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Exploring Ancient Textiles: Pushing the Boundaries of Established Methodologies by Alistair Dickey
RRP: $46.44$39.94Over the past 30 years, research on archaeological textiles has developed into an important field of scientific study. It has greatly benefitted from interdisciplinary approaches, which combine the application of advanced technological knowledge to... -
Essex Rock: Geology Beneath the Landscape by Ian Mercer
RRP: $38.69$28.30All landscapes are built on rock: from hard stone for building with, to the softest clay or sand. Each piece of rock is a storehouse of prehistorical information; even a simple pebble from the garden has its own complex tale to tell. Geology is the great... -
Silchester Revealed: The Iron Age and Roman Town of Calleva by Michael Fulford
RRP: $21.92$18.71With its apparently complete town plan, revealed by the Society of Antiquaries of London's great excavation project, 1890-1909, Silchester is one of the best known towns in Roman Britain and the Roman world more widely. Since the 1970s excavations by... -
Llyn Cerrig Bach: A Study of the Copper Alloy Artefacts from the Insular La Taene Assemblage by Philip Macdonald 9780708320419
RRP: $12.89$11.83The Llyn Cerrig Bach assemblage is one of the most important collections of La Tene metalwork discovered in the British Isles. Presenting a typological study of this collection of Iron Age metalwork, this volume includes discussions of metalwork and... -
Prehistory: The Making Of The Human Mind by Lord Colin Renfrew
RRP: $12.89$8.77A brief and original prehistory of the worldPrehistory covers human existence before written records, i.e. most of human existence. But it also refers to the discipline through which we scrutinize prehistoric times. PREHISTORY begins by looking at the... -
The Rosetta Stone: and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt by John Ray
RRP: $14.18$10.14What does the Rosetta Stone tell us about the past? What treasures of Egyptian literature can now be read, thanks to its decipherment? What does it tell us about the history of writing and the story of our own alphabets? How do decipherments work and how... -
Vietnam War by Geoffrey Ward
RRP: $27.09$19.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984897749Author Geoffrey WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 848Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
50 Roman Finds from the Portable Antiquities Scheme by John Pearce 9781445686844
RRP: $20.63$14.0050 Roman Finds From the Portable Antiquities Scheme highlights some of the most important and interesting Roman objects recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) or reported as Treasure. It features a wide variety of objects, allowing for a... -
Henry VIII's Imprisoned Women: The Women of the Tower by Neha Roy
RRP: $28.38$22.73The year is 1534. Henry VIII sits on the throne of England. He has set aside his first wife, Queen Katharine of Aragon, and has married a second time. The marriage to Anne Boleyn brings a new wave of Reformation in England dividing the people and even... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion by Timothy Insoll
$52.30The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion provides a comprehensive overview by period and region of the relevant archaeological material in relation to theory, methodology, definition, and practice. Although, as the title indicates,... -
Olympia: A Cultural History by Professor Judith M. Barringer
RRP: $45.15$35.10A comprehensive and richly illustrated history of one of the most important athletic, religious, and political sites in the ancient Greek and Roman worldThe memory of ancient Olympia lives on in the form of the modern Olympic Games. But in the ancient... -
Swords of the Viking Age by Ian Peirce
RRP: $32.25$27.50Representative examples of swords from 8th-11th century, fully described and illustrated, with general overview. This beautifully illustrated work fills a gap in the literature in English on the swords made and used in northern Europe during the... -
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture and Character by Samuel Noah Kramer
RRP: $30.96$25.95The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C... -
English Orchards: A Landscape History by Gerry Barnes 9781914427190
RRP: $45.14$37.68Old orchards have an irresistible appeal. Their ancient trees and obscure fruit varieties seem to provide a direct link with the lost rural world of our ancestors, a time when the pace of life was slower and people had a strong and intimate connection... -
Cultural Heritage and the Future by Cornelius Holtorf 9781138829015
RRP: $49.01$43.06Cultural Heritage and the Future brings together an international group of scholars and experts to consider the relationship between cultural heritage and the future.Drawing on case studies from around the world, the contributing authors insist that... -
The Indus: Lost Civilizations by Andrew Robinson
RRP: $16.71$11.70The Indus civilization flourished for half a millennium from about 2600 to 1900 BC, when it mysteriously declined and vanished from view. It remained invisible for almost four thousand years, until its ruins were discovered in the 1920s by British and... -
Artefacts in Roman Britain: Their Purpose and Use by Lindsay Allason-Jones
RRP: $37.40$35.35Roman Britain has given us an enormous number of artefacts. Yet few books available today deal with its whole material culture as represented by these artefacts. This introduction, aimed primarily at students and general readers, begins by explaining the... -
Huntsman's Quarry, Kemerton by Robin Jackson 9781782979944
RRP: $38.70$32.47Archaeological investigations at Huntsman's Quarry, Kemerton, south Worcestershire during 1995-6 recorded significant Late Bronze Age occupation areas and field systems spreading across more than 8 hectares. Limited evidence for Upper Palaeolithic,... -
Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men: A Guide to the Equipment of the Trappers and Fur Traders Who Opened the Old West by Carl P. Russell 9781602399693
$15.80This classic, scholarly history of the fur trappers and traders of the early nineteenth century focuses on the devices that enabled the opening of the untracked American west. Sprinkled with interesting facts and old western lore, this guide to traps and... -
The Origin of Our Species by Chris Stringer
RRP: $14.18$10.02Chris Stringer's bestselling The Origin of our Species tackles the big questions in the ongoing debate about the beginnings of human life on earth. Do all humans originate from Africa? How did we spread across the globe? Are we separate from... -
Archaeology: The Basics by Brian M. Fagan
RRP: $24.50$21.76Archaeology: The Basics, rewritten for this fourth edition, is a short, engaging book that takes the reader on a journey through the fascinating world of archaeology and archaeologists.Written in a non-technical style by two experienced archaeologists... -
'The Hotties': Excavation and Building Survey at Pilkingtons' No 9 Tank House, St Helens, Merseyside by M. Krupa 9780904220322
RRP: $24.45$20.15The remains of Pilkingtons' No 9 Tank House represent a unique survival from the 19th century, an period of rapid development within the glass industry characterised by innovative but short-lived design. These remains are now recognised as the most ... -
50 Finds From Somerset: Objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme by Laura Burnett
RRP: $20.63$14.00Somerset has a varied landscape, from upland Exmoor to the low-lying wetland levels and moors, and the mineral rich Mendips to the agricultural land of South Somerset. This diversity has shaped, and been shaped by, our predecessors - millions of people... -
Walking Among Pharaohs: George Reisner and the Dawn of Modern Egyptology by Peter Der Manuelian
RRP: $38.69$35.53In this expansive new biography of George Reisner, Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian examines the life and work of America's greatest archaeologist. Manuelian presents Reisner's undeniable impact and considers his life within the context of Western... -
London in the Roman World by Dominic Perring 9780198789000
RRP: $56.10$47.91incAn original, authoritative survey of the archaeology and history of Roman London. London in the Roman World draws on the results of latest archaeological discoveries to describe London's Roman origins. It presents a wealth of new information from... -
The Green Man by Jeremy Harte
RRP: $9.02$6.32We see the Green Man half-hidden on the walls of many of our old churches, a face surrounded by leaves. This beautifully illustrated and well-researched Pitkin Guide looks at this fascinating creature, its history, and where to find him. Look out for... -
The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Thonemann
RRP: $11.60$8.32The three centuries which followed the conquests of Alexander are perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history. This was an age of cultural globalization: in the third century BC, a single language carried you from the Rhone to the Indus... -
The Book of Llandaf as a Historical Source by Patrick Sims-Williams
RRP: $96.75$92.79Revisionist approach to the question of the authenticity - or not - of the documents in the Book of Llandaf. Awarded the Francis Jones Prize in Welsh History 2019 by Jesus College Oxford The early-twelfth-century Book of Llandaf is rightly... -
Bog Bodies: Face to Face with the Past by Melanie Giles
RRP: $38.70$28.01The 'bog bodies' of north-western Europe have captured the imaginations of poets and archaeologists alike, allowing us to come face-to-face with individuals from the past. Their exceptional preservation permits us to examine minute details of their lives... -
Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900 by Eugene Costello 9781837651474
RRP: $38.69$32.03First full survey of how transhumance operated in Ireland from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth. WINNER: American Conference for Irish Studies Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book 2021 Special Commendation, Publication... -
Eat Like a Human: Nourishing Foods and Ancient Ways of Cooking to Revolutionise Your Health by Bill Schindler 9781529375725
RRP: $14.18$9.55Vegan or carnivore? Vegetarian or gluten-free? Keto or Mediterranean? Fasting or Paleo? Our relationship to food is filled with confusion and insecurity. Every day we hear about a new ingredient that is good or bad, a new diet that promises everything... -
The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture by Jacques Cauvin
$41.15Jacques Cauvin has spent many years researching the beginnings of the Neolithic in the Near East, excavating key sites and developing new ideas to explain the hugely significant cultural, social and economic changes which transformed mobile... -
Medieval Pets by Kathleen Walker-meikle 9781783275694
RRP: $25.79$21.89An engaging and informative survey of medieval pet keeping which also examines their representation in art and literature. Animals in the Middle Ages have often been discussed - but usually only as a source of food, as beasts of burden, or as aids for... -
The Last of the Celts by Marcus Tanner 9780300115352
RRP: $29.03$27.97A search for authentic Celtic culture and its scattered, endangered survivors Travelling throughout the remote Celtic world, award-winning author Marcus Tanner describes the relentless pressure on Celtic communities to assimilate and warns that a... -
Building Anglo-Saxon England by John Blair
RRP: $51.60$41.98Shortlisted for the Wolfson History PrizeA radical rethinking of the Anglo-Saxon world that draws on the latest archaeological discoveriesThis beautifully illustrated book draws on the latest archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of... -
Trickster Travels: A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds by Natalie Zemon Davis 9780571234790
RRP: $16.76$11.04Acclaimed historian Natalie Zemon Davis's accessible and dramatic biography was widely hailed as a masterpiece and tells the story of Leo Africanus, a sixteenth-century Moroccan who embodies the rich and complex exchanges between Europe and Africa during... -
Thomas White: Redesigning the Northern British Landscape by Deborah Turnbull
RRP: $51.59$42.27This volume aims to restore the reputation of Thomas White, who in his time was as well respected as his fellow landscape designers Lancelot 'Capability' Brown and Humphry Repton. By the end of his career, he had produced designs for at least 32 sites... -
Britannia: The Creation of a Roman Province by John Creighton 9780415487146
RRP: $56.75$49.59This book completely re-evaluates the evidence for, and the interpretation of, the rule of the kings of Late Iron Age Britain: Cunobelin and Verica. Within a few generations of their reigns, after one died and the other had fled, Rome's ceremonial... -
The Kingdom and People of Kent: AD 400-1066 by Sue Harrington 9780752456942
RRP: $23.21$17.20The roots of England lie within the fertile soil of its earliest kingdom, that of the people of Kent. Here, for a brief moment under King AEthelbert of Kent (c.560-616) this corner of England was transformed into the first Anglo-Saxon and Christian... -
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire: Archaeology, History and the Decline of Rome by Neil Christie 9780340759660
$42.91The decline of the Roman Empire has been a subject of fascination and debate for centuries. In this original new work, Neil Christie draws on numerous sources, interweaving the latest archaeological evidence, to reconstruct the period's landscape and...