 | Fascicules
For a full list of fascicules from York Archaeological Trust, please visit the YAT website
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 | 620- 2000 Years of York - The Archaeological Story
Written by Richard Hall and Patrick Ottaway
York Archaeological Trust
An invaluable guide to the archaeology of York from Prehistoric times to the modern day
Price: £3.95 |
Paperback
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 | Anglo-Saxon Weapons & Warfare
Written by Richard Underwood
Tempus Publishing
In this much needed and magnificently illustrated survey Richard Underwood describes the weapons and equipment of the Anglo-Saxon warrior during the three-and-a-half centuries from the end of Roman Britain to the arrival of the Vikings
Price: £17.99Including VAT at 17.5% |
Paperback
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 | Archaeology
Written by Paul Devereux
Snapping-turtle guides
A comprehensive, informative and highly readable introduction to the world of archaeology. Over 100 beautiful colour illustrations bring the subject of archaeology to life, keeping you hooked until you reach the end of the book.
Price: £4.00Including VAT at 17.5% |
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 | Archaeology: Discovering the Past
Written by John Orna-Ornstein
Oxford University Press
From Incas and Anglo-Saxons to mummies and bog-bodies, our knowledge of the past is growing faster than ever before. But how do archaeologists piece together the information about long-disappeared peoples and civilizations? Read this book and find out
Price: £9.99 |
Hardback
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 | A Speller's Companion
Published by Brown and Brown
Have you ever wondered why "was" is not spelt "woz"?
Why doesn't "money" have a "u" in it, or "laugh" have an "f"?
Why is a "stationer" so called?
Why do so many English place names end in "-by"?
The answers to these questions, and many more, are to be found in this fascinating book on the origins of English words and their spelling
Price: £3.75 |
Paperback
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 | Bedern Hall and the Vicars Choral of York Minster
Written by Richard Hall
Published by York Archaeological Trust
An essential guide to Bedern Hall, which, in the Middle Ages, stood at the heart of the College of Vicars Choral of York Minster. The first record of the Hall dates from 1250 and this guide (the first in the Exploring York series) details its lengthy history through photographs, diagrams and textual descriptions.
Price: £3.95 |
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 | Chronicles of the Vikings
Written by R.I. Page
Published by the British Museum Press
This book brings the Vikings to life using their own writings or the reports of people who knew them closely. Using a series of new translations from runic Viking inscriptions, plus poems by their official "Skalds", literary works that entertained them, and eye-witness accounts of how these people lived, the book sheds new light on the Vikings.
Price: £10.99 |
Paperback
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 | Exploring The World of the Vikings
Written by Richard Hall
Thames and Hudson publishing
The authoritative new survey of Viking history and culture
Here is the full story of the Vikinjgs from their origins in Scandinavia during the early first millennium AD, through the incredible period of raiding, trading and settling known as the Viking Age, to the last surviving Viking settlements in fifteenth century Greenland.
Price: £18.95Including VAT at 17.5% |
Hardback
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 | The Historical Atlas of the Vikings
Written by John Haywood
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings is informative, well-written, and handsomely produced. All in all, it is an excellent introduction for the newcomer as well as a useful resource for any Viking history buff.
Price: £14.99Including VAT at 17.5% |
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 | Ingimund's Saga
Written by Stephen Harding
Published by Countyvise Ltd
This book tells the story of a group of Viking settlers from Norway, who arrived in the region around West Kirby in the Wirral 1100 years ago. It explains their religion, their pastimes, such as horse racing and rock climbing, and the legends that have been attributed to them.
Price: £9.00 |
Paperback
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 | Mick's Archaeology
Written by Mick Astons of Channel 4's The Time Team
Tempus Publishing Ltd
This is the book that all Time Team viewers have been waiting for. What was it that brought Mick Aston - the wild haired, stripey-jumpered team leader - into archaeology in the first place. What aspects of the subject give him a particular buzz? What archaeological work has he been involved with over the last 30 years? How did the Time Team itself come into existance?
Price: £12.99 |
Paperback
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 | Recreating the Past
Written by Victor Ambrus & Mick Aston
Tempus Publishing Ltd
"This is a delightful book" - Current Archaeology
"Very easy to read....His engaging personality shines through these pages" - British Archaeology
Price: £12.99 |
Paperback
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 | Revealing The Buried Past - Geophysics for Archaeologists
Written by Chris Gaffney and John Gater
Foreword by Mick Aston
Published by Tempus
Thanks to ever-sophisticated technology archaeologists can identify much that is beneath the soil without having to excavate. From Pitt-Rivers banging the surface of the ground with a pick in the late 19th century through to modern radar survey, the value of geophysics is explained with many real-life case studies
Chris Gaffney and John Gater have been advisors to Channel 4's The Time Team for 10 years
Price: £17.99 |
Paperback
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 | Runes
Published by Gudrun
This concise and readable book tells the story of Viking runes, and explains each letter with the help of runic verse dating from the Viking age
Price: £6.99 |
Hardback
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 | The Lewis Chessmen
This richly illustrated account tells the story of the great hoard of 12th century chesspieces which were found in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis. It also reviews the place of the chessmen within the history of the ancient game of chess, and of Romanesque art and its medieval context.
Price: £5.00 |
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 | The Practical Archaeologist - How we know what we know about the past
Written by Jane McIntosh
Thames and Hudson
This reference to the world of modern archaeology provides a practical understanding of what archaeology is, how archaeologists work, and how they interpret the evidence they find.
Price: £12.95 |
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 | The Prophecy
Published by Gudrun
The Prophecy is an ancient poem from Scandinavia by the name of Voluspa, which literally means "the prophecy of the seeress" and describes a vision that appears to her. The prophecy is the story of the creation of the world as told in the ancient faith of the Vikings
Price: £6.99 |
Paperback
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 | The Sayings of the Vikings
Published by Gudrun
This is a new and extremely readable translation of the Havamal, the words and wisdom that served the Vikings on their long journeys over the seas to new lands
Price: £5.99 |
Paperback
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 | The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
Written by Angela Care Evans
The British Museum Press
A revised edition of a survey of the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk in 1939. Describes the contents of the ship, together with a summary of the most recent research and excavations.
Price: £9.99 |
Paperback
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 | The Vikings
Written by Magnus Magnusson
Tempus Publishing
'A beautifully written history of the Vikings' Professor Peter Sawyer
Magnus Magnusson's indispensable study of this great period presents a rounded and fascinating picture of a people who, in modern eyes, would seem to embody striking contradictions.
Price: £9.99Including VAT at 17.5% |
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 | The Vikings' Guide to Good Business
An original Medieval Text
Published by Gudrun
This book presents the sound advice that people in the North in times of old found most effective in their dealings with others at home and abroad. These teachings are taken from the "King's Mirror", one of the main works of instruction in medieval Scandinavia.
Price: £11.99 |
Hardback
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 | Treasure - Finding Our Past
Written by Richard Hobbs
The British Museum Press
This title gives a brief overview of the "history" of treasure, including origins of the law of Treasure Trove in England and Wales, and the events which led to its revision in 1996.
Price: £9.99 |
Paperback
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 | Treasures of York
Written by Nicola Rogers, Frances Mee and Christine Kyriacou of York Archaeological Trust
Published by Landmark
This full colour book presents the fascinating collection of objects uncovered beneath the streets of York over the past 30 years by York Archaeological Trust.
"This is the best book I have seen on the objects found by archaeologists in an important early city" Time Team's Professor Mick Aston
Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
Price: £9.99 |
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 | Viking Clothing
Written by Thor Ewing
Tempus Publishing
This accessible new book is the first to tackle the question of what the Vikings wore, drawing on evidence from art and archaeology, literature and linguistics to arrive at a fresh understanding of the nature of Viking clothing, covering rich and poor men and women across Scandinavia.
Price: £17.99Including VAT at 17.5% |
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 | Celtic Bookmark (small)
Silver bookmark with Celtic Design - a special gift for any book lover
10cm x 5cm (packaged) / 4 x 2 inch (packaged)
Price: £1.95Including VAT at 17.5% |
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 | Celtic Bookmark (large)
Silver bookmark with Celtic Design - a special gift for any book lover
15cm x 4cm (packaged) / 6 x 1.5 inches (packaged)
Price: £3.50Including VAT at 17.5% |
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 | Coppergate Helmet Bookmark
Beautiful metal bookmark with design taken from the Anglo-Saxon "Coppergate Helmet" nose piece, found at Coppergate, York
15cm x 4cm (packaged) / 6 x 1.5 inches (packaged)
Price: £3.50Including VAT at 17.5% |
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 | Gold Bookmark
Insights gold memento bookmark complete with leather case and box.
Price: £6.99Including VAT at 17.5% |
Styles
Runes York Minster Skeleton Viking Ship |
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 | Leather Bookmark
Leather bookmark depicting images of Viking carvings and coins from Scandanavia and York
23cm x 3.5cm / 9inch x 1.5 inch
Price: £1.25Including VAT at 17.5% |
Colours
Red with silver print
Pink with silver print
Purple with silver print
Cream with silver print
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 | Kells Bookends
Set of two bookends featuring designs taken fromt the Book of Kells. Available in Polished bronze
Price: £53.50Including VAT at 17.5% |
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 | Metallic Bookmark
Metallic bookmark depicting Viking warrior
Price: £2.75Including VAT at 17.5% |
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