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Jones: The Archaeology of Ethnicity. Paperback 
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  • Archaeology of Ethnicity. Constructing identities in the past and present. Paperback
  • by Sian Jones
  • 180 pages, with 8 figures, notes, references, index. 1996. The question of ethnicity is highly controversial in contemporary archaeology. The author responds to the need for a reassessment of the ways in which social groups are identified in the archeological record.


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Mallory: In Search of the Indo-Europeans. Language, Archaeology and Myth. Paperback Choose Paperback 21.95, 19.95 
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  • In Search of the Indo-Europeans. Language, Archaeology and Myth. Paperback
  • by J.P. Mallory
  • 288 pages, 175 iIlustrations, bibliography, index, first published in 1991


9780500276167
Johnson: Archaeological Theory. An Introduction. Paperback 
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  • Archaeological Theory. An Introduction. Paperback
  • Matthew Johnson
  • 256 pages. 1999


9780631202967
Jones: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution. Paperback 
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  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution. Paperback
  • Edited by Steve Jones, Robert Martin and David Pilbeam. Executive editor: Sarah Bunney. Foreword by Richard Dawkins
  • 520 pages, with numerous maps, illustrations, appendices, glossary, index. 1994


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Joyce, Preucel, The Languages of Archaeology: Dialogue, Narrative, and Writing. Paperback 
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  • Languages of Archaeology: Dialogue, Narrative, and Writing. Paperback
  • by Rosemary A. Joyce, Robert W. Preucel
  • 2002


9780631221791 0631221794
Kaplan: Sensuous Seas: Tales of a Marine Biologist. Hardcover 
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  • Sensuous Seas: Tales of a Marine Biologist. Hardcover
  • by Eugene H. Kaplan. Illustrated by Sandy Chichester Rivkin and Susan L. Kaplan
  • x, 271 pages, 150 line illustartions. 2006. Learning marine biology from a textbook is one thing. But take readers to the bottom of the sea in a submarine to discover living fossils or to coral reefs to observe a day in the life of an octopus, and the sea and its splendors come into focus, in brilliant colors and with immediacy.


9780691125602 1525
Kehoe: The Land of Prehistory. A Critical History of American Archaeology. Paperback. 
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  • Land of Prehistory. A Critical History of American Archaeology. Paperback
  • Beck Kehoe
  • 288 pages, with notes, references, index, and some illustrations. 1998


0415920558-1829
Keppie: Understanding Roman Inscriptions. Paperback 
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  • Understanding Roman Inscriptions. Paperback
  • By Lawrence Keppie 
  • 158 pages, with 13 line figures, 88 blackwhite photos. 1991. A comprehensive and enjoyable guide to undestanding the texts of Roman inscriptions, as well as explaining the numerous different contexts in which they were produced. For each inscription cited, the book provides the original Latin, an English translation and a commentary on the piece's significance. Introduction to the most important source for the history and organisation of the Roman Empire.


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Kerisel: Of Stones and Man: From the Pharaohs to the Present Day. Paperback 
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  • Of Stones and Man: From the Pharaohs to the Present Day. Paperback
  • Jean Kerisel
  • xxiii, 127 pages. Beautifully illustrated throughout. 2005. Arrogance and a penchant for excess have driven mankind to build ever greater and more ambitious edifices. The author analyzes these works from a scientific and historically-sensitive perspective, highlighting the hydro-geological background to infamous disasters; from the faults inherent in the Sphinx to the leaning Tower of Pisa.


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Kipfer: Dictionary of Artifacts. Hardback 
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  • Dictionary of Artifacts. Hardback
  • By Barbara Ann Kipfer
  • 360 pages, 121 illustrations. 2007
  • "Dictionary of Artifacts is a surprisingly useful idea and an indispensable guide for students" Larry J. Zimmerman, Indiana University


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Kohl: Nationalism, Politics and the Practice of Archaeology. Paperback 
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  • Nationalism, Politics and the Practice of Archaeology. Paperback
  • Philip L. Kohl
  • 341 pages. 1996. An edited collection exploring political misuse of archaeology for nationalistic purposes. The case studies in this collection range from the propaganda purposes served by archaeology in the Nazi state, through the interplay of official dogma in the former Soviet Union, to instances of ideological archaeology in other countries.


9780521558396, 0521558395 23se43
Koloski-Ostrow: Naked Truths. Women, sexuality, and gender in classical art and archaeology. Paperback 
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  • Naked Truths. Women, sexuality, and gender in classical art and archaeology
  • Olga Koloski-Ostrow and C. Lyons, editors
  • 315 pages, 62 illustrations, 2 line drawings. 2000. The articles in this volume demonstrate the application of feminist theory to a diverse repertory of classical art; they offer topical and controversial readings on the material culture of the Mediterranean


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Kristiansen, Larsson: The Rise of Bronze Age Society. Travels, Transmissions and Transformations. Paperback 
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  • Rise of Bronze Age Society. Travels, Transmissions and Transformations. Paperback
  • Kristian Kristiansen and Thomas B. Larsson
  • 464 pages. 2005. 1. A theoretical strategy for studying interaction; 2. Odysseus, a Bronze Age archetype; 3. Rulership in the Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age; 4. Europe in the early Bronze Age; 5. Symbolic transmission and social transformation in Bronze Age Europe; 6. The cosmological structure of Bronze Age society; 7. Among gods and mortals, animals and humans; 8. Cosmos and culture in the Bronze Age.


9780521604666, 0521604664-2545

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Kumar: Conservation of Building' Stones. Hardcover 
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  • Conservation of Building' Stones. Hardcover
  • by Anuradha V. Kumar
  • xiv, 229 pages, with bibliography, many illustrations
  • first edition: 2001


0 indian publication Kumar
Kyriakidis: Ritual in the Bronze Age Aegean. The Minoan Peak Sanctuaries. Hardback 
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  • Ritual in the Bronze Age Aegean. The Minoan Peak Sanctuaries. Hardback
  • Evangelos Kyriakidis
  • 224 pages, with 30 illustrations. 2006. Minoan archaeology and the so-called "peak sanctuaries" have been the object of much interest and speculation. The author assesses old and new ideas about these sanctuaries, testing and enriching them by connecting them with extant material and underpinning with a solid theoretical basis.


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Lamarre: Uncovering Heian Japan: An Archaeology of Sensation and Inscription. Paperback 
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  • Uncovering Heian Japan: An Archaeology of Sensation and Inscription. Paperback
  • Thomas Lamarre
  • x, 237 pages. 2000


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Larsen: Skeletons in Our Closet: Revealing Our Past through Bioarchaeology 
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  • Skeletons in Our Closet: Revealing Our Past through Bioarchaeology
  • Clark Spencer Larsen
  • 248 pages, with some illustrations, map, index. 2002
  • The dead tell no tales. Or do they? In this text, Clark Spencer Larsen shows that the dead can speak to us - about their lives and ours - through the insights of bioarchaeology, which reconstructs the lives and lifestyles of past peoples based on the study of skeletal remains


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Lavell: Handbook for British and Irish Archaeology. Sources and Resources. Paperback 
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  • Handbook for British and Irish Archaeology. Sources and Resources. Paperback
  • Compiled by Cherry Lavell
  • xii, 421 pages, with bibliography, list of organisations, etc. 1997. A sourcebook for archaeologists, this text includes lists of organizations, national societies and special interest groups within archaeology and contributory disciples. It also offers a catalogue of finding aids such as printed bibliographies, dictionaries and map lists


9780748607648, 0748607641 5054
Lee Lyman: Vertebrate Taphonomy. Paperback 
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  • Vertebrate Taphonomy. Paperback
  • by R. Lee Lyman
  • 550 pages, with 20 line diagrams 26 half-tones. 1994. Taphonomy studies the transition of organic matter from the biosphere into the geological record.....


9780521458405, 0521458404-35sd60

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Lenssen-Erz: Brandberg, Der Bilderberg Namibias. Kunst und Geschichte einer Urlandschaft. Gebunden 
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  • Brandberg, Der Bilderberg Namibias. Kunst und Geschichte einer Urlandschaft. Gebunden, 31,5 cm
  • Tilman Lenssen-Erz und Marie-Theres Erz. Herausgegeben von Gerhard Bosinski. 
  • 127 Seiten, mit Zeichnungen sowie zahlreiche farbigen Fotos und Karten. 2000


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Levy: The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land. Paperback 
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  • Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land. Paperback
  • edited by Thomas E. Levy, with a new introduction by Kent Flannery
  • 624 pages, with many illustrations. 1995, 1998, reprint 2003


9780826469960
Lewis-Williams: Inside the Neolithic Mind. Consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods. Hardcover 
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  • Inside the Neolithic Mind. Consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods. Hardcover
  • by David Lewis-Williams
  • 320 pages, with 29 colour and 75 blackwhite illustrations. 2005
  • This brilliantly argued and elegantly written book examines the intricate web of belief, myth and society in the Neolithic period, continuing the story begun in the bestselling and critically acclaimed book The Mind in the Cave.


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Lewis-Williams: The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art. Paperback 
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  • Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art. Paperback
  • by David Lewis-Williams
  • 320 pages, with 94 illustrations, (27 in colour). 2004


9780500284650, 0500284652-1522
Lock: Using Computers in Archaeology. Towards virtual pasts. Paperback 
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  • Using Computers in Archaeology. Towards virtual pasts. Paperback. Ca.23x15cm
  • by Gary Lock
  • 320 pages, with 85 line drawings and 20 tables. 2003. Today, archaeologists are spending more and more time examining the past with the aid of computers. How does this increased dependence on technology affect the theory and practice of archaeology?


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Louwe Kooijmans, van den Broeke, Fokkens, van Gijn: Nederland in de prehistorie. Gebonden 65,00 of 61.75 
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  • Nederland in de prehistorie. Hardcover
  • door L.L. Kooijmans. Met Peter W. van den Broeke, Harry Fokkens, Annelou van Gijn
  • 842 pagina's (ca. 3 kg!). 2005. Van de prehistorische tijden getuigen monumenten: hunebedden, grafheuvels en urnenvelden.


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Lucas: The Archaeology of Time. Paperback 
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  • Archaeology of Time. Paperback
  • by Gavin Lucas
  • 160 pages, with 19 line drawings and 1 half tone. 2004. It might seem obvious that time lies at the heart of archaeology, since archaeology is about the past. However, the issue of time is complicated and often problematic, and although we take it very much for granted, our understanding of time affects the way we do archaeology. It provides a full discussion of chronology and change, time and the nature of the archaeological record, and the perception of time and history in past societies.


9780415311984, 0415311985-16
Lüth: Tauchgang in die Vergangenheit. Unterwasserarchäologie in Nord- und Ostsee. Gebunden 
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  • Tauchgang in die Vergangenheit. Unterwasserarchäologie in Nord- und Ostsee. 28,5 cm. Gebunden
  • Herausgegeben von Friedrich Lüth, Thijs J. Maarleveld und Flemming Rieck
  • 112 Seiten mit 120 meist farbigen Abbildungen und Karten. 2004
  • Unterwasserarchäologen spüren auf dem Meeresgrund versunkenen Zeugnissen der Vergangenheit nach. Führende Forscher präsentieren hier die Ergebnisse und Methoden der wohl abenteuerlichsten Form der Archäolgie


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Mallory: The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. Hardback. 
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  • Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. Hardback
  • By J.P. Mallory and Victor H. Mair
  • 352 pages, with 13 colour and 177 black-white illustrations. 2000. The best-preserved mummies are in the museums of Xinjiang, China. For thousands of years the occupants of the Tarim deserts buried their dead in the desert sands. The mummies' faces are European, and this study tries to explain their origin.


9780500051016, 05000510112850
Mathpal: Rock Art in Kumaon Himalaya. Cloth. ip 
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  • Rock Art in Kumaon Himalaya. Cloth. ip
  • Yashodhar Mathpal
  • 92 pages with text, map, and 65 plates. 1995. This book brings into focus facets of prehistoric Rock Art of Kumaon Himalayan area comparatively unknown. The rock paintings as noticed in this area show as usual man and nature relationship in a simplistic representation. The most interesting paintings found in Kumaon Region are the dancing scenes, which are in large varieties followed by drum-beating figures, hunters and others


0 Indian Publication Mathpal
Mayer: Saracenic Heraldry. A Survey. Cloth 
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  • Saracenic Heraldry. A Survey. Cloth
  • L.A. Mayer
  • 318 pages, plus 71 plates, with bibliography and index. 1933, 1999
  • All inscriptions in Arabic with English translations
  • This volume presents a fully documented armorial roll of Saracenic sultans and emirs, designed to meet the requirements of students of Muslim archaeology and covering the geographical area of Syria, Palestine and Egypt during the period from the end of the Crusades to the Ottoman conquest. A comprehensive introduction discusses the origins and forms of Saracenic heraldry and its place in Ayyubid and Mamluk society. The armorial roll contains descriptions of blazons, explanations of inscriptions and bibliographic references. (1933)


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Mayne: The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes. Paperback 
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  • Archaeology of Urban Landscapes. Paperback
  • Edited by Alan Mayne, Tim Murray
  • 204 pages, with 8 line diagrams, 24 half-tones, 4 graphs, 13 maps. 2001


9780521779753, 0521779758 2340

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Mayor: The First Fossil Hunters. Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times. Cloth 
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  • First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times
  • by Adrienne Mayor
  • xx, 361 pages, with numerous illustrations. 2000. Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes and Giants, these creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the imagination through accounts that have come down from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if they were more than fictions? This text shows that these beings did have a basis in fact.


9780691058634, 0691058636 3560
Mayor: The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times. Paperback 
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  • First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times
  • by Adrienne Mayor
  • xx, 361 pages, with numerous illustrations. Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes and Giants - these creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the imagination through accounts that have come down from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if they were more than fictions? This text shows that many of these beings did have a basis in fact.


9780691089775, 0691089779115225