Archaeology from Goldring Books

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1986. A clean and unmarked copy with some foxing to top edge with VG dustjacket. Map endpapers and 24 plates.The famous author sailor of the Kon-Tiki, Ra and Tigris expeditions was invited by the government of the Maldives to investigate recent archaeological finds there and despite knowing little of these 1200 or so islands… Read more about this item

London: Souvenir Press, 1989. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 256 pages beautifully illustrated throughout in colour. Coloured map front endpapers. The book is the story of Thor Heyerdahl's love of mystery - and of an island and its people. Over 30 years ago, the man who… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale, 1979. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is price clipped. INCLUDED is an ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH of a stone carving. 246 pages. 29 illustrations and 19 line figures in the text. The mystery behind thousands of hoar-ancient stone monuments - the megaliths - provides one of the on-running contentions in archaeology.… Read more about this item

London: Constable and Robinson, 2006. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from minnor indentations to top edge) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 257 pages. Illustrated throughout. In the book Alex Marshall investigates how geological features; archaeological remnants of past civilizations; and layered networks transporting water, electricity, and people have shaped these cities through centuries… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale, 1969. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine price clipped dustjacket. Second edition, revised and reset. 272 pages. 35 illustrations. 5 maps. The author's book was the first comprehensive account of the seven century history of Carthage to be published in 50 years, and this fully revised edition takes into account important work done on Phoenician and Carthaginian… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head, 1975. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine price clipped dustjacket. Relating archaeological discovery to the Commentaries of Julius Caesar and Tacitus's Agricola, Professor Cunliffe traces the conquest of Gaul and of Scotland, then turns to Northern Europe : recent excavations in Romania have filled in many of the details of Trajan's conquest of Dacia, and… Read more about this item

London: B. T. Batsford / English Heritage, 1992. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is price clipped. 102 illustrations and 16 colour plates. Before the Roman conquest there were few settlements in Britain that could properly be described as towns and their rapid growth was one of the effects of the invasion of… Read more about this item

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1986. A clean and unmarked copy with some foxing to top edge with price clipped dustjacket. Map endpapers and 24 plates.The famous author sailor of the Kon-Tiki, Ra and Tigris expeditions was invited by the government of the Maldives to investigate recent archaeological finds there and despite knowing little of these 1200 or so islands… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale, 1972. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. This book offers a comprehensive description of the ruined buildings of England from the dawn of history to the extinction of a national style in the 18th century. Fully illustrated with 12 plans and 35 illustrations. B2E. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1957. Gold title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear.Internally clean, tight and unmarked with some light foxing to closed edges. Dustjacket is complete but has some tears, chipping and wear.12 pages of half-tone illustrations and 3 maps. The author is the wife of the eminent archaeologist, Sir Mortimer Wheeler. Comprises discoveries in Egypt,… Read more about this item