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The books considered in this instalment of NBC raise questions about how we represent the past through words and images. In particular, five of the seven are either explicitly or implicitly biographical, exploring a diverse spectrum of lives from twentieth-century archaeologists to a governor of Roman Britain. Further, with the exception of the first book presented here, all of these titles are written and packaged for a readership extending beyond the professional archaeologist, and they provide the opportunity to consider not only how archaeological narratives are constructed but also how these are communicated.
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General
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Anatolia, Levant, Middle East
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Africa and Egypt
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Americas
Agbe-Davies, Anna S.. 2015. Tobacco, pipes, and race in colonial Virginia: little tubes of mighty power. 246 pages, numerous b&w illustrations, 16 tables. Walnut Creek (CA): Left Coast; 978-1-61132-396-2 paperback £34.95.Google Scholar
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Britain and Ireland
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Byzantine, early medieval and medieval
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Heritage, conservation & museums
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Other
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