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  • THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS
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    THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS
    MELANIE WINTERTON
    "Winterton's book is a good introductory effort on the haptic environment of World War I aviators and their personal artifacts."—The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation Archaeology provides a fascinating insight into the lives of the aviators of the First World War. Their descriptions of the sensation of flying in the open cockpits of the primitive warplanes of the d...

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  • THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS
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    THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS
    MELANIE WINTERTON
    "Winterton's book is a good introductory effort on the haptic environment of World War I aviators and their personal artifacts."—The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation Archaeology provides a fascinating insight into the lives of the aviators of the First World War. Their descriptions of the sensation of flying in the open cockpits of the primitive warplanes of the d...

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  • EARLY SHIPS AND SEAFARING: WATER TRANSPORT BEYOND EUROPE
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    EARLY SHIPS AND SEAFARING: WATER TRANSPORT BEYOND EUROPE
    SEÁN MCGRAIL
    In this volume Professor Sen McGrail introduces the reader to a relatively new branch of Archaeology the study of water transport how early rafts, boats and ships were built and used. Concepts, such as boatbuilding traditions, ship stability and navigation without instruments, are first described. Archaeological research is then discussed, including sea levels in earlier times,...

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  • PAST CRIMES
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    PAST CRIMES
    JULIE WILEMAN
    "Presents an understanding of the science, skills, and craft of the archaeologist and how these can be used to unravel many criminal mysteries." — Police History Society Newsletter   Today, police forces all over the world use archaeological techniques to help them solve crimes—and archaeologists are using the same methods to identify and investigate crimes in the past.   This ...

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  • A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF ANCIENT EGYPT
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    A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF ANCIENT EGYPT
    ANN ROSALIE DAVID
    An overview of daily life in ancient Egypt, its society, and culture. Based on years of prestigious academic work, Professor Rosalie David cleverly presents every aspect of life in ancient Egypt through the lives of various characters, all based on mummies from the Manchester Museum whom Professor Rosalie David has led the study of. Characters hail from all walks of life, inclu...

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  • LIVING ON THE EDGE OF EMPIRE
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    LIVING ON THE EDGE OF EMPIRE
    ROB COLLINS
    "Beautiful . . . an essential book for anyone with an interest in the material culture of the Roman frontier in its wider context." —Current Archaeology Dr. Rob Collins and the curators of the remarkable collections from Hadrian's Wall present a striking new contribution to understanding the archaeology of a Roman frontier. This highly illustrated volume showcases the artifacts...

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  • FIRST WORLD WAR UNIFORMS
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    FIRST WORLD WAR UNIFORMS
    CATHERINE PRICE-ROWE
    View any image of a Tommy and his uniform becomes an assumed item, few would consider where and how that uniform was made. Over 5 million men served on the Western Front, they all required clothing. From August 1914 to March 1919, across all theaters of operations, over 28 million pairs of trousers and c.360 million yards of various cloth was manufactured.Worn by men of all ran...

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  • FIRST WORLD WAR UNIFORMS
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    FIRST WORLD WAR UNIFORMS
    CATHERINE PRICE-ROWE
    View any image of a Tommy and his uniform becomes an assumed item, few would consider where and how that uniform was made. Over 5 million men served on the Western Front, they all required clothing. From August 1914 to March 1919, across all theaters of operations, over 28 million pairs of trousers and c.360 million yards of various cloth was manufactured.Worn by men of all ran...

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  • WAR & TRADE WITH THE PHARAOHS
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    WAR & TRADE WITH THE PHARAOHS
    GARRY J. SHAW
    "An entertaining and informative romp, from the joys of imported beer to the horror of invasion . . . demonstrates the extent of Egyptian foreign affairs."— Ancient Egypt M agazine   The ancient Egyptians presented themselves as superior to all other people in the world; on temple walls, the pharaoh is shown smiting foreign enemies—people from Nubia, Libya and the Levant or cru...

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  • WARFARE IN NEOLITHIC EUROPE
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    WARFARE IN NEOLITHIC EUROPE
    JULIAN MAXWELL HEATH
    The Neolithic ('New Stone Age') marks the time when the prehistoric communities of Europe turned their backs on the hunter-gatherer lifestyle that they had followed for many thousands of years, and instead, became farmers. The significance of this switch from a lifestyle that had been based on the hunting and gathering of wild food resources, to one that involved the growing of...

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  • WARFARE IN NEOLITHIC EUROPE
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    WARFARE IN NEOLITHIC EUROPE
    JULIAN MAXWELL HEATH
    The Neolithic ('New Stone Age') marks the time when the prehistoric communities of Europe turned their backs on the hunter-gatherer lifestyle that they had followed for many thousands of years, and instead, became farmers. The significance of this switch from a lifestyle that had been based on the hunting and gathering of wild food resources, to one that involved the growing of...

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  • WARFARE & WEAPONRY IN DYNASTIC EGYPT
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    WARFARE & WEAPONRY IN DYNASTIC EGYPT
    REBECCA DEAN
    A comprehensive look at the warfare and weaponry of Ancient Egypt brought to life through experimental archaeology. Defence. Attack. Symbolism. The development of warfare in any society provides an evocative glance into the lives (and deaths) of our predecessors. This is never more the case than with that most enticing of ancient civilisations, Ancient Egypt. Follow Rebecca Dea...

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  • BENEATH THE KILLING FIELDS
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    BENEATH THE KILLING FIELDS
    MATTHEW LEONARD
    Beneath the Killing Fields of the Western Front still lies a hidden landscape of industrialised conflict virtually untouched since 1918. This subterranean world is an ambiguous environment filled with material culture that that objectifies the scope and depth of human interaction with the diverse conflict landscapes of modern war. Covering the military reasoning for taking the ...

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  • THE CURSE OF THE PHARAOHS' TOMBS
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    THE CURSE OF THE PHARAOHS' TOMBS
    PAUL HARRISON
    The Curse of the Pharaohs Tombs is the definitive book on Ancient Egyptian tomb curses, providing new information and data never before published whilst exploring the many incidents and deaths associated with tomb curses. The book puts the record straight on matters which have been wrongly recorded by others, such as the legend of Tutankhamun, as well as presenting new data nev...

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  • THE WESTERN FRONT
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    THE WESTERN FRONT
    STEPHEN MILES
    The Western Front has become, once again, and after 100 years, an important and increasingly popular tourist destination. The Centenary is already encouraging large numbers of visitors to engage with this highly poignant landscape of war and to commemorate the sacrifice and loss of a previous generation. Interest is also being sharpened in the places of war as battle-sites, tre...

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  • AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY
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    AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY
    TREVOR ROWLEY
    An analysis of the famed medieval English tapestry through examination of the depicted landscapes, towns, castles, and other structures. An Archaeological Study of the Bayeux Tapestry provides a unique re-examination of this famous piece of work through the historical geography and archaeology of the tapestry. Trevor Rowley is the first author to have analyzed the tapestry thro...

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  • WILLIAM BOYD DAWKINS & THE VICTORIAN SCIENCE OF CAVE HUNTING
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    WILLIAM BOYD DAWKINS & THE VICTORIAN SCIENCE OF CAVE HUNTING
    MARK WHITE
    William Boyd Dawkins was a controversial Victorian geologist, palaeontologist and archaeologist who has divided opinion as either a hero or villain. For some, he was a pioneer of Darwinian science as a member of the Lubbock-Evans network, while for others he was little more than a reckless vandal who destroyed irreplaceable evidence and left precious little for future generatio...

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  • AN ANTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN TEXTS
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    AN ANTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN TEXTS
    SABINE FRANKE
    Learn about the ancient civilizations of Iraq and Syria, through the stories they told.   This book gathers the best stories of ancient Near Eastern literature surrounding the Mesopotamian gods, men, and kings. It takes the reader on a journey back to the birth of literature in Mesopotamia—which at the same time seems so distant yet so familiar.   Fairy tales, myths, and epics ...

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  • THE ROYAL TOMBS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
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    THE ROYAL TOMBS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
    AIDAN DODSON
    The renowned Egyptologist presents a fascinating and comprehensive history of Ancient Egyptian pyramids, mausolea and other funerary monuments. The royal tombs of ancient Egypt include some of the most stupendous monuments of all time, containing some of the greatest treasures to survive from the ancient world. This book is a history of the burial places of the rulers of Egypt ...

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  • THE ROYAL TOMBS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
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    THE ROYAL TOMBS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
    AIDAN DODSON
    The renowned Egyptologist presents a fascinating and comprehensive history of Ancient Egyptian pyramids, mausolea and other funerary monuments. The royal tombs of ancient Egypt include some of the most stupendous monuments of all time, containing some of the greatest treasures to survive from the ancient world. This book is a history of the burial places of the rulers of Egypt ...

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  • THE ROMAN INVASION OF BRITAIN
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    THE ROMAN INVASION OF BRITAIN
    BIRGITTA HOFFMANN
    The purpose of this book is to take what we think we know about the Roman Conquest of Britain from historical sources, and compare it with the archaeological evidence, which is often contradictory. Archaeologists and historians all too often work in complete isolation from each other and this book hopes to show the dangers of neglecting either form of evidence. In the process i...

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  • LANDSCAPES OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST
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    LANDSCAPES OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST
    TREVOR ROWLEY
    For a long time, the Norman Conquest has been viewed as a turning point in English history; an event which transformed English identity, sovereignty, kingship, and culture. The years between 1066 and 1086 saw the largest transfer of property ever seen in English History, comparable in scale, if not greater, than the revolutions in France in 1789 and Russia in 1917. This transfe...

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  • GRECO-ROMAN MEDICINE AND WHAT IT CAN TEACH US TODAY
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    GRECO-ROMAN MEDICINE AND WHAT IT CAN TEACH US TODAY
    NICK SUMMERTON
    A doctor explores how ancient medical practices can be applied to modern heath issues and illnesses. There can be little doubt that the Romans experienced many of the illnesses that are still encountered today, and individuals have always had to decide how best to deal with their health-related concerns. The Roman Empire was an amalgam of many cultures, often with dissimilar id...

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  • HOW COMPASSION MADE US HUMAN
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    HOW COMPASSION MADE US HUMAN
    PENELOPE SPIKINS
    An intriguing look at how our capacity to care about and connect with others has contributed to our evolutionary success as a species.   Our ability to care about the wellbeing of others, whether they are close family or strangers, can appear to be unimportant in today's competitive societies. But in this volume, archaeologist Penny Spikins argues that compassion lies at the he...

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  • AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN
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    AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN
    JONATHAN EATON
    This authoritative and accessible volume presents an archeological of Britain across millennia, from early prehistory to the present.   The Archaeological History of Britain takes us from the earliest prehistoric archaeology right up to the contemporary archaeology of the present day through the use of key sites. Historian Jonathan Eaton uses key sites to illustrate each signif...

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  • EARLY SHIPS AND SEAFARING: WATER TRANSPORT WITHIN EUROPE
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    EARLY SHIPS AND SEAFARING: WATER TRANSPORT WITHIN EUROPE
    SEÁN MCGRAIL
    Early Ships and Seafaring: Water Transport Within Europe' builds on Professor Sen McGrail's 2006 volume 'Ancient Boats and Ships' by delving deeper into the construction and use of boats and ships between the stone age and AD1500 in order to provide up to date information. Regions covered will include the Mediterranean and Atlantic Europe.This interesting volume is easily acces...

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  • FROM ANTIQUARIAN TO ARCHAEOLOGIST
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    FROM ANTIQUARIAN TO ARCHAEOLOGIST
    TIM MURRAY
    "Brings together fourteen of Tim Murray's papers on the history, philosophy, and sociology of archaeology published over two decades." — Bulletin of the History of Archaeology   This volume forms a collection of papers tracking the emergence of the history of archaeology from a subject of marginal status in the 1980s to the mainstream subject which it is today. Professor Timoth...

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  • WARFARE IN NORTHERN EUROPE BEFORE THE ROMANS
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    WARFARE IN NORTHERN EUROPE BEFORE THE ROMANS
    JULIE WILEMAN
    This book traces the developments in the defences, weaponry and armour of the northern 'barbarians' from the earliest traces of stone age aggression to the sophisticated warfare of the tribes who met the Romans in battle. It uses evidence from monuments such as the great hillforts of the Bronze and Iron Ages, including Maiden Castle in Dorset and Alesia in France, as well as th...

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  • NOTTINGHAM
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    NOTTINGHAM
    SCOTT LOMAX
    NOTTINGHAM: THE BURIED PAST OF A HISTORIC CITY REVEALED covers the story of the part of the city which was known as Nottingham during Medieval times. It is an accessible read and the ideal book for anyone with a general interest in the history of the city of Nottingham. However, it will also suit professional archaeologists and students alike due to the large amount of previous...

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  • THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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    THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    GABRIEL MOSHENSKA
    "A book to inspire local groups to research, reveal and record archaeology in their area." — The Civil Defence Journal  The Second World War transformed British society. Men, women and children inhabited the war in every area of their lives, from their clothing and food to schools, workplaces and wartime service. This transformation affected the landscapes, towns and cities as ...

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