A detailed history of each of five gunpowder mills operational in the Lake District from the 1790's onwards with information drawn from archive documents used to reconstruct their site layouts and operations plus a description of the process of combining charcoal, sulphur and saltpetre (potassium

The history of gunpowder production in the UK from C17th onwards with particular reference to the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey and the historic blackpowder milling sites around Faversham, as well as preventative measures taken in the C19th to reduce explosions during manufacture.

Includes conference papers on - the History of Lead Smelting in Derbyshire; a C17th Bloomery at Rockley Smithies, Yorkshire; C18th Furnace and Hammer Forge at Abbeydale Works, Sheffield; a Roman Smelting Furnace at Minepit Wood, Sussex.  Paperback.  58 pages.

A chronology of the Magpie lead mine from the late C18th to its closure in the 1960’s, with notes against each date documenting its development and evolution.  It includes maps and two b&w plates.

An illustrated exhibition catalogue documenting the hunting of animals during the Palaeolithic and the representation of the hunted animals in Palaeolithic art compared to actual excavated fossils, with particular focus on the scarce three-dimensional carvings of animals recovered from Palaeolith

Using a large number of archive photographs and documents held by the museum this book shows how Arthur Evans' excavations of the Palace of Minos proceeded, and how he attempted a reconstruction, following his purchase of the Knossos site in 1900.  Paperback.  110 pages.

Illustrated catalogue of traditional costume, domestic textiles, carpets, pottery, wooden objects and musical instruments.  Paperback.  48 pages.  Good condition.  Cat No 3844

The text of a high level thesis re-examining the inscriptions on recovered tablet fragments from Knossos which recorded in considerable detail the production and trade in textiles and indicate how important this was to the Mycenaeans following the decline of Minoan influence in the Mediterranean.

This book documents a remarkable collection of sixty-six outstanding Pueblo and Navajo textiles donated to the Peabody Museum in the 1980s by William Claflin, Jr., a prominent Boston businessman and patron of Southwestern archaeology.

An attractive English-language guide to the open air museum at Lyngby which displays historic farmsteads, cottages, farm buildings and windmills.  Each building is described and illustrated with excellent architectural drawings alongside vignettes of tools and utensils.