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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1975. 350pp.30 plates.Slight fading to boards.. Cloth. Good/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1979. 407pp.32 plates.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1981. 580pp.39 plates.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1982. 530pp.59 plates.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1977. 353pp.27 plates.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1983. 634pp.43 plates.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1977. 245pp.34 plates.. Cloth. Very Good/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1980. 410pp.26 plates.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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London: Seven Dials. The Orion Publishing Group, 1999. An account of a mysterious and fascinating period - the Ice Age. It makes use of modern analytical techniques in archaeology, and examines Russian caves only recently opened to foreign specialists, the latest discoveries from China and Brazil, cave finds in Europe at Cosquer, Chauvet and Covaciella as well as Australian sites. It also features photographic images of many caves which have been closed to protect the fragile environment. Paul Bahn describes the varied background of the sites, their enigmas and mysteries. 240pp. . ISBN: 1841880302. Paperback. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ICE AGE ARCHAEOLOGY CAVE ART. more information

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New York: Humanity Books, 2002. In this fascinating analysis of history in the making, Ben-Yehuda closely examines the day-by-day transcripts of the archaeologists' conversations at Masada to determine the way in which they evaluated the findings. He skilfully demonstrates that the interpretation of the artefacts uncovered during the dig was significantly affected by the process of nation-building and the forging of a national identity, which was then underway in Israel. Nation-building required a heroic past, and the pressure of this requirement subtly led to concealing facts and even falsifying the historical evidence. Why did the archaeologists involved, all scientifically trained scholars, ignore scientific evidence in favor of a version of history that now appears to be largely a myth? The answer to this question is the focus of this study, which looks not only at Masada but at the whole issue of deception in science and the social construction of knowledge.275pp.. ISBN: 1573929530. Cloth/Laminated Boards. As New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. EXCAVATIONS (ARCHAEOLOGY) ISRAEL_ANTIQUITIES JEWS_HISTORY_168 B.C-135 MASADA. more information

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Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2007. Paganism is held to be the fastest growing 'religion' in Britain today. Pagan identities and constructions of sacredness contest assumptions of a 'closed' past and untouchable heritage, within a socio-politics in which prehistoric archaeology - the stone circles, burial cairns and rock art of the British Isles - is itself subject to political and economic threats. Pagans see prehistoric monuments in a living, enchanted landscape of deities, ancestors, spirits, 'wights' and other non-human agencies engaged with for personal and community empowerment. From all areas of Britain and indeed worldwide, people come to sacred sites of prehistory to make pilgrimage, befriend places, give offerings, act as unofficial 'site guardians', campaign for 'site welfare'. Summer solstice access at Stonehenge attracts tens of thousands of celebrants; threats of quarrying near Derbyshire's Nine Ladies stone circle or Yorkshire's Thornborough Henges lead to protests and campaigns for the preservation of sacred landscapes and conservation of plant and animal species. Pagans can be seen as allies to the interests of heritage management, yet instances of site damage and recent claims for the reburial of non-Christian human remains disrupt the preservation ethos of those who manage and study these sites, and the large-scale celebrations at Stonehenge and Avebury are subject to continual negotiation. In this book an anthropologist (Blain) and archaeologist (Wallis) examine interfaces between paganisms and archaeology, considering the emergence of 'sacred sites' in pagan and heritage discourse and implications of pagan involvement for heritage management, archaeology, anthropology - and for pagans themselves, as well as considering practical guidelines for reciprocal benefit. 252pp.. ISBN: 9781845191306. First Edition. Paperback. As New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. PAGANISM RELIGION SACRED SIGHTS MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS ARCHAEOLOGY. more information

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Somerset: Glastonbury Antiquarian Society, Somerset Levels Project and Somerset County Council Museums Service, 1949. 68pp.Small pinhole in rear cover.79pp.. ISBN: 095071223X. Revised Fourth Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ANCIENT MONUMENTS SOMERSET GLASTONBURY ARCHAEOLOGY. more information

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London: Thames & Hudson, 1977. An exploration of the Stone Age monuments of Avebury in Wiltshire, drawing on archaeology, ethnology and folklore to examine the monuments and reveal their collective purpose, which Dames claims to be the worship of the Great Goddess. 240pp.. ISBN: 0500050309. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AVEBURY STONE AGE FOLKLORE ARCHAEOLOGY. more information

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Moesgaard: Jutland Archaeological Society Publications), 2007. The Grauballe Man, whose sacrificial death was determined to have occurred around 290 BC, is one of the most remarkable bog finds from Denmark's Iron Age, and has for many years been the centre of considerable attention. In fact when the Grauballe Man's body was found in 1952, his skin, hair, beard, nails, muscles and bones were so well preserved that he was at first believed to have been the victim of a recently committed murder!With the renewed scientific focus on the immense research potential in such and, an interdisciplinary team of international scientists decided in 2001 to undertake extensive examinations of the body. From analyses of his teeth, to his hair, to his stomach contents - and even to a reconstruction of his face - the research has provided an important insight and invaluable knowledge of life more than two thousand years ago. This publication, richly illustrated with 320 colour photographs, is presented in a language which makes it indispensable for archaeologists, anthropologists, museum conservators and pathologists, but it will also appeal to lay enthusiasts within those fields of interest.351pp.. ISBN: 9788788415292. First Edition. Cloth. As New/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. JUTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY BOG BODY GRAUBALLE MAN. more information

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Denmark: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2008. Meetings of cultures arouse strong feelings. In this volume, nineteen scholars from Denmark, France, Georgia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Russia, and Ukraine present a profound discussion covering various topics from the physical arena of the colonial encounters, to the layout of land and protection of cities, to the dynamics of the cultural exchange, to the perception of how it was to be Greek in the Pontic realm, and finally, to be reciprocal strategies exerted by the Greeks and Scythians in the Olbia as described in Herodotos' "Skythian Tale". Through the many-sided contributions it is revealed how the self and the other are two sides of the same coin - yesterday, today, and tomorrow.422pp.. ISBN: 9788779344198. First Edition. Cloth. New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CULTURES ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORY. more information

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Cambridge: The University of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1971. 418pp.Contributions to Prehistory offered to Grahame Clark.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. PREHISTORIC SOCIETY ARCHAEOLOGY ETHNOLOGY HISTORY. more information

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London: B.C.A., 1978. 192pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. D/J in Protective Wrapper. MUMMIES EGYPTOLOGY MANCHESTER. more information

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.: University of New Mexico Press, 2003. This account of the archaeology of a cave in southern New Mexico makes a dramatic contribution to the ongoing debate over how long human beings have lived in the Americas. The findings presented here show that human settlement may go back as far as 75,000 years before the present, whereas the long-accepted Clovis dates showed humans only about 12,000 years ago. MacNeish and his colleagues subjected the cave, its environs, and its contents to rigorous interdisciplinary investigation. The first section of this volume comprises their reports on the changing environment of the area. The second section concentrates on the excavation of the cave's layers, presenting the results of radiocarbon dating and describing the evidence of human occupation, including friction skin prints and human hair. The third section discusses the cultural implications of the materials recovered and suggests how the ancient peoples may have exploited the changing environment and developed different ways of life throughout the Americas before the time of Clovis man. No serious discussion of early inhabitants in the New World can disregard the findings presented in this monumental work of scholarship. 526pp.. ISBN: 0826324053. D/J in Protective Wrapper. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. PALEO INDIANS NORTH AMERICA ANTIQUITIES CAVE ARCHAEOLOGY NEW MEXICO. more information

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada: University of Calgary Press, 2009. "Tools of the Trade" presents a collection of academic papers from the 2005 Chacmool archaeological conference which includes a wide range of contributions from international archaeologists, senior professors and students alike. Each chapter focuses on the discussion and application of unique and innovative 'tools' for archaeological analysis and interpretation, including micro- and macro-botanical analysis, experimental study, off-site survey, lithic use-wear, ceramic petrography, DNA analysis, chaine operatoire, space syntax, and Geographic Information Systems. As a collective volume, "Tools of the Trade" also covers an impressive diversity of geographic regions and time periods, such as Precolumbian Mesoamerica, Plio-Pleistocene Africa, prehistoric and historic North America, and ancient Polynesia. Finally, this volume provides a somewhat introspective look at the origins of tool use, technological development, and the means by which we have become the only species to ask the questions: What does it mean to be us and how can we find out?315pp.. ISBN: 9781552382493. First Edition. Paperback. New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ARCHAEOLOGY TOOLS METHODS TECHNIQUES. more information

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Edinburgh: Royal Museum of Scotland. 498pp.Microfiche at rear.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1987. 492pp.Microfiche at rear.Front board slightly dented.. Cloth. Good/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1990. 396pp.Microfiche at rear.Front and rear boards very slightly marked.. Cloth. Good/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1989. 348pp.Microfiche at rear.Front board slightly marked.. Cloth. Good/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1985. 626pp.Microfiche at rear.Top edge rear board slightly dented.. Cloth. Good/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1988. 380pp.Microfiche at rear.Ancient Sundials,Old Harbours. . Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland , 1991. 244pp.Microfiche at rear.Bowling.Stained Glass.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: Royal Museum of Scotland. Part One 600pp.Part Two 626pp.Microfiche at rear.Priced for the two volumes.. Cloth. Very Good/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: Royal Museum of Scotland. 542pp.Microfiche at rear.Bells of Perthshire.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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London: John Baker, 1974. D/J some rubbing,small hole in left hand edge of d/j spine (does not affect book),half inch closed tear to top edge rear d/j.262pp.13 plates.. ISBN: 0212970097. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MEDIEVAL POTTERY EXCAVATIONS ARCHAEOLOGY. more information

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Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.: University of New Mexico Press, 1999. The Anasazi Indians of the Southwest represent 2,500 years of cultural continuity, from the early Basket Makers of 700 B.C. to their modern descendants, the Pueblo Indians. The pueblos and cliff dwellings they built during their halcyon days between 1100 and 1500 A.D. are the most spectacular ruins north of Mexico. In this book, all of the significant and accessible Anasazi ruins are photographed and described in detail. Special attention is paid to the magnificent sites of Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, and Kayenta. Also included are illustrations of rock art and examples of the delicate jewellery and beautiful ceramics that have survived. . ISBN: 0826308740. Paperback Reprint. Paperback. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. INDIANS NORTH AMERICA ANTIQUITIES SOUTHWEST NEW SOCIAL SCIENCE ARCHAEOLOGY NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES. more information

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London: Penguin, 2002. Graham Hancock's latest foray into the murky uncharted waters of the past is, in this case, exactly that--Underworld is an exploration of what lies beneath the sea, mainly off the coasts of India, Malta and Japan. Hancock, well known for his disputes with orthodox archaeologists, argues that they ought to be looking underwater for submerged ruins, and that by not doing so they are stubbornly holding on to out-dated and incorrect theories. Hancock doesn't have a lot of time for academics. Most of them, he seems to suggest, having spent their careers safely in their ivory towers, are unwilling even to consider new paradigms which could overturn everything they have learnt and taught. And Hancock's thesis would do just that. In Underworld--the book of his Channel 4 TV series--he argues that far from springing out of nowhere some 6,000 or 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, civilisation has been with mankind for many millennia longer. With the aid of a geologist at Durham University, Hancock examines which coastal areas vanished beneath the sea as the ice melted at the end of the last Ice Age, a catastrophic inundation he finds in the Flood myths of most of the world's traditional religions. And then he goes diving and finds, in some cases, incontrovertible ruins; in other cases the piles of stone might well be natural rock formations, but Hancock argues for their human origins. Hancock accepts that he is neither a historian, an archaeologist nor a geologist. Some of his arguments tend to be rather speculative, and some of his conclusions may well be wrong--it's not always a good thing to ignore the experts! But in this massive book--well over 700 pages--he does provide sufficient evidence for flooded ruins that ought to be studied by real scholars. 740pp. . ISBN: 0718144007. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CIVILIZATION HISTORY UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY. more information

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London: The Bodley Head, 1976. 120pp.. ISBN: 0370015967. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Felts,Shirley. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ARCHAEOLOGY ANCIENT HISTORY IRELAND. more information

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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1948. Previous owners inscription on ffep.Fading to book spine and edges.Darkening to d/j and some chipping and loss to head of d/j spine. 154pp.. Sixth Edition. Cloth. Good/Good/Price Clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AVEBURY STONE AGE ANCIENT HISTORY. more information

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London: Souvenir Press, 1995. This book seeks to reveal the solution to the mysteries of the megalithic monuments such as those at Stonehenge, Avebury and the extraordinary cursus monuments. In the process it also re-creates the Age of the Goddess, the peaceful, nature-loving religion which ruled the lives of early farmers. Illustrated with eight pages of colour photographs and with b/w phtographs and line drawings in the text. 224pp.. ISBN: 0285630571. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. D/J In Protective Wrapper. OCCULTISM BODY MIND SPIRIT. more information

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New York: Humanity Books, 2000. Designed for teachers and students of classical archaeology, as well as for scholars from other areas of classical studies, this one-of-a-kind reference work on the history of classical archaeology focuses on the key contributors to the field. Reviewing the lives and accomplishments of archaeologists who lived from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, this gold mine of information covers more than just the well-known 'giants' of classical archaeology; it also discusses the achievements of many lesser known archaeologists, as well as scholars from the related fields of art history, ancient numismatics, and epigraphy. Beside all the relevant data on each contributor (dates, publications, professional appointments and awards, list of excavation sites), the entries highlight the individual's unique contributions to the field and evoke the historical/archaeological context in which the person lived and worked. Including numerous illustrations, a glossary, and a thorough name and subject index, this highly informative and well-organised reference guide will delight both the casual browser and the serious scholar.352pp.. ISBN: 1573928267. Cloth. New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES ARCHAEOLOGY_HISTORY. more information

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Edinburgh: Royal Museum of Scotland. Part One 525pp.Part Two 472pp.Priced for the two volumes.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: Royal Museum of Scotland. Part One 516pp.Part Two 488pp.Microfiche at rear.Priced for the two volumes.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: Royal Museum of Scotland. Part One 411pp.Part Two 437pp..Priced for the two volumes.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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Edinburgh: Royal Museum of Scotland. Part One 480pp.Part Two 469pp.Priced for the two volumes.. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. NATIONAL SOCIETY ANTIQUARIES SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ANCIENT ROMAN VIKINGS STANDING STONES. more information

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London: Victor Gollancz, 2000. 260pp.Motya is a tiny island off the coast of Sicily, scarcely larger than one kilometre square, the site of one the major cities of the Phoenicians, destroyed by the Greeks after an extended siege in 397 BC. This book is Gaia Servadio's account of how early in the twentieth century the English archaeologist Pip Whitaker became convinced that Motya was the site of the buried city and started excavations which unearthed details of a remarkable lost civilization. It is also a story of how Gaia Servadio herself fell under the island's spell.. ISBN: 0575067462. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MOTYA GREECE FICTION ARCHAEOLOGY. more information

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Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.: University of New Mexico Press, 2003. Following two decades of excavations and research at the NAN Ranch Ruin in south-western New Mexico, Harry Shafer offers new information and interpretations of the rise and disappearance of the ancient Mimbres culture that thrived in the area from about AD 600 to 1140. The NAN Ranch site gives evidence of a fascinating restructuring of Mimbres culture and society, owing to the introduction of irrigation agriculture in the late ninth century. The social restructuring that accompanied this shift in technology resulted in changes that are visible in architecture, mortuary practices, and ceramic decoration. The NAN Ranch ruin has yielded the largest body of evidence ever gathered at a single Mimbres site and thus offers the clearest picture to date of who the ancient Mimbrenos were in relation to their Anasazi and Hohokam neighbours to the north and east. Shafer introduces us to the Mimbres people, gives a history of archaeological research in the Mimbres Valley, and traces the occupation of the NAN Ranch site from pithouses to classic pueblo to abandonment. Social customs, subsistence, biological information, and the symbolism of the distinctive Mimbres designs in their ceramics, pottery, stone artefacts, textiles, and jewellery are all addressed in this comprehensive survey. 297pp.. ISBN: 0826322042. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. INDIANS NORTH AMERICA ANTIQUITIES SOCIAL SCIENCE ARCHAEOLOGY. more information

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London: British Museum Press, 1995. Spine slightly faded.Bodies found in Lindow Moss are analyzed in this book and set in the context of other finds in Britain, Ireland and on the Continent. The discovery of Lindow Man - as he became known - in a Cheshire peat bog in 1984 was arguably the most significant archaelogical find of the decade. Ten years on in 1994, several other ancient bodies have been recovered from Lindow Moss and other sites, enabling a large number of researchers to compare results and draw important conclusions about the life, death and the environment at the period of death of each individual. The dating of the bodies is also discussed. The diet, appearance and medical condition of each body has been analyzed as has the cause of death. Reasons for the deposition of such bodies are discussed in detail and placed in a social and religious context. Lindow Man is now on permanent display at the British Museum.256pp.. ISBN: 0714123056. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. LINDOW MOSS BOG BODIES ARCHAEOLOGY. more information

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Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2007. This book is a cohesive overview of Central European prehistory from the introduction of agriculture around 6000 BC to the state-forming processes that began to emerge during the first millennium BC. A complex mosaic of culture, society and processes is mirrored in the material world and in certain periods involves a large part of the Eurasian continent. Culture and change must be understood as both localised and macro-regional: the book is a cultural-historical tale - inspired by, for example, the attempts of French historians to integrate different levels of history. Emphasis is laid on the eventful boom periods where innovations and cross-cultural interaction intensified in such a way that history's mainly reproductive pattern was broken. Important turning points are attached, among other things, to the first production of food, copper - and bronze metallurgy, and the sword as a weapon and symbol. These technical innovations were part of a complicated interaction with social and cultural processes, which in many cases are connected in a pattern that can be followed in time and space.215pp.. ISBN: 9788779342453. Paperback. New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. EXCAVATIONS ARCHAEOLOGY EUROPE. more information

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