Geographical imagination and the authority of images collects three papers and an interview on the themes presented and discussed during the 2005 Hettner lectures. Cosgrove examines the roles that vis
In our highly literate culture, orality is all-pervasive. Different kinds of media and performance — theatre, film, television, story-telling, structured play — make us ask what is the relation betwee
Here is a book about the Horse Chestnut and Sweet Chestnut for healing and eating. In England the horse chestnut or conker is a much-loved tree. Its edible cousin, the sweet chestnut, is valued here i
The annual publication presents papers concerning the archaeology and history of England and its neighbors during the Anglo-Saxon period that are comprehensible to non-specialists. Archaeologists most
Phylogenic (evolutionary) trees (diagrams) have been used as a method of discerning gaps in histories, known events, and trends for about the past two centuries, and now, of course, the computer is ma
Illustrated throughout with line drawings and photographs, this is a simple guide to understanding and dating doors, stairs, windows, fireplaces and other period house fittings.
Olympia is part of the volume entitled "treasures of the Greek Museums" which introduces the reader to the priceless works of art housed in the museums of Greece. The texts, written by experts, furnis
Elizabeth Cleland was a cook and teacher of cookery in Georgian Edinburgh. Her New and Easy Method of Cookery was published in 1755 and is the second printed recipe book published in Scotland the same
Humanity has found a use for each and every part of the elder: leaf, bark, wood or branch, flower and, finally, berry or fruit. Some of these functions are grounded in superstition: that the elder enc
When MacDowell retired from the Chair of Greek at Glasgow University in the summer of 2001, a conference was held there to celebrate 30 years of service. Taking the three themes in order, 17 papers di
Merryn Dineley's thesis is based on the premise that the `biochemical laws that govern the processes of malting, mashing and fermentation remain unchanged throughout the millennia'. She therefore uses
The Christian mystics open our eyes to a world beyond this one, to the world of the spirit and of God, of whom they had a direct knowledge and experience, obtained chiefly through prayer, meditation a
As McEwan argues, the past is well suited to manipulation and can be used to uphold particular ideologies, for example those dictated by the state. This discussion of the development of archaeology in
Presented as a festschrift on the occasion of Delmarcel's retirement from Leuven U., Belgium, where he taught art history, this slightly oversize (10x12) volume contains 13 articles on tapestries in c
For five hundred years the small village of Eynsham in Oxfordshire has lived with the hazy memory of a great Benedictine abbey that once flourished at its heart. In recent years major archaeological e
In his new introduction to this reprint of the 1970 Praeger Publishers edition, Berg (U. of Pennsylvania) explains that he is revisiting the scene of the "misdemeanor," i.e. the practice of inflating
A report on two tombs found at Giza: Kaiemankh (G4561) who held the offices of Superintendent of the Treasury and Superintendent of Priests; Seshemnefer I (G4940), the Royal Chamberlain, Priest of
A series of eight insightful and accessible papers, derived from a conference held in Lampeter in 1998, which explore the combination of myth, science and reason in Plato's account of the world's crea
An impressive collection of 29 essays by British, American and Italian scholars on important historical, artistic, cultural, social, legal, literary and theatrical aspects of women's contributions to
Professor Otto Demus's work on Byzantine art represents one of the great original contributions to the subject made in this century. His early studies in the 1930s on the "mosaics of Greece were follo
Professor Otto Demus's work on Byzantine art represents one of the great original contributions to the subject made in this century. His early studies in the 1930s on the "mosaics of Greece were follo
This study focuses on one aspect of the republican senate the relationship between rank and participation in debate. The senate is usually pictured as a place in which a relatively small number of hig
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
This two-volume account of archaeological investigations in central and eastern Luristan reflects work carried out over 50 years in the remote area of western Iran, north of the Zagros Mountains. Incl
Phaedra, a disturbing drama of unnatural love, violence, and perverted loyalty, is one of eight surviving tragedies written by the millionaire philosopher and littérateur Lucius Annaeus Seneca (ca 1 B
In the first section of this book, Professor Amyx catalogues and discusses more than 200 fragments of Archaic Corinthian pottery with figure decoration, selected from those previously unpublished o
Focusing on Bronze Age societies in Central Eurasia and North China, this book presents a new scenario of early social evolution. Essentially it integrates the Marxist production-relation concept a
Justinian's Balkan Wars is the first history of military and diplomatic affairs in the Roman provinces south of the River Danube during the reign of the Emperor Justinian (A.D. 527-65). The Emperor's
In this important examination of T.F. Torrance's reading of the Church Fathers, Radcliff explores how Torrance reconstructs the patristic tradition, producing a Reformed, evangelical, and ecumenical v
This book outlines the discovery and investigation of a Roman fort, enclosing an area of c. 2.1 ha, which overlooks the River Tamar, at Calstock in south-east Cornwall. Extensive geophysical survey ha
The measurement and analysis of space is central to archaeological study, such as through the recording of site plans and sections and the interpretation of spatial relationships between artefacts and
The aim of this study is to explore the rock-art of the Central Eastern Desert and has three objectives: to outline the petroglyphs' distribution, to date them, and to explain who created them and for
Captain Claud Williams’ memoir tells, first-hand, what it was like to be a Light Car Patrol commander during the First World War, while Russell McGuirk’s commentary provides the historical background
A sample of 1227 Spanish wills, dating from fifteenth-, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Madrid and Seville, is the basis for an in-depth exploration of the connection between individual action, ide
In order to clarify the career of chief architect Kha and his role in western Thebes during the second half of the XVIIIth dynasty, Russo compiles a biographical outline of his official role, his work
Foreign cults of female divinities were often accepted among different cultures and female cults were often reshaped after new models. The transcultural nature of many goddesses and the related proble
Developed from the author's doctoral dissertation at the University of Leicester, this volume examines the relationship between Thomas Hardy and the archaeological heritage of the regions of England i
