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Castles and the Anglo-Norman World
Oxbow BooksCastles and the Anglo-Norman World is a major new synthesis drawing together a series of 20 papers by 26 French and English specialists in the field of Anglo-Norman studies. It inc...
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Ultimate Fishing Adventures
Gilbey, HenryFernhurst BooksThis book takes you on a remarkable journey visiting 100 destinations from Alaska to New Zealand. Fly, lure and bait fishing in rivers, oceans and lakes, from deftly dropping a fly...
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The Bronze Age Begins
Betancourt, Philip P.INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)This book focuses on economic and social changes, particularly during the opening phase of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete. New developments in ceramics that reached...
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Introduction to Aegean Art
Betancourt, Philip P.INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)Section 508 Compliant This textbook is a compilation of the author's more than 35 years of teaching and excavation experience in the field of Aegean Bronze Age art history and arch...
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Compacts and Cosmetics
Marsh, MadeleinePen and SwordCosmetics have been used to increase attraction since Ancient times whilst Compacts have been a symbol of love for generations but especially since the 1920s. In this fascinating b...
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The Bayeux Tapestry
Oxbow BooksThe Bayeux Tapestry, perhaps the most famous, yet enigmatic, of medieval artworks, was the subject of an international conference at the British Museum in July 2008. This volume pu...
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Rails Across Australia
Cable, DavidPen and SwordRails Across Australia is an album of photographs taken by David Cable, a well regarded British author os several picture albums of train pictures throughout the world. The photos...
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Martello Towers Worldwide
Clements, BillPen and SwordMartello Towers Worldwide follows the history of the Martello tower from the construction of the early towers built to protect the Mediterranean shores of Spain and Italy right up...
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Canal Builders
Burton, AnthonyPen and SwordCanal Builders is a classic history book for anyone interested in the development of Britain's canal system. The book, which was first published in the 1970s, is now republished he...
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Visualising the Neolithic
Oxbow BooksPrehistoric imagery is enigmatic and has been largely overlooked by archaeologists; it is only in the last two decades that it has garnered serious academic attention. This volume...
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A Corpus of Roman Pottery from Lincoln
Precious, BarbaraOxbow BooksThis is the first major analysis of the Roman pottery from excavations in Lincoln (comprising more than 150,000 sherds). The pottery is presented in seven major ware groups. Fine w...
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Is There a British Chalcolithic?
Oxbow BooksThe Chalcolithic, the phase in prehistory when the important technical development of adding tin to copper to produce bronze had not yet taken place, is not a term generally used b...
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Medieval Islamic Swords and Swordmaking
Hoyland, Robert G.; Gilmour, BrianGibb Memorial TrustOne of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mo...
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Trench Art
Saunders, Nicholas J.Pen and SwordEngraved shell-cases, bullet-crucifixes, letter openers and cigarette lighters made of shrapnel and cartridges, miniature airplanes and tanks, talismanic jewelry, embroidery, objec...
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The Coronation Chair and Stone of Scone
Rodwell, WarwickOxbow BooksConstructed in 1297−1300 for King Edward I, the Coronation Chair ranks amongst the most remarkable and precious treasures to have survived from the Middle Ages. It incorporated in...
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On the Fascination of Objects
Waite, SallyOxbow BooksThe Shefton Collection in Newcastle upon Tyne contains a fine array of Greek and Etruscan objects and takes its name from its founder Professor Brian Shefton (1919 – 2012). In spit...
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Art in England
James, Sara N.Oxbow BooksArt in England fills a void in the scholarship of both English and medieval art by offering the first single volume overview of artistic movements in Medieval and Early Renaissance...
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Heritage Transformed
Baxter, IanOxbow BooksHow does "heritage" become objectified within public institutions and representative of a national past? This book proposes a model for this process and contains five case studies...
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Development-led Archaeology in Northwest Europe
Oxbow BooksMany countries in northern Europe have seen a huge expansion in development-led archaeology over the past few decades. Legislation, frameworks for heritage management and codes of...
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An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Church Architecture & Anglo-Scandinavian Stone Sculpture
Points, GuyGuy PointsThis book is for readers who wish to learn more about Anglo-Saxon church architecture and Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian stone sculpture. Intended for the student and non-speci...