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		Bill Wyman's Treasure Islands
		Britain's History Uncovered		Archaeology
		Bill Wyman; Richard Havers
		Sutton 2005 299 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0750939672 262x191mm
		Published Price £25.00		Sale Price £9.99
	Bill Wyman is passionate about archaeology and he claims that more than half of the important discoveries in Britain have started as accidental finds. This well-illustrated guide demonstrates that amateurs armed with metal detectors can play a huge part in the discovery of our past by finding items buried, thrown away or lost over the years. Advice on responsible detecting is followed by a comprehensive illustrated gazetteer which shows, region by region, the stunning array of objects found by Bill's fellow 'detectionists'.
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		Fustat Glass of the Early Islamic Period
		Finds excavated by The American Research Center in Egypt 1964-1980		Archaeology
		George T Scanlon; Ralph Pinder-Wilson
		Al Tajir-World of Islam Trust 2001 134 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 1901435075 259x199mm
		Published Price £18.00		Sale Price £10.99
	A catalogue of the finds excavated by the American Research Centre at Fustat in south Cairo between 1964 and 1980. They are dated between the 8th and 12th centuries and are a principal source for the history of the glass industry in Egypt.
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		English Civil War Archaeology
				Archaeology
		Peter Harrington
		Batsford 2004 128 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0713488972 250x190mm
		Published Price £14.99		Sale Price £3.99
	A decade of civil war left scars across England, most obvious today in the town walls, ditches and ruined castles scattered across the country. But, as urban archaeology is beginning to reveal more about battle sites, material culture and life inside castles, Peter Harrington directs our attention to the 'buried landscapes of war'. With photographs, maps, plans and drawings, he emphasizes the importance of understanding the contemporary terrain before we can access the archaeological potential.
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		Stealing History
		Tomb Raiders, Smugglers and the Looting of the Ancient World		Archaeology
		Roder Atwood
		St. Martin's 2004 342 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0312324065
		Published Price $25.95		Sale Price £9.99
	Beginning with the widespread looting in Iraq that followed the fall of Saddam Hussein, Roger Atwood delivers a sobering expose of the worldwide trade in antiquities, from the systematic stripping of cultural artifacts by professional robbers and smugglers to the museums and private collections where they end up. The book includes accounts of the author's own researches among Peruvian grave robbers and the FBI's undercover work in tracking down objects from the Royal Tombs of Sipan that brought the looters to justice.
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		Archaeology
		The Definitive Guide		Archaeology
		Paul G Bahn (Edited by)
		Fog City 433 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 1876778865
		Published Price £14.99		Sale Price £3.99
	With contributions from an international team of specialists and hundreds of photographs, illustrations and maps, this is a vivid and stimulating introduction to archaeology. Part One explains the history of the discipline and the science and techniques that archaeologists use in recovering the past, concluding with an overview of the human story from the first hominids to modern times. Part Two is a guide to significant sites and treasures, arranged by continent and selected to reflect the tremendous diversity of archaeological discoveries.
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		Music in Ancient Israel/Palestine
		Archaeological, Written and Comparative Sources		Archaeology
		Joachim Braun
		Eerdmans 2002 372 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0802844774
		Published Price £17.99		Sale Price £6.99
	In the first study of the musical culture of ancient Israel/Palestine to be based primarily on the archaeological record, musicologist Joachim Braun traces the form and development of music in the Holy Land, from its beginnings in the Stone Age to the 4th century CE. The book combines archaeological findings, including musical instruments, terra cotta figures and mosaics, with evidence drawn from written texts and anthropological, sociological and linguistic sources to assemble a portrait of musical life in the region.
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		Tell Taannek 1963-1968 IV/2
		The Iron Age Cultic Structure		Archaeology
		Frank S Frick
		Birzeit University Press 2001 352 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0897570502 275x213mm
		Published Price £24.50		Sale Price £5.99
	A Stratigraphic Analysis of the Unpublished early Iron Age Materials from Tell Taanek in the Light of Recent Jezreel Valley Excavations (1999) from the Palestinian Institute of Archaeology, looking at the loom weights, pattern weaving tools and spinning wheels.
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		Tell Taannek 1963-1968 III/2
		The Loom Weights		Archaeology
		Glenda Friend
		Birzeit University Press 1998 94 pages		Qty
		Paperback 0788504770 267x190mm
		Published Price £39.00		Sale Price £13.99
	A study of the Iron Age cultic structure excavated at Tell Taannek in ancient Israel exploring the question of how one might, on the basis of archaeological data, determine the likelihood that a structure had a cultic function.
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		The Penguin Archaeology Guide
				Archaeology
		Paul Bahn (Edited by)
		Penguin 2001 491 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0140514481
		Published Price $20.00		Sale Price £4.99
	Compiled by an international team of archaeologists, this A-to-Z guide caters for both academics and the discipline's growing popular following. Over 3,500 entries explain archaeological concepts, techniques and procedures, describe sites and artifacts unearthed across the world and show how they can be related to their geographical and cultural contexts. Short articles address such topics as the early hominid remains found in Kenya, the prehistoric cultures of Siberia and the development of Egyptian civilization.
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		The Roman Inscriptions of Britain
		Volume II. Fascicule 8		Archaeology
		SS Frere; RSO Tomlin (Edited by)
		Sutton 1995 176 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0750909161 278x207mm
		Published Price £35.00		Sale Price £7.99
	Covers graffiti on coarse pottery cut before and after firing; a stamp on coarse pottery and addenda and corrigenda to fascicules 1-8. (RIB 2502-2505)
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