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CAIRNS, FIELDS, AND CULTIVATION: ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES OF THE LAKE DISTRICT UPLANDS
Written by Jamie Quartermaine; Roger H. Leech.
Stock no. 1828368
Published by Oxford Archaeology North. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

This volume presents the results of a programme of detailed archaeological survey undertaken in the Lake District between 1982 and 1989, mainly on the fells above the west Cumbria coastal plain. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos and maps. CD containing detailed plans contained in pocket to rear. ISBN: 9781907686078. Corners lightly bumped. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn, lower edge of rear board has a couple of minor knocks. Previous owner's initials and date to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean. CD is present.

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BUILDING ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
Written by John Blair.
Stock no. 1828365
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of the Anglo-Saxon built environment and its inhabitants. Large format. Cream cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos & b/w illustrations & maps. ISBN: 9780691162980. Light rubbing to base of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE WETLANDS OF NORTH LANCASHIRE (NORTH WEST WETLANDS SURVEY 3)
Written by R. Middleton; C.E. Wells; E. Huckerby.
Stock no. 1828364
Published by Lancaster University Archaeological Unit. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

A survey of the county's archaeology and changing environment. Focussed on lowland wetlands and builds up a picture of the landscape and its alteration through time. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos, maps & illustrations. Maps to rear and key. ISBN: 0901800414. Previous owner's name plate & date to title page else a nice, clean copy. Home-made holder for the loose maps to rear was stuck to the rear cover inside with tape of which the glue has now dried out and the holder is loose. All items present. Yellow tape marks to inside rear cover.

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THE MEDIEVAL FORTIFIED BUILDINGS OF CUMBRIA: AN ILLUSTRATED GAZETTEER AND RESEARCH GUIDE
Written by D.R. Perriam; J. Robinson.
Stock no. 1828363
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive study of all the various types of defensible structures in the county from complex castles to dykes in the period 1066-1603. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1873124236. Corners of covers lightly rubbed & lightly creased. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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THE BOG PEOPLE: IRON-AGE MAN PRESERVED
Written by P.V. Glob.
Stock no. 1828339
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1969. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fascinating picture of the lives of Iron-Age people found in peat-bogs in recent times. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 057108947X. Price-cut dustwrapperis grubby and browned to rear panel.

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THE BRIGANTES (PEOPLES OF ROMAN BRITAIN)
Written by Brian R. Hartley; R. Leon Fitts.
Stock no. 1828338
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The ninth volume in the 'Peoples of Roman Britain' series. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0862995477. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and rear panel.

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THE WETLANDS OF MERSEYSIDE (NORTH WEST WETLANDS SURVEY 1)
Written by R.W. Cowell; J.B. Innes.
Stock no. 1828331
Published by Lancaster University Archaeological Unit. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Based on original fieldwork carried out in recent years and provides a completely new survey of the county's archaeology and changing environment. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps contained in matching wallet, along with 18 loose-leaf figures. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0901800406. A nice, clean copy contained in the publisher's wallet, along with the loose-leaf figures which are all present.

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CLAY DABBINS: VERNACULAR BUILDINGS OF THE SOLWAY PLAIN
Written by Nina Jennings.
Stock no. 1828330
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The mud buildings of the English Solway Plain known locally as "Dabbins" or "Daubins" are little known outside the immediate area, but they continued to be built until the early years of the twentieth century. The author has studied in detail most of the 150 or so farmhouses, cottages and farm buildings which remain and has attempted to trace their development in form and in constructional methods. These were peasant buildings, build by their owners for their own use, and they continue to provide warm, comfortable, well-insulated homes to this day. Green cardwraps. B/w photos and plans. ISBN: 1873124384. Initials and date in ink to half-title page else contents clean.

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SCYTHIANS: WARRIORS OF ANCIENT SIBERIA (THE BP EXHIBITION)
Written by St John Simpson; Svetlana Pankova.
Stock no. 1828329
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book accompanies the BP exhibition Scythians: Warrors of Ancient Siberia at the British Museum from 14 September 2017 to 14 January 2018. Edited by Simpson & Pankova. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780500293645. Rear cover heavily scuffed. Date written in ink to top corner of half-title page and has imprinted on the following title page. Otherwise, contents clean.

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THE LOWLAND WETLANDS OF CUMBRIA (NORTH WEST WETLANDS SURVEY 6)
Written by D. Hodgkinson; E. Huckerby; R. Middleton; C.E. Wells.
Stock no. 1828328
Published by Lancaster University Archaeological Unit. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The results of a survey, spread over the years 1991-1997, of the archaeological and palaeoecological significance of the lowland wetlands of Cumbria. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & maps. 4 map figures included in rear pocket. ISBN: 1862200823. Some light scuffing to rear cover. Initials & date in ink to top corner of title page else contents clean.

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ROMAN FORTS IN THE FYLDE: EXCAVATIONS AT DOWBRIDGE, KIRKHAM
Written by C. Howard-Davis; K. Buxton.
Stock no. 1828327
Published by Centre For North-West Regional Studies. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

A summary of the results of excavations on the site of the Roman fort at Dowbridge, Kirkham. Large format. Blue pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 1862200866. A nice copy.

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VINOVIA: THE BURIED ROMAN CITY OF BINCHESTER IN NORTHERN ENGLAND
Written by Iain Ferris.
Stock no. 1828324
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Binchester Roman fort, Roman Vinovia, sometimes Vinovium, lies on a hilltop spur about two kilometres noorth of the modern town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham. This book uses the results of the large-scale excavations which took place in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s to present a clear picture of the history of the site and its place in the Roman military north. Brown pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations. ISBN: 9781445601281. Date & initials in ink to half-title page else contents clean. Covers lightly scuffed.

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