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The Western Cemetery of Roman Cirencester

Neil Holbrook et al.

Evidence for funerary ceremonies involving the consumption of wine, pouring libations, and the burning of substances. Outside the walled cemetery, the burial of a 2-3-year-old child contained a magnificent enamelled bronze figurine of a cockerel, of 2nd century AD date, only four or five similar examples known from Britain. READ MORE

Hardback: £19.95

The Chambered Tombs of the Isle of Man

Audrey Henshall et al.

This is the first book ever devoted to the chambered tombs of the Isle of Man and, though there are no more than nine surviving monuments, they are of considerable interest and importance because of the central location of the island in the north Irish Sea where cultural influences and traditions of tomb building are mixed. READ MORE

Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00

Percy Manning: The Man Who Collected Oxfordshire

ed. Michael Heaney

This volume provides the first detailed biography Percy Manning (1870-1917), an Oxford antiquary who amassed enormous collections about the history of Oxford and Oxfordshire. READ MORE

Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00

Amphorae from the Kops Plateau (Nijmegen): trade and supply to the Lower-Rhineland from the Augustan period to AD 69/70

ed. Cèsar Carreras et al.

The amphorae from Kops Plateau represent a singular example of Roman military supply in northern Europe at a very early date. Their analysis sheds light on trading routes in the Atlantic regions, and from Gaul to Germany. READ MORE

Paperback: £65.00 | eBook: £16.00

Medieval and Post-Medieval Occupation and Industry in the Redcliffe Suburb of Bristol

ed. Mary Alexander

Cloth-dying was the dominant industry in Redcliffe in the 12th and 13th centuries, and the well preserved remains of dye-stuffs as well as leather shoes and off-cuts from a cobbler’s workshop were recovered from water-logged pit fills. The pits also yielded the largest assemblage of pottery of its kind from the city to date. READ MORE

Hardback: £19.95

Giants in the Landscape: Monumentality and Territories in the European Neolithic

ed. Vincent Ard et al.

Proceedings from the session held at the XVII World UISPP Congress, Burgos, 2014. The session considered the various manifestations of the relationship between Neolithic enclosures and tombs in different contexts of Europe, notably through spatial analysis. READ MORE

Paperback: £26.00 | Open Access

Intellectual and Spiritual Expression of Non-Literate Peoples

ed. Emmanuel Anati

Proceedings of the session 'Intellectual and Spiritual Expression of Non-literate Peoples', part of the XVII World UISPP Congress, held in Burgos, 2014. The session brought together experts from various disciplines to share experience and scientific approaches for a better understanding of human creativity and behaviour in prehistory. READ MORE

Paperback: £55.00 | Open Access

AEGIS

ed. Zetta Theodoropoulou Polychroniadis et al.

Festschrift in honour of Matti Egon. Papers range from prehistory to the modern day on Greece and Cyprus. Neolithic animal butchery rubs shoulders with regional assessments of the end of the Mycenaean era, Hellenistic sculptors and lamps, life in Byzantine monasteries and the politics behind modern museum exhibitions. READ MORE

Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00

Towns in the Dark

Gavin Speed

The focus of this book is to draw together still scattered data to chart and interpret the changing nature of life in towns from the late Roman period through to the mid-Anglo-Saxon period. Did towns fail? Were these ruinous sites really neglected by early Anglo-Saxon settlers and leaders? READ MORE

Paperback: £34.00 | eBook: £16.00

Solent-Thames: Research Framework for the Historic Environment

ed. Gill Hey et al.

This volume outlines the Solent–Thames Research Framework, assessing archaeology from the Palaeolithic to today across five counties and setting future research priorities. Highlighting key sites from Mesolithic Kennet valley settlements to Silchester, Lankhills and major medieval towns, it guides ongoing work in this diverse region. READ MORE

Paperback: £35.00

Down to Weymouth town by Ridgeway: Prehistoric, Roman and Later Sites Along the Weymouth Relief Road

Lisa Brown et al.

Excavations for the Weymouth Relief Road uncovered Neolithic pits, Bronze Age barrows, Iron Age–Roman settlements, shale‑working, and distinctive burials across Ridgeway Hill and Southdown Ridge. These results highlight one of England’s richest prehistoric landscapes and its long‑term ritual, settlement, and agricultural use. READ MORE

Paperback: £29.00

The Origins of Ireland’s Holy Wells

Celeste Ray

This book re-assesses archaeological research into holy well sites in Ireland and the evidence for votive deposition at watery sites throughout northwest European prehistory. READ MORE

Paperback: £33.00 | eBook: £16.00

World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization

ed. Dan Hicks et al.

World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization introduces the range, history and significance of the archaeological collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. READ MORE

Paperback: £39.50 | eBook: £16.00

Beyond the Ice: Creswell Crags and its place in a wider European context

Matthew Beresford

Since the discovery of Britains first Ice Age cave art in 2003, the site of Creswell Crags has gained international recognition as one of Britains leading Palaeolithic sites. This accessible volume explores the history of research on the site and draws together and interprets the findings, paying particular attention to the cave art. READ MORE

Paperback: £14.95 | eBook: £16.00

The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames: The First Foundations of Modern Society in the Thames Valley, 1500 BC - AD 50

George Lambrick et al.

This study charts late prehistoric change in the Thames Valley, from monument‑focused landscapes to organised farming, trade and early ironworking. Emerging hillforts and large communal enclosures reflect shifting social and political structures, culminating in new tribal dynamics before the Roman conquest. READ MORE

Hardback: £30.00

Digging up the Ice Age

Simon Buteux et al.

The sands and gravels laid down by rivers contain perhaps the most important archieves of the Ice Age that we possess, in the form of sediments, fossils and human artefacts. Quarrying opens up these archives. It enables Ice Age climates, environments, plants and animals to be reconstructed in remarkable detail. It shines a light on human evolution. READ MORE

Paperback: £14.99

The Carlisle Millennium Project: Excavations in Carlisle 1998-2001. Volume 1

John Zant

This volume reports on the 1998–2001 excavations south of Carlisle Castle, conducted ahead of the Millennium Project. Five trenches and prior geophysical surveys revealed remains from the Roman fort and medieval castle’s outer ward, in an area expected to include the ditch dividing castle and city. READ MORE

Hardback: £25.00

Saved from the Grave: Neolithic to Saxon Discoveries at Spring Road Municipal Cemetery, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, 1990-2000

Tim Allen et al.

Excavations at Spring Gardens cemetery revealed Mesolithic visits, rich Neolithic and Bronze Age activity including a rare timber circle, an Iron Age roundhouse with burials, Roman enclosures, and early Saxon settlement, showing long-term occupation of this gravel rise before its later use as farmland and finally a cemetery. READ MORE

Hardback: £17.50

Art as Metaphor

ed. Aron Mazel et al.

Enigmatic, esoteric and fascinating, the rock-art of the British Isles has for a long time been a well-kept secret. This volume brings together a carefully selected collection of papers reporting on recent discoveries and regional surveys covering British prehistoric rock-art from over 10,000 years ago. READ MORE

Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00

Auctions, Agents and Dealers. The Mechanisms of the Art Market 1660-1830

ed. Jeremy Warren et al.

This volume presents 14 papers on The Mechanisms of the Art Market 1660-1830 presented at a symposium at the Wallace Collection, London in December 2003. READ MORE

Paperback: £30.00

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 37 2007

ed. Lloyd Weeks et al.

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2006. READ MORE

Paperback: £47.00

The British Navy, Rijeka and A.L. Adamic

Malcolm Scott Hardy

Examining the records in various British archives, and presenting the naval and military activity of the British in the context of political and diplomatic developments, this book is a study of British relations with the port of Rijeka. It gives an insight into commercial activity in time of war and the problems of procurement of naval supplies. READ MORE

Paperback: £17.99 | eBook: £9.99

Prehistoric People of the Pennines

P.A. Spikins

Excavations at Marsden Moor (1993–1996) uncovered Mesolithic flint tools, hearths, and occupation surfaces. This research explores excavation methods, evidence analysis, and the lives of Pennine hunter-gatherers, linking prehistoric findings to broader environmental and cultural contexts. READ MORE

Paperback: £9.95

The Wetlands of Greater Manchester

D Hall et al.

This summary of the North West Wetlands Survey highlights how Greater Manchester’s long-term wetness and later industrialisation obscure earlier activity. Despite difficult conditions, extensive survey methods allowed researchers to recover a representative picture of past landscapes and human use. READ MORE

Paperback: £24.00

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