Reports on excavations of a sanctuary situated outside the ancient Athenian Agora on the slope leading to the Akropolis. The project was carried out by the Agora staff in 1936-39 and 1959-60. Though t
A thought provoking collection of essays which take a cognitive approach to landscape, examining the phenomonology and symbolism of landscapes and monuments. The contributions are: Establishing a disc
The effect of ploughing on stratigraphy and on artefacts spread over the surface is explored in this much-needed book. Agricultural engineering literature and the analysis of three experimental datase
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) poet, painter, novelist, explorer, mountaineer, chess master, classical scholar and drug addict was the founder of a religion called thelema , which, he claimed, had su
The reaction against archaeological explanations relying on invasion and migration was part of the processualist critique in the 1960s. Only recently have archaeologists like Kristiansen argued that a
Since the publication of her first full length novel, Adam Bede, in 1859 George Eliot has enjoyed the reputation of the greatest realist novelist in English and as the guardian of traditional English
The documents published in this volume were produced at a time of great concern for Church reform in the aftermath of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215, and they constitute an important source of evi
The publication of Possession (1990) brought world-wide renown for A. S. Byatt and prompted a reappraisal of her work. Her ideas on fiction writing, and on religion, philosophy, and the fairy tale, ha
An illustrated guide to the Scottish tartan, including a brief history of the costume and a comprehensive listing of the major clans and their tartans.
Change and transformation are central to the action, themes and language of A Midsummer Night's Dream. In this lucid study Helen Hackett shows how the play participates in a widespread 1590s concern w
Engineering drawing - while it had its roots in the scientific and technical illustration of the Renaissance and in the architectural and naval draughtsmanship of the 16th and 17th centuries - was ess
The thirty-three articles in this collection (originally published between 1948 and 1992) were chosen from the corpus of bibliographical items authored by Hans Gustav Gueterbock over a span of more th
A magnificent treasure house for a study in decoration, no other extant Roman monument has such rich examples of ornament from a single building campaign. McNally grabs the opportunity to consider the
The centre of this book is a catalogue of all known Bronze Age metalwork found in the province of East Flanders (Belgium). Each catalogue entry contains a critical assessment the object's authenticity
A collection of Ioannis Spatharakis' influential papers, some published here for the first time, on illuminated manuscripts from the era of Iconoclasm and the Macedonian Renaissance in the 8th and 9th
Report on urban excavations which revealed an occupation sequence from thirteenth century burgage plots into the moden period. The earliest houses were constructed of timber and there was some evidenc
The decline of Mithraism in the fourth century AD is used as a case-study for understanding the end of other classes of `paganism' in the Roman western provinces. The author reviews epigraphic and num
Ships and shipbuilding were important elements of Viking culture and a precondition for trade, warfare and conquest. The important excavations at the Viking towns of Hedeby and Schleswig-Holstein reve
One autumn day in 1973, at the Oriental Institute's excavations at Nippur in south central Iraq, a workman rising from eating his lunch in one of the site's trenches brushed the balk against which
This is a commentary on Bacchae, by Euripides. It takes account of the studies made on the play since it was written, as well as the discoveries made about the cult of Dionysus. The author has already
A study of the archaeology of Malta during tha time of the Phoenicians and the Carthaginians, examining its transition from a quiet backwater to an important Phoenician colony and staging post on thei
King Lear is generally thought to be Shakespeare's masterpiece. Terence Hawkes's concise but thorough sifting of the play offers a full exposition of its complex narrative and thematic structure. The
Most innovative of Victorian and Edwardian novelists, James transformed fiction by anti-realist modes of symbolic action, puzzles, gaps, and narrative uncertainties, devices emphasized in his own and
T.S. Eliot considered Herbert's religious verse above John Donne's and placed him firmly in the ranks of thegreat English poets. Peter Porter's new introduction gives a fresh perspective on the poetry
The new series of Writers and Their Work continues a tradition of innovative critical studies introducing writers and their contexts to a wide range of readers. Drawing upon the most recent thinking i
This critical study of a key figure in Victorian literary society examines Pater's work on art history, literature and Greek studies, as well as analysing the roles of gender and journalism in shaping
This new study of Andrew Marvell offers a state-of-the-art guide to one of the most intriguing and elusive poets of the seventeenth century. Professor Annabel Patterson, known for her ability to make
An extensive review of the Mesolithic sites in the Iron Gates Gorge of the Danube River, between Yugoslavia and Romania. The important sites of Lepenski Vir, Vlasac, Padina, and Hajducka Vodenica are
Papyri problems and exercises on papyri and ostraca, work books and text books provide some of the richest evidence for the processes of education in the Roman world. This study examines how the sk
Two important contributions to Greek pottery studies. Aftermath, by D. A. Amyx, is a catalogue of material supplementing his work in Corinth VII.2 but found after the cutoff of 1969 or omitted for som
Nine studies bring a variety of empirical bases, theoretical perspectives, and concerns to bear on societies in the past that exhibit declining egalitarianism and increasing political centralization.
A delightfully illustrated introduction to gardening and nature for the younger reader, full of ideas and informative descriptions of the animals and plants found in the garden.
From aab gosht to zeera, this is a wordlist of Hindi (and some regional) terms for food and dishes throughout the sub-continent. A handy pocket size, it is essential company when going to the market,
This book reports on the reconaissance and survey of the prehistoric settlement site at the modern fishing town of Puerto Lopez, Canton Jipijapa, in the southern Manabi province of Ecuador. The earlie
Subtitled `the reconstruction of the social organization of a mesolithic culture in Northern Europe', this book is based on a structural analysis of the Ulkestrup Huts in Central Zealand.
"It is the best of Xenophon, it is the worst of Xenophon. Readers looking for a carefully researched, well balanced, and reliable narrative of Greek affairs from 404 to 395 (BC) will be disappointed"-
This edition contains the thirty-three letters which survive from those exchanged between Cicero and his correspondents between the beginning of January and the end of April, 43 B.C.
An illustrated ABC presenting themes and scenes from the Islamic world. The book contains 26 colour plates, each devoted to a single letter of the western alphabet. In the centre of each plate is a ve
