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The Association's 1998 conference was focused on Windsor. The castle and College of St George, with its chapel, were the main themes. The architectural papers, however, extended to the parish church at Shottesbrooke, Reading Abbey and Eton College: this volume contains most of the papers given at the conference. Following an introduction to Windsor in the context of medieval Berkshire, there are chapters considering the work of Henry III, the remarkable buildings of Edward III, and the restoration after the tragic fire of 1992. Other chapters consider decorative elements in the chapel and the College, from floor-tiles in the Aerary to Henry III's wall-paintings in the Lower Ward. The book throws new light on many aspects of the castle and the College, and confirms, surely, Matthew Paris's view that there was 'no more splendid a castle in all of Europe'. ... Read more

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Tille Hoyuk was excavated between 1979 and 1990 by the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara as part of the Turkish Lower Euphrates Rescue Project. The site revealed important remains of the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, and of the Achaemenid, and Hellenistic periods, as well as a Medieval phase . Between the 12th and 15th centuries the prehistoric mound was occupied by the fortified residence of a local chieften, and this volume contains a discussion of the methodology and stratigraphy of the excavation, followed by catalogues of the pottery, metal objects and coins. ... Read more

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In this volume, Mudd reports on the results of an archaeological excavation undertaken by the Oxford Archaeological Unit during 1994, on an area of land at Melford Meadows, beside the River Thet. The excavation examined part of a Romano-British farmstead occupied from the end of the 1st century to the end of the 4th century, a small late Roman cemetery, and part of an early Saxon settlement, occupied during the 5th and 6th centuries. (63 b/w illus., 10 b/w photographs, 24 tables). ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: L. Reeve in 1858 in 453 pages; Subjects: Archaeology; Great Britain Antiquities; Great Britain; Gt. Brit; History / Ancient / General; History / Europe / Great Britain; Social Science / Archaeology; ... Read more

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The Kibyra-Olbasa region, in the uplands of south-west Anatolia, was home to a mixture of people - Kabalians, Milyans, Pisidians and others - while the city of Kibyra spoke four languages: Lydian, Solymian, Pisidian and Greek. This volume presents (with text, translations and brief commentary) some 160 ancient stones and inscriptions recorded by the late Alan Hall in 1984 and 1985 which attest to the influence of the Hellenistic and Roman kingdoms. Over one hundred are previously unpublished, others fully revised. A companion volume is being prepared by G H R Horsley and R A Kearsley. ... Read more

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This volume provides a new means of interpreting and reconstructing the history of an important fortified site of the middle Euphrates valley, Qalat Jabar, and clarifies its connection with the neighboring regions. A detailed classification of the pottery finds from the late eleventh to the fourteenth centuries provides a chronological framework for the major changes in ceramic production - a valuable model which can be used for other sites. ... Read more

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The rich numismatic collections of Turkish provincial museums are still relatively unknown and this volume presents for the first time the coinage in the museum of Amasya, which, under its ancient name of Amaseia, was one of the major centers of north-east Anatolia. In the Hellenistic period it was capital of the powerful kingdom of Pontus, while under the Roman empire it boasted the title of `Metropolis and First City' of its province. Over 4,500 coins held in the museum are catalogued, ranging in date from the 5th century BC until the 11th century AD. Most are finds from the surrounding region, so that there are rich holdings from the mints of Amaseia, Amisus, Sinope and Cappadcian Caesarea; but over 50 other mints in Asia Minor are represented and some coins come from as far afield as Alexandria in Egypt and Arles in Gaul. ... Read more

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This volume is the long-awaited final report on the late Crystal Bennett's 1971-1980 excavations at Busayra, the major city of the Iron Age kingdom of Edom in southern Jordan. Dr. Bienkowski and specialist contributors describe and illustrate the architecture, stratigraphy, pottery and other finds of this impressive fortified administrative and religious center. The concluding chapter puts the nature and role of Busayra into its proper ancient context in the light of current research on tribal kingdoms. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: J.R. Smith in 1858 in 92 pages; Subjects: Great Britain; Treasure-trove; Archaeology; Treasure troves; History / Europe / Great Britain; History / Historiography; Social Science / Archaeology; Travel / Special Interest / Adventure; ... Read more

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The thirteen papers in this volume are based on lectures given at the British Archaeological Association's Annual Conference at Rouen in 1989. Contributors include: D Bates (Rouen from 900 to 1204); J Le Maho (Le groupe episcopal de Rouen du IVe au Xe siecle); M Bayle (Les vestiges romans de l'ancienne priorale Saint-Gervais de Rouen); N Stratford (The wall-paintings of the Petit-Quevilly); L Grant (Rouen cathedral, 1200-1237); C Norton (The export of decorated floor tiles from Normandy); J Stratford (John, Duke of Bedford, as patron in Lancastrian Rouen); C Reynolds (The Shrewsbury Book, British Library, Royal MS 15 E.VI). ... Read more

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Stoneware provides vital evidence for regional and international trade, political and religious propaganda, social behaviour, living conditions and design trends. First developed in the Rhineland at the end of the 13th century, fully fused stoneware is a hard, non-porous ceramic, ideal for domerstic use. Heavily exported, its forms and ornamet became increasingly sophisticated from the Renaissance on, as the ware ceased to be made primarily as a utilitarian comodity. German stoneware provides an essential framework for chronology and social interpretations on archaeological sites from Britain and the continent to North America and beyond. ... Read more

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German Stoneware
This book really is the "bible" for anyone who has an interest in old stoneware pottery.It is readable too! ... Read more

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This publication presents the results of 12 excavations within the Cambourne Development Area, a new settlement on the clay 'uplands'to the west of Cambridge. The excavations revealed evidence for intermittent human occupation of the Cambourne landscape from at least the Middle Bronze Age to the present day but mostly of Middle Iron Age to Romano-British date. From the Middle Iron Age, the Cambourne landscape was settled by small farming communities occupying roundhouses, set within enclosures linked by droveways to extensive field systems. Apart from the largest and most complex site investigated, at Lower Cambourne, the Late Iron Age seems to have seen something of a recession with abandonment of earlier settlements probably as a result of increased waterlogging making farming less viable. From the middle of the 1st century AD, new settlements consisting of roundhouses set within enclosures and field systems emerged. Three 'placed deposits' comprised pewter vessels, glass vessels, and the iron elements of a plough. Stock raising and some arable cultivation seem to have formed the main constituents of the economyand settlement may have continued into the early 5th century There appears then to have been a hiatus until the 12th or 13th century when the entire area was taken into arable cultivation leaving the ubiquitous traces of medieval ridge and furrow agriculture. ... Read more

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Archaeological reports and synthetic studies on the history, buildings and architecture, along with a report on Jordan-British excavations at the citadel. A large, well-illustrated volume. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 2; Original Published by: [New York : American Museum of Natural History] in 1899 in 50 pages; Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); British Columbia; History / Canada / General; Social Science / Archaeology; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies; ... Read more

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A large collection of papers which originated in a conference on Boetia which was held in Bradford in 1989. Since then most of the papers have been updated where required and they testify to the quality and volume of new work being undertaken in this area of Greece. Twenty-five papers in all, including 4 on prehistory by John M. Fossey, Saul Levin, Jost Knauss and Harriet Allen; 3 on the post-Mycenean dark ages by Alina Veneri, Paola Angeli Bernadini and Angheliki K. Andreiomenou; 4 on the archaic period by H. van Effenterre, John M. Fossey, Ettore Cingano, Jan Stubbe Ostergaard; 6 on the classical-hellenisctic period by A. M. Snodgrass, Giuseppe Zecchini, Luisa Breglia Pulcia Doria, L. Prandi, Marta Sordi, John Bintliff and Gilbert Argoud; 3 on the late hellenistic and Roman period by Cinzia Bearzot, Albert Schachter and S. E. Alcock; 4 papers on the medieval and early modern period by Peter Lock, Machiel Kiel, Duane W. Roller and Apostolos Papadopoulos. ... Read more