Contrary to popular belief most innovations concerned with writing and literacy originated to the East of Europe and this book deals with the many varied materials upon which ancient writing is preserved in the Library’s collection – wooden calendar sticks of the 1st century BC from China; bamboo
Greenland being very much in the news, we highlight some of the books we offer for sale covering the little-known archaeology of the region:
The buried remains of the largest Roman villa in Wales have been detected and mapped using ground-penetrating radar by a team of archaeologists from Swansea University. Lying hidden in the su
With thefts from the Louvre in Paris and 600 artefacts from Bristol Museum’s archive we offer several books relating to the security of historic artefacts: