A lengthy treatise on the Javanese dagger Kris which, in addition to being a weapon, is considered to have magical and spiritual powers and consequently embedded firmly in the culture and rituals of central Java.

An illustrated visitor's guide to the ancient Greek ruins of Nemea by the lead excavator.  Dual language text English/Greek.  Paperback.  20 pages.  A small name inscribed inside cover, otherwise good clean condition.  Cat No N185

This issue includes articles on the results of fieldwalking and metal detecting surveys around the mound site; a re-evaluation of pre-Saxon finds in Sutton Hoo contexts; and a documentary survey focussing on heathen place-names in the Deben Valley.  Illustrated with site plans and maps.

A locally published guide to the history of archive collection and the construction of purpose-built premises in Katmandu to house archives, manuscripts and a collection of estampages of Nepalese monument inscriptions.  Text in English.  Paperback.

A locally published academic guide to many little-known ancient Buddhist and Hindu temples across Indonesia - Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Java and Bali with a chapter on each (in Indonesian).  The text is followed by 70 b&w photographs of temples and sculptures.

A large visitor's guide to the ancient Asuka period of C6th BC when the first political and cultural powerbase was initiated by the Soga clan and which coincided with the introduction of Buddhism to Japan leading to the construction of temples and religious sculpture.

The cultivation of cereals, the evolution of grinding techniques and tools are one of the central themes of the history of food, which the exhibition, organized by the Provincial Museum of Castel Tirolo, investigates in the South Tyrolean context.

Proceedings of the 1st Seminar on Late Antique and Early Middle Ages in Southern Italy. Forty essays are accompanied by rich images and extensive bibliographies.

The first four Tikal Reports consolidated into a single volume including season excavation reports featuring burials, caches, many unknown stelae, altars and carvings.  Illustrated.  Paperback.  150 pages.  Very good clean condition.  Cat No 4456

The twelve essays in this book examine the pre- and post-Columbian Americas, pitting Columbus the icon against Columbus the symbol of new world genocide and environmental destruction.