subject and the lack of geographical information available for the archaeological sites. READ MORE
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Life on the Edge: The Neolithic and Bronze Age of Iain Crawford’s Udal, North Uist
ed. Beverley Ballin Smith
Excavations in North Uist dating from 1974-1984 identified two cists with human remains in kerbed cairns, many bowl pits dug into the blown sand, two late Neolithic structures and a ritual complex. READ MORE
Hardback: £25.00 | Open Access
Egyptian Predynastic Anthropomorphic Objects
Ryna Ordynat
The aim of this study is to examine Anthropomorphic objects from the Egyptian Predynastic in terms of their original context to determine what role they played in Predynastic burials. A database comprising all provenanced anthropomorphic Predynastic objects has been composed in order to conduct a detailed analysis. READ MORE
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Maryport: A Roman Fort and Its Community
David J. Breeze
The collection of Roman inscribed stones and sculpture, together with other Roman objects found at Maryport in Cumbria, is the oldest archaeological collection in Britain still in private hands. David Breeze places the collection in context and describes the history of research at the site. READ MORE
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Social Interactions and Status Markers in the Roman World
ed. George Cupcea et al.
Proceedings from the ‘People of the Ancient World’ conference held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2016. Ten papers encompass diverse approaches to Roman provincial populations and the corresponding case-studies highlight the multi-faceted character of Roman society. READ MORE
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Agia Varvara-Almyras: An Iron Age Copper Smelting Site in Cyprus
ed. Christina Peege et al.
This volume presents the results of a comprehensive post-excavation analysis of the stratigraphy, geology, metallurgical materials (furnaces, tuyeres), finds (pottery, furnace lining, stone tools), as well as a synthesis of the copper smelting technology at Agia Varvara-Almyras, Cyprus. READ MORE
Paperback: £48.00 | eBook: £16.00
Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art
ed. Wannaporn Rienjang et al.
‘Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art’ is the first publication of the Gandhāra Connections project at the University of Oxford’s Classical Art Research Centre. It presents the proceedings of the first of three international workshops on fundamental questions in the study of Gandhāran art, held at Oxford in March 2017. READ MORE
Paperback: £32.00 | Open Access
The Roman Bridge between Dolni Vadin (Bulgaria) and Grojdibodu (Romania)
Dorel Bondoc
This volume contains all the available data on the Roman bridge over the Danube which connected Dolni Vadin (Bulgaria) and Grojdibodu (Romania) that the author was able to access given the fact that there have been no archaeological excavations at the feet of the bridge. READ MORE
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People in the Mountains: Current Approaches to the Archaeology of Mountainous Landscapes
ed. Andrzej Pelisiak et al.
This book studies current approaches to the archaeology of mountainous landscapes, presenting research results from different scientific contexts. To discuss these issues, and to study different aspects of human activity in the mountains and adjacent regions it incorporates archaeological, botanical, zooarchaeological and ethnological information. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
Les Néandertaliens du talon
ed. Enza Spinapolice
Focussing on the abundant Middle Palaeolithic sites in the Salento region of Southern Italy, this book analyses how Neanderthals used and managed raw materials, through both the procurement and use of the locally available materials and the exploitation of possibly more distant sources. READ MORE
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The Gwithian Landscape: Molluscs and Archaeology on Cornish Sand Dunes
Thomas Walker et al.
Gwithian, on the north coast of Cornwall, is a multiperiod archaeological site. The present work explores the palaeoenvironment of the area around the settlement sites, from the Neolithic, when sand dunes initially developed in the Red River valley, to the present post-industrial landscape. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00
From the Fjords to the Nile: Essays in honour of Richard Holton Pierce on his 80th birthday
ed. Pål Steiner et al.
From the Fjords to the Nile' brings together essays by students and colleagues of Richard Holton Pierce (b. 1935), presented on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Topics focus on Egypt, the Near East and the wider ancient world. READ MORE
Paperback: £24.00 | eBook: £16.00
Sites of Prehistoric Life in Northern Ireland
Harry Welsh et al.
This monograph brings together information on all the currently known sites in Northern Ireland that are in some way associated with prehistoric life. Compiled from a number of sources, it includes many that have only recently been discovered. A total of 1580 monuments are recorded in the inventory, ranging from burnt mounds to hillforts. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00
Great Waterworks in Roman Greece
ed. Georgia A. Aristodemou et al.
This volume is the first presentation of large scale waterworks in the Greek provinces of the Roman Empire. As a collective work, it brings together a wide body of experts from the newly emerged and expanding field of water technology and water archaeology in Roman Greece, and it fills an essential gap in archaeological research. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
Il complesso monumentale di Baitokaike (Hoson Sulaiman – Siria)
Tarek Ahmad
The architecture of the temple at Baitokaike shares the characteristics that are typical of the Phoenician region, especially during the imperial era. This study aims to deepen our knowledge, proposing new chronological phases of the site, starting from the time when it was an open cult place, through the architectural analysis of its buildings. READ MORE
Paperback: £26.00 | eBook: £16.00
Shipwrecks and Provenance: in-situ timber sampling protocols with a focus on wrecks of the Iberian shipbuilding tradition
Sara A. Rich et al.
This book presents a set of protocols to establish the need for wood samples from shipwrecks and to guide archaeologists in the removal of samples for a suite of archaeometric techniques currently available to provenance the timbers used to construct wooden ships and boats. Case studies presented use Iberian ships of the 16th to 18th centuries. READ MORE
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Mosaici funerari tardoantichi in Italia
Luigi Quattrocchi
The potential of tomb mosaics as an academic resource has often been underestimated and consequently they have only been partially analysed not only in Italy but also throughout the Western Mediterranean. This work is intended to shed a new light on these finds, which are often incomplete, lost, or little studied. READ MORE
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Augustus: From Republic to Empire
ed. Grażyna Bąkowska-Czerner et al.
Proceedings from the conference ‘AUGUSTUS. 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD – 2000 years of divinity’ held in Kakow, 2014. Papers deal with a variety of topics ranging from architecture, urban issues and painting to fine art represented by glyptics and numismatics. READ MORE
Paperback: £34.00 | eBook: £16.00
Archaeological Data Recovery in the Piceance and Wyoming Basins of Northwestern Colorado and Southwestern Wyoming
ed. Matthew J. Landt
In 2008-9, a 14-in. natural gas liquids pipeline was constructed in Colorado and Wyoming. Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc. was hired to survey the route; the major research themes presented here synthesize chronometric and spatial information, subsistence, prehistoric technology, small cultural features, and prehistoric architecture. READ MORE
Paperback: £58.00 | eBook: £16.00
Between History and Archaeology: Papers in honour of Jacek Lech
ed. Dagmara H. Werra et al.
A collection of forty-six papers papers in honour of Professor Jacek Lech, compiled in recognition of his research and academic career as well as his inquiry into the study of prehistoric flint mining, Neolithic flint tools (and beyond), and the history of archaeology. READ MORE
Paperback: £80.00 | eBook: £16.00
Durovigutum: Roman Godmanchester
H. J. M. Green et al.
This publication presents Michael Green’s archaeological investigations into Roman Godmanchester (Cambridgeshire, UK). This is the first time Green’s full body of work has been collated and presented in one comprehensive volume. READ MORE
Paperback: £50.00 | eBook: £16.00
Huosiland: A Small Country in Carolingian Europe
Carl I. Hammer
This volume studies the landscape of western Bavaria in the early-medieval period, between about 750 and 850 AD. The title of the study derives from several indications that a noble genealogia, the Huosi, were particularly influential there during the period. Huosiland may be the best documented European landscape of this time. READ MORE
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Excavation of the Late Saxon and Medieval Churchyard of St Martin’s, Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Iain Soden
This volume presents the results of excavations by MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) undertaken in 2003-4 at the former St Martin’s churchyard, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. READ MORE
Paperback: £25.00 | eBook: £16.00
Latrinae: Roman Toilets in the Northwestern Provinces of the Roman Empire
ed. Stefanie Hoss
This book is the first collection on Roman toilets of the northwestern provinces, and gives a good overview of the possibilities for human waste removal in Roman times. The volume provides a fascinating introduction to this under-researched group of Roman installations. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
Considering Creativity: Creativity, Knowledge and Practice in Bronze Age Europe
ed. Joanna Sofaer
The papers in this volume view Bronze Age objects through the lens of creativity in order to offer fresh insights into the interaction between people and the world, as well as the individual and cultural processes that lie behind creative expression. READ MORE
Paperback: £33.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Classification of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Copper and Bronze Axe-heads from Southern Britain
Stuart Needham
This work presents a comprehensive classification of the morphology of early metal age axe-heads, chisels and stakes from southern Britain. It is illustrated by a type series of 120 representative examples. READ MORE
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Axe-heads and Identity
Katharine Walker
This volume seeks to re-assess the significance accorded to the body of stone and flint axe-heads imported into Britain from the Continent which have until now often been poorly understood, overlooked and undervalued in Neolithic studies. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | eBook: £16.00
Manual de Egipcio Medio (segunda edición)
Carlos Gracia Zamacona
A second revised and updated edition of Carlos Gracia Zamacona’s Manual de Egipcio Medio [Handbook of Middle Egyptian]. The book is designed as a primer, written in Spanish, to learn Middle Egyptian (2000-1500 BC) and a guide to read hieroglyphs. READ MORE
Paperback: £14.99 | eBook: £16.00
John Henry Haynes: A Photographer and Archaeologist in the Ottoman Empire 1881–1900
Robert G. Ousterhout
Professor Ousterhout tells the story of the photographer and archaeologist John Henry Haynes (1849-1910), unsung hero of American archaeology, and assesses his unique contribution with insight and affection. The landmark study is illustrated with more than 100 of his most poignant, unpublished photographs of Ottoman Turkey and Mesopotomia. READ MORE
Paperback: £22.95
Palmyra 1885: The Wolfe Expedition and the Photographs of John Henry Haynes
Benjamin Anderson et al.
PALMYRA 1885, by Benjamin Anderson and Robert G. Ousterhout, is the first published record of the five fruitful days that father of American archaeological photography, John Henry Haynes, spent in Syria's ancient desert city, whose most important monuments were destroyed by the self-styled Islamic State in 2015. READ MORE
Paperback: £19.95
Ziyaret Tepe: Exploring the Anatolian frontier of the Assyrian Empire
Timothy Matney et al.
This unique record charts the important archaeological finds over 18 years at Ziyaret Tepe in southeast Turkey - site of Tushan, a provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire dating back to the 9th century BC. Informative, scholarly, copiously illustrated, personal and extremely readable, this groundbreaking book sets a new benchmark in the field. READ MORE
Paperback: £16.95
Palmyrena: Palmyra and the Surrounding Territory from the Roman to the Early Islamic period
Jørgen Christian Meyer
This book is the first investigation of the relationship between Palmyra and its surrounding territory from the Roman to the early Islamic period since the 1930s. It discusses the agricultural potential of the hinterland, its role in the food supply of the city, and the interaction with the nomadic networks on the Syrian dry steppe. READ MORE
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La ceca de Ilduro
Alejandro G. Sinner
This book is exclusively devoted to the mint of Ilduro, its main goal being to study not only the issues produced by the workshop in detail, but also the role that this coinage had in the monetarization of a changing society, that of the Laietani, which had never previously needed to use coinage. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00
Alexandria and Qumran: Back to the Beginning
Kenneth Silver
This book addresses the proto-history and the roots of the Qumran community and of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the light of contemporary scholarship in Alexandria, Egypt. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00
Worlds Apart Trading Together: The organisation of long-distance trade between Rome and India in Antiquity
Kasper Grønlund Evers
This book sets out to replace the outdated notion of ‘Indo-Roman trade’, integrating new findings from the last 30 years. Analysis conducted demonstrates that highly substantial levels of trade took place between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean in the 1st–6th c. altering consumption and production in India, South Arabia and the Roman Empire. READ MORE
Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00
New Home, New Herds: Cuman Integration and Animal Husbandry in Medieval Hungary from an Archaeozoological Perspective
Kyra Lyublyanovics
The Cumans are known to history as nomadic, mounted warriors. Some arrived in the Hungarian Kingdom in the mid-thirteenth century seeking asylum, eventually settling and integrating. This study collects historical, ethnographic and archaeological information on the animal husbandry aspect of the development of the Cuman population in Hungary. READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00 | eBook: £16.00
Parian Polyandreia
Anagnostis P. Agelarakis
This book centres on the anthropological study of two late 8th century BC monumental graves, including a considerable population sample of cremated males, at the ancient necropolis of Paroikia at Paros, Greece. The study investigates inter-island features of the human record, observable as ingrained traces in the skeletal record. READ MORE
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Archaeological Heritage Policies and Management Structures
ed. Erika M. Robrahn-González et al.
Proceedings of the UISPP World Congress
Proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1–7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain) 15
This volume presents proceedings from sessions A15a, A15b, A15c of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1–7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain). Collectively this volume presents perspectives of archaeological heritage management in various countries and continents. READ MORE
Paperback: £28.00 | Open Access
Immagini del tempo degli dei, immagini del tempo degli uomini
Ciro Parodo
Iconography found in Roman and Byzantine illustrated calendars can be divided into three themes: astrological-astronomical, festive-ritual and rural-seasonal. This volume presents an in-depth study of the connections between the meaning of the iconography of the illustrated calendars and their historical and cultural context. READ MORE
Paperback: £42.00 | eBook: £16.00
Ceramic manufacturing techniques and cultural traditions in Nubia from the 8th to the 3rd millennium BC
Giulia D’Ercole
This book presents a comprehensive critical analysis of diverse ceramic assemblages from Sai Island, in the Middle Nile Valley of Northern Sudan, on the border between ancient Upper and Lower Nubia. The assemblages included in this study cover about five millennia, spanning the period c. 8000 to c. 2500 BC. READ MORE
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The Lamps of Late Antiquity from Rhodes
Angeliki Katsioti
This study focuses on the recording, study and publication of the corpus of the Late Antique lamps dating from the 3rd to the 7th centuries as found in rescue excavations in the town of Rhodes. The aim here is to present the diachronic changes in the artistic sensibility and preferences of this particular market. READ MORE
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Elements of Continuity
George Azzopardi
The stones dealt with in this study are non-figural (or aniconic) or, sometimes, semi-figural. They come from ritual contexts and, as such, act as a material representation of divine presence in their role as betyls. The Maltese islands are presented as a case study to demonstrate the phenomenon of continuity through a study of these stones. READ MORE
Paperback: £18.00 | eBook: £16.00
Innovative Approaches and Explorations in Ceramic Studies
ed. Sandra L. López Varela
This book celebrates thirty years of Ceramic Ecology, an international symposium initiated at the 1986 American Anthropological Association. Contributions explore the application of instrumental techniques and experimental studies to analyze ceramics and follow innovative approaches to evaluate methods and theories. READ MORE
Paperback: £28.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Western Cemetery of Roman Cirencester
Neil Holbrook et al.
Evidence for funerary ceremonies involving the consumption of wine, pouring libations, and the burning of substances. Outside the walled cemetery, the burial of a 2-3-year-old child contained a magnificent enamelled bronze figurine of a cockerel, of 2nd century AD date, only four or five similar examples known from Britain. READ MORE
Hardback: £19.95
Los yacimientos olvidados: registro y musealización de campos de batalla
Mario Ramírez Galán
This book shows the great potential of Spanish battlefields and their heritage for archaeological study. It suggests Spain could be regarded as a very important country regarding battlefield archaeology. READ MORE
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Current Approaches to Collective Burials in the Late European Prehistory
ed. Tiago Tomé et al.
Proceedings of the UISPP World Congress
Proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1–7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain) 14
The articles in this volume provide examples of different approaches currently being developed on Prehistoric collective burials of southern Europe, mostly focusing on case studies, but also including contributions of a more methodological scope. READ MORE
Paperback: £28.00 | Open Access
Imágenes de centauros en los vasos áticos de figuras negras y de figuras rojas
María Herranz
The centaur, a hybrid being with the body of horse and a human head and torso, first appeared in the mountains of Thessaly. This book is composed of a catalogue divided into nine chapters. Each chapter comprises catalogue entries for a number of black-figure and red-figure Attic vases. READ MORE
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Hillforts and the Durotriges
Dave Stewart et al.
This volume sets out the results of a detailed programme of non-intrusive geophysical survey conducted across hillforts of Dorset (UK), generating detailed subsurface maps of archaeological features, in the hope of better resolving the phasing, form and internal structure of these iconic sites. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Cutting Edge: Khoe-San rock-markings at the Gestoptefontein-Driekuil engraving complex, North West Province, South Africa
Jeremy Charles Hollmann
This book addresses rock engravings on the wonderstone hills just outside Ottosdal, South Africa. Much of the rock art has been destroyed due to mining activities, with very few records and the largest remaining outcrop is still threatened. The study hopes to bring this situation to the attention of the public and the heritage authorities. READ MORE
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Autour de l’infanterie d’élite macédonienne à l’époque du royaume antigonide
Pierre O. Juhel
This volume presents five articles relating to military studies in the context of Macedonia of the Antigonids. Combining literary studies and archaeology, the author proposes several new concepts on Hellenistic Macedonian military studies. Articles consider the Macedonian phalanx, Antigonid Redcoats, heavy infantry and defensive weaponry. READ MORE
Paperback: £34.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Chambered Tombs of the Isle of Man
Audrey Henshall et al.
This is the first book ever devoted to the chambered tombs of the Isle of Man and, though there are no more than nine surviving monuments, they are of considerable interest and importance because of the central location of the island in the north Irish Sea where cultural influences and traditions of tomb building are mixed. READ MORE
Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00
A Life in Norfolk's Archaeology: 1950-2016
Peter Wade-Martins
A personal history of Peter Wade-Martins archaeological endeavour in Norfolk set within a national context. It covers the writer’s early experiences as a volunteer, the rise of field archaeology as a profession and efforts to conserve archaeological heritage. READ MORE
Hardback: £24.99 | eBook: £16.00
For the Gods of Girsu (ARABIC EDITION)
Sébastien Rey
This book demonstrates Girsu is a primary locale for re-analyzing, through an interdisciplinary approach combining archaeological and textual evidence, the origins of the Sumerian city-state. READ MORE
Paperback: £25.00
Foreigners and Outside Influences in Medieval Norway
ed. Stian Suppersberger Hamre
Seven articles discuss different aspects of immigration and foreign influences in medieval Norway, from the viewpoint of different academic disciplines. The book will give the reader an insight into how the population of medieval Norway interacted with the surrounding world, how and by whom it was influenced, and how the population was composed. READ MORE
Paperback: £24.00 | Open Access
Die Ausrüstung der römischen Armee auf der Siegessäule des Marcus Aurelius in Rom
Boris Alexander Nikolaus Burandt
The reliefs of the column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome are used extensively for the illustration of Roman soldiers. However, there is no direct comparison between this work of official Roman art and the archaeological finds. This book aims to address this lacuna. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00
Bridging Times and Spaces: Papers in Ancient Near Eastern, Mediterranean and Armenian Studies
ed. Pavel S. Avetisyan et al.
This book presents papers written by colleagues of Professor Gregory E. Areshian on the occasion his 65th birthday. The range of topics includes Near Eastern, Mediterranean and Armenian archaeology, theory of interpretation in archaeology and art history, interdisciplinary history, historical linguistics, art history, and comparative mythology. READ MORE
Paperback: £65.00 | eBook: £16.00
Remembered Places, Forgotten Pasts
Tim Cockrell
South Yorkshire and the North Midlands have long been ignored or marginalized in narratives of British Prehistory. In this book, unpublished data is used for the first time in a work of synthesis to reconstruct the prehistory of the earliest communities across the River Don drainage basin. READ MORE
Paperback: £32.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Palace Lady’s Summerhouse and other inside stories from a vanishing Turkey
Patricia Daunt
From Istanbul’s palatial old embassies to its glorious Bosphorus summerhouses, from Ottoman Paris to Ankara’s Art Deco, this book brings together essays by Patricia Daunt to reveal their secret histories. It concludes with her latest article, on the magnificent ruins of Aphrodisias, newly listed as a World Heritage Site. READ MORE
Hardback: £25.00
Proceedings of the XI International Congress of Egyptologists, Florence, Italy 23-30 August 2015
ed. Gloria Rosati et al.
Presents proceedings from the eleventh International Congress of Egyptologists which took place at the Florence Egyptian Museum (Museo Egizio Firenze), Italy from 23- 30 August 2015. READ MORE
Paperback: £90.00 | eBook: £16.00
Geology for Archaeologists
J.R.L. Allen
This short introduction aims to provide archaeologists of all backgrounds with a grounding in the principles, materials, and methods of geology. Each chapter ends with a short reading list, and many have selected case-histories in illustration of the points made. Included is a glossary of technical terms. READ MORE
Paperback: £25.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Mycenaean Cemetery at Agios Vasileios, Chalandritsa, in Achaea
Konstantina Aktypi et al.
The Mycenaean chamber-tomb cemetery at Agios Vasileios in Achaea, was first investigated in the late 1920s, followed by small-scale research in 1961. In the years 1989–2001 further rescue excavations revealed 30 chamber tombs, some looted. Based mostly on the latest research, this study is the first major presentation of the cemetery and its finds. READ MORE
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Encounters, Excavations and Argosies
ed. John Moreland et al.
Richard Hodges, one of Europe’s preeminent archaeologists, has, throughout his career, transformed the way we understand the early Middle Ages; this volume pays tribute to him with a series of reflections on some of the themes and issues which have been central to his work over the last forty years. READ MORE
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Shifting Sand: Journal of a cub archaeologist, Palestine 1964
Julian Berry
Shifting Sand is the journal of Julian Berry, then a 17-year-old archaeologist, written on-site during excavations in Jordan, 1964. The book provides a fascinating insight into the lives of archaeologists over 50 years ago, and the very close links between the European team, the Arab workmen, and the daily life in a simple mud-brick village. READ MORE
Paperback: £18.00 | eBook: £16.00
Bodies of Maize, Eaters of Grain: Comparing material worlds, metaphor and the agency of art in the Preclassic Maya and Mycenaean early civilisations
Marcus Jan Bajema
This book offers a comparative study of the civilisations of the Late Preclassic lowland Maya and Mycenaean Greece. The approach used here seeks to combine traditional iconographic approaches with more recent models on metaphor and the social agency of things. READ MORE
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AP2017: 12th International Conference of Archaeological Prospection
ed. Benjamin Jennings et al.
The Proceedings of 12th International Conference of Archaeological Prospection draws together over 100 papers addressing archaeological prospection techniques, methodologies and case studies from around the world. READ MORE
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Road Archaeology in the Middle Nile: Volume 2
Michael Mallinson et al.
Reports on the findings of rescue excavations carried out by SARS in 1994 in advance of the construction of the North Challenge Road, Sudan. The excavation area encompassed from opposite the Pyramids of Meroe to Atbara. READ MORE
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The Hunting Farmers: Understanding ancient human subsistence in the central part of the Korean peninsula during the Late Holocene
Seungki Kwak
The central hypothesis of this research is that there was a wide range of resource utilization along with rice farming around 3,400-2,600 BP. This hypothesis contrasts with prevailing rice-based models, where climatically driven intensive rice agriculture from 3,400 BP is thought to be the dominant subsistence strategy that drove social complexity. READ MORE
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Ancient Engineering: Selective Ceramic Processing in the Middle Balsas Region of Guerrero, Mexico
Jennifer Meanwell
This volume has two main objectives: establishing a chronology of the Middle Balsas and detailing the region’s pottery production methods. The author posits that pottery intended for different functions was often deliberately made and/or decorated in ways that were chosen to make the vessels more appropriate for their intended functions. READ MORE
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Time and Stone: The Emergence and Development of Megaliths and Megalithic Societies in Europe
Bettina Schulz Paulsson
This analysis is concerned with the dating of megaliths in Europe and is based on 2410 available radiocarbon results and the application of a Bayesian statistical framework. It is, so far, the largest existing attempt to establish a supra-regional synthesis on the emergence and development of megaliths in Europe. READ MORE
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The History and Archaeology of Cathedral Square Peterborough
Stephen Morris
Reports on archaeological work undertaken ahead of an improvement scheme centred on Cathedral Square, the historic centre of Peterborough, by Northamptonshire Archaeology, now MOLA Northampton, commissioned by Opportunity Peterborough (Peterborough City Council). READ MORE
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Glassware and Glassworking in Thessaloniki
Anastassios Ch. Antonaras
A detailed examination of the production of glass and glass vessels in the eastern Mediterranean from the Hellenistic Age to the Early Christian period, analysing production techniques and decoration. READ MORE
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Rediscovering Heritage through Artefacts, Sites, and Landscapes: Translating a 3500-year Record at Ritidian, Guam
Mike T. Carson
The Ritidian Site in Guam reveals the full scope of traditional cultural heritage in the Mariana Islands since 1500 B.C. The material records here have been incorporated into a cohesive narrative in chronological order to learn about the profound heritage of this special site and its larger research contributions. READ MORE
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Tarascan Pottery Production in Michoacán, Mexico
Eduardo Williams
This book examines a contemporary pottery tradition in Mesoamerica, but also looks back to the earliest examples of cultural development in this area. By means of ethnographic analogy and ceramic ecology, this study seeks to shed light on a modern indigenous community and on the theory, method and practice of ethnoarchaeology. READ MORE
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Substantive Evidence of Initial Habitation in the Remote Pacific: Archaeological Discoveries at Unai Bapot in Saipan, Mariana Islands
Mike T. Carson et al.
At the Unai Bapot Site of the Mariana Islands, new excavation has clarified the oldest known instance of a residential habitation prior to 1500 B.C. in the Remote Pacific, previously difficult to document in deeply buried layers that originally had comprised near-tidal to shallow subtidal zones. READ MORE
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Interpreting the Seventh Century BC
ed. Xenia Charalambidou et al.
This book has its origin in a conference held at the British School at Athens in 2011 which aimed to explore the range of new archaeological information now available for the seventh century in Greek lands. READ MORE
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Le massif de Lovo, sur les traces du royaume de Kongo
Geoffroy Heimlich
Unlike the Sahara or Southern Africa, the rock art of Central Africa is still largely unknown today. Crossing ethnological, historical, archaeological and mythological points of view, this book illustrates that rock art played an important part in Kongo culture. READ MORE
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Minoan Extractions: A Photographic Journey 2009-2016
Gavin McGuire
Archaeologist and award-winning photographer, Gavin McGuire, brings us on-site to the long-running (and ongoing) Sissi Archaeological Project, Crete, offering unique insights into every key stage of an archaeological excavation and the lives of the archaeologists living and working in often harsh conditions for several weeks at a time. READ MORE
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L’ artisanat dans les cites antiques de l’Algérie
Touatia Amraoui
This book is the first to examine the artisans of ancient North Africa as its core subject. Focusing on urban production in Algeria during Antiquity, this critical study brings together new documentation drawn up on the basis of field data and the consultation of archives from a long history of survey in Algeria and France. READ MORE
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Ras il-Wardija Sanctuary Revisited
George Azzopardi
This book reassesses the evidence of a secluded Punic-Roman sanctuary on the coastal promontory of Ras il-Wardija on the central Mediterranean island of Gozo (near Malta). READ MORE
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SOMA 2014. Proceedings of the 18th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology
ed. Blazej Stanislawski et al.
Presents 22 papers from the 18th annual meeting of the Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology (SOMA), held in Wrocław-Poland, 24th to 26th April 2014. READ MORE
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El Sur de la Península Ibérica y el Mediterráneo Occidental: relaciones culturales en la segunda mitad del II milenio a.C.
Juan Manuel Garrido Anguita
Greek epics are the basis for the first speculations that link societies all along the Mediterranean coast. This book strives to distinguish reality from myth in the pursuit of a bond of certainty between the data provided by historical, literary and archaeological sources. READ MORE
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The Archaeological Activities of James Douglas in Sussex between 1809 and 1819
Malcolm Lyne
James Douglas (1753-1819) was a polymath, well ahead of his time in both the fields of archaeology and earth-sciences. This book recounts his archaeological and other activities in Sussex during the first two decades of the 19th century. READ MORE
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Catalogue of Etruscan Objects in World Museum, Liverpool
Jeann MacIntosh Turfa et al.
A catalogue of one of the finest collections of Etruscan artifacts outside of Italy, that of Wold Museum, Liverpool. This publication is highly illustrated with over 100 plates in full colour. READ MORE
Paperback: £54.00 | eBook: £16.00
Hillforts, Warfare and Society in Bronze Age Ireland
William O'Brien et al.
This is the first project to study hillforts in relation to warfare and conflict in Bronze Age Ireland. This project combines remote sensing and GIS-based landscape analysis with conventional archaeological survey to investigate ten prehistoric hillforts across southern Ireland. READ MORE
Paperback: £65.00 | eBook: £16.00
Working with the Past: Towards an Archaeology of Recycling
ed. Dragoş Gheorghiu et al.
This book invites archaeologists to approach the significant process of recycling within the archaeological record at two different levels: of artefacts and of landscape. READ MORE
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Knossos and the Near East
Vyron Antoniadis
In this book, Dr Vyron Antoniadis presents a contextual study of the Near Eastern imports which reached Crete during the Early Iron Age and were deposited in the Knossian tombs. READ MORE
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Lost and Now Found: Explorers, Diplomats and Artists in Egypt and the Near East
ed. Neil Cooke et al.
Long distance travel and mass tourism are not recent phenomena. Papers from the 2015 ASTENE Conference in Exeter demonstrate that over the centuries many individuals and groups of people have left the safety of their family home and travelled huge distances both for adventure and to learn more about other peoples and places. READ MORE
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Territoires et ressources des sociétés néolithiques du Bassin parisien
Claira Lietar
The aim of this book is to study forms of territorial patterning and resource management in the middle Neolithic I and II, between 4500 and 3800 BC in the Paris basin. READ MORE
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Le guerrier, le chat, l’aigle, le poisson et la colonne: la voie spiralée des signes
Serge Collet
Collet brings a new approach to the study of the Phaistos Disc, one of the most studied documents of the Minoan civilization. It’s not a deciphering but an interpretation, a depiction of the Minoan Weltanschauung through the symbols on the Disc and their connections with reality. READ MORE
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Aportes del enfoque tecnológico a la arqueología precolombina
Catherine Lara
The Cuyes River Valley, Ecuador, located in the Northwest of South America, acts as a transition corridor between the Andean and Amazon regions. This volume attempts to determine the ethnic origin of the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Cuyes valley through the study of ceramics excavated in 2009. READ MORE
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Physical Barriers, Cultural Connections: A Reconsideration of the Metal Flow at the Beginning of the Metal Age in the Alps
Laura Perucchetti
This book considers the early copper and copper-alloy metallurgy of the entire Circum- Alpine region. It introduces a new approach to the interpretation of chemical composition data sets, which has been applied to a comprehensive regional database for the first time. READ MORE
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Palaeolithic Pioneers: Behaviour, abilities, and activity of early Homo in European landscapes around the western Mediterranean basin ~1.3-0.05 Ma.
Michael J. Walker
Archaic humans were present for over a million years in western Mediterranean Europe where they left very many traces of their early stone-age activities and behaviour, and sometimes even human skeletal remains. This book evaluates archaeological findings about their life-ways at many important sites in Italy, southern France, and Spain. READ MORE
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Kratos & Krater: Reconstructing an Athenian Protohistory
Barbara Bohen
Athenian governance and culture are reconstructed from the Bronze Age into the historical era based on traditions, archaeological contexts and remains, foremost the formal commensal and libation krater. READ MORE
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A Time of Change: Questioning the “Collapse” of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Keir Magalie Strickland
This book reassesses the apparent collapse of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, through explicit reference to the archaeological record, rather than focusing solely upon textual sources which have been overly relied upon in previous studies. READ MORE
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Sig y análisis espacial en la arqueología de cazadores recolectores de Magallania (extremo sur de Sudamérica)
María Cecilia Pallo
Environmental and spatial analysis in the archeology of hunter-gatherers from Magallania (southernmost South America) READ MORE
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Arqueología urbana en el área central de la Ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina
Andrés D. Izeta et al.
Urban archeology in the central area of the City of Cordoba, Argentina. Excavations at the corporate headquarters of the Bank of the Province of Córdoba (2014-2016). READ MORE
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Excavations at the Mycenaean Cemetery at Aigion – 1967
Thanasis I. Papadopoulos et al.
In this monograph the authors present the finds of four Mycenaean chamber tombs, from the rescue excavation of Ephor Mastrokostas at Aigion in 1967. READ MORE
Paperback: £24.00 | eBook: £16.00
La ocupación humana del territorio de la comarca del río Guadalteba (Málaga) durante el Pleistoceno
Lidia Cabello Ligero
This investigation exhaustively gathers the archaeological evidence of the Palaeolithic human settlement in the Guadalteba river region (Malaga, Spain) during the Pleistocene. READ MORE
Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00
Bronze Age Monuments and Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon Landscapes at Cambridge Road, Bedford
Andy Chapman et al.
Presents the results of open area excavations on 14.45ha of land at Cambridge Road, Bedford, carried out in 2004-5 in advance of development. READ MORE
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Roman Frontier Studies 2009
ed. Nick Hodgson et al.
Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies (LIMES XXI), hosted by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, in August 2009. READ MORE
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Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 47 2017
ed. Julian Jansen van Rensburg et al.
Papers from the fiftieth meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, the principal international academic forum for research on the Arabian Peninsula. READ MORE
Paperback: £69.00
The Archaeology of Time Travel
ed. Bodil Petersson et al.
This volume explores the relevance of time travel as a characteristic contemporary way to approach the past. Papers explore various types and methods of time travel and seek to prove that time travel is a legitimate and timely object of study and critique because it represents a significant way to bring the past back to life in the present. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | Open Access
New Perspectives on the Bronze Age
ed. Sophie Bergerbrant et al.
This collection of articles helps to explain why the Bronze Age has come to hold such a fascination within modern archaeological research. By providing new theoretical and analytical perspectives on the evidence new interpretative avenues have opened, it situates the history of the Bronze Age in both a local and a global setting. READ MORE
Paperback: £60.00 | eBook: £16.00
Romano-Celtic Mask Puzzle Padlocks
Jerry Slocum et al.
This book presents a little-known and ingenious artefact of the Roman world: a small puzzle padlock whose font plate bears a face or ‘mask’ of ‘Celtic’ style. READ MORE
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‘Poedicvlorvm oppida’
Custode Silvio Fioriello
This volume reconstructs – for the first time, in an organic manner and in a global framework – the profile of the urban space of central Apulia, Italy in Roman times. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00
Catalogue of Artefacts from Malta in the British Museum
Josef Mario Briffa SJ et al.
Ancient finds from the Maltese islands are rare, and those held in the British Museum form an important collection. Represented is a wide cultural range, spanning the Early and Late Neolithic, the Bronze Age, Roman and more recent historic periods. READ MORE
Paperback: £60.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Archaeology of Kenilworth Castle’s Elizabethan Garden
Brian Dix et al.
Reports on archaeologcial excavations at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, relating to the Elizabethan garden, as well as medieval remains, later Civil War activity, and more recent land-use. READ MORE
Paperback: £28.00 | eBook: £16.00
Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research
ed. Mladen Tomorad et al.
This volume presents proceedings from the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists, Zagreb, Croatia 2015. READ MORE
Paperback: £65.00 | eBook: £16.00
Not just Porridge: English Literati at Table
ed. Francesca Orestano et al.
Concocted in Italy by scholars of English and sifted through the judgement of the English editor, this volume traces a curious history of English literature, from the tasty and spicy recipes of the Middle Ages down to very recent times. READ MORE
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Saxa loquuntur: Roman Epitaphs from North-Western Croatia
Branka Migotti
This book examines Roman funerary material from three Roman cities of the south-western regions of the Roman province of Pannonia (modern-day north-western Croatia) READ MORE
Paperback: £28.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Resurgam Submarine
Peter Holt
The Resurgam is one of the earliest 'working' submarines, designed by Victorian engineer George William Garrett. This book describes how the Resurgam was built, how she may have worked and what happened to her. READ MORE
Paperback: £24.00 | eBook: £16.00
Large Scale Rhodian Sculpture of Hellenistic and Roman Times
Kalliope Bairami
This volume presents the large-scale Rhodian sculpture of the Hellenistic and Roman period through the publication of sixty unpublished sculptures of life size or larger than life size, together with forty-five sculptures already published. READ MORE
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L’arte rupestre dell’età dei metalli nella penisola italiana: localizzazione dei siti in rapporto al territorio, simbologie e possibilità interpretative
ed. Renata Grifoni Cremonesi et al.
This volume presents the proceedings of the conference “L’arte rupestre dell’età dei metalli nella penisola italiana: localizzazione dei siti in rapporto al territorio, simbologie e possibilità interpretative”, University of Pisa on 15th June 2015 READ MORE
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Continuity and Change in Etruscan Domestic Architecture
Paul M. Miller
Etruscan architecture underwent various changes between the later Iron Age and the Archaic period. This book reconsiders these changes by focusing on the building materials and techniques used in the construction of domestic structures. READ MORE
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Greek Art: From Oxford to Portugal and Back Again
Rui Morais
One of the most fascinating topics in the study of ancient art concerns artistic practices and models and the means of transmission of iconographic designs and decorative compositions. This study presents some examples that suggest the existence of pattern books Ancient Greece. READ MORE
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Coventry’s Medieval Suburbs
Paul Mason et al.
Reports the results of 2003-2007 excavations at Hill Street, Upper Well Street and Far Gosford Street, three suburban streets which stood directly outside the city gates of Coventry for much of the medieval period. READ MORE
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Birds, Beasts and Burials: A study of the human-animal relationship in Romano-British St. Albans
Brittany Elayne Hill
Birds, Beasts and Burials examines human-animal relationships as found in the mortuary record within the area of Verulamium that is now situated in the modern town of St. Albans. READ MORE
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Cedar Forests, Cedar Ships
Sara A. Rich
It is commonly recognized that the Cedars of Lebanon were prized in the ancient world, but how can the complex archaeological role of the Cedrus genus be articulated in terms that go beyond its interactions with humans alone? READ MORE
Paperback: £44.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Death of the Maiden in Classical Athens
Katia Margariti
The present study examines the death of maidens in classical Athens, combining the study of Attic funerary iconography with research on classical Attic maiden burials, funerary inscriptions, tragic plays, as well as the relevant Attic myths READ MORE
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Cloth Seals: An Illustrated Guide to the Identification of Lead Seals Attached to Cloth
Stuart F. Elton
This book is intended to be a repository of the salient information currently available on the identification of cloth seals, and a source of new material that extends our understanding of these important indicators of post medieval and early modern industry and trade READ MORE
Paperback: £65.00 | eBook: £16.00
Eastern Sudan in its Setting
Andrea Manzo
Ongoing research in Eastern Sudan has provided a preliminary reconstruction of the history of the region from c. 6000 BC to AD 1500. This publication outlines this reconstruction and also considers the more general setting known for the other regions of northeastern Africa READ MORE
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Artemis and Her Cult
Ruth M. Léger
Artemis and Her Cult provides a first attempt to bring together archaeological and literary sources from two main Artemis sanctuaries, hoping to contribute to a clearer picture of her cult. READ MORE
Paperback: £33.00
Late Roman to Late Byzantine/Early Islamic Period Lamps in the Holy Land
Varda Sussman
This volume illustrates lamps from the Byzantine period excavated in the Holy Land and demonstrates the extent of their development since the first enclosing/capturing of light (fire) within a portable man-made vessel. READ MORE
Paperback: £70.00 | eBook: £16.00
Due antiche diocesi dello stretto di Messina
Francesca Zagari
This monograph is a comparative study of the Saline area and of the Aeolian Islands dioceses’ settlement in Late Antiquity and in the Early Middle ages. READ MORE
Paperback: £33.00 | eBook: £16.00
Ländliche Siedlungsstrukturen im römischen Spanien
Jan Schneider
The present study deals with the comparison of rural settlements, aiming to compare developments in various settlements of the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman era. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
Sweet Waste: Medieval sugar production in the Mediterranean viewed from the 2002 excavations at Tawahin es-Sukkar, Safi, Jordan
Richard E. Jones
This book reports on the excavation of a medieval sugar refinery, Tawahin es-Sukkar near Safi, situated south of the Dead Sea in Jordan. There it was possible to explore many of the steps in the sugar-making process. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00
Stone Vessels in the Near East during the Iron Age and the Persian Period
Andrea Squitieri
This book focuses on the characteristics and the development of the stone vessel industry in the Near East during the Iron Age and the Persian period (c. 1200 – 330 BCE). READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00 | eBook: £16.00
La Cerámica Común romana en la Bahía Gaditana en Época romana
ed. Lourdes Girón Anguiozar
This volumes examines Roman pottery and production centers in the bay of Gaditana, modern-day Cádiz. READ MORE
Paperback: £80.00 | eBook: £16.00
Atlas of Mammal Distribution through Africa from the LGM (~18 ka) to Modern Times
Hélène Jousse
This work provides the first overview of mammal species distributions in Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 18 ky) to modern time READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00 | eBook: £16.00
Portuguese Intervention in the Manila Galleon Trade
Etsuko Miyata
In this study of the Portuguese intervention in the Manila Galleon Trade, Etsuko Miyata explores its history through a new approach: the examination of Chinese ceramics. READ MORE
Paperback: £22.00 | eBook: £16.00
Recent Investigations in the Puuc Region of Yucatán
ed. Meghan Rubenstein
Papers focus on the history of the Puuc region, Yucatán, incorporating archaeological, architectural, epigraphic, and iconographic studies. READ MORE
Paperback: £33.00 | eBook: £16.00
Percy Manning: The Man Who Collected Oxfordshire
ed. Michael Heaney
This volume provides the first detailed biography Percy Manning (1870-1917), an Oxford antiquary who amassed enormous collections about the history of Oxford and Oxfordshire. READ MORE
Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00
Suyanggae and Her Neighbours in Haifa, Israel
ed. Sharon Gonen et al.
This proceedings volume gathers papers, abstracts and posters from the 20th (1) symposium: Suyanggae and Her Neighbours, which took place from 21–28 June 2015 in Haifa, Israel. READ MORE
Paperback: £32.00 | eBook: £16.00
Amphorae from the Kops Plateau (Nijmegen): trade and supply to the Lower-Rhineland from the Augustan period to AD 69/70
ed. Cèsar Carreras et al.
The amphorae from Kops Plateau represent a singular example of Roman military supply in northern Europe at a very early date. Their analysis sheds light on trading routes in the Atlantic regions, and from Gaul to Germany. READ MORE
Paperback: £65.00 | eBook: £16.00
Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon Settlement along the Empingham to Hannington Pipeline in Northamptonshire and Rutland
Simon Carlyle et al.
Reports on excavations by Northamtonshire Archaeology (now MOLA) in the south-east Midlands region; Nineteen sites were investigated, dating primarily to the Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods READ MORE
Paperback: £26.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Nature and Origin of the Cult of Silvanus in the Roman Provinces of Dalmatia and Pannonia
Ljubica Perinić
The Nature and Origin of the Cult of Silvanus in the Roman Provinces of Dalmatia and Pannonia deals with the cult of Silvanus and presents the evidence and current state of research of the cult in Dalmatia and Pannonia to the wider scholarly community. READ MORE
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Amphorae in the Eastern Mediterranean
Hakan Öniz
Amphorae in the Eastern Mediterranean is designed to share the subject of amphorae which were found on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey with the wider scholarly community. READ MORE
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Materials, Productions, Exchange Network and their Impact on the Societies of Neolithic Europe
ed. Marie Besse et al.
Proceedings of the UISPP World Congress
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How is it possible to identify the circulation of materials or of finished objects in Neolithic Europe, as well as the social networks involved? Several approaches exist for the researcher, and the present volume provides some examples. READ MORE
Paperback: £24.00 | Open Access
Brochs and the Empire
Euan W. MacKie
Excavations of the Leckie Iron Age broch in Stirlingshire, Scotland, reflect the expansion of the Roman Empire into southern Scotland in the late first century AD READ MORE
Paperback: £36.00 | eBook: £16.00
Mesoamerican Religions and Archaeology
Aleksandar Bošković et al.
The main goal of this book is to produce a methodologically sound and ethically valid interdisciplinary introduction into the exciting world of ancient Mesoamerica. READ MORE
Paperback: £22.00 | eBook: £16.00
Croatia at the Crossroads: A consideration of archaeological and historical connectivity
ed. David Davison et al.
Papers focus on Croatia’s particular interconnectedness in terms of social and cultural relationships with the wider region as the starting point for exploring issues across a broad chronological range, from human origins to modernity. READ MORE
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Liber Amicorum–Speculum Siderum: Nūt Astrophoros
ed. Nadine Guilhou et al.
In this volume, a pleiade of Egyptologists, Archaeologists, Archaeoastronomers, Archaeoanthropologists, Historians and other scholars from fifteen countries have combined their efforts in order to honour Alicia Maravelia. READ MORE
Paperback: £56.00 | eBook: £16.00
Medieval Urban Landscape in Northeastern Mesopotamia
Karel Nováček et al.
Investigates the sites which formed an urban network from 6th to 19th centuries in the region of northeastern Mesopotamia, bounded by the rivers Great Zāb, Little Zāb and Tigris. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00
Dress and Identity in Iron Age Britain
Elizabeth Marie Foulds
Through an analysis of glass beads from four key study regions in Britain, the book aims to explore the role that this object played within the networks and relationships that constructed Iron Age society. READ MORE
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Hillforts of the Cheshire Ridge
Dan Garner
The Habitats and Hillforts of Cheshire’s Sandstone Ridge Landscape Partnership Project was focussed on six of Cheshire hillforts and their surrounding habitats and landscapes. It aimed to develop understanding of the chronology and role of the hillforts and encourage local interest and involvement in their maintenance. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00
Epigraphy of Art
ed. Dimitrios Yatromanolakis
Ancient Greek vase-paintings offer broad-ranging and unprecedented early perspectives on the often intricate interplay of images and texts. This book investigates both epigraphic technicalities of Attic and non-Attic inscriptions, and their broader, iconographic and sociocultural, significance. READ MORE
Paperback: £36.00 | eBook: £16.00
Social complexity in early medieval rural communities
ed. Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo
This book presents an overview of the results of the research project DESPAMED funded by the Spanish Minister of Economy and Competitiveness. The aim of the book is to discuss the theoretical challenges posed by the study of social inequality and social complexity in early medieval peasant communities in North-western Iberia. READ MORE
Paperback: £32.00 | eBook: £16.00
Archaeological Research at Caution Bay, Papua New Guinea
ed. Thomas Richards et al.
The first volume of the Caution Bay monographs is designed to introduce the goals of the Caution Bay project, the nature and scope of the investigations and the cultural and natural setting of the study area. READ MORE
Paperback: £42.00 | Open Access
Social Identity and Status in the Classical and Hellenistic Northern Peloponnese
Nikolas Dimakis
This book aims to employ and illustrate the unique strengths of burial evidence and its contribution to the understanding of social identity and status in the Classical and Hellenistic Northern Peloponnese. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Black Sea in the Light of New Archaeological Data and Theoretical Approaches
Manolis Manoledakis
The Black Sea in the Light of New Archaeological Data and Theoretical Approaches contains 19 papers on the archaeology and ancient history of the Black Sea region, covering a vast period of time, from the Early Iron Age until the Late Roman – Early Byzantine Periods. READ MORE
Paperback: £50.00 | eBook: £16.00
Disponibilidad y explotación de materias primas líticas en la costa de Norpatagonia (Argentina)
Jimena Alberti
The present book aims to study the use of lithic raw materials on the coast of the San Matías gulf (Río Negro, Argentina) during the middle and late Holocene. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | Free Download | eBook Institution: £10.00
Archaeology with Art
ed. Helen Chittock et al.
Based on a 2013 Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference session, this book aims to merge the perspectives of artists and archaeologists on making art. It explores the relationship between archaeology and art practice, the interactions between materials and practitioners, and the processes that result in the objects and images we call ‘art’. READ MORE
Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00
Les sépultures mésolithiques de Téviec et Hoedic: révisions bioarchéologiques
Bruno Boulestin
This book presents the long lacking bioarchaeological review study of the Teviec and Hoedic graves, located in Brittany and excavated from 1928 to 1934 by Marthe and Saint-Just Péquart. READ MORE
Paperback: £50.00 | eBook: £16.00
Bearsden: The Story of a Roman Fort
David J. Breeze
This accessible account of the discoveries at the Roman fort at Bearsden examines the process of archaeological excavation, the life of the soldiers at the fort based on the results of the excavation as well as material from elsewhere in the Roman Empire. READ MORE
Paperback: £20.00 | eBook: £16.00
Statio amoena
ed. Patrizia Basso et al.
This volume examines resting places more or less directly linked with vehiculatio / cursus publicus, or with a system run or controlled by the state to ensure essential services for those traveling on behalf of the public administration READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | Open Access
Forensic Archaeology
Laura Evis
This book evaluates current archaeological excavation methods and recording systems in relation to their use in providing forensic evidence, and their ability to satisfy the admissibility tests introduced by the Law Commission, and other internationally recognised bodies. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00
Castles, Siegeworks and Settlements
ed. Duncan W. Wright et al.
This volume comprises thirteen reports detailing fieldwork undertaken by a research project which sought to assess the archaeological evidence of the period of conflict that took place in mid-twelfth-century England popularly known as ‘the Anarchy’. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | Open Access
Robert Adam’s London
Frances Sands
The iconic eighteenth-century architect Robert Adam was based in London for more than half of his life and made more designs for this one city than anywhere else in the world. This book reviews a wide variety of his designs for London, highlighting lesser-known buildings as well as familiar ones. READ MORE
Paperback: £25.00 | eBook: £16.00
Parcours d’Orient
ed. Bérengère Perello et al.
This volume contains 23 articles written by 26 authors in order to express the extent of their respect and friendship for Christine Kepinski. Several papers are directly connected to fieldwork she conducted in Iraq and in Turkey: Haradum and the Middle Euphrates area, Tilbeshar and Kunara. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00
Managing Archaeological Collections in Middle Eastern Countries
Dianne Fitzpatrick
In this guide, archaeologist Dianne Fitzpatrick sees archaeological collections management as a means of integrating achievable good-practice strategies into research designs and site management plans from the outset. READ MORE
Paperback: £26.00 | eBook: £16.00
The White Lady and Atlantis: Ophir and Great Zimbabwe
Jean-Loïc Le Quellec
This meticulous investigation, based around a famous rock image, the ‘White Lady’, makes it possible to take stock of the mythical presuppositions that infuse a great deal of scientific research, especially in the case of rock art studies. READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00
Le décor architectural artuqide en pierre de Mardin placé dans son contexte regional
Deniz Beyazit
This volume studies the architecture of the city of Mardin in South-east Anatolia produced under the patronage of the Artuqids, whose influence held sway from c. 1101-1409. READ MORE
Paperback: £80.00 | eBook: £16.00
Myths about Rock Art
Robert G. Bednarik
Rather than considering the myths supposedly depicted in the world’s rock art, this book examines the myths archaeologists and others have created about the meanings and significance of rock art. READ MORE
Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Maritime Traditions of the Fishermen of Socotra, Yemen
Julian Jansen van Rensburg
This research analyses the Socotri maritime traditions and addressing the question as to how social, environmental and technological influences have shaped the maritime traditions of the fishermen of Socotra (205 nautical miles south of Yemen). READ MORE
Paperback: £33.00 | eBook: £16.00
Ceramiche vicinorientali della Collezione Popolani
Stefano Anastasio et al.
This volume illustrates the Popolani Collection at the Archaeological Museum of Florence, consisting of ancient pottery vessels, terracotta oil-lamps, glazed Islamic tiles, Romano-Byzantine glassware, as well as various objects from the Damascene antique market. READ MORE
Paperback: £34.00 | eBook: £16.00
Studies on the Vignettes from Chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead
Mykola Tarasenko
This book is a comprehensive study of the myth of the Egyptian deities mś.w Bdšt - ‘Children of Weakness’ - and the scene depicting the cat, cutting off the head of the serpent under the branches of the išd-tree found on a number of Book of the Dead chapter 17 vignettes. READ MORE
Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00
Archaeological excavations in Moneen Cave, the Burren, Co. Clare
Marion Dowd
In 2011, cavers exploring a little-known cave on Moneen Mountain in County Clare in the west of Ireland discovered part of a human skull, pottery and an antler implement. An archaeological excavation followed, leading to the discovery of large quantities of Bronze Age pottery, butchered animal bones and oyster shells. READ MORE
Paperback: £28.00 | eBook: £16.00
An Urban Geography of the Roman World, 100 BC to AD 300
J. W. Hanson
This book provides a new account of the urbanism of the Roman world between 100 BC and AD 300. To do so, it draws on a combination of textual sources and archaeological material to provide a new catalogue of cities, calculates new estimates of their areas and uses a range of population densities to estimate their populations. READ MORE
Paperback: £65.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Small Finds and Vessel Glass from Insula VI.1 Pompeii: Excavations 1995-2006
H.E.M. Cool
This report presents the vessel glass and small finds found during the excavations between 1995 and 2006 that took place in Insula VI.1, Pompeii (henceforth VI.1). More than 5,000 items are discussed, and the size of the assemblage has meant that the publication is in two parts. READ MORE
Paperback: £50.00 | eBook: £16.00
Chronological Developments in the Old Kingdom Tombs in the Necropoleis of Giza, Saqqara and Abusir
Leo Roeten
This study suggests, through investigations of the tombs in the necropolis of Giza, that economic decline attributed to the collapse of the Old Kingdom had already started in the early dynastic period. READ MORE
Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00
Archeologia dell’acqua a Gortina di Creta in età protobizantina
Elisabetta Giorgi
A study of the early Byzantine aqueduct of Gortyn (Crete). READ MORE
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Enfoques metodológicos en el estudio de los asentamientos fortificados de la edad del hierro
Óscar Rodríguez Monterrubio
This volume focuses on the main methodological perspectives currently existing in studies on Iron Age fortified settlements. READ MORE
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Siruthavoor: An Iron Age-Early Historical burial Site, Tamil Nadu, South India
Smriti Haricharan
This study aims at using and understanding man-land relationships in order to better comprehend the megalithic burials of Tamil Nadu. READ MORE
Paperback: £22.00 | eBook: £16.00
Lusitanian Amphorae: Production and Distribution
ed. Inês Vaz Pinto et al.
More than a century of archaeological investigation in Portugal has helped to discover, excavate and study many Lusitanian amphorae kiln sites, with their amphorae being widely distributed in Lusitania. READ MORE
Paperback: £65.00 | eBook: £16.00
Houses in Graeco-Roman Egypt
Youssri Ezzat Hussein Abdelwahed
This book examines different forms of ritual activities performed in houses of Graeco- Roman Egypt. It draws on the rich archaeological record of rural housing and evidence from literature or papyrological references to both urban and rural housing. READ MORE
Paperback: £25.00 | eBook: £16.00
Archival Theory, Chronology and Interpretation of Rock Art in the Western Cape, South Africa
Siyakha Mguni
This book advocates the archival capacity of rock art and uses archival perspectives to analyse the chronology of paintings in order to formulate a framework for their historicised interpretations. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | Free Download | eBook Institution: £10.00
Rock Art of the Vindhyas: An Archaeological Survey
Ajay Pratap
How does rock art as an object fashioned by human hands then differ from tools? What utility does it have beyond its symbolic value? The Vindhyan corpus of rock paintings has provided us with a very valuable opportunity to be answering such questions READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00
Old Kingdom Copper Tools and Model Tools
Martin Odler
This volume gathers the textual, iconographic and palaeographic evidence and examines artefacts in order to revise the common view on the use of copper alloy tools and model tools in the Old Kingdom. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00
Art and Architecture in Neolithic Orkney
Antonia Thomas
This book offers a groundbreaking analysis of Neolithic art and architecture in Orkney, focussing upon the incredible collection of hundreds of decorated stones being revealed by the current excavations at the Ness of Brodgar. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00
Paleoart and Materiality
ed. Robert G. Bednarik et al.
This book addresses the presentation of scientific approaches to the materiality of rock art, ranging from recording and sampling methods to data analyses. The issue of the materiality of visual productions of the distant past is addressed through various scientific approaches, including fieldwork, laboratory techniques and data analysis protocols. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | eBook: £16.00
Reinterpreting chronology and society at the mortuary complex of Jebel Moya (Sudan)
Jonathan Brass
Jebel Moya (south-central Sudan) is the largest known pastoral cemetery in sub- Saharan Africa with more than 3100 excavated human burials. This research revises our understanding of Jebel Moya and its context. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | Free Download | eBook Institution: £10.00
The Development of Domestic Space in the Maltese Islands from the Late Middle Ages to the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
George A. Said-Zammit
This study traces and analyses the evolution of domestic space in Maltese vernacular and ‘polite’ houses from medieval to contemporary times. READ MORE
Paperback: £65.00 | eBook: £16.00
Networks of trade in raw materials and technological innovations in Prehistory and Protohistory: an archaeometry approach
ed. Davide Delfino et al.
Proceedings of the UISPP World Congress
Proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1–7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain) 12
Specialists from various disciplines (humanities and natural sciences) debate, from different perspectives, the networks in raw materials and technological innovation in Prehistory and Protohistory, involving investigation topics typical of archaeometry: archeometallurgy, petrography, and mineralogy READ MORE
Paperback: £25.00 | Open Access
Die antike Münze als Fundgegenstand
Günther E. Thüry
This volume offers a detailed overview of ancient coin finds and their interpretation before offering a proposal for the categorisation of future numismatic finds. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Archaeology and History of the Church of the Redeemer and the Muristan in Jerusalem
ed. Dieter Vieweger et al.
This monograph contains fifteen chapters written by leading scholars from around the world dealing with the archaeological and historical aspects of the Muristan from the Iron Age through to Ottoman times. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00
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