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Roman Britain to Saxon England
An Archaeological Study
Av C.J. Arnold
Inbunden, 2014
1576 kr
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There has long been controversy about the nature and pace of the transformation from Roman Britain to Saxon England. Some scholars argue that there were few instances of major conflict and that the transition took place relatively peacefully over a long period of time. Others argue that the …
Field Archaeology
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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During the years before this book was first published in 1946, and re-editioned in 1953, much had been written on the results of archaeological research, but no account had been published of the methods by which those results are obtained. This book provides a simple introduction to the principles …
Tree-ring Dating and Archaeology
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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The analysis of tree-ring patterns, or dendrochronology, is a very exact science and an important dating technique. The basis of the method is misleadingly simple: that overlap of successive older ring patterns can generate a master chronology and samples of unknown age can then be checked against …
Archaeology After Structuralism
Post-structuralism and the Practice of Archaeology
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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Most practising archaeologists have preferred to leave the deep theories of what lies behind their methods and perceptions on one side. Now archaeologists have faced up to the difficult task of making (or not making) the connections between the past, interpretation and the present. The writers of …
European Community in Later Prehistory
Studies in Honour of C. F. C. Hawkes
Av John Boardman, M.A. Brown m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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The essays collected together in this volume were written in honour of Professor Christopher Hawkes, in recognition of his stature as an international scholar and his generosity in encouraging the work of others. The collection consists of a closely-knit group of studies, and includes contributions …
Prehistoric Settlement of Britain
Inbunden, 2014
2209 kr
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This study, first published in 1978, explores the evidence for pre-Roman settlement in Britain. Four aspects of the prehistoric economy are described by the author – colonisation and clearance; arable and pastoral farming; transhumance and nomadism; and hunting, gathering and fishing. These aspects …
Recent Archaeological Excavations in Britain
Selected Excavations, 1939-1955
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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Originally published in 1956, this collection features chapters by well-known archaeologists on various archaeological sites explored in the previous decade, as examples of the techniques being used and finds being made. Mostly from the lowland zone of Britain, the chapters nonetheless offer a …
Neolithic Britain
New Stone Age sites of England, Scotland and Wales
Inbunden, 2014
3175 kr
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The climax of the Stone Age in Britain, the Neolithic period (4700-2000BC), was a period of startling achievement. The British Isles are rich in Neolithic sites, which give us evidence of a complex and surprisingly developed archaic society. The author surveys 1100 secular and ceremonial sites in …
Piecing Together the Past
The Interpretation of Archaeological Data
Inbunden, 2014
2209 kr
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Originally published in 1956, this concise book brought together wisdom from V. Gordon Childe based upon 10 years of his lectures on the principles of archaeological classification, terminology and interpretive concepts. It examines meanings of technical terms and methodologies used in prehistoric …
Prehistory Of Scotland
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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This volume, originally published in 1935, sought to reveal the significance of Scottish prehistory for the development of understanding of European prehistory. Written at a time of rapid accumulation of new relics and monuments and the insights from them, Professor Childe presented some important …
New Light on the Most Ancient East
Inbunden, 2014
1893 kr
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This book offers a detailed survey on major archaeological discoveries in the Near and Middle East. This classic account focuses on the findings in three great centers of ancient civilization: Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus valley.Professor Childe discusses the excavation of the three cities of …
Archaeology and Society
Reconstructing the Prehistoric Past
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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This reissue of the 1957 3rd edition of this book describes how archaeologists go about their work, how ancient sites are found, what methods are used to explore them, how finds are dated, and within what limits archaeological evidence is able to tell us how people lived before the dawn of recorded …
Analytical Archaeology
Inbunden, 2014
3175 kr
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This study was well-established as a pioneer work on archaeological methodology, the theoretical basis of all archaeological analysis whatever the period or era. The first edition of the book presented and evaluated the radical changes in methodology which derived from developments in other …
Archaeology by Experiment
Av John Coles
Inbunden, 2014
2209 kr
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Experimental archaeology is a new approach to the study of early man. By reconstructing and testing models of ancient equipment with the techniques available to early man, we learn how he lived, hunted, fought and built.What did early man eat? How did he store and cook his food? How did he make his …
Field Archaeology in Britain
Av John Coles
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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A practical guide to the various modern methods of discovery, excavation and recording of the remains left by prehistoric man in Britain. It stresses the vital role played by the amateur rescuing evidence of man’s past behaviour in these islands, and is illustrated by maps, site plans and sections, …
Bronze Age in Europe
An Introduction to the Prehistory of Europe c.2000-700 B.C.
Inbunden, 2014
3929 kr
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This book provides an account of the development of European culture and society during the Bronze Age, the time span between c. 2000 and 700 BC. It was a period of remarkable innovation, seen for instance in the development and growth of metallurgy as a major industry, the spread of trading …
West Africa Before the Europeans
Archaeology & Prehistory
Av O. Davies
Inbunden, 2014
3175 kr
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This book covers the whole range of West African archaeology to the arrival of the Portugese on the Guinea coast. Parts of this territory are very ill-explored, and emphasis is accordingly laid on the better-known regions: Ghana, Nigeria, the middle Niger valley and Western Senegal. After …
Nationalism and Archaeology in Europe
Av Margarita Díaz-Andreu, Timothy Champion
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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Archaeologists from many different European countries here explore the very varied relationship between nationalistic ideas and archaeological activity through the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The resurgence of nationalism was one of the most prominent features of the European …
Archaeology of Medieval Germany
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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Medieval archaeology is a relatively young discipline. It relies heavily on and contributes to the neighbouring disciplines of history and geography as well as certain of the natural sciences. The kinds of sources investigated in the context of medieval archaeology also cast light on many aspects …
Archeology of the New Testament
The Mediterranean World of the Early Christian Apostles
Av Jack Finegan
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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This book provides an introduction to the Mediterranean world in which the early Christian apostles moved. Drawing on the geographic setting and available archaeological materials to create a sense of the contemporary environment, the book traces the 15,000 mile travels of Paul, whose world was …
Prehistoric and Early Wales
Inbunden, 2014
791 kr
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This volume is based on lectures given when the British Summer School of Archaeology was held at Bangor in August 1959. It is a summary account of current knowledge then about ancient Wales written for archaeologists, historians and others, covering the Old Stone Age, Neolithic Wales, the Bronze …
Life and Death in the Bronze Age
An Archaeologist's Field-work
Av Cyril Fox
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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This is a great work by one of the pioneers of modern archaeology. The period covered is from 1700 to 700 B.C. and is mainly concerned with the author’s field work in western Britain. It deals with burial ritual – dances, processions, "houses of the dead", the objects deposited, the building of the …
Land-use and Prehistory in South-East Spain
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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Based on a major research programme, and originally published in 1985, this book looked to provide an economic foundation for reinterpreting the Neolithic-Bronze Age sequence of South-east Spain in terms of emergent social complexity. The cultural evolution of the area had already been considered …
Excavation of Roman and Mediaeval London
Av W. F. Grimes
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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This is an immensely fascinating work, published originally in 1968, which is of great value in understanding London’s past. The immediate background to the excavations was the bombing of London during the Second World War, which led to the destruction of more than fifty of the three hundred and …
Ancient Burial-mounds of England
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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First published in 1936 and rewritten in 1953, this book embodies the results of the author’s extensive researches and fieldwork. Part one considers types of barrows and dating, their building and the cult of the dead from Palaeolithic to Saxon times. A chapter is dedicated to maps and another to …
Season's Work at Ur, Al-'Ubaid, Abu Shahrain-Eridu-and Elsewhere
Being an Unofficial Account of the British Museum Archaeological Mission to Babylonia, 1919
Av H.R. Hall
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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This classic work from 1930 describes the archaeological mission to Iraq which was a huge leap in the understanding of Mesopotamian history. It chronicles the journey, the excavations and the findings in a personalised account, heavily illustrated with maps, photographs of the locations and the …
Iron Age in Lowland Britain
Av D.W. Harding
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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This book was written at a time when the older conventional diffusionist view of prehistory, largely associated with the work of V. Gordon Childe, was under rigorous scrutiny from British prehistorians, who still nevertheless regarded the ‘Arras’ culture of eastern Yorkshire and the ‘Belgic’ …
Prehistoric Foundations of Europe to the Mycenean Age
Inbunden, 2014
3175 kr
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First published in 1940, this is a classic work by one of the most well-regarded archaeological scholars. European archaeology had made remarkable progress in the early twentieth century and this volume offers a clear impression of the understanding of European prehistory as a whole. Broken into …
Surveying for Archaeologists and Other Fieldworkers
Av A.H.A. Hogg
Inbunden, 2014
2601 kr
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Although the preparation of plans is an essential part of the work of a field archaeologist or excavator, many University Departments of Archaeology give very little attention to surveying, regarding it as a subject which should either be left to technicians or picked up during work in the field. …
Archaeology in England and Wales 1914 - 1931
Av T.D. Kendrick, C.F.C. Hawkes
Inbunden, 2014
3175 kr
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This survey of work carried out over a number of years synthesises the progress of archaeology, showing at a glance the changes within less than quarter of a century on the interpretation of and reflection on knowledge in the area. Entertainingly, written, this is a lasting introductory account of …
