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Before the Pharaohs: Exploring the Archaeology of Stone Age Egypt by Julian Maxwell Heath
RRP: £19.99£14.68The remarkable archaeology of pharaonic Egypt continues to captivate countless people worldwide but evidence for Egypt's prehistoric or Stone Age past has been relatively neglected. This is perhaps understandable, as the archaeology of Stone Age Egypt... -
Archaeology: A Beginner's Guide by Joe C. Flatman 9781780745039
RRP: £9.99£6.41Whether it's Tomb Raider or Roman coins, the conventional view of archaeology as a discipline solely preoccupied with long dead cultures is misleading. In fact, archaeology is better described as a mode of thought - one by which we can better understand... -
The Battle of Pinkie, 1547: The Last Battle Between the Independent Kingdoms of Scotland and England by David Caldwell
RRP: £35.00£32.23The Battle of Pinkie, fought between the English and the Scots in 1547, was the last great clash between the two as independent nations. It is a well-documented battle with several eyewitness accounts and contemporary illustrations. There is also... -
Scale and the Incas by Andrew James Hamilton 9780691172736
RRP: £60.00£46.70A groundbreaking work on how the topic of scale provides an entirely new understanding of Inca material cultureAlthough questions of form and style are fundamental to art history, the issue of scale has been surprisingly neglected. Yet, scale and scaled... -
Memory and the Mediterranean by Fernand Braudel 9780375703997
RRP: £22.00£16.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375703997Author Fernand BraudelFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 379gDimensions(mm) 201mm *... -
A Landscape Revealed: 10,000 Years on a Chalkland Farm by Martin Green 9780752414904
RRP: £25.00£18.54The Down Farm Landscape (where the author's family has farmed for generations) is one of the most carefully studied areas in Western Europe. Much of this work has been carried out by the author himself - who in 1992 won the Pitt Rivers award for... -
West Country Households, 1500-1700 by John Allan
RRP: £60.00£58.15Essays on the development of the post-medieval house, its contents and decoration. During the last forty years, South-West England has been the focus of some of the most significant work on the early modern house and household in Britain. Its... -
Before the Military Revolution: Europea Warfare and the Rise of the Early Modern State 1300-1490 by Alexander Querengasser 9781789256697
£60.30The model of a military revolution, the idea that military developments influenced the statebuilding process in Europe, is adapted to a couple of periods in early modern Europe. This book examines European Warfare in the late Middle Ages from 1300 to... -
Travels with Trilobites: Adventures in the Paleozoic by Andy Secher
RRP: £35.00£29.34Trilobites were some of the most successful and versatile organisms ever to exist. Among the earliest forms of complex animal life, these hard-shelled marine invertebrates inhabited the primal seas of the Paleozoic Era. Their march through evolutionary... -
Old Skye Tales: Traditions, Reflections and Memories by William Mackenzie
RRP: £8.99£6.34In this book William Mackenzie records a world of local legend, folklore and superstition, and charts the changes he saw in his lifetime in agriculture, education, the Church and, of course, emigration. He recounts the history of the leading families of... -
Reading Roman Inscriptions by John Rogan 9780752439525
RRP: £14.99£11.55The abundant Roman inscriptions to be found in British museums tell us much about the everyday life of the inhabitants of Roman Britain - about their hopes and fears, their work and their beliefs. Nor is a fluent command of Latin essential for... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls by Timothy H. Lim 9780199663088
£35.00In 1946 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Despite the much publicized delays in the publication and editing of the Scrolls, practically all of them had been made public by... -
The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston 9781538741221
RRP: £30.00£17.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538741221Author Douglas PrestonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)... -
The Great Transition: Climate, Disease and Society in the Late-Medieval World by Bruce M. S. Campbell
RRP: £30.99£23.25In the fourteenth century the Old World witnessed a series of profound and abrupt changes in the trajectory of long-established historical trends. Transcontinental networks of exchange fractured and an era of economic contraction and demographic decline... -
Greece: An Oxford Archaeological Guide by Christopher Mee 9780192880581
RRP: £55.00£50.12Greece, with all its temples, cities, and sanctuaries created by Europe's most formative ancient civilization, is a must-see for the archaeological traveller. This guide provides: * Coverage of all the main archaeological sites in Greece, ranging... -
Making One's Way in the World: The Footprints and Trackways of Prehistoric People by Martin Bell
RRP: £50.00£46.59The book draws on the evidence of landscape archaeology, palaeoenvironmental studies, ethnohistory and animal tracking to address the neglected topic of how we identify and interpret past patterns of movement in the landscape. It challenges the pessimism... -
Metal Sewing-Thimbles Found in Britain by Brian Read 9781784919450
£25.46This is the first reference book that deals specifically with all types of sewing-thimble made from copper-alloy or silver, or either of these metals combined with iron or steel, and found in Britain: also included is a seemingly rare gold specimen... -
The Last Viking: The Life of Olav Haraldsson by Desmond Seward
RRP: £22.00£14.71Raider. Conqueror. King. Saint. This is the story of Olav Haraldsson, the greatest Viking who ever lived. A ruthless Viking warrior who named his most prized battle weapon after the Norse goddess of death, Olav Haraldsson and his mercenaries... -
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... -
The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice by Robert K. Ritner
RRP: £42.00£39.89To date, no comprehensive treatment of Egyptian magic has focused on the practice of the magician. Both general studies and textual publications have emphasized instead the religious elements in the contents of recited spells, while the accompanying... -
The Viking Age: A Reader by Angus A. Somerville 9781487570477
RRP: £42.00£37.05In this extensively revised third edition of The Viking Age: A Reader, Somerville and McDonald successfully bring the Vikings and their world to life for twenty-first-century students and instructors. The diversity of the Viking era is revealed through... -
Bowmont: An Environmental History of the Bowmont Valley and the Northern Cheviot Hills, 10000 BC - AD 2000 by Richard Tipping 9780903903493
RRP: £10.00£8.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903903493Author Richard TippingFormat HardbackPage Count 253Imprint Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandPublisher Society of Antiquaries of Scotland -
The Langdales: Landscape & Prehistory in a Lakeland Valley by Mark Edmonds
RRP: £20.00£15.44For over two centuries, the Langdales have attracted the interests of painters, poets and tourists. Prominent in the Romantic imagination, the crags and dales still draw thousands in each year; some to sketch and paint, others to ramble or to climb. The... -
Running The Roman Home by Alexandra Croom 9780752465173
RRP: £22.50£16.79Running of the Roman Home explores the real 'every-day' life of the Romans and the effort required to run a Roman household. It considers the three elements of housework - supply, maintenance and disposal.It is divided into sections on how the Romans... -
Evolution of a Taboo: Pigs and People in the Ancient Near East by Max Price
RRP: £30.99£23.25Pigs are among the most peculiar animals domesticated in the Ancient Near East. Their story, from domestication to taboo, has fascinated historians, archaeologists, and religious studies scholars for decades. Rejecting simple explanations, this book... -
The Roman Occupation of Britain and its Legacy by Rupert Jackson
RRP: £31.99£28.78This book tells the fascinating story of Roman Britain, beginning with the late pre-Roman Iron Age and ending with the province's independence from Roman rule in AD 409. Incorporating for the first time the most recent archaeological discoveries from... -
The Archaeology of Ethnicity: Constructing Identities in the Past and Present by Sian Jones
RRP: £37.99£33.38The question of ethnicity is highly controversial in contemporary archaeology. Indigenous and nationalist claims to territory, often rely on reconstructions of the past based on the traditional identification of 'cultures' from archaeological remains... -
Llangorse Crannog: The Excavation of an Early Medieval Royal Site in the Kingdom of Brycheiniog by Alan Lane 9781789253061
RRP: £40.00£39.09The crannog on Llangorse Lake near Brecon in mid Wales was discovered in 1867 and first excavated in 1869 by two local antiquaries, Edgar and Henry Dumbleton, who published their findings over the next four years. In 1988 dendrochronological dates from... -
The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland by Vicki Cummings
RRP: £37.99£33.78The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland provides a synthesis of this dynamic period of prehistory from the end of the Mesolithic through to the early Beaker period. Drawing on new excavations and the application of new scientific approaches to data from... -
Osteoarchaeology: A Guide to the Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Remains by Efthymia Nikita 9780128040218
RRP: £72.99£70.45Osteoarchaeology: A Guide to the Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Remains covers the identification of bones and teeth, taphonomy, sex, ancestry assessment, age estimation, the analysis of biodistances, growth patterns and activity markers, and... -
Hadrian's Wall: Everyday Life on a Roman Frontier by Patricia Southern
RRP: £12.99£8.48Hadrian's Wall is a major World Heritage site, set in stunning countryside in Cumbria and Northumberland, where the Wall and its forts are the most visited Roman remains in Britain. It runs through the narrow gap across the Pennines between the Solway... -
Prehistory in the Peak by Mark Edmonds
RRP: £17.99£14.04Anyone who lives in Derbyshire or has walked in the Peak District will have marvelled at the rich variety of prehistoric remains: how and why did our remote ancestors choose to live in this seemingly wild and inhospitable. Arranging the text around a... -
Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians by Enrico Ascalone
RRP: £30.00£23.69This 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... -
The Science For Conservators Series: Volume 2: Cleaning by Conservation Unit Museums and Galleries Commission
RRP: £43.99£38.44For more than ten years, the Science for Conservators series has been the key basic texts for conservators throughout the world. Scientific concepts are basic ot the conservation of artefacts of every type, yet many conservators have little or no... -
Sex and Sexuality in Medieval England by Warner, Kathryn 9781399098328
RRP: £20.00£14.29Sex and Sexuality in Medieval England allows the reader a peek beneath the bedsheets of our medieval ancestors, in an informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality in England from 1250 to 1450. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male... -
Winchester by Martin Biddle 9781785706660
RRP: £70.00£66.58The volume is co-published by the Winchester Excavations Committee and forms Volume 11 of the Winchester Studies series.Following the success of volumes IV (Windsor and Eton) and V (York) in the series of Historic Towns Atlases, the new volume maps and... -
Tudor and Stuart Seafarers: The Emergence of a Maritime Nation, 1485-1707 by James Davey
RRP: £25.00£19.88Tudor and Stuart Seafarers tells the compelling story of how a small island positioned on the edge of Europe transformed itself into the world's leading maritime power. In 1485, England was an inward-looking country, its priorities largely domestic and... -
The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages by Francois-Xavier Fauvelle
RRP: £16.99£13.65An unforgettable journey into the forgotten history of medieval AfricaFrom the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an... -
No Worse Enemy: The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle for Afghanistan by Ben Anderson 9781851689774
£14.69The war in Afghanistan is over ten years old. It has cost countless lives and hundreds of billions of pounds. Politicians talk of progress, but the violence is worse than ever. In this powerful and shocking expose from the front lines in Helmand... -
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Science, Engineering and Technology by Michael Denis Higgins 9780197648148
RRP: £22.99£19.56Michael Higgins broadens our understanding of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by bringing science, engineering, and technology together with ancient documentation and archaeological findings. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (Pyramids of...