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Foul Hordes: The Picts in the North East and their Background
An exhibition catalogue that describes and illustrates much of the material culture of the northern Picts - stone cups, glass beads, symbol stones and metal-work.
Architecture in Leicestershire 1834-1984
Visual and descriptive catalogue of an exhibition staged to mark the 150th anniversary of RIBA. A comparison between national architectural trends and those of Leicestershire is made for four successive periods during the C19th and early C20th. Large format paperback. 48 pages.
Cross-Channel Trade Between Gaul and Britain in the Pre-Roman Iron Age
Seminar Proceedings in which Barry Cunliffe discusses the trading relationship between Britain and Gaul during the C1st BC. Other essays report on cross-Channel trade in wine and metalwork as well as the importance of St Malo as a port trading with the Iron Age tribes of Hengistbury Head.
Kult und Alltag: Gelbguß in der Volkskunst Indiens - The Sacred and the Profane: Bell Metal Casting in the Folk Art of India
Exhibition catalogue of cast metal Hindu deities, animals and birds produced as folk art across a wide swathe of Indian states. 351 examples are illustrated and described.
Paestum and Velia: Mysteries and Legends from the Origins to the Declines
Full colour guide to the ancient Greek temples of Paestum south of Naples. Many photographs, site plans and reconstruction diagrams. Large format paperback. 62 pages. Slight foxing inside covers, otherwise good condition. Cat No 3337
Il Museo Eoliano di Lipari
Colour catalogue to exhibits held by the Aeolian Museum in the citadel of Lipari and featuring Bronze Age and Mycenaean artefacts as well as an outstanding collection of red-figure Attic vases. Large format paperback. 64 pages. Text in English, French, German and Italian.
Discovering Past Landscapes
The author edits papers that chart the changing landscape through different periods from Anglo-Saxon and Medieval settlements to the topography of the early town.
Settlement and Society in the Roman North
The Proceedings of two conferences exploring settlement and urbanisation of Roman North-East England during the C3rd-C5th and reporting the results of archaeological excavations in York, Carlisle, Catterick and Castleford. Large format paperback. 90 pages. Many maps and si
Sarnath
Official guide to one of the most important Buddhist sites in India and the location of Gautama's first sermons. Built on pre-Ashokan foundations are several monumental stupas said to contain the sacred remains of the Buddha himself. Paerpback. 29 pages. Ten b&w plates
The Neolithic Transition and the Genetics of Populations in Europe
An early examination of how genetic modelling compares with the likely Neolithic migration and spread of agriculture across Europe. Hardback. 176 pages. Good condition. Cat No 2973
