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Becoming Roman in North East Lincolnshire
Excavation and survey along the A160/A180 Port of Immingham Improvement Scheme
£64.00
Author:
Nigel Andrew Cavanagh
Publication Year:
2024
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407361352
Paperback:
244 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour.
BAR number:
B685
Sub Title:
Excavation and survey along the A160/A180 Port of Immingham Improvement Scheme
This volume presents the results of archaeological investigations and mitigation undertaken along the route of the proposed A160/A180 Port of Immingham Road... More
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WWII Bombing of British Cities and Contested Remembrance
Civilian experience and its commemoration since 1945
£53.00
Author:
John Sharrock
Publication Year:
2024
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407361376
Paperback:
192 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour.
Sub-series name:
UCL Institute of Archaeology PhD Series, 10
BAR number:
B684
Sub Title:
Civilian experience and its commemoration since 1945
Conflict in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza, at the time of writing, highlights the terrible price that is paid by civilians in war. This book focuses on the myth... More
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The Silures
Celtic identity in Iron Age, Roman and Early Medieval Gwent, South Wales
£54.00
Author:
Paul Edgar Bailey Thomas
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315393
Paperback:
184 pages
BAR number:
B680
Sub Title:
Celtic identity in Iron Age, Roman and Early Medieval Gwent, South Wales
Whether certain ancient British communities could be termed Celtic has been an ongoing debate since data first appeared in the 1950s.This study attempts to... More
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Death in the Iron Age of Eastern England
An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Human Remains from 800 BC – AD 60
£60.00
Author:
Michael Legge
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360232
Paperback:
248 pages
BAR number:
B678
Sub Title:
An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Human Remains from 800 BC – AD 60
Death in the Iron Age of Eastern England explores the treatment of the non-cremated dead from 800BC - c.AD60 in what is now eastern England. The research... More
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The Rise and Decline of Druce Farm Roman Villa (60-650 CE)
Excavations 2012-2018
£95.00
Author:
Lilian Ladle
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360010
Paperback:
488 pages
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Roman Britain, 8
BAR number:
B676
Sub Title:
Excavations 2012-2018
Results from the excavation of this high-status Roman villa confirm its occupation throughout the Roman period and beyond, illuminating lifestyle and... More
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Dying Young
A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Child Health in Roman Britain
£50.00
Author:
Anna Rohnbogner
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359595
Paperback:
174 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & while and colour. 48 figures and 39 tables.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Roman Britain, 7
BAR number:
B673
Sub Title:
A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Child Health in Roman Britain
‘Dying Young’ explores childhood morbidity and mortality during the 1st to 5th century AD. The detailed osteological analysis of 953 non-adult (0 - 17... More
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Stonehenge and Middle to Late Neolithic Cremation Rites in Mainland Britain (c.3500-2500 BC)
£80.00
Author:
Christina Willis
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358345
Paperback:
376 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 88 tables and 233 figures.
BAR number:
B668
Neolithic Britain is characterised by its wide diversity in funerary and mortuary rites. However, a shift c.3500BC led to a rise in cremation burials... More
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Iron Age Chariot Burials in Britain and the Near Continent
Networks of mobility, exchange and belief in the third and second centuries BC
£65.00
Author:
Greta Anthoons
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316840
Paperback:
284 pages
BAR number:
B666
Sub Title:
Networks of mobility, exchange and belief in the third and second centuries BC
The British chariot burials, mainly concentrated in East Yorkshire, reveal a strong link with continental Europe, which has led some scholars to believe... More
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Contested Heritage
Relations between contemporary Pagan groups and the archaeological and heritage professions in Britain in the early 21st century
£51.00
Author:
Will Rathouse
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356969
Paperback:
176 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 37 figures
BAR number:
B661
Sub Title:
Relations between contemporary Pagan groups and the archaeological and heritage professions in Britain in the early 21st century
This book examines the sometimes fraught interactions and relationships between contemporary Pagan groups and archaeological heritage managers in the first... More
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Arts and Crafts in Iron Age East Yorkshire
A holistic approach to pattern and purpose, c. 400BC-AD100
£44.00
Author:
Helen Chittock
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356976
Paperback:
148 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. 17 tables, 91 figures.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 3
BAR number:
B660
Sub Title:
A holistic approach to pattern and purpose, c. 400BC-AD100
This volume presents a new approach to art in Iron Age Britain and beyond. It aims to collapse the historic distinction between arts and crafts during the... More
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A 7th Century Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Burwell Road, Exning, Suffolk
£55.00
Author:
Andrew A. S. Newton
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356921
Paperback:
208 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 13 tables, 30 figures, 85 plates, 29 graphs.
BAR number:
B655
The village of Exning in the most westerly part of Suffolk is a small settlement appended to the north-west of the larger town of Newmarket. Despite its... More
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La Isla de Malta en Época Fenicia y Púnica
£62.00
Author:
Pablo Vidal González
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9780860548423
Paperback:
270pp, Includes 185 figures, 56 tables, 24 plates
BAR number:
S653
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Islam, Archaeology and History
Gao Region (Mali) ca. AD 900 - 1250
£37.00
Author:
Timothy Insoll
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548324
Paperback:
152 pages
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 39
BAR number:
S647
Sub Title:
Gao Region (Mali) ca. AD 900 - 1250
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Minoischer Schmuck
£92.00
Author:
Maria Effinger
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
German
ISBN:
9780860548317
Paperback:
452pp, Includes 67 pages of plates and many illustrations.
BAR number:
S646
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Image and Performance, Agency and Ideology
Representations of the Human Figure in Funerary Contexts in Anglo-Saxon Art, AD 400–680
£72.00
Author:
Lisa Brundle
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316512
Paperback:
288pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 43 tables, 87 figures (40 in colour).
BAR number:
B645
Sub Title:
Representations of the Human Figure in Funerary Contexts in Anglo-Saxon Art, AD 400–680
This book investigates the topic of human imagery and hybrid human imagery rendered on metalwork of early Anglo-Saxon date recovered within eastern England... More
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Limatambo
Archaeology, history and the regional societies of Inca Cusco
£64.00
Author:
Ken Heffernan
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548294
Paperback:
280pp
BAR number:
S644
Sub Title:
Archaeology, history and the regional societies of Inca Cusco
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The Early Iron Age of Slovenia
£52.00
Author:
Philip Mason
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548287
Paperback:
228pp, Illustrated throughout, tables, maps.
BAR number:
S643
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Multi-period Occupation at Football Field, Worth Matravers, Dorset
Excavations 2006–2011
£84.00
Author:
Lilian Ladle
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English with a French and German summary
ISBN:
9781407316741
Paperback:
355 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 83 tables, 222 figures (40 in colour)
BAR number:
B643
Sub Title:
Excavations 2006–2011
This book presents the detailed results of excavations at a small multi-period site in south-east Dorset. The site provided evidence for an Early Neolithic... More
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Spätbronzezeitliche Bestattungen auf Kreta
£81.00
Author:
Wanda Löwe
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
German
ISBN:
9780860548270
Paperback:
392pp
BAR number:
S642
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Neolithic and Bronze Age Funerary and Ritual Practices in Wales, 3600–1200 BC
£54.00
Author:
Geneviève Tellier
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316499
Paperback:
214 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 47 tables, 90 figures (4 in colour).
BAR number:
B642
This book brings together, for the first time, all of the burials and funerary practices from the Middle Neolithic to the end of the Middle Bronze Age... More
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The Architectural Ornament of Diocletian’s Palace at Split
£39.00
Author:
Sheila McNally
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548232
Paperback:
162pp, Includes numerous figures and charts, 14 drawings.
BAR number:
S639
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Creating Society and Constructing the Past
Social Change in the Thames Valley from the Late Bronze Age to the Middle Iron Age
£74.00
Author:
Alex Davies
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316062
Paperback:
293 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 35 tables, 151 figures (46 in colour), 76 graphs and 18 colour maps. With additional material online (appendices)
BAR number:
B637
Sub Title:
Social Change in the Thames Valley from the Late Bronze Age to the Middle Iron Age
This book gives a new account of society and social change in the upper and middle Thames Valley from the Late Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age, 1150-100... More
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A Taphonomic Approach to the Re-analysis of the Human Remains from the Neolithic Chamber Tomb of Quanterness, Orkney
£69.00
Author:
Rebecca Crozier
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315713
Paperback:
333 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 37 tables, 84 figures, 54 plates. Appendices: 8 tables, 68 figures, 4 plates
BAR number:
B635
Megalithic tombs in Orkney have yielded some of the largest volumes of human remains in Neolithic Britain. However, discrete skeletons are lacking; the... More
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The Outcast Dead
Historical and archaeological evidence for the effect of the New Poor Law on the health and diet of London’s post-medieval poor
£29.00
Author:
Brittney K. Shields Wilford
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316093
Paperback:
104 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 17 tables, 46 figures (1 in colour)
BAR number:
B634
Sub Title:
Historical and archaeological evidence for the effect of the New Poor Law on the health and diet of London’s post-medieval poor
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this work presents an integration of osteological and historical evidence to examine the detrimental impact of the... More
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Between River and Barrow
A reappraisal of Bronze Age metalwork found in the province of East-Flanders (Belgium)
£45.00
Author:
Koen Verlaeckt with contributions by Jean Bourgeois, Mark Van Strydonck, Veerle Hendrix, Jozef Vynckier and Helena Wouters
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548140
Paperback:
194pp
BAR number:
S632
Sub Title:
A reappraisal of Bronze Age metalwork found in the province of East-Flanders (Belgium)
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Early Bronze Age Round Barrows of the Anglo-Welsh Border
£48.00
Author:
Neal Johnson
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315966
Paperback:
176 pages, Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour. 26 tables, 91 figures (35 in colour)
BAR number:
B632
This research focuses on the Early Bronze Age round barrows of the central and northern Anglo-Welsh borderlands. Contextualisation of the barrows is... More
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Regional Patterns and the Cultural Implications of Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Burial Practices in Britain
£72.00
Author:
Nicole Roth
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315300
Paperback:
278pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white: 127 tables, 305 figures. With additional material online (appendix).
BAR number:
B627
This study investigates potential regional patterns of Iron Age burial practices and the cultural implications thereof. It is a literary-based assessment of... More
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La Transcaucasie au Néolithique et au Chalcolithique
£55.00
Author:
Christine Chataigner
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860548058
Paperback:
240pp
Sub-series name:
Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen
BAR number:
S624
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Irish Portal Tombs: A Ritual Perspective
£59.00
Author:
Phyllis Mercer
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313849
Paperback:
202pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. With additional material online (appendices)
BAR number:
B616
Portal tombs, of which there are approximately 180 in Ireland, are the least studied of the great megaliths of Neolithic Ireland. Three aspects are... More
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Ritual Rites and Religion in Prehistory, Volumes I and II
IIIrd Deya International Conference of Prehistory
£120.00
Editors:
W.H. Waldren, J.A. Ensenyat and R.C. Kennard
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547914
Paperback:
698 pages. Two volume set.
BAR number:
S611
Sub Title:
IIIrd Deya International Conference of Prehistory
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Die Wikingergräber auf der Isle of Man
£39.00
Author:
Dirk H. Steinforth
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
German
ISBN:
9781407313658
Paperback:
140pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B611
Die Isle of Man besitzt außergewöhnlich viele und interessante 'Wikingergräber', von reich ausgestatteten Schiffs- und Hügelgräbern zu einfachen... More
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Unearthing Late Medieval Children
Health, status and burial practice in Southern England
£46.00
Author:
Heidi Dawson
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312477
Paperback:
179pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
B593
Sub Title:
Health, status and burial practice in Southern England
This study explores the status of children in the late medieval period (AD 1066-1539) based on two concepts of the child; biological and... More
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Excavations in Akhmīm, Egypt
Continuity and change in city life from late antiquity to the present. First Report
£26.00
Author:
Sheila McNally and Ivančica Dvoržak Schrunk
Publication Year:
1993
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547600
Paperback:
116pp, Includes figures & illustrations.
BAR number:
S590
Sub Title:
Continuity and change in city life from late antiquity to the present. First Report
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Settlements and Cult Sites on Mount Hermon, Israel
Ituraean culture in the Hellenistic and Roman periods
£77.00
Author:
Shimon Dar, translated from the Hebrew by M. Erez
Publication Year:
1993
Language:
English, translated from Hebrew
ISBN:
9780860547563
Paperback:
356 pages
BAR number:
S589
Sub Title:
Ituraean culture in the Hellenistic and Roman periods
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Contextual Archaeology of Burial Practice
Case studies from Roman Britain
£56.00
Author:
John Pearce
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311968
Paperback:
263pp. Illustrated throughout.
BAR number:
B588
Sub Title:
Case studies from Roman Britain
This study explores the insights into provincial Roman societies that can be gained from the archaeological evidence for burial practice,... More
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Female Burial Traditions of the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age
A pilot study based on modern excavations
£33.00
Author:
Alice Rogers
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311111
Paperback:
115pp. Illustrated throughout, data Appendices
BAR number:
B581
Sub Title:
A pilot study based on modern excavations
This study examines female representation in British Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age (2500 - 1500 BC) funerary practices. Chronology... More
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Les outils et les armes en pierre dans le rituel funéraire du Néolithique Danubien
£97.00
Author:
Jean-Paul Farruggia
Publication Year:
1992
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860547372
Paperback:
560pp, Includes plans and a bibliography.
BAR number:
S581
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Lod (Lydda), Israel
From its Origins through the Byzantine Period 5600 B.C.E. - 640 C.E.
£49.00
Author:
Joshua J. Schwartz
Publication Year:
1991
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547211
Paperback:
210pp, Includes text illustrations
BAR number:
S571
Sub Title:
From its Origins through the Byzantine Period 5600 B.C.E. - 640 C.E.
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Health in Past Societies
Biocultural interpretations of human skeletal remains in archaeological contexts
£37.00
Editors:
Helen Bush and Marek Zvelebil
Publication Year:
1991
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547167
Paperback:
154pp
BAR number:
S567
Sub Title:
Biocultural interpretations of human skeletal remains in archaeological contexts
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Archaeological Excavations at the Uxbridge Almshouse Burial Ground in Uxbridge, Massachusetts
£82.00
Editors:
Ricardo J. Elia and Al B. Wesolowsky
Publication Year:
1991
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547129
Paperback:
396pp, Includes 136 figures.
BAR number:
S564
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Enterramientos de Balberta, un sitio en la Costa Sur de Guatemala
Algunas comparaciones con otros sitios e inferencias sobre su organización social
£30.00
Author:
Barbara Arroyo
Publication Year:
1990
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9780860547068
Paperback:
122pp
BAR number:
S559
Sub Title:
Algunas comparaciones con otros sitios e inferencias sobre su organización social
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Art, Death and Social Order
The Mortuary Arts of Pre-Conquest Central Panama
£62.00
Author:
Peter S. Briggs
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546979
Paperback:
272pp
BAR number:
S550
Sub Title:
The Mortuary Arts of Pre-Conquest Central Panama
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The Bronze Age Necropolis at Kibbutz Hazorea, Israel
£43.00
Author:
Ezra L. Meyerhof
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546795
Paperback:
182pp
BAR number:
S534
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Experimental Archaeology: 1. Early Bronze Age Cremation Pyres; 2. Iron Age Grain Storage
£47.00
Author:
Alistair Marshall
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407307862
Paperback:
169pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B530
Two extended papers investigating two contemporary areas of experimental archaeology. Paper 1: Simulation of prehistoric cremation:... More
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The Excavation of an Enclosed Middle Bronze Age Cemetery at Gransha, Co. Londonderry,
£41.00
Author:
R. M. Chapple with appendices by Sean Denham, Catherine M. Dunne, Meriel McClatchie Maria B. O’Hare artefact illustrations by Stephanie Godden
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English with abstract in German and French
ISBN:
9781407307244
Paperback:
167pp. Includes 77 figures, 75 plates, 12 tables
BAR number:
B521
This volume details the excavation of a remarkably well preserved, enclosed Middle Bronze Age cemetery in the townland of Gransha, Co... More
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Excavations at Non Pa Kluay, Northeast Thailand
£55.00
Author:
Richard N. Wilen
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546580
Paperback:
238pp
BAR number:
S517
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The Imagination of Matter
Religion and Ecology in Mesoamerican Traditions
£53.00
Editors:
Davíd Carrasco
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546566
Paperback:
230pp
BAR number:
S515
Sub Title:
Religion and Ecology in Mesoamerican Traditions
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Identity, Commemoration and the Art of Dying Well
Exploring the Relationship between the Ars Moriendi Tradition and the Material Culture of Death in Gloucestershire, c.1350-1700A.D.
£79.00
Author:
Kirsty Owen
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304816
Paperback:
316pp
BAR number:
B513
Sub Title:
Exploring the Relationship between the Ars Moriendi Tradition and the Material Culture of Death in Gloucestershire, c.1350-1700A.D.
This study considers how the treatment of death in related forms of material culture might have contributed to the definition of elite... More
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