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British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt: Ashmunein (1983)
A report of the British Museum 1983 expedition to AshmuneinSpencer, Jeffrey
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British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt: Ashmunein (1984)
A report of the British Museum's 1984 expedition to Ashmunein.Spencer, Jeffrey ; Bailey, Donald M.
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Acquisitions of Badges (1978–1982)
Report of the acquisitions of badges by the British Museum from 1978–1982.Attwood, Philip
medals and Numismatics
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British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt: Ashmunein (1985)
An account of the British Museum's 1985 expedition to Ashmunein.Spencer, Alan Jeffrey ; Bailey, Donald M.
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A Survey of Visitors to the British Museum (1982–3)
A survey of visitors to the British Museum in 1982–3.Caygill, Marjorie
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A Study of Ancient Egyptian Cordage in the British Museum
A study of ancient Egyptian cordage in the British Museum.Ryan, Donald P. ; Hansen, David H.
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Early Advances in Conservation
A collection of 18 papers on early methods of conservation including conservation techniques used on the Herculaneum papyri, paper, iron and bronze, stone, a Roman floor mosaic, wall-paintings, pottery and porcelain, stained glass and Maori wood carvings.Daniels, Vincent
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The Great Portico at Hermapolis Magna: Present State and Past Prospects
A study of the great portico at Hermopolis Magna, Upper Egypt.Snape, Steven R. ; Bailey, Donald M.
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Faccombe Netherton: Excavations of a Saxon and Medieval Manorial Complex
An account of the 1907-1979 excavations of a Saxon and Medieval Manor complex in northwest Hampshire.Fairbrother, J.R.
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The Petters Late Bronze Age Metalwork
Full catalogue of the hoard, with drawings; scientific analyses and discussion; study of the hoard in relation to the Petters site; study of hoard contents and components in relation to other hoards and to LBA metalworking practicesNeedham, Stuart
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2000 Years of Zinc and Brass
This volume is the first comprehensive technical history of the production of zinc and brass. It describes the inception and technical development of the processes by which zinc and brass were made at various centres around the world, together with typical compositions of the resulting brasses.Craddock, Paul
Metallurgy and production
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Neutron Activation and Plasma Emission Spectrometric Analysis in Archaeology
Sixteen papers giving an overview of research in the application of NAA and inductively-coupled plasma emission spectrometry to archaeology.Hughes, Michael ; Cowell, Mike ; Hook, Duncan
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The Torajan Ricebarn
A study of the Torajan ricebarn, a traditional Indonesian structure where the rice crop is stored, and where the main social life of the village takes place. This paper was stimulated by the construction of a ricebarn for the Museum of Mankind at the British Museum in 1987.Barley, Nigel ; Sandaruppa, Stanislaus
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Aspects of Early North American Metallurgy
Studies of pre-European metal objects in the British Museum. They include including six North West Coast `coppers' and fourteen iron daggers and knives, collected in the 18th century; three Inuit harpoon blades from the Canadian Arctic; and 121 chiefly copper objects dating from 1000BC to AD600, from the 1845-7 Squier...Wayman, Michael L. ; King, J.C.H. ; Craddock, Paul
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Ivory in Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean
Publication of papers presented at a colloquium held at the British Museum in 1990 providing an account of current research in the history of ivory and bone.Fitton, J. Lesley
Ivory and ancient Greece
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The Carlyle Collection of Stone Age Artefacts from Central India
Archibald Carlyle developed an important collection of stone objects found on prehistoric sites in and around the Central Provinces of India at a time when other 19th-century antiquarians were focusing their interests on wealthier examples of the subcontinent's historical antiquities. This volume catalogues this material for the first time, establishing...Cook, Jill ; Martingell, Hazel
prehistory, archaeology, and India
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Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum
Stamped lead seals were widely used in the European textile industry during the late-medieval/early-modern period, attached to individual cloths as part of a system of industrial regulation and quality control. The survival of large numbers of the seals, many dating from the period that was crucial to the development of...Granger Taylor, Hero ; Cowell, Mike ; Egan, Geoff
early modern history, medieval history, Seals, and history of textiles
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Japanese 19th-Century Copperplate Prints
After the 1870s there was an explosion in print production via non-woodblock media in Japan. This study examines this development looking at a group of etchings issued from the 1830s to the 1880s that are now in the British Museum, the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, the Scottish National Library, and the...Clark, John
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Westminster Kings and the Medieval Palace of Westminster
This occasional paper records the exhibition of the same name held at the British Museum from November 1995 to January 1996. The publication concentrates on the three best-known buildings of the palace: the Painted Chamber, St. Stephen's Chapel and the Great Hall.Cherry, John ; Stratford, Neil
architecture, archaeology, British history, and Palace of Westminster