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Middle East Archaeology: The James Bryce Memorial Lecture, Oxford, 1949
Text of a lecture given at Somerville College, 12 May 1949. Paperback. 46 pages. Minor signs of age, otherwise in good clean condition. Cat No 5023
Beyond the Bounds of History: Stories from the Old Stone Age
Illustrated in colour and b&w. Hardback. 100 pages. In very good clean condition in a good dustjacket. Cat No 4978
The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial - Recent Theories and Some Comments on General Interpretation
Following the end of WWII.
The Story of the Isle of Man: Vol 1 - The Earliest Time to 1406
A surprisingly thorough history of the phases of settlement on the Isle of Man from Neolithic times through the Iron Age with many excellent drawings of standing stones and hillforts, and the stone and metal implements recovered from the many sites across the island.
La Pieve del Finale
Describes the palaeo-Christian church in Liguria dating from the C6th that lies as a ruined crypt structure directly below the later C17th baroque church visible today and the excavations carried out during the 1940's that revealed much of its original layout and recovered remains of its ornament
Guide to an Exhibition of Air-Photographs of Archaeological Sites
Catalogue of a 1949 exhibition of the new science of aerial photography featuring the many photographs of archaeological sites taken by Major GWG Allen in the 1930's. Sixteen large b&w plates depict Avebury, Roman Silchester, Maiden Castle and the Dorchester henges (since destroyed) amo
Tanganyika Rock Paintings: A Guide and Record
An appreciation of the rock paintings and petroglyphs of Tanganyika (Tanzania), their age, meaning and methods of preservation. A list of sites in the Kondoa region follows and is accompanied by a fold-out location map. The most remarkable examples are illustrated in twelve colour and