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Law of Treasure
The importance of the Law of Treasure is largely the result of the spectacular growth in the activity of metal detecting which, starting in the 1960's, has grown so much in …
Derelict stone buildings of the black mountains massif
This book is based on several years of author's fieldwork in the valleys of the Black Mountains in South East Wales. Hodges had personal knowledge of the area having worked there …
Conjuring Up Prehistory: Landscape and the Archaic in Japanese Nationalism
Walter Benjamin observed that it is precisely the modern which conjures up prehistory. From Yanagita's 'mountain people' to Umehara's 'Jomon civilisation', Japan has been an …
Latin Lexicon: An Illustrated Compendium of Latin Words and English Derivatives
A charming compendium of Latin words and English derivatives, encompassing over 365 words required for Latin GCSE, one for each day of the year. Each Latin entry is accompanied by …
Profane Death in Burial Practices of a Pre-Industrial Society: A study from Silesia
'Profane Death in Burial Practices of a Pre-Industrial Society: A study from Silesia' discusses phenomena characteristic of the funeral practices of the pre-industrial society of …
Rock Art Studies: News of the World VI
Rock Art Studies: News of the World VI, like the previous editions in the series, covers rock art research and management all over the world over a fi ve-year period, in this case, …
Chios dicta est... et in Aegaeo sita mari: Historical Archaeology and Heraldry on Chios
Historical Archaeology and Heraldry on Chios presents the results of research into the island's medieval period, a terra incognita in the contemporary scholarly record. It is the …
Middle Saxon' Settlement and Society: The Changing Rural Communities of Central and Eastern England
This book explores the experiences of rural communities who lived between the seventh and ninth centuries in central and eastern England. Combining archaeology with documentary, …
Metallurgy in Ancient Ecuador
Metallurgical activity was present in Ecuador from at least 1500 BC; by around the beginning of the Common Era metallurgical manufacture and use had extended to most of the Costa …
Ancient Mediterranean Trade in Ceramic Building Materials: A Case Study in Carthage and Beirut
This study (the second volume in the Archaeopress series devoted to the publication of ceramics in the Roman Mediterranean and outlying territories from the late Republic to late …
Blood, Faith and Iron: A dynasty of Catholic industrialists in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England
The Ironbridge Gorge is an iconic industrial landscape, presented as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and so part of a national narrative of heroic Protestant …
Huosiland: A Small Country in Carolingian Europe
Discussed here is the landscape of western Bavaria in the early-medieval period, between about 750 and 850. The title of the study derives from several indications that a noble …