The Society of Antiquaries of London is charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with ‘the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries’. It celebrated its Tercentenary in 2007.
The Society’s 2,900 Fellows include many distinguished archaeologists and art and architectural historians holding positions of responsibility across the cultural heritage. The Fellowship is international in its reach and its interests are inclusive of all aspects of the material past.
As a registered charity, the Society’s principal objectives are to foster public understanding of that heritage, to support research and communicate the results and to engage in the formulation of public policy on the care of our historic environment and cultural property. The Society of Antiquaries receives no direct support from public funds
The Society’s publications – the Antiquaries Journal and Archaeologia – are international journals of record, used by students and scholars everywhere, as are the Society’s Research Reports, Occasional Papers and other publications. Our policy is to publish works of reference that will be in use for decades.
This is a supplementary volume to the corpus of Romano-British mosaics published by the Society of Antiquaries of London between 2002 and 2010 (Volumes I-IV). It is in two parts: an overview, discussing...
Written in 1619, Sir George Buc’s History is a study of King Richard III of England’s life and reign. This edition by A. N. Kincaid discusses Buc’s position in the literary and scholarly world of his day and traces the mystery of the text’s transmission. Extensive notes document the facts of Richard’s reign and controversies surrounding them.
Edited by Chris Fern FSA, Dr. Tania Dickinson PhD, FSA and Professor Leslie Webster PhD, FSA
Price: $80.00
ISBN: 9781527233508
Pub Date: 2020-07-22
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Society of Antiquaries of London
640 Pages
The Staffordshire Hoard: An Anglo-Saxon Treasure tells the story of the Hoard’s discovery, acquisition for the nation, and the six-year research project that pieced its fragments back together, identified its objects and explored their manufacture. Key chapters discuss the decoration and meaning of the Hoard’s intricate ornament, the techniques of
Archaeological investigations at Heslington East, York, 2003-13
by Steve Roskams and Cath Neal
Price: $45.95
ISBN: 9780854313020
Pub Date: 2020-09-22
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Society of Antiquaries of London
200 Pages
A thematic analysis of excavated evidence from fieldwork conducted at one of the largest exposures of prehistoric and Roman activity in the immediate hinterland of Eboracum, a major Roman town in Britain.
A major re-examination of a key northern town in Roman Britain, providing new information about its topography and its development and that of its later landscape.
This is the complete history of a building that began as a hunting lodge, late in the eleventh century and that grew to be the principal house of the manor of Theydon Mount in Essex, a small country retreat within easy reach of London.
A late Roman and early Byzantine City: the Finds and the biological Remains
by Andrew Poulter
Full Price: $90.00
Discount Price: $24.98
ISBN: 9781842171820
Pub Date: 2007-05-27
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Society of Antiquaries of London
2 Pages
This, the third and final monograph, completes the description of the excavations carried out by the British team, part of the Anglo-Bulgarian archaeological programme on the site of Nicopolis ad Istrum in northern Bulgaria, one of the best-preserved ancient cities of the Roman Empire.
This book is a comprehensive study of the churches and monastic buildings constructed by the Cistercian order in Wales. It covers fourteen abbeys situated across the principality and its borders, recognised by the Cistercians of the later Middle Ages as their 'province of Wales'.
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