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Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture by Patrick E. McGovern 9780691197203
RRP: £14.99£12.15A richly illustrated account of the story of ancient vinicultureThe history of civilization is, in many ways, the history of wine. This book is the first comprehensive account of the earliest stages of the history and prehistory of viniculture, which... -
The Minority of James V: Scotland in Europe, 1513-1528 by Ken Emond
RRP: £70.00£48.43The defeat of the Scots in the Battle of Flodden in 1513 left many of the leaders of Scottish society, including King James IV, lying dead on the battlefield. The long and complex minority of King James V which followed is explored in detail in this... -
Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt by Jan Assmann
RRP: £33.00£29.45"Human beings," the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes, "are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death, and culture is the world they create so they can live with that knowledge." In his new book, Assmann explores images of... -
Tagic Matilda - Lady of Hay: The Life and Legends of Matilda de Braose by Peter Ford 9781910839430
RRP: £8.99£7.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839430Author Peter FordFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books LtdWeight(grams) 148g -
Cyriac of Ancona: Later Travels by Edward W. Bodnar 9780674007581
RRP: £29.95£24.06Early Renaissance humanists discovered the culture of ancient Greece and Rome mostly through the study of classical manuscripts. Cyriac of Ancona (Ciriaco de' Pizzecolli, 1391-1452), a merchant and diplomat as well as a scholar, was among the first to... -
Aftermath: Readings in the Archaeology of Recent Conflict by John Schofield 9780387094656
RRP: £44.99£44.97Conflict and Battlefield Archaeology is a growing and important field in archaeology, with implications on the state of the world today: how humanity has prepared for, reacted to, and dealt with the consequences of conflict at a national and... -
African Archaeology by David W. Phillipson 9780521540025
RRP: £44.99£39.88Research in Africa is now accepted as an integral part of global archaeological studies. As well as providing archaeologists with the oldest material, Africa is also widely recognised as the birthplace of modern man and his characteristic cultural... -
Alexander III, 1249-1286: First Among Equals by Norman H. Reid
RRP: £30.00£21.00Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year 2019 Presiding over an age of relative peace and prosperity, Alexander III represented the zenith of Scottish medieval kingship. The events which followed his early and unexpected death... -
The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East: The Making of a Regional Identity by Aaron A. Burke 9781108811361
RRP: £27.99£26.05In this book, Aaron A. Burke explores the evolution of Amorite identity in the Near East from ca. 2500-1500 BC. He sets the emergence of a collective identity for the Amorites, one of the most famous groups in Ancient Near Eastern history, against the... -
The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals by Simon Conway Morris
£31.60'tells a great story and manages to be informative at all levels. Conway Morris has a collector's eye for the sort of entertaining yet informative snippets that keep readers on their toes.' New Scientist Located in the west of Canada, the Burgess... -
Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World by Michael Scott
RRP: £25.00£19.99The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"--the "center" or "navel"--of the ancient world for more than 1000 years. Individuals, city leaders, and kings came from all over the Mediterranean and beyond to... -
Llyn Cerrig Bach: A Study of the Copper Alloy Artefacts from the Insular La Taene Assemblage by Philip Macdonald 9780708320419
RRP: £9.99£9.17The 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... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers by Vicki Cummings 9780198831044
£49.32For more than a century, the study of hunting and gathering societies has been central to the development of both archaeology and anthropology as academic disciplines, and has also generated widespread public interest and debate. The Oxford Handbook of... -
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found by Mary Beard 9780674045866
£23.36Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Yet it is also one of the most puzzling, with an intriguing and sometimes violent history, from the sixth century BCE to the present day... -
Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England: Religion, Ritual, and Rulership in the Landscape by Sarah Semple
£43.65Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England represents an unparalleled exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines how Anglo-Saxon communities perceived and used these monuments during the period AD... -
Signalling and Performance: Ancient Rock Art in Britain and Ireland by Aron Mazel
£40.10Signalling and Performance: Ancient Rock Art in Britain and Ireland presents a state of the art survey of the ancient rock art of Britain and Ireland, bringing together new discoveries and new interpretations. Ancient rock art offers unique insights into... -
The Spartans by Andrew J. Bayliss
RRP: £12.99£9.09The image of Sparta, and the Spartans, is one dyed indelibly into the public consciousness: musclebound soldiers with long hair and red cloaks, bearing shiny bronze shields emblazoned with the Greek letter lambda. 'This is Sparta!', bellows Leonidas on... -
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... -
The Archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles by Ian Armit 9780748606405
RRP: £31.00£28.69From the Callanish stones and the great ritual monuments of the Neolithic, the broch towers and the wheelhouses of the Iron Age, through to the arrival of the Norse and the Lords of the Isles, this book explores the history of human settlement and... -
Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV: Volume 2: the Imperial Army, 1660-1689 by Bruno Mugnai 9781912866557
RRP: £29.95£21.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866557Author Bruno MugnaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Chariots, Swords and Spears: Iron Age Burials at the Foot of the East Yorkshire Wolds by Mark Stephens
RRP: £50.00£45.59This volume brings together recent excavations at two sites in Pocklington, East Yorkshire. The main focus of the volume is examination of Iron Age burials, which included chariots, swords, and spears, along with inclusion of earlier Prehistoric and... -
The Goths: Lost Civilizations David M. Gwynn 9781780238456
RRP: £18.00£12.96The Goths are truly a 'lost civilization'. Sweeping down from the north, ancient Gothic tribes sacked the imperial city of Rome and set in motion the decline and fall of the western Roman Empire. Ostrogothic and Visigothic kings ruled over Italy and... -
Early Humans (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 134) by Nicholas Ashton
RRP: £35.00£23.02Our understanding of the British Palaeolithic and Mesolithic has changed dramatically over the last three decades, and yet not since H. J. Fleure's A Natural History of Man in Britain (1951) has the New Naturalist Library included a volume... -
Excavations at Glasgow Cathedral 1988-1997 by Stephen T. Driscoll
RRP: £37.99£33.78In 1988 extensive archaeological investigations began at Glasgow Cathedral revealing evidence for the first cathedral built in 1136 and subsequent 12th century phases.Book InformationISBN 9781902653662Author Stephen T. DriscollFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
The Near East: Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization' Charles Keith Maisels 9780415186070
RRP: £37.99£33.38The transition from foraging, farming and the neolithic village to the city-state is a complex and fascinating period. Studies on the prehistory of the Near East by nineteenth and twentieth century pioneers in the field transformed archaeology through... -
Early Medieval Scotland: Individuals, Communities and Ideas by David Clarke
RRP: £25.00£21.30The elaborately carved Hilton of Cadboll stone, the house-shaped Monymusk Reliquary and the sumptuously decorated Hunterston brooch (all on view in the National Museum of Scotland) are evidence of the sophistication of Scottish craftsmen in the time AD... -
Running The Roman Home by Alexandra Croom 9780752465173
RRP: £22.50£18.37Running 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... -
Tutankhamun: An Artist's Coloring Book by Dominique Navarro 9789774168536
RRP: £6.50£5.50Embark on a colorful journey to reveal the hidden treasures of the famous ancient Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun! Explore the extraordinary decorations of his elaborate tomb, spectacular funerary mask, ornate throne, dazzling jewelry, and more as you... -
Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England by Barbara Yorke 9780415166393
RRP: £43.99£38.44Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England provides a unique survey of the six major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms - Kent, the East Saxons, the East Angles, Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex - and their royal families, examining the most recent research in this... -
Prehistoric Sussex by Alex Vincent 9781398112254
RRP: £15.99£10.85Sussex is rich in remains of the prehistoric eras, from the earliest Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) era when stone tools were first developed by ancient hominids, through the other Stone Age eras (Mesolithic and Neolithic), to the Bronze and Iron Ages up... -
Is There a British Chalcolithic?: People, Place and Polity in the later Third Millennium by Julie Gardiner 9781789256864
RRP: £29.95£27.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789256864Author Julie GardinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Oxbow BooksPublisher Oxbow BooksWeight(grams) 215g -
An Introduction to Museum Archaeology by Swain Hedley
RRP: £35.99£31.79An Introduction to Museum Archaeology provides a comprehensive survey and synthesis of all aspects of current museum practice in relation to the discipline of archaeology. Drawing heavily on examples it deconstructs the different challenges posed by... -
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 Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America by Nicholas Buccola 9780691210773
RRP: £15.99£12.91How the legendary debate between a civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism illuminates America's racial divideOn February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic... -
Dana Island: The Greatest Shipyard of the Ancient Mediterranean by Hakan OEniz
£54.03Dana Island: The Greatest Shipyard of the Ancient Mediterranean presents the dramatic archaeological discoveries from Dana Island, off the coast of Rough Cilicia in southern Turkey, where underwater investigations and surface survey in advance of... -
Man Makes Himself by V. Gordon Childe 9780851246499
RRP: £16.00£15.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851246499Author V. Gordon ChildeFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman BooksWeight(grams) 408g -
Roman Britain and the Roman Navy by David J. P. Mason 9780752425412
RRP: £25.00£18.54So much has been written about the Roman army in Britain that the vital role of the navy - both in support of the army and in the defence of this distant Roman province - has been largely overlooked. In providing the first comprehensive account of the... -
Ancient Corinth: Site Guide (7th ed.) by Guy D. R. Sanders 9780876616611
RRP: £16.95£16.09This is the first official guidebook to the site of ancient Corinth published by the ASCSA in over 50 years, and it comes fully updated with the most current information, color photos, maps, and plans. It is an indispensable resource for the casual... -
Life in Medieval Ireland: Witches, Spies and Stockholm Syndrome by Finbar Dwyer
RRP: £12.99£9.09The history of the Middle Ages [in Ireland] is so neglected that the only figure of renown is Strongbow, the man who led the Norman Invasion of Ireland in the twelfth century ... There is little written about the lives of majority of men, who held no... -
Royal Tombs of Medieval England by Mark Duffy 9780752425795
RRP: £27.50£20.68This 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...