ilość książek w kategorii: 13205
On the Margins of Sustainability: Prehistoric settlement of Utrōk Atoll, Northern Marshall Islands
ISBN: 9781841712543 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The 34 islands that comprise the Marshall group lie in the Pacific Ocean some half way between Hawaii and New Guinea. This study, incorporating landscape, habitation sites, chronologies, and material culture, is a detailed archaeological survey of Utrok Atoll (in the Northern Marshall Islands) by the former Chief Archaeologist for the Historic Preservation Office, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Low coral atolls are the most precarious of Pacific island landscapes. Utrok Atoll was colonized and settled for nearly 2000 years, and that resource depression and extinctions were not more visible...
The 34 islands that comprise the Marshall group lie in the Pacific Ocean some half way between Hawaii and New Guinea. This study, incorporating landsc...
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273,00 zł |
The Early Neolithic Architecture of the South Downs
ISBN: 9781841712345 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A study of the early forms of Neolithic monumental architecture based on the author's thesis, with evidence taken from the results of excavations and surveys, published and unpublished material and antiquarian accounts. The evidence is divided into various monument types: horizontal and vertical land cuts, linear mounds, shafts and pits and various ditch and bank enclosures. Russell explains his research agenda, methodology, presents the evidence and questions the functional attributes and classification systems for many of the monuments.
A study of the early forms of Neolithic monumental architecture based on the author's thesis, with evidence taken from the results of excavations and ...
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320,78 zł |
The Middle and Later Stone Ages in the Mukogodo Hills of Central Kenya: A comparative analysis of lithic artefacts from Shurmai (GnJm1) and Kakwa Lela
ISBN: 9781841712512 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This monograph (in the series Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology) compares lithic materials excavated from Shumai and Kakwa Lelash, two deeply stratified dry rockshelters located in the Mukogodo Hills of the Laikipia and Isiolo districts of Central-North Kenya. The analysis forms a key part of the reconstruction of the sequence of human occupation in the region back to the Middle Stone Age (c. 200,000 BP). Lithic components from these two sites are analyzed and compared in terms of their raw material, techno-morphological attributes, function, and styles. This monograph (in the series Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology) compares lithic materials excavated from Shumai and Kakwa Lelash, two de... |
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197,93 zł |
Aspects of the Relationship between the Central and Gallic Empires in the Mid to Late Third Century AD with Special Reference to Coinage Studies
ISBN: 9781841712505 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From c.260 AD to 274 the Gallic Empire separated itself from the Roman Empire under the leadership of Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus. During these years the population was subjected to civil turmoil and violent incursions by both sides. Bourne's thesis examines the interaction of local and imperial politics during this period by focusing on the rich and revealing evidence of Gallic coin hoards.
From c.260 AD to 274 the Gallic Empire separated itself from the Roman Empire under the leadership of Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus. During thes...
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279,83 zł |
Fields of Conflict: Progress and Prospect in Battlefield Archaeology
ISBN: 9781841712499 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 25 papers, from a conference held at Glasgow in 2000, focus on the issues involved in the archaeology of battlefields, mostly in medieval Europe, in North America and in the warzones of the 19th and 20th centuries. In addition to papers which look at the ways in which battlefield evidence should be investigated and interpreted, others question how these unique sites should be preserved and managed. Subjects include urban conflict at Olynthos in 348 BC, Roman conflict, Flodden Field, weaponry, English Civil War sieges, the Alamo, the American Civil War, the Apache Indian War, the Crimean War,...
25 papers, from a conference held at Glasgow in 2000, focus on the issues involved in the archaeology of battlefields, mostly in medieval Europe, in N...
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525,53 zł |
Les plaquettes de schiste gravées du Saut-du-Perron - The Engraved Schist Plaquettes from Saut-du-Perron (Commune de Villerest Loire France)
ISBN: 9781841712437 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A detailed discussion of the engraved schist plaques found at a series of open-air sites at Saut-du-Perron in eastern France. 182 examples of plaques engraved with both naturalistic and abstract images are described and illustrated. After discussion of the assemblages itself, the finds are placed within the context of the Late Magdalenian period and then palaeolithic art in general. French text with extended English introduction and summary.
A detailed discussion of the engraved schist plaques found at a series of open-air sites at Saut-du-Perron in eastern France. 182 examples of plaques ...
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218,40 zł |
The Periphery in the Center: Sardinia in the ancient and medieval worlds
ISBN: 9781841712574 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean, slightly smaller than Sicily but with a longer coastline. In contrast to SicilyAEs obvious aecrossroadsAE position, the recent debate on the relative aeisolationAE of Sardinia is analyzed in Robert RowlandAEs fascinating and accessible aearchaeological historyAE of the island, spanning the Prehistoric era of dolmens, menhirs and the Nuragic Civilization, to later Medieval times and Pope BonifaceAEs creation of the joint Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica in 1297. Chapter 1 includes a detailed island setting, and a feature of each...
Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean, slightly smaller than Sicily but with a longer coastline. In contrast to SicilyAEs obvious...
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559,65 zł |
Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Settlement Patterns of the Coast Lands of Western Rough Cilicia
ISBN: 9781841710808 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This volume forms the report of an archaeological survey project carried out in an area of the coastal strip of southern Turkey. Tha aims of the project were to identify and investigate patterns of rural settlement, provide information on the process of local urbanism and to put this within the context of social formations in other Mediterranean regions. Through pedestrian survey, site densities could be studied by period and speculation was made of the factors causing and creating rural and economic development, the impact of local and wider administration on the area, urban and rural...
This volume forms the report of an archaeological survey project carried out in an area of the coastal strip of southern Turkey. Tha aims of the proje...
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225,23 zł |
The Settlement Patterns in the Jordan Valley in the Mid- to Late Islamic Period
ISBN: 9781841710785 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A combination of historical research and fieldwork are used in this study of changing patterns of social and economic development in the Jordan Valley from AD1250 to AD1914. A historical framework and background information on the geology, geography and ecology of the region are supplemented by excavations at the site of Dhra' el-Khan and the results of archaeological survey by the eastern Jordan Valley Survey Project. Evidence of settlement patterns and occupation density, material culture and especially pottery and small find assemblages, are finally brought together in a historical...
A combination of historical research and fieldwork are used in this study of changing patterns of social and economic development in the Jordan Valley...
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445,13 zł |
The Forts on Hadrian's Wall: A comparative analysis of the form and construction of some buildings
ISBN: 9781841710761 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The detailed analysis of buildings has been a neglected area of research in British archaeology. This study of some buildings within the forts on Hadrian's Wall is an architect's interpretation of those buildings, as seen from the extant remains and archaeological evidence. The work begins by exploring the general architectural principles and constructional techniques used by the Roman builders. The book's central section discusses the buildings themselves and focuses on the design and form of each building type, followed by a dimensional analysis and examination of the constructional... The detailed analysis of buildings has been a neglected area of research in British archaeology. This study of some buildings within the forts on H... |
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423,15 zł |
Distinctive Beads in Ancient India
ISBN: 9781841710679 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Beads are an enduring artefact commonly found on excavated sites within many different cultures. This study focuses on beads from India, including amulets, pendants, eye-beads and etched beads. The examples cited cover the period from the Palaeolithic through to the medieval period, with discussion focusing on the different types and styles of beads as well as who produced them, the people who wore them and their function or meaning.
Beads are an enduring artefact commonly found on excavated sites within many different cultures. This study focuses on beads from India, including amu...
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238,88 zł |
Shaping Culture: Making Pots and Constructing Households. An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Pottery Production, Trade and Use in the Ande
ISBN: 9781841711515 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Subtitled An ethnoarchaeologica; study of pottery production, trade and use in the Andes', this study explores the role of pottery within the wider cultural setting of present-day Andean society. Sillar shows that economic, social and ritual aspects of Andean society are completely interrelated, equiring archaeology to widen its scope. Chapters consider pottery studies in archaeology, the Andean setting, households in Andean society, the production of pottery as a way of making culture material, pottery trade and exchange within the Andean economy and the use of pottery. This is an...
Subtitled An ethnoarchaeologica; study of pottery production, trade and use in the Andes', this study explores the role of pottery within the wider cu...
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361,73 zł |
Human Ecology and Neolithic Transition in Eastern County Donegal, Ireland: The Lough Swilly Archaeological Survey
ISBN: 9781841710648 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Lough Swilly Archaeological Survey Project took place in 1995 in the far north-west corner of Northern Ireland. Its principal aim was to test for cultural continuity across the transition from foraging to farming, i.e. from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic. Michael Kimball explains the background, methodology and aims of the project, the survey's finds and what they infer about the nature of human behaviour, settlement, the use and procurement of raw materials and the economy as a whole during this transition. The results of the LSAS Project highlight clear discontinuities in the study...
The Lough Swilly Archaeological Survey Project took place in 1995 in the far north-west corner of Northern Ireland. Its principal aim was to test for ...
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229,74 zł |
Northern Pasts: Interpretations of the Later Prehistory of Northern England and Southern Scotland
ISBN: 9781841710662 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. These fourteen papers are taken from a conference held in Newcastle in 1998, focusing on the state of research in the prehistory of Northern England and Southern Scotland. Contents: Patterns in later Prehistory (Jan Harding); Towards a new prehistory for central Britain (Paul Frodsham); The Neolithic that never happened? (Clive Waddington); Wety Drybridge (Kenneth Brophy); Prehistoric cairnfields in Northumberland (Robert Johnston); Later prehistoric settlement in the northern uplands (Robert Young); Iron Age landscape in lowland East Yorkshire (Peter Halkon & Martin Millett); Recent research...
These fourteen papers are taken from a conference held in Newcastle in 1998, focusing on the state of research in the prehistory of Northern England a...
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320,78 zł |
Saxon Settlement and Earlier Remains at Friars Oak, Hassocks, West Sussex
ISBN: 9781841710525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The excavation report on a site at Friars Oak which produced remains dating from the Mesolithic through to the Middle Saxon periods. Evidence included prehistoric waterlogged deposits and features from an early Roman settlement but the report focuses on the Saxon occupation. Remains comprised sunken-featured buildings, a post-hole structure and numerous pits and ditches and finds included flint tools, metal and fired clay objects and worked wood. The structures, with the artefactual and environmental evidence, provide valuable information on the economy and society of Middle Saxon West...
The excavation report on a site at Friars Oak which produced remains dating from the Mesolithic through to the Middle Saxon periods. Evidence included...
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163,80 zł |
Tell Rijim, Iraq: The Middle Bronze Age Layers
ISBN: 9781841710426 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Excavations at the site of Tell Rijim on the west bank of the Tigris began in the 1980s as part of the Eski Mosul Dam Salvage Project Excavations. This report publishes the archaeological evidence from Middle Bronze Age layers. The volume opens with general discussion of the local topography, a history of the settlement in the area, subsistence and agriculture. The bulk of the report is taken up by discussion of the Middle Bronze Age architecture (building materials and technologies, structures and architectural features), pottery evidence (vessel forms, production technologies, decoration,...
Excavations at the site of Tell Rijim on the west bank of the Tigris began in the 1980s as part of the Eski Mosul Dam Salvage Project Excavations. Thi...
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334,43 zł |
Advances in Monastic Archaeology
ISBN: 9780860547464 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This collection of papers is based on a conference on urban monasteries held at York in 1989. Contents: topography of monastic houses in Yorks towns (D M Palliser); spatial and social analysis of an Augustinian hospital, St Leonard's York (P H Cullum); recording worked stone (D Stocker); building in religious precincts in London after the Dissolution (J Schofield); water management in the urban monastery (C J Bond); archaeology of urban monasteries (L A S Butler); study of medieval tiles (J Stopford); bone assemblages (T P O'Connor); monastic topography of Chester S W Ward); pottery and glass...
This collection of papers is based on a conference on urban monasteries held at York in 1989. Contents: topography of monastic houses in Yorks towns (...
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252,53 zł |
The East Carpathian Area of Romania in the V-XI Centuries A.D.
ISBN: 9780860540908 / Angielski / Miękka / 1980 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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Préhistoire de Patagonie: L'industrie 'Nivel 11' de la province de Santa Cruz (Argentine) - Technologie lithique et traces d'utilisation
ISBN: 9780860542780 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. L'industrie 'Nivel 11' de la province de Santa Cruz (Argentine). Technologie lithique et traces d'utilisation. (BAR S216, 1984)
L'industrie 'Nivel 11' de la province de Santa Cruz (Argentine). Technologie lithique et traces d'utilisation. (BAR S216, 1984)
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525,53 zł |
Late Quaternary Environments and Man in Holderness
ISBN: 9780860542872 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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416,33 zł |