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Excavations at Portchester Castle
(1994)
In the fifth and final report on the excavations at Portchester Castle, the last stage of the castle’s useful life is considered in full. The excavations undertaken between 1961 and 1979 brough to light structural evidence ...
Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993–7
(2000)
This two-volume work provides a detailed account of five seasons’ archaeological research at Aksum, Ethiopia. Aksum was, during the first seven centuries AD, the capital of a major state, centred on the highlands of northern ...
Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993–7
(2000)
This two-volume work provides a detailed account of five seasons’ archaeological research at Aksum, Ethiopia. Aksum was, during the first seven centuries AD, the capital of a major state, centred on the highlands of northern ...
Alalakh: an account of the excavations at Tell Atchana in the Hatay, 1937–1949
(2004)
This monograph describes large-scale excavations undertaken by Sir Leonard Woolley from 1937 to 1939, and again from 1946 to 1949, at the site of Alalakh (modern Tell Atchana) – a late Bronze Age city in the Amuq River ...
Camulodunum: first report on the excavations at Colchester, 1930–1939
(1947)
This work describes excavations in Colchester, England, carried out in 1930–9. Colchester was the site of the pre-Roman oppidum of Camulodunon and later town of Colonia Claudia Victricensis. This first report records the ...
Nicopolis Ad Istrum. A Roman to Early Byzantine City. The Pottery and Glass
(1999)
This is the first volume describing archaeological excavations undertaken from 1985 at Nicopolis ad Istrum, a Roman and Early Byzantine town in northern Bulgaria. This volume provides a catalogue of the glass and pottery ...
Landscape Plotted and Pieced
(2000)
This book presents the results of 39 years of study of the two Wiltshire parishes of Fyfield and Overton Down. The aim of the project, using a diverse range of research methods, from archaeological excavation and experimental ...
Third report on the excavations on the site of the Roman town at Wroxeter, Shropshire, 1914
(1916)
This is an account of the excavations on the site of the Roman Wroxeter in Shropshire, England, undertaken in 1914. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery and human remains, together with an account of the ...
Report on the excavation of the Roman cemetary at Ospringe, Kent
(1931)
This is an account of the excavations of a Roman cemetery at Ospringe in Kent, England, undertaken in 1921. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery and human remains, together with an account of the methodology ...
Excavations on the site of the Roman town at Wroxeter, Shropshire, in 1912
(1913)
This is an account of the excavations on the site of the Roman Wroxeter in Shropshire, England, undertaken in 1912. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery and human remains, together with an account of the ...
Excavations at Hengistbury Head, Hampshire, in 1911–12
(1915)
This is an account of the excavations on the site of the Hengistbury Head in Dorset, England, undertaken in 1911–12. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery and human remains, together with an account of the ...
Second report on the excavations on the site of the Roman town at Wroxeter, Shropshire, 1913
(1914)
This is an account of the excavations on the site of the Roman Wroxeter in Shropshire, England, undertaken in 1913. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery and human remains, together with an account of the ...
Excavation of the Late-Celtic urn-field at Swarling, Kent
(1925)
This is an account of the excavations on the site of the a Late Celtic urn-field at Swarling, in Kent, England, undertaken in 1921. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery and human remains, together with ...
Mount Pleasant, Dorset
(1979)
This is an account of the excavations at Mount Pleasant, Dorset, in southern England, undertaken in 1970 to 1971. Included are descriptions of human remains and artefacts such as pottery, coins, weaponry and metalwork, ...
Hill-forts of Northern France
(1957)
This is an account of the excavations at several hill-forts in Northern France, undertaken in 1938 and 1939. Included are descriptions of human remains and artefacts such as pottery, coins, weaponry and metalwork, together ...
The Stanwick Fortifications, North Riding of Yorkshire
(1954)
This is an account of the excavations of the Stanwick fortifications in North Yorkshire, England, undertaken in 1951–2. Included are descriptions of human remains and artefacts such as pottery, weaponry and metalwork, ...
Maiden Castle, Dorset
(1943)
This is an account of the archaeological excavations of Maiden Castle, in Dorset, England. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery and human remains, together with an account of the methodology used to unearth ...
Durrington Walls
(1971)
This is an account of the excavations at Durrington Walls, Wiltshire, in southern England, undertaken in 1966 to 1968. Included are descriptions of human remains and artefacts such as pottery, coins, weaponry and metalwork, ...
The Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries at Caistor-by Norwich and Markshall, Norfolk
(1973)
This is an account of excavations of the Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at Caistor-by-Norwich and Markshall, Norfolk. Included are descriptions of funerary practices and grave goods, together with an account of the methodology ...
Verulamium Excavations
(1972)
This is an account of excavations of Verulamium, in the south of England. Included are descriptions of buildings and artefacts, together with an account of the methodology used to unearth them.
Excavations at Fishbourne
(1971)
This is an account of excavations of the Roman villa at Fishbourne, in the south of England, conducted in the 1960s. Included are descriptions of buildings and artefacts such as pottery, coins, interiors and metalwork, ...
Roman Bath
(1969)
This is an account of excavations of Roman Bath (Aquae Sulis), in south-west England, which took place under Sir Ian Richmond. Included are descriptions of buildings and artefacts such as pottery, coins, buildings and ...
Isurium Brigantum
(2020)
Brings together in one volume for the very first time the results of a major re-examination of the site of the Roman town of Isurium Brigantum (Aldborough, in North Yorkshire), with recent geophysical surveys and a ...
The Staffordshire Hoard. An Anglo-Saxon Treasure
(2019)
The Staffordshire Hoard: An Anglo-Saxon Treasure tells the story of the Staffordshire Hoard’s discovery and acquisition, and the six-year research project that pieced its fragments back together, identified its objects and ...
Landscape and Settlement in the Vale of York
(2020)
The Vale of York, in North Yorkshire, has been used and shaped by communities since the end of the last Ice Age to the modern day. Its earliest, prehistoric features chart the way in which household groups shifted from ...
In the Shadow of Saints
(2023)
Originating in the seventh century as one of the ‘Old Minsters’ of Kent, Lyminge has one of the longest continuous Christian histories in Britain. Drawing upon the results of two campaigns of re-investigation in the early ...
The Romano-British villa and prehistoric settlement at Low Ham, Somerset
(2025)
This full publication of the Roman villa at Low Ham, Somerset (UK), brings together for the first time multiple pieces of research undertaken at the site over the past 80 years. Originally discovered in 1945 and famous for ...
Hill Hall
(2009)
This is the complete history of a building that began as a hunting lodge, late in the eleventh century and that grew to be the principal house of the manor of Theydon Mount in Essex, a small country retreat within easy ...
Westminster Abbey Chapter House
(2010)
This volume tells the complete story of the Westminster Abbey chapter house, which ranks as one of the spectacular achievements of European Gothic art and architecture; and that is precisely what its builder, King Henry ...
Dictionary of British Arms
(1992)
This is the first of a four-volume collection of British heraldic arms, arranged alphabetically according to their designs and covering the period before 1530. Listed in this volume are entries from Anchor to Bend. This ...
Dictionary of British Arms
(2014)
This is the fourth of a four-volume collection of British heraldic arms, arranged alphabetically according to their designs and covering the period before 1530. Listed within this volume are entries from Fetterlock to ...
Dictionary of British Arms
(2009)
This is the third of a four-volume collection of British heraldic arms, arranged alphabetically according to their designs and covering the period before 1530. Listed in this volume are entries from Chief to Fess. This ...
Verulamium Excavations. Volume II
(1983)
This is the second volume on the excavations at St Alban’s (Verulamium), Hertfordshire, in southern England, undertaken between 1955 and 1961, which covers all the work of those years (other than the row of shops in Insula ...
Excavations at Fishbourne 1961–1969. Volume 1: The Site
(1971)
This is an account of excavations of the Roman villa at Fishbourne, in the south of England, conducted in the 1960s. Included are descriptions of buildings and artefacts such as pottery, coins, interiors and metalwork, ...
The Glass Beads of the Prehistoric and Roman Periods in Britain and Ireland
(1978)
This book discusses the glass beads of Britain and Ireland. It provides a classification and chronology of beads, mainly of the Iron Age and Roman periods, but extending back into the Bronze Age. Supported by colour plates ...
Report on the Excavation of the Prehistoric, Roman, and post-Roman Site in Lydney Park, Gloucestershire
(1932)
This book reports on excavations on the Camp Hill promontory fort at Lydney, Gloucestershire, undertaken by Mortimer and Tessa Wheeler in 1928–9. The hillfort was established shortly before the first century BC. During the ...
Medieval Decorated Ironwork in England
(1999)
This monograph traces the development of the designs and techniques used in the production of ironwork in England from roughly AD 1050 to AD 1500. Found mostly on church doors, chests and tombs, in the form of hinges, ...
Apulia. Vol. 1: Neolithic Settlement in the Tavoliere
(1987)
One of the by-products of war-time air photography over Italy was the discovery of large numbers of archaeological sites of the prehistoric to medieval periods in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. This volume provides ...
Clarendon Palace. The History and Archaeology of a Medieval Palace and Hunting Lodge near Salisbury, Wiltshire
(1989)
This volume gives an account of all the excavations undertaken at Clarendon in the twentieth century, including those of 1933–9 led by John Charlton and Tancred Borenius and the excavations by Elizabeth Eames and John Musty ...
The Glass Beads of Anglo-Saxon England
(1999)
This book discusses the glass beads of early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) England. It provides a visual classification of the more definitive and diagnostic types. Supported by colour plates, line illustrations, and distribution ...
Monuments of Merv
(1999)
Archaeological research and ancient records have been combined in this work to provide a comprehensive account of the buildings of Merv, an oasis city in the middle of the Turkmenistani desert. Founded in the sixth century ...
The tombs and Moon temple of Hureidha (Hadhramaut)
(1944)
This work describes excavations conducted by Gertrude Caton-Thompson at the site of Hureidha in the Wadi ‘Amd in eastern Yemen. Early chapters outline evidence of the earliest human occupation in the Hadhramaut and relicts ...
Early Incised Slabs and Brasses from the London Marblers
(1999)
Although the objective of the Monumental Brass Society is to promote the study both of monumental brasses and of incised slabs, research on the two media has proceeded along separate and largely independent lines. This is ...
Roman Brooches in Britain
(2004)
This work presents the first major analysis of brooches from Roman sites in Britain since the pioneering work of M R Hull in the 1950s and 1960s and is the first to study the material using metallurgical analysis in addition ...
Excavations at Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, 1990-1999
(2007)
Romantic rock-perched sea-girt Tintagel is a magical place that resonates with Arthurian associations - and the archaeological reality is no less intriguing than the legend. Investigation of the site began in the 1930s, ...
Fourth report on the excavations of the Roman fort at Richborough, Kent
(1949)
This is the fourth report of excavations at Richborough, in Kent, England, conducted by J P Bushe-Fox. Included are descriptions of human remains and artefacts such as pottery, coins, buildings and metalwork, together with ...
Excavations at the Jewry Wall Site, Leicester
(1948)
This is an account of the excavations at the Jewry Wall site in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, undertaken between 1936 and 1939. Included are descriptions of human remains and artefacts such as pottery, coins, buildings ...
Verulamium
(1936)
This is an account of the excavations at St Alban’s (Verulamium), Hertfordshire, in southern England, undertaken in the 1930s. Included are descriptions of human remains and artefacts such as pottery, coins, buildings and ...
Excavations at Brough-on-Humber 1958–61
(1969)
This is a report of excavations at Brough-on-Humber, England, conducted by J. S. Wacher between 1958 and 1961. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery, coins, buildings and metalwork, together with an account ...
Zoomorphic Penannular Brooches
(1980)
This is a study of a distinctive type of Celtic jewellery called zoomorphic penannular brooches, popular in the British Isles from the second century AD to the mid fifth century AD. In this type of jewellery, the terminals ...
Fifth Report on the Excavations of the Roman Fort at Richborough, Kent
(1968)
This is the fifth report on excavations by Barry Cunliffe that took place on the site of the Roman fort and amphitheatre at Richborough, in Kent, in the 1960s. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery, coins ...
The Excavation of the Shrine of Apollo at Nettleton, Wiltshire, 1956–1971
(1982)
This is a report on the excavation of the Shrine of Apollo at Nettleton, in Wiltshire, England, between 1956 and 1971. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery, coins and buildings, together with an account ...
The Roman Potters’ Kilns of Colchester
(1963)
This is an account of the excavation of eight kilns at Colchester, in Essex, England, found in the course of the work of the Colchester Excavation Committee in 1933 and in 1959. Included are descriptions of artefacts such ...
SKORBA
(1966)
This is an account of the excavation of Li Skorba, in the north-west of the isle of Malta, which took place between 1961 and 1963. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery, bone and buildings, together with ...
The History of King Richard the Third
(2023)
Sir George Buc (1560-1622), one of the careful antiquarian scholars of the English Renaissance, is famous in literary history as Master of Revels under King James I. In 1619 Sir George wrote The History of King Richard the ...
Third Report on the Excavations of the Roman Fort at Richborough, Kent
(1930)
This is the third account of the excavations of the Roman fort at Richborough (Rutupiae), Kent, in southern England, which took place in 1923 and 1924. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery, coins, buildings ...
Second Report on the Excavations of the Roman Fort at Richborough, Kent
(1928)
This is the second account of the excavations of the Roman fort at Richborough (Rutupiae), Kent, in southern England, which took place in 1924. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery, coins, buildings and ...
First Report on the Excavations of the Roman Fort at Richborough, Kent
(1926)
This is the first account of the excavations of the Roman fort at Richborough (Rutupiae), Kent, in southern England, undertaken in 1922 and 1923. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery, coins, buildings and ...
Roman Colchester
(1958)
This is a report of excavations at Colchester, in Essex, England, conducted by M. R. Hull. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery, coins, buildings and metalwork, together with an account of the methodology ...
Dictionary of British Arms
(1996)
This is the second of a four-volume collection of British heraldic arms, arranged alphabetically according to their designs and covering the period before 1530. Listed within this volume are entries from Bend to Chevron. ...