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Excavations at Cliffe, Kent
Details the excavation and finds from the multi-period site of Cliffe in Kent. Specialist studies are made of the pottery, flint, fired clay, small finds, burials and Iron Age coins recovered from the site.Kinnes, Ian ; Cameron, Fiona ; Trow, Steven ; Thomson, David
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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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'What Follows Six is More Than Seven': Understanding African Art
Text of the first William Fagg Memorial Lecture, a series founded to commemorate the African interests of the BM's Keeper of Ethnography between 1969 and 1974. The title refers to a Yorùbá proverb that suggests that we look beyond what is easily observed if we are to understand something. Only...Abiodun, Rowland
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The Circulation of Metal in the British Bronze Age: The Application of Lead Isotope Analysis
The results of the first major lead isotope analysis of British Copper and Bronze Age artefacts, and an attempt to relate the artefacts to their source. The authors outline the evidence for early mining, and the principles of lead isotope analysis, before presenting lead isotope analyses for British ores, and...Rohl, Brenda ; Needham, Stuart
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Selection of Materials for the Storage or Display of Museum Objects (1st edn)
First edition of this publication - for the most up to date version of the Oddy Test, please consult the revised edition published in 2004 (9780861591178)Lee, L.R. ; Thickett, D.
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Bioarchaeology of Ancient Egypt and Nubia: A Bibliography
Bibliography concentrating on the dental and skeletal anthropology of Ancient Egypt and Nubia.Rose, Jerome C.
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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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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