Spine slightly faded.Bodies found in Lindow Moss are analyzed in this book and set in the context of other finds in Britain, Ireland and on the Continent. The discovery of Lindow Man - as he became known - in a Cheshire peat bog in 1984 was arguably the most significant archaelogical find of the decade. Ten years on in 1994, several other ancient bodies have been recovered from Lindow Moss and other sites, enabling a large number of researchers to compare results and draw important conclusions about the life, death and the environment at the period of death of each individual. The dating of the bodies is also discussed. The diet, appearance and medical condition of each body has been analyzed as has the cause of death. Reasons for the deposition of such bodies are discussed in detail and placed in a social and religious context. Lindow Man is now on permanent display at the British Museum.256pp.
British Museum Press, 1995, Cloth, Book Condition: Fine, Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 0714123056

Inventory #21015

Price: £ 20.00 GBP ($ 31.60 approx. - € 24.16 approx.)

The Grauballe Man, whose sacrificial death was determined to have occurred around 290 BC, is one of the most remarkable bog finds from Denmark's Iron Age, and has for many years been the centre of considerable attention. In fact when the Grauballe Man's body was found in 1952, his skin, hair, beard, nails, muscles and bones were so well preserved that he was at first believed to have been the victim of a recently committed murder!With the renewed scientific focus on the immense research potential in such and, an interdisciplinary team of international scientists decided in 2001 to undertake extensive examinations of the body. From analyses of his teeth, to his hair, to his stomach contents - and even to a reconstruction of his face - the research has provided an important insight and invaluable knowledge of life more than two thousand years ago. This publication, richly illustrated with 320 colour photographs, is presented in a language which makes it indispensable for archaeologists, anthropologists, museum conservators and pathologists, but it will also appeal to lay enthusiasts within those fields of interest.351pp.
Jutland Archaeological Society Publications), 2007, Cloth, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. First Edition. Heavy Item Postage Quote. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 9788788415292

Inventory #18386

Price: £ 30.00 GBP ($ 47.40 approx. - € 36.24 approx.)

The Anasazi Indians of the Southwest represent 2,500 years of cultural continuity, from the early Basket Makers of 700 B.C. to their modern descendants, the Pueblo Indians. The pueblos and cliff dwellings they built during their halcyon days between 1100 and 1500 A.D. are the most spectacular ruins north of Mexico. In this book, all of the significant and accessible Anasazi ruins are photographed and described in detail. Special attention is paid to the magnificent sites of Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, and Kayenta. Also included are illustrations of rock art and examples of the delicate jewellery and beautiful ceramics that have survived.
University of New Mexico Press, 1999, Paperback, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: . Paperback Reprint. Heavy Item Postage Quote. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 0826308740

Inventory #7378

Price: £ 20.00 GBP ($ 31.60 approx. - € 24.16 approx.)

Previous owners inscription on ffep.Fading to book spine and edges.Darkening to d/j and some chipping and loss to head of d/j spine. 154pp.
Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1948, Cloth, Book Condition: Good, Jacket Condition: Good/Price Clipped. Sixth Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #19017

Price: £ 9.50 GBP ($ 15.01 approx. - € 11.48 approx.)

Graham Hancock's latest foray into the murky uncharted waters of the past is, in this case, exactly that--Underworld is an exploration of what lies beneath the sea, mainly off the coasts of India, Malta and Japan. Hancock, well known for his disputes with orthodox archaeologists, argues that they ought to be looking underwater for submerged ruins, and that by not doing so they are stubbornly holding on to out-dated and incorrect theories. Hancock doesn't have a lot of time for academics. Most of them, he seems to suggest, having spent their careers safely in their ivory towers, are unwilling even to consider new paradigms which could overturn everything they have learnt and taught. And Hancock's thesis would do just that. In Underworld--the book of his Channel 4 TV series--he argues that far from springing out of nowhere some 6,000 or 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, civilisation has been with mankind for many millennia longer. With the aid of a geologist at Durham University, Hancock examines which coastal areas vanished beneath the sea as the ice melted at the end of the last Ice Age, a catastrophic inundation he finds in the Flood myths of most of the world's traditional religions. And then he goes diving and finds, in some cases, incontrovertible ruins; in other cases the piles of stone might well be natural rock formations, but Hancock argues for their human origins. Hancock accepts that he is neither a historian, an archaeologist nor a geologist. Some of his arguments tend to be rather speculative, and some of his conclusions may well be wrong--it's not always a good thing to ignore the experts! But in this massive book--well over 700 pages--he does provide sufficient evidence for flooded ruins that ought to be studied by real scholars. 740pp.
Penguin, 2002, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Very Good. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0718144007

Inventory #19015

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 23.70 approx. - € 18.12 approx.)