Archaeology by period / region Books
British Museum Press Greek and Roman Medicine at the British Museum
Book SynopsisMost accounts of the history of Greek and Roman medicine are based on ancient medical texts. As a study of the subject through its material remains, this book will be a unique contribution to the understanding of ancient medical implements and surgical instruments, of surgery, and of the history of medicine.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: the British Museum Greek and Roman Medical Collections Chapter 2: Greek and Roman Surgical and Medical Instruments Chapter 3: Catalogue of Greek and Roman Surgical and Medical Instruments in the British Museum Chapter 4: Scientific Examination and Element Analysis of the Metal Medical Instruments (Susan La Niece and Duncan Hook) Chapter 5: Chemical Analysis of Medicinal Residues: Ingredients, Properties and Purpose (Rebecca Stacey) Chapter 6: Selected Greek and Roman Objects in the British Museum Related to Medicine and Health Appendix 1: An Important Group of Roman Surgical Instruments from Italy in the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Appendix 2: A Unique Roman Plunger Forceps in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Bibliography Concordance Index
£38.00
American School of Classical Studies at Athens The Athenian Agora
Book SynopsisIn a newly revised version of this popular site guide, the current director of excavations in the Athenian Agora gives a brief account of the history of the ancient centre of Athens. The text has been updated and expanded to cover the most recent archaeological discoveries, and the guide now features numerous colour illustrations.Table of ContentsIntroduction; History of the Agora; West side; Administrative center; South side; The Hellenistic south square; East side; Central area; North side; History of the excavations.
£9.37
American School of Classical Studies at Athens Ancient Corinth
Book SynopsisThis is the first official guidebook to the site of ancient Corinth published by the ASCSA in over 50 years, and it comes fully updated with the most current information, colour photos, maps, and plans. It is an indispensable resource for the casual tourist or professional archaeologist new to the site.Trade ReviewThe authors as well as the ASCSA design team have produced a highly functional guidebook to help lay and professional visitors to engage with the extensive excavated and visible remains. The monuments are brought to life by plans, reconstructions, historic photographs, and color images. This will be an invaluable aid to interpret what can be seen on the ground, and will serve as a model for guides to other archaeological sites. David Gill, BMCR 2018.12.05.
£16.95
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne J. Collingwood Bruces Handbook to the Roman Wall
Book SynopsisHadrian''s Wall is one of the best known Roman monuments in Britain. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987. The Emperor Hadrian ordered its construction in AD 122 and for nearly three centuries it was the north-west frontier of the Roman empire. Hadrian''s Wall has been visited, written about, surveyed and excavated for over four centuries. In 1851, the great nineteenth century authority on Hadrian''s Wall, John Collingwood Bruce, published The Roman Wall, followed by an abridged edition in 1863. The Handbook to the Roman Wall has subsequently been revised on several occasions. This, the fourteenth edition, has been completely re-written by David Breeze, though acknowledging the style of earlier editions. This authoritative account will be of value to all interested in Hadrian''s Wall.
£18.99
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Winds of Change The Living Landscapes of Hirta St
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British School at Athens Knossos From First to Second Palace
Book SynopsisThis volume presents the pottery from a series of deposits excavated by Sir Arthur Evans in the palace at Knossos and assigned by him to the last part of the Middle Bronze Age or Middle Minoan III. The substantial architectural modifications seen in this period are examined along with stratigraphy to give proper context to the pottery deposits. Middle Minoan III was the time when Knossos appeared to expand its reach across Crete: from the First Palace Period, when palaces at Malia and Phaistos rivalled Knossos, to the Second Palace Period, when seemingly they diminished and other smaller palaces were built. These changes unfolded over the course of the Middle Minoan III period, divided by Evans into two sub-phases, MM IIIA and MM IIIB. He used many palatial deposits to define these phases. However, he did not present the pottery, stratigraphy and architecture in full, leading eventually to some ambiguity over the status of the period. This detailed study revisits more than a dozen of t
£126.00
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies The Emperor Neros Pottery and Tilery at Little
Book SynopsisPreviously suspected on the basis of a tile stamped with the name and titles of the Emperor Nero found alongside other brick and tile in the ploughsoil, excavation of two tile kilns at Little London near Silchester, Hampshire confirmed production during the reign of Nero.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION (Michael Fulford) CHAPTER 2. THE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY (Neil Linford, Paul Linford and Andrew Payne) CHAPTER 3. THE EXCAVATIONS (Nicholas Pankhurst and Daniel Wheeler with Michael Fulford) CHAPTER 4. THE POTTERY (Jane Timby with Joanna Bird and Roger Tomlin) CHAPTER 5. THE CERAMIC BUILDING MATERIAL (Sara Machin with Michael Fulford) CHAPTER 6. WOOD CHARCOAL ANALYSIS: EVIDENCE FOR SITE ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT (Catherine Barnett) CHAPTER 7. THE CHARRED PLANT REMAINS (Lisa Lodwick) CHAPTER 8. LITTLE LONDON AND SILCHESTER INSULA IX: RADIOCARBON DATING AND CHRONOLOGICAL MODELLING (Derek Hamilton) CHAPTER 9. ARCHAEOMAGNETIC INVESTIGATION OF TWO FIRED FEATURES AT LITTLE LONDON (David P. Greenwood, Sam E. Harris and Catherine M. Batt) CHAPTER 10. CONCLUDING DISCUSSION (Michael Fulford) THE APPENDICES APPENDIX 1. THE NERO TILE-STAMPS FROM LITTLE LONDON AND SILCHESTER (Peter Warry) APPENDIX 2. OTHER FINDS (Michael Fulford and Nina Crummy) APPENDIX 3. AGE OF ROUNDWOOD WHEN CUT (Catherine Barnett) APPENDIX 4. CALIBRATED AGE RANGES USING THE UK ARCHAEOMAGNETIC CALIBRATED CURVE (David P. Greenwood, Sam E. Harris and Catherine M. Batt) APPENDIX 5. AN INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DATING (David P. Greenwood, Sam E. Harris and Catherine M. Batt)
£28.50
Oxford University School of Archaeology The Archaeology of Greek Colonisation Essays
Book SynopsisThis collection of eight essays on the archaeology of Greek colonisation, dedicated to Sir John Boardman on the occasion of his retirement, has now been reprinted in paperback. Greek colonisation continues to be a much debated topic among ancient historians and archaeologists of the Mediterranean region.Table of ContentsThe nature and standing of the early western colonies (A M Snodgrass); Precolonisation: early Greek contact with the East (M R Popham); Phoenicians and Greeks in the West: a view from Pithekoussai (D Ridgway); Prospectors and pioneers: Pithekoussai, Kyme and central Italy (J N Coldstream); Massalia and colonization in the north-western Mediterranean (B B Shefton): The foundation of Selinous: overpopulation or opportunities? (F De Angelis); Greek penetration of the Black Sea (G R Tsetskhladze); Settlement for trade and land in North Africa: problems of identity (J Boardman).
£9.95
Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd Excavations on the Wormington to Tirley Pipeline 2000
Book SynopsisArchaeological work in advance of pipeline construction culminated in excavation at four sites on the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire border by the Carrant Brook and River Isbourne.
£14.95
Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd Cirencester Excavations VI
Book SynopsisThis volume presents the results of a number of excavations undertaken in Cirencester in the last decade which have examined houses, shops, public buildings (including the forum), town defences and cemeteries.Table of ContentsIntroductory Sections: Orpheus and the Hare: Fifty Years of Cirencester Excavation Committee and Cotswold Archaeology, 1958-2008 (Timothy Darvill and Neil Holbrook); A Rich Resource: Studying CirencesterAes Historic Buildings (David Viner); Introduction to the Excavations (Neil Holbrook); The Street System: Bingham Hall, King Street, 2002 (Tim Havard and Martin Watts); The Foresters Arms, Queen Street, 2003-4 (Derek Evans); Other Miscellaneous Observations (Neil Holbrook); Public Buildings: Excavations on the Site of the Forum (Andrew Simmonds and Alex Smith); Excavations in Insula II at Cotswold Mill, 1998-9 (Neil Holbrook and Alan Thomas); The Probable Theatre and Surrounding Area: Observations in 1969 (Peter Grace and Neil Holbrook); Houses and Shops: Excavations at Stepstairs Lane, 2002-3 (Mark Brett and Martin Watts); Investigations by the Time Team in Insula IX, 1999 (Neil Holbrook and Katie Hirst); Observations and Excavation at Cirencester Grammar School, Victoria Road, 1960 (Peter Grace and Neil Holbrook); Other Miscellaneous Investigations; The Town Defences: Excavation and Watching Brief at Cotswold District Council Offices, Trinity Road, 2001-2 (Annette Hancocks, Martin Watts and Neil Holbrook); Evaluation and Watching Brief between School Lane and Stepstairs Lane 2003-5 (Tim Havard, Kate Cullen and Martin Watts); The Western Cemetery: Excavation and Watching Brief along Old Tetbury Road, 2004-6 (Neil Holbrook, E.R. McSloy and Derek Evans); Other Miscellaneous Investigations Beyond the Walls: Evaluation at 157 Watermoor Road, 2000 (Neil Holbrook); Excavation at Queen Elizabeth Road, 1999 (Alistair Barber, Mark Collard and Neil Holbrook); Observations at Stratton Watermeadows, 2003 (Neil Holbrook); Conclusions (Neil Holbrook); References; Index
£14.95
Potingair Press Eros mercator and the cultural landscape of Melos
Book SynopsisThe island of Melos in the Cyclades has a rich archaeology having played an important part in prehistory and throughout history. But owing to its unique geology it is also home to a wide array of rocks and minerals which have been exploited since the first human occupation of the island. This book is about the archaeology of the minerals industries of Melos in antiquity. The localities of their extraction and the type of processing they may have been subject to have been reconstructed on the basis of archaeological evidence. At the site of Aghia Kyriaki, SE Melos, there is evidence for large-scale exploitation of alum in the Late Roman period, its processing in large shallow vessels and packaging into amphorae; there is also evidence for the use of geothermal energy there and in neighbouring Palaeochori Bay; there are phreatic explosions near the sulphur mines at Fyrlingos; finally, there are the egkoila of Melos, the rock-cut cavities carved out of the island's ubiquitous white altereTable of ContentsPrologue. On tradesmen, bath-attendants and men-in-business; 1. Why earths, and why earths now?; 2. Nature's own material culture on Melos; 3. Earths, the name commonly given by all Greeks...; 4. 'A cluster of niches exploited with tenacity and ingenuity...'; 5. On earths and rock-cut features: the SE Melos Survey (SEMS) methodology; 6. Mining, farming and honouring the dead in SE Melos; 7. A tale of two sites; 8. The archaeology of minerals in SE Melos: facts and hypotheses; 9. From mineralogy to microbiology ...via phenomenology, a return journey
£42.75
Potingair Press Rhesus Gold Heracles Iron the archaeology of
Book SynopsisEast Macedonia in northern Greece has rich deposits of gold and silver as well as copper and iron ores. The gold and silver were important to Classical Athens and even more so to Alexander the Great's Hellenistic world. Copper was extracted as early as the Late Neolithic, and iron was worked from the Iron Age to Ottoman times. Bringing to life the essential background to this wealth derived from metals, this book looks at the archaeological and archaeometallurgical evidence, some of it very new, for the mining and processing of the ores and the extraction of the metal. The book is written with the visitor to the region very much in mind, taking the reader closer to the landscapes where these practices took place to make sense of silent landscapes' where so much happened at one time but where nature has now taken over the remains of buildings, installations and heaps of waste rendering them mute' and meaningless for all but the expert historian of technology. Written by a native of the Table of Contents1. Rhesos, king of the Thracians and his gold; 2. The Region, its environment and geology; 3. The archaeology and history of the mining and metalworking tradition in NE Greece; 4. The making of iron, silver and gold: some technological principles; 5. Social aspects of metals technology in NE Greece: a holistic interpretation
£33.25
Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd The Western Cemetery of Roman Cirencester Excavations at the former Bridges Garage Tetbury Road Cirencester 20112015 7
Book SynopsisExcavations in 2011 to 2015 within the Western Cemetery of Roman Cirencester resulted in the discovery of 118 inhumation and 8 cremation burials, the largest investigation of a Roman cemetery in Cirencester since the Bath Gate excavations of the 1970s.Trade ReviewA model cemetery publication and an important addition to the literature… * British Archaeology *
£18.95
Cambridge University Press Anthropological Archaeology Underwater
Book SynopsisAnthropological archaeology underwater is a new field. What type of research is this and how do anthropologists go about it? When most people hear the phrase ''underwater archaeology'', they think of shipwrecks and dramatic images of lost ships at sea, but the underwater archaeological record is vast. In addition to historic vessels, water preserves some of the oldest landscapes on the planet. While archaeologists are interested in the past, those working underwater apply the latest technologies to provide fresh understandings about ancient human behaviour. Underwater environments provide preservation that is unmatched on land and therefore the data collected is novel ? providing information about human lifeways and creating a picture of the past we would otherwise never see. This Element will explore the world of anthropological archaeology underwater, focusing on submerged sites, and review the techniques, data, and theoretical perspectives which are offering new insights into the human story.
£17.00
Cambridge University Press Connecting Communities in Archaic Greece
Book SynopsisA new history of Greece in the seventh and sixth centuries BC written for the twenty-first century. It brings together archaeological material from over 100 years, employing experimental modelling techniques from the digital humanities to reveal new patterns about how Greece's first city-states traded with one another and made alliances.
£23.74
Cambridge University Press Hieroglyphs PseudoScripts and Alphabets
Book SynopsisIntroduces the workings and uses of Egyptian hieroglyphs, the various degrees of cultural knowledge of their makers and most importantly the influence hieroglyphs had on other scripts and notations in antiquity.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Hieroglyphs, hieratic and Demotic: the work of specialists; 3. Putting up barriers: hyper-specialist writing; 4. Limited understanding and creative use of hieroglyphs; 5. Hieroglyphs abroad: non-Egyptian notations and scripts inspired by hieroglyphs; 6. Conclusion; References.
£17.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Crusader Archaeology
Book SynopsisThe third edition of Crusader Archaeology updates previous editions to include coverage of important recent work in the field. It examines what life was like for European settlers and travellers to the crusader states during the centuries of Latin rule.Examining past, recent and ongoing archaeological discoveries, and research in the field from Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Cyprus, this volume includes recent findings and approaches including new exploration work in urban sites such as Jerusalem, Acre and Caesarea, new work on industrial sites and new discoveries in research including DNA studies, the field of weaponry and many other topics. It covers such topics as settlement types, fortification, daily life, day-to-day activities, warfare, religious life, arts, industry, leisure pursuits, building technology, agriculture, medicine, death and burial. It considers, in all these fields, the manner in which the Frankish population was influenced by the local and neigTable of Contents1 Background: The Crusades and Outremer; 2 The city and urban life; 3 The rural landscape; 4 The defence of the Latin East; 5 Frankish ecclesiastical architecture; 6 Frankish domestic architecture; 7 Crafts and minor arts; 8 The fine arts; 9 Building techniques and materials; 10 Medicine; 11 Burials; Postcript
£35.99
Taylor & Francis In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors
Book SynopsisIn the Footsteps of Our Ancestors details through archaeological analysis, the dispersal of our species, Homo sapiens, providing a broad examination of evidence for early human migration into Asia and Oceania. Those migrations are crucial to our understanding of the global story of human evolution and cultural diversification. Chapters from an international team of experts provide the new geographical and temporal coverage. Controversies around timing, pathways, and competing models of migrations are explored in regions where archaeological data can be scarce. Genetic and archaeological data often seem inconsistent, but this book uses syntheses of archaeological evidence to give an updated view of our current knowledge of when and how these regions were first settled. These analyses help us understand the pattern of human movement and adaptation that led to the contemporary distribution of our species. This book provides the latest coverage of this important topic and contrib
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Taylor & Francis An Introduction to Peruvian Archaeology
Book SynopsisThe Excavated Past: An Introduction to Peruvian Archaeology offers an accessible and up-to-date guide to Peru's rich archaeological heritage.Through a broad vision of archaeology as a discipline and historical reality, Henry TantaleÃn offers a fascinating immersion into the past of Peru. The book is structured in three parts: an introduction to the key concepts of global and local archaeology, a brief history of Peruvian archaeology and a tour of the societies of ancient Peru, from the first settlers to the fall of the Inca Empire. Furthermore, the author highlights the role of archaeology in daily life, education and popular culture.This book is an invaluable resource not only for students and professionals of Peruvian archaeology, but also for anyone interested in understanding the cultural legacy that these findings contribute to our understanding of human history.
£39.99
Taylor & Francis The Birth of Persian Art c. 550486 BC
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£50.72
Cambridge University Press The Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula
Book SynopsisIn this book, Katina Lillios provides an up-to-date synthesis of the rich histories of the peoples who lived on the Iberian Peninsula between 1,400,000 (the Paleolithic) and 3,500 years ago (the Bronze Age) as revealed in their art, burials, tools, and monuments. She highlights the exciting new discoveries on the Peninsula, including the evidence for some of the earliest hominins in Europe, Neanderthal art, interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans, and relationships to peoples living in North Africa, the Mediterranean, and Western Europe. This is the first book to relate the ancient history of the Peninsula to broader debates in anthropology and archaeology. Amply illustrated and written in an accessible style, it will be of interest to archaeologists and students of prehistoric Spain and Portugal.Trade Review'… the book is a good introduction to the peninsula's past for nonspecialists.' E. Delson, ChoiceTable of Contents1. Setting the stage; 2. The first Iberians and last Neanderthals; 3. The first modern humans in Iberia; 4. The creation of new worlds; 5. The expansion of interregional contacts; 6. The emergence of ranked societies; 7. Archaeologies and histories of the Iberian past.
£79.79
Cambridge University Press Early Medieval Britain c. 5001000
Book SynopsisEarly medieval Britain saw the birth of England, Scotland and of the Welsh kingdoms. Naismith''s introductory textbook explores the period between the end of Roman rule and the eve of the Norman Conquest, blending an engaging narrative with clear explanations of key themes and sources. Using extensive illustrations, maps and selections from primary sources, students will examine the island as a collective entity, comparing political histories and institutions as well as societies, beliefs and economies. Each chapter foregrounds questions of identity and the meaning of ''Britain'' in this period, encouraging interrogation and contextualisation of sources within the framework of the latest debates and problems. Featuring online resources including timelines, a glossary, end-of-chapter questions and suggestions for further reading, students can drive their own understanding of how the polities and societies of early medieval Britain fitted together and into the wider world, and firmly graTrade Review'Rory Naismith adopts a refreshingly new approach to the study of early medieval Britain, which takes into account its political and cultural plurality, while also placing it in a wider European context. Comprehensive, accessible and up-to-date with the most recent historiographical developments, it will easily become a classic.' Francesca Tinti, University of the Basque Country'Up-to-date and judiciously argued, Rory Naismith's book with its excellent illustrations, text boxes addressing detailed evidence, timelines and discussion points is an ideal teaching tool. Covering the whole of Britain, sensible to internal differences and divisions, and attentive to the local and particular alongside major developments, this is also an important new history of these early centuries.' Pauline Stafford, University of Liverpool'This timely and refreshing textbook will challenge students' assumptions about 'Dark-Age' Britain. Eschewing the well-worn narratives that search for the national origins of England, Scotland and Wales, Rory Naismith makes a compelling case for adopting a much more holistic approach to the study of British history and taking the early medieval period on its own terms.' Edward Roberts, University of Kent'Students and scholars have been crying out for a well-informed and enticing history of early medieval Britain, which treats the whole island rather than selected parts of it. Rory Naismith has given us precisely that. He has also produced a significant work of scholarship, for this is a wonderfully rich book, which is written with confident command of a diverse array of sources and contains many new insights as well as a lucid survey. Anyone reading it should emerge not only confidently equipped but also inspired to explore the period further.' Stephen Baxter, University of OxfordTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements; List of Source Boxes; List of Methods and Analysis Boxes; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; 1. Introduction; Part I. Conceiving Early Medieval Britain: 2. An Island in the Ocean: The Idea of Britain; 3. On the Edge of the World: Britain and Europe; 4. Legend, Myth and History; 5. Migrations and Peoples; 6. Fragments of the Past; Part II. Making Early Medieval Britain: 7. Britain c. 500; 8. 'Fertile of Tyrants': Britain 500–650; 9. 'What the Outcome Will Be, a Future Age Will See': Britain 650–850; 10. 'God Help Us!': Britain 850–1000; Part III. Living in Early Medieval Britain: 11. Kingship in Action; 12. Building a Christian Society; 13. Maintaining Belief: The Church as an Institution; 14. Family, Friend, Lord, Slave: The Basis of Society; 15. Land, People and Settlement; 16. Getting and Giving: Acts and Settings of Exchange; 17. Language and Communication; 18. 'As Far as the Cold Waves Reach': Conclusion; Glossary; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Palaeolithic Europe
Book SynopsisThis book combines archaeological, palaeoanthropological, and paleogenetic data to present a unique demographic perspective on this period of early prehistory, combining social and evolutionary approaches. It will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in archaeology and biological anthropology.Table of Contents1. Towards a Social Palaeodemography of Early Prehistory; 2. Stones, Bones, and Genes: A Palaeodemographic Database; 3. Hunter-Gatherer Demography; 4. Visitation: The First European Populations (~1.8 million-300,000 years ago); 5. Residency: The Neanderthals and their Neighbours (~300,000-40,000 years ago); 6. Expansion: The Arrival of Homo Sapiens and the Extinction of the Neanderthals (~50,000 years ago-35,000 years ago); 7. Intensification: Mid-to-Late Upper Palaeolithic Population Dynamics (~35,000 years ago-15,000 years ago); 8. Palaeolithic Europe: Demography and Society.
£24.69
Cambridge University Press First Peoples in a New World
Book SynopsisOver 15,000 years ago, a band of hunter-gatherers became the first people to set foot in the Americas.They soon found themselves in a world rich in plants and animals, but also a world still shivering itself out of the coldest depths of the Ice Age. The movement of those first Americans was one of the greatest journeys undertaken by ancient peoples. In this book, David Meltzer explores the world of Ice Age Americans, highlighting genetic, archaeological, and geological evidence that has revolutionized our understanding of their origins, antiquity, and adaptation to climate and environmental change. This fully updated edition integrates the most recent scientific discoveries, including the ancient genome revolution and human evolutionary and population history.Written for a broad audience, the book can serve as the primary text in courses on North American Archaeology, Ice Age Environments, and Human evolution and prehistory.Trade Review'The book is an exciting read that offers a lot of information, but always takes the reader along because the author knows how to explain … the book is highly recommended.' Herausgeber, AmerIndian ResearchTable of Contents1. Overture; 2. Glaciers, climates and environments of Ice Age North America; 3. The search for Ice Age Americans: the path from Paleoliths to Paleoindians; 4. Ascertaining archaeological evidence of antiquity; 5. What language, skeletal anatomy and genetics reveal (or not) of the population history of the Americas; 6. Who, from where, when and how? The search for consensus; 7. What do you do when no one's been there before?; 8. Clovis adaptations and Pleistocene Megafaunal extinctions; 9. Settling in: late Paleoindians and the waning ice age; 10. When past and present collide.
£30.99
Cambridge University Press Byzantium Venice and the Medieval Adriatic
Book SynopsisAn international team of historians and archaeologists examines the textual sources and material evidence for trade and administration between the medieval Adriatic and Byzantium. They offer stimulating ideas concerning the entire Mediterranean and provide a better understanding of this important region before the heyday of Venice.Trade Review'By shedding new light on the pre-Venetian Adriatic and the competitors of Venice, this volume explains why hegemony over this sea was crucial for Mediterranean polities.' Nicola Carotenuto, English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction Magdalena Skoblar; 1. The Adriatic Sea 500–1100: A Corrupted Alterity? Richard Hodges; 2. Thinking of Linking: Pottery Connections, Southern Adriatic, Butrint and Beyond Joanita Vroom; 3. A Winter Sea? Exchange and Power at the Ebbing of the Adriatic Connection 600–800 Francesco Borri; 4. The Origins of Venice: Between Italy, Byzantium and the Adriatic Stefano Gasparri; 5. The Northern Adriatic Area between the Eighth and the Ninth Century: New Landscapes, New Cities Sauro Gelichi; 6. Provincia Iadrensis: Heir of Roman Dalmatia or a Still-Born Child of Byzantine Early Medieval Adriatic Policy? Trpimir Vedriš; 7. Ravenna and Other Early Rivals of Venice: Comparative Urban and Economic Development in the Upper Adriatic c.751–1050 Thomas S. Brown; 8. Byzantine Apulia Jean-Marie Martin; 9. From One Coast to Another and Beyond: Adriatic Connections through the Sigillographic Evidence Pagona Papadopoulou; 10. Icons in the Adriatic before the Sack of Constantinople in 1204 Magdalena Skoblar; 11. The Rise of the Adriatic in the Age of the Crusades Peter Frankopan; 12. Venice in the Twelfth Century: Between the Adriatic and the Aegean Michael Angold; 13. Venice, the Ionian Sea and the Southern Adriatic after the Fourth Crusade Guillaume Saint-Guillain; 14. Sea Power and the Evolution of Venetian Crusading Christopher Wright; 15. Reassessing the Venetian Presence in the Late Medieval Eastern Adriatic Oliver Jens Schmitt; 16. 'Strangers' in the City? The Paradoxes of Communitarianism in Fifteenth-Century Venice Élisabeth Crouzet-Pavan; Conclusion Chris Wickham; Index.
£26.59
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Greek Art
Book SynopsisThis well-illustrated Companion offers a comprehensive, authoritative account of the development of Greek art through the 1st millennium BC.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Color Plates xxvii List of Maps xxix Notes on Contributors xxx Preface xxxviii PART I Introduction 1 1 The Greeks and their Art 3Tyler Jo Smith and Dimitris Plantzos PART II Forms, Times, and Places 15 2 Chronology and Topography 17Nicki Waugh 3 Greek Decorated Pottery I: Athenian Vase-painting 39Thomas Mannack 4 Greek Decorated Pottery II: Regions and Workshops 62Stavros A Paspalas 5 Free-standing and Relief Sculpture 105Dimitris Damaskos 6 Architecture in City and Sanctuary 132Marina Yeroulanou 7 Architectural Sculpture 153Olga Palagia 8 Wall- and Panel-painting 171Dimitris Plantzos 9 Mosaics 186Ruth Westgate 10 Luxury Arts 200John Boardman and Claudia Wagner 11 Terracottas 221Lucilla Burn 12 Coinages 235François de Callataÿ 13 Workshops and Technology 255Eleni Hasaki 14 Ancient Writers on Art 273Kenneth Lapatin PART III Contacts and Colonies 291 15 Egypt and North Africa 293Sabine Weber 16 Cyprus and the Near East 312Tamar Hodos 17 Asia Minor 330Veli Köse 18 The Black Sea 350Jan Bouzek 19 Sicily and South Italy 369Clemente Marconi PART IV Images and Meanings 397 20 Olympian Gods at Home and Abroad 399H.A Shapiro 21 Politics and Society 414Eleni Manakidou 22 Personification: Not Just a Symbolic Mode 440Amy C Smith 23 The Non-Greek in Greek Art 456Beth Cohen 24 Birth, Marriage, and Death 480John H Oakley 25 Age, Gender, and Social Identity 498Jenifer Neils 26 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 510Timothy J McNiven 27 Drinking and Dining 525Kathleen M Lynch 28 Competition, Festival, and Performance 543Tyler Jo Smith 29 Figuring Religious Ritual 564François Lissarrague 30 Agency in Greek Art 579James Whitley PART V Greek Art: Ancient to Antique 597 31 Greek Art through Roman Eyes 599Michael Squire 32 Greek Art in Late Antiquity and Byzantium 621Anthony Kaldellis 33 The Antique Legacy from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment 633Jill Johnson Deupi 34 Greek Art and the Grand Tour 649Sue Blundell 35 Myth and the Ideal in 20th c Exhibitions of Classical Art 667Delia Tzortzaki 36 The Cultural Property Debate 683Stelios Lekakis 37 Greek Art at University, 19th–20th c 698Stephen L Dyson 38 Surveying the Scholarship 711Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos Bibliography 723 Index 817
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Taylor & Francis Windows into the Medieval Mediterranean
Book SynopsisThis book reveals the medieval Mediterranean region as a richly nuanced space of places and peoples connected by a body of water, but far from unifiedâand seeks to challenge what we think we know about the medieval Mediterranean and the world it influenced.Reflective of the diversity of the Mediterranean region, the contributors are an international body of scholars that bring together topics that are seemingly disparate but are in fact in a vibrant conversation with one another. The volume seeks to shed new light and perspectives on familiar topics. Each chapter begins with secondary commentary for context, and is followed by primary sources comprised of images and texts that invite careful reading, lively discussion, and possibilities for deeper research. Topics that are discussed include: Archaeology and Architecture, Stories of Travel and Encounter, Literature and Poetry, Matters of Faith, Crusades, Monarchies and Conflict, Ties that Bind, and Around the Mediterranean Wor
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Photographing Tutankhamun
Book SynopsisThey are among the most famous and compelling photographs ever made in archaeology: Howard Carter kneeling before the burial shrines of Tutankhamun; life-size statues of the boy king on guard beside a doorway, tantalizingly sealed, in his tomb; or a solid gold coffin still draped with flowers cut more than 3,300 years ago. Yet until now, no study has explored the ways in which photography helped mythologize the tomb of Tutankhamun, nor the role photography played in shaping archaeological methods and interpretations, both in and beyond the field. This book undertakes the first critical analysis of the photographic archive formed during the ten-year clearance of the tomb, and in doing so explores the interface between photography and archaeology at a pivotal time for both. Photographing Tutankhamun foregrounds photography as a material, technical, and social process in early 20th-century archaeology, in order to question how the photograph made and remade ancient Egypt' in the waning agTrade Review'A beautifully written and fascinating account of the photographs and photographic practices related to Tutankhamun. It will be a landmark study in the relationships between archives, photographs, and archaeology.'--J.A. Baird, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK'Photographing Tutankhamun is a remarkable achievement for many different reasons, but it is perhaps this contribution that makes the book stand out. [...] Riggs’s ability to look across social, empirical and theoretical domains and not lose sight of the idiosyncrasies of Tutankhamun offers a valuable case study in recognising the oscillations and contingencies underpinning the work of photographs in archaeological practice.'--Antiquity'A beautifully written and fascinating account of the photographs and photographic practices related to Tutankhamun. It will be a landmark study in the relationships between archives, photographs, and archaeology.' --J.A. Baird, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK'Photographing Tutankhamun is a remarkable achievement for many different reasons, but it is perhaps this contribution that makes the book stand out. [...] Riggs’s ability to look across social, empirical and theoretical domains and not lose sight of the idiosyncrasies of Tutankhamun offers a valuable case study in recognising the oscillations and contingencies underpinning the work of photographs in archaeological practice.'--AntiquityTable of ContentsTable of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1. Photographing Tutankhamun: An Introduction Chapter 2. Mirrored Memories: Excavating the Photographic Archive Chapter 3. 'The first and most pressing need': Photographic Practice at the Tomb of Tutankhamun Chapter 4. Tutankhamun's Treasures: Objects, Artworks, Bodies Chapter 5. Men at Work: The Resurrection of the Boy-king Chapter 6. Worlds Exclusive: Mediating TutankhamunChapter 7. The Looking-glass: Egyptology’s Archival AfterlivesNotesBibliographyIndex
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Amberley Publishing Prehistoric Sussex
Book SynopsisA fascinating exploration of prehistoric Sussex from the Palaeolithic era to the Iron Age and the Roman invasion.
£14.39
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Prehistoric Europe
Book SynopsisPrehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive overview of the wide-ranging contemporary debates in the study of European prehistory. Written to reflect the immense changes in the field, the volume presents essays by some of the most dynamic researchers and leading European scholars in the field today.Trade Review"Extensive and current bibliographies and illustrations accompany the highly stimulating discussions. [This is] Clearly a volume for colleges and universities with programs in archaeology and anthropology." (CHOICE, December 2009) "This edited volume provides a welcome break from the traditional chronological approach to European prehistory. Important disciplinary themes are addressed here in innovative ways by a group of scholars with active field projects as well as impressive publication records." Bettina Arnold, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "An impressive compilation of papers which successfully combines novel and theoretical approaches with detailed regional studies. Jones has assembled a galaxy of leading scholars to produce an authoritative overview of key themes and subjects within European prehistory, from the Iron Gates Mesolithic to Iron Age Scandinavia." Chris Scarre, University of Durham "Massive amounts of new information exist from all periods of prehistoric Europe and older frameworks of interpretation are increasingly inadequate to the task of making sense of these. Prehistoric Europe brings together a wide range of approaches which show exciting possibilities for novel ways of understanding the past. It is a book to be debated and argued with - I am sure new insights will result." Chris Gosden, University of OxfordTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables vii Notes on Contributors xi Preface xv Introduction 1 Andrew Jones 1 Frameworks for the Analysis of European Prehistory 14 Introduction 14 (a) Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers? 16 Mark Pluciennik (b) The Celts as ‘Grand Narrative’ 35 John Collis 2 Landscape and Place 54 Introduction 54 (a) From Monuments in Landscape to Landscapes in Monuments: Monuments, Death and Landscape in Early Bronze Age Scandinavia 56 Joakim Goldhahn (b) Everything in its Right Place? On Selective Deposition, Landscape and the Construction of Identity in Later Prehistory 86 David Fontijn 3 The Living House – Architecture, the Everyday and the Human Lifecycle 107 Introduction 107 (a) First Households and ‘House Societies’ in European Prehistory 109 Dušan Borić (b) Domestic Times: Houses and Temporalities in Late Prehistoric Europe 143 Fokke Gerritsen 4 Materiality, Technology and Transformation – The Emergence of Novel Technologies 162 Introduction 162 (a) The Emergence of Pottery 164 Dragos Gheorghiu (b) The Emergence of Metalworking 193 Barbara S. Ottaway and Ben Roberts 5 Death, Remembrance and the Past 226 Introduction 226 (a) Engaging Memories of European Prehistory 228 Katina T. Lillios (b) The Past in Later Prehistory 255 Bryan Hanks 6 Identity, Community, the Body and the Person 285 Introduction 285 (a) Neolithic Bodies 287 Daniela Hofmann and Alasdair Whittle (b) Bodies and Identities in the Scandinavian Late Iron Age 312 Ing-Marie Back Danielsson 7 Interaction, Trade and Exchange 330 Introduction 330 (a) Approaches to Trade and Exchange in Earlier Prehistory (Late Mesolithic–Early Bronze Age) 333 John Chapman (b) Trade and Exchange in Later Prehistory 356 Peter Wells Index 373
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Classical Archaeology
Book SynopsisThe fully revised second edition of this successful volume includes updates on the latest archaeological research in all chapters, and two new essays on Greek and Roman art. It retains its unique, paired essay format, as well as key contributions from leading archaeologists and historians of the classical world. Second edition is updated and revised throughout, showcasing the latest research and fresh theoretical approaches in classical archaeology Includes brand new essays on ancient Greek and Roman art in a modern context Designed to encourage critical thinking about the interpretation of ancient material culture and the role of modern perceptions in shaping the study of art and archaeology Features paired essays one covering the Greek world, the other, the Roman to stimulate a dialogue not only between the two ancient cultures, but between scholars from different historiographic and methodological traditions Includes maps, chronologiesTable of ContentsList of Figures ix Notes on Contributors xv Introduction 1 Robin Osborne and Susan E. Alcock 1 What is Classical Archaeology? 11 Introduction 11 (a) Greek Archaeology 13 Anthony Snodgrass (b) Roman Archaeology 30 Martin Millett 2 Doing Archaeology in the Classical Lands 51 Introduction 51 (a) The Greek World 53 Jack L. Davis (b) The Roman World 71 Henry Hurst 3 Human Ecology and the Classical Landscape 91 Introduction 91 The Greek and Roman Worlds 93 Lin Foxhall, Martin Jones and Hamish Forbes 4 The Essential Countryside 122 Introduction 122 (a) The Greek World 124 Susan E. Alcock (b) The Roman World 144 Nicola Terrenato 5 Urban Spaces and Central Places 168 Introduction 168 (a) The Greek World 170 Tonio Hölscher (b) The Roman World 187 Nicholas Purcell 6 Housing and Households 207 Introduction 207 (a) The Greek World 209 Lisa Nevett (b) The Roman World 228 Bettina Bergmann 7 Cult and Ritual 249 Introduction 249 (a) The Greek World 251 Robin Osborne (b) The Roman World 268 Christopher Smith 8 The Personal and the Political 293 Introduction 293 (a) The Greek World 295 John F. Cherry (b) The Roman World 316 Penelope J. E. Davies 9 The Creation and Expression of Identity 348 Introduction 348 (a) The Greek World 350 Jonathan M. Hall (b) The Roman World 368 Andrew Wallace-Hadrill 10 Linking with a Wider World 394 Introduction 394 (a) Greeks and “Barbarians” 396 Sarah P. Morris (b) Romans and “Barbarians” 415 Jane Webster 11 A Place for Art? 439 Introduction 439 (a) Putting the Art into Artifact 442 Caroline Vout (b) Classical Archaeology and the Contexts of Art History 468 Michael Squire Prospective 501 Susan E. Alcock and Robin Osborne Index 506
£30.35
Amberley Publishing 50 Finds of Roman Coinage
Book SynopsisLooking at some of the fascinating examples of Roman coinage recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
£14.39
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Growing Up Human
Book SynopsisBrings the science of biological anthropology to bear on understanding how our evolutionary history has shaped a phenomenon everyone has experienced childhood.Tracking deep into our evolutionary history, anthropological science has begun to unravel one particular feature that sets us apart from the many, many animals that came before us our uniquely long childhoods. Growing Up Human looks at how we have diverged from our ancestral roots to stay forever young' or at least what seems like forever and how the evolution of childhood is a critical part of the human story.Beginning with a look at the ways animals invest in their offspring, the book moves through the many steps of making a baby, from pair-bonding to hidden ovulation, points where our species has repeatedly stepped off the standard primate path. From the mystery of monogamy to the minefield of modern parenting advice, biological anthropologist Brenna Hassett reveals how differences betweeTrade ReviewSuperb … and often hilarious. Growing Up Human is what happens when science meets an unusually entertaining and uninhibited writer … should be appreciated by anyone pregnant, planning to be pregnant, or who has ever had a child or been one. * Wall Street Journal *A thought-provoking discussion about why humans experience a long childhood ... Hassett artfully dissects the sometimes problematic dogma surrounding growth and development, such as whether physical size predicts life span; debunks common myths, such as the idea that the reproductive cycles of women who regularly interact with one another will synchronize; and rejects falsehoods, such as the idea that toxins are produced during the menstrual cycle. * Science *Bioarchaeologist Brenna Hassett’s intriguing, entertaining book looks at childhood. She examines distinctive aspects from messy mating and dangerous pregnancies to the puzzling human fondness for formal education and love of the written word. * Nature *With characteristic wit, humour and verve, Brenna Hassett delves deep into our evolutionary past and inner nature to explain why humans are ‘the ape who never grew up’. * Alice Roberts *Bursting with fascinating ideas and surprising facts, Growing Up Human pulls off a masterly trick, with such lucid and entertaining writing that even complex scientific ideas slip down a treat. This is human evolution at its most captivating; clever and charming, just like our amazing babies. * Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of Kindred *It is a comprehensive, thorough, accurate review of recent anthropological findings on everything from pregnancy and birth to lactation, tooth development, play, and learning... This is an excellent book for mothers * Choice *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: An Introduction Chapter 2: Pop! Goes the Weasel: Life History and Why it Matters Chapter 3: Two Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed: Making More Monkeys Chapter 4: A Froggy Would A-Courting Go: How Weird is Monogamy? Chapter 5: Georgie Porgie, Pudding and Pie: Conception and Fertility and Fat Chapter 6: Bake Me a Cake as Fast as You Can: the Joys of Gestation Chapter 7: Cackle, Cackle, Mother Goose: Having a Baby Chapter 8: See-Saw, Margery Daw: Cultural Adaptations to Birth Chapter 9: Bye, Baby Bunting: Caring for a Child the Old-Fashioned Way Chapter 10: Old Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard: the Magic of Milk Chapter 11: Hey Diddle Diddle: the Cultural Life of Milk
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John Murray Press Complete Middle Egyptian
Book SynopsisDesigned for complete beginners, and tested for years with real learners, Complete Middle Egyptian offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, access inscriptions in documents and monuments and even teaching you how to draw hieroglyphs yourself.Structured around key artefacts and introducing both the original hieroglyphs and transliteration (for easier understanding) this course also features: -16 learning units plus pronunciation section, grammar reference, sign list overview and sign list explanation -Stepped progression - clearly graduated progress through different levels of the language-Authentic materials - language taught through key artefacts and texts-Teaches the key skills - reading and understanding hieroglyphs-Culture insights - learn about the culture, society and politics in ancient Egypt-Self tests and learning activities - see and trTrade ReviewFor those who like learning new languages using so-called contextual learning and learning by discovery rather than old-fashioned study of paradigms and memorization, this book might be just the place for you to learn Middle Egyptian, the basic language underlying Egyptian hieroglyphs. * Janet H. Johnson, Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology, Oriental Institute, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago *
£35.99
Edinburgh University Press Sasanian Persia
Book SynopsisThe Sasanian Empire was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan. This book explores key phenomena which contributed to its wealth and power, from the empire's armed forces to agriculture, trade and treatment of minorities. The latest discoveries feature prominently.
£26.09
Manchester University Press Bog Bodies: Face to Face with the Past
Book SynopsisThe ‘bog bodies’ of north-western Europe have captured the imaginations of poets and archaeologists alike, allowing us to come face-to-face with individuals from the past. Their exceptional preservation permits us to examine minute details of their lives and deaths, making us reflect poignantly on our own mortality. But, as this book argues, the bodies must be resituated within a turbulent world of endemic violence and change. Reinterpreting the latest continental research and new discoveries, and featuring a ground-breaking ‘cold case’ forensic study of Worsley Man, Manchester Museum’s ‘bog head’, it brings the bogs to life through both natural history and folklore, revealing them as places that were rich and fertile yet dangerous. The book also argues that these remains do not just pose practical conservation problems but also philosophical dilemmas, compounded by the critical debate on if – and how – they should be displayed.Trade Review'[...] this book is so much more than just an archaeological text setting out what we know about these fascinating remains. Giles takes us on a journey that is poignant, moving and often deeply personal. I have so much empathy in how Giles relates her work to her own sense of bereavement, having lost my own mother recently, that I am left saying, “Hell yes – this is archaeology”. Archaeology of the very best kind – the kind that helps you explore what it is to be human.'British Archaeology, Neil Redfern'Bog Bodies is an exhaustive study of human remains extracted from bogs in northern Europe where conditions amenable to preservation have resulted in the recovery of largely complete bodies. Giles (Univ. of Manchester, UK) explores the natural context of the bogs and how they interacted with the "bog bodies" found within them, delving deeply into the bodies' recovery. She deals with how historians and the public have viewed the bodies, pointing out that shaky assumptions have often driven interpretation. Treatment of the subject raises questions relating to death, from well-known examples to the more general occurrence of the dead, both in past and present cultural contexts and in relation to the bogs' natural environment. Giles's survey of finds, as well as public presentations in museums and written reconstructions, suggests to her that the dead offer a way for everyone to richly connect with and understand the lives of the past. Well-illustrated, with a current bibliography, this book is an obvious acquisition for colleges and universities with appropriate departments. The author's sensitive treatment will also interest a wider audience.--R. B. Clay, emeritus, University of KentuckySumming Up: Recommended. General readers through graduate students.Reprinted with permission from Choice Reviews. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association. -- .Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Discovering bog bodies 3 Preserving the dead 4 Crossing the bog 5 Exquisite things and everyday treasures: interpreting deposition in the bog6 Violent ends7 Worsley Man: Manchester’s bog head 8 Disquieting exhibits9 Conclusion: creative legaciesIndex
£26.00
Manchester University Press The Material Body: Embodiment, History and
Book SynopsisThis volume explores the possibilities of studying embodied subjects in the past through the sources and approaches of archaeology, history and material culture studies. It draws on collections of human remains, material culture and documentary evidence from Britain during the period 1700–1850, considering the themes of gender, rank, age, disability and maternity. Each chapter looks at the lived experiences of the material body, bringing together disciplines that share an interest in the material or embodied turn. Combining archaeological and historical data to reconstruct embodied experiences, the volume represents the first collection of genuinely collaborative scholarship by historians and archaeologists.Table of ContentsIntroduction: the material body in archaeology and history – Elizabeth Craig-Atkins and Karen Harvey1 Archives of embodiment: body and experience in the archaeological and historical record – Karen Harvey2 Marking maternity: integrating historical and archaeological evidence for reproduction in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries – Elizabeth Craig-Atkins and Mary E. Fissell 3 Embodying the history of shoes: footwear and gender in Britain, 1700–1850 – Matthew McCormack4 ‘The Corporation of Corpse-stealers’: archaeological and historical evidence of bodysnatching in early eighteenth-century London – Robert Hartle5 Who smokes anymore? Documentary, archaeological and osteological evidence for tobacco consumption and its relationship to social identity in industrial England, 1700–1850 – Anna M. Davies-Barrett and Sarah A. Inskip 6 Uncovering the lives of late-eighteenth- and nineteenth-century inhabitants of Bristol through osteoarchaeological and documentary analysis – Heidi Dawson-Hobbis and Jocelyn Davis7 Disability, gender and old age in the Industrial Revolution: cultural historical and osteoarchaeological perspectives – Sophie L. Newman and David M. TurnerIndex
£23.75
Manchester University Press Tea on the Terrace: Hotels and Egyptologists’
Book SynopsisTea on the terrace takes the reader on a journey up and down the Nile with famous archaeologists and Egyptologists. Spending time with these fascinating men and women at their hotels and on their boats, the book reveals that a great deal of archaeological work took place away from field sites and museums.Arriving in Alexandria, travellers such as Americans Theodore Davis, Emma Andrews and James Breasted. The book follows them on their journey, listening in on their conversations and observing their activities. Applying insights from social studies of science, it reveals that hotels in particular were crucial spaces for establishing careers, building and strengthening scientific networks, and generating and experimenting with new ideas.Combining archaeological tourism with the history of Egyptology, Tea on the terrace takes the reader behind the scenes of familiar stories, showing Egyptologists’ activities in a whole new light.Trade Review'Will delight all those with an interest in the early development of Egyptology.'Anna Garnett, Ancient Egypt Magazine -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: archaeologists in Egypt1 Alexandria: archaeological tourism in a city forgotten2 Cairo: the city and tourist victorious3 Up the Nile: l’esprit du Nil4 Luxor: archaeology with Thomas CookConclusion: going back homeIndex
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Reaktion Books The Goths: Lost Civilizations
The Goths are truly a 'lost civilization'. Sweeping down from the north, ancient Gothic tribes sacked the imperial city of Rome and set in motion the decline and fall of the western Roman Empire. Ostrogothic and Visigothic kings ruled over Italy and Spain, dominating early medieval Europe. Yet the last Gothic kingdom fell more than a thousand years ago, and the Goths disappeared as an independent people. Over the centuries that followed, the vanished Goths were remembered both as barbaric destroyers and as heroic champions of liberty. This engaging history brings together the interwoven stories of the original Goths and the diverse Gothic legacy: a legacy that continues to shape our modern world. From the ancient migrations to contemporary Goth culture, through debates over democratic freedom and European nationalism and across the work of writers from Shakespeare to Bram Stoker, David M. Gwynn explores the ever-widening gulf between the Goths of history and the Goths of popular imagination. Historians, students of architecture and literature and general readers alike will learn something new from The Goths.
£16.20
Birlinn General The Perfect Sword: Forging the Dark Ages
Book SynopsisThe story of the Bamburgh Sword – one of the finest swords ever forged. In 2000, archaeologist Paul Gething rediscovered a sword. An unprepossessing length of rusty metal, it had been left in a suitcase for thirty years. But Paul had a suspicion that the sword had more to tell than appeared, so he sent it for specialist tests. When the results came back, he realised that what he had in his possession was possibly the finest, and certainly the most complex, sword ever made, which had been forged in seventh-century Northumberland by an anonymous swordsmith. This is the story of the Bamburgh Sword – of how and why it was made, who made it and what it meant to the warriors and kings who wielded it over three centuries. It is also the remarkable story of the archaeologists and swordsmiths who found, studied and attempted to recreate the weapon using only the materials and technologies available to the original smith. Trade Review'Revelatory and fascinating ... the kind of book that Wayland the Smith would have adored' -- Tom Holland, author of Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic'[a] wonderfully well-written, entertainingly discursive and absorbing account of swordcraft and archaeology' -- Jason Goodwin * Country Life *'a thought-provoking account of swords and warfare in early medieval Britain' * Medieval Archaeology *'This fascinating book should appeal to many . . . abundantly confirms that the Dark Ages were not so dark when it came to metalworking' * Model Engineer *
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Archaeopress Towns in the Dark: Urban Transformations from
Book SynopsisWhat became of towns following the official end of ‘Roman Britain’ at the beginning of the 5th century AD? Did towns fail? Were these ruinous sites really neglected by early Anglo-Saxon settlers and leaders? Developed new archaeologies are starting to offer alternative pictures to the traditional images of urban decay and loss revealing diverse modes of material expression, of usage of space, and of structural change. The focus of this book is to draw together still scattered data to chart and interpret the changing nature of life in towns from the late Roman period through to the mid-Anglo-Saxon period. The research centres on towns that have received sufficient archaeological intervention so that meaningful patterns can be traced. The case studies are arranged into three regional areas: the South-East, South-West, and Midlands. Individually each town contains varying levels of archaeological data, but analysed together these illustrate more clearly patterns of evolution. Much of the data exists as accessible but largely unpublished reports, or isolated within regional discussions. Detailed analysis, review and comparisons generate significant scope for modelling ‘urban’ change in England from AD 300-600. ‘Towns in the Dark’ dispels the simplistic myth of outright urban decline and failure after Rome, and demonstrates that life in towns often did continue with variable degrees of continuity and discontinuity.Trade Review'The author has brought his experience and skill as a field archaeologist and urban excavator to bear on an ambitious subject. He seeks to explore the evidence for occupation, function and role of urban places during the fourth to sixth centuries and attempts to understand how and why these roles and functions may have changed. The result is a generally impressive marshalling of evidence, some of which is obscurely published or unpublished. Speed deserves to be congratulated for bringing this information — the results of countless commercially-funded urban excavations — to the attention of a wider audience… The volume is handsomely produced and richly illustrated.' - James Gerrard (2015): BritanniaTable of ContentsPreface ; Chapter 1: Introduction and Methodology ; Chapter 2: A Review of Debate on Romano-British Towns, AD 300 – 600 ; Chapter 3: Urban Sequences in the South-East ; Chapter 4: Urban Sequences in the South-West ; Chapter 5: Urban Sequences in the Midlands ; Chapter 6: Questioning Towns in Late Roman Britain: Forms, Functions, and Failings ; Chapter 7: Towns as Settlements, or as Symbols of the Past? 5th- and 6th- Century England ; Chapter 8: Stepping out from the Dark: Conclusions and Directions ; Appendix 1: Case Studies Data ; Appendix 2: Additional Data ; Bibliography
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Archaeopress The Archaeology of Yucatán: New Directions and
Book SynopsisThis volume was conceived to provide a forum for Mexican and foreign scholars to publish new data and interpretations on the archaeology of the northern Maya lowlands, specifically the State of Yucatán. Increased communication among scholars has become increasingly important for grasping a better understanding of the great amount of data emerging from the State of Yucatán. There has been more salvage work conducted in this state than in any of the others throughout Mexico and the data is overwhelming. Because of this large amount of salvage work, archaeologists in the INAH office in Yucatán have had little time to publish the great majority of the new information. Further, many of the forums that are easily accessible to scholars in the northern lowlands have constrictive space restraints not conducive to publishing data. With these points in mind, this volume seeks to gather papers that did not necessarily have to have a theoretical focus, and that could be data laden so that the raw data from many of these projects would not be confined to difficult to access reports in the Mérida and Mexico City offices. The result is a series of manuscripts on the northern lowlands, most of which focus on the State of Yucatán. Some of the papers are very data heavy, while others have a much more interpretive emphasis. Yet all of them contribute to a more complete picture of the northern lowland Maya.Table of ContentsPreface (Travis W. Stanton) ; Part I The Hill Region ; Chapter 1: Death and Deer Riding among the Ancient Maya of Northwest Yucatán, Mexico (Daniel Graña-Behrens) ; Chapter 2: Powerful Buildings: The Syntactical Analysis of an Elite Residential Group (Anna Catesby Yant) ; Chapter 3: Settlement Dynamics, Climate Change, and Human Response at Xcoch in the Puuc Region of Yucatán, Mexico (Michael P. Smyth, David Ortegón Zapata, Nicholas P. Dunning, and Eric M. Weaver) ; Chapter 4: Xcoch: Home of Ancient Maya Rain Gods and Water Managers (Nicholas P. Dunning, Eric Weaver, Michael P. Smyth, and David Ortegón Zapata) ; Part II The Western Plains ; Chapter 5: Prácticas funerarias y rituales en el Cenote San José de Mayapán (Stanley Serafin, Eunice Uc González y Carlos Peraza Lope) ; Chapter 6: Cronología y asentamiento del sitio de Acanceh, Yucatán (Beatriz Quintal Suaste) ; Chapter 7: Un enclave de Oxkintok en el norte de Caucel a inicios del Clásico Tardío: El desarrollo de la estructura Bu 17/26 011-006 (Mónica Rodríguez Pérez, Teresa Ceballos Gallareta y Rubén Chuc Aguilar) ; Chapter 8: The Pottery of Xtobó, Yucatán, Mexico: A Case Study of Maya Pottery Analysis (David S. Anderson) ; Chapter 9: Análisis iconográfico de una vasija del noroeste de Yucatán (José Daniel Martínez Gastélum y Concepción Hernández Hernández) ; Chapter 10: San Pedro Cholul: un asentamiento arqueológico del Clásico Tardío en la región de Mérida, Yucatán, México (Luis Raúl Pantoja Díaz, Cecilia Medina Martín y María José Gómez Cobá) ; Chapter 11: Las costumbres funerarias en la periferia de Mérida, Yucatán (Cecilia del Socorro Medina Martín, María José Gómez Cobá y Luis Raúl Pantoja Díaz) ; Chapter 12: La región hegemónica de Dzibilchaltún en la época prehispánica (Rubén Maldonado Cárdenas y Ángel Góngora Salas) ; Chapter 13: Investigaciones arqueológicas en la región centro-norte del Estado de Yucatán (Miguel Covarrubias Reyna y Rafael Burgos Villanueva) ; Chapter 14: Regional Integration Involving Ucí and its Causeway (Scott R. Hutson) ; Part III The Central and Eastern Plains ; Chapter 15: Procesos de abandono de una estructura doméstica en Xuenkal durante el Clásico Tardío-Terminal (Daniel Vallejo Cáliz y T. Kam Manahan) ; Chapter 16: Desplazamiento de pintores de Ek’ Balam a Chichén Itzá tras el reinado y Muerte de Ukit Kan Lek’ Tok (María Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Leticia Vargas de la Peña, Víctor R. Castillo Borges y Peter Schmidt) ; Capítulo 17: A la sombra de Chichén Itzá: evaluando la iconografía de la región al suroeste de este sitio durante el Clásico Terminal (Aline Magnoni, Scott A. J. Johnson y Travis W. Stanton) ; Chapter 18: A Discussion and Description of Pottery Types Identified at Popolá, Yucatán, Mexico (Scott A. J. Johnson) ; Chapter 19: Late Classic Ceramic Technology and Its Social Implications at Yaxuná, Yucatán: A Petrographic Analysis of a Sample of Arena Group Ceramics (Tatiana Loya González and Travis W. Stanton) ; Chapter 20: Una cueva colapsada en la Acrópolis Norte de Yaxuná (Travis W. Stanton y Nelda Issa Marengo Camacho) ; Chapter 21: Las construcciones monumentales de Ek’ Balam (Leticia Vargas de la Peña y Víctor R. Castillo Borges) ; Chapter 22: The Queen of Cobá: A Reanalysis of the Macanxoc Stelae (Stanley Paul Guenter) ; PART IV COASTAL STUDIES; Chapter 23: Vida y muerte en el puerto de Xcambó, Yucatán: datos arqueológicos, mortuorios y poblacionales (Thelma Sierra Sosa, Andrea Cucina, T. Douglas Price, James Burton y Vera Tiesler) ; Chapter 24: Isla Piedras: A Prehispanic Maya Trading Port on the Northern Campeche Coast (Armando F. Inurreta Díaz and Marieke W. Dusenbery) ; PART V REGIONAL STUDIES ; Chapter 25: The Importance of Place and Memory in the Maya Past: The Variable Appropriation of Ancient Settlement at Chunchucmil and Yaxuná, Yucatán, during the Terminal Classic (Aline Magnoni, Travis W. Stanton, and Scott R. Hutson) ; Capítulo 26: Etnoanálisis, arqueología experimental y cerámica Maya de Yucatán: resultados de la resistencia tensil (Daniela Gremion, Travis W. Stanton y Rodrigo Martín Morales) ; Chapter 27: The Sustainability of Prehispanic Maya Agroecosystems: Implications of Hunting and Animal Domestication in the Northern Maya Lowlands (Christopher M. Götz) ; Chapter 28: Procesos de microadaptación de poblaciones arqueológicas en la península de Yucatán: la dinámica funcional del fémur (José Manuel Arias López) ; Chapter 29: Mujeres mayas de elite: reinas belicosas (Lucía Quiñones y Sylviane Boucher)
£47.50
Archaeopress Alexandria’s Hinterland: Archaeology of the
Book SynopsisThis volume contains detailed information about 63 sites and shows, amongst other things, that the viticulture of the western delta was significant in Ptolemaic and Roman periods, as well as a network of interlocking sites, which connected with the rest of Egypt, Alexandria, North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean. Far from being a border area — as perhaps it had been in the Pharaonic period — the west Delta network exerted an important economic production influence over a very wide area. In addition, with access to medieval and later Arabic sources, Kenawi’s discussion of the sites has an added dimension not found in the work of western scholars. Mohamed Kenawi’s meticulous and determined work has resulted in an improved set of data for the Delta and shown how its potential can be tapped.Table of Contents1. Introduction and methodology ; 1.1. Introduction: organization of the research ; 1.2. Survey method ; 1.3. Terminology ; 1.4. Research questions ; 1.5. History of research ; 1.6. Documentation of the past ; 1.7. Rescue survey: emergency research and rapid documentation ; 1.8. History and geography of the Delta ; 1.9. Brief introduction to the past of the Western Delta ; 1.10. Land reclamation projects in the Western Delta of Egypt: the economic history of cultivated land ; 2. The Late Roman period and the Arab sources ; 2.1. Battles in the Western Delta of Egypt ; 2.2. Administrative changes from the Late Roman period until today ; 2.3. Arab sources: agriculture, routes, and notes on the Western Delta ; 2.4. Transport in the Western Delta ; 2.5. The Egyptian village ; 3. Survey 2008-2011: Introduction and Site Gazetteer ; 3.1 Wine production centres ; 3.2 (Ancient Psenamosis) ; 3.3 (Nakhla - Kedwet Hasan - Aziza - Difshuo - Sabba) ; 3.4 (Ancient Metelis) (Kom al-Ghoraf - Kom Wasit - Kom al-Ahmer) ; 3.5 Prehistoric sites ; 3.6 Other sites ; 3.7 Minor sites ; 4. Surface finds, analysis, plates and tables ; Pottery selection and fabrics ; Pottery collection and analysis ; Discussion ; Pottery Catalogue ; PLATES ; Discussion and conclusions ; Maps ; Bibliography
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Archaeopress Athyrmata: Critical Essays on the Archaeology of
Book SynopsisOver her career Susan Sherratt has questioned our basic assumptions in many areas of the later prehistory of the Mediterranean and Europe, deploying a canny eye for detail, but never losing sight of the big picture. Her collected works include contributions on the relationship between Homeric epic and archaeology; the economy of ceramics, metals and other materials; the status of the ‘Sea Peoples’ and other ethnic terminologies; routes and different forms of interaction; and the history of museums/collecting (especially relating to Sir Arthur Evans). The editors of ΑΘΥΡΜΑΤΑ (Athyrmata) have brought together a cast of thirty-two scholars from nine different countries who have contributed these twenty-six papers to mark Sue’s 65th birthday – a collection that seeks to reflect both her broad range of interests and her ever-questioning approach to uncovering the realities of life in Europe and the Mediterranean in later prehistory.Table of ContentsIntroduction (Yannis Galanakis, Toby Wilkinson and John Bennet) ; A selected list of publications by Sue Sherratt (as of autumn 2014) ; How and when did Tel Akko get its unusual banana shape? (Michal Artzy and Jamie Quartermaine) ; The integration of gold resources in the Byzantine economy: an open question (Evanthia Baboula) ; The ‘Sea Peoples’ as an emergent phenomenon (Alexander A. Bauer) ; Pottery mobility, landscape survey and maritime activity: a view from Kythera (Cyprian Broodbank and Evangelia Kiriatzi) ; ‘In vino veritas’: raising a toast at Mycenaean funerals (William Cavanagh and Christopher Mee) ; Geraki in Laconia in Late Helladic times (Joost Crouwel) ; How warlike were the Mycenaeans, in reality? (Oliver Dickinson) ; Desecrating signs: ‘hieroglyphic’ writing systems and secondary script inventions (Silvia Ferrara) ; Chronologies should carry a ‘use by’ date: the archaeological life history of the ‘Beth Shan Stirrup Jar’ (Elizabeth French) ; Arthur Evans and the quest for the “origins of Mycenaean culture” (Yannis Galanakis) [Open Access: Download] ; Man/Woman, Warrior/Maiden: The Lefkandi Toumba female burial reconsidered (Kate Harrell) ; The Waz-lily and the Priest’s Axe: can relief-beads tell us something? (Helen Hughes-Brock) ; ‘Working with the shadows’: in search of the myriad forms of social complexity (Maria Iacovou) ; James Saumarez Cameron: a forgotten collector of Cretan seals (Olga Krzyszkowska) ; The Post-Mycenaean dead: ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ (Katie Lantzas) ; The spider’s web: innovation and society in the Early Helladic ‘Period of the Corridor Houses’ (Joseph Maran and Maria Kostoula) ; ‘Metal makes the wheel go round’: the development and diffusion of studded-tread wheels in the Ancient Near East and the Old World (Simone Mühl) [Open Access: Download] ; “For it is written”: an experimental approach to the materiality and temporality of clay documents inscribed in Linear B (Tom Pape, Paul Halstead, John Bennet and Yannis Stangidis) ; A ‘wall bracket’ from Kandia in the Argolid: notes on the local character and function of an ‘east Mediterranean’ artefact of the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age (Lorenz Rahmstorf) ; Reading post-palatial Mycenaean iconography: some lessons from Lefkandi (Jeremy B. Rutter) ; Functions and meanings of Aegean-type pottery at Tel Beth-Shean (Philipp W. Stockhammer) ; Ceramic developments in coastal Western Anatolia at the dawn of the Early Iron Age (Rik Vaessen) ; Beaker Folk in Thrace: a metrological footnote (Michael Vickers) ; Rosso antico marble and the façade entablature of the Treasury of Atreus (Peter Warren) ; Feasts of clay? Ceramics and feasting at Early Minoan Myrtos: Fournou Korifi (Todd Whitelaw) ; Dressing the house, dressing the pots: textile-inspired decoration in the late 3rd and 2nd millennia BC east Mediterranean (Toby C. Wilkinson)
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Archaeopress Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia: A century in
Book SynopsisThe study of human remains from ancient Egypt and Nubia has captured the imagination of many people for generations, giving rise to the discipline of palaeopathology and fostering bioarchaeological research. This book contains 16 papers that cover material presented at a workshop entitled ‘Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia: A Century in Review,’ held at the Natural History Museum, London (August 29–30, 2012), which formed part of a three-year research project, ‘Sir Grafton Elliot Smith: Palaeopathology and the Archaeological Survey of Nubia.’ The papers explore the subject of palaeopathology from its beginnings in the early 1900s through to current research themes and the impact of technological development in the field. Revealing the diverse range of methods used to study human remains in these regions, the book gives readers an insight into the fascinating work carried out over the last century, and suggests some possible future directions for the field.Table of ContentsChapter 1: History of bioarchaeology: Sir Grafton Elliot Smith: Palaeopathology and the Archaeological Survey of Nubia (Rosalie David); Whose body? The human remains from the 1908-1909 season of the Archaeological Survey of Nubia (Jenefer A. Cockitt); The more things change? The archaeological work of Alfred Lucas (Ryan Metcalfe); Chapter 2: Palaeopathology: Harris lines, ill health during childhood, poor diet, emotional stress or normal growth patterns? (Abeer Eladany); An interesting example of a condylar fracture from ancient Nubia suggesting the possibility of early surgical intervention (Mervyn Harris, Tristan Lowe and Farah Ahmed); An overview of the evidence for tuberculosis from ancient Egypt (Lisa Sabbahy); Palaeopathology, disability and bodily impairments (Sonia Zakrzewski); Chapter 3: Dental palaeopathology: Dental infections in ancient Nubia (Roger J. Forshaw); A case of severe ankylosis of temporomandibular joint from New Kingdom necropolis (Saqqara, Egypt) (Ladislava Horáčková and Frank Rühli); Occlusal macrowear, antemortem tooth loss, and temporomandibular joint arthritis at Predynastic Naqada (Nancy C. Lovell); Chapter 4: Mummification: How to make a mummy: A late hieratic guide from Abusir (Jiří Janák and Renata Landgráfová); Studying mummies: Giving life to a dry subject (Michael R. Zimmerman); Chapter 5: Imaging in bioarchaeology: Microstructural analysis of a Predynastic iron meteorite bead (Diane Johnson, Monica M. Grady, Tristan Lowe and Joyce Tyldesley); Imaging and analysis of skeletal morphology: New tools and techniques (Norman MacLeod); Chapter 6: Digital resources: Mummies on rails (Ahmad Alam, Ian Dunlop, Robert Stevens, Andrew Brass, Jenefer Cockitt, Rosalie David and Ryan Metcalfe); Mummy website and database (Barbara Zimmerman, Sukeerthi Shaga, Pavitra Kaveri Ramnath, and Sai Phaneendra Vadapalli)
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Archaeopress Technology of Sword Blades from the La Tène
Book SynopsisThis book assesses the results of recent metallographic examination of 45 sword blades (mid-2nd century BC to early-16th century) from the territory of what is now Poland. Pre-Roman blades were usually made from one piece of metal of varying quality (better quality items were perhaps imported). Most high quality and complex technology Roman blades were in all probability of Roman provenance, while some low quality one-piece examples may have been made locally. The Migration Period and Early Middle Ages witnessed the greatest diversification of technological solutions. However it is much more difficult to define the provenance of blades based on their technology in these periods. The range of technologies in use strongly decreased in the High and Late Middle Ages.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Distribution and Typochronology of Finds: Geography of Finds; Typochronology of Finds; The Pre-Roman Period; The Roman Period and the Early Migration Period; The Migration Period and the Early Medieval Period; Blades of Type X (E. Oakeshott) and its variants; Type X, A, 1 (E. Oakeshott); Type X/Xa, A/B, 3 (E. Oakeshott); Type X/XII, B, 1/1a (E. Oakeshott); Type XI, A, 1 (E. Oakeshott); The High Medieval Period and the Late Medieval Period; Type XIIa, I, 2 (E. Oakeshott); Blade Type XIIIa (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIIa, J, 1/2 (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIIa, I, 5 (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIIa/XVIa, H/H1/I, 1/7 (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIIa, Z2b, 5 (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIa/XVIa, I/J (E. Oakeshott); Type XVIa, G/G3, 5 (E. Oakeshott); Type XVIa, H/H1, 1/2 (E. Oakeshott); Type XVIa, I/I1, 1/1b (E. Oakeshott); Type XVIa, T3, 9 (variant); Blade Type XVII (E. Oakeshott); Type XVII, G/H/H1, 1/2/7; Type XVII, T4/T5, 2/7; Type XIX (variant), T6, 6 (variant) (E. Oakeshott); Type XX (variant), T, 1a. Stamps, Marks and Inscriptions on the Examined Swords: The Early Medieval Period; The High Medieval Period and the Late Medieval Period; Marks on blades. Technological Examinations; Methods of obtaining iron and steel in Antiquity and the Middle Ages; Typochronology of sword blade construction; Methods of research; Classification of sword blade construction types; The Pre-Roman Period; The Roman Period and the Early Migration Period; The Migration Period and the Early Medieval Period; The High Medieval and Late Medieval Periods; Sax blades; Technology and provenance of sword blades; Technology and blade types; Technology of sword blades from the Pre-Roman Period to the Early Modern Age. Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research. Appendix. Bibliography.
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Archaeopress The Role of the Lector in Ancient Egyptian
Book SynopsisThe lector is first attested during the 2nd Dynasty and is subsequently recognised throughout ancient Egypt history. In previous studies the lector is considered to be one of the categories of the ancient Egyptian priesthood. He is perceived to be responsible for the correct performance of rites, to recite invocations during temple and state ritual, and to carry out recitations and perform ritual actions during private apotropaic magic and funerary rites. Previous treatments of the lector have rarely considered the full extent of his activities, either focusing on specific aspects of his work or making general comments about his role. This present study challenges this selective approach and explores his diverse functions in a wide ranging review of the relevant evidence. Why did he accompany state organised military, trading and mining expeditions and what was his role in healing? In the temple sphere he not only executed a variety of ritual actions but he also directed ritual practices. What responsibilities did he fulfil when sitting on legal assemblies, both temple-based and in the community? Activities such as these that encompassed many aspects of ancient Egyptian life are discussed in this volume.Trade Review'The term ‘lector’ is a familiar one to any student of Egyptology, frequently coupled with the word ‘priest’. A lector priest would be expected to have had an important role in Egyptian religion, performing essential rituals and reciting the appropriate words to accompany them. This new, scholarly study by Roger Forshaw demonstrates that the lector had a far wider role than a purely priestly one... This comprehensive work should furnish even the most demanding researcher with as much useful information as he or she could wish.' - Ancient Egypt Magazine, July 2015Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Chapter 1: Recognition, Origin and Hieroglyphic Representation ; Chapter 2: Magic and Performance ; Chapter 3: Equipment of the Lector ; Chapter 4: Remuneration ; Chapter 5: Temple and Festival Ritual ; Chapter 6: Royal Involvement ; Chapter 7: Funerary Ritual and Provisioning the Dead ; Chapter 8: The Opening of the Mouth Ceremony ; Chapter 9: The Involvement of the Lector in Healing ; Chapter 10: The Title of Lector Recorded in Expedition Inscriptions ; Chapter 11: The Lector and the Law ; Chapter 12: Literary Evidence ; Summary and Conclusions ; Bibliography
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Archaeopress The Origins of Ireland’s Holy Wells
Book SynopsisThis book re-assesses archaeological research into holy well sites in Ireland and the evidence for votive deposition at watery sites throughout northwest European prehistory. Ray examines a much-ignored and diminishing archaeological resource; moving beyond debates about the possible Celticity of these sites in order to gain a deeper understanding of patterns among sacred watery sites. The work considers how and why sacred springs are archaeologically-resistant sites and what has actually been found at the few excavated in Ireland. Drawing on the early Irish literature (the myths, hagiographies, penitentials and annals), the author gives an account of pre-Christian supermundane wells in Ireland and what we know about their early Christian use for baptism, and concludes by considering the origins of “rounding” rituals at holy wells.Table of Contents1: Water Veneration and Votive Deposition in Prehistoric Northern and Western Europe ; 2: Iron Age Evidence, Continuity, and the “Celtic” Question ; 3: Iron Age Water Deities ; 4: Holy Wells and Sacred Springs as Archaeologically-Resistant Sites ; 5: The Contested Origins and Materiality of Irish Holy Wells ; 6: Supermundane Wells of the Iron Age and the Early Irish Literature ; 7: Irish Sacred Wells of the Early Christian Era and the Conversion Model ; 8: Sacred Springs and Conversion Strategies in Britain and on the Continent ; 9: Christian Holy Wells and Baptism ; 10: The Origins of Rounding and the Interconnectedness of Wells ; Appendix A: Irish Excavation Reports of “holy wells” from Excavations.ie (as of June 2014) ; Appendix B: Holy Wells in the County Archaeological Inventories of Ireland
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