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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...

    $319.99

  • 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...

    $329.00

  • 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...

    $383.99

  • 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,...

    $229.00

  • 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 ...

    $251.00

  • 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...

    $279.00

  • 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...

    $200.00

  • 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...

    $249.00

  • 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...

    $229.00

  • 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...

    $251.00

  • THE PRESENT PAST
    IAN HODDER
    This updated edition of Professor Ian Hodders original and classic work on the role which anthropology must play in the interpretation of the archaeological record.There has long been a need for archaeologists and anthropologists to correlate their ideas and methods for interpreting the material culture of past civilisations. Archaeological interpretation of the past is inevita...

    $119.00