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		A History of Archaeological Thought
				Archaeology
		Bruce G Trigger
		Cambridge University Press 2006 500 pages		Qty
		Paperback 0521338182
		Published Price £22.99		Our Price £7.99
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		Ancient Jordan From the Air
				Archaeology
		David Kennedy; Robert Bewley
		CBRL 2004 282 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0953910229 296x207mm
		Published Price £30.00		Our Price £12.99
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		Whispering Reeds or The Anglesey Catamanus Inscription Stript Bare
		A Detective Story		Archaeology
		Charles Thomas
		Oxbow 2002 102 pages		Qty
		Paperback 1842170856
		Published Price £15.00		Our Price £4.99
	The Latin inscription carved on a stone slab found built into the wall of a parish church in Anglesey was once thought to be purely a memorial, a lettered tombstone for a Christian ruler named Catamanus. Through an investigation 'couched in Sherlockian mode', Charles Thomas shows there is much more to the story. He examines the complexities of Christian symbolism, Roman letter-games, word patterns and colloquial Latin to expose the outrageous truth hidden in the inscription.
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		Scottish Monastic Landscapes
				Archaeology
		Derek Hall
		Tempus 2006 224 pages		Qty Sold Out
		Paperback Illustrated 0752440128
		Published Price £19.99		Our Price £5.99
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		Henge Monuments of the British Isles
		Myth and Archaeology		Archaeology
		Jan Harding
		Tempus 2006 128 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0752425080
		Published Price £17.99		Our Price £6.99
	While Stonehenge and Avebury are familiar to millions of visitors, Neolithic henges remain mysterious monuments, with little to explain their purpose or their significance to the societies who built them. Drawing on data from the many henge sites across the British Isles, Jan Harding discusses theories concerning the origins and design of henges, their implications for our understanding of Neolithic religion and society, the activities which took place within them and the reasons why people stopped building them.
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		Durobrivae
		A Roman Town between Fen and Upland		Archaeology
		Garrick Fincham
		Tempus 2004 192 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0752433377
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	The Roman town of Durobrivae, near modern Peterborough, grew up close to a fort and Ermine Street, soon becoming a centre for the development of the area's high level of economic activity based around the production of salt, iron and pottery. In this book, the first study of the town, Fincham considers how the site would have appeared to those who inhabited it and how it changed over time until its abandonment around the time when the Romans left Britain.
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		Social Evolution
				Archaeology
		Mark Pluciennik
		Duckworth 2005 156 pages		Qty
		Paperback 0715632876
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	The concept of social evolution that first emerged in the mid 18th century has pervaded Western academic and public thinking and has been a major force in shaping the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology. In this study, Pluciennik reviews the history and ramifications of the concept, particularly the idea of progress; he examines its connections with Western ideologies and projects such as colonialism and racism; and he discusses alternative ways of thinking about and writing about change in human societies.
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		Combat Archaeology
		Material Culture and Modern Conflict		Archaeology
		John Schofield
		Duckworth 2005 192 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0715634038
		Published Price £12.99		Our Price £3.99
	The archaeology of recent conflict deals with the remains of established historical events, but also with more recent, tragic and heavily politicized events, actions and places whose significance is more ambiguous. Although dealing with the recent and familiar, the discipline draws closely on established principles of archaeological theory and practice. In this study, John Schofield focuses on the social and theoretical contexts for interpreting recent military remains.
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		Cradle of Christianity
				Archaeology
		Yael Israeli; David Mevorah (Edited by)
		Israel Museum 2006 232 pages		Qty Sold Out
		Paperback Illustrated 9652782653 300x230mm
		Published Price $50.00		Our Price £12.99
	In 2000, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem marked the beginning of a new millennium with an important exhibition devoted to the archaeological history of Christianity in the Holy Land during the New Testament and Byzantine periods. This volume, which accompanied the exhibition, describes, illustrates and interprets artefacts excavated over the last 150 years, with essays exploring the historical Jesus; the spread of Christianity; the architecture and liturgy of the Early Church; Christian images and symbols; monasticism; and pilgrimage.
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		The Upper Derwent
		10,000 Years in a Peak District Valley		Archaeology
		Bill Bevan
		Tempus 2004 192 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0752429035
		Published Price £17.99		Our Price £6.99
	Dr Bill Bevan, an archaeologist with the Peak District National Park Authority, offers a detailed exploration of this unique and beautiful area of England. The book brings together new material from survey, documentary research and excavation to show how, from hunter gatherers in the Mesolithic forest to present day sheep farmers, successive generations have created their social world and developed their identities in relation to the landscape and how that in turn has influenced the scenery we see today.
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		Roystone Grange
		6000 Years of a Peakland Landscape		Archaeology
		Richard Hodges
		Tempus 2006 160 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0752436538
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	In 1978, the isolated hill farm at Roystone Grange, in the Peak District National Park, was found to contain unparalleled archaeological evidence of prehistoric, Roman, medieval and modern habitation. Richard Hodges's highly readable account of the subsequent investigation into the history of the farm, supported by numerous maps and photographs, is a classic example of how evidence from one small site can yield a wealth of information about human activity stretching back thousands of years.
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		Mesolithic Lives in Scotland
				Archaeology
		Graeme Warren
		Tempus 2005 160 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0752434489
		Published Price £17.99		Our Price £5.99
	The mesolithic (middle stone age) dates from the end of the last Ice Age circa 9600 BCE until the adoption of farming around 4000 BCE. At this time, varied communities of hunter-gatherers settled the lands now called Scotland. Warren draws on recent research and a rich variety of evidence, from pollen analysis to the deliberate disposition of human bones, to describe the lives of these groups, the wild resources on which they depended, and the diverse and changing landscapes they inhabited.
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		In the Shadow of the Brochs
		The Iron Age in Scotland		Archaeology
		Beverley Ballin Smith; Iain Banks (Edited by)
		Tempus 2002 256 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 075242517X
		Published Price £25.00		Our Price £7.99
	After two essays - on the ancient geography of Scotland and Atlantic Scottish settlement patterns - by way of introduction, this volume of 19 essays covers the Iron Age structural remains, in particular brochs, souterrains, forts, crannogs and wheel houses. Contributors analyse social and economic considerations, such as land holding, and broch economy and power; and also discuss how environmental evidence can provide information on food, farming, building construction and Iron Age economics.
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		Hide and Seek
		The Archaeology of Childhood		Archaeology
		Julie Wileman
		Tempus 2005 190 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0752434624
		Published Price £19.99		Our Price £5.99
	The lives of children in the past offer surprising insights into the feelings, beliefs and activities of ancient societies, but are little researched. This book examines the material evidence for children in the archaeological record and its interpretation, approaching the subject through key themes: care and nurture (including childbirth); education and training; the death and burial of children; children and beliefs; the suffering and abuse of children; and progress towards adulthood.
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		Digging up the Past
		An Introduction to Archaeological Excavation		Archaeology
		John Collis
		Sutton 2006 183 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 075093512X
		Published Price £12.99		Our Price £4.99
	With over 40 years' experience of excavation, John Collis is able to offer valuable advice to amateur archaeologists, students and volunteers. Challenging some traditional approaches, he addresses a range of technical, procedural and interpretative issues, including the selection, preparation and organization of sites, the removal, storage and analysis of finds, and the best approaches to excavating stone and wood buildings. Diagrams and photographs illustrate how theoretical principles have been applied to field work.
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