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Region: Britain - Midlands

A short survey of the few remaining old timbered houses in Worcester City reported by arts & crafts architect, and secretary of the SPAB, Walter K Shirley.  Five houses are illustrated in accompanying b&w plates.  Paperback.  Six pages plus plates.

Region: Britain - Midlands

A report of important and extensive excavations in the grounds of the abbey establishing the true extent of the abbey foundations compared to the present-day truncated building.  Small finds are noted, including a medieval inscribed coffin lid.

Region: Egypt

The greater portion of this book deals with the archaeology and mythology of the ancient Nile delta settlement of Canopus during the Ptolemaic, Hellenistic and Roman periods.

Region: France

A detailed inventory of all prehistoric standing stones in the County of Léon on the extreme Western peninsular of Brittany which is notably rich is such monuments.  Lengthy descriptions of each monument, many with accompanying drawings, are grouped according to location.

Region: Britain - W. England

A detailed synopsis of excavations undertaken in Bath over a ten year period illustrated throughout with photographs, site plans, excavation profiles, and many small finds drawings.  Includes a bibliography and report microfiche.  Large paperback.  166 pages.

Theory & Practice: Technique

Proceedings of a conference on archaeological field survey, and an early work on the subject, with notable contributions from Atkinson, Grinsell, Cunliffe et al, exploring the techniques of field survey, its purpose and the methods employed when  analysing the results.

Region: Italy

An illustrated guide to the extraordinary network of overlapping and interconnecting catacombs that lie beneath the streets and buildings of Rome, used originally for burials because of land shortage, and decorated with the very earliest Christian iconography in the form of wall frescoes and scul

Region: Britain - S. England

One of this noted local historian's earliest publications describing all known Anglo-Saxon burial and inhumation sites along the Thames valley between Reading and Windsor.  Illustrated with drawings and b&w photographs.

Theory & Practice: Art History

An attractive exhibition catalogue of C15th, C16th and C17th icons from across the Byzantine world – Russia, Greece and the Balkans.  An introductory essay describes the significance of their subject matter, their provenance and their date.

Theory & Practice: Technique

The proceedings of a conference exploring the techniques of excavation underwater, on the foreshore. and in water-logged sites.  The texts of ten papers are included.  Large format paperback.  54 pages.  Good clean condition.   Cat No 4729