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BAGENDON: A BELGIC OPPIDUM
Written by Elsie M. Clifford.
Stock no. 1827619
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A record of the excavations of 1954-56. Bagendon is a place of mighty earthworks, in the east of the Cotwold Hills in Gloucestershire. The site, the digging, and full studies of the finds. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. Damp staining to lower corner of boards (not too bad). Top & tail of spine and rear lower board edge lightly bumped. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby.

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INVESTIGATIONS IN ORKNEY
Written by Colin Renfrew.
Stock no. 1827617
Published by The Society Of Antiquaries Of London. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XXXVIII. Between 1972 and 1974 Prefessor Renfrew and his team partially excavated the neolithic chambered cairn of Quanterness, with its superimposed round house of the Iron Age. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, some folding. ISBN: 050099028X. Light scratch marks to rear board. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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HOD HILL VOLUME ONE: ANTIQUITIES FROM HOD HILL IN THE DURDEN COLLECTION
Written by J.W. Brailsford.
Stock no. 1827549
Published by The Trustees Of The British Museum. 1st 1962. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hod Hill holds an early Iron Age hill-fort and Roman fort. B/w illustrations and plates. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper is a little browned and slightly grubby.

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CAMERTON: THE LATE IRON AGE AND EARLY ROMAN METALWORK
Written by Ralph Jackson. Illustrated by Philip Compton.
Stock no. 1827548
Published by British Museum Publications. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Camerton is one of the best-known and most completely investigated 'minor settlements' of Roman Britain. This collection of over 300 objects comprises a wide range of Late Iron Age and Roman artefact types. This is a comprehensive catalogue incorporating the results of extensive scientific analysis. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings. ISBN: 0714113956. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper spine is faded.

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BEYOND THE BROCHS: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES ON THE LATER IRON AGE IN ATLANTIC SCOTLAND
Written by Ian Armit.
Stock no. 1827541
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The historic peoples and kingdoms of Atlantic Scotland - the Picts, Scots and the Norse - have their roots in the prehistory of the region. Until recently, the study of that prehistory focused on the monumental architecture of brochs and wheelhouses to the virtual exclusion of wider concerns. This book attempts to broaden this approach and gives an invaluable reappraisal of the period when prehistory mergest into written history. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 074860197X. Corners of boards very lightly bumped. Very minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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AN ATLAS OF ROMAN RURAL SETTLEMENT IN ENGLAND
Written by Jeremy Taylor.
Stock no. 1823443
Published by Council For British Archaeology. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Research Report 151. Outlining the results of a two-year project supported by English Heritage and the Leverhulme Trust into the characterisation, mapping and assessment of later Iron Age and Roman rural settlement across England. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781902771663. Light scuffing to covers. Contents clean.

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THE PREHISTORY OF METALLURGY IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by R.F. Tylecote.
Stock no. 1823436
Published by The Institute Of Metals. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A completely revised edition of the author's 'Metallurgy in Archaeology' (published 1962). Incorporating the results of work done since 1960, this revised text covers native metals, copper and copper-based alloys, tin, lead, antimony, and the fabrication of non-ferrous metals. The Iron Age is divided into various periods appropriate to Britain, ending with the introduction of the blast furnace. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations & photos. ISBN: 0904357724. Top & tail of spine & corners lightly rubbed. Previous owner's white address label to front endpaper. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded at edges and spine, closed tear to top edge of rear panel (no loss) and top of spine.

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PREHISTORIC MAN IN WALES AND THE WEST
Written by Frances M. Lynch; Colin Burgess.
Stock no. 1823138
Published by Adams & Dart. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of essays in honour of Lily F. Chitty, archaeologist specialising in prehistoric Wales and the West of England. Edited by Lynch & Burgess. Light brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w drawings and maps. ISBN: 0239000714. Small mark to front board (minor). Text block browned and a little grubby. A few light foxspots present. Price-cut yellow dustwrapper is faded to spine and a little marked to rear panel.

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ENGLISH HERITAGE BOOK OF SHRINES & SACRIFICE
Written by Ann Woodward.
Stock no. 1815775
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1992. Fine condition.

An analysis of Iron Age and Roman religious sites in Britain, concentrating on the evidence for the special buildings, shrines, and the various objects, alive, dead or symbolic which were offered up as sacrifices within them. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations, a few colour plates. ISBN: 0713460849.

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