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Excavations at Dorchester, Oxon: First Report, with a Chapter on Henge Monuments
Comprehensive report of excavations of several adjoining Neolithic henge, cremation and cursus sites on the Thames flood plain at Dorchester subsequently destroyed by commercial gravel extraction.
Discovered in Time: Treasures from Early Wales
An album of seventy prehistoric and historic objects from the museum's collection, each illustrated in a full page colour photograph with accompanying description ranging from a Neanderthal's stone hand axe to the Medieval Oxwich brooch and including the Maesmor Neolithic mace head, the Iron Age
The Excavations of the Roman Spring at Bath 1979: A Preliminary Description
Report of the excavation of the Roman reservoir lying beneath the medieval King's Bath, its likely reconstruction, and details of recovered coins, pewter curses, silver vessels and trinkets deposited as offerings to the goddess Sulis Minerva. Paperback. 20 pages.
Medieval Worcester : An Archaeological Framework - Reports, Surveys, Texts And Essays
Drawing on a wide range of excavation reports, surveys, old maps and historic documents this volume provides a comprehensive overview of the development of medieval Worcester presented as a digest of the material evidence - churches, historic houses, defences and old industrial sites.
Stonehenge: The Indo-European Heritage
An alternative history of Stonehenge that is less concerned with artifacts than with the ambient mentality of peoples who erected the monument in several phases over many years.
With Fresh Eyes: Conference Proceedings Portsmouth 2013 and Colchester 2014
The proceedings of two conferences exploring new methods of conserving, displaying and interpreting archaeological finds both large and small. Contents include the Newport medieval ship, the Beau Street Roman horde from Bath and the prehistory of Creswell Crags.
Portable Antiquities Scheme 2001/02-2002/03
Not only an illustrated catalogue of the most impressive small finds reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme, but also an overview of the positive role played by detectorists and associated media coverage. Large format paperback. Very good condition. Cat No 3242
The Ottheinrich Bible - Auction Catalogue, 2007
A magnificent auction catalogue to a single lot. The Ottheinrich Bible is incomparably the finest surviving manuscript of the German vernacular Bible originally commissioned around 1430 by Ludwig VII.
The Rothschild Prayer Book and the Cornaro Missal - 1999 Auction Catalogue
A lavish auction catalogue published to advertise two of the finest illuminated manuscripts ever produced. The missal was commissioned by the Venetian Cardinal Cornaro around 1505. The prayer book dates from about the same time and is a Flemish book of hours.
Le Symbolisme du Bestiaire Médiéval Sculpté
Album of superb colour plates depicting medieval animal carvings on French cathedrals and churches - sheep, goats, dogs, cockerels, wild boar, hares, eagles, snakes, crows, doves, whales, camels, elephants, lions, monkeys, pelicans and mythological beasts - gryphons, dragons, basilisks, uni