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VESSELS FOR THE ANCESTORS
Written by Niall Sharples; Alison Sheridan.
Stock no. 1827630
Published by Edinburgh University Press.
1st
1992.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Essays on the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland in honour of Audrey Henshall. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps, sketches and photos. ISBN: 0748603417. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- NEOLITHIC
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- MONUMENTS
PREHISTORIC POTTERY FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST
Written by Alex Gibson; Ann Woods.
Stock no. 1827629
Published by Leicester University Press.
2nd
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Second Edition, revised and updated. A thorough survey of the chronological development of pottery throughout prehistory and into the Roman period. Light green pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 071851954X. Minor scuffing to rear cover else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- PREHISTORIC
- POTTERY
- ARCHAEOLOGY
ADVENTURER IN ARCHAEOLOGY
Written by Jacquetta Hawkes.
Stock no. 1827628
Published by St Martin's Press; George Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
1st
1982.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The biography of the controversial, pioneering archaeologist whose advances in the techniques of excavation transformed our understanding of man's past. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0312006586. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Small foxspots to text block. Heavy knock to centre of rear board towards lower edge, also affecting the rear panel of dustwrapper (affecting the word 'Professsor'. Pictorial dustwrapper is otherwise lightly edge-rubbed with a few smalll nicks, spine is slightly sunned.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- BIOGRAPHY
BOATS OF THE WORLD: FROM THE STONE AGE TO MEDIEVAL TIMES
Written by Sean McGrail.
Stock no. 1327034
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st PB
2004.
Very good condition.
A history of water transport as it has developed over millennia, from before 40,000 BC to the mid-second millennium AD. Cardwraps. 480 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0199271860. Covers edge rubbed. Large crease to front cover. Textblock is slightly grubby but contents are generally clean.
- Categorised in:
- MARITIME
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
BALDOCK: THE EXCAVATION OF A ROMAN AND PRE-ROMAN SETTLEMENT, 1968-72
Written by I.M. Stead; Valery Rigby.
Stock no. 1827620
Published by Society For The Promotion Of Roman Studies.
1st
1986.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Britannia Monograph Series No. 7. The excavations at Baldock, Herfordshire, described in this reort were carried out by the Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments, Department of the Environment. They were prompted by the discovery of a rich La Tene III burial which was found while constructing a road on a housing estate and whose finds had been disperssed before the archaeologists were notified. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w sketches and illustrations. Text block slightly browned. Covers slightly scuffed. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- HOME COUNTIES
- HERTFORDSHIRE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- PREHISTORIC
BAGENDON: A BELGIC OPPIDUM
Written by Elsie M. Clifford.
Stock no. 1827619
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd..
1st
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A record of the excavations of 1954-56. Bagendon is a place of mighty earthworks, in the east of the Cotwold Hills in Gloucestershire. The site, the digging, and full studies of the finds. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. Damp staining to lower corner of boards (not too bad). Top & tail of spine and rear lower board edge lightly bumped. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby.
MOUNTAINS AND OREFIELDS: METAL MINING LANDSCAPES OF MID AND NORTH-EAST WALES
Written by Nick Jones; Mark Walters; Pat Frost.
Stock no. 1327029
Published by Council For British Archaeology.
1st
2004.
Very good condition.
CBA Research Report 142. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos, diagrams and maps. 192 pages. ISBN: 1902771478. Some light creasing to page corner tips else contents clean. Lower corners and spine bumped and worn, damp damage to base of textblock.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MINING
- LANDSCAPE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY
BRIAR HILL: EXCAVATION 1974-1978
Written by Helen M. Bamford.
Stock no. 1827618
Published by Northampton Development Corporation.
1st
1985.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Archaeological Monograph No. 3. Description and discussion of the neolithic earthwork and the history of its construction and use, and later occupation. Oblong format. Grey cardwraps. B/w sketches and illustrations, some folding plans. Folding plan and microfiche to rear pocket. ISBN: 090271113X. Corners ligthly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Plan and microfiche present in rear pocket.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- EAST MIDLANDS
- NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- NEOLITHIC
- GEOLOGY
INVESTIGATIONS IN ORKNEY
Written by Colin Renfrew.
Stock no. 1827617
Published by The Society Of Antiquaries Of London.
1st
1979.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XXXVIII. Between 1972 and 1974 Prefessor Renfrew and his team partially excavated the neolithic chambered cairn of Quanterness, with its superimposed round house of the Iron Age. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, some folding. ISBN: 050099028X. Light scratch marks to rear board. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- ORKNEY
- ISLANDS
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- PREHISTORIC
- MONUMENTS
- NEOLITHIC
- IRON AGE
DURRINGTON WALLS: EXCAVATIONS 1966-1968
Written by G.J. Wainwright; I.H. Longworth.
Stock no. 1827616
Published by The Society of Antiquaries.
1st
1971.
Very good condition.
Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XXIX. Durrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure located near Stonehenge in Wiltshire. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, some folding. Spine lightly faded, light mottling to boards. top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- WILTSHIRE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- STONEHENGE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- NEOLITHIC
STONE: QUARRYING AND BUILDING IN ENGLAND AD 43-1525
Written by David Parsons.
Stock no. 1827612
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd..
1st
1990.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Written by no fewer than eighteen specialists. The history of the industry, the sources of stone and of the routes by which it travelled from the quarry to the finished building. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings, a few colour photos. ISBN: 0850337682. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
- INDUSTRY
FLINT IMPLEMENTS: AN ACCOUNT OF STONE AGE TECHNIQUES AND CULTURES
Written by Professor William Watson.
Stock no. 1827611
Published by British Museum Publications.
1975.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Third edition. Revised by G. de G. Sieveking. This book traces the origins of stone tools and the techniques of working them across the face of the Stone Age world, and is intended as an introduction for students and interested laymen. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Reprint of the third edition. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- STONE AGE
- TEXT BOOK (UNIVERSITY)