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Scottish Odysseys: the archaeology of islands

by Gordon Noble, Tessa Poller, John Raven and Lucy Verrill, eds.

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2008
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Soft cover
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9780752441689
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Tempus, 2008 Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, generally VG.
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The Prehistory of Orkney BC 4000 - 1000 AD

by Colin Renfrew, ed.

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Published
1990
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Soft cover
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9780852245064
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Edinburgh University Press, 1990 Reprint. Illustrative covers a little sunned, name label (of Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone) to the half title, clean, tight and sound, good.
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The Viking Ships, their ancestry and evolution

by A W Brogger and Haakon Shetelig, translated by Katherine John

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1971
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Dreyers Forlag, 1971 Quarter bound in leather, decorative spine, green cloth with ship motif the front, name label (of Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone, to the ffep, mild foxing to prelims, generally VG, no DJ.
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The Viking Age in Caithness, Orkney and the North Atlantic

by Colleen E Batey, Judith Jesch, and Christopher D Morris, eds.

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1993
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Hardcover
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9780748604302
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Edinburgh University Press, 1993 Select papers from the 11th Viking Congress, Thurso and Kirkwall, 1989. Name, of Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone, to the ffep, otherwise VG in DJ that is very lightly worn but generally VG. A heavy book.
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The Viking Congress, Lerwick, July 1950

by W Douglas Simpson, ed.

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1954
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Oliver & Boyd, 1954 Very slight wear to red cloth, name label (of Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone) to the ffep, otherwise VG, no DJ.
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Offprint from Antiquity, vol 86, No. 333: A 14000-year-old amber elk and the origins of northern European art

by Stephan Veil, Klaus Breest, Pieter Grootes, Marie-Josee Nadeau and Matthias Huls

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2012
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Antiquity, 2012 An offprint, stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG.
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The Fifth Viking Congress, Torshavn, July 1965

by Bjarni Niclasen, ed.

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1968 Papers from the congress held in the Faroe Islands. Blue cloth very lightly worn, gold ouroboros motif to the front board, name label (of Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone) to the ffep, very occasional slight foxing, generally VG, no DJ.
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Social Approaches to Viking studies

by Ross Samson, ed.

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Published
1991
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Hardcover
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9781873448007
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Cruithne Press, 1991 Papers from a seminar held in Glasgow in 1988. Name label to ffep (Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone), otherwise VG in VG DJ.
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The Icelandic Heritage

by Nelson S Gerrard

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1986
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Saga Publications, 1986 An overview of the history, lifestyle and culture of Iceland, with charts to help with family research, illustrated with many photographs, drawings and maps. Front cover decorated with gold zoomorphic knot-work and paste-on photographs, very lightly worn, illustrative end-papers, name label (of Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone) to front paste-down, otherwise VG.
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Proceedings of the Vinland Map Conference

by Wilcomb E Washburn, ed.

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1971
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University of Chicago Press, 1971 Name label (of Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone) to ffep, some foxing to eps and to edge of page black, slight foosty smell, otherwise clean, bright and sound, good, in very slightly worn, good DJ.
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Acta Archaeologica vol. 61 - 1990: The Norse of the North Atlantic

by Gerald F Bigelow

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1991
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Soft cover
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Kobenhavn: Munkesgaard, 1991 Conference papers. Original card covers sunned and a little marked, name (of Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone) to ffep, otherwise clean, sound, good.
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Sacred Landscapes and Symbolic Artefacts

by Edward Peterson

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2009
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Hardcover
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9780952699835
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P C D Ruthven, 2009 Speculative archaeology - seeing seals and other images in standing stones. Laminated illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG.
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Stone Age Alpha

by Edward Peterson

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Published
1998
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Hardcover
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9780952699811
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P C D Ruthven, 1998 Speculative archaeology - seeing images of seals in standing stones. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG.
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The Domestication of Europe

by Ian Hodder

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Published
1992
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Soft cover
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9780631177692
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Blackwell, 1992 Reprint. Slight wear to illustrative covers, name to ffep, otherwise generally VG.
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Native and Roman on the Northern Frontier: excavations and survey in a later prehistoric landscape in Upper Eskdale, Dumfriesshire

by Roger Merver

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Published
2018
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Hardcover
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9781908332134
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Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2018 VG in very slightly edge-worn DJ, generally VG.
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Scalloway: a Broch, Late Iron Age Settlement and Medieval Cemetery in Shetland

by Niall Sharples

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1998
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Soft cover
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9781900188371
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Oxbow Books, 1998 Oxbow Monograph No. 82. Light wear and slight scratches to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, generally VG.
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Stars Stones and Scholars: the decipherment of the megaliths

by Andis Kaulins

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2003
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Soft cover
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9781412013444
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Trafford, 2003 Speculative archaeology - seeing faces, constellations and codes in standing stones. Light wear to illustrative covers, inscription to title page, small stain to edge of page block, generally clean and sound, good.
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The Fenland Project, No.1: Archaeology and Environment in the Lower Welland Valley, Vols 1 and 2

by Francis Pryor, Charles French, David Crowther, David Gurney. Gavin Simpson and Maisie Taylor

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1985
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Cambridgeshire Archaeological Committee, 1985 East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 27. Two volumes. Vol 1 has an inscription to the half title page signed by 'Francis, Maisie and Charley' . Slight wear to covers, otherwise generally VG both vols.
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The Body as Material Culture: a theoretical osteoarchaeology

by Joanna R Sofaer

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2006
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Soft cover
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9780521521468
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Cambridge University Press, 2006 In the series Topics in Contemporary Archaeology. A stamp to the title page says 'damaged', but beyond a slight crease to the cover it seems in good condition, clean and sound.
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In the Shadow of the Brochs: the Iron Age in Scotland

by Beverley Ballin Smith and Iain Banks, eds.

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2002
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Soft cover
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9780752425177
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Tempus, 2002 Illustrative covers a little worn and creased, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good.
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