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The Cahokia Atlas: A Historical Atlas of Cahokia Archaeology
A hugely detailed compilation and distillation of previous and current research into a single volume of all known facts regarding the remarkable pre-Columbian site of the Mississippian culture and its large number of earthen mounds. Large format paperback. 245 pages.
Man & Environment in Valencia Island
Peat cuttings on Valencia Island have revealed traces of prehistoric cultures. Tracing through the land and these cuttings, the author has reconstructed in this fully illustrated text the different environments in which successive island inhabitants lived.
Mappa Mundi plc: Offer for Subscription of Up To 7450 Ordinary Shares
Following the announcement in 1988 that Hereford Cathedral intended to auction the Mappa Mundi to raise funds for the cathedral's restoration an alternative proposal was made to establish a public company funded by share capital to which ownership of the map would pass via a Trust in exchange for
Geology and Palaeoecology for Archaeologists
Practical techniques and case studies resulting from lectures given at a Symposium on Scientific Methods in Archaeology held in Palinuro, Italy in September 1986 and produced as a handbook for interdisciplinary research.
The Roman Painted House
Describes how the Roman house was discovered during routine rescue excavations in 1970 and illustrates, in colour, its uniquely preserved wall paintings. Booklet. 16 pages. Good clean condition. Cat No 3375
Pergamon
A very comprehensive illustrated guide to the extensive Roman remains at Pergamon in West Turkey. Paperback. 120 pages. Includes a large number of colour photographs, site plans, a large fold-out map and a bibliography. Good clean condition. Cat No 3372
Un Progetto per Piero della Francesca: Indagini Diagnostico-Conoscitive per la Conservazione della Leggenda della Vera Croce e della Madonna del Parto – [Conservation of The Legend of the True Cross and of The Madonna del Parto by Piero della Francesca]
A massive survey of the work and techniques deployed to conserve one of Piero della Francesca's greatest works, that of the huge sequence of frescoes depicting the Story of the True Cross in the late medieval basilica of San Francesco at Arezzo, as well as his lesser known Madonna del Parto fresc
Antichi Colori sul Muro. Esperienze nel Restauro - [Ancient Wall Colourings. Restoration Experiences]
A personal reflection on the restoration projects undertaken by the author to damaged or deteriorating church frescoes in Florence, Pisa, Padua, Naples, Prato and Siena as well as at the ancient Mayan site of Bonampak in Mexico. Many close-up photographs accompany the text and as do appendi
Omphalos de la Méditerranée: Des Mégalithes aux Chevaliers - 'Atlantis' No. 359
Special Issue devoted to the archaeology and history of Malta. The first fifty pages comprise three separate papers on the Neolithic megaliths and 'cart ruts' of Malta and Gozo with many accompanying illustrations. The following thirty pages are devoted to the order of Knights Hospita
Makonde: Wooden Sculpture from East Africa from the Malde Collection
Exhibition catalogue of the modern tradition of wooden figurative sculpture by the Bantu of the Makonde plateau of Southern Tanzania and Northern Mozambiique which originated as the production of trade and tourist items but built upon the much older tradition of carving wooden Mapiko dance masks.