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Archaeopress New Frontiers in Archaeology: Proceedings of the
Book SynopsisThis volume is the result of the Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference (CASA), held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research from September 13–15, 2019. CASA developed out of the Annual Student Archaeology Conference, first held in 2013, which was formed by students at Cambridge, Oxford, Durham and York. In 2017, Cambridge became the home of the conference and the name was changed accordingly. The conference was developed to give students (from undergraduate to PhD candidates) in archaeology and related fields the chance to present their research to a broad audience. The theme for the 2019 conference was New Frontiers in Archaeology and this volume presents papers from a wide range of topics such as new geographical areas of research, using museum collections and legacy data, new ways to teach archaeology and new scientific or theoretic paradigms. From hunting and gathering in the Neolithic to the return of artefacts to Turkey, the papers contained within show a great variety in both geography and chronology. Discussions revolve around access to data, the role of excavation in today’s archaeology, the role of local communities in archaeological interpretation and how we can ask new questions of old data. This volume presents 18 papers arranged in the six sessions with the two posters in their thematic sessions.Table of ContentsNew Frontiers in Archaeology – Kyra Kaercher and Monique Arntz ; Session 1: Strength in Numbers: Combining Old Datasets to Answer New Questions ; Strength in Numbers: Combining Old Datasets to Answer New Questions – Lucy Timbrell ; Hunting in the Neolithic: Zooarchaeological Meta-analysis of the Role of Wild Mammals in Eastern Europe 6500-3000 BCE – Giselle F. Rainsford-Betts ; The Relevance of Çatalhöyük Reflexive Diaries – Gustavo Sandoval ; Multiple Datasets, Multiple Meanings? A Reanalysis of Multiple Internment Burials in Early Anglo-Saxon England – Caroline Palmer ; The Reuse of Archaeological Data: Grand Challenges and New Approaches to Southern Levantine Mortuary Archaeology – Sara Mura ; Session 2: Past and Future-Lifestyle and Inequality ; Past and Future-Lifestyle and Inequality – Sabrina Ki and Helena Muñoz-Mojado ; Magdalenian Minds: Evaluating the Role of Cognition in Mobiliary Art of the Magdalenian – Molly Hardman ; Gathering Practices in Eastern-Central Sweden During the Middle and Late Mesolithic – Erik Solfeldt ; Missing Objects: New Perspectives to Tackle the Problem of Textile Activity – Patricia Rosell Garrido ; Session 3: Animal-Human Interactions: Becoming, Creating, Relating ; Animal-Human Interactions: Becoming, Creating, Relating – Izzy Wisher and Kevin Kay ; Beating the Dead Horse? Using Ethnography for Middle Palaeolithic Zooarchaeological Contexts in North-West Europe – Erica Priestley ; Hounds of Hel: How Did the Mythological Significance of Viking Age Dogs Affect their Social Position? – Jessica Cousen ; Hold Your Horses – Animals in Ancient Thrace – Stella Nikolova ; Seen but not Herd: Animals in La Tène Art in England and Wales – Rebecca L. Ellis ; Wolf vs. Dragon. What if Medieval Dragons Were Wolf-Headed Snakes from Antiquity? – Giuseppe Delia ; Session 4: Public Archaeology in the Light of Global Politics: New Challenges and Opportunities ; Public Archaeology in the Light of Global Politics: New Challenges and Opportunities – Nancy Bomentre ; Rights of Cultural Objects: Gypsy Girl Reuniting with Her Company – Elvin Akbulut Dağlıer ; Papa He’e Nalu: Two Surfboards from Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum – Joanna Tonge ; Session 5: New Frontiers in the Archaeology of Buildings ; New Frontiers in the Archaeology of Buildings – Xosé L. Hermoso-Buxán ; Desert Kites: A New Frontier in Near Eastern Archaeology – Mariam Shakhmuradyan ; Peculiar Elements of the Built Environment: The Problem of ‘Special Rural Settlements’ and Identification of Rural Social Hierarchies. Archaeological Evidence from a Medieval Village in the Western Periphery of the German Central Uplands – Roman Zabolotnîi ; The Fort-Towers in La Rioja (Central-Northern Iberia): Conservation Status and Rehabilitations – Isaac Martínez-Espinosa ; Session 6: New Frontiers in Archaeological Sciences: Trowel-Blazing at the Cutting Edge? ; Introduction: Really Cool Stuff in the Future of Archaeological Sciences – Ruairidh Macleod
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Archaeopress Public Archaeologies of Frontiers and Borderlands
Book SynopsisFrom IndyRef and Brexit to the Refugee Crisis and Trump’s Wall, the construction and maintenance, subversion and traversing of frontiers and borderlands dominate our current affairs. Yet, while archaeologists have long participated in exploring frontiers and borderlands, their public archaeology has been starkly neglected. Incorporating the select proceedings of the 4th University of Chester Archaeology Student conference hosted by the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, on 20 March 2019, this is the first book to investigate realworld ancient and modern frontier works, the significance of graffiti, material culture, monuments and wall-building, as well as fictional representations of borders and walls in the arts, as public archaeology. Key themes include the heritage interpretation for linear monuments, public archaeology in past and contemporary frontiers and borderlands, and archaeology’s interactions with mural practices in politics, popular culture and the contemporary landscape. Together, the contributors show the necessity of developing critical public archaeologies of frontiers and borderlands.Table of ContentsForeword – Rebecca H. Jones ; Public Archaeologies from the Edge – Pauline Clarke, Kieran Gleave and Howard Williams ; Breaking Down Barriers: The Role of Public Archaeology and Heritage Interpretation in Shaping Perceptions of the Past – Richard Nevell and Michael Nevell ; Roman Walls, Frontiers and Public Archaeology – An Interview with Rob Collins ; Hands across the Border? Prehistory, Cairns and Scotland’s 2014 Independence Referendum – Kenneth Brophy ; Breaking Down the Berlin Wall: Dark Heritage, Pre-Wall Sites and the Public – Kieran Gleave ; The Political Dimensions of Public Archaeology in Borderlands: Exploring the Contemporary US-México Border – Maikin Holst ; Cofiwch Dryweryn: The Frontiers of Contemporary Welsh Nationalism, as seen through the Creation of Contested Heritage Murals – David Howell ; The Discomfort of Frontiers: Public Archaeology and the Politics of Offa’s Dyke – An interview with Keith Ray ; The Biography of Borderlands: Old Oswestry Hillfort and Modern Heritage Debates – Ruby McMillan-Sloan and Howard Williams ; Interpreting Wat’s Dyke in the 21st Century – Howard Williams ; Envisioning Wat’s Dyke – John G. Swogger and Howard Williams ; Watching Walls: Frontier Archaeology and Game of Thrones – Emma Kate Vernon ; Frontiers on Film: Evaluating Mulan (1998) and The Great Wall (2016) – Sophie Billingham
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Archaeopress Visual Culture, Heritage and Identity: Using Rock
Book SynopsisVisual Culture, Heritage and Identity: Using Rock Art to Reconnect Past and Present sets out a fresh perspective on rock art by considering how ancient images function in the present. In recent decades, archaeological approaches to rock paintings and engravings have significantly advanced our understanding of rock art in regional and global terms. On the other hand, however, little research has been done on contemporary uses of rock art. How does ancient rock art heritage influence contemporary cultural phenomena? And how do past images function in the present, especially in contemporary art and other media? In the past, archaeologists usually concentrated more on reconstructing the semantic and social contexts of the ancient images. This volume, on the other hand, focuses on how this ancient heritage is recognised and reified in the modern world, and how this art stimulates contemporary processes of cultural identity-making. The authors, who are based all over the world, off er attractive and compelling case studies situated in diverse cultural and geographical contexts.Trade Review'This is a fascinating book that breathes new life into a subject dominated so long by traditional exegetic interpretations of prehistoric rock art which have achieved little collective consensus, although it is fair to say they have advanced our understanding. It is illustrated with beautiful and vibrant images throughout, and its anthropological/ethnoarchaeological approach is highly commended.'—Mark Merrony (2021): ANTIQVVS, Volume 3, Issue 4'The editors are to be congratulated on promoting a relatively new concept in rock art research, namely bridging the philosophical gap between ancient and modern art forms, using anthropology and ethnography to legitimise the past and the way it interacts with the present. The publishers, Archaeopress, should also receive praise for producing such a handsome and colourful publication that truly reflects the beauty and rhetoric of modern (rock) art-making.' – George Nash (2022): Current World Archaeology #111Table of ContentsA Brief Note about the Editors ; Using Rock Art to Reconnect Past and Present: An Introduction – Andrzej Rozwadowski and Jamie Hampson ; Indigenous Art in New Contexts: Inspiration or Appropriation? – Jamie Hampson and Rory Weaver ; The Cave of Altamira and Modern Artistic Creation – Pilar Fatás Monforte ; Joane Cardinal–Schubert: Ancient Contemporary – Alisdair MacRae ; Face to Face with Ancestors: Indigenous Codes in the Contemporary Art of Siberia – Andrzej Rozwadowski and Magdalena Boniec ; Contemporary Views on Rock Art from Within the Frame: Indigenous Cultural Continuity and Artistic Engagement with Rock Art – Marisa Giorgi and Dale Harding ; PalimpsGestures: Rock Art and the Recreation of Body Expression – Lina do Carmo ; In the Name of the Ancestors: Repainted Identities and Land Memories – Laura Teresa Tenti ; Muraycoko Wuyta’a Be Surabudodot / Ibararakat: Rock Art and Territorialization in Contemporary Indigenous Amazonia – the Case of the Munduruku People from the Tapajos River – Jairo Saw Munduruku, Eliano Kirixi Munduruku and Raoni Valle ; Appropriation, Re-Appropriation, Reclamation: The Re-Use of New Zealand’s Most Renowned Māori Rock Art – Gerard O’Regan [Open Access: Download]; Reproduction, Simulation and the Hyperreal: A Case Study of ‘Lascaux III’ 2015–2017 – Robert J. Wallis
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Archaeopress Heritage in the Making: Dealing with the Legacies
Book SynopsisThe fifth volume of Ex Novo has the pleasure to host Flaminia Bartolini as guest editor for the special issue titled Heritage in the Making: Dealing with Legacies of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. This collection of peer-reviewed papers stems in part from the successful workshop held at McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge in December 2018 under the aegis of the DAAD-Cambridge Hub. The event gathered several international heritage experts and professionals from both Germany and Italy to explore the complexities of handling Heritage related to Fascism and National Socialism. The selection of papers contribute much to the debate on the shifting conditions of the reception of dictatorial regimes, and more specifically the fate of fascist material legacies from the aftermath of WWII to the present day. The second part of this volume includes an additional contribution by Aydin Abar which keeps in with the broad theme of political reappropriation of the past lying at the core of Bartolini’s collection of papers but strays away from their geographical focus by extending the analysis to the exploitation of Achaemenian material legacies in reinforcing nationalist narratives in nineteenth and twentieth century Iran.Table of ContentsForeword – Ex Novo EDITORIAL BOARD ; PART I: Heritage in the Making. Dealing with the Legacies of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany – Flaminia BARTOLINI (ed.) ; Introduction. Difficult Heritage and its Making – Flaminia BARTOLINI ; Collecting Mussolini: The Case of the Susmel–Bargellini Collection – Susanna ARANGIO ; Fascism on Display. The Afterlife of Material Legacies of the Dictatorship – Flaminia BARTOLINI ; Edmondo Rossoni and Tresigallo. An Atypical Case of Regime’s Town – Davide BRUGNATTI & Giuseppe MURONI ; Difficult Heritage: The Experience of the Fossoli Camp Foundation – Marzia LUPPI & Francesca SCHINTU ; The Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg. A Difficult Heritage and a Public Space – Alexander SCHMIDT ; Berlin Tempelhof: From Heritage Site to Creative Industry Hub? – Dagmar ZADRAZILOVA ; PART II ; Legacy of Teispian and Achaemenian Materiality. The History and the Role of Monuments in 19th - 21st Century Iranian Nationalism – Aydin ABAR ; Costruire storie e raccontare produzioni. Riflessioni a partire da un libro recente – Enrico GIANNICHEDDA ; Interviews & Reviews ; La complessitá del reale e la sua immagine. Conversazione con Daniele Simoni – Martina REVELLO LAMI
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Archaeopress Discurso, espacio y poder en las religions
Book SynopsisDiscurso, espacio y poder en las religiones antiguas aims to reflect on how the wielders of power, be they religious, social or political, shape the discourses that justify their power within the framework of a society or a specific group, and how space participates in these discourses. Intellectuals, aristocrats, holy men or even the dead all needed to shape a discourse that would allow them to justify their hierarchies, whether they were internal or common to all of society, to reach a social consensus and to sustain them over time. The forms in which power used religion to express itself were quite diverse, such as ritual violence, martyrdom, sacrifice, or even divine trickery. Sometimes certain spaces became places whose political and religious control brought about conflicts, whose resolution was found through the legitimisation generated by the complex theological discourse, which reinforced the extraordinary qualities of the gods to reaffirm their authority, or through the cohesive value of the rites. This volume analyses these questions through fourteen works by sixteen researchers from different institutions. It includes studies carried out with materials from a wide range of sources: epigraphy, the archaeological record, and literary sources.Trade Review'This miscellany of studies has been enriched by his approach multidisciplinary because the contributions have been focused from a wide variety of scientific disciplines such as the History of Religions, Philology, History and Archaeology. Likewise, there is no doubt that we are dealing with a collection of innovative tests of great scientific value for scholars of societies as a whole, and that in Spanish-speaking historiography comes to fill a historiographic gap on the conceptual trinomial discourse-space-power. The different contributions, covering a wide chronology and cultural contexts diverse, facilitate the understanding of the realities and beliefs so polyhedral that they underlie the articulation of past religions. In short, from all that has been said previously it is inferred that it is a work of great quality, aspect that guarantees per se its publication in the academic publisher Archaeopress.' – Paula Arbeloa Borbón (2022): REVISTA ARYSTable of ContentsPrólogo – RAMÓN SONEIRA MARTÍNEZ ; Aspectos teóricos ; Teorizando la religión y el poder en el mundo antiguo: del discurso al espacio. Nociones introductorias – RAFAEL A. BARROSO-ROMERO & JOSÉ A. CASTILLO-LOZANO ; Senses in/of religious violence: identity, difference, privilege, and power – FRANCISCO DÍEZ DE VELASCO ; Discursos sociorreligiosos en la configuración del poder ; La influencia del período amarniense en la religión egipcia – IRIA SOUTO CASTRO ; La última cabalgada: imaginarios del tránsito psicopompo ibérico – JORGE GARCÍA CARDIEL ; Análisis del Himno Homérico a Hermes: su faceta y evolución como trickster – ANA CANALEJO PALAZÓN ; Teología negativa en el pensamiento presocrático – ALBERTO BERNABÉ PAJARES ; ¿Fue Pitágoras un chamán? – MARÍA DEL PILAR GARCÍA ARROYO ; El Satiricón 131: un rito mágico contra la impotencia sexual – DIEGO MESEGUER GONZÁLEZ ; Cicero and Augustine: a comparative pedagogy of rhetoric – GUILLERMO IZNAOLA RODRÍGUEZ ; El camino hacia la divinidad: la muerte de Alejandro Magno – SERGIO LÓPEZ CALERO ; Deshacer el cuerpo, deshacer la autoridad: corporeidad y resistencia política en el martirio de Policarpo – AITOR BOADA BENITO ; Apropiación religiosa del espacio y proyección del poder ; Aspectos de las prácticas religiosas en Tarteso: el sacrificio de animales en santuarios – JOSÉ LUIS RAMOS SOLDADO & EDUARDO FERRER ALBELDA ; Barrios romanos y religión material – JÖRG RÜPKE ; El cristianismo primitivo y su idea de la naturaleza – JOSÉ ANTONIO MOLINA GÓMEZ
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Archaeopress Making Archaeology Public: A View from the
Book SynopsisThe sixth issue of Ex Novo explores how ‘peripheral’ regions currently approach both the practice and theory of public archaeology placing particular emphasis on Eastern and Southern Europe and extending the analysis to usually underrepresented regions of the Mediterranean.Table of ContentsEx Novo EDITORIAL BOARD: Foreword ; PART I - Making Archaeology Public. A View from the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and Beyond. ; Jaime ALMANSA SÁNCHEZ: Paper, perception and…facts? Exploring archaeological heritage management in the Mediterranean and the weight of public archaeology ; Nicoló DONATI, Elisa GUSBERTI, Tommaso MAGLIARO & Alessandra RIVA: The Confederazione Italiana Archeologi (CIA) social media projects during the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy: changing the digital communication approach to the online community ; Anastasia SAKELLARIADI: Public Archaeology in Greece: A Review of the current state of the field ; Paraskevi ELEFANTI: The unfamiliar past: The outreach of Palaeolithic archaeology in Greek archaeological museums ; Carlos MONTALVO, Andres MOSQUERA, Eric DYRDAHL, Valeria RIVERA, Santiago SOLINES, Maria Gracia RIOFRIO & Gabriela GRANJA: Quito’s archaeological heritage protection: The “Delimitación de Áreas Arqueológicas del Bloque Quito” project as a case of study ; WANG Bo-Chiao 王柏喬, CHUNG Kuo-Feng 鍾國風 & Nicolas ZORZIN: An attempt in shifting commodified archaeological practices in Taiwan through community engagement ; PART II – Off Topic ; Valeria ACCONCIA: Superare il guado: riflessioni su archeologia, storia sociale e modelli di autorappresentazione delle comunità antiche e moderne ; Giancarlo LAGO & Andrea DI RENZONI: Il Milione. The first 14 years of ERC funding to human past studies (SH6): an Italian perspective ; Reviews & Interviews ; Manuel GAGO MARIÑO & Jesús GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ: The Iron Age looks at Rome for the first time in audiovisuals: fiction, cultural imaginary and historical reality in Barbarians and Britannia ; Marie USADEL & Francesco Corgiolu: Der Brückenbauer. Intervista con Dario Siddi ; Flaminia BARTOLINI: Rethinking places of trauma: an interview with Silvia Costa, Government Commissioner for the preservation and re-purposing of the ex-prison complex on the island of Santo Stefano ; Martina REVELLO LAMI: Disegnare per osservare, capire, caccontare. Conversazione con Agostino Sotgia ; PART III – Confederazione Italiana Archeologi (CIA) 2021 Annual Meeting ; A Conversation with: ; Felipe CRIADO-BOADO ; Yannis HAMILAKIS ; Cornelius HOLTORF ; Lynn MESKELL ; Elisabeth NICKLASSON
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Archaeopress Conversations in Human Evolution: Volume 2
Book SynopsisConversations in Human Evolution is an ongoing science communication initiative seeking to explore the breadth and interdisciplinarity of human evolution studies. This volume reports another twenty interviews (referred to as ‘conversations’ as they are informal in style) with scholars at the forefront of human evolution research, covering the broad scientific themes of Palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology and biological anthropology, earth science and palaeoclimatic change, evolutionary anthropology and primatology, and human disease co-evolution. This project features academics at various different stages in their careers and from all over the world; in this volume alone, researchers are based at institutions in eleven different countries (namely Iran, India, the United Kingdom, Greece, Australia, South Africa, the United States of America, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Israel), covering five continents. Having arisen at the start of the COVID19 pandemic, Conversations in Human Evolution aims to encourage engagement with both human evolutionary studies and the broader socio-political issues that persist within academia, the latter of which is particularly pertinent during this time of global uncertainty. The conversations delve deeply into the study of our species’ evolutionary history through the lens of each sub-discipline, as well as detailing some of the most current advances in research, theory and methods. Overall, Conversations in Human Evolution seeks to bridge the gap between the research and researcher through contextualisation of the science with personal experience and historical reflection.Table of ContentsConversations in Human Evolution – Lucy Timbrell ; Part 1: Palaeolithic Archaeology ; Sonia Shidrang ; Ravi Korisettar ; Jennifer French ; Rebecca Wragg Sykes ; Nena Galanidou ; Part 2: Palaeoanthropology and biological anthropology ; Rainer Grün ; Briana Pobiner ; Mirriam Tawane ; Trish Biers ; Tanya Smith ; Rebecca Ackermann ; Part 3: Earth science and palaeoclimatic change ; Rick Potts ; Mark Maslin ; Yoshi Maezumi ; Part 4: Evolutionary anthropology and primatology ; Duncan Stibbard Hawkes ; Ammie Kalan ; Lynne Isbell ; Part 5: Human-disease evolution ; Hila May ; Simon Underdown ; Lluis Quintana-Murci
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Berghahn Books Critical Public Archaeology: Confronting Social
Book Synopsis Critical approaches to public archaeology have been in use since the 1980s, however only recently have archaeologists begun using critical theory in conjunction with public archaeology to challenge dominant narratives of the past. This volume brings together current work on the theory and practice of critical public archaeology from Europe and the United States to illustrate the ways that implementing critical approaches can introduce new understandings of the past and reveal new insights on the present. Contributors to this volume explore public perceptions of museum interpretations as well as public archaeology projects related to changing perceptions of immigration, the working classes, and race.Trade Review “This volume is a must-read for anyone interested in doing more subversive and committed work in the field of social archaeology, now that it has a critical theoretical framework…One of the strengths of this publication is that the narratives arising through the different chapters of this book will contribute to fostering archaeologies and heritage management commitments to addressing contemporary issues and proposing more diverse, dialogic, and reflexive methods.” • Public Archaeology “… this is a strong and coherent collection of papers which constitutes an advancement of the field of public archaeology. The volume exemplifies many of the most important themes, practices and processes of contemporary public archaeology, such as the politics of the past and the socio-economic-political contexts in which archaeologists operate.” • Gabriel Moshenska, UCL Institute of ArchaeologyTable of Contents Introduction: In Pursuit of a Critical Public Archaeology V. Camille Westmont Part I: Work with Communities Chapter 1. Aiming for Anti-Racism: Policies and Practices of a Publicly Engaged Archaeology Department Mary Furlong Minkoff, Terry P. Brock, and Matthew B. Reeves Chapter 2. Legacies of Shame, Legacies of Hope: Community Archaeology at a World War II Japanese American Internment Camp Jeffery Burton and Mary M. Farrell Chapter 3. Archaeology as Performance: Reanimating the Portland Wharf Landscape with Critical Public Archaeology M. Jay Stottman Part II: Advancing Methods Chapter 4. Towards a Critical Archaeological Museum Monika Stobiecka Chapter 5. “You can’t replant old trees”: The Combined Approach of Memory and Public Archaeology to Reinvestigate Court Housing in Liverpool, UK Kerry Massheder-Rigby Chapter 6. Archaeological Narratives as Critical Public Archaeology: Illuminating the Realities of Past and Present Forced Prison Labor through Story V. Camille Westmont Chapter 7. Expanding Critical Archaeology in the Digital Age: Building User Interfaces and Sharing the Assemblages of Archaeology in Annapolis Across the Globe Adam Fracchia Part III: Situating Critical Archaeology Chapter 8. Public Archaeology through the Lens of Historiography Torgrim Sneve Guttormsen Chapter 9. Public perceptions of archaeology in the museum Chiara Zuanni Conclusion: Critical Public Archaeology in Context Suzie Thomas
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Berghahn Books Modeling the Past: Archaeology, History, and
Book Synopsis How do researchers use dynamic network analysis (DYRA) to explore, model, and try to understand the complex global history of our species? Reduced to bare bones, network analysis is a way of understanding the world around us — a way called relational thinking — that is liberating but challenging. Using this handbook, researchers learn to develop historical and archaeological research questions anchored in DYRA. Undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professional historians and archaeologists can consult on issues that range from hypothesis-driven research to critiquing dominant historical narratives, especially those that have tended to ignore the diversity of the archaeological record.Trade Review " What I like about the whole book is the emphasis on historical and archaeological research as ‘not the search for truth, but as a venue to test hypotheses – research that is testable, refutable, and replicable.’” • Stephen Acabado, University of California-Los AngelesTable of Contents List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction: History Matters Chapter 1. Dynamic Relational Analysis Chapter 2. Start With a Question Chapter 3. Theories of History Chapter 4. Modeling Theories Chapter 5. Developing Hypotheses Chapter 6. Gathering Information Chapter 7. Analyzing Data Conclusion: So What? Glossary References
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Archaeopress Spring Archaeology: Atti del Convegno, Siena,
Book SynopsisNato dall'esigenza di fornire a giovani ricercatori e professionisti un'opportunità di mettersi alla prova e mostrare i propri lavori, Spring Archaeology è un viaggio attraverso le molte sfaccettature dell'archeologia in Italia, un paese ricco di storia e innovazione. L'evento, promosso da un gruppo di studenti e archeologi provenienti dall'Università degli Studi di Siena (IT) e ri-organizzato online a causa delle restrizioni imposte dall'emergere della pandemia da Covid-19, ha visto la partecipazione di studenti con vari livelli di formazione, dalla laurea triennale al titolo di dottorato, liberi professionisti, istituzioni museali e associazioni culturali. Papers e posters presentati si articolano attorno a cinque temi principali: l'applicazione di nuove tecnologie all'archeologia, lo studio della cultura materiale, progetti di archeologia pubblica, progressi nelle ricerche e riflessioni metodologiche. Gli autori, sia italiani impegnati all'estero che stranieri impegnati in Italia, hanno presentato casi studio dalla preistoria al medioevo, principalmente dall'area mediterranea. Questi atti di convegno includono 29 papers, 22 presentazioni di posters e una sintesi della tavola rotonda conclusiva, centrata sullo stato attuale dell'archeologia in Italia e sui suoi possibili futuri sviluppi.Table of ContentsDUE PAROLE PER UN INVITO ALLA LETTURA – Prof. Stefano Moscadelli ; SPRING ARCHAEOLOGY 2020: DAL CONVEGNO IN PRESENZA AL CONVEGNO ONLINE – Andrea Bellotti, Luca Luppino, Maria Messineo, Mickey Scarcella ; Sezione I: Archeologia e Nuove Tecnologie ; INTRODUZIONE – Giulio Poggi ; Papers ; DOCUMENTARE I MONUMENTI IN ARCHEOLOGIA: IL CASO DI VILLA SAN MARCO A CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA (NA) – Dario Saggese ; L’IDENTITÀ NEL FRAMMENTO: RICONOSCIMENTO DEL TAXON ATTRAVERSO L’IMPRONTA PEPTIDICA NEL SITO ANTICO E MEDIO OLOCENICO DI TAKARKORI (LIBIA) – Martina Di Matteo, Francesca Alhaique, Wim Van Neer, Savino di Lernia ; LA DOMUS IN PIAZZA. STRUMENTI DIGITALI PER LO STUDIO E LA VALORIZZAZIONE DI UN CONTESTO ARCHEOLOGICO URBANO – Eleonora Delpozzo ; METODI INTEGRATI PER IL CONTROLLO CRONOSTRATIGRAFICO E L’INTERPRETAZIONE DI STRUTTURE IN PIETRA. UN ESEMPIO DAL SITO DI TAKARKORI, LIBIA SUD-OCCIDENTALE – Olivier Scancarello ; PERCEPIRE L’INVISIBILE NEL PAESAGGIO ARCHEOLOGICO. IL CASO STUDIO DI TELESIA (BN) – Davide Mastroianni ; RICOSTRUIRE PER QUANTIFICARE: LA FORNACE DEI DOMITII DI MUGNANO IN TEVERINA – Claudia Sorrentino ; Posters ; AUTOMATIC IMAGE COLORIZATION: L’INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE APPLICATA ALL’ARCHEOLOGIA FUNERARIA – Anna Lucia Rivieri ; CELLA TRICORA DI DAGALA DEL RE (CT) – Roberta Faro ; SIMULAZIONE DELLA RISPOSTA ALLE SOLLECITAZIONI SISMICHE DI UN EDIFICIO DI XII-XIII SECOLO A POGGIO BONIZIO – Devid Savegnago ; TOPOGRAFIA ARCHEOLOGICA DI CORBETTA E ALBAIRATE (MI): METODI TRADIZIONALI E NUOVE TECNOLOGIE – Alberto Massari ; UN’IPOTESI RICOSTRUTTIVA PER L’AUGUSTEUM DI ROSELLE – Caterina Grassi ; Sezione II: Comunicazione e Valorizzazione ; INTRODUZIONE – Francesco Ripanti ; PAPERS ; ARCHEOLOGIA ACCESSIBILE – UN CASO STUDIO DALLA SARDEGNA – Mattia Cogoni, Michela Scano, Federico Porcedda ; DALLA RICERCA ALLA DIVULGAZIONE, DALLA DIDATTICA ALLA COMUNICAZIONE: IL CASO STUDIO DELLO SCAVO PALAFITTICOLO DEL LUCONE DI POLPENAZZE – Marco Baioni, Elisa Zentilini, Daniele Mittica ; ITINERARI DEL ROMANICO TRA VERBANO, OSSOLA E GOLFO BORROMEO. CONOSCERE E VALORIZZARE UN PATRIMONIO COMUNE – Eleonora Casarotti, Chiara Ribolla ; L’APPLICAZIONE STRIBAR PER LA COMUNICAZIONE E VALORIZZAZIONE DEL SITO ARCHEOLOGICO FUNERARIO DI STRIBUGLIANO (GR). LE TECNOLOGIE DIGITALI PER UNA FRUIZIONE DEL SITO AUTONOMA ED IMMERSIVA DEI PUBBLICI – Francesca Prestipino ; MARGINALITÀ COME OPPORTUNITÀ. RICERCA E VALORIZZAZIONE NELLE AREE RURALI DEL TERRITORIO SIRACUSANO – Antonino Cannata, Valeria Platania ; USCIRE DAL SILENZIO DELIBERATO DEL DATO ARCHEOLOGICO ATTRAVERSO LA DIVULGAZIONE SCIENTIFICA. COME SI COMUNICA IL PASSATO ALL’ARCHEODROMO DI POGGIBONSI (SI) – Federica Foresi ; POSTERS ; ARCHEOLOGIA E COMUNITÀ: IL GONNOSTRAMATZA PROJECT – Marco Cabras, Cristina Concu ; ELINI PAESE MUSEO: DALL’IDEA PROGETTUALE ALLA VALORIZZAZIONE DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURALE LOCALE – Federico Porcedda ; SMART INNOVATION E PATRIMONIO CULTURALE: UNA “PIAZZA DIGITALE” PER SANT’AVENDRACE, UN QUARTIERE PERIFERICO DI CAGLIARI (SARDEGNA) – Giulia Porceddu ; Sezione III: Cultura Materiale ; INTRODUZIONE – Chiara De Marco ; PAPERS ; ANALISI INTRODUTTIVA DELLA CERAMICA ISLAMICA DALLO SCAVO ARCHEOLOGICO DI DŪMAT AL-ĞANDAL – Simona Berardino ; GLI STRUMENTI DA ESTRAZIONE IN PIETRA DELLA MINIERA DI CINABRO NEOLITICA DEL POGGIO DI SPACCASASSO (ALBERESE-GR) – Andrea Terziani ; INDAGINI ARCHEOLOGICHE IN PALAZZO MAGGI GAMBARA A BRESCIA: TESTIMONIANZE CERAMICHE TARDOANTICHE E ASSOCIAZIONI DI VASELLAME DI PRIMA ETÀ LONGOBARDA – Beatrice Bellicini, Chiara Pupella ; LA CERAMICA DA UN SILOS DI STOCCAGGIO NELLA CASA DELLE ANFORE A MARSILIANA D’ALBEGNA (MANCIANO, GR) – Sara Rojo Muñoz ; PRAEDIA PHILIPPIANORUM. UN ALLEVAMENTO DI CAVALLI NELLA SICILIA TARDO ANTICA – Antonina Arena ; RAINING STONES. PROIETTILI LITICI E PLUMBEI NEL SALENTO TARDO ELLENISTICO – Carlo De Mitri ; POSTERS ; CONSIDERAZIONI SUI MATERIALI DELLA TOMBA DEI GIGANTI DI SAN COSIMO (GONNOFANADIGA – SU): POSSIBILI INDICATORI DI CONTATTI EXTRAINSULARI – Gioia Concas ; Sezione IV: Scavo e Ricerca ; INTRODUZIONE – Stefano Bertoldi ; PAPERS ; ATLANTE DELLE TECNICHE MURARIE NEL BIELLESE. MATERIALI E TECNICHE COSTRUTTIVE NEI SECOLI XI-XIV – Sara Roberto ; IL CONTRIBUTO DEI RESTI ANIMALI ALLA COMPRENSIONE DELL’EVOLUZIONE SOCIOECONOMICA DEL SITO DI MIRANDUOLO (CHIUSDINO, SI) – Lisa Dall’Olio ; IL POPOLAMENTO RURALE DELL’OLTREPÒ PAVESE: QUATTRO CASI STUDIO – Lorenzo Radaelli ; L’ETÀ DEL BRONZO SULL’ALTOPIANO DEL GOLLEI – Lorenzo Bonazzi, Smeralda Riggio, Barbara Valdinoci ; LA PIANURA VERONESE TRA BRONZO FINALE E PRIMA ETÀ DEL FERRO: DINAMICHE DEL POPOLAMENTO E ORGANIZZAZIONE DEL TERRITORIO – Andrea Giunto ; PROBLEMI DI DATAZIONE E STUDIO PRELIMINARE DELLO SCAFO DELLA NAVE A – PISA SAN ROSSORE – Cristina Laurenti ; POSTERS ; I MOSAICI DELLA DOMUS DI CARSULAE – Alessandra De Nardo ; LA FELIX TEMPORUM REPARATIO A TUSCANIA. RISULTATI PRELIMINARI DI UNA RICOGNIZIONE SUPERFICIALE IN LOCALITÀ MARRUCHETO – TUSCANIA (VT) – Alessandro Tizi ; LA VITIS VINIFERA L. IN ETÀ NURAGICA. NUOVE ACQUISIZIONI DELLA RICERCA SCIENTIFICA – Giulia Marotto ; LE SEPOLTURE FRA NEOLITICO ANTICO E MEDIO-INIZIALE IN PUGLIA E BASILICATA ORIENTALE – Cleo Barbafiera ; MERCATO DI MORTE. LORENZO VALERI, SPEZIALE DI TOSCANELLA-TUSCANIA, E IL COMMERCIO DI REPERTI ARCHEOLOGICI NELL'OTTOCENTO – Alessandro Tizi ; OFFICINE SULLA RIVA: NUOVI DATI DI ETÀ TARDO MEDIEVALE E MODERNA DALL’ISOLA DI TORCELLO (VE) – Jacopo Paiano, Martina Bergamo ; POMPEI, INSULA IX.5: RICOSTRUZIONE DEI RINVENIMENTI ATTRAVERSO LA DOCUMENTAZIONE D’ARCHIVIO – Federica Ciminelli ; PRATICHE DI SEPPELLIMENTO RITUALI ED ANOMALE NELLA PREISTORIA – Luca Bianchi ; TESTIMONIANZE ARCHEOLOGICHE DELLA GUERRA: CASI DI STUDIO DAL MONDO GRECO ANTICO – Roberto Domenico Melfi, Chrysanthi Kourta ; UN EDIFICIO TERMALE DAL SITO DI VIGNALE (LI) – Jacopo Scoz ; Sezione V: Teoria e Metodo ; INTRODUZIONE – Rossella Pansini ; PAPERS ; IMPORT-EXPORT NELL’AREA IONICO-ADRIATICA IN ETÀ TARDOANTICA E ALTOMEDIEVALE. L’EVOLUZIONE COMMERCIALE ATTRAVERSO L’ANALISI DI DUE CASI STUDIO: LE CITTÀ LAGUNARI DI ORIKUM (ALBANIA) E SALAPIA (ITALIA) – Sara Loprieno ; LE DOMUS DELL’ETRURIA ROMANA (PROVINCE DI SIENA, AREZZO, GROSSETO). ASPETTI STRUTTURALI, SOCIALI E URBANISTICI – Anna Lidia Pugni ; METODOLOGIA DI STUDIO DI UN EDIFICIO ATTRAVERSO L’ANALISI DELLE MALTE DI ALLETTAMENTO E RIVESTIMENTO. IL CASO DELLE TERME ACHILLIANE DI CATANIA – Lucrezia Longhitano ; OLTRE IL RICICLO. ANALISI DEL BUTTO DEL CASTELLO DI MIRANDUOLO (CHIUSDINO, SI) – Carla Palmas ; PROGETTO MEDIA VALLE DEL CEDRINO: UNA METODOLOGIA PER LA RICOGNIZIONE – Lorenzo Bonazzi, Arianna Gaspari, Alessia Grandi, Smeralda Riggio ; POSTERS ; ASPETTI METODOLOGICI DELLO SCAVO DELL’ABITATO DELL’ETÀ DEL BRONZO DI SOLAROLO (RA) – Francesca Barchiesi ; NYMPHAEA ROMANA: ANALISI DI UNA SCENOGRAFIA D’ACQUA FRA FORME E CONTESTI – Angela Bosco ; ARCHEOLOGIA IN ITALIA: STATO DELL'ARTE E PROSPETTIVE DI SVILUPPO
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Archaeopress New Advances in the History of Archaeology:
Book SynopsisNew Advances in the History of Archaeology presents the papers from three sessions organised by the History of Archaeology Scientific Commission at the 18th UISPP World Congress (Paris, June 2018). The first session, From stratigraphy to stratigraphic excavation in pre- and protohistoric archaeology organised by Massimo Tarantini and Alessandro Guidi, reviews the development of stratigraphical methods in archaeology in many European countries. The second session, Epistemology, History and Philosophy of Science: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the History of Archaeology, organised by Sophie A. de Beaune and Oscar Moro Abadia, is characterised by different examples of intersections between archaeology and other disciplines like history and the philosophy of science. Finally, four papers discuss the development of different types of interdisciplinarity in Europe and South America. These were presented in the third session, Archaeology and interdisciplinarity, from the 19th century to present-day research, organized by Laura Coltofean, Géraldine. Delley, Margarita Díaz-Andreu and Marc-Antoine Kaeser.Table of ContentsForeword to the XVII Uispp Congress Proceedings Series Edition – Marta Azarello ; Foreword to the volume – Alessandro Guidi ; Part I: From stratigraphy to stratigraphic excavation in pre- and protohistoric archaeology ; Introduction – Alessandro Guidi, Massimo Tarantini ; Démarche d’historien et de préhistorien ou comment pallier les manques dans l’étude de collections anciennes ? Exemples des Balzi Rossi (Ligurie, Italie) et de la grotte de l’Observatoire (Monaco) – Elena Rossoni-Notter, Olivier Notter, Patrick Simon, Suzanne Simone ; Santa Verna in 1911 and 2015: re-examining pioneering stratigraphic excavation methods in Malta – T. Rowan McLaughlin, Eóin Parkinson, Catriona Brogan, Simon Stoddart, Caroline Malone ; The multiple roots of an innovative excavation: G.A. Blanc at the Romanelli Cave, Italy (1914-1938) – Massimo Tarantini ; Paul Vouga à La Tène et à Auvernier : la stratigraphie à l’épreuve de la typologie – Gianna Reginelli Servais ; Pioneers of archaeological stratigraphical techniques: Luigi Bernabò Brea (1910-1999) and Giorgio Buchner (1914-2005) – Federico Nomi, Massimo Cultraro, Alessandro Guidi, Sebastiano Tusa ; Abstraction in Archaeological Stratigraphy: a Pyrenean Lineage of Innovation (late 19th–early 21th century) – Sébastien Plutniak ; Part II: Epistemology, History and Philosophy of Science: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the History of Archaeology ; Introduction – Sophie A. de Beaune, Oscar Moro Abadía ; Three career itineraries that linked prehistory, archaeology, and technology: Augustus Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900), André Leroi-Gourhan (1911-1986) and François Sigaut (1940-2012) – Sophie A. de Beaune ; The tragic fate of heroic precursors in the history of archaeology: the case of Boucher de Perthes – Oscar Moro Abadía ; Primitif, précurseur, contemporain. Approches de l’art paléolithique au fondement de la pensée moderne – Rémi Labrusse ; Antiquity all over the place: evolutions and revolutions in early prehistoric research in Greece during the 1960s – Giorgos Vavouranakis, Georgia Kourtessi-Philippakis ; Compelling image-worlds: a pictorial perspective on the epistemology of stone artefact analysis in Palaeolithic archaeology – Shumon T. Hussain ; Part III: Archaeology and interdisciplinarity, from the 19th century to present-day research ; Luján, l’Abbeville des pampas. Amateurs, traders, and scholars behind the search of the pampean fossil man (1865-1884) – Marcelo J. Toledo ; From mining to archaeology. An Austrian experiment in Transylvania at the beginning of the 19th century – Aurora Pețan ; Interdisciplinary research of the caves conducted by the Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cracow at the turn of 19th and 20th centuries – Marzena Woźny ; Interdisciplinarity and institutions. The case of Italian prehistoric archaeology (1875-1954) – Massimo Tarantini
£39.90
Archaeopress Solarizing the Moon: Essays in honour of Lionel
Book SynopsisIn the United Kingdom and Europe generally, the study of prehistoric monuments has long been the domain of archaeologists who excavate, measure, date and record them. From the 1960s onwards, archaeoastronomers provided an alternative picture based on their belief that the builders understood celestial movements and consequently enshrined astronomical alignments into their monuments. This picture was highly contested by most archaeologists and the two fields, archaeology and archaeoastronomy, have gone their separate ways. One of the scholars who broke this stalemate was Lionel Sims who, as an anthropologist, had a wealth of ethnographic material to draw from, allowing him to envision archaeoastronomy from a multidisciplinary perspective by combining a number of methodologies and approaches to examine how archaeoastronomy could deal with cultural complexity. Lionel Sims has produced an influential body of work which has challenged existing narratives about British prehistoric monuments and, equally importantly, provided innovative ways to approach and think about skyscapes. His work is not without controversy, but his unique take and thought-provoking conclusions have had an impact on the thinking of numerous students and collaborators. This festschrift gathers contributions from many of his colleagues who wish to honour and pay their respects to him. Following an introduction that discusses the legacy of his work, the volume delves deeper into three areas: Anthropology and Human Origins, Prehistory and Megalithic Monuments, and Theory. Its thirteen chapters contextualise Lionel’s work and expand it in new and exciting directions for skyscape archaeology.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Lionel’s Legacy – Fabio Silva and Liz Henty ; Part I: Anthropology and Human Origins ; Lunarchy: The Original Human Economics of Time – Camilla Power ; Hunting by the Moon in Human Evolution – Ian Watts ; Enchantment in Stone – Chris Knight ; Part II: Prehistory and Megalithic Monuments ; Prehistoric Interest in Stations of the Sun and the Moon - Fact or Fiction? – Emília Pásztor ; The Sun and the Moon: Double Alignments in the Iberian Peninsula – A. César González-García ; The Long Dark Night: Neolithic Ritual as Palimpsest – John Grigsby ; Entangling the Cosmos: Astronomy of the Ancestral Pueblos - Sacred Skyscapes and Medicine Bundles – J. McKim Malville ; Hats Off To Lionel: The Moon’s Vertical Descent into Robin Hood’s Ball and Other ‘Dualities’ – David Fisher ; Fire-drills in the Neolithic Near East – Estelle Orrelle ; Part III: Theory ; Human Beings in Cosmic Lifeworlds: Anthropology, Ecospheres and Cultural Cosmologies – Michael A. Rappenglück ; Exploring Theory in Skyscape Archaeology: Symbols, Materiality, Relationality and Rhizomes – Nicholas Campion ; Skyscape Archaeology as Ontological Turn: Towards an Archaeoastronomy Rooted in Modern Archaeological Theory – Fabio Silva ; Breaking the Mould: Space, Place and Phenomenology – Liz Henty
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Archaeopress Conjuring Up Prehistory: Landscape and the
Book SynopsisWalter Benjamin observed that it is precisely the modern which conjures up prehistory. From Yanagita’s ‘mountain people’ to Umehara’s ‘Jōmon civilisation’, Japan has been an especially resonant site of prehistories imagined in response to modernity. Conjuring Up Prehistory: Landscape and the Archaic in Japanese Nationalism looks at how archaeology and landscapes of the archaic have been used in Japanese nationalism since the early twentieth century, focusing on the writings of cultural historian Tetsurō Watsuji, philosopher Takeshi Umehara and environmental archaeologist Yoshinori Yasuda. It is argued that the Japanese nationalist project has been mirrored by the continuing influence of broader Romantic ideas in Japanese archaeology, especially in Jōmon studies.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Modernity, the archaic and Japanese Nature ; Chapter 1: Huddle together, warm bodies pressing: the community of Japanese eco-nationalism ; Chapter 2: I had not seen this kind of mountain or forest before: fūdo as Gothic landscape ; Chapter 3: Deep Japan: the spectre of strata ; Chapter 4: Romantic nationalism and the new Jōmonology ; Chapter 5: Conclusions: the violence of Japanese world-shaping
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Archaeopress ArcheoFOSS XIV 2020: Open Software, Hardware,
Book SynopsisArcheoFOSS XIV 2020: Open software, hardware, processes, data and formats in archaeological research collects the proceedings of the fourteenth ArcheoFOSS international conference, held online due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book gathers seventeen papers on three principal topics, the main sessions of the conference: use and application of free/libre and open-source (FLOS) tools in archaeology; creation, use and promotion of open data and open formats in archaeology; and development and customization of FLOS software and hardware solutions for cultural heritage. Forty-one scholars of very diverse age, academic affiliation and geographic location, but all actively involved in the promotion of FLOS culture, open data and open science in digital archaeology and humanities, contribute. The volume is completed by a critical analysis of the contribution of these important annual meetings to the scientific and cultural activity of the ArcheoFOSS community. The opportunity offered by the pandemic-related difficulties to widen the geographical scope of the conference has been further boosted by the decision to adopt the English language for most of the papers, with the hope that this will extend the work of the ArcheoFOSS community far beyond the Italian national borders.Table of ContentsForeword ; ArcheoFOSS 2020 Committees ; Use, Application and Development of Free/Libre and Open Source (FLOS) Tools in Archaeology ; 1. Strumenti digitali open-source per la documentazione della cultura visuale paleo-mesolitica: dati preliminari da un flusso di lavoro sulle decorazioni incise su supporto calcareo dalla Grotta di Santa Maria di Agnano (Ostuni, BR) – Michele Pellegrino, Donato Coppola ; 2. Valutazione integrata delle dinamiche di rischio di erosione del suolo in presenza di depositi archeologici. Il metodo proposto dal progetto RESEARCH (REmote SEnsing techniques for ARCHaeology) – Stefano De Angeli, Fabiana Battistin, Federico Valerio Moresi, Philip Fayad, Matteo Serpetti ; 3. Rome - NE Palatine slopes: open-source methodologies and tools for the analysis of ancient architectures – Emanuele Brienza, Giovanni Caratelli, Lorenzo Fornaciari, Cecilia Giorgi ; 4. Un workflow open source per l'elaborazione delle immagini termiche da drone – Gabriele Ciccone ; 5. Analysis of urban mobility in 18th century Rome: a research approach through GIS platform – Renata Ago, Domizia D’Erasmo ; 6. Towards FreeCAD experimentation and validation as a FOSS HBIM platform for building archaeology purposes – Filippo Diara, Fulvio Rinaudo ; 7. FLOS for Museums: open solutions to train communities and manage heritage places – Paolo Rosati ; 8. The virtual countryman. A GRASS-GIS tool for ancient cultivation recognition – Augusto Palombini ; 9. Little Minions and SPARQL Unicorns as tools for archaeology – Timo Homburg, Florian Thiery ; Creation, use and Promotion of Open Data and Open Formats in Archaeology ; 10. The ArchAIDE Archive: the open data policy and management of material covered by copyright – Francesca Anichini, Gabriele Gattiglia ; 11. SITAR: a new open-data infrastructure for a public archaeology of Rome – Mirella Serlorenzi, Riccardo Montalbano, Ascanio D’Andrea ; 12. SPARQLing Publication of Irish ᚑᚌᚆᚐᚋ – Ogham Stones as LOD – Florian Thiery, Sophie C. Schmidt, Timo Homburg ; 13. Towards an ontology of the Museum of Archaeology of the University of Catania: from the digitization of the legacy data to the semantic Web – Nicola Laneri, Rodolfo Brancato, Salvatore Cristofaro, Marianna Figuera, Marianna Nicolosi Asmundo, Daniele Francesco Santamaria, Daria Spampinato ; 14. Fieldnotes for the development and publication of open standards for the vectorisation of archaeologic and architectonic topographic legacy data – Julian Bogdani ; 15. Analysis and comparison of open and non-open spatial formats for archaeological research – Andrea D’Andrea, Francesca Forte ; 16. Open Data, Open Knowledge, Open Science: The new research group at the Institute of Heritage Science (CNR) – Alessandra Caravale, Alessandra Piergrossi, Irene Rossi ; 17. FOSS, Open Data e archeologia: qualche riflessione su passato, presente e prospettive future – Marco Ciurcina, Piergiovanna Grossi ; Appendix ; 18. An introspective, incomplete, view on the activity of the FLOS community dealing with Archaeology and Cultural Heritage – Julian Bogdani, Federico Sciacca
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Archaeopress The Past as a Digital Playground: Archaeology,
Book SynopsisThe Past as Digital Playground: Archaeology, Virtual Reality, and Video Games collects the contributions to a two-day conference which illustrate a digital project developed at the Archaeological and Technological Park of Poggibonsi (Siena, Tuscany), where Virtual Reality and an educational video game are being used to enhance the archaeological content deriving from the excavation of the medieval site. In recent decades, digital technologies have pervaded every aspect of the production of archaeological knowledge, from data collection to analysis and interpretation, to interaction with the public. The increasing convenience of 3D and interactive technologies has led to a proliferation of digital tools (VR, AR, mobile applications) used to communicate the past in a more engaging way, offering the public an experience that takes place largely outside of the traditional channels. Alongside the experience at Poggibonsi, the book also gathers important contributions originating from other Italian and international case studies in the fields of digital technologies applied to archaeological heritage.Table of ContentsIndice ; Introduzione – Stefano Bertoldi, Samanta Mariotti ; (Re)living Vindolanda: Designing Educational Computer Games for Outdoor Environments – Barbara Birley, Richard Davison, Claire Stocks ; Virtual Neapolis. Un’esperienza di visita immersiva in VR per le vie di Napoli – Francesco Gabellone, Maria Chiffi ; Virtual tour di Poggio Bonizio: teoria, tecnologia e applicazioni dalla grafica 3d alla VR – Stefano Bertoldi ; Designing video games for history classrooms – Juan Hiriart ; Archeologia, interazione, gioco: come il digitale ha mutato la disciplina. L’osservatorio di Archeovirtual – Augusto Palombini ; Hold the Hut, il progetto di valorizzazione della capanna arcaica di San Chirico Nuovo (Potenza, Basilicata) – Sabrina Mutino, Lucia Colangelo, Michele Scioscia ; A video game for the Archaeological Park of Poggibonsi (Italy). Towards new promotional and educational trends: potentials, challenges, and perspectives – Samanta Mariotti ; Tavola rotonda moderata da Stefano Bertoldi – Marco Valenti, Nicola Berti, Federico Salzotti, Maurizio Amoroso ; La “fine” ed un nuovo inizio: il Metaverso in archeologia – Stefano Bertoldi, Samanta Mariotti
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Archaeopress Diversity in Archaeology: Proceedings of the
Book SynopsisDiversity in Archaeology is the result of the fourth Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference (CASA 4), held virtually from January 14–17, 2021. CASA developed out of the Annual Student Archaeology Conference, first held in 2013, which was formed by students at Cambridge, Oxford, Durham and York. In 2017, Cambridge became the home of the conference and the name was changed accordingly. The conference was developed to give students (from undergraduate to PhD candidates) in archaeology and related fields the chance to present their research to a broad audience. The theme for the 2020/2021 conference was Diversity in Archaeology which opened our conference to multiple interpretations, varied presentations and sundry perspectives from different regions of the world. This volume consists of 30 papers which were presented in 7 different sessions. The papers present a great variety in both geography and chronology and explore a wide range of topics such women’s voices in archaeological discourse; researching race and ethnicity across time; use of diversified science methods in Archaeology; critical ethnographic studies; diversity in the Archaeology of Death, heritage studies, archaeology of ‘scapes’ and more.
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Archaeopress Unforgettable Encounters: Understanding
Book SynopsisFar from being a discipline focusing on the past, archaeology has boundless potential for engaging with people in the present. Encounters between archaeologists and the public with different pasts have the potential to create diverse participative dynamics. From the involvement of citizens as excavators and re-enactors to the co-organisation of research campaigns and outreach activities, public participation in archaeology has become a well-represented practice, fully incorporated into European and national cultural policies. However, the impact of this practice remains underexplored. Unforgettable Encounters demonstrates how evaluating participation can critically influence daily practice on fieldwork, enrich the academic discussion in public archaeology, and inform the decision-making process in community-based planning. The book proposes an operational workflow, aiming to serve as a benchmark for archaeologists delivering collaborative programs in excavation-based projects. It offers a flexible set of tools, analyses, and visualisation boards which can provide a range of information about public participation and can inform the daily practice of fieldwork and the development of community projects. Three Italian case studies present the application of the operational workflow, testing its flexibility and effectiveness. By focusing on Italian community archaeology, this book aims to raise awareness of the importance of evaluating public participation in a country where this commitment has always been evident—especially in excavations—but where research on community archaeology itself has developed only in the last few years.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Participation in archaeology ; Introducing participation ; Defining the fields of study ; Exploring participation ; Excavation as a contact zone ; 2. Public and community archaeology in Italy ; Before public and community archaeology ; ‘Archeologia pubblica’ ; Excavation and participation at sites in Italian archaeology ; 3. Methodological framework ; Introduction ; Workflow ; 4. Case studies overview ; Selection of case studies ; Massaciuccoli Romana ; Poggio del Molino ; Vignale ; 5. Exploring participation ; Massaciuccoli Romana ; Poggio del Molino ; Vignale ; 6. Understanding participation ; Social Network Analysis (SNA) ; Participation polarised chart ; Understanding encounters ; From research to governance ; Conclusion ; Appendix I. Description of interviews and focus groups ; Appendix II. Data collection techniques ; Appendix III. Cross tables ; Reference list
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Archaeopress Crisis y muerte en la Antigüedad: Reflexiones
Book SynopsisCrisis y muerte en la Antigüedad, desde una perspectiva multidisciplinar e internacional, analiza los periodos de crisis en el Mundo Antiguo desde un punto de vista histórico y arqueológico. Para ello, los distintos autores han prestado atención a los periodos de crisis sanitaria y medioambiental, así como a las persecuciones y situaciones de hambruna e inanición durante la Antigüedad. Los dos primeros trabajos analizan estas cuestiones desde un enfoque global, proporcionando un marco perfecto introductorio al lector de los temas que se desarrollan a lo largo del volumen. Las siguientes contribuciones no solo estudian zonas concretas como la región del Bajo Guadalquivir (Andalucía) o Tierras de Barros (Extremadura) en la península ibérica, sino también otros lugares históricos emblemáticos como la ciudad egipcia de Oxirrinco. A continuación, primando un criterio cronológico, se aborda el fenómeno martirial y la persecución de personas de fe cristiana. Estos últimos temas, a pesar de estar ampliamente tratados por la historiografía contemporánea, se aportan nuevos datos a través del análisis filológico e histórico de autores como Orosio, Lactancio, Prudencio y Agustín de Hipona, así como de periodos más generales de épocas concretas como los gobiernos de Septimio Severo, Caracalla o Teodosio. El volumen finaliza con un argumento concreto centrado, en este caso, en la península ibérica, la llamada Plaga de Justiniano desde el punto de vista arqueológico, aportando una visión novedosa a lo que señalaron los autores clásicos.Table of ContentsPrólogo – Rafael González Fernández ; La concepción del desastre en el mundo antiguo. Perspectivas de estudio en torno a las plagas del pasado y pandemias del presente – José Ramón Carbó García ; Explicaciones ambientales a la crisis del Imperio romano. Apuntes historiográficos y metodologicos – Juan Manuel Martín Casado ; Cambios climáticos, crisis de subsistencia y poblamiento humano en el SW Hispano entre la Prehistoria reciente y la Edad Media: Las comarcas del Bajo Guadalquivir (Andalucía) y Tierra de Barros (Extremadura) – Luis-Gethsemaní Pérez-Aguilar, Paloma Caballero-Márquez, David Gordillo-Salguero y Valvanera Nieto-Domínguez ; La peste de Atenas como metáfora lucreciana del discidium social y las perturbaciones humanas – Liliana Pégolo y Nicolás Russo ; Persecuciones cristianas y mártires en la ciudad de Oxirrinco – José Javier Martínez García ; Septimio Severo y las persecuciones cristianas del norte de África (202-203 d.C.). Análisis de una problemática a través de las fuentes clásicas y su balance historiográfico – Pedro David Conesa Navarro ; Caracalla en Alejandría. Cuando el Nilo se tiñó de rojo – José Ignacio Sánchez Sánchez ; La peste de san Cipriano. Pandemia y muerte de emperadores durante la Crisis del siglo III (251-270) – Miguel Pablo Sancho Gómez ; Qui insultaverant deo, iacent: el castigo divino a los emperadores en Lact. Mort. Pers. – Amparo Mateo Donet y Jónatan Ortiz-García ; La instrumentalización apologética de las plagas en las Historiae adversus paganos de Orosio – Raúl Serrano Madroñal ; La masacre de Tesalónica del año 390: Historiografía e Historia – Diego Piay Augusto ; El sermón De Excidio Urbis Romae de San Agustín como relato de la devastación en el saqueo de Roma: el comienzo del fin – Manuel Ortuño Arregui ; Un cruel retrato de Herodes en la mirada de los poetas Prudencio y Sedulio – Mª Dolores Hernández Mayor ; La peste de Justiniano y sus estragos y rebrotes en Hispania – Jordina Sales-Carbonell
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Archaeopress Dogs, Past and Present: An Interdisciplinary
Book SynopsisDogs, Past and Present: An Interdisciplinary Perspective gathers contributions from scholars from a variety of disciplines to provide a comprehensive assessment of the importance of dogs through history. Over the last decades, countless studies have examined the lives of dogs and their current place in our societies as well as their crucial part in human life and history. Data and hypotheses have progressively increased, sometimes controversially, in each field of investigation. The domestication of dogs and its success during prehistory is a fascinating theme that scholars of various disciplines are involved with. However, there has not been a real exchange between those approaches and it is extremely complex to reach a complete view of the thousands of texts which are published every year. By contrast, this volume is entirely dedicated to dogs and it is focused on the necessity of an ‘interdisciplinary perspective’ to fully understand the fundamental role that dogs have played in our past. When, where, how and why were dogs domesticated? What is their story? What was their role in the history of humankind? What is their role in traditional and non-traditional societies today? The book originated from the conference ‘Dogs, Past and Present – an Interdisciplinary Perspective’ held at CNR (National Scientific Council) and at Sapienza University in Rome (14–17 November 2018), promoted by the Italian Association for Ethnoarchaeology and organised by the editors.Table of ContentsPresentation – Adriano V. Rossi Forewords – Alberto Cazzella, Simon JM Davis, Dulam Sendenjav Introduction – Ivana Fiore and Francesca Lugli Calling on a Favour from Human’s Best Friend: Public Outreach in Science – David Ian Howe Section 1. Dog Genetics, Microtomography and Morphometric Techniques 1.1 A Molecular View on the Domestication of Dogs – Carles Vilà and Jennifer A. Leonard 1.2 Mitochondrial DNA Variation among Dogs of Mongolian, Tuvinian and Altaic Nomads – Daria Sanna, Ilenia Azzena, Piero Cossu, Fabio Scarpa, Massimo Scandura, Marco Apollonio, Francesca Lugli, Paolo Francalacci, Paolo Mereu, and Marco Casu 1.3 Ancient and Recent Changes in Breeding Practices for Dogs – Grégoire Leroy, Shi-Zhi Wang, Tom Lewis, and Sophie Licari 1.4 Using X-ray Microtomography to Discriminate Between Dogs’ and Wolves’ Lower Carnassial Tooth – Francesco Boschin, Federico Bernardini, Clément Zanolli, Antonio Tagliacozzo, and Claudio Tuniz 1.5 The Skull Shape of Canis lupus. A Study of Wolf and Dog Cranial Morphology – Raquel Blázquez-Orta, Laura Rodríguez, María Ángeles Galindo-Pellicena, Ignacio De Gaspar, and Nuria García Section 2. Wolf Versus Dog 2.1 Size Variation of the Middle-Late Pleistocene Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) from the Italian Peninsula – Dawid Adam Iurino, Beniamino Mecozzi, Davide Persico, Lucia Maimone, and Raffaele Sardella 2.2 The Advantages of Owning a Palaeolithic Dog – Mietje Germonpré, Martina Lázničková-Galetová, Mikhail V. Sablin, and Hervé Bocherens 2.3 Why Wolves Became Dogs: Interdisciplinary Questions on Domestication – Juliane Bräuer and Blanca Vidal Orga 2.4 Vector-Borne Diseases as Possible Constraints on the Spread of Dogs into the Tropics and Beyond – Peter Mitchell Section 3. Dogs through Time: Role, Task and Position 3.1 Urban Nomads and their Dogs – Christophe Blanchard 3.2 ‘The Mayor is a Dog’: The Coming of Age of Contemporary American Pet Culture – Simona Bealcovschi 3.3 Wolves, Dogs and Water – Dogs and Fishing Boats – Francesca Lugli 3.4 Dogs, Nomads and Hunters in Southern Siberia – Francesca Lugli and Galina B. Sychenko 3.5 The Dog – Human Interrelations in the Lower Amur Rural Regions (the Far East of Russia): Past and Present – Olga V. Maltseva 3.6 The Mother of Dogs: Women, Power and Dogs in First Nations Societies in Northwest North America – Lanoue 3.7 Dogs through Time: An Ethno-Evolutionary Perspective – Tiziano Latini, Luca Pandolfi, and Saverio Bartolini Lucenti 3.8 Dogs and the Afterlife in Southern Italy between Ethnology and Archaeology – Claudio Giardino and Tiziana Zappatore 3.9 Faithful unto Death. Burial, Legends and Heroism of the Dog from Antiquity to the Contemporary Age – Jacopo De Grossi Mazzorin (†), Ivana Fiore, Claudia Minniti, and Antonio Tagliacozzo Section 4. Dogs: Archaeological and Archaeozoological Cases 4.1 Ur-gir and the Other Dogs from Abu Tberah (Southern Iraq): Considerations on the Role of Dogs in Sumer during the 3rd Millennium BCE – Francesca Alhaique, Licia Romano, and Franco D’Agostino 4.2 Ritual Use of Dogs in the Neolithic Cultures of China – Maria Kudinova 4.3 Neolithic Dogs in the Central Po Valley - A Review of Published Data and New Evidence – Fabio Bona, Daniela Castagna, and Raffaella Poggiani Keller 4.4 Evolution and Utilisation of Dogs in Austria: The Archaeozoological Record from the Neolithic to the Roman Period – Konstantina Saliari, Erich Pucher, and Martin Mosser 4.5 A Dog’s Head in a House Pit at the Early Iron Age Site of Verucchio. Butchery Waste or Ritual Sacrifice? – Marco Bertolini and Ursula Thun Hohenstein 4.6 The Dogs from the Cult Layers of the Ipogeo del Guardiano (Trinitapoli, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Italy) – Martina Di Matteo, Anna Maria Tunzi, Rachele Modesto, and Francesca Alhaique 4.7 Four Dogs in the Road and Other Canine Oddities from Gabii (Rome, Italy) – Francesca Alhaique 4.8 The Discovery of a Dog in the Excavations of the Rome Underground Line C in Largo Amba Aradam – Simona Morretta, Giovanni Ricci, and Francesca Santini (†) 4.9 Dog and Human Sepultures at Peltuinum (L’Aquila, Italy) – Ivana Fiore, Luisa Migliorati, Antonella Pansini, Tiziana Sgrulloni, and Alessandra Sperduti 4.10 The Dog as a Companion in Life and Death: The Case Study of Dog Burials in a Human Grave (VII - VI BC) Loc. Collina dei Gelsi - Poggio Sommavilla (RI) – Francesca Santini (†) 4.11 The Role of Dogs in the Xiongnu Society – Evgeniy S. Bogdanov 4.12 Dog Burial at the Ust-Voikarskoe-1 Settlement and its Interpretation Issues – Andrey V. Novikov and Yuri N. Garkusha 4.13 The Dog in the Castle: A Dog Skeleton from the Castle of Santa Severa (Latium, Italy) – Eugenio Cerilli and Marco Fatucci Section 5. Representation of Dogs in Different Cultures 5.1 Lupus in Fabula: The Representation of the Wolf (Canis lupus) in European Palaeolithic Art – Gianpiero Di Maida, Margherita Mussi, Alberto Lombo Montañés, and Manuel Bea 5.2 At the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship. Canid Representations in Levantine Rock Art – Manuel Bea, Alberto Lombo, Gianpiero Di Maida, and Margherita Mussi 5.3 Dog Images in the Altai Rock Art – Dmitry V. Cheremisin 5.4 Representations of Dogs in Attic Funerary Monuments: A Question of Symbolism? – Francesco Tanganelli 5.5 ‘Do Not Laugh, I Beg of You, for This Is a Dog’s Grave’: The Human-Canine Bond in the Ancient Greek World – Liubov Eliseeva and Eugenia Andreeva 5.6 The Image of the Dog on Ancient Coins in the Mediterranean Area – Alessandra Bottari 5.7 The Numismatist’s Best Friend. Images of Dogs on Roman Coins – Alessandro Crispino 5.8 Dogs in Early Imperial China: Anthropo-Zoological Reading of Iconographic Sources from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) – Frédéric Devienne 5.9 ‘Cobalt Greyhounds’. An Artistic Proof in Ceramics – Silvia Nutini and Marino Marini Section 6. Dogs: Myth and Symbolism 6.1 ‘Implore Me Not, Dog’. The Dog in the Classical World: An Apotropaic View – Marco Giuman and Miriam Napolitano 6.2 Dogs in Phoenician Culture – Giuseppe Minunno 6.3 Dog in War, Hunting, Livestock Work and Everyday Life of Greco-Roman Society – Ana Portillo Gómez 6.4 Dog in Philippine Life, Ritual and Creation Myths: In a Spirit of Hunting – Maria V. Stanyukovich 6.5 Demonic Dogs of Mongolian Stag Stones and their Chinese Counterparts – Andrey V. Varenov 6.6 A Few Days with Mongolian Dogs and their Herders – Graziano Capitini and Francesca Lugli 6.7 Dog and Wolf in the Non-Tale Prose of the Turkic Peoples of Siberia – Galina B. Sychenko
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Archaeopress From Hydrology to Hydroarchaeology in the Ancient
Book SynopsisFrom Hydrology to Hydroarchaeology in the Ancient Mediterranean: An interdisciplinary approach is devoted to the study of water management in ancient cities. It compares the approaches and methods adopted by researchers from different disciplinary sectors to identify the water conditions of past societies and to highlight the measures they have taken to adapt to their water resources. Deriving from an interdisciplinary meeting held in Aix-en-Provence (Mediterranean House of Human Sciences) in 2019, it brings together seven articles that present the innovative results of collaborations between archaeologists and environmental scientists, geologists, geomorphologists, and climatologists in particular. After an introduction that situates the discussions conducted in Aix-en-Provence within the framework of the Watertraces project, funded by the A*Midex foundation (Aix-Marseille University), most of the articles focus on the Sicilian situation. An initial synthesis covers all aspects of the question, followed by four case studies ranging from the 4th century BC to the 1st century AD. Case studies on Agrigento, Termini Imerese/Thermai Himerenses, Alesa/Halaesa, Solunte and Tyndaris are presented. The focus then moves to southern Italy (the Terme di Baia), and to Aegean Greece (the sanctuary at Delphi).Table of ContentsIntroduction – Sophie Bouffier and Vincent Ollivier ; The Impact of Climate, Resource Availability, Natural Disturbances and Human Subsistence Strategies on Sicilian Landscape Dynamics During the Holocene – Salvatore Pasta, Giuseppe D’Amore, Cipriano Di Maggio, Gaetano Di Pasquale, Vincenza Forgia, Alessandro Incarbona, Giuliana Madonia, César Morales-Molino, Silvio Giuseppe Rotolo, Luca Sineo, Claudia Speciale, Attilio Sulli, Willy Tinner and Matteo Vacchi ; Analyse historique des variations du débit provoqué par les séismes pendant les siècles XVe–XXe: le cas de Termini Imerese (Sicile centro-septentrionale) – Patrizia Bova, Antonio Contino and Giuseppe Esposito ; Le risorse idriche nel territorio di Alesa – Aurelio Burgio ; Aquae caldae. Note sparse sul termalismo e lo sfruttamento delle acque sulfuree nel territorio a est di Agrigento tra archeologia e paletnologia – Luca Zambito ; Archaeology and Hydrogeology in Sicily: Solunt and Tindari – Giovanni Polizzi, Vincent Ollivier, Olivier Bellier, Edwige Pons-Branchu and Michel Fontugne ; Baia (Bacoli-NA): l’acqua e il suo utilizzo nel complesso delle Terme romane – Daniele De Simone ; Natural Risks and Water Management in Delphi – Amélie Perrier, Isabelle Moretti and Luigi Piccardi
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Archaeopress Powerful Pictures: Rock Art Research Histories
Book SynopsisFocusing on stunning paintings and engravings from around the world, Powerful Pictures interrogates the driving forces behind global rock art research. Many of the rock art motifs featured in the 16 chapters of this book were created by indigenous hunter-gatherer groups, and it sheds new light on non-Western rituals and worldviews, many of which are threatened or on the point of extinction. Stemming from a conference in Val Camonica in northern Italy, the book is arranged by continent, although it tackles how early research in some countries (e.g., Sweden, France, Spain, the USA, Canada, South Africa) influenced the trajectory of archaeological investigations in others (e.g., Australia, India, Mexico, Germany, Mongolia, Russia). All of the contributing authors have vast experience working with rock art and Indigenous communities, many of them holding posts in prestigious university departments around the world. The book will be of particular interest to professional historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists, and indeed anyone who is interested in art, symbolism, and the past.Table of ContentsWhy the history of rock art research matters – Joakim Goldhahn, Jamie Hampson, and Sam Challis ; The history of rock art research in west Texas, North America, and beyond – Jamie Hampson ; Reclaiming connections: Ethnography, archaeology, and images on stone in the southwestern United States – Kelley Hays-Gilpin and Dennis Gilpin ; Rock art, landscapes and materiality in the Canadian Shield – Dagmara Zawadzka ; On the history of rock art research in Mexico and Central America – Félix Alejandro Lerma Rodríguez ; ‘To Alleviate the Night-Black Darkness that Conceals our most Ancient Times:’ Carl Georg Brunius’ Trailblazing Rock Art Thesis from 1818 – Joakim Goldhahn ; History of the study of schematic rock art in Spain – Margarita Díaz-Andreu ; Leo Frobenius’ contribution to global rock art research – Richard Kuba and Martin Porr ; History debunked: Endeavours in rewriting the San past from the indigenous rock art archive – Sam Challis ; Rock art and archaeology? The problem of ‘integration’ in southern African later stone age research – David Mendel Witelson ; A history of research into regional difference in southern African rock paintings – Ghilraen Laue ; Explorers and researchers: Kimberley rock art discoveries 1838–1938 – Michael P. Rainsbury ; Discovering and researching gwion (bradshaw) art in the Kimberley, Western Australia – Joc Schmiechen ; Rock art research in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India – Sujitha Pillai ; Historical overview of Mongolian rock art studies – Byambasuren Tseren ; A history of rock art research in Russia – Irina Ponomareva
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Archaeopress Non-Intrusive Methodologies for Large Area Urban
Book SynopsisNon-Intrusive Methodologies for Large Area Urban Research brings together contributions from a conference held in 2021 in association with the ERC-funded ‘Rome Transformed’ research project. The papers address a major challenge in archaeology. Non-intrusive research in pursuit of a deeper understanding of urban areas can be both richly informative and cost-effective. Multiple successes in the field have led to an impressive array of innovative methodologies, methodologies that are frequently combined for still greater insight and impact. Geophysical surveys, the use of UAVs, the study of exposed historic structures and the exhaustive examination of archival records can all play a vital role, and the development of these data capture methodologies is of the utmost importance for the future of research. As well as advances in data capture methodologies, however, the papers also present case studies in the management of the big data generated and in the integration of different methodologies. A further strength of this collection lies in the range of site types considered. While many projects have historically pursued non-intrusive research in areas relatively clear of modern buildings, a growing number of research initiatives, such as ‘Rome Transformed’ are seeking to advance them in areas which remain densely occupied. Accordingly the material presented here will also be of interest to non-archaeologists working in such diverse fields as civil engineering, urban planning and physical geography.Table of ContentsIntroduction – I. P. Haynes RT3D stratigraphies: analysis and software design to manage data – V. Bologna, M. Azzari Roman buildings on the western slopes of the Capitol. Investigations and new approach technologies – E. Bianchi, A. Pansini Combining past, present, and future. Non-invasive mapping for the urban archaeology of Ascoli Piceno (Italy) – F. Boschi, E. Giorgi, M. Silani SOS project: a new challenge for a novel approach to the understanding of an important historical city – S. Campana, S. Camporeale, J. Tabolli, R. Pansini, S. Güzel, G. Morelli, F. Pericci, M. Sordini, L. Gentili, F. Gianni, F. Vitali, G. Carpentiero, D. Barbagli Conducting archival research in an interdisciplinary context for Rome Transformed – F. Carboni, E. D’Ignazio The challenge for archaeologists using geophysics in urban areas – M. Dabas, F. Blary, G. Catanzariti Methods and techniques for the interpretation and reconstruction of the ancient landscape outside the Aurelian Walls – E. Demetrescu, C. Gonzalez Esteban, S. Morretta, R. Rea The archaeological area of S. Croce in Gerusalemme: new data for the reconstruction of the ancient landscape – A. De Santis, L. Bottiglieri, D. Colli, C. Rosa, M. Solvi From interpretation to ‘provocation’ and back again: Rome Transformed SCIEDOC and the Ospedale di San Giovanni in Laterano – I. P. Haynes, T. Ravasi, I. Peverett, M. Grellert, M. Simpson Rome Transformed: a multiple method geophysical approach for the urban investigations of the East Caelian – S. Kay, E. Pomar, G. Morelli Three coloniae and three municipia: non-invasive exploration of urban contexts in Roman Hispania – L. Lagóstena, J. A. Ruiz Gil, J. Pérez Marrero, P. Trapero, J. Catalán, I. Rondán-Sevilla, M. Ruiz Barroso The topography of Rome. An outlook for the future – P. Liverani Ground-penetrating radar survey as the linchpin of a multidisciplinary approach to the study of two Roman cities in Lazio – A. Launaro, M. Millett, L. Verdonck, F. Vermeulen A multidisciplinary approach for characterizing the shallow subsoil of the Central Archaeological Area of Rome for geohazard assessment – M. Moscatelli, M. Mancini, F. Stigliano, M. Simionato, C. Di Salvo, G.P. Cavinato, S. Piro Acquisition, integration and interpretation of multiple GPR data sets in urban areas, as part of the ERC Rome Transformed project – S. Piro, D. Zamuner, T. Leti Messina, D. Verrecchia Integrated GPR and laser scanning of Piazza Sant’Anastasia, Rome – E. Pomar, S. Kay, P. Campbell, K. Vuković GPR survey in the Punic harbour of La Martela (El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain) and the methodology used for the processing and archaeological visualisation of the data – J.A. Ruiz Gil, L. Lagóstena Barrios, J. Pérez Marrero, P. Trapero, J. Catalán, I. Rondán-Sevilla, M. Ruiz Barroso 4D with accuracy: why bother? – A. Schmidt, T. Sparrow, C. Gaffney, V. Gaffney, A. S. Wilson, R.A.E. Coningham SITAR project. New approaches and methods for an open data archaeology of Rome – M. Serlorenzi, A. Cecchetti, A. D’Andrea, F. Lamonaca, G. Leoni, R. Montalbano, S. Picciola Marvellous metadata: managing metadata for the Rome Transformed Project – A. Turner
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Archaeopress Groma: Issue 6 2021: Documenting Archaeology
Book SynopsisGroma stems from the Department of History and Cultures (DISCI) of the University of Bologna and focuses on the different methodologies applied to archaeology. Particular attention is paid to Mediterranean archaeology and to specific methodological aspects such as archaeological documentation and landscape archaeology.Table of ContentsArticles ; Traces around a capital: the hinterland of Ravenna through remote sensing – Michele Abballe, Marco Cavalazzi ; New considerations on the acropolis of Butrint during the Archaic age – Federica Carbotti ; Rocca Savelli (Aventine Hill). Contribution to the knowledge on defence systems for family goods in Rome during the Late Middle Ages – Andrea Fiorini ; The use of mudbricks and earth in modern Umbrian architectures: a preliminary report – Stefano Bordoni ; A diachronic multi-source approach to the study of a historical landscape in Central-Western Europe: the Blies Survey Project – S. Antonelli, J.-P. Petit, A. Stinsky, C. Casolino, S. D’Arcangelo, P. Haupt, M. Moderato, S. Occhietti, V. Ollive, D. Rieth, S. Schmit ; The 3D reconstruction model of the Roman theatre of Falerio Picenus (Falerone, Italy): promoting cultural heritage, understanding our past – Paolo Storchi ; Notes ; Architectures and urban landscapes in Pompeii: the project of Sapienza University in the Regio VII – Rosy Bianco, Sara Bossi, Maria Teresa D’Alessio ; Preliminary zooarchaeological analysis of the Phoenice and Butrint excavations (2021 campaign) – Fabio Fiori ; Geomatics and Ancient Architecture: the study of Villa San Marco and the Baths of Stabiae – Dario Saggese ; Reviews ; Julian Bogdani, Riccardo Montalbano, Paolo Rosati (eds.), Archeo.FOSS XIV 2020: Open software, hardware, processes, data and formats in archeological research, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference (15-17 October 2020), Archaeopress Archaeology, Oxford 2021 | Book review – Noemi Giovino ; Davide Gangale Risoleo, Ippolita Raimondo (eds), Landscape: una sintesi di elementi diacronici. Metodologie a confronto per l’analisi del territorio, BAR International Series 3047, Oxford, 2021 | Book review – Francesco Pizzimenti ; Custode Silvio Fioriello, Francis Tassaux (eds), I paesaggi costieri dell’Adriatico tra Antichita e Altomedioevo: Atti della Tavola Rotonda di Bari, 22–23 maggio 2017, Ausonius Editions, Bordeaux, 2019 | Book review – Frank Vermeulen
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Archaeopress Claves para la definición de un paisaje cultural:
Book SynopsisDesde su nacimiento en la Sierra de Cazorla hasta su desembocadura en el océano Atlántico, el río Guadalquivir ha sido a lo largo de la Historia un factor identitario de las comunidades asentadas en torno a él. Los recursos proporcionados por el propio río, sus afluentes y su extenso valle han contribuido a la supervivencia, bienestar y desarrollo de diferentes culturas. Fruto de esta relación entre el hombre y el territorio se han ido generando diversos paisajes culturales. No obstante, la situación política, económica y sanitaria de los últimos años ha provocado que la sostenibilidad de algunos de ellos se vea amenazada, al igual que sus bienes patrimoniales, condenados en muchos casos al abandono y el olvido. La presente monografía surge con el objetivo de reflexionar sobre esta compleja situación desde múltiples perspectivas, incluyendo la arqueología, el medio natural, la didáctica, las nuevas tecnologías y el turismo. Para ello hemos contado con la colaboración de reputados profesionales e investigadores procedentes de diversos ámbitos académicos. Entre todos hemos tratado de analizar diversas realidades, exponer las necesidades patrimoniales a la que nos enfrentamos hoy y sugerir propuestas para (re)activar las industrias culturales de la cuenca del Guadalquivir. Table of ContentsArqueología, patrimonio y paisaje: reflexiones desde la transversalidad – Desiderio Vaquerizo Gil ARQUEOLOGÍA El paisaje en la Antigüedad Clásica a través del mosaico romano en el Valle del Guadalquivir – Luz Neira Jiménez Gestión y difusión del patrimonio arqueológico en Écija. Evolución y perspectivas – Sergio García-Dils de la Vega Minas de agua históricas en Carmona. Inventario y patrimonialización – Juan Manuel Román Rodríguez El mundo funerario romano en la Baja Andalucía. Del registro arqueológico a su proyección social – Lucía Fernández Sutilo Los arrabales occidentales entre la sociedad cordobesa. Estado de la cuestión y propuestas de futuro – Elena Morales Zafra El Complejo Industrial de la Alianza, en Puente Genil (Córdoba). La Arqueología Industrial como recuperación de señas de identidad – Manuel Delgado Torres, David Jaén Cubero, MoniqueVetancourt León y Samuel Lahoz Morón El papel de las nuevas tecnologías en la investigación y difusión del patrimonio arqueológico – Gonzalo García Vegas Arqueología Virtual en el Metaverso – Juan Carlos Prieto Luna PAISAJES PATRIMONIALES El patrimonio litoral onubense: evolución de sus paisajes culturales y naturales a lo largo de su historia. Claves para su interpretación y divulgación – Javier Bermejo Meléndez, Luis Javier Sánchez Hernando, Juan M. Campos Carrasco y Damián Ponce González El medio natural al servicio de los asentamientos humanos: Giribaile – Luis María Gutiérrez Soler y Francisco Pérez Alba Nuevas perspectivas para el estudio de identidades patrimoniales en el Alto Guadalquivir – María Alejo Armijo Simbiosis entre paisaje natural y cultural en la Comarca de la Sierra de Cazorla (Jaén): la arquitectura defensiva medieval – F. Javier Sevilla Martínez Los bancales de Córdoba en el borde meridional de Sierra Morena – Francisco José Gamero Gutiérrez Patrimonio hidráulico en el entorno del río Guadalquivir (Córdoba). Integración en el paisaje actual y visibilización social – José Antonio López Fernández y Francisco Valverde Fernández La conservación del Patrimonio en Córdoba. Propuesta para un Mapa de Necesidades – Ana Ruiz Osuna Patrimonio cultural para el equilibrio urbano-territorial. Áreas rurales y ciudades medias en la provincia de Córdoba – Blanca del Espino Hidalgo DIDÁCTICA DEL MEDIO GEOGRÁFICO E HISTÓRICO La participación del alumnado en los procesos de reconstrucción histórica. Experiencias giennenses – Francisco Pérez Alba y Luis María Gutiérrez Soler La Villa Romana de Fuente Álamo en el Aula: Arqueología, Educación y Nuevas Tecnologías – Samuel Lahoz Morón, David Jaén Cubero y Manuel Delgado Torres La educación ambiental en la formación del profesorado: Córdoba y el Guadalquivir – Silvia Medina Quintana El patrimonio cultural en los manuales escolares de Ciencias Sociales en Educación Primaria – Ramón Martínez Medina El patrimonio paisajístico andaluz en las narrativas de los niños y niñas de Educación Primaria – Roberto García-Morís y Patricia Suárez Álvarez Entender los paisajes del Guadalquivir. Recursos y mecanismos para su asimilación entre el alumnado – Covadonga Ávila Marín La enseñanza de la historia local en los municipios del Valle del Guadalquivir en la formación del profesorado: métodos y recursos didácticos – Miguel Jesús López Serrano y Rafael Guerrero Elecalde Historicismo y didáctica en las restauraciones del Patrimonio Histórico de Córdoba – Guillermo L. López Merino TURISMO HISTÓRICO-ARQUEOLÓGICO Volver al pasado. Origen y evolución de los viajes arqueológicos por Andalucía – Belén Vázquez Navajas El turismo arqueológico en el Valle del Guadalquivir: ¿Contamos con una oferta online de calidad? – Leonor M. Pérez Naranjo y Maribel Rodríguez Zapatero La contribución de las empresas de turismo cultural a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en los municipios andaluces – Maribel Rodríguez Zapatero y Leonor M. Pérez Naranjo La muerte como recurso turístico en el marco andaluz – Genoveva Dancausa Millán Realidad Virtual: una nueva experiencia turística y cultural – Mercedes Alonso García OTRAS EXPERIENCIAS La chiesa di Santa Maria dei Greci nel centro storico di Agrigento (Sicilia, Italia) tra Archeologia, Patrimonio, Turismo e Didattica – Simona Sanzo
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Archaeopress Le gai sçavoir: Mélanges en hommage à Jean-Loïc
Book SynopsisThese vibrant Mélanges bring together texts by colleagues and friends to celebrate the life and work of an exceptional scientist, Jean-Loïc Le Quellec. Through the diversity of its contributions, this book bears witness to the transdisciplinarity, rigour and benevolence that characterise this great scientist. From epistemological reflections to scientific studies, memories, drawings and poems, each author makes his or her own contribution to this passionate and fascinating figure. This collection is an ode to curiosity, open-mindedness and scientific rigour, values that Jean-Loïc Le Quellec has passionately defended throughout his career.Table of ContentsQue veut dire « Tout est document » ? Voyez l’œuvre de Jean-Loïc Le Quellec – François-Xavier Fauvelle Introduction – Julien d’Huy, Frédérique Duquesnoy et Patrice Lajoye Au globe-trotteur polygrotte – Christophe Darmangeat La vie et l’œuvre de Jean-Loïc Le Quellec – Julien d’Huy, Frédérique Duquesnoy, Patrice Lajoye Préhistoire - Prehistory Peut-on effacer les images ? – François Bon Un mythe paléolithique à la Ségognole à Noisy-sur-École (Seine-et-Marne) – Alexandre Cantin, Médard Thiry et Boris Valentin « À ce stade, le mythologue prend le relais de l’archéologue » : archéologie et cosmogonie d’une femme-poisson néolithique – Vincent Charpentier et Julien d’Huy Les mythes de la femme préhistorique – Claudine Cohen Images rupestres et narrations – Claudia Defrasne Comment prouver une migration ? – Jean-Paul Demoule De Séfar à Cosquer, itinérances rupestres – Frédérique Duquesnoy Figurations originales d’habitats sédentaires à Égénéteï (Tagant, Mauritanie) – Yves Gauthier Un désert, une rencontre – Michel Grenet Danser au néolithique – Jean Guilaine Tadi dia Mbenza : culte de Mbenza et grottes ornées – Geoffroy Heimlich « Dead or alive ? » Considérations sur des animaux prédynastiques égyptiens représentés verticalement – Stan Hendrickx et Frank Förster Taches aveugles : vision critique – Romain Lahaye Les militaires romains dans le Sahara d’Auguste à Domitien – Yann le Bohec La chasse néolithique à la baleine en Corée – Sangmog Lee Les gravures rupestres de Tamgart Isserdane (Akka, Maroc) – Faysal Lemjidi Rendez-vous à l’ombre. Souvenirs d’un lieu particulier dans le Mesāk Settafet (Libye) – Fabio Maestrucci et Gianna Giannelli Singuliers amas – Grégor Marchand L’Égypte, entre déserts et vallée. Un cheminement singulier vers l’économie de production – Béatrix Midant-Reynes, François Briois et Tiphaine Dachy De quelques peintures d’Ozan Éhéré (Tasile-n-Ăžžǝr, Algérie) – Amel Mostefaï-Ithier Trois suppressions critiques et une fiction mythologique – Dominique Pasqualini À propos d’un petit livre jaune – Romain Pigeaud Le collectif des Magdaléniens du Lussac-Angles et ses représentations pariétales : une évolution continue – Geneviève Pinçon Les stèles de Gadiloméda (Éthiopie) – Bertrand Poissonnier Des Martiens dans la selva : fantasmes archéologiques d’Amazonie – Stéphen Rostain Proof of Concept: Radiocarbon Dating Both Organic and Mineral Carbon-Containing Compounds Using Plasma-Chemical Carbon Dioxide Extraction – Marvin W. Rowe, Eric Blinman, Shelby A. Jones and Caroline Welte Transgressions vers les mythologies des premiers hommes modernes – Ludovic Slimak Rites, Wrongs and Analogies: Religion and Ritual as Explanation of Prehistoric Rock Art – Anne Solomon and Paul Bahn Therianthropes, Animals and “Symbolic Wounds” in Southern African Rock Art: An Evolutionary Development Hypothesis (EDH) – J. Francis Thackeray Mythologie et folklore - Mythology and Folklore Comparative Mythology and the Human Past – Yuri E. Berezkin Mélusine, les fées au bain et l’au-delà dans les romans médiévaux – Françoise Clier-Colombani Devenir propriétaire en construisant sa maison en une nuit sur un communal : étude d’un fait de folklore juridique – Raymond Delavigne Le loup ne peut pas être domestiqué : une rumeur du XIXe siècle en Poitou-Charentes et ses connexions – Frédéric Dumerchat « Par les admirables qualitez qu’on a vues en elles… » L’érynge : de l’herbe aux cent têtes à la racine gorgonéenne – Annick Fédensieu La Chauve-souris – Galina Kabakova Des marteaux de saints – Patrice Lajoye Pour une casuistique de l’action à distance par le regard – Jacques E. Merceron Arruns fils de Porsenna, « hypostase » de Vidura ? – Marcel Meulder Luzel et la fileuse – Françoise Morvan Les Navi, démones de la naissance en Macédoine – Anastasia Ortenzio Quelques traditions étiologiques concernant la Shannon et leurs ramifications mythologiques – Guillaume Oudaer Sitologie des bachelleries – Bernard Robreau Trois affaires non résolues à l’ombre d’un poirier – Geoffroy de Saulieu. Dionysos et Alexandre : des retrouvailles au bout du monde – Pierre Sauzeau Éléments de culture sémito-indo-européenne – Bernard Sergent Le dessous des cartes : mythologie comparée – Marc Thuillard À propos des sorcières masquées : une hypothèse à l’occasion des termes slaves provenant de larva et masca – Stamatis Zochios Anthropologie - Anthropology L’harmonie universelle est une vaste toile d’araignée – Brenno Boccadoro Partage et Ostension : réseaux sociaux et expressions collectives – Véronique Campion-Vincent Les alphabets libyques. Emprunt et création – Dominique Casajus Le Temps du mythe – Philippe Descola Écologie et extrême droite : Lectures des « racines historiques de notre crise écologique » de Lynn White – Stéphane François Sur l’apport épistémique de Jean-Loïc Le Quellec, anthropologue et préhistorien – Philippe Grosos Entretien avec Roberte Hamayon – Roberte Hamayon Des Martiens dans la montagne bourbonnaise : nouvelles chroniques d’archéologie romantique – Damien Karbovnik Il n’y a de science que critique : esprit critique et rupture avec le sens commun – Bernard Lahire La Terre creuse, entre caverne originelle aryenne et mythologie politique transnationale – Nicolas Lebourg De la beauté des marais, des îles et des reflets vocaliques sur l’eau : retour sur la phonologie du maraîchin – Jean Léo Léonard et Julien Fulcrand Fin d’une prophétie ou prophétie de la fin ? La prophétie des papes de saint Malachie – Jean-Bruno Renard Tabula gratulatoria Nous aurions pu ne pas te rencontrer – Jean-Pierre Baron et Thomas Tully Au Sahara, les fleurs, les arbres… – Anne-Catherine Benchelah bouche d’ombre – Bernadète Bidaude Les pantoufles et le violon – François Bon La globalizzazione dei vandali – Donatella Calati e Roberta Simonis Une peinture à Jabbâren – Marie-Anne Civrac Un clin d’œil – Sylvia Lucie Eva Donon Sur le chemin d’Iherǝn – Quentin Faugeras Du Collège de France au désert, un confinement avant l’heure – Pauline de Flers, en union avec Philippe de Flers Évocation – équipe éditoriale de la Grande Oreille Chacun cherche son chat – Michel Hindenoch Ti-n Tekelt, 2004, site à rituel encore utilisé : clin d’œil à l’anthropologue – Nicole Honoré Un voyage à Taǧǝlahin – Souvenirs de Suzanne et Gérard Lachaud À la rencontre des violoneux – Denis Le Vraux Tabula gratulatoria – Michel Lorblanchet Le troupeau en mouvement – Marie Maka L’ocre rouge – André Markowicz Q Un théranthrope à Imərda – Marie-Jean Nézondet Jean-Loïc Le Quellec et le muséum d’Histoire naturelle de La Rochelle – Elise Patole-Edoumba Témoignage – Myriam Pellicane « Beetles and Rock Art in Libya » : archéologie, environnement et exploration pétrolière dans le Sahara libyen – Jean-Claude Ringenbach Aux noces de ton frère le vent – Thierry Robin Jean-Loïc Le Quellec, militant de la culture du peuple – Jany Rouger Jean-Loïc Le Quellec and GIS in South African Archaeology – Karim Sadr Hommage à Jean-Loïc Le Quellec – Marco Savini - AARS Laisser passer un peu de lumière – François-Xavier Vives A curious panel of therianthropes from Iherǝn – András Zboray Autrices et auteurs / Authors
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Archaeopress Antiguo Oriente: Vol. 20 2022
Book SynopsisVol. 20 of Antiguo Oriente for 2022. AntOr is the annual, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal published by the Center of Studies of Ancient Near Eastern History (CEHAO). The journal publishes manuscripts related to the history of societies of the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean from the Paleolithic to the Early Islamic Period. Antiguo Oriente publishes articles and book reviews in Spanish, English and French.Table of ContentsColaboraciones / Main Papers Political Fictions, Political Realities: Aksumite-Ḥimyarite Relations in the Fourth Century CE – George Hatke Why did Inana Ascend from the Netherworld So Many Times? The Literary Growth of Inana’s Descent, 282-306 – Noga Ayali-Darshan Amon (אמון) in Prov 8:30: A Linguistic, Comparative, and Historical Approach – Stéphanie Anthonioz Who is Ili-Rapih: Brother or Son of Rib-Adda? – Mohy-Eldin E. Abo-Eleaz An Egyptian Royal Sculpture of the Ptolemaic Time in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow (Inv. I, 1a 4979) – Ivan Ladynin La organización del culto funerario en una necrópolis provincial del Reino Antiguo: el caso de El-Hawawish – Raúl Sánchez Casado Reseñas bibliográficas / Book Reviews Ido Koch. Colonial Encounters in Southwest Canaan during the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age, 2021. – Por Giulia Tucci Nissim Amzallag. Psalm 29: A Cannanite Hymn to YHWH In the Psalter, 2021. – Por Pablo R. Andiñach Fritz Blakolmer (ed.), Current Approaches and New Perspectives in Aegean Iconography, 2020. – Por Jorge Cano Moreno
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Archaeopress Berkeley Castle Tales
Book SynopsisBerkeley Castle Tales presents the outcomes of the 15-year-long University of Bristol excavations and landscape research at the Berkeley Castle estate in South Gloucestershire. The project, which in 2016 won the prestigious Current Archaeology award for the Archaeology Project of the Year, aimed at writing, through material culture and extensive archival and geophysical research, the narrative behind the construction of Berkeley Castle, the corresponding town, and the area of the Severn valley that overlooks the borders with Wales. By combining the results of archaeological fieldwork with information contained in the castle's impressive collection of 20,000 historical documents, the project adds greatly to our knowledge and understanding of the early medieval period and the subsequent changes in landscape and society that occurred with the coming of the Normans, with the erection of a castle on the former minster site. Throughout the publication the advances that the Berkeley Castle project offered to archaeological practice, to excavation and geophysics methodology, and to the community and public archaeology are evident, since the editors intend the volume to be a milestone not only for the study of a castle landscape but also for archaeological method and practice.Table of ContentsForeword by Charles Berkeley Foreword by Professor Graeme Were Chapter 1: Tales from an Excavation: University of Bristol and the Berkeley Castle Project 2005–2019 – Stuart J. Prior Chapter 2: Tales from the Land: An Account of the Landscape and Geophysical Research of the Berkeley Castle Project – Konstantinos P. Trimmis, Gareth Dickinson, and Jennifer Muller Chapter 3: Tales from the Castle: A Biography of the Fortifications and the Castle in Berkeley – Rachel Morgan and Stuart J. Prior Chapter 4: Tales from the Ground: Stratigraphic Narratives from the University of Bristol Research at Berkeley – Stuart J. Prior Chapter 5: Tales from the Clay: Notes on the Pottery Fabrics from Berkeley, Gloucestershire – Paul Blinkhorn and Stuart J. Prior Chapter 6: Tales from the Objects: Small Finds from Berkeley Castle Project – Emma Firth Chapter 7: Tales from the animals: a preliminary account of the zooarchaeological assemblage from Berkeley Castle Project – Sarah Gosling Chapter 8: Tales from the People: Analysis of the Articulated Human Skeletal Remains from Berkeley Castle – Christianne L. Fernée Chapter 9: Berkeley Castle Tales: Narratives from Minster, Manor and Town – Stuart J. Prior and Konstantinos P. Trimmis The Photographic Tales from Berkeley
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Archaeopress Do I Really Want to Be an Archaeologist?: Letters
Book SynopsisDo I Really Want to Be an Archaeologist? is an edited collection of letters that Karen D. Vitelli wrote from pre-EU Greece and Turkey to family during her later years of graduate school and early field work (at Franchthi Cave, Gordion, and a training session at Corinth) through to the completion of writing her dissertation in Athens during a coup (1968-1974). An introductory chapter provides background information to clarify references in the letters, additional new comments within the letters amplify points and events, and a final chapter sums up her post-dissertation years. The letters were written during lively times politically and socially, as well as archaeologically, in Greece and around the world. The author was often torn between immersing herself in the past and being involved in the upheavals of that present. The letters show her frequent questioning about whether to remain in archaeology or become an ‘activist,’ and how she eventually found ways to do both.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Background to the Letters Chapter 2. Getting to Greece. Off to my First Dig, 1968 Chapter 3. My First Dig, Porto Cheli, 1968 Chapter 4. Fall Term at the American School, 1968 Chapter 5. Winter Term at the American School, 1969 Chapter 6. More Digs: Turkey and Back to Greece, 1969 Chapter 7. Beginning Dissertation Research, 1969-70 Chapter 8. Wrapping up the Dissertation Research. Nafplion 1970: April-August Chapter 9. Avoiding, and Finally Starting the Dissertation, Athens 1973 Chapter 10. Finishing the Dissertation, during a Revolution Bibliography
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Archaeopress AB Imo Pectore: Estudios Sobre Las Emociones En
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Archaeopress Proceedings of the 7th Symposium of the Hellenic
Book SynopsisThe Hellenic Society for Archaeometry (HSA) was founded in 1982. It constitutes one of the oldest European associations dedicated to scientific archaeology with hundreds of registered members, both in Greece and abroad. The HSA's main concern is to promote the application of science and technology in archaeology, history of art, and other fields related to cultural heritage.The 7th Symposium of the HSA took place in autumn 2019 (October 9-12) at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens. Its theme was Archaeology-Archaeometry, 30 years on', chosen to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1st Symposium of HSA back in 1990, which bore the emblematic title Linking Archaeology and Archaeometry'. During the 3-day symposium, more than 100 original and stimulating papers were presented orally and/or in poster form. This volume of proceedings includes a representative selection of contributions, covering a wide range of fields in archaeological science, such
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Archaeopress Le Banquet ceremoniel entre archeologie et
Book SynopsisA dual approach, combining social anthropology and archaeology, reveals the banquet or ceremonial feast as a fully social phenomenon. In extraordinary circumstances, banquets - usually held in stratified societies with a sacrificial religion - bring together large numbers of guests, who are fed and watered on rare and expensive foods in large quantities, in order to honor someone or something, and to ostentatiously assert the power of the organizers. While this practice has been recognized in many societies around the world, living, ancient or extinct, it had not yet been the subject of a large-scale synthesis. It was therefore appropriate to take an interdisciplinary look at the ins and outs of the festive banquet in relation to the cosmogonies and social practices of the social spaces concerned. The nine essays collected here, from papers given at study days held in Strasbourg, contribute to the debate on important questions relating to the banquet, such as its temporality (cultur
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Berghahn Books Inclusion, Transformation, and Humility in North
Book Synopsis In a dynamic near half-century career of insight, engagement, and instruction, Kent G. Lightfoot transformed North American archaeology through his innovative ideas, robust collaborations, thoughtful field projects, and mentoring of numerous students. Authors emphasize the multifarious ways Lightfoot impacted—and continues to impact—approaches to archaeological inquiry, anthropological engagement, Indigenous issues, and professionalism. Four primary themes include: negotiations of intercultural entanglements in pluralistic settings; transformations of temporal and spatial archaeological dimensions, as well as theoretical and methodological innovations; engagement with contemporary people and issues; and leading by example with honor, humor, and humility. These reflect the remarkable depth, breadth, and growth in Lightfoot’s career, despite his unwavering stylistic devotion to Hawaiian shirts.Trade Review “As the title suggests, this [ ] volume aims to give equal weight to the honoree’s pioneering scholarly achievements and his character. Attention to the latter that resonates loudly in personal anecdotes recounted in chapters written by cohorts of former (and some current) students as well as colleagues is what distinguishes this volume from many others in this genre of writing that focus primarily on scholarship.” • Patricia E. Rubertone, Brown UniversityTable of Contents Foreword Margaret Conkey Introduction Lynne Goldstein and Seth Mallios Part I: Archaeologies of Resilience and Persistence Part I Overview Chapter 1. Neighborhood Archaeology at 17th-Century Mission Santa Catalina de Guale Elliot H. Blair Chapter 2. A Kashaya Village (CA-SON-174) at Fort Ross in the 1840s-1850s: A Case Study in Historical Anthropology Glenn J. Farris Chapter 3. Orthogonal Thought and Architectures of Resilience, Community, and Historical Minstrelsy at the Nathan Harrison Cabin Site Seth Mallios Chapter 4. Holistic, Diachronic, and Broadly Comparative: The Lightfoot ‘Holy Trinity’ and the Historical Anthropology of Colonial California Lee M. Panich Chapter 5. Kent Lightfoot and the Zooarchaeology of Traditional Foodways in California Thomas A. Wake Part II: Theoretical and Methodological Innovations in Archaeology Part II Overview Chapter 6. Lightening Archaeology’s Footprint: Archival Surveys and Ground-Penetrating Radar on the West Coast Scott Byram Chapter 7. Walipo Practitioners among the Kashia and Coast Miwok: Lukeria Aipau Myers and Her Metini Lineage’s Role in Fort Ross Archaeology and Ethnography Sandra E. Hollimon Chapter 8. Turning the Tables: Interpreting the Deep Past in Light of Insights from the Recent Past Kathleen L. Hull Part III: Engagement with Contemporary People and Current Issues Part III Overview Chapter 9. Title: Archaeology, Historical Ecology, and Contemporary Land Stewardship Rob Q. Cuthrell Chapter 10. Telling Survivance: Connecting the Past with Present in Archaeologies of Colonialism Sara L. Gonzalez Chapter 11. An Archaeology of Multiethnicity in Hawaiian Ranching Sites Peter R. Mills Chapter 12. Rethinking ‘Long-Term’: Time Immemorial and Archaeology in an Era of Self-Dealing and Sacrilegious Destruction Tsim D. Schneider Part IV: Conducting Archaeology with Honor, Humor, and Humility Part IV Overview Chapter 13. Transformative Relationships and Enduring Partnerships in Archaeological Practice Barbara L. Voss Chapter 14. Curios and Collections: The Lightfoot Lab Legacy Through Little Things Left Behind Alec Apodaca and Michael Grone Chapter 15. A Testament to Kent Lightfoot’s Academic Legacy Antoinette Martinez and Frank E. Bayham Chapter 16. Lightfoot Living: Practicing Humility, Care, and Collaboration in Archaeology Stephen W. Silliman Afterword David Hurst Thomas
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Berghahn Books Critical Public Archaeology
Book SynopsisCritical approaches to public archaeology have been in use since the 1980s, however only recently have archaeologists begun using critical theory in conjunction with public archaeology to challenge dominant narratives of the past. This volume brings together current work on the theory and practice of critical public archaeology from Europe and the United States to illustrate the ways that implementing critical approaches can introduce new understandings of the past and reveal new insights on the present. Contributors to this volume explore public perceptions of museum interpretations as well as public archaeology projects related to changing perceptions of immigration, the working classes, and race.
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Oxbow Books Archaeology and Memory
Book SynopsisMemory can be both a horrifying trauma and an empowering resource. From the Ancient Greeks to Nietzsche and Derrida, the dilemma about the relationship between history and memory has filled many pages, with one important question singled out: is the writing of history to memory a remedy or a poison? Recently, a growing interest in and preoccupation with the issue of memory, remembering and forgetting has resulted in a proliferation of published works, in various disciplines, that have memory as their focus. This trend, to which the present volume contributes, has started to occupy the dominant discourses of disciplines such as sociology, philosophy, history, anthropology and archaeology, and has also disseminated into the wider public discourse of society and culture today. Such a condition may perhaps echo the phenomenon of a melancholic experience at the turn of the millennium. Archaeology and Memory seeks to examine the diversity of mnemonic systems and their significance in different past contexts as well as the epistemological and ontological importance of archaeological practice and narratives in constituting the human historical condition. The twelve substantial contributions in this volume cover a diverse set of regional examples and focus on a range of prehistoric and classical case studies in Eurasian regional contexts as well as on the predicaments of memory in examples of the archaeologies of 'contemporary past'. From the Mesolithic and Neolithic burial chambers to the trenches of World War I and the role of materiality in international criminal courts, a number of contributors examine how people in the past have thought about their own pasts, while others reflect on our own present-day sensibilities in dealing with the material testimonies of recent history. Both kinds of papers offer wider theoretical reflections on materiality, archaeological methodologies and the ethical responsibilities of archaeological narration about the past.Table of Contents1. Introduction: memory, archaeology and the historical condition (Dušan Boric) 2. The diversity and duration of memory (Alasdair Whittle) 3. Happy forgetting? Remembering and dismembering dead bodies at Vlasac (Dušan Boric) 4. Forgetting and remembering the digital experience and digital data (Ruth Tringham) 5. Layers of meaning: concealment, containment, memory and secrecy in the British Early Bronze Age (Andy Jones) 6. Constructing the warrior: death, memory and the art of warfare (Bryan Hanks) 7. Memory and microhistory of a city: domestic contexts in Roman Amheida, Egypt (Anna Boozer) 8. The de-scription of time on the Arch of Constantine (Adam Gutteridge) 9. Archaeology and memory on the Western front (Paola Filippucci) 10. Terra incognita: the material world in international criminal courts (Lindsay Weiss) 11. YugoMuseum: memory, nostalgia, irony (Mrdjan Bajic) 12. Memory, melancholy and materiality (Victor Buchli)
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Oxbow Books The Death of Archaeological Theory?
Book SynopsisThe Death of Archaeological Theory? addresses the provocative subject of whether it is time to discount the burden of somewhat dogmatic theory and ideology that has defined archaeological debate and shaped archaeology over the last 25 years. Seven chapters meet this controversial subject head on, also assessing where archaeological theory is now, and future directions. John Bintliff questions what theory is and argues that archaeologists should be freed from 'Ideopraxists', or those who preach that a single approach or model is right to the exclusion of all others. Marc Pluciennik again questions what we mean by archaeological theory and argues that the role of intellectual fashion is underestimated. He predicts pressure from outside archaeology to redirect our dominant theories towards genetic and human impact theory. Kristian Kristiansen argues that theory cannot die, but it can change direction and sees signs of a retreat from the present post-modern and post-processual cycle towards a more science based, rationalistic cycle of revived modernity. To Mark Pearce the most striking thing about the present state of archaeological theory is that there is no emerging paradigm to be discerned; he proposes that Theory is not dead, but has instead become more eclectic and nuanced. Two papers offer a different perspective from other areas of the world; Alexander Gramsch examines the issue from the German tradition and shows that in Central and Eastern Europe not only has Anglo-American Theory had limited impact, but current discussions on the future of method and theory offer a broader view of the discipline in which older traditions are seen to form the foundation. Kent Flannery and Joyce Marcus demonstrate that American archaeologists do not foresee the death of a genuinely archaeological theory (which they believe has never existed) but fear the real catastrophe would be the death of anthropological theory, because some anthropology today has become decidedly anti-scientific, rejecting not only the controlled comparison and contrast of cultures, but also the use of generalisation, both of which are crucial to theories and models and without which the longue durée will always be invisible.Trade ReviewEntertaining and well written, this work contains a wealth of easily accessible information, delivered with a light touch by the contributors who draw on extensive sources. Is archaeological theory dead? Not if it continues to be debated in this fashion. * Current World Archaeology *'one of the most provocative collections I have read in years.' * European Journal of Archaeology *Table of Contents1. Introduction (John Bintliff and Mark Pearce) 2. The Death of Archaeological Theory? (John Bintliff) 3. A New World Perspective on the ‘Death’ of Archaeological Theory (Kent V. Flannery and Joyce Marcus) 4. Theory, Fashion, Culture (Mark Pluciennik) 5. Theory in Central European Archaeology: Dead or Alive? (Alexander Gramsch) 6. Theory does not die it changes direction (Kristian Kristiansen) 7. Have Rumours of the ‘Death of Theory’ been exaggerated? (Mark Pearce)
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Historical Archaeologies of Cognition:
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays draws inspiration from the late James Deetz's In Small Things Forgotten (1977). Deetz's seminal work broke new ground by using structuralist theory to show how artefacts reflected the 'worldviews' or ideologies of their makers and users, and went on to claim that the American colonial world had been structured according to a British intellectual blueprint, the so-called 'Georgian Order'. Thirty years on, this influential thesis has been substantially revised by more recent scholarship, but Deetz's central premise, that the systematic study of mundane material objects such as tombstones, architecture, and furniture, can render palpable the intangible aspects of human cognition and belief systems, has become a fundamental tenet of modern historical archaeology. Drawing upon James Deetz's insight that everyday objects from the recent past are freighted with social significance, and that material culture operates alongside language as a system of communication, the authors present a series of case studies which unravel specific cultural moments in well-documented historical periods across the modern world. The very best historical archaeologies create intimate material histories that expose constructions of race, class, gender, and have the capacity to challenge taken-for-granted knowledge and received political histories. The studies in this volume range in date from the early 17th century to the late 20th century and are unified by the way in which they employ theory from archaeology and anthropology to elucidate the complex links between human thought and action. The authors in this volume make a significant contribution to archaeological knowledge through their ability to move beyond simple materialities to create interesting human stories that transcend purely descriptive show-and-tell accounts of archaeological sites. Chapters by international scholars from North America, Europe, and Australia demonstrate the vitality of their approaches to historical archaeology through a series of compelling case studies. For the first time to an Anglophone audience this volume presents the latest research from Finland and Spain.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Finding Belief, Desire, and Benevolence James Symonds and Jeff Oliver Part I Landscapes, Power, and Belief Chapter 2 Catholic Artefacts in a Protestant Landscape: A Multi-vocal Approach to the Religiosity of Jamestown's Colonists Brent R. Fortenberry & Travis G Parno (both at Boston University) Chapter 3 Discipline, church and landscape: Tornio Northern Finland, during the 17th and 18th centuries Timo Ylimaunu (University of Oulu) Chapter 4 "Believe, Hon": Markets, Faith, and Archaeology in 21st Century Baltimore David Gadsby (US National Park Service) Part II Faith in Fashion Chapter 5 Trans-Atlantic Perspectives on 18th-Century Clothing Carolyn L. White (University of Nevada, Reno) Chapter 6 Articles of Faith and Decency: the Huguenot refugees Greig Parker (University of Sheffield) Part III Colonial Entanglements Chapter 7 Methodists in Paradise Jonathan Prangnell & Kate Quirk (both at the University of Queensland) Chapter 8 Reflections on Resistance: Agency, Identity and being Indigenous in Colonial British Columbia Jeff Oliver Part IV Confinement & Resistance Chapter 9 Silent resistance and the V-sign campaign in Channel Islander internee camps in Germany during WWII Gillian Carr (University of Cambridge) Chapter 10 America's World War II Internment Camps: Japanese American patriotism and defiance at Manzanar Jeff Burton (US National Park Service) Chapter 11 A place of fear: Long Kesh/Maze prison site, Northern Ireland Laura McAtackney (University College Dublin) Part V Death & Remembrance Chapter 12 Faith in Action: theology and practice in commemorative traditions Harold Mytum (University of Liverpool) Chapter 13 The Changing Memories and Meanings of World War One Expressed Through Public Commemorations Sam Walls (University of Exeter)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Marx's Ghost: Conversations with Archaeologists
Book SynopsisHow did our current society come into being and how is it similar to as well as different from its predecessors? These key questions have transfixed archaeologists, anthropologists and historians for decades and strike at the very heart of intellectual debate across a wide range of disciplines. Yet scant attention has been given to the key thinkers and theoretical traditions that have shaped these debates and the conclusions to which they have given rise. This pioneering book explores the profound influence of one such thinker - Karl Marx - on the course of twentieth-century archaeology. Patterson reveals how Australian archaeologist V. Gordon Childe in the late 1920s was the first to synthesize discourses from archaeologists, sociologists, and Marxists to produce a corpus of provocative ideas. He analyzes how these ideas were received and rejected, and moves on to consider such important developments as the emergence of a new archaeology in the 1960s and an explicitly Marxist strand of archaeology in the 1970s. Specific attention is given to the discussion arenas of the 1990s, where archaeologists of differing theoretical perspectives debated issues of historic specificity, social transformation, and inter-regional interaction. How did the debates in the 1990s pave the way for historical archaeologists to investigate the interconnections of class, gender, ethnicity, and race? In what ways did archaeologists make use of Marxist concepts such as contradiction and exploitation, and how did they apply Marxist analytical categories to their work? How did varying theoretical groups critique one another and how did they overturn or build upon past generational theories?Marxs Ghost: Conversations with Archaeologists provides an accessible guide to the theoretical arguments that have influenced the development of Anglophone archaeology from the 1930s onwards. It will prove to be indispensable for archaeologists, historians, anthropologists, and social and cultural theorTrade Review'Marx's Ghost successfully explains Marx's varied influences in the arcaeology of the formation of class and state structures...It is direct, clear and readily accessible to undergraduate audiences.'Anthropological Forum'As Marx might say: this book should change the field.'Mark P. Leone, University of Maryland'This is a wonderfully important work. Patterson's idea of wrapping the history of archaeological theory in the skeins of Marx's ideas can be seen at work in their trenches.'Carole Crumley, University of North Carolina'Patterson resurrects the lingering presence or 'ghost' of Karl Marx in archaeological discussions over the last 50 years or so Patterson's sensible overview can be profitably read by advanced undergraduates, graduate students and professional archaeologists alike.'Philip L. Kohl, Wellesley College'An important book on the many ways that archaeologists have been affected by the writings of Marx. Archaeologists are charged with developinTable of ContentsMarx's Ghost' should be read by archaeology students as part of a general training in archaeological theory. . . as a solid and honest exposition by an archaeologist who is a committed Marxist.'
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Archetype Publications Ltd Drawing Archaeological Finds: A Handbook
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Archetype Publications Ltd Cleaning Painted Surfaces: Aqueous Methods
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International Monographs in Prehistory Folsom Lithic Technology: Explorations in
Book Synopsis This book offers a series of studies focused on the analysis of stone tool technology of the Folsom Culture. The analyses presented here use comparative methods to identify patterns of lithic assemblage structure and variation that provide insights into the organization of Folsom technology and lifeways, considering multiple aspects of Folsom technology including: tool manufacture and reduction system modeling, studies of raw material variation, use-wear, technological variation in weaponry assemblages, and the organization of technology. They thus contribute substantially to a growing understanding of the patterns and processes in Folsom technology and the causes of diversity within Folsom lithic assemblages.Table of Contents List of Contributors Chapter 1. New Approaches to Understanding Folsom Lithic Technology Daniel S. Amick Chapter 2. Clovis and Folsom Lithic Technology on and near the Southern Plains: Similar Ends, Different Means Michael B. Collins Chapter 3. Southern Plains Folsom Lithic Technology: A View from the Edge Don. G. Wyckoff Chapter 4. On the Fringe: Folsom Points and Preforms in Iowa Toby A. Morrow and Juliet E. Morrow Chapter 5. The Folsom Biface Reduction Sequence: Evidence from the Lindenmeier Collection Hugo G. Nami Chapter 6. Folsom Fluting Fallacies Eric E. Ingbar and Jack L. Hofman Chapter 7. View from a Kill: The Cooper Site Folsom Lithic Assemblages Leland C. Bement Chapter 8. Folsom Fragments, Site Types and Prehistoric Behavior Jack L. Hofman Chapter 9. Folsom Ultrathin Biface and Radial Break Tools in the Knife River Flint Quarry Area Matthew J. Root, Jerry D. William, Marvin Kay and Lisa K. Shifrin Chapter 10. Raw Material Variation in Folsom Stone Tool Assemblages and the Division of Labor in Hunter-Gatherer Societies Daniel S. Amick Chapter 11. From Global Models to Regional Patterns: Possible Determinants of Folsom Hunting Weapon Design, Diversity, and Complexity Alan J. Osborn
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International Monographs in Prehistory Folsom Lithic Technology: Explorations in
Book Synopsis This book offers a series of studies focused on the analysis of stone tool technology of the Folsom Culture. The analyses presented here use comparative methods to identify patterns of lithic assemblage structure and variation that provide insights into the organization of Folsom technology and lifeways, considering multiple aspects of Folsom technology including: tool manufacture and reduction system modeling, studies of raw material variation, use-wear, technological variation in weaponry assemblages, and the organization of technology. They thus contribute substantially to a growing understanding of the patterns and processes in Folsom technology and the causes of diversity within Folsom lithic assemblages.Table of Contents List of Contributors Chapter 1. New Approaches to Understanding Folsom Lithic Technology Daniel S. Amick Chapter 2. Clovis and Folsom Lithic Technology on and near the Southern Plains: Similar Ends, Different Means Michael B. Collins Chapter 3. Southern Plains Folsom Lithic Technology: A View from the Edge Don. G. Wyckoff Chapter 4. On the Fringe: Folsom Points and Preforms in Iowa Toby A. Morrow and Juliet E. Morrow Chapter 5. The Folsom Biface Reduction Sequence: Evidence from the Lindenmeier Collection Hugo G. Nami Chapter 6. Folsom Fluting Fallacies Eric E. Ingbar and Jack L. Hofman Chapter 7. View from a Kill: The Cooper Site Folsom Lithic Assemblages Leland C. Bement Chapter 8. Folsom Fragments, Site Types and Prehistoric Behavior Jack L. Hofman Chapter 9. Folsom Ultrathin Biface and Radial Break Tools in the Knife River Flint Quarry Area Matthew J. Root, Jerry D. William, Marvin Kay and Lisa K. Shifrin Chapter 10. Raw Material Variation in Folsom Stone Tool Assemblages and the Division of Labor in Hunter-Gatherer Societies Daniel S. Amick Chapter 11. From Global Models to Regional Patterns: Possible Determinants of Folsom Hunting Weapon Design, Diversity, and Complexity Alan J. Osborn
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International Monographs in Prehistory Telling Children About the Past: An
Book Synopsis This book brings together archeologists, historians, psychologists, and educators from different countries and academic traditions to address the many ways that we tell children about the (distant) past. Knowing the past is fundamentally important for human societies, as well as for individual development. The authors expose many unquestioned assumptions and preformed images in narratives of the past that are routinely presented to children. The contributors both examine the ways in which children come to grips with the past and critically assess the many ways in which contemporary societies and an increasing number of commercial agents construct and use the past.Trade Review"...their attention to detail and the careful thought they have put into the book's structure, makes this an important volume." -- Emma Carver Emma CarverTable of Contents Contributing Authors Acknowledgements Introduction: Children and Narratives of the Past Liv Helga Dommasnes and Nena Galanidou PART I: LEARNING PATHS: COGNITIVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 1. Cognitive and Neural Developments that Make it Possible to Experience the Past as the Present Patricia J. Bauer Chapter 2. Autobiography, Time and History: Children’s Construction of the Past in Family Reminiscing Robyn Fivush Chapter 3. Representing the Past in Pictures Alan Costall and Ann Richards Chapter 4. Children’s Understanding of Authenticity Susan A. Gelman and Brandy N. Frazier PART II: CONTECTS OF TELLING I: DIGITAL AND PRINTED MEDIA Chapter 5. Groovin’ to Ancient Peru: a Critical Analysis of Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove Helaine Silverman Chapter 6. Telling Children About the Past Using Electronic Games Maria Economou Chapter 7. In a Child’s Eyes: Human Origins and the Paleolithic in Children’s Book Illustrations Nena Galanidou Chapter 8. Writing Prehistory for Children. A Comparison Between Author and Publisher-Edited Versions Pascale Binant Chapter 9. Museums and Archaeological Sites as the Setting for Wondrous Tales Christos Boulotis PART III: CONTEXTS OF TELLING II: MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES Chapter 10. Exhibiting the Past to Children Andromache Gazi Chapter 11. Eviscerating Barbie: Telling Children About Egyptian Mummification Lauren E. Talalay and Todd Gerring Chapter 12. Conversations About the Past: Families in an Archaeology Museum Theano Moussouri Chapter 13. Small People versus Big Heritage Liv Helga Dommasnes PART IV: CONTEXTS OF TELLING III: SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL CLASSROOMS Chapter 14. Landscapes and Winter Counts: Lakota Ways of Telling Children About the Past Craig Howe Chapter 15. Telling Children About the Past in Brazil Ana Piñón and Pedro Funari Chapter 16. From Fragments to Contexts: Teaching Prehistory to Village Children in Romania Corina Sarbu and Dragos Gheorghiu
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International Monographs in Prehistory Natufian Foragers in the Levant: Terminal
Book Synopsis This large volume presents virtually all aspects of the Epipalaeolithic Natufian culture in a series of chapters that cover recent results of field work, analyses of materials and sites, and synthetic or interpretive overviews of various aspects of this important prehistoric culture.Table of Contents List of Contributors Preface: The Natufian Culture in the Levant: Twenty Years Later Ofer Bar-Yosef and Francois R. Valla Acknowledgements NORTHERN LEVANT Chapter 1. Natufian Lifeways in the Eastern Foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains Nicholas J. Conard, Knut Bretzke, Katleen Deckers, Andrew W. Kandel, Mohamed Masri, Hannes Napierala, Simone Riehl and Mareike Stahlschmidt Chapter 2. The Natufian of Moghr el-Ahwal in the Qadisha Valley, Northern Lebanon Andrew Garrard and Corine Yazbeck Chapter 3. The Natufian of Southwestern Syria Sites in the Damascus Province Kurt Felix Hillgruber Chapter 4. The Natufian Occupations of Qarassa 3 (Sweida, Southern Syria) Xavier Terradas, Juan Jose Ibanez, Franck Braemer, Lionel Gourichon and Luis C. Teira Chapter 5. The Early Natufian Site of Jeftelik (Homs Gap, Syria) Amelia del Carmen Rodriguez Rodriguez, Maya Haidar-Boustani, Jesus E.Gonzalez Urquijo, Juan Jose Ibanez, Michel Al-Maqdissi, Xavier Terradas and Lydia Zapata Chapter 6. Fish in the Desert? The Younger Dryas and its Influence on the Paleoenvironment at Baaz Rockshelter, Syria Hannes Napierala Chapter 7. Preliminary Results from Analyses of Charred Plant Remains from a Burnt Natufian Building at Dederiyeh Cave in Northwest Syria Ken-ichi Tanno, George Willcox, Sultan Muhesen, Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Yousef Kanjo and Takeru Akazawa SOUTHERN LEVANT El-Wad Chapter 8. Spatial Organization of Natufian el-Wad through Time: Combining the Results of Past and Present Excavations Mina Weinstein-Evron, Daniel Kaufman and Reuven Yeshurun Chapter 9. The Last Natufian Inhabitants of el-Wad Terrace Noga Bachrach, Israel Hershkovitz, Daniel Kaufman and Mina Weinstein-Evron Chapter 10. Domestic Refuse Maintenance in the Natufian: Faunal Evidence from el-Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel Reuven Yeshurun, Guy Bar-Oz, Daniel Kaufman and Mina Weinstein-Evron Chapter 11. Natufian Green Stone Pendants from el-Wad: Characteristics and Cultural Implications Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer, Naomi Porat and Mina Weinstein-Evron Eynan Chapter 12. The Final Natufian Structure 215-228 at Mallaha (Eynan), Israel: an Attempt at Spatial Analysis Francois R. Valla, Hamoudi Khalaily, Nicolas Samuelian, Anne Bridault, Rivka Rabinovich, Tal Simmons, Gaelle Le Dosseur and Shoshana Ashkenazi Chapter 13. A Study of two Natufian Residential Complexes: Structures 200 and 203 at Eynan (Ain Mallaha), Israel Nicolas Samuelia Chapter 14. Graves in Context: Field Anthropology and the Investigation of Interstratified Floors and Burials Fanny Bocquentin, Teresa Cabellos and Nicolas Samuelian Chapter 15. Obsidian in Natufian Context: the Case of Eynan (Ain Mallaha), Israel Hamoudi Khalaily and Francois R. Valla Chapter 16. Flint Knapping and its Objectives in the Early Natufian. The Example of Eynan- Ain Mallaha (Israel) Boris Valentin, Francois R. Valla and Hugues Plisson with the collaboration of Fanny Bocquentin Chapter 17. Searching for the Functions of Fire Structures in Eynan (Mallaha) and their Formation Processes: a Geochemical Approach Ramiro J. March Chapter 18. Avifauna of the Final Natufian of Eynan Tal Simmons Chapter 19. Bone Ornamental Elements and Decorated Objects of the Natufian from Mallaha Gaelle Le Dosseur and Claudine Marechal Chapter 20. Reconstruction of the Habitats in the Ecosystem of the Final Natufian Site of Ain Mallaha (Eynan) Shoshana Ashkenazi SOUTHERN LEVANT - OTHER SITES Chapter 21. Wadi Hammeh 27: an open-air ‘base-camp’ on the Fringe of the Natufian ‘homeland’ Phillip C. Edwards, Fanny Bocquentin, Sue Colledge, Yvonne Edwards, Gaelle Le Dosseur, Louise Martin, Zvonkica Stanin and John Webb Chapter 22. Art Items from Wadi Hammeh 27 Janine Major Chapter 23. The Final Epipaleolithic / PPNA site of Huzuq Musa (Jordan Valley) Dani Nadel and Danny Rosenberg Chapter 24. Natufian Settlement in the Wadi al-Qusayr, West-Central Jordan Michael Neeley Chapter 25. The Steppic Early Natufian: Investigations in the Wadi al-Hasa, Jordan Deborah I. Olszewski Chapter 26. The Natufian of the Azraq Basin: An Appraisal Tobias Richter and Lisa A. Maher Chapter 27. Chert Procurement Patterns And Exploitation Territory: Case Study From Late Natufian Hayonim Terrace (Western Galilee, Israel) Christophe Delage Chapter 28. A Faunal Perspective on the Relationship between the Natufian Occupations of Hayonim Cave and Hayonim Terrace Natalie D. Munro Chapter 29. The Natufian at Raqefet Cave Gyorgy Lengyel, Dani Nadel and Fanny Bocquentin Chapter 30. Hof Shahaf: A New Natufian Site on the Shore of Lake Kinneret Ofer Marder, Reuven Yeshurun, Howard Smithline, Oren Ackermann, Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer, Anna Belfer-Cohen, Leore Grosman, Israel Hershkovitz, Noa Klein and Lior Weissbrod Chapter 31. The Life History of Macrolithic Tools at Hilazon Tachtit Cave Laure Dubreuil and Leore Grosman GENERAL REVIEWS, CLIMATE AND INTERPRETATIONS Chapter 32. Breaking the Mould: Phases and Facies in the Natufian of the Mediterranean Zone Anna Belfer-Cohen and A. Nigel Goring-Morris Chapter 33. Ruminations on the Role of Periphery and Center in the Natufian A. Nigel Goring-Morris and Anna Belfer-Cohen Chapter 34. The Natufian and the Younger Dryas Donald O. Henry Chapter 35. Scaphopod Shells in the Natufian Culture Aldona Kurzawska, Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer and Henk K. Mienis Chapter 36. The Natufian Chronological Scheme – New Insights and their Implications Leore Grosman Chapter 37. Natufian Foragers and the ‘Monocot Revolution’: A Phytolith Perspective Arlene M. Rosen Chapter 38. Lithic Technology in the Late Natufian – Technological Differences between ‘Core-area’ and ‘Periphery’ Hila Ashkenazy Chapter 39. Variability of Lunates and Changes in Projectile Weapons Technology during the Natufian Alla Yaroshevich, Daniel Kaufman, Dmitri Nuzhnyy, Ofer Bar-Yosef and Mina Weinstein-Evron Chapter 40. Specialized Hunting of Gazelle in the Natufian: Cultural Cause or Climatic Effect? Guy Bar-Oz, Reuven Yeshurun and Mina Weinstein-Evron Chapter 41. Commensalism: was it Truly a Natufian Phenomenon? Recent Cntributions from Ethnoarchaeology and Ecology Lior Weissbrod, Daniel Kaufman, Dani Nadel, Reuven Yeshurun and Mina Weinstein-Evron
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of
Book SynopsisWith an introduction by Professor McGuire Gibson, this up-to-date account describes the state of the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad and chronicles the damage done to archaeological sites by illicit digging. Contributors include Donny George, John M. Russell, Katharyn Hanson, Clemens Reichel, Elizabeth C. Stone, and Patty Gerstenblith. Published in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name opening at the Oriental Institute April 10, 2008, this book commemorates the fifth anniversary of the looting of the Iraq National Museum.Table of ContentsForeword (Gil J Stein); Preface (Geoff Emberling); Map of Iraq; Time Line of Events; The Looting of the Iraq Museum in Context (McGuire Gibson); The Looting of the Iraq Museum Complex (Donny George); Efforts to Control Damage to Sites and Monuments (John M Russell); Why Does Archaeological Context Matter? (Katharyn Hanson); Cataloging the Losses: The Oriental Institute's Iraq Museum Database Project (Clemens Reichel); Archaeological Site Looting: The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Southern Iraq (Elizabeth C Stone); Legal Aspects of Controlling the International Market in Looted Antiquities: The Paradigm of Iraq (Patti Gerstenblith).
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British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Çatalhöyük excavations: Humans and Landscapes of
Book SynopsisThe Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Turkey has been world famous since the 1960s when excavations revealed the large size and dense occupation of the settlement, as well as the spectacular wall paintings and reliefs uncovered inside the houses. Since 1993 an international team of archaeologists, led by Ian Hodder, has been carrying out new excavations and research, in order to shed more light on the people who inhabited the site. The present volume reports on the results of excavations in 2000-2008 that have provided a wealth of new data on the ways in which the Çatalhöyük settlement and environment were dwelled in. A first section explores how houses, open areas and middens in the settlement were enmeshed in the daily lives of the inhabitants, integrating a wide range of different types of data at different scales. A second section examines subsistence practices of the site’s inhabitants and builds up a picture of how the overall landscape was exploited and lived within. A third section examines the evidence from the skeletons of those buried within the houses at Çatalhöyük in order to examine health, diet, lifestyle and activity within the settlement and across the landscape. This final section also reports on the burial practices and associations in order to build hypotheses about the social organization of those inhabiting the settlement. A complex picture emerges of a relatively decentralized society, large in size but small-scale in terms of organization, dwelling within a mosaic patchwork of environments. Through time, however, substantial changes occur in the ways in which humans and landscapes interact.Table of ContentsContents. Introduction: dwelling at Çatalhöyük – Ian Hodder 8,000 (word length)Dwelling at Çatalhöyük.Sampling and mapping Çatalhöyük – Camilla Mazzucato 10,000Ecology, diet and discard practices: new interdisciplinary approaches to the study of middens – integrating micromorphological, phytolith and geochemical analyses - Lisa-Marie Shillito, Wendy Matthews and Matthew Almond 12,000The 65-56-44-10 building sequence midden – a multivariate approach – David Orton 5,000Dwelling in the Çatalhöyük landscape.Archaeobotany – Amy Bogaard, Michael Charles, Alex Livarda, Müge Ergun, Dragana Filipovic and Glynis Jones 14,000Charcoal – Eleni Asouti 8,000Phytoliths – Philippa Ryan 13,000Starch – Karen Hardy and Renee van de Locht 8,000Fauna – Katheryn Twiss, Nerissa Russell, David Orton, Arzu Demirergi 10,000Microfauna – Emma Jenkins 8,000Human and animal diets as evidenced by stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis– Jessica Pearson 15,000Sheep isotopes - Elizabeth Henton 8,000Fish – Wim van Neer 6,000Birds and eggshells – Claire Christensen 6,000Shells – Daniella Bar Yosef 7,000Humans and their lifestyles.The Human Remains I: Interpreting Community Structure, Health, and Diet in Neolithic Çatalhöyük - Clark Larsen, Simon Hillson, Marin Pilloud, Jessica Pearson, Başak Boz, Emmy Bocaege, Christopher Ruff, Evan Garofalo, Joshua Sadvari, Lori Hager, Sabrina Agarwal, Bonnie Glencross, and Patrick Beauchesne 26,000The Human Remains II: Interpreting Lifestyle and Activity in Neolithic Çatalhöyük - Clark Larsen, Simon Hillson, Basak Boz, Christopher Ruff, Evan Garofalo, Joshua Sadvari 7,000Burial treatment – Basak Boz and Lori Hager 10,000Burial associations – Carrie Nakamura, Lynn Meskell, Basak Boz and Lori Hager 10,000CD – additional figures (50) and images (50) and tables (25)
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British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Integrating Çatalhöyük: themes from the 2000-2008
Book SynopsisThe Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Turkey has been world famous since the 1960s when excavations revealed the large size and dense occupation of the settlement, as well as the spectacular wall paintings and reliefs uncovered inside the houses. Since 1993 an international team of archaeologists, led by Ian Hodder, has been carrying out new excavations and research, in order to shed more light on the people who inhabited the site. The present volume discusses general themes that have emerged in the analysis and interpretation of the results of excavations in 2000-2008. It synthesizes the results of research described in other volumes in the same series. The volume commences with accounts of the recent work on community collaboration at the site, and with discussions of the methods used at the site. It then synthesizes the work on landscape use and mobility, integrating the work of subsistence analysis and the analysis of human remains. The storage and sharing of food is a related topic. The ways in which houses were constructed, lived in and abandoned leads to a broad discussion of settlement and social organization at Çatalhöyük and of their change through time. For example, shifts in the themes that occur in paintings in houses change through time as part of a wider set of social, economic and ritual changes in the upper levels. The social uses of materials and technologies are explored and the roles of materials in personal adornment. Finally, the discussion of variation through place and time is recognized as dependent on scales of analysis and social process.Table of ContentsIntroduction: some integrated themes – Ian HodderCollaborative community archaeology at Çatalhöyük – Sonya AtalayEvaluating reflexive methodologies at Çatalhöyük – Asa Berggren and Bjorn NilssonLandscape and mobility at Neolithic Çatalhöyük – Kathy Twiss, Amy Bogaard, Mike Charles and othersStorage and sharing of food – Arzu DemirergiConstructing buildings – Mira Stevanovic, Eleni Asouti, Shahina Farid, Duygu ÇamurcuoğluAbandonment and closure – Nerissa RussellInside/outside – Amy BogaardSocial and settlement organization – Ian HodderTemporal change – Tristan CarterPaintings and change through time – Agata CzeszewskaThe social uses of colour – Karen Wright, Graeme EarlSocial materials and technologies – Serena LovePersonal adornment – Karen Wright, Nerissa Russell, Rose Bains, Daniella Bar Yosef, Milena VasicQuestions of scale – Slobodan Mitrovic
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McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Material Engagements: Studies in honour of Colin
Book SynopsisThe subject matter of archaeology is the engagement of human beings, now and in the past, with both the natural world and the material world they have created. All aspects of human activity are potentially relevant to archaeological research, and, conversely, the ways in which others, especially artists and anthropologists, have investigated the world are of interest to archaeologists. Archaeological artefacts and sites are also used by groups and nations to establish identity, and for financial gain, both through tourism and trade in antiquities. Colin Renfrew has actively engaged with art, with politics and with the antiquities trade, and has presented his ideas to broad audiences through accessible books and television programmes, as well as championing the cause of archaeology in many public roles. The papers in this volume, which have been written by colleagues and former students on the occasion of his retirement, relate to all of these subject areas, and together give some idea of the complexity of the issues raised by critical engagements with the material world, both past and present.Table of ContentsIntroduction (Neil Brodie & Catherine Hills); For Colin in friendship and admiration (Richard Long); A meeting of minds: art and archaeology (Antony Gormley & Colin Renfrew); 'Art makes visible': an archaeology of the senses in Minoan elite art (Christine Morris); Incavation - Excavation - Exhibition (Cornelius Holtorf); Archaeology in rock (Timothy Darvill); Flowers: New England digs 2002 (Mark Dion); The Asian art affair: US art museum collections of Asian art and archaeology (Neil Brodie & Jenny Doole); A Neocycladic harpist? (John Craxton & Peter Warren); The Parthenon Marbles as an archaeological issue (Anthony Snodgrass); But a passing moment in the long career of a monument: Colin Renfrew and Stonehenge, 1968 (Christopher Chippindale); Rejecting reflexivity? Making post-Stalinist archaeology in Albania (Richard Hodges); Material and oral records: a shamans' meeting in Pokhara (Christopher Evans).
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McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Bones for Tools - Tools for Bones: The Interplay
Book SynopsisAnimal procurement and tool production form two of the most tightly connected components of human behaviour. They are tied to our emergence as a genus, were fundamental to the dispersal of our species, and underpin the development of our societies. The interaction between these fundamental activities has been a subject of archaeological inference from the earliest days of the discipline, yet the pursuit of each has tended to encourage and entrench specialist study. As a result, our understanding of them has developed in full-view but in general isolation of one from the other. This volume begins the process of integrating what have all too often become isolated archaeological and interpretative domains. Exposing and exploring contexts spanning much of prehistory, and drawing data from a wide range of environmental settings, the book covers both sides of the complex inter-relationship between animals, the technologies used to procure them and those arising from them. In taking a more inclusive approach to the material, technological and social dynamics of early human subsistence we have returned to the earliest of those archaeological associations: that between stone tools and animal bones. In revealing the inter-dependence of their relationship, this volume takes what we hope will be a first step towards a revitalized understanding of the scope of past interactions between humans and the world around them. Krish Seetah is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Stanford University. His zooarchaeological research focuses on butchering and the socio-economic context of food. Brad Gravina is a member of the laboratory Préhistoire a l'Actuel: Cultures, Evironment et Anthropologie (PACEA) at the University of Bordeaux. His research focuses on the final Middle Palaeolithic of Western Europe with an emphasis on lithic technology and taphonomy.Table of Contents1. Combining Stones and Bones, Defining Form and Function, Inferring Lives and Roles(BRAD GRAVINA, RYAN J. RABETT AND KRISH SEETAH) Part 1: Taphonomy and Technology 2. When Bones are Not Enough: Lithic Refits and Occupation Dynamics in the Middle Palaeolithic Level 10 of Roca dels Bous (Catalonia, Spain)(IGNACIO DE LA TORRE, JORGE MARTÍNEZ-MORENO AND RAFAEL MORA) 3. Testing the Spatial Association of Lithic and Faunal Remains: a Case Study from the Lower Palaeolithic Site of Holon (Israel)(HERVÉ MONCHOT, MICHAEL CHAZAN AND LIORA KOLSKA HORWITZ) 4. The Palaeolithic Poor Relation? Taphonomic Approaches to Archaeofaunas and their Implication for the Study of European Lower Palaeolithic Subsistence(GEOFF M. SMITH) 5. Reconstructing Animal-butchering Technology: Slicing Cut Marks from the Submerged Pottery Neolithic Site of Neve Yam, Israel(HASKEL J. GREENFIELD AND LIORA KOLSKA HORWITZ) 6. Cause and Effect: the Impact of Animal Variables on Experimentally Produced Bone Lesions(SHAW BADENHORST) Part 2: Raw Materials, Operational Sequences and Decision-making 7. Guanaco Butchering by Hunter-gatherers from Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Southern Patagonia(A. SEBASTIÁN MUÑOZ) 8. Diversity and Applications: Some Bone Tools from the Past to the Present in Southern Africa(INA PLUG) 9. Mammoth Bone Technology at Tocuila in the Basin of Mexico(EILEEN JOHNSON, JOAQUIN ARROYO-CABRALES AND LUIS MORETT) Part 3: Subsistence and Cultural Practice 10. Don’t Smash Those Bones! Anatomical Representation and Bone Tool Manufacture in the Pampean Region (Argentina, South America) (DANIEL LOPONTE AND NATACHA BUC) 11. Eating Your Tools: Early Butchery and Craft Modification of Primate Bones in Tropical Southeast Asia(RYAN J. RABETT AND PHILIP J. PIPER) 12. Prehistoric Hunter-gatherers in Transition: Environmental Adaptation or Social Transformation?(FARINA STERNKE AND LAURENT-JACQUES COSTA) Index
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