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Amongst the Ruins: Why Civilizations Collapse and Communities Disappear by John Darlington
RRP: €29.75€24.53Amongst the Ruins explores the loss of ancient civilizations, the collapse of ruling elites, and the disappearance of more recent communities and their local traditions. Some of these are now sealed under 3,000-year-old peat, others lost to rising seas... -
The Mildenhall Treasure by Richard Hobbs
RRP: €7.14€5.24In 1942, while ploughing a field near Mildenhall in Suffolk, eastern England, Gordon Butcher stumbled upon a hoard of 34 silver objects that he turned over to his boss and owner of the land, Sydney Ford. Dating back to Roman Britain, fourth century AD,... -
Studies in Crime: An Introduction to Forensic Archaeology by Carol Heron
RRP: €57.11€49.75The study of forensic evidence using archaeology is a new discipline which has rapidly gained importance, not only in archaeological studies but also in the investigation of real crimes. Archaeological evidence is increasingly presented in criminal cases... -
Medieval Royal Mistresses: Mischievous Women who Slept with Kings and Princes by Julia A Hickey
RRP: €29.75€20.97Marriage for Medieval kings was about politics, power and the provision of legitimate heirs. Mistresses were about love, lust and possession. It was a world that included kidnap, poison, murder, violation, public shaming and accusations of witchcraft... -
Preserved in the Peat: An Extraordinary Bronze Age Burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and its Wider Context by Andy M. Jones
RRP: €41.59€38.29Excavation of a Scheduled burial mound on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor revealed an unexpected, intact burial deposit of Early Bronze Age date associated with an unparalleled range of artefacts. The cremated remains of a young person had been placed within a... -
The Open Fields of England by David Hall
RRP: €49.37€45.41The Open Fields of England describes the open-field system of agriculture that operated in Medieval England before the establishment of present-day farms surrounded by hedges or walls. The volume encompasses a wide range of primary data not previously... -
X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy by Russell K. Skowronek 9780813030791
RRP: €33.26€24.30This collection piques the imagination with historical evidence about the actual exploits of pirates as revealed in the archaeological record of such ships as Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge, recently discovered off Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina; the... -
At the Point of the Bayonet: The Peninsular War Battles of Arroyomolinos and Almaraz 1811-1812 by Robert Griffith
RRP: €29.75€20.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336523Author Robert GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Stanton Drew: and Its Ancient Stone Circles by Gordon Strong 9781904263739
RRP: €7.13€4.89In the sleepy Avon village of Stanton Drew stand the forgotten remains of the third major neolithic temple complex of Southern Britain after Stonehenge and Avebury. In this guidebook to the site, packed with rare images, Stanton Drew boffin Gordon Strong... -
The March of Ewyas: The Story of Longtown Castle and the de Lacy Dynasty by Martin Cook 9781910839478
RRP: €15.41€13.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839478Author Martin CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books LtdWeight(grams) 171g -
An Appeal to the Ladies of Hyderabad: Scandal in the Raj by Benjamin B. Cohen
RRP: €30.88€24.56The dramatic story of Mehdi Hasan and Ellen Donnelly, whose marriage convulsed high society in nineteenth-century India and whose notorious trial and fall reverberated throughout the British Empire, setting the benchmark for Victorian scandals.In April... -
Case Studies in Paleoethnobotany: Understanding Ancient Lifeways through the Study of Phytoliths, Starch, Macroremains, and Pollen by Deborah M. Pearsall 9781611322965
RRP: €44.02€39.19Case Studies in Paleoethnobotany focuses on interpretation in paleoethnobotany. In it the reader is guided through the process of analyzing archaeobotanical data and of using that data to address research questions. Part I introduces archaeobotanical... -
Comics and Archaeology by Leen Van Broeck
€43.64This book adds to the scant academic literature investigating how comics transmit knowledge of the past and how this refraction of the past shapes our understanding of society and politics in sometimes damaging ways. The volume comes at these questions... -
Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind by Clive Gamble 9780500293829
RRP: €11.89€8.09When and how did the brains of our hominin ancestors become human minds? When and why did our capacity for language or art, music and dance evolve? It is the contention of this pathbreaking and provocative book that it was the need for early humans to... -
Knives and Scabbards by J. Cowgill 9781843833536
RRP: €29.74€24.87Catalogue of knives and scabbards found in London excavations, with discussion of date, technology, decoration and function. Knives were vital to medieval man for a whole range of uses, from the domestic to the wider social context: Anglo-Saxon... -
The Beau Street Hoard by Eleanor Ghey
€5.94In 2007 during an archaeological excavation in advance of a hotel development situated 150 metres from the Roman Baths in Bath, a Roman silver coin hoard was unearthed. This hoard was an exceptional find, not only because of its size - 17,500 coins in... -
Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City by Andrew Lawler 9780593311769
RRP: €20.22€13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593311769Author Andrew LawlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Rethinking Roundhouses: Later Prehistoric Settlement in Britain and Beyond by D. W. Harding 9780192893802
RRP: €115.43€104.52Excavated plans of roundhouses may compound multiple episodes of activity, design, construction, occupation, repair, and closure, reflecting successive stages of a building's biography. What does not survive archaeologically, through use of materials or... -
London: A View from the Streets by Anna Maude
RRP: €11.89€8.09Mesmerizing, exhilarating and awe-inspiring, London has provided a rich subject for the many artists, satirists, map-makers and engravers who have tried to make a lasting record of their impressions of the city. Representations of London are... -
Death Rituals, Social Order and the Archaeology of Immortality in the Ancient World: 'Death Shall Have No Dominion' by Colin Renfrew
RRP: €32.12€29.85Modern archaeology has amassed considerable evidence for the disposal of the dead through burials, cemeteries and other monuments. Drawing on this body of evidence, this book offers fresh insight into how early human societies conceived of death and the... -
Professor Challenger and his Lost Neolithic World: The Compelling Story of Alexander Thom and British Archaeoastronomy by Euan W. MacKie
€36.58Professor Challenger and his Lost Neolithic World combines the two great passions of the author's life: reconstructing the Neolithic mind and constructively challenging consensus in his professional domain. The book is semi-autobiographical, charting the... -
The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies by Dan Hicks 9780198822554
€50.78The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies introduces and reviews current thinking in the interdisciplinary field of material culture studies. Drawing together approaches from archaeology, anthropology, geography, and Science and Technology Studies,... -
Mycenae: Agamemnon's Capital by Elizabeth French 9780752419510
RRP: €32.73€24.13Famous from ancient Greek literature as King Agamemnon's capital, Mycenae was the site of almost unbroken excavation during the 20th century, and this continues today. In presenting a full up-to-date account of the site and placing it in its geographical... -
Nightmare at Scapa Flow: The Truth About the Sinking of HMS "Royal Oak" by H.J. Weaver
RRP: €9.51€6.77"The place where the German U-boat sank the British battleship Royal Oak was none other than the middle of Scapa Flow, Britain's greatest naval base! It sounds incredible..." - William L Shirer, journalist, 18 October 1939 Sinking the battleship HMS... -
In Search of the Phoenicians by Josephine Quinn 9780691175270
€47.58Who were the ancient Phoenicians, and did they actually exist? The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements, and refining the art of navigation. But who these legendary sailors really... -
Pocket Museum: Ancient Greece by David Michael Smith 9780500519585
RRP: €15.41€9.45Pocket Museum: Ancient Greece presents more than 200 objects currently housed in public collections around the world that offer both context and immediacy to the rich culture of Ancient Greece. From the bifacial hand tools of the Lower Palaeolithic to... -
The Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain by Christopher Gerrard
€51.73Echoes of the Middle Ages are all around us in Britain. Sites like the Tower of London, Hampton Court, and the castles of Scotland and Wales are mainstays of cultural tourism, Medieval institutions like the monarchy, monasteries, and universities are... -
Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree by Gerard Genette
RRP: €64.26€56.16By definition, a palimpsest is "a written document, usually on vellum or parchment, that has been written upon several times, often with remnants of erased writing still visible." Palimpsests (originally published in France in 1982), one of Gerard... -
The Origin Map: Discovery of a Prehistoric, Megalithic, Astrophysical Map and Sculpture of the Universe by Thomas G Brophy 9780595241224
RRP: €15.46€11.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595241224Author Thomas G BrophyFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 153mm * 12mm -
The Romans On The Bay Of Naples: An Archaeological Guide by Lawrence Keppie
RRP: €21.41€16.23Roman towns and villas on the Bay of Naples are among the best know to the modern public, largely because some, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, were buried under ash, pumice and mud, when nearby Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, preserving them for our... -
London's Roman Amphitheatre by Nick Bateman 9781901992717
RRP: €35.64€34.19The discovery of one of Roman Londons most significant buildings - its amphitheatre - underneath the medieval Guildhall resulted from major archaeological excavations which took place between 1985 and 1999 as part of the City of London Corporations ... -
Ancient Corinth: Site Guide (7th ed.) by Guy D. R. Sanders 9780876616611
RRP: €20.17€19.15This 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... -
The Archaeology of Merseyside in 20 Digs by Vanessa Oakden
RRP: €19.03€12.91The archaeology of Merseyside is extremely rich and varied. Humans have been modifying the landscape for over 10,000 years. The river and coast have always been significant to Merseyside. From early village settlements to industrial and port activity in... -
English Orchards: A Landscape History by Gerry Barnes 9781914427190
€47.72Old 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... -
New Lives, New Landscapes Revisited: Rural Modernity in Britain by Linda M. Ross 9780197267455
€99.23In 1970, the Architectural Press published New Lives, New Landscapes, Nan Fairbrother's optimistic account of how the British landscape was materially transformed in the post-war decades. Reservoirs, power stations, television and radio-transmitter... -
The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt by Gene Kritsky
RRP: €38.66€33.81According to Egyptian mythology, when the god Re cried, his tears turned into bees upon touching the ground. Beyond the realm of myth, the honey bee is a surprisingly common and significant motif in Egyptian history, playing a role in the mythology,... -
Celtic Sites and Their Saints: A Guidebook by Elizabeth Rees 9780860123187
€35.45Most biographies of the Celtic saints are filled with legends and were written centuries after they lived. But the places where they lived and worked, generally in the more remote parts of their home or adopted countries can still be visited. Their... -
Assemblage Thought and Archaeology by Ben Jervis 9781138067509
RRP: €45.21€39.72From examinations of prehistoric burial to understanding post-industrial spaces and heritage practices, the writing of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari is gaining increasing importance within archaeological thought. Their concept of 'assemblages' allows... -
The Wealden Iron Industry by Jeremy Hodgkinson
RRP: €23.80€17.90For two periods of British history - the first part of the Roman occupation and the Tudor and early Stuart periods - the Weald of south-east England was the most productive iron-producing region in the country. Looking across the tranquil Wealden... -
Arbella Stuart: The Uncrowned Queen by Jill Armitage 9781445650197
RRP: €23.80€16.35In 1562, Elizabeth I, the last of Henry VIII's children, lay dying of smallpox, and the curse of the Tudor succession again reared its head. The queen was to recover, but the issue remained: if the queen did not produce an heir, who was next in line to...