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  • THE OBJECT OF CONSERVATION
    SIÂN JONES / THOMAS YARROW
    The Object of Conservation examines how historic buildings, monuments and artefacts are cared for as valued embodiments of the past. It tells the fascinating story of the working lives of those involved in conservation through an ethnographic account of a national heritage agency. How are conservation objects made? What is the moral purpose of that making and what practical con...

    $1,120.00

  • THE CULTURE OF ANIMALS IN ANTIQUITY
    SIAN LEWIS / LLOYD LLEWELLYN-JONES
    The Culture of Animals in Antiquity provides students and researchers with well-chosen and clearly presented ancient sources in translation, some well-known, others undoubtedly unfamiliar, but all central to a key area of study in ancient history: the part played by animals in the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean. It brings new ideas to bear on the wealth of evidence – lit...

    $1,340.00

  • THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ETHNICITY
    SIÂN JONES
    The question of ethnicity is highly controversial in contemporary archaeology. Indigenous and nationalist claims to territory, often rely on reconstructions of the past based on the traditional identification of 'cultures' from archaeological remains. Sian Jones responds to the need for a reassessment of the ways in which social groups are identified in the archaeological rec...

    $1,160.00

  • MY LIFE AS A REPLICA
    SALLY FOSTER / SIAN JONES
    In 1970 a concrete replica of the St John’s Cross arrived in Iona sitting incongruously on the deck of a puffer delivering the island’s annual supply of coal. What is the story behind this intriguing replica? How does it relate to the world’s first ringed ‘Celtic cross’, an artistic and technical masterpiece, which has been at the heart of the Iona experience since the eighth c...

    $383.69