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Region: Britain - W. England

Contents of this issue - The Devil’s Coyt, St Columb Major; A Beaker Mound on the Lizard Peninsula; Field Systems on Bodmin Moor; The Silver Cup from Côtes-du-Nord, Brittany; The Porth Cressa Cist-Graves, St Mary, Isles of Scilly; The Bar-lug-Pottery of Cornwall; A Post-Medieval Cottage at Carn E

Region: Britain - Midlands

An illustrated and descriptive gazetteer of dovecotes extant at the time of publication with grid references and notes on structure, date, access and condition.  Each is illustrated in b&w photographs.

Theory & Practice: Environmental

The author presents a very wide range of megalithic sites from across the world chosen for their special geographic, astronomical and engineering features.

Region: Australasia/Pacific

The aboriginal polychrome rock art in the Quinlan Galleries of Cape York is one of the largest and most exciting bodies of prehistoric art in the world.

Region: Britain - S. England

Brief detailed description of the removal and reinterment in 1226 of three of Salisbury's earliest bishops following the cathedrals re-location from Old Sarum to Salisbury itself.

Region: China/Japan/Korea

Large album of colour photographs of the murals decorating the tombs of the Koguryo kingdom dating from C5th-C6th currently the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in North Korea.  Hardback.  96 pages.  Introduction and plate captions in English.

Region: Africa

Report on the collection and analysis of pottery sherds collected from Iron Age occupation sites along the shores of Lake Malawi with attempts to assign decorative variations to either the Early or Late Iron Age as well as speculation that certain patterns may persist to this day in local wall de

Region: India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka

Album of thirty-six colour photographs of the lavishly decorated Jain 'Temple of Glass' built in the 1900's in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.  Introductory essay in French.   Paperback.  94 pages.  External signs of wear and small owner's inscription.  Cat No 3416

Region: China/Japan/Korea

A collection of forty short articles on aspects of traditional Hong Kong life recorded as many of them decline in the face of encroaching modernity - Gods, Funerals, Offerings, Temples, Exhumation Geomancy, Burials, Scholar Stones, Wedding Parties, Incantations, Beam-raising and Hell Bank Notes.

Region: Israel

An exhibition catalogue of ancient works of art, bronzes, seals, sarcophagi and objects or everyday use that are brought together to bring to life the peoples, customs, events and legends of the Bible.  Paperback.  28 pages.  Good condition.  Cat No 3309