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Region: Britain - London

Contents include:  The geoarchaeology of past River Thames channels at Syon Park;  Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age activity on an eyot at Addington Street, Lambeth;  St Paul’s Cathedral: evidence for a Saxon ditch and at Paternoster Square;  Middle Saxon comb manufacture

Region: China/Japan/Korea

Substantial and attractive colour guide to the artefacts held in the Sendai Museum dating from the time of Edo ruler 'Date Masamune' regarded as the founding father of the city of Sendai in the early C17th.

Region: Eastern Europe

A large synthesis of archaeological research carried out iover the five year period covered including the following papers:  Environment of the Lower Palaeolithic settlement site at Přezletice; Round enclosures and marble bracelets.

Region: Americas

Commencing with a discussion of the immigrant spread of palaeo-indians into North America and their pre-ceramic cultures, the author then discusses settlement patterns burial practices, artefacts and petroglyphs of the tribes of the Maritimes provinces and the Mi'kmaq in particular, with further

Theory & Practice: Instruments Tools & Weapons

This book describes the development of clocks and the concept of time in our occidental culture as reflected by items in the collection of the German Watch and Clock Museum.

Period: Industrial

A thorough and comprehensive history of the cultivation of flax from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt up to the C20th, with a complete history of  harvesting practices and the evolution of retting, combing and spinning techniques over the centuries to produce linen cloth.  Paperback.

Theory & Practice: Maritime

A fully illustrated guide to the sailing frigate HMS Trincomalee built in Bombay in 1817  now berthed in Hartlepool following her complete restoration.  Paperback.  40 pages.  New condition.  Cat no 3755

Region: Egypt

The sub-title of this book is ‘Electricity, Sonics and the Disappearance of an Advanced Civilisation’ and the author presents controversial theories on the rise and fall of Ancient Egypt.

Region: Central Asia

Describes the art, technique and subject matter of the highly decorated calligraphic Islamic manuscripts of the C16th and C17th originating in the vast territory between Baghdad and Samarkand.

Region: Americas

The Kogi Indians of the Sierra Nevada of northern Colombia have preserved much of their cultural heritage, notwithstanding the onslaught of outside influences.