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Ritual / Religion / Temples

The Uruk Phenomenon
The role of social ideology in the expansion of the Uruk Culture during the fourth millennium BC
£29.00
Author:
Paul Collins
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710969
Paperback:
105pp. Includes 31 figures, 4 tables.
BAR number:
S900
Sub Title:
The role of social ideology in the expansion of the Uruk Culture during the fourth millennium BC
This work identifies 'social ideology' as an example of a crucial mover in the emergence of a complex society, and one that helps explain... More
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Bahr ‘as Shâm
La Presenza Musulmana nel Tirreno Centrale e Settentrionale nell'Alto Medioevo
£26.00
Author:
Stefano Del Lungo
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781841711591
Paperback:
114pp, Includes 5 black and white illustrations
Sub-series name:
Notebooks on Medieval Topography (Documentary and Field Research), 1
BAR number:
S898
Sub Title:
La Presenza Musulmana nel Tirreno Centrale e Settentrionale nell'Alto Medioevo
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Dogs Through Time: An Archaeological Perspective
Proceedings of the 1st ICAZ Symposium on the History of the Domestic Dog, Eighth Congress of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ98), August 23-29, 1998, Victoria, B.C., Canada
£86.00
Editors:
Susan Janet Crockford
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710891
Paperback:
360pp. Includes numerous line drawings, plates and photographs.
BAR number:
S889
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the 1st ICAZ Symposium on the History of the Domestic Dog, Eighth Congress of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ98), August 23-29, 1998, Victoria, B.C., Canada
The remains of domestic dogs are found in archaeological sites around the world, providing an unexpected global link between... More
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£35.00
Author:
Maurya Jyotsna
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710679
Paperback:
136pp. Includes 10 figures
BAR number:
S864
India encompasses a lot of hidden treasures, such as amulets, pendants, etched and eye beads - distinct beads. Besides being used for... More
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The Deceased's Life Cycle Rituals in Nepal
Present Cremation Burials for the Interpretations of the Past
£22.00
Author:
Terje Oestigaard
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711355
Paperback:
74pp
BAR number:
S853
Sub Title:
Present Cremation Burials for the Interpretations of the Past
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Grave Matters
Eight studies of First Millennium AD burials in Crimea, England and southern Scandinavia. Papers from a session held at the European Association of Archaeologists Fourth Annual Meeting in Göteborg 1998
£32.00
Editors:
Martin Rundkvist
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710013
Paperback:
121pp. Includes 63 figures and photographs.
BAR number:
S781
Sub Title:
Eight studies of First Millennium AD burials in Crimea, England and southern Scandinavia. Papers from a session held at the European Association of Archaeologists Fourth Annual Meeting in Göteborg 1998
Collection of eight papers which treat three different areas of study: Late Scythian cemeteries, Anglo-Saxon England and southern... More
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Case Studies in Archaeology and World Religion
The Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference
£47.00
Editors:
Timothy Insoll
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549567
Paperback:
187pp. Includes numerous photographs and drawings.
BAR number:
S755
Sub Title:
The Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference
Each of the twenty papers presented in this book is a case study utilising archaeological research, or the results thereof, as a means of... More
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Pilgrims in Stone
Stone images from the Gallo-Roman sanctuary of Fontes Sequanae
£44.00
Author:
Miranda J. Aldhouse Green with contributions by Madeleine Gray, Richard Newell, Marilynne Raybould and John Peter Wild. Line drawings by Anne Leaver
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549550
Paperback:
188pp, Includes 45 drawings, 46 pages of photographic plates, 3 plates in colour.
BAR number:
S754
Sub Title:
Stone images from the Gallo-Roman sanctuary of Fontes Sequanae
Pilgrims in Stone presents a study of the stone pilgrim-imagery from the Gallo-Roman shrine to Sequanae, goddess of the river Seine at its spring-source,... More
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£39.00
Author:
Colin Shepherd
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549789
Paperback:
166pp
BAR number:
S745
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Natural Catastrophes During Bronze Age Civilisations
Archaeological, geological, astronomical and cultural perspectives
£66.00
Editors:
Benny J. Peiser, Trevor Palmer and Mark E. Bailey
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549161
Paperback:
257pp. Includes numerous drawings, photographs, charts etc.
BAR number:
S728
Sub Title:
Archaeological, geological, astronomical and cultural perspectives
Research in the field of neo-catastrophism and impact cratering has quickened its pace since the early 1980s. An increasing number of... More
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£64.00
Author:
José A. Delgado Delgado
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9780860549628
Paperback:
282pp
BAR number:
S724
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£77.00
Editors:
Mark Pearce and Maurizio Tosi with Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, Serge Cleuziou, Alessandro Guidi, Ludmila Koryakova, Pietro Laureano, Manuel Molinos, Mike Rowlands, Nataliya Shishlina, Simon Stoddart, Andrea Zifferero
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548942
Paperback:
308pp. Includes numerous illustrations and photographs.
BAR number:
S717
Sub Title:
Volume I: Pre- and Protohistory
Papers in this volume are grouped under following headings: Oases and other forms of agricultural intensification; The visibility of... More
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£39.00
Author:
Maria M. Van der Ryst
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548935
Paperback:
168pp, Includes 37 figures and 5 photographs
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 43
BAR number:
S715
The aim of this book is firstly to establish chronology of Later Stone Age settlement in Waterber plateau and secondly to investigate the particular... More
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£60.00
Author:
Polina Sapouna
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
German
ISBN:
9780860548829
Paperback:
264pp, Includes 50 plates of line drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S696
First analysis and interpretation of figured lamps found in a specific Cretan context, in the Idean Cave which had an international importance in the Roman... More
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Iron Age Mortuary Practices in Southern England 550 BC to AD 70
A study of ritual changes within an insular and near continental context
£65.00
Author:
Andrew W. Lamb
Publication Year:
2024
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407361758
Paperback:
248 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour.
BAR number:
B688
Sub Title:
A study of ritual changes within an insular and near continental context
This work considers the evidence for mortuary practices in the period between 550BC and AD70 in the southernmost counties of England. It examines the... More
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In Search of Norfolk’s First Stone Churches
The use of ferruginous gravels and sands and the reuse of Roman building materials in early churches
£52.00
Author:
Peter Wade-Martins
Publication Year:
2024
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407361390
Paperback:
168 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour.
BAR number:
B683
Sub Title:
The use of ferruginous gravels and sands and the reuse of Roman building materials in early churches
This work takes a fresh look at the evidence for early church building in Norfolk, focusing particularly on how locally available stone and the materials... More
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Iron Age Wetland Deposition
Case studies from Wales and Scotland
£45.00
Author:
Tiffany Treadway
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314952
Paperback:
168 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Ireland and Britain, 1
BAR number:
B682
Sub Title:
Case studies from Wales and Scotland
The practice of wetland deposition in prehistoric periods is vital for understanding socio-cultural traditions, localised behaviours, and beliefs.... 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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Communal Solitude
The Carthusian Lay Brethren in Great Britain & Ireland, 1178-1569
£31.00
Author:
Francesca Breeden
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359755
Paperback:
108 pages
BAR number:
B675
Sub Title:
The Carthusian Lay Brethren in Great Britain & Ireland, 1178-1569
The Carthusians were a small monastic order founded in France in the late 11th century. Their dedication to the hermit lifestyle required a unique living... 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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£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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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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£66.00
Author:
Raz Kletter
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548188
Paperback:
294pp
BAR number:
S636
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£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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