Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
The Medieval Chantry in England by Julian M. Luxford
£117.68Chantries were religious institutions endowed with land, goods and money. At their heart was the performance of a daily mass for the spiritual benefit of their founders, and the souls of all faithful dead. To Church reformers, they exemplified some of... -
Mobile Technologies in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond by C. N. Duckworth
RRP: £125.00£113.92The ancient Sahara has often been treated as a periphery or barrier, but this agenda-setting book - the final volume of the Trans-Saharan Archaeology Series - demonstrates that it was teeming with technological innovations, knowledge transfer, and trade... -
The Recent Archaeology of the Early Modern Period in Quebec City: 2009 by William Moss
£33.78This volume is the result of collaboration between SPMA and the Association des archeologues du Quebec (AAQ); its guest editor is William Moss, Chief Archaeologist for the City of Quebec.Book InformationISBN 9781906540890Author William MossFormat... -
The Inka Empire: A Multidisciplinary Approach by Izumi Shimada
RRP: £62.00£55.16Massive yet elegantly executed masonry architecture and andenes (agricultural terraces) set against majestic and seemingly boundless Andean landscapes, roads built in defiance of rugged terrains, and fine textiles with orderly geometric designs-all were... -
Death and the Classic Maya Kings by James L. Fitzsimmons
RRP: £50.00£43.81Like their regal counterparts in societies around the globe, ancient Maya rulers departed this world with elaborate burial ceremonies and lavish grave goods, which often included ceramics, red pigments, earflares, stingray spines, jades, pearls, obsidian... -
Caldecote: The Development and Desertion of a Hertfordshire Village by Guy Beresford
RRP: £39.99£35.46In 1973 the Department of Environment and the Deserted Medieval Village Research Group arranged a rescue excavation to examine the earthworks of the medieval village of Cladecote before they were levelled and ploughed.Book InformationISBN... -
Connectivity in Antiquity: Globalization as a Long-Term Historical Process by Oystein S. LaBianca
RRP: £135.00£117.28Today's politicians argue that the more 'connected' societies are the less danger they pose to global stability. But is this a 'new' idea or one as old as history itself? Trade routes as far back as prehistory were responsible for the exchange of ideas... -
The Levant in Transition: No. 4 by Peter J. Parr
RRP: £135.00£117.68The latter part of the 3rd millennium BC witnessed severe dislocations in the social, economic and political structures of the lands at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea - the Levant. In the south, in what is now Israel, the Palestinian... -
Alban and St Albans: Roman and Medieval Architecture, Art and Archaeology by Phillip Lindley
RRP: £47.99£41.81This is a collection of eighteen papers presented at a conference that was held at the Hatfield Campus of the University of Hertfordshire with 122 members and guests from the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Germany and Norway were present... -
Romanesque and the Past: Retrospection in the Art and Architecture of Romanesque Europe by John McNeill
RRP: £79.99£70.00The nineteen papers collected in this volume explore a notable phenomenon, that of retrospection in the art and architecture of Romanesque Europe. They arise from a conference organized by the British Archaeological Association in 2010, and reflect its... -
Prehistory of Australia by Johan Kamminga
RRP: £39.99£35.46Australia's human prehistory through more than 40,000 years is the challenging theme of this masterly survey. John Mulvaney and Johan Kamminga bring together the discoveries and often controversial interpretations of six decades of archaeological... -
The Moundbuilders: Ancient Societies of Eastern North America: Second Edition by George R Milner
RRP: £29.95£19.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500295113Author George R MilnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Thames & HudsonPublisher Thames & HudsonWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 239mm *... -
No Place Like Home: Ancient Near Eastern Houses and Households by Laura Battini
RRP: £48.00£47.91No Place Like Home: Ancient Near Eastern Houses and Households had its genesis in a series of six popular and well-attended ASOR conference sessions on Household Archaeology in the Ancient Near East. A selection of papers are presented here, together... -
The Archaeology of the North American Great Plains by Douglas B. Bamforth
RRP: £109.99£99.73In this volume, Douglas B. Bamforth offers an archaeological overview of the Great Plains, the vast, open grassland bordered by forests and mountain ranges situated in the heart of North America. Synthesizing a century of scholarship and new... -
Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions: v. 9, Pt. 2: Tonina by Ian Graham
RRP: £41.95£33.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873657730Author Ian GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S.Publisher Peabody Museum of Archaeology... -
The New Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs, Volume Two: Codical Texts by Prof Martha J Macri
£58.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806140711Author Prof Martha J MacriFormat HardbackPage Count 308Imprint University of Oklahoma PressPublisher University of Oklahoma PressWeight(grams)... -
Digital Cities: Between History and Archaeology by Maurizio Forte
RRP: £39.99£29.60The onset of digital archaeology and its subsequent remarkable development has had a crucial impact on the study of cultural heritage. Presently, researchers are able to manipulate and reinvent digital and historical data; the study of the city stands... -
Prague and Bohemia: Medieval Art, Architecture and Cultural Exchange in Central Europe: Volume 32: Medieval Art, Architecture and Cultural Exchange in Central Europe by Zoe Opacic
RRP: £135.00£117.68This book explores the remarkable flourishing of art and architecture in Bohemia, and Prague as it became the political centre of Charles IV's Holy Roman Empire. It focuses on cultural exchange and the links that can be traced through the artwork across... -
Medieval Art and Architecture in the Diocese of Glasgow by Richard Fawcett
£117.28This volume includes many of the papers given at the 1997 conference of the British Archaeological Association. It focuses on aspects of patronage, the wider architectural context of the cathedral, and on the Romaneque sculpture and manuscripts with the... -
Preserving Archaeological Remains in Situ: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference by David Gregory
RRP: £135.00£118.28This book is an outcome of the conference on preserving archaeological remains in situ in Denmark. The conference focuses on long-term studies of degradation and monitoring of archaeological sites preserved in situ in urban, rural, and marine... -
The Chapel and Burial Ground on St Ninian's Isle, Shetland: Excavations Past and Present: v. 32: Excavations Past and Present by Rachel C. Barrowman
£54.61This book describes the results of a small research project undertaken at Glasgow University with the aim of revisiting the archaeology at the site through a study of the archive material from the 1950s excavations, and renewed survey and excavation work... -
First Peoples in a New World: Populating Ice Age America by David J. Meltzer
RRP: £89.99£79.80Over 15,000 years ago, a band of hunter-gatherers became the first people to set foot in the Americas. They soon found themselves in a world rich in plants and animals, but also a world still shivering itself out of the coldest depths of the Ice Age. The... -
The Socio-Economics of Roman Storage: Agriculture, Trade, and Family by Astrid Van Oyen
RRP: £93.99£84.96In a pre-industrial world, storage could make or break farmers and empires alike. How did it shape the Roman empire? The Socio-Economics of Roman Storage cuts across the scales of farmer and state to trace the practical and moral reverberations of... -
The Archaeology of Food: Identity, Politics, and Ideology in the Prehistoric and Historic Past by Katheryn C. Twiss
RRP: £80.99£73.04The Archaeology of Food explains how archaeologists reconstruct what people ate, and how such reconstructions reveal ancient political struggles, religious practices, ethnic identities, gender norms, and more. Balancing deep research with accessible... -
Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Volume 9: Part 1: Piedras Negras by David Stuart
RRP: £41.95£33.60The goal of the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions is to document in photographs and detailed line drawings all known Maya inscriptions and their associated figurative art. When complete, the Corpus will have published the inscriptions from over... -
Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Art by Sarah P. Morris
RRP: £70.00£62.51In a major revisionary approach to ancient Greek culture, Sarah Morris invokes as a paradigm the myths surrounding Daidalos to describe the profound influence of the Near East on Greece's artistic and literary origins.About the AuthorSarah P. Morris is... -
Maya Figurines: Intersections between State and Household by Christina T. Halperin
£46.39Rather than view the contours of Late Classic Maya social life solely from towering temple pyramids or elite sculptural forms, this book considers a suite of small anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and supernatural figurative remains excavated from household... -
Heaven Born Merida and Its Destiny: The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel by Munro S. Edmonson
RRP: £34.00£29.89When the Spaniards conquered the Yucatan Peninsula in the early 1500s, they made a great effort to destroy or Christianize the native cultures flourishing there. That they were in large part unsuccessful is evidenced by the survival of a number of... -
Dictionary of Archaeological Terms: English-German/ German-English by Marie-Christine Junghans
£19.30This concise dictionary is intended to be helpful in the reading of archaeological books and publications, and in the writing of papers and articles in both English and German. The aim of this work is to help, in particular, students and on-site... -
Carlisle and Cumbria: Roman and Medieval Architecture, Art and Archaeology by Mike McCarthy
RRP: £43.99£38.84This book compiles the papers presented at the British Archaeological association conference held in 2001, which concentrated on the Roman and medieval art, architecture and archaeology of the city and county. It provides scholars with a firm baseline... -
Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Cracow and Lesser Poland by Agnieszka Roznowska-Sadraei
RRP: £54.99£47.72This book explores the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of the city of Cracow and the surrounding region of Lesser Poland. It highlights the role of Cracow and Lesser Poland as a vibrant artistic centre fostering links with Italy, Bohemia,... -
Medieval Archaeology, Art and Architecture at Chester by Alan Thacker
£33.38This volume is a compilation of papers presented in British Archaeological Association's annual conference in 1992. It focuses on the long tradition of archaeological and historical enquiry which has provided a framework for understanding Chester's... -
A Smith in Lindsey: The Anglo-Saxon Grave at Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire by David A. Hinton
RRP: £37.99£33.38Contents Include: An introduction to the grave, conservation, metallurgical and other analyses, a catalogue of organic and inorganic materials, and a discussion of dates and context.Book InformationISBN 9781902653280Author David A. HintonFormat... -
Prehistoric Stone Tools of Eastern Africa: A Guide by John J. Shea
RRP: £93.99£84.96Stone tools are the least familiar objects that archaeologists recover from their excavations, and predictably, they struggle to understand them. Eastern Africa alone boasts a 3.4 million-year-long archaeological record but its stone tool evidence still... -
The Faunas of Hayonim Cave, Israel: A 200,000 Year Record of Paleolithic Diet, Demography, and Society by Mary C. Stiner
RRP: £62.95£50.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873655521Author Mary C. StinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S.Publisher Peabody Museum of Archaeology... -
In Pursuit of the Past: Decoding the Archaeological Record by Lewis R. Binford
RRP: £27.00£24.52Many consider Lewis Binford to be the single most influential figure in archaeology in the last half-century. His contributions to the "New Archaeology" changed the course of the field as he argued for the development of a scientifically rigorous... -
Ritual and Power in Stone: The Performance of Rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan Style Art by Julia Guernsey
RRP: £25.99£22.49The ancient Mesoamerican city of Izapa in Chiapas, Mexico, is renowned for its extensive collection of elaborate stone stelae and altars, which were carved during the Late Preclassic period (300 BC-AD 250). Many of these monuments depict kings garbed in... -
A Place of Placelessness: Hekeng People's Heritage by Renyu Wang
RRP: £45.00£43.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789087282738Author Renyu WangFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Leiden University PressPublisher Leiden University PressWeight(grams) 358g -
Urban Development & Regional Identity in the Eastern Roman Provinces, 50 BC-AD 250: Aphrodisias, Ephesos, Athens, Gerasa by Rubina Raja
RRP: £64.99£52.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788763526067Author Rubina RajaFormat HardbackPage Count 273Imprint Museum Tusculanum PressPublisher Museum Tusculanum PressWeight(grams) 879gDimensions(mm)... -
Excavations at Dryslwyn Castle 1980-1995 by Christopher Caple
RRP: £53.99£47.87Excavations at Dryslwyn between 1980 and 1995 uncovered a masonry castle, founded in the late 1220s by Rhys Gryg for his son Maredudd ap Rhys, the first Lord of Dryslwyn. The first castle was a simple round tower and polygonal walled enclosure, within...