9780002191685 - Field Guide to Archaeology (Collins Pocket Guide) de Wood, Eric Stuart (9 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name inside cover. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0002191687.

Condición: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0002191687.

4th edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 384 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 20 cm. Subjects; Antiquities. Great Britain Antiquities ; Guidebooks. Archaeology; Great Britain. 3 Kg.

Hardback. Condición: Good. Ah, the 1970s. A decade of flared trousers, industrial strikes, and the firm belief that one might pop out for a Sunday ramble and accidentally trip over a Roman villa. Enter Collins Field Guide to Archaeology in Britain (1975) by Eric Stuart Wood ? a book from that noble era when sensible people carried compasses, Ordnance Survey maps, and a quiet hope of uncovering a Bronze Age barrow before teatime. This is not archaeology as seen on television, with dramatic drone shots and someone whispering about ?ritual significance.? No. This is archaeology as it was meant to be: damp boots, sheep staring suspiciously, and a low hedge that might ? just might ? conceal the remains of a Saxon earthwork. Wood writes with the calm authority of a man who knows that the British countryside is essentially one enormous, slightly overgrown museum, and that if you look closely enough at any lump in a field, it probably predates the Tudors. Published by Harper Collins back when field guides were compact, durable, and designed to survive being shoved into a rucksack next to a thermos, this volume is packed with illustrations, site explanations, and the gentle encouragement that you too can distinguish a Neolithic long barrow from a convenient mound of agricultural optimism. It assumes you are the sort of person who enjoys phrases like ?crop marks? and ?scheduled monument? and considers the phrase ?Iron Age hillfort? to be the beginning of a pleasant afternoon. The joy of this book lies in its earnestness. It was written in a time before heritage centres had gift shops selling ?I ? Hadrian?s Wall? mugs. It expects you to navigate Britain with map, curiosity, and perhaps a mild tolerance for drizzle. It will teach you to look at the landscape differently ? that innocent rise in Wiltshire may be a burial site; that grassy circle in Yorkshire might have seen more drama than an entire season of modern television. Condition: Good. Which is entirely appropriate. A field guide to archaeology should look faintly as though it has been on a field. The pages are ready for another expedition, whether that?s an actual hillfort or the comforting armchair of a reader who prefers their Roman roads free of midges. Perfect for walkers, amateur historians, time-travellers, or anyone who suspects Britain peaked somewhere around the Bronze Age. Buy it from Crappy Old Books and prepare to spend your next country stroll muttering, ?Ah yes, classic defensive earthwork,? while everyone else is just admiring the cows.

4th edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 384 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 20 cm. Subjects; Antiquities. Great Britain Antiquities ; Guidebooks. Archaeology; Great Britain. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. A 4th edition Hardback of 1975 with slightly worn dw. #H.