Alfred’s Castle is a small enclosed site south of the Ridgeway on the Berkshire Downs, excavated between 1998 and 2000 by a team from Oxford University. This was the third site excavated by the Hillfo
Excavations revealed evidence of a settlement dating from the mid 7th to late 9th centuries. Remains of a wooden bridge and 35 buildings were found, some with timber surviving in post-holes, also a sm
This book gives a historical and critical introduction to the genre of crime fiction, from Edgar Allan Poe's first detective story The Murders in the Rue Morgue in 1841 to the present day. It concentr
US scholar of philosophy and theology Holmer (1916-2004) taught at the University of Minnesota from 1946 to 1960 then at Yale University until 1987. Here are 19 of his essays, many close parallels of
The aim of the book is to promote English Heritage's work in maritime archaeology by telling the story of shipwrecks around the coast of England, from the Anglo-Saxons to 1945, and placing these wreck
Contributions by 34 scholars are brought together here to create a volume in honor of the long and fruitful career of Guenter Kopcke who is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the Ins
Even the authors of this work admit that Jacques Ellul did not know everything, that he did not interpret everything accurately, but, they argue, he was one of the world’s last great polymaths and one
Huang Zhou (1925–1997), modern Chinese artist, was originally named Liang Gantang. He was also known by the names of Liang Yezi, Miao Di, Liang Peng, and Liang Quan. Born in Lixian County, Hebei Provi
John Tweed (1869-1933) was a hugely successful artist who, during his lifetime, became known as ‘The Empire Sculptor’. After training at the Glasgow School of Art, he moved to London and then spent si
This book is intended as a commented summary of some of the major trends and most important features that can be encountered when analysing ancient Egyptian society of the Old Kingdom. We have to bear
The early Iron Age settlement at Longbridge Deverill Cow Down, Wiltshire is justly regarded as one of the type sites of the British Iron Age. During four brief seasons of excavation between 1956 and 1
The latest in a series on post-medieval burial produced by MOLA, this volume reports on three non-Church of England burial grounds in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, excavated between 2004 and 20
A regional survey was undertaken in the central part of the Mirabello Bay area: along the northeastern coast of Crete in the Gournia Valley and the northern half of the Isthmus of Ierapetra, ending in
For more than 200 years, and especially since the rediscovery of ancient Egypt by Europe in the 19th century, the exotic Egyptian style in architecture has been a sign of our fascination with a civili
The author's original aim in writing this book was to chronicle the story of a very specific debate in human evolutionary studies that took place between the late 1880s and the 1930s - the 'eolith' de
This dictionary is small enough to carry in the field, but thorough enough that students or scientists with a fair knowledge of both Spanish and English can look up technical terms as they are reading
Juan Valera y Alcala-Galiano (1824?-1905), one of 19th-century Spain's most well known authors, had a career in the diplomatic service with postings in Europe and the Americas. A serious student of hi
Juan Valera y Alcala-Galiano (1824?-1905), one of 19th-century Spain's most well known authors, had a career in the diplomatic service with postings in Europe and the Americas. A serious student of hi
Lynch (classics, U. of Cincinnati, Ohio) has expanded and shifted focus in the study since 1999 when it served as her dissertation for the University of Virginia. In 1993, she recounts, a house was ex
Chariots of Fire is hardly England's only link to the Olympics. While the announcement of London as the site of the 2006 and 2012 Olympics excited the British, Polley (sport, U. of Southampton), a kee
Scholars of modern Italian history and literature examine the printed media there from unification with the annexation of Rome in 1870 to Italy's entry into World War I in 1914. They offer a wide arra
An itinerant preacher amongst churches of east London and Essex, Ives offers a biography of Nicoll (1851-1923), a minister in the Free Church of Scotland who resigned when his lungs were damaged by di
Having served as the executive director of the Stiftung Oper in Berlin, Schindhelm was hired in 2007 by the government of Dubai to advise on setting up an opera house and other cultural facilities, re
The Isles of Scilly have been the frontline of England's defenses since the 16th century, and are still home to structures from various conflicts over the past 450 years, from ancient forts to WWII pi
The 1990s saw gender rise to become an important theme in archaeology. This collection of papers reviews the state of current research on this theme and presents a cross section of new work being done
"Riccardo, the West is sick, it's lost its will to fight, it opposes Islamic fundamentalism with empty values. Europe has become spineless. I'm near the end, Riccardo, and I want to die in Florence. I
August 1942 saw the creation of the Pathfinder Force. Its task was to mark targets for the groups of bombers which followed them with a precision that called for reckless heroism. Between 1939 and 194
Shell deposits, or middens, abound along the shores of Europe, but researchers tend to be isolated and relatively few have been excavated. Taken from a September 2005 workshop at the U. of York that d
The technique of sawing was known to be used for the production of polished stone tools in the Neolithic period and is especially attested in the Alpine region. This volume collates evidence for the u
The fragmentary plays of Euripides are a body of texts still regularly increasing in number and extent. They are of very great interest in themselves, apart from the significant aid they give to the f
In 1976 a late Mesolithic Ertebolle settlement (c.5000 BC) and a slightly later male burial in a dug-out canoe, were discovered off the southern coast of Denmark. Small-scale investigations by the Lan
The subject of this work is the pottery (amphorae, vessels, lamps, small objects and architectural ceramic) of Roman Africa from the 2nd to the 7th century. It is based on a large assemblage from s
The story of how canals work and their development from the early days in the 18th century to their modern renaissance after the Second World War. This book is fully illustrated with photographs by th
Important new evidence of Roman London's western cemetery has been found at Atlantic House, along the banks of the River Fleet and on both sides of the main road - Watling Street - which crosses the F
The original manuscript of On Hunting was presented to the Hafsid Sultan of North Africa al-Mustansir bi-Allah, known as al-Mansur, in 1247. He was a passionate hunter with Saluqis, falcons and other
The celebrated French critic and thinker Charles de Saint-Evremond (1614-1703) spent much of his life in exile in London, where he wrote most of his major works. The letters in the present collection,
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 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
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
The fragmentary plays of Euripides are a body of texts still regularly increasing in number and extent. They are of very great interest in themselves, apart from the significant aid they give to the f
