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Region: Britain - London

A detailed account of Norman London with information on the nature of the evidence, including sections on London castles, the wards, the folemoot, the sokes, the bridges and roads, and the crafts and trade carried on during the period.

Region: Britain - W. England

Six essays that consider the practical and political purposes for which maps were used through the history of South-Western England and the ways in which map evidence can be employed to recover facts about the past including the interpretation of enclosure maps and tithe surveys.

Region: Britain - Scotland

Ten essays describing the historic and prehistoric Scandinavian influence on the life and traditions of the Shetland Isles with detailed accounts of the significance of Viking boatbuilding, referencing the famous Gokstad craft, and of Norse sheep rearing practices, including the ancient stone con

Region: Britain - London

A lavish special edition devoted entirely to the research and restoration of King Willam 111's very large Privy Garden first created in the 1690's. Its histoy is covered in detail and followed by an analysis of present day surveys compared to many surviving archive documents.

Theory & Practice: Technique

In this landmark publication the author argues that archaeology is already a coherent discipline with its own discrete entities – attributes, artefacts, types, assemblages, and cultures – and that by applying rigorous definitions to these entities there is an increased likelihood that data analys

Region: Britain - S. England

Records the discovery, recovery, cleaning and conservation of a C9th reliquary excavated from an early-medieval pit during road widening of Sussex Street, Winchester in 1974.

Region: Spain/Portugal

An attractive catalogue to accompany an exhibition in Cadiz commemorating the lasting legacy of the medieval Muslim caliphates that ruled Iberia principally around Caidz in present day Andalusia and their connections with Mediterranean navigation.

Theory & Practice: Ethnography

Published to complement a special exhibition at the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology which juxtaposed recent acquisitions with historical material on the museum's collection.

Region: China/Japan/Korea

An illustrated booklet published to accompany an exhibition of a portion of the Adam Malik Ceramic Collection which, in turn was staged to commemorate the donation of his collection, by Adam Malik, to the people of Indonesia.

Region: Africa

The Proceedings of an International Conference on the History and Culture of Zanzibar with the focus of this publication on the history of Stone Town whose unique mix of architectural styles and narrow allyways is now a major visitor attraction.