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Drawing on Archaeology: Bringing History to Life by Victor Ambrus
RRP: £20.00£14.71How does excavation enable the archaeologist to reconstruct the past? Victor Ambrus, who has been the Channel 4 Time Team artist since the programme's inception in 1994, has selected some of the key excavations from the many series to show how it has... -
Images of the Ice Age by Paul G. Bahn
RRP: £37.99£33.57Images of the Ice Age, here in its third edition, is the most complete study available of the world's earliest imagery, presenting a fascinating and up-to-date account of the art of our Ice Age ancestors. Authoritative and wide-ranging, it covers not... -
Northumberland's Hidden History by Stan Beckensall
RRP: £21.99£15.61Northumberland has a great many attractive sites that are well-recorded, and are frequently visited and written about. However, in this new book Dr Stan Beckensall focuses upon places that are off the beaten track, not so well known, but all of enormous... -
Ancient Maya Politics: A Political Anthropology of the Classic Period 150–900 CE by Simon Martin
£25.85The Classic Maya have long presented scholars with vexing problems. One of the longest running and most contested of these, and the source of deeply polarized interpretations, has been their political organization. Using recently deciphered inscriptions... -
The Hated Cage: An American Tragedy in Britain’s Most Terrifying Prison by Nicholas Guyatt
RRP: £11.99£7.59'Beguiling.' The Times 'Compelling.' Wall Street Journal 'A vivid portrait.' Daily Mail Buried in the history of our most famous jail, a unique story of captivity, violence and race. It's 1812 - Britain and America are at war. British... -
Critical Ancient World Studies: The Case for Forgetting Classics by Mathura Umachandran 9781032120119
RRP: £36.99£32.53This volume explores and elucidates critical ancient world studies (CAWS), a new model for the study of the ancient world operating critically, setting itself against a long history of a discipline formulated to naturalise a hierarchical, white... -
Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City by Andrew Lawler
RRP: £27.00£17.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385546850Author Andrew LawlerFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc -
Museums in a Digital Age by Ross Parry 9780415402620
RRP: £53.99£47.27The influence of digital media on the cultural heritage sector has been pervasive and profound. Today museums are reliant on new technology to manage their collections. They collect digital as well as material things. New media is embedded within their... -
Prehistoric Dorset by Gale John 9780752429069
RRP: £20.00£14.71Dorset is one of the country's richest counties in archaeological remains and over the last 30 years there have been a great number of new discoveries. This detailed, up-to-date and well-illustrated study of prehistoric monuments in and around Dorset... -
Nubia: Lost Civilizations by Sarah Schellinger 9781789146592
RRP: £18.00£12.96Nubia, the often overlooked southern neighbour of Egypt, has been home to groups of vibrant and adaptive peoples for millennia. This book explores the Nubians' religious, social, economic and cultural histories, from their nomadic origins during the... -
Teotihuacan - The World Beyond the City by David M. Carballo
RRP: £62.95£50.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024675Author Kenneth G. HirthFormat HardbackPage Count 540Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research... -
Archaeological Theory: The Basics by Bob Chapman
RRP: £16.99£15.22Archaeological Theory: The Basics is an accessible introduction to an indispensable part of what archaeologists do. The book guides the reader to an understanding of what theory is, how it works and the range of theories used in archaeology.The growth of... -
Greek art in view: Essays in honour of Brian Sparkes by Stephanie Moser 9781842171370
RRP: £45.00£37.15This book celebrates the career of Brian Sparkes, whose work in Classical archaeology has covered many diverse areas such as art, pottery, and theatre. Such interdisciplinary work is at the core of this book, which seeks to explore the relationship... -
Stone Conservation - An Overview of Current Research by Eric Doehne 9781606060469
RRP: £30.00£25.25This is a detailed and informative overview of the latest research and development in stone conservation. Petra, Angkor, Copan, Venice, Lascaux, Easter Island - all are examples of irreplaceable cultural heritage built in stone and now slowly... -
Vikings of the Irish Sea by David Griffiths 9780752436463
RRP: £20.00£13.35This book looks at the activities of the Vikings in the Irish Sea, a band of water that has been important since prehistoric times in the history of maritime cultural exchange between Britain and Ireland as well as the Scandinavian countries. The Vikings... -
Steep, Strait and High - Ancient Houses of Central Lincoln by Christopher Johnson
RRP: £40.00£39.55Architectural and historical surveys of many of the most important buildings in Lincoln. This volume illuminates the development of different building styles in timber, stone and brick over a period of 750 years, in one of the oldest areas of Lincoln... -
Medieval Irish Architecture and the Concept of Romanesque: Building Traditions in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Europe by Tadhg O’Keeffe 9781032578910
RRP: £135.00£117.68This book presents a fresh perspective on eleventh- and twelfth-century Irish architecture, and a critical assessment of the value of describing it, and indeed contemporary European architecture in general, as "Romanesque".Medieval Irish Architecture and... -
The Egyptian Book of the Dead by John Romer
RRP: £20.00£14.69The Book of the Dead is a unique collection of funerary texts from a wide variety of sources, dating from the fifteenth to the fourth century BC. Consisting of spells, prayers and incantations, each section contains the words of power to overcome... -
The Story of Tutankhamun by Garry J. Shaw
RRP: £16.99£14.61A lively new biography of Tutankhamun-published for the hundredth anniversary of his tomb's modern discovery The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 sparked imaginations across the globe. While Howard Carter emptied its treasures, Tut-mania gripped... -
Iron Age and Roman Settlement in the Upper Thames Valley: Excavations at Claydon Pike and other sites within the Cotswold Water Park by A. Smith 9780947816742
RRP: £34.99£31.21The Cotswold Water Park Project is a landscape study centred upon parts of the Upper Thames Valley within what is now the Cotswold Water Park. The report is based upon four key excavated rural settlements, the most extensive being that at Claydon... -
The Adventurous Life of Amelia B. Edwards: Egyptologist, Novelist, Activist by Margaret C. Jones 9781350293953
RRP: £15.99£14.28In Victorian England, Amelia B. Edwards was an iconic cultural figure, admired by Trollope and Browning for her best-selling fiction and by the wider public for her witty, thought-provoking travel writing. In later life, she became a celebrated... -
Royal Tombs of Medieval England by Mark Duffy 9780752425795
RRP: £27.50£20.26This comprehensive and detailed survey of English royal tombs from 1066-1509, including junior royals as well as kings and queens, is combined with accounts of burial practice, tomb design, craftsmen, and construction.Book InformationISBN... -
50 Finds of Roman Coinage by Andrew Brown
RRP: £15.99£10.85Roman coinage represents the largest single category of object recorded through the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), with over 300,000 single finds in addition to several thousand hoards. This dataset, unparalleled anywhere else in the... -
Magic, Metallurgy and Imagination in Medieval Ireland: Three Studies by John Carey 9781891271281
RRP: £14.95£12.53This book is a study of the rich and fascinating traditions found early Irish literature concerning smiths and the fashioning of metal. The smith had a special status within the traditional societies of early Ireland and elsewhere in the Celtic-speaking... -
The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology: Bioarchaeology of Mortuary Behaviour by Christopher J. Knüsel 9781032114361
RRP: £43.99£39.44The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology spans the gap between archaeology and biological anthropology, the field and laboratory, and between francophone and anglophone funerary archaeological approaches to the remains of the dead and the... -
The Old Straight Track by Alfred Watkins
RRP: £9.99£7.11A beautiful new edition of a classic work of landscape history, in which Alfred Watkins introduced the idea of ancient 'ley lines' criss-crossing the English countryside. First published in 1925, The Old Straight Track described the author's theory of... -
The Aztecs: Lost Civilizations by Frances F. Berdan
RRP: £18.00£12.96In this rich and surprising book, Frances F. Berdan casts fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, etiquette, origin myths and human sacrifice. While often... -
Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians by Enrico Ascalone
RRP: £30.00£23.22This beautifully illustrated guide to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is the perfect companion for travelers and armchair travelers alike. It provides a concise survey of three ancient cultures... -
Worcester Moments: River, Religion and Royalty by Reekes Andrews 9781905036769
RRP: £20.00£16.83For 1400 years Worcester in the English Midlands has played a unique part in the history of our Island and the world beyond.At a vital bridging point over the River Severn and watched over by its beautiful cathedral, Worcester has witnessed the comings... -
The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus by Paul Zanker
RRP: £29.95£24.53Art and architecture are mirrors of a society. They reflect the state of its values, especially in times of crisis or transition. Upon this premise Paul Zanker builds an interpretation of Augustan art as a visual language that both expressed and... -
Archaeology for Today and Tomorrow by Craig N. Cipolla
RRP: £35.99£31.69Archaeology for Today and Tomorrow explores how cutting-edge archaeological theories have implications not only for how we study the past but also how we think about and prepare for the future.Ranging from how we understand migration or political... -
Civilization of Angkor by Charles Higham
RRP: £9.99£6.80A short history of the ancient civilization of Angkor, home to the spectacular temple of Angkor Wat.In the late sixteenth century a mythical encounter was reported on an elephant hunt in the dense jungle north of the Tonle Sap, or Great Lake, of central... -
Hitler's Secret Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Nazi Plan for Final Victory by Michael FitzGerald 9781788884150
RRP: £7.99£5.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788884150Author Michael FitzGeraldFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Britain by Martin Millett 9780198854890
£44.61This book provides a twenty-first century perspective on Roman Britain, combining current approaches with the wealth of archaeological material from the province. This volume introduces the history of research into the province and the cultural changes... -
Myths of Enki, The Crafty God by Samuel Noah Kramer 9781725282896
RRP: £28.00£20.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725282896Author Samuel Noah KramerFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)... -
The Economy of a Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations at Mounds 2 and 2A Bornais, South Uist by Niall Sharples
RRP: £35.00£28.82This book explores the economic evidence for the settlement at Bornais on South Uist. It reports in detail on the large assemblages of material found during the excavations at mounds 2 and 2A. There is important evidence for craft activity, such as bone... -
Hidden Britain: Secret Tunnels, Lost Chambers and Unknown Passageways by Alvin Nicholas
RRP: £15.99£11.96Britain's history is rich in mystery and scandal, and our ancient buildings hide the fascinating stories. Hidden Britain takes you backstage at some of our country's most intriguing locations, into secret tunnels, down concealed passageways and behind... -
In Small Things Forgotten by James Deetz
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385483995Author James DeetzFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 134mm... -
Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond by Natalie N. May
£13.52The eighth in the Oriental Institute Seminar Series, this volume contains papers that emerged from the seminar Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond, held at the Oriental Institute April 8-9, 2011. The purpose of the... -
The Routledge History Handbook of Medieval Revolt by Justine Firnhaber-Baker 9780367143763
RRP: £45.99£40.53The Routledge History Handbook of Medieval Revolt charts the history of medieval rebellion from Spain to Bohemia and from Italy to England, and includes chapters spanning the centuries between Imperial Rome and the Reformation. Drawing together an...