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Bryan Faussett : antiquary extraordinary /
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A biography of Bryan Faussett, F.S.A., (1720-1776), pioneering Kent genealogist, archaeologist and antiquary who, at his death, had amassed the world's greatest collection of Anglo-Saxon jewellery and antiquities. The material was famously rejected by the British Museum, saved for the nation by a Liverpudlian philanthropist, and now resides in the Liverpool World Museum.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784910853 (PDF ebook) :
The life and works of Robert Wood : classicist and traveller (1717-1771) /
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'The Life and Works of Robert Wood' commemorates the Irish classicist and traveller on the 250th anniversary of his death and provides the general reader with a source book for the fascinating life and career of a much-neglected figure in the realm of Irish eighteenth-century travels and antiquarianism.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781803271774 (PDF ebook) :
The life and works of W.G. Collingwood : a wayward compass in Lakeland /
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This well researched biography provides a comprehensive account of the life and works of William Gershom Collingwood (1854-1932), a 19th century polymath whose story should be better known. He was a noted friend and colleague of John Ruskin, whose secretary he later became.
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Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes index. :
1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784918729 (ebook) :
Percy Manning : the man who collected Oxfordshire /
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This volume provides the first detailed biography of Percy Manning (1870-1917), an Oxford antiquary who amassed enormous collections about the history of Oxford and Oxfordshire.
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Previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes index. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784915292 (ebook) :
Shifting sand : journal of a cub archaeologist, Palestine 1964 /
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'Shifting Sand' is the journal of Julian Berry, then a 17-year-old archaeologist, written on-site during excavations in Jordan, 1964. The book provides a fascinating insight into the lives of archaeologists over 50 years ago, and the very close links between the European team, the Arab workmen, and the daily life in a simple mud-brick village.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (ii, 88 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784916602 (ebook) :
The archaeological activities of James Douglas in Sussex between 1809 and 1819 /
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James Douglas (1753-1819) was a polymath, well ahead of his time in both the fields of archaeology and earth-sciences. This text recounts his archaeological and other activities in Sussex during the first two decades of the 19th century.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (vi, 60 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784916497 (ebook) :
A life in Norfolk's archaeology : 1950-2016 : archaeology in an arable landscape /
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A personal history of Peter Wade-Martins archaeological endeavour in Norfolk set within a national context. It covers the writer's early experiences as a volunteer, the rise of field archaeology as a profession and efforts to conserve archaeological heritage.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (xviii, 380 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784916589 (ebook) :
A history of the Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 1949-2022 : a retrospective to mark the 25th Congress in Nijmegen /
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This volume celebrates the twenty-fifth Congress of Roman Frontier Studies. It presents the history of the congress accompanied by photographs and reminiscences from participants, a story populated by many of the well-known archaeologists of the last 75 years and, indeed, earlier as the genesis of the Congress lies in the inter-War years.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (viii, 185 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781803273037 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Aleksei P. Okladnikov : the great explorer of the past.
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The second volume of the biography of prominent Soviet archaeologist Aleksei P. Okladnikov (1908-1981) concentrates on his works in 1961-1981, when he was a director at the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, in Novosibirsk. during this time he continued his active fieldworks in Siberia, Russian Far East, Central Asia and Mongolia.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes index. :
1 online resource (576 pages) : illustrations. :
9781789697087 (PDF ebook) :
A classical archaeologist's life : the story so far : an autobiography /
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Sir John Boardman is one of the foremost experts on ancient Greek art. His autobiography offers a mixture of scholarly reminiscence, reflection on family life, travelogue and critique of classical scholarship worldwide. Illustrated with pictures of travels, friends and home life, it reflects on his experiences of more than 90 years.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789693447 (ebook) :