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Book SynopsisThe island of Mingulay lies at near the southern tip of the Western Isles archipelago, its fertile valleys and rugged coastline of cliffs and sea stacks a spectacular setting for a wealth of important archaeology. Up to the fifteenth century Mingulay was part of the estate of the Bishop of the Isles, and then passed into the hands of the MacNeils of Barra. Deserted in the early 1900s, since the 1920s archaeologists have been recording the island's buildings and prehistoric remains. Combining previous surveys with the results of a new project undertaken by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland, this fold-out information guide is the indispensable record of the archaeological landscapes and architectural relics of the island. A highly detailed map identifies the locations of everything from burial cairns and roundhouses to chapels and schools, and explanatory text illustrated by survey drawings and contemporary and historic photography traces the lives of the people who made this remote island their home.

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Book SynopsisThis volume includes many of the papers given at the 1997 conference of the British Archaeological Association. It focuses on aspects of patronage, the wider architectural context of the cathedral, and on the Romaneque sculpture and manuscripts with the diocese.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. St Kentigern at Glasgow Cathedral in the Twelfth Century 3. Highlights of the Excavations at Glasgow Cathedral 1992–93 4. Late Twelfth-Century Polychromy from Glasgow Cathedral 5. The Twelfth-Century Predecessors of Glasgow Cathedral and their Relationship with Jedburgh Abbey 6. The Choirs of Glasgow and Canterbury Cathedrals 7. The Stellar Vaults of Glasgow Cathedral’s Inner Crypt and Villard de Honnecourt’s Chapter-House Plan: A Conundrum Revisited 8. Aspects of the Design of the Eastern Arm of Glasgow Cathedral and their Historical Context 9. Glasgow Cathedral and the Wooden Barrel Vault in Twelfth-and Thirteenth-Century Architecture in Scotland 10. The Photogrammetric Record Survey of Glasgow Cathedral 11. Classical Forms in Scottish Romanesque Sculpture: Douglas, Rutherglen and Airth 12. Manuscripts and Libraries in the Diocese of Glasgow before the Reformation 13. Court Patronage in Scotland 1240–1340 14. The Social Background to the Bute Mazer

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a compilation of papers presented in British Archaeological Association's annual conference in 1992. It focuses on the long tradition of archaeological and historical enquiry which has provided a framework for understanding Chester's development from the Roman period.Table of Contents1. Chester and the Art of the Twentieth Legion 2. The Early Medieval City and its Buildings 3. Romanesque Architecture in Chester c. 1075 to 1117 4. Recent Work at St John’s and St Werburgh’s 5. Attested but Opaque: The Early Gothic East End of St Werburgh’s 6. Problems in the Choir of Chester Cathedral 7. George Gilbert Scott and Restoration at Chester Cathedral, 1819-1876 8. Chester Cathedral Misericords: Iconography and Sources 9. The Intellectual Life of the Abbey of St Werburgh, Chester, in the Middle Ages 10. The Friaries in Chester, Their Impact and Legacy 11. The Origins of the Chester Rows 12. The Impact of the Dissolution on Monasteries in Cheshire: The Case of Norton 13. Medieval Graffiti at Vale Royal Abbey, Cheshire 14. Henry Ill's Wall Paintings at Chester Castle

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Book SynopsisIn 1988 extensive archaeological investigations began at Glasgow Cathedral revealing evidence for the first cathedral built in 1136 and subsequent 12th century phases.Table of Contents1: Introduction; 2: Archaeological Structures; 3: The Finds and Environment; 4: Human Skeletal Remains; 5: Concluding Discussion

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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates the potential of the discipline to contribute to Reformation studies in 1480–1580. It is the result of the second joint conference of the Society for Medieval Archaeology and the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology.Trade Review"...splendidly enjoyable..." - Diarmaid MacCulloch, St Cross College, Oxford, in Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction Public Worship and Iconoclasm 1. Public Worship and Iconoclasm 2. Iconoclasm and Adaptation: The Reformation of the Churches in Scotland and the Netherlands 3. The Catholic Reformation and the Parish: The Church of Saint Thégonnec (Finistére, France) 1550–1700 4. Fixtures or Fittings? Can Surviving Pre-Reformation Ecclesiastical Material Culture be Used as a Barometer of Contemporary Attitudes to the Reformation in England? 5. The Reformation and Unfinished Churches in Finland 6. Reformation of What? Whose and Which Reformation is Exposed in Danish Wall-Paintings? 7. The Wall-Paintings of Sulsted Church, Denmark: Between The Middle Ages and the Reformation? Private Devotion and Material Culture 8. Reformation and Transformation: What Happened to Catholic Things in a Protestant World? 9. Pots, Prints and Protestantism: Changing Mentalities in the Urban Domestic Sphere, c. 1480–1580 10. The Archaeology of Viceregality: Charles Brandon's Brief Rule in Lincolnshire 11. Nicholas Poyntz and Acton Court: A Reformer's Architecture 12. From Popular Devotion to Resistance and Revival in England: The Cult of the Holy Name of Jesus and the Reformation* 13. Public Worship, Private Devotion: The Crypto-Jews of Reformation England Dissolutionl And Scapes and Secular Power 14. Recycling the Monastic Fabric: Beyond the Act of Dissolution 15. Monastic Architecture: Destruction and Reconstruction 16. Northern Ireland: The Afterlife of Monastic Buildings 17. Dissolution or Reformation? A Case Study from Chester's Urban Landscape 18. The Conversion of Former Monastic Buildings to Secular Use: The Case of Coventry 19. Tenements in London's Monasteries c. 1450–1540 20. The Houses of Henry VIII's Courtiers in London 21. Some Aspects of the Reformation of Religious Space in London, 1540–1660 Corporate Charity and Reformation 22. Reforming Corporate Charity: Guilds and Fraternities in Pre- and Post-Reformation York 23. Deconstructing a Symbolic World: The Reformation and the English Medieval Parish Chantry 24. John Carpenter's Library: Corporate Charity and London's Guildhall 25. The London Merchant Taylors Burial and Commemoration 26. Choices and Changes: Death, Burial and the English Reformation 27. Dust to Dust': Revealing the Reformation Dead 28. A Protestant Habitus: 16th-Century Danish Graveslabs as an Expression of Changes in Belief 29. A Reformation of Meaning: Commemoration and Remembering the Dead in the Parish Church, 1450–1640 30. Tombs of Brass are Spent: Reformation Reuse of Monumental Brasses

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the proceedings from the Society's 'Cities in the World, 1500–2000' conference, held at Southampton University. It contains papers, representing archaeology, history, and architecture of cities from Africa to Europe via North America, Australia and India.Table of Contents1. Introduction Urban Historical Archaeology: Challenging Ambivalence Urban Places in Africa 2. Port Cities and Their Merchants on the East African Coast 3. The Demise of Great Zimbabwe, ad 1420–1550: An Environmental Re-Appraisal 4. The Changing Views on the Role of Small Towns in Rural and Regional Development in Africa Urban Places in the Atlantic World 5. English Towns on the Periphery: 17th-Century Development in Ulster and the Chesapeake 6. Transformation and Upheaval in the West Indies: The Case of Oranjestad, St Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles Urban Space and Society in Britain 7. From Bath to Poundbury: The Rise, Fall and Rise of Polite Urban Space 1700–2000 8. Housing the Early-Modern Industrial City: London's Workshop Tenements 9. The World of the Workshop: Archaeologies of Urban Industrialisation 10. Manchester: Symbol or Model for the World? War, Memory and Death in the Urban Landscape 11. Armies, Militias and Urban Landscapes: England, France and the Low Countries 1500–1900 12. Landscapes of Memory: Lucknow and Kanpur in Colonial India 13. Death, Burial and Commemoration: An Archaeological Perspective on Urban Cemeteries Archaeology and Urban Lives 14. Tales from the City: Brownfield Archaeology — A Worthwhile Challenge? 15. Stories that Matter: Material Lives in 19th-Century Lowell and Boston, Massachusetts 16. Making City Lives: Urban Archaeology and Australian Social, Cultural and Urban History 17. From the Mythical to the Mundane: The Archaeological Angle on New York City's Five Points 18. Portsmouth — A Window on the World? Future Directions 19. Overburden: The Importance of the Archaeology of the Modern Period in Britain 20. Summing Up — Cities in the World

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Book SynopsisHulton Abbey was a minor Cistercian monastery in north Staffordshire (England), founded in 1219 and finally dissolved in 1538. This is the final report on the archaeological excavations undertaken there between 1987 and 1994. In particular, the chapter house was uncovered and re-assessed and the eastern part of the church and north aisle were completely excavated, together with the eastern half of the nave. The excavations are described by area and chronological phase with detailed specialist reports including architectural stonework and decorated floor tiles. An extensive programme of sampling and analysis of pollen remains from burials was also completed. The remains of 91 individuals, mainly men but also women and children, are reported on in detail, with sections on abnormalities and pathology as well as medieval burial goods such as a wax chalice and wooden wands. Comparisons with other published monastic sites in the region help to place Hulton into a wider context. An important element of the project was education and community involvement and today the site lies in a small urban park in Stoke-on-Trent.Table of ContentsList of figures Preface Summary Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 1.1 The Cistercians (by W D Klemperer) 1.2 Monasticism in Staffordshire (by N Boothroyd) 1.3 The history of Hulton Abbey (by W D Klemperer) 1.4 Carmountside Farm to 1884 (by A Nicholls) The abbey site after the Dissolution The first Carmountside Farm The rebuilding of Carmountside Farm 1.5 The re-discovery of the site and excavations after 1884 (by W 0 Klemperer and A Nicholls) 2 The excavations 1987-94 (by W D Klemperer) 2.1 Evaluation of the outer court 2.2 Excavations in the church and chapter house 2.3 The chapter house, bookstore and sacristy (area BH) The bookstore and sacristy The chapter house 2.4 The south transept (area BB) Phase BB2: construction Phase BB3: medieval Phase BB4: post-medieval2.5 The crossing (area BF) Phase BF2: construction Phase BF3: early graves Phase BF4: medieval timber structure Phase BF5: construction of the choir stalls, a screen and further burials Phase BF6: Dissolution 2.6 The north transept (area BG) Phase BG2: construction Phase BG3: medieval floors Phase BG4: medieval graves Phase BG5: demolition or collapse Phase BG6: stone robbing and post-Dissolution soil build up Phase BG7: mid 19th century to modern 2.7 The nave and aisles (area BO) Phase BOI: before the abbey Phase B02: construction and early features Phase BD3: new floor, chapels at the west end and early burials Phase B04: remodelling of the west end Phase B05: a new floor and associated burials Phase B06: pre-Dissolution Phase B07: evidence for the Dissolution Phase B08: post-Dissolution decay of the church Phase B09: post-medieval disturbance Phase BOlO: late 19th century onwards 2.8 The west court and west range (area BC) Phase BC2: construction Phase BC3: medieval Phase BC4: Dissolution debris and destruction Phase BC5: demolition or collapse Phase BC6: modern, including Lynam's excavations of 1884 2.9 The chancel/north transept external angle (area BE) Phase BE2: construction Phase BE3: medieval Phas

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Book SynopsisThis book presents essays that exemplify key themes including the interdependence of conservation, research and access; the need for a 21st-century inventory of the medieval sculpture; the breadth and value of the wide range of the research tools; and conservation issue.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Able Minds and Practised Hands: Historical Fact, 21st-Century Aspiration 2. Sculpture in Action: Contexts for Stone Carving on the Tarbat Peninsula, Easter Ross 3. That Stone was Born Here and That's Where it Belongs': Hilton of Cadboll and the Negotiation of Identity, Ownership and Belonging 4. Just an Ald Steen': Reverence, Reuse, Revulsion and Rediscovery 5. Fragments of Significance: The Whole Picture 6. Christ's Cross Down into the Earth: Some Cross-Bases and their Problems 7. Pictish Cross-Slabs: An Examination of their Original Archaeological Context 8. Hic Memoria Perpetua: The Early Inscribed Stones of Southern Scotland in Context 9. The Govan School Revisited: Searching for Meaning in the Early Medieval Sculpture of Strathclyde 10. Scotland's Early Medieval Sculpture in the 21st Century: A Strategic Overview of Conservation Problems, Maintenance and Replication Methods 11. The Containment of Scottish Carved Stones in Situ: An Environmental Study of the Efficacy of Glazed Enclosures 12. The Runic Inscriptions of Scotland: Preservation, Documentation and Interpretation 13. Understanding What We See, or Seeing What We Understand: Graphic Recording, Past and Present, of the Early Medieval Sculpture at St Vigeans 14. The Bulls of Burghead and Allen's Technique of Illustration 15. A Perfect Accuracy of Delineation': Charlotte Wilhelmina Hibbert's Drawings of Early Medieval Carved Stones in Scotland 16. Bird, Beast or Fish? Problems of Identification and Interpretation of the Iconography Carved on the Tarbat Peninsula Cross-Slabs 17. Figuring Salvation: An Excursus into the Iconography of the Iona Crosses 18. The Role of Geological Analysis of Monuments: A Case Study from St Vigeans and Related Sites 19. The Early Medieval Sculptures from Murthly, Perth and Kinross: An Interdisciplinary Look at People, Politics and Monumental Art 20. Know Your Properties, Recognise the Possibilities: Historic Scotland's Strategy for the Interpretation of Early Medieval Sculpture in its Care 21. Proposals for the Re-Display of the Early Medieval Sculpture Collection at Whithorn: The Evolution of an Interpretative Approach 22. Curators of the Last Resort: The Role of a Local Museum Service in the Preservation and Interpretation of Early Medieval Sculptured Stones 23. A Museum Curator's Adventures in Pictland 24. The Missing Dimension: Future Directions in Digital Recording of Early Medieval Sculptured Stone 25. Three-Dimensional Recording of Pictish Sculpture 26. Towards A 'New ECMS': The Proposal for a New Corpus of Early Medieval Sculpture in Scotland

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Book SynopsisThis collection of papers, first delivered at the BAA's annual conference in 2002, celebrates medieval Rochester, including both cathedral and castle, an outstanding pair of surviving monuments to the power of contemporary church and state. The contributions demonstrate the great interest of these understudied buildings, their furnishings, and historical and archaeological contexts: from the rich documentary evidence for the Anglo-Saxon town to the substantial surviving fabric of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries. Shrines, monuments, woodwork and seals are all fully covered, as well as the medieval monks themselves. There is also a piece on Archbishop Courtenay's foundation of the nearby collegiate church at Maidstone, Kent.Table of ContentsEditor's preface; list of abbreviations;Roman Rochester in its wider context MARK HASSALL; Rochester, A.D. 400-1066 NICHOLAS BROOKS; The Topography and Buildings of Medieval Rochester TIM TATTON-BROWN; Gundulf's Cathedral RICHARD PLANT; Bishop Gundulf's Door at Rochester Cathedral JANE GEDDES; The Twelfth-Century Nave of Rochester Cathedral RICHARD HALSEY; The Construction of the West Doorway of Rochester Cathedral RON BAXTER; The Late Twelfth-Century East End of Rochester Cathedral PETER DRAPER; The Medieval Shrines of Rochester JOHN CROOK; The Early-Thirteenth Century Choir-Stalls and Associated Furniture at Rochester Cathedral CHARLES TRACY (with an appendix by the late CECIL HEWETT); The West Transept of Rochester Cathedral JENNIFER S ALEXANDER; The Medieval Monuments of Rochester Cathedral NIGEL SAUL; The East Cloister Range of Rochester Cathedral Priory JOHN MCNEILL; Who Were the Monks of Rochester? JOAN GREATREX; William St John Hope (1854-1919) and the Historiography of Rochester Cathedral ALEXANDRA BUCHANAN; Some Rochester Seals JOHN CHERRY; The Building Stones of Rochester Castle and Cathedral BERNARD C WORSSAM (with an appendix by JEREMY ASHBEE);The Medieval Buildings and Topography of Rochester Castle JEREMY ASHBEE.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the medieval art, architecture, and archaeology of the city of Mainz and of the middle Rhine valley. It considers the architecture and archaeology of the early medieval and Romanesque period, including the Carolingian monastery of Lorsch and the cathedrals of Mainz and Worms.Table of Contents1. Archaeological and Architectural Research at the Carolingian Monastery of Lorsch 2. The Imperial Cathedrals of Speyer, Mainz and Worms: The Current State of Research 3. The Abbey Church of Eberbach and the Idea of a ‘Bernardine’ Cistercian Architecture 4. The Choir-Screen at Mainz and the Master of Naumburg 5. The Tombs of the Archbishops of Mainz 6. An Unknown Coronation Relief from Mainz: Boniface and the Visual Propaganda of the sedes Moguntiae at the Time of the Golden Bull 7. ‘Our and the Empire’s free city on the Rhine’: Visualizing the Empire in the Mainz Kaufhaus Reliefs 8. Painting in Mainz in the Period of the International Style: The Crucifixion in the Former Collegiate Church of St Stephen 9. Medieval Inscriptions in the Mainz and Oppenheim Area: New Ideas and New Research 10. The East Choir of the Church of St Catherine (Oppenheim), the Church of St Stephen (Mainz), and the Problem of ‘German High Gothic Architecture’ 11. Is There a German Decorated Style? Reflections on the Church of St Catherine (Oppenheim) and German Gothic Architecture in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century 12. The Wernerkapelle in Bacharach 13. The High Gothic Liturgical Furnishings of the Church of Our Lady (Liebfrauenkirche) in Oberwesel 14. Castles in the Middle Rhine Valley, and the Particular Case of Fürstenberg 15. Karolus Magnus and Karolus Quartus: Imperial Role Models in Ingelheim, Aachen and Prague

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Book SynopsisThe German Ocean examines archaeological and historical evidence for the development of economies and societies around the North Sea from the beginning of the twelfth century until the mid sixteenth century. It draws in material from Scandinavia to Normandy and from Scotland to the Thames estuary. While largely concerned with the North Sea littoral, when necessary it takes account of adjacent areas such as the Baltic or inland hinterlands. The North Sea is often perceived as a great divide, divorcing the British Isles from continental Europe. In cultural terms, however, it has always acted more as a lake, supporting communities around its fringes which have frequently had much in common. This is especially true of the medieval period when trade links, fostered in the two centuries prior to 1100, expanded in the 12th and 13th centuries to ensure the development of maritime societies whose material culture was often more remarkable for its similarity across distance than for its diversity. Geography, access to raw materials and political expediency could nevertheless combine to provide distinctive regional variations.Economies developed more rapidly in some areas than others; local solutions to problems produced urban and rural environments of different aspect; the growth, and sometimes decline, of towns and ports was often dictated by local as much as wider factors. This book explores evidence for this 'diverse commonality' through the historic environment of the North Sea region with the intention that it will be of interest not only to historians and archaeologists but to those who live and work within the historic environment. This environment is a common European resource with much to contribute to a sustainable future - the book provides an archaeological contribution to the understanding of that resource.Trade ReviewThe German Ocean is a tour-de-magnum-force.The book is a real eye-opener with a mass of interconnected data set in context;Andrew Rogerson,Senior Archaeologist (Norfolk);This book is a magnificent analysis of archaeological contributions to an understanding of the impact of human interaction across the North Sea region over a period of five hundred years.It is a 'must-have';Dirk Rieger,Abteilung Archaologie LubeckTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Region in 11003. 12th- and 13th-century Consolidation 4. The 14th Century: Increasing Wealth and Increasing Pressures5. The 15th Century: Towards Greater Sophistication6. Merchants and their Impact7. The 16th Century: A New World

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a realistic historical and geographical perspective to begin closest to the Scandinavian homelands of Vikings and the Viking ideology and material culture, by looking at new research into aspects of their use of the sea, maritime communications and trade.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. At Home in the Viking Period Scandinavia And Northern Europe 2. Danish Coastal Landing Places and their Relation to Navigation and Trade 3. Viking-age Proto-Urban Centres and their Hinterlands: Some Examples from the Baltic Area 4. Viking-period Pre-Urban Settlements in Russia and Finds of Artefacts of Scandinavian Character 5. Rural Settlement and Landscape Transformations in Northern Russia 6. Early Medieval Coinage and Urban Development: A Norwegian Experience 7. Two Viking Hoards from the Former Island of Wieringen (The Netherlands): Viking Relations with Frisia in an Archaeological Perspective 8. Goldsmiths' Tools at Hedeby The Atlantic Provinces 9. Settlement and Acculturation in the Irish Sea Region 10. Viking-age Settlement in Wales and the Evidence from Llanbedrgoch 11. Social and Economic Integration in Viking-age Ireland: The Evidence of the Hoards 12. Royal Fleets in Viking Ireland: The Evidence of Lebor na Cert 13. Beyond War or Peace: The Study of Culture Contact in Viking-age Scotland 14. Spatial Analysis and Cultural Indicators: Viking Settlers at Old Scatness Broch, Shetland? 15. Cille Pheadair: The Life and Times of a Norse-period Farmstead c. 1000—1300 16. A Find of Ringerike Art from Bornais in the Outer Hebrides 17. Narrative Functions of Landscape in the Old Icelandic Family Sagas England 18. Jorvik: A Viking-age City 19. Viking-age Settlement in the North-western Countryside: Lifting the Veil? 20. Sedgeford: Excavations of a Rural Settlement in Norfolk 21. Simy Folds: Twenty Years on 22. Post-Roman Upland Architecture in the Craven Dales and the Dating Evidence 23. Timber Buildings without Earth-fast Footings in Viking-age Britain 24. A Push into the Margins? the Development of a Coastal Landscape in North-West Somerset During the Late 1st Millennium A.D 25. Place-names and the History of Scandinavian Settlement in England 26. Law and Landscape 27. Changing Weaving Styles and Fabric Types: The Scandinavian Influence 28. Saxon Shoes, Viking Sheaths? Cultural Identity in Anglo-Scandinavian York

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Book SynopsisExcavations at Dryslwyn between 1980 and 1995 uncovered a masonry castle, founded in the late 1220s by Rhys Gryg for his son Maredudd ap Rhys, the first Lord of Dryslwyn. The first castle was a simple round tower and polygonal walled enclosure, within which were constructed a kitchen, prison and wood-framed, clay-floored great chamber beside a great hall. In the mid 13th century a second ward was added and the great chamber rebuilt in stone. This castle was greatly expanded in the period 1283-87 by Rhys ap Maredudd, the second and final Lord of Dryslwyn, who built an Outer Ward and gatehouse. He also rebuilt much of the Inner Ward, adding an extra storey to the great hall and great chamber, apartments and a chapel. At the end of the 13th century a large three-ward castle stretched along the eastern and southern edge of the hill while the rest of the hilltop was occupied by a settlement defended by a wall and substantial ditch with access through a gatehouse. This castle and its associated settlement were besieged and captured in 1287 by an English royal army of over 11,000 men following damage inflicted by a trebuchet and mining of the walls. Throughout the 14th century the English Crown garrisoned and repaired the castle, supervised by an appointed constable, before it was surrendered to Owain Glyn Dwr in 1403. During the early to mid 15th century the castle was deliberately walled up to deny its use to a potential enemy and it was subsequently looted and demolished. By the late 13th century, the castle had a white rendered and lime-washed appearance, creating a very dramatic and highly visible symbol of lordship. Internally, the lord's and guest apartments had decorative wall paintings and glazed windows. Evidence from charred beams still in situ, the sizes, shapes and distribution of nails, sheet lead, slates and postholes recovered during excavation has enabled some of the wooden as well as masonry buildings to be reconstructed. Waterlogged deposits had preserAt just 132 hectares (325 acres) the parish of Caldecote is one of the smallest parishes in Hertfordshire. Today the settlement comprises the manor house, until recently surrounded by a range of traditional farm buildings, together with six labourer's cottages and the church. To the north lies the site of the old rectory and the earthworks of a medieval settlement. In 1973 the Department of Environment and the Deserted Medieval Village Research Group arranged a rescue excavation to examine the earthworks of the medieval village before they were levelled and ploughed. Five crofts, the old rectory site and much of the moated enclosure were investigated in one of the largest excavations ever conducted on a later medieval rural site in Britain. Though the excavations did recover a Bronze Age beaker burial and small quantities of Roman and Iron Age pottery, the medieval settlement at Caldecote was probably founded in the 10th century, and by the time of the Domesday Survey there was a church, a priest and nine villeins. A moated site was added in the 13th century. A century later, Caldecote was granted to the abbots of the Benedictine monastery in St Albans, at a time when there were seventeen householders. Early in the second half of the 14th century, the estate and demesne were subdivided into six farms, each complete with a hall-house and two or more barns. Following the dissolution of the monastery in 1539, the manor was again held by an absentee lord and the farms continued to prosper. However, the late 16th and early 17th centuries, for which there are several surviving wills and inventories, saw their gradual abandonment.After the desertion of Caldecote Marish in 1698, Caldecote was farmed as a single unit until 1970, when the estate was attached to that adjoining the manor of Newnham. Of particular importance from Caldecote is the archaeological evidence for medieval peasant structures, the development of the later medieval domestic plan and the structural traTable of Contents1: Excavation History and Processes; 2: Welsh Lordship Period (1197–1287): Historical and Archaeological Summary; 3: English Garrison Period (1287–1455): Historical and Archaeological Summary; 4: Inner Ward: Excavation Evidence; 5: Middle and Outer Wards: Excavation Evidence; 6: Castle Construction; 7: Siege and Warfare; 8: Dryslwyn Township; 9: Artefactual Evidence; 10: Agricultural and Dietary Evidence; 11: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisIn 1973 the Department of Environment and the Deserted Medieval Village Research Group arranged a rescue excavation to examine the earthworks of the medieval village of Cladecote before they were levelled and ploughed.Table of Contents1 The study of the deserted medieval village: Caldecote in context 2 Location and description 3 Documentary evidence and historical context 4 Methods of excavation and recording 5 Period 1: early settlement 6 Period 2: 10th and 11th centuries 7 Period 3: c1100 to 1360 8 Period 3: c1100 to 1360 9 Period 4: c1360 to 1600 10 Period 5: c1600 to the present 11 Pre-medieval finds and human remains 12 Medieval and post-medieval pottery 13 Medieval and post-medieval artefacts 14 Coins and tokens 15 Building materials 16 Environmental reports 17 Synthesis and conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the remarkable flourishing of art and architecture in Bohemia, and Prague as it became the political centre of Charles IV's Holy Roman Empire. It focuses on cultural exchange and the links that can be traced through the artwork across Europe.Table of Contents1. Introduction. Medieval Prague, Bohemia and their Neighbours: New Perspectives and Connections 2. England and Bohemia in the Time of Anne of Luxembourg: Dynastic Marriage as a Precondition for Cultural Contact in the Late Middle Ages 3. The Church of St Bartholomew at Kyje 4. Romanesque Prague and New Archaeological Discoveries 5. The House at the Stone Bell: Royal Representation in Early-Fourteenth-Century Prague 6. Our Lady in Nuremberg, All Saints Chapel in Prague, and the High Choir of Prague Cathedra 7. The Choir Triforium of Prague Cathedral Revisited: The Inscriptions and beyond 8. Peter Parler’s Choir of St Bartholomew in Kolín and the Art of ‘Articulation’ 9. Prague – Vienna – Košice: The Church of St Elizabeth in Košice and Vault Design in the Generation after Peter Parler 10. The Example of Prague in Europe’? the Case of the ‘Habsburg Windows’ from St Stephen’s in Vienna in the Context of Dynastic Rivalry in Late-Fourteenth-Century Central Europe 11. Paysage moralisé: The Zderad Column in Brno and the Public Monument in the Later Middle Ages 12. Karlstein Castle as a Theological Metaphor 13. Vying for Supremacy: The Cults of St Wenceslas and St Stanislas in Early-Fourteenth-Century Cracow 14. Arbor vitae and Corpus Christi: An Example of Chasuble Iconography from Late-Medieval Central Europe in the Context of the Mass 15. Some Remarks on the Aristocratic Patronage of Franciscan Observants in Jagiellonian Bohemia 16. Josef Mocker and Prague’s Medieval Landscape (1872–1899)

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Book SynopsisThis book is an outcome of the British archaeological association conference on Medieval Art, architecture and archaeology in the city and its vicinity in 2007. It addresses the rehabilitation of Coventry's medieval past and describes the evolution of archaeological enquiry.Table of Contents1. An Introduction to the Archaeology of Medieval Coventry 2. Recent Archaeological Work in Medieval Coventry and Future Opportunities 3. The Built Environment and the Later Medieval Economy: Coventry 1200-1540 4. The Romanesque and Early Gothic Cathedral of St Mary, Coventry 5. The Gothic Architecture of Coventry Cathedral and Priory: Keeping Up Appearances? 6. The Redevelopment of the Cathedral Priory Site from the Dissolution to the Present Day 7. St Michael's, Coventry: The Architectural History of a Medieval Urban Parish Church 8. The Development of St Mary's Hall, Coventry: A Short History 9. Made in Coventry? Seals from Coventry as Evidence of Local Craftsmanship in the Late Middle Ages 10. Coventry: A Regional Centre of Glass-Painting in the 14th Century? The Glazing of Stanford on Avon Church, Northamptonshire, and the Taxonomy of English Medieval Stained Glass Studies: Richard Marks 11. The Doom in Holy Trinity Church and Wall-Painting in Medieval Coventry 12. John Thornton of Coventry: A Reassessment of the Role of a Late Medieval Glazier 13. The Charterhouse of St Anne, Coventry: The Charterhouse of St Anne, Coventry 14. A 'bodi ful of woundis': The 15th-Century Mural at St Anne's Charterhouse, Coventry 15. Combe Abbey: From Cistercian Abbey to Country House 16. The Chantry Chapel at Guy's Cliffe 17. The College of St Mary in the Newarke 18. Kenilworth Abbey Barn: Its Construction and Uses 19. Sidelights on the 14th-Century Architecture at Kenilworth Castle

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Book SynopsisThis volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Society for Medieval Archaeology (established in 1957), presenting reflections on the history, development and future prospects of the discipline. The papers are drawn from a series of conferences and workshops that took place in 2007-2008, in addition to a number of contributions that were commissioned especially for the volume.

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Book SynopsisAn examination of Neolithic timber circles in the east of England with reference to Alexander Thom's work on the geometrical setting out and astronomical alignments of stone circles in the west of Britain

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Book SynopsisThis book describes the results of a small research project undertaken at Glasgow University with the aim of revisiting the archaeology at the site through a study of the archive material from the 1950s excavations, and renewed survey and excavation work on the Isle Shetland over two summer seasons.Trade ReviewThe author and the research team are to be warmly congratulated for providing a text which should allow St Ninian's Isle to take its proper place among the early medieval church sites of northern Britain. -- Archaeological Journal Archaeological JournalTable of Contents1. Introduction and Background 2. An Ogham-Inscribed Slab from St Ninian's Isle, Found in 1876 3. An Assessment of the 1955 to 1959 Excavations 4. Excavations to the South of the Chapel in 1999 and 2000 5. Discussion

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Book SynopsisThis book is an outcome of the summer conference on the theme Newcastle and Northumberland. It examines the heritage of north-eastern England ranging from the sculpture of the Roman occupation through the monuments and architecture of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman periods.Trade Review"...brings together an interesting collection of work on the buildings and archaeology of NE England. The balance of papers is fairly equally spread between castles and churches of the high Middle Ages..." "...offer considerable insight into the self-perception of the Benedictine community." "Far more broad-ranging is Philip Dixon's paper, usefully mapping the changing types of medieval fortification across the northern counties..." "...the papers are all well written, but clearly aimed at fellow experts..." -- Archaeological Journal Archaeological JournalTable of Contents1. The Making of Newcastle 2. By Divine Decree: Roman Sculpture from North-East England 3. Stones of the North: Sculpture in Northumbria in the ‘Age of Bede’ 4. Eyes of Light: Colour in the Lindisfarne Gospels 5. Apostolically Inscribed: St Cuthbert’s Coffin as Sacred Vessel 6. Henry II, Anglo-Scots Relations, and the Building of the Castle Keep, Newcastle upon Tyne 7. The Construction of the Gothic Priory Church of Hexham 8. Medieval Saints’ Cults at Hexham 9. The Pulpitum at Hexham Priory 10. The Architecture of Tynemouth Priory Church 11. Manuscripts, History and Aesthetic Interests at Tynemouth Priory 12. He went round the holy places praying and offering’: Evidence for Cuthbertine Pilgrimage to Lindisfarne and Farne in the Late Medieval Period 13. The Early Development of Alnwick Castle, c. 1100–1400 14. Border Towers: A Cartographic Approach 15. Women Behaving Badly. Warkworth Castle: Protection or Paranoia?

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Book SynopsisSince the early 1970s the increasingly effective conduct of archaeological work in the City of London and surrounding parts of the conurbation have revolutionised our view of the development and European importance of London between 1100 and 1600. There have been hundreds of archaeological excavations of every type of site, from the cathedral to chapels, palaces to outhouses, bridges, wharves, streams, fields, kilns, roads and lanes. The study of the material culture of Londoners over these five centuries has begun in earnest, based on thousands of accurately dated artefacts, especially found along the waterfront. Work by documentary historians has complemented and filled out the new picture. This book, written by an archaeologist who has been at the centre of this study since 1974, will summarise the main findings and new suggestions about the development of the City, its ups and downs through the Black Death and the Dissolution of the Monasteries; its place in Europe as a capital city with great architecture and relations with many other parts of Europe, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean. London has been the most intensively studied medieval city in Europe by archaeologists, due to the pace of development especially since the 1970s. Thus although this will be a study of a single medieval city, it will be a major contribution to the Archaeology of Europe, 1100-1600. The book is endorsed by the Museum of London, the City of London Archaeological Trust and the City of London Corporation whose logos will appear on the back cover.Trade Review'..an expert account. the book is well designed, expertly illustrated and manages to bridge the gap between an accessible and popular account, with a scholarly framework with full references and an extensive bibliography. This is a book that readers can turn to again and again in order to refresh their knowledge of the archaeology of this medieval metropolis' Terry Barry, Medieval Archaeology 56, 2012 'This is an important and useful book. And, crucially it's a good read.' British Archaeology, May-June 2012 'John Schofield snythesises a huge volume of archaeology to produce this coherent account packed with detail and fascinating visual evidence, and much enlivened by the author's own observations -- for example, on exotic imported food and whether Londoners had different diets from other parts of England, or on the impact of communities of 'aliens' on the city, including Jewish financiers, and Italian, French and Spanish merchants, or on the effect of London on its hinterland.' SALON number 267, December 2011 'It works very well indeed as an affordable entry point for students of London's medieval archaeology; as a resource assessment it refines and fleshes out many of the broad themes developed in The Archaeology of Greater London (MoLAS 2000); and it poses new and interesting questions to be considered in future research programmes.' Barney Sloane, English Heritage, Transactions of London & Middlesex Archaeological Society, forthcoming 'His detailed knowledge of projects both famous and unsung paints a potent picture of London between 1100 and 1600.' Current Archaeology, June 2012 'This is a stimulating book, opening one's eyes to many facets of the past. It can be highly recommended to anyone who wants to find out what archaeology has to offer about London's history, and where future research might lead' Bridget Cherry, London Topographical Society Newsletter, May 2012Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Public Buildings and Concerns 3. Castles, Palaces and Royal Houses 4. Houses, Daily Life and Neighbourhoods 5. Selling and Making 6. Religion and Religious Ways of Life 7. Human Health and the Environment 8. London's Region 9. Medieval and Tudor London after 1600

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Book SynopsisThe first book of its kind to be published for a general readership from youngsters upwards, Hidden in the Sands: Uncovering Qatar's Past is the fascinating, fun and educational story of Qatar's heritage and the exciting discoveries being made by archaeologists. This informative and delightful book is published through the generosity of Maersk Oil as part of its programme to support education and unlock Qatar's history and heritage. Hidden beneath the sand and sea and revealed on rocks are the clues which explain why this ancient land has been such a key region throughout history. Here you can follow the detective work of archaeologists and discover Qatar's rich past. In conjunction with a fully interactive website and also available in an Arabic edition, Hidden in the Sands describes in words and pictures the treasures uncovered by archaeologists, the methods they use, and the significance of their discoveries. Today, using state-of-the-art technology for excavation, dating and conservation, teams of experts are working all over Qatar to reconstruct its past. Hidden in the Sands is fully illustrated with photographs, maps and diagrams, and embellished by the vivid and evocative illustrations of the artist Norman MacDonald. Told simply and with in-depth and up-to-date detail, it leads readers through the fascinating world of archaeology. Like reconstructing an earthenware jar from a hundred little shards, this work pieces together the fragments of the past to produce a complete and beautiful whole.Table of ContentsSponsor's Dedication and Foreword; Contents page; Annotated map of Qatar; 1. Archaeology in Qatar 2. How Archaeologists Work 3. The First People 4. Early Coastal Settlements 5. Stone Tools 6. Making Tools from Stone 7. Colour from the Sea (marine dyes) 8. The Mounds of the Dead 9. Rock Carvings 10. The Golden Age 11. Nomads of the Desert 12. Seeking the Angels' Teardrops 13. Zubara 14. A Lost Settlement and an Ancient Fort 15. Conservation of Archaeological Finds Interspersed with maps showing how the shape of Qatar has changed over the last 15,000 years Glossary; Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisThe author is an important but controversial figure in the history of Palestinian archaeology. This volume celebrates the centennial of the publication of his excavations at Tel Gezer (1912), conducted under the auspices of the PEF. This excavation was the most ambitious one of its time in the land, yielding important architectural remains and thousands of artefacts, including the well-known Gezer Calendar. The contributions of several eminent scholars reflect on the man and his work, and also report on how his work influenced the understanding of the sites he excavated in Palestine, all of which are currently being re-investigated. It is also richly illustrated with images from the PEF archives.Evaluations of Macalister's work vary tremendously and are reflected here. Many learnt from him, others deplored his methods and record keeping. As one contributor puts it, 'an industrious archaeologist but an awful excavator', and a man who was both admired and intensely disliked: regarded as both a villain and a visionary. But it is generally agreed that he is a figure who cannot be ignored, and anyone interested in Palestinian archaeology will find a great deal to learn from this book.Table of ContentsR.A.S. Macalister: Personal Assessments. Tel. Gezer. Judean Shephelah Sites. Concluding Remarks.

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores the importance of Norwich as the second city of England for 500 years. It addresses two of the most ambitious Romanesque buildings in Europe: cathedral and castle, and illuminates the role of Norwich-based designers and makers in the region.Trade Review"Overall, however, this is a particularly successful collaborative study of many aspects of a medieval town."- James Alexander, Independant Scholar Table of Contents1. The Development of an Urban Landscape: Recent Research in Medieval Norwich 2. Erratics and Enterprise: Lincolnshire Grave-Covers in Norwich and Thetford and Some Implications for Urban Development in the 10th Century 3. Norwich Cathedral Revisited: Spiral Piers and Architectural Geometry 4. Reconstructing the Cathedral-Priory at Norwich: Recent Research on Lost Parts of the Romanesque Church 5. The Romanesque Apse of Norwich Cathedral: A Re-examination of the Bishop’s Throne Platform and its Supposed Relic Niche 6. Norwich Castle Keep: Dates and Contexts 7. Steps to Lordship 8. The Romanesque Sculpture of Norwich and Norfolk: The City and its Hinterland—Some Observations 9. Carrow Priory Church, Norwich and the Introduction of Gothic Architecture to Norfolk 10. Bishop John Salmon’s Architectural Patronage at Norwich Cathedral 11. The Norwich Cathedral Passion Altarpiece (‘The Despenser Retable’) 12. Ranworth and its Associated Paintings: A Norwich Workshop 13. Norwich Cathedral Spire: Why it Still Stands 14. The Integration of Church and City: The Development of Norwich City Centre in the Late Middle Ages 15. St Peter Mancroft and Late Medieval Church Building in Norwich 16. Defining Porches in Norwich, c. 1250–c. 1510 17. The Chancel Passageways of Norwich 18. Thomas Gooding or Goodwin, a Norwich Freemason 19. Private Lives and Public Power: Norwich Merchants’ Houses between the 14th and 16th Centuries

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Book Synopsis"Assembling Çatalhöyük, like archaeological remains, can be read in a number of ways. At one level the volume reports on the exciting new discoveries and advances that are being made in the understanding of the 9000 year-old Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük. The site has long been central to debates about early village societies and the formation of mega-sites in the Middle East. The current long-term project has made many advances in our understanding of the site that impact our wider understanding of the Neolithic and its spread into Europe from the Middle East. These advances concern use of the environment, climate change, subsistence practices, social and economic organization, the role of religion, ritual and symbolism. At another level, the volume reports on methodological advances that have been made by team members, including the development of reflexive methods, paperless recording on site, the integrated use of 3D visualization, and interactive archives. The long-term nature of the project allows these various innovations to be evaluated and critiqued. In particular, the volume includes analyses of the social networks that underpin the assembling of data, and documents the complex ways in which arguments are built within quickly transforming alliances and allegiances within the team. In particular, the volume explores how close inter-disciplinarity, and the assembling of different forms of data from different sub-disciplines, allow the weaving together of information into robust, distributed arguments."Table of ContentsIntroductionAssembling Science at ÇatalhöyükRepresenting the Archaeological Process at Çatalhöyük in a Living ArchiveNetworking the Teams and Texts of Archaeological Research at ÇatalhöyükInterpretation Process at Çatalhöyük using 3DReading the Bones, Reading the StonesReconciling the BodyRoles for the SexesLaying the FoundationsThe Architecture of Neolothic Çatalhöyük as a Process‘Up in Flames’The Nature of Household in the Upper Levels at ÇatalhöyükThe People and Their Landscape(s)The End of the Neolithic Statement

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Book SynopsisDavid I was never expected to become king, but on succeeding to the Scottish throne in 1124 he quickly demonstrated that he had the skills, ruthlessness and ambition to become one of the kingdom’s greatest rulers. Drawing on the experiences and connections of his youth spent at the court of his brother-in-law, Henry I of England, and moulded by the dominant personality and intense piety of his mother, St Margaret, he set out to transform his inheritance and create a powerful and dynamic kingship. After neutralising all challengers to his position and building a new powerbase that drew on support from both Scotland’s native nobles and the English and French knights whom he settled in his realm, David emerged as a power-broker in mid twelfth-century Britain as England descended into civil war. He pursued his wife Matilda’s lost inheritance in Northumbria, gaining control over much of northern England and giving him access to economic resources that allowed him to invest in patronage of the reformed monastic orders, and in the reconfiguration of the secular Church in Scotland. The peace and stability of his kingdom, coupled with the economic boom brought by burgeoning population during an era of benign climate conditions, secured him a reputation as a saintly visionary who achieved the cultural and political transformation of Scotland.Trade Review'an absorbing work, packed with details and analysis, and is perhaps the most comprehensive volume available about this king and his times. Extensive footnotes, maps, and genealogy charts complement the text ... Highly recommended' -- D. M. Hall, Lake Erie College * CHOICE Connect *

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Book SynopsisThe British countryside is on the brink of change. With the withdrawal of EU subsidies, threats of US-style factory farming and the promotion of ‘rewilding’ initiatives, never before has so much uncertainty and opportunity surrounded our landscape. How we shape our prospective environment can be informed by bygone practice, as well as through engagement with livestock and landscapes long since vanished. This study examines aspects of pastoralism that occurred in part of medieval England. It suggests how we learn from forgotten management regimes to inform, shape and develop our future countryside. This book focuses on a region of southern England the pastoral identity of which has long been synonymous with the economy of sheep pasture and the medieval right of swine pannage. These aspects of medieval pastoralism, made famous by iconic images of the South Downs and the evidence presented by Domesday, mask a pastoral heritage in which a signifi cant part was played by cattle. This aspect of medieval pastoralism is traceable in the region’s historic landscape, documentary evidence and excavated archaeological remains. Past scholars of the South-East have been so concerned with the importance of medieval sheep, and to a slightly lesser extent pigs, that no systematic examination of the cattle economy has ever been undertaken. This book therefore represents a deep, multi-disciplinary study of the cattle economy over the longue durée of the Middle Ages, especially its importance within the evolution of medieval society, settlement and landscape. Nationally, medieval cattle have been one of the most important and neglected aspects of the agriculture of the medieval period. This book shows us how, as part of both a mixed and specialised farming economy, they have helped shapethe countryside we know today.Trade ReviewThere is little doubt that The Wandering Herd will find a respected place in the literature of medieval agriculture and economy. * Pastoralism *The Wandering Herd makes an important point about the visibility of medieval cattle husbandry and demonstrates a working methodology for studying pastoral farming in past landscapes. * Current Archaeology *Table of ContentsList of plates and figures List of tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Related medieval landscape research 3. A historical and documentary perspective 4. Place-name 5. Roads, commons, forest and chase 6. Oval enclosures and medieval parks 7. Downland enclosures: ‘valley entrenchments’ 8. Animal bone assemblages 9. Wealden case studies: the Hayworth and 10. Discussion 11. Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisReinhard Achenbach legt hier eine Sammlung von Studien zur Redaktionsgeschichte des Pentateuch, zur Entwicklung der Institutionen und zum Fremden- und Völkerrecht in der Schriftgelehrten Tradition Judas und des Zweiten Tempels während der Herrschaft der Perser (539-333 v. Chr.) vor. Er behandelt den Wandel des Gottesbildes, priesterlicher Institutionen, sakraler Ordnungen und Reinheitsgebote im Spannungsfeld zwischen dem Bestreben nach religiöser Autonomie der Kultusgemeinde und universalen Geltungsansprüchen des jüdischen Monotheismus.

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Book SynopsisArm-rings are among the most common items of jewellery. From the earliest times, they have appeared in various shapes and materials. The wearing of leg-rings was limited to the Bronze and Iron Ages. Together with spiral rings and mountings, arm- and leg-rings form an essential aspect of our archaeological legacy. They not only decorated the body but also accumulated value. This volume offers a comprehensive, systematic guide to the object groups. Typical forms are presented, described, and illustrated in a study of jewellery in German-speaking countries from the Palaeolithic era to the Middle Ages. This reference work is aimed at any interested reader but also provides a practical tool for recording and indexing museum and archaeological collections. First comprehensive systematics of pre- and early historical arm and leg ornaments Suitable for academics as well as interested amateurs

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Book SynopsisDas archäologische Bestimmungsbuch »Gürtel« behandelt eine außergewöhnliche archäologische Fundgruppe, die sich durch besonders vielfältig gestaltete und reich verzierte Stücke auszeichnet. Gürtel nehmen eine besondere Rolle bei der Ausstattung römischer Soldaten, als Würdezeichen fränkischer Krieger oder in der Frauentracht ein. Neben der Zusammenstellung ganzer Gürtelgarnituren und Gürtelketten gilt die Aufmerksamkeit den Einzelteilen wie Schnallen, Gürtelhaken und Riemenzungen. Jeder Typ wird durch eine exakte Beschreibung seiner Form und Varianten, durch Angaben zu Alter und Verbreitung sowie durch Hinweise auf die Verwendung der Beschläge gekennzeichnet. In der Reihe »Bestimmungsbuch Archäologie« werden archäologische Fundgegenstände aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum zeitlich übergreifend von den Anfängen bis in das Hochmittelalter vorgestellt. Jeder Band ist systematisch gegliedert und wurde speziell für die Bestimmung von archäologischen Sammlungsbeständen konzipiert. Er ist wissenschaftlich fundiert, umfassend bebildert und eignet sich für den Fachmann ebenso wie für Studenten oder Heimatforscher und interessierte Laien.

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Book SynopsisThe Great Isaiah Scroll â the reference book by leading experts

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Book SynopsisEphesos is one of the most important archeological digs in the world. For 120 years Austrian archeologists have been at work on this magical site in western Turkey and continue to bring up spectacular finds. In this place archeologists have succeeded like nowhere else to make academia and the public aware of the distant past. In this book, Sabine Ladstatter, who leads the Ephesos dig, and award-winning photographer Lois Lammerhuber present the world of antiquity from a very special angle. Cats are to be found almost anywhere around the ancient city. They live in a very special environment. Sabine Ladstatter explains the nature of this extraordinary relationship and Lois Lammerhuber followed the cats of Ephesos on a magical mystery tour through an antique world of temples, stones, theaters and private houses.

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Book SynopsisA Century Retrospect and Future Prospects of Studies into Ancient Chinese Civilization.- Origins of Ancient Chinese Civilization.- The Mysteries of Ancient Chinese Bronzes.- How Far Are We Away from the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties.- Approaching the Various States in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

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Book SynopsisThe core of the collection of Greek vases at Harrow School is the gift of Sir John. Gardner Wilkinson, a leading Egyptologist of the mid nineteenth century whose wide range of interests is well demonstrated by his skill in collecting Greek vases, as well as his still influential books on Egypt. The collection is by no means an ordinary one, since it contains more than its share of Athenian masterpieces as well as a full range of wares from other parts of Greece and Italy. It includes the name vase of the Harrow Painter, an outstanding amphora by the Kleophrades Painter, and many hitherto unpublished pieces of more than ordinary merit.

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Book SynopsisThis catalogue completes the publication of the ancient Greek and Etruscan vases in the collection of the Reading Museum Service. It documents and illustrates chronologically more than 150 vases from across the ancient Mediterranean from Minoan to early Hellenistic. An Introduction by Jill Greenaway documents the interesting collections history.Trade ReviewAmy Smith has produced succinct and well-researched entries, including soe nicely judged descriptions, for a volume which provides an interesting contribution to the series, a useful basis for the ongoing use of the collection as a research and teaching resource. * Elizabeth Moignard, The Classical Review *The descriptions are meticulous right down to including correlation of the colour of the clat to the chips in the Munsell colour charts. * Mary B. Moore, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

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