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In this detailed study, Liddiard examines the processes and factors which determined the number, distribution and location of castles and considers how a castle's construction altered its environment...

The Ruthwell Cross is near the village of Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, in south-west Scotland. It is inside the Ruthwell parish church, in a purpose-built semi-circular apse with a sunken floor. It is a...

This book interprets the exploitation of marine resources and the organisation of their uses during later prehistory in the Western Isles of Scotland. Particular attention is focused on the analysis...

In this work, the author aims to arrive at a meaningful frame of reference for the earliest occupation of Eurasia. The basis for this endeavour, and the subject of the first part of this study, is a...

A much-discussed topic in the studies of Alpine region lake-dwellings is their chronology and continuity. This study includes an analysis of the MBA occupational hiatus, its likely causes, and where...

This book examines the Uyuni, who inhabited the Intersalar area of south-west Bolivia in Prehispanic times. This is one of the main centres for the exploitation of salt which enabled the inhabitants...

Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Li?ge, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001. Section 1214 papers, 5 in English and 9 in French. Author: Le Secr??ariat Du Congr??Publisher: British...

Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 48The study of social and cultural changes which occurred in the period between 3000 and 1000 BC in the areas bordering the Nile and the Red Sea. Studied...

Papers from a Conference held in Manchester in 2000. Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon StudiesThis volume presents 16 papers from the conference entitled " thelbald and Offa: Two Eighth Century Kings...

Section 13Sessions g?n?rales et posters / General Sessions and PostersActs of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Li?ge, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001. Author: Le Secr??ariat Du Congr??Publisher:...

Dans cette ?tude, l'auteur explore tous les aspects du chien et les origines de l'animal au d?but de l' Egypte et le Soudan - sauvage et domestiqu?, divine et b?tarde. Inclus sont un catalogue de...

A detailed investigation into the Neolithisation of the inhabitants of the Gunung Sewu ('Thousand Hills') area of the Indonesian island of Java. Through pollen analysis, charcoal analysis and...

This study analyses 161 individuals from the Alepotrya Cave, located on the west coast of the Tainaron Peninsula of Southern Greece. In it Papathanasiou outlines the history of the site, the history...

A Bioarchaeological Approach to Prehistoric Cemetery Populations from Central and Western Greek MacedoniaAuthor: Sevi TriantaphyllouPublisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford LtdPublication...

This work is a catalogue of the Roman military equipment held in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Included are an historical survey of the collections of the Museum relevant to this study; a...

This study reconstructs the socio-economic and technological aspects of a marble workshop from the Chalcolithic site of Kulaks?zlar in western Anatolia. A comprehensive analysis of material remains...

This volume presents a selection from a large private collection of engraved gems, finger rings and cylinder seals. It was created from 1921 through the 1960s from various sources, and includes many...

This book deals with the post-glacial Stone-Age human inhabitants who were populating the Milfield basin in today's Northumberland, and the evolution of land-use, settlement, ideology and the...

This volume presents Mark Hinman's report on the 1999 excavation of a small farmstead accompanied by specialist finds reports. The excavations revealed that the original farmstead was first...

Drawing on archaeological and skeletal evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Western Asia, Europe, Australasia and East Asia in turn, this revised thesis compares anatomical evidence across...

This study investigates the nation and nationalism, national ideology, and national identity in Ireland during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The study aims to explore whether such terms as...

Based on the author's doctoral thesis, this study is the first of the Thorne and Hatfield Moors Monographs. Brian Smith looks at the development of the Humerhead Levels through pollen analysis,...

This group of 15 papers, taken from a conference held at the University of Southampton in 1999, takes the issues of art, religion and folklore from the fringes of archaeological research and places...

With contributions by Alistair Barclay, Lynne Bevan, Marina Ciaraldi, Rowena Gale, James Greig, Annette Hancocks, Kay Hartley, John Hovey, Gwilym Hughes, Rob Ixer, Erica Macey, Elaine L. Morris,...

An expanded dissertation which uses a variety of approaches to examine the use of resources and evidence for human behaviour in a classic area for the Indian Palaeolithic'. Sections that examine the...

with contributions by Anthony Johnson and David WilliamsThis work details one of the 6th-century Byzantine wrecks located at Dor, off the Carmel coast, Israel. The anchorages of Dor have attracted...

In this volume, the author examines the woodland banking in the parish of Cudham on the North Downs (to the south of the Greater London region) to establish the phases of expansion and contraction of...

A wide-ranging study covering the significance of the Lower Palaeolithic lithic tool traditions usually referred to as Early, Middle and Late Acheulian and Clactonian. The work (concentrating on...

Recent research suggests that the earliest human occupation of the British Isles stretches back to before 500,000 years ago, whilst anatomically modern humans do not appear to have arrived in Europe...

Are grave memorials and graveyards as a whole a useful and reliable source for local history? This study demonstrates that the answer must be yes, as it presents a comparative analysis of evidence...