Excavations at Fishbourne 1961-1969 (Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XXVI) (2 vols.)
Leeds: The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Quartos. Vol.1: (xxvi) 221pp. + 91 plates. Vol.2: (xix) (1) 399pp. + 28 plates. Light brown photo-illustrated dust jackets with white and black lettering on the front covers and spines. Red buckram boards with gilt lettering on the spines. The two-volume set is a comprehensive text and photographic study examining the remains of the Roman-era Fishbourne Palace in West Sussex, England. The site is considered the largest residential Roman structure discovered in Britain to date, and is known for its extensive and exceptional floor mosaics. Vol. 1 details aspects and physical features of the site itself, while vol.2 discusses the objects found at the site. The volumes are profusely illustrated throughout with in-text figures, including a number of of large fold-out topographic and stratographic maps, and contain a total of 117 plates of b/w photographic reproductions. Djs with some light rubbing to extremities and along edges. Djs in very good-, bindings and interiors in near fine condition overall. vg- to near fine. Item #43306
*Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe (b.1939) is a leading British archaeologist and academic, who served as Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2007. He is considered a leading authority especially in the field of the history and archaeology of Great Britain.
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