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Royal Irish Academy Knowth
Book SynopsisKnowth, Co. Meath, has been a place of ritual and settlement from the beginning of the Neolithic to the modern era. It is a national monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Property: the ancient Brú na Bóinne passage tomb complex that also includes Dowth and Newgrange. This book, based on material from the archaeological excavations published in our seven-volume Excavations at Knowth series, offers a general overview of what Knowth is all about, outlining why it is of interest and importance. In part, it is intended as a guide that people can use to navigate their way around the site, but it is also a book that anyone can read, use and enjoy without being on site and still get a feel for Knowth and how it came to be what it is. Did you know Knowth and the other passage tombs in the Boyne Valley contain the largest collection of megalithic art in Europe. Knowth has the largest collection at any single location. The number of blue glass beads recovered at Knowth is more than twice the combined total from all other Late Iron Age burial sites in Ireland. Early medieval graffiti' in the form of ogham and insular inscriptions was carved in the passages of the East and West tombs of the Great Mound at Knowth in the eighth century ad. Knowth has produced the richest archaeological assemblage of material of tenth- to thirteenth-century date from any rural site in Ireland, surpassed only by the urban excavations at Dublin and Waterford. At the time the carved flint macehead was recovered in the East tomb at Knowth in 1982, it was one of only two maceheads to have been found as grave goods in an Irish passage tomb. The other, a partial pestle macehead, had been found in Knowth's West tomb in July 1967.
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Liverpool University Press Stonehenge
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Archaeopress The People of Early Winchester
Book SynopsisThe People of Early Winchester traces the lives, health, and diseases of Winchester's inhabitants as seen in their skeletal remains from the mid-third century to the mid-sixteenth century, a period of over 1,300 years. Although the populations of other British urban areas, York and London in particular, have been studied over an extended period, this volume is unique in providing a continuous chronological window, rather than a series of isolated studies. It is particularly notable for the large sample of Anglo-Saxon burials dated to the 8th - 10th centuries, which provide a bridge between the earlier Romano-British material and the later medieval samples. This study includes information on demography, physical characteristics, dental health, disease, and trauma collected from over 2,000 skeletons excavated from the Roman Cemetery at Lankhills and the Anglo-Saxon and medieval cemeteries of the Old and New Minster and Winchester Cathedral, as well as other Early Anglo-Saxon sites in neighbouring areas of Hampshire. The study establishes the underlying continuity of the population in spite of massive culture change between the Roman and Early Saxon periods, and delineates the increasing tendency to rounder skulls seen in the medieval period, a trend which is found in continental Europe at the same time. There were also significant differences through time in disease patterns and trauma. Leprosy, for example, is found only in post-Roman skeletons, while decapitations are seen only in Roman skeletons. Weapons injuries are confined to Anglo-Saxon and medieval individuals, although broken bones were common during the Roman period.Table of ContentsList of illustrations ; List of tables ; List of abbreviations ; List of references ; Part 1 Introduction – Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle ; 1:Introduction ; 2:Concept ; 3:The origin, growth, and completion of this study ; 4:The outcome: a summary ; Part 2 Romano-British Populations from Lankhills and other cemeteries in Winchester – Caroline M. Stuckert ; 1:Introduction ; 2:Demography ; 3:Physical characteristics ; 4:Dentition ; 5:Pathology ; 6:Lankhills decapitations revisited – J. L. Macdonald ; 7:Catalogue of the burials from the Lankhills 1967-72 excavations ; Part 3 The transition from Romano-British to early Anglo-Saxon in Hampshire – Caroline M. Stuckert ; 1:Introduction ; 2:Archaeological background: the Early Anglo-Saxon sites ; 3:Demography ; 4:Physical characteristics ; 5:Dentition ; 6:Discussion ; Part 4 Anglo-Saxon and medieval populations from the old and new minster and cathedral cemeteries – Theya Molleson, Rosemary Powers, John Price, and Pauline Sheppard ; 1:Introduction ; 2:Demography ; 3:Physical variation ; 4:Discontinuous variation and congenital anomalies ; 5:Dental health ; 6:General health ; 7:Injuries ; 8:Conclusions ; Part 5 The population of Winchester: A millennium of continuity and change – Caroline M. Stuckert ; 1:Introduction ; 2:Population continuity and change ; 3:Health and lifestyle ; 4:Discussion ; Appendix A: Other burial groups found 1961-71 – Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle, with a contribution by Sue Browne ; Appendix B: Statistical methods of determining sex developed for the study of the Hampshire Romano-British and Early Anglo-Saxon skeletal samples – Caroline M. Stuckert ; Appendix C: Grave concordance: Anglo-Saxon and Medieval burials from the Old Minster and Cathedral cemeteries – Caroline M. Stuckert ; Appendix D: Glossary
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Archaeopress The Cult of St Swithun
Book SynopsisSt Swithun was an obscure ninth-century bishop of Winchester about whom little was, and is, known. But following the translation of his relics from a conspicuous tomb into the Old Minster, Winchester, on 15 July 971, the massive rebuilding of the cathedral, and a vigorous publicity campaign by Bishop Aethelwold (963-84), St Swithun became one of the most popular and important English saints, whose cult was widespread not only in England but also in Ireland, Scandinavia, and France. The present volume includes new and full editions of all the relevant texts – hagiographical, liturgical, and historical – in Latin, Old English, and Middle English, many of which have never been published before: these illuminate the origins and development of St Swithun’s cult. No dossier of an important English saint has been published on this scale until now: the wealth of this volume sheds new light not only on St Swithun himself, but also on the times during which his cult was at the peak of its popularity.
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Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester
Book SynopsisOver six thousand objects were recovered during the Winchester excavations of 1961 to 1971 - by far the most extensive corpus of stratified and datable medieval objects yet presented from a single city. Martin Biddle and the team of eighty-three contributors assembled by the Winchester Research Unit have used this material to investigate not only the industries and arts, but the economic, cultural, and social life of medieval Winchester. Their findings are being published in two parts: the first part, by Katherine Barclay, will deal with the pottery remains; and this second part in two volumes by Martin Biddle covers all the objects from the finest products of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmith''s skill to the iron tenter-hooks of the cloth industry. Martin Biddle''s study of the objects identifies change through time, and traces variation across the broad social scale - from cottage to palace - represented in the excavated sites. Using the objects as evidence for the economy of the medieval city, it also throws new light on some of the great questions of medieval industry and artistic production: amongst them the development of the textile industry, the origins of wire-drawing and the manufacture of pins, the beginnings of window-glass production, and the earliest glass painting. These objects are an essential part of the evidence for the development and changing character of the excavated sites to be published in forthcoming volumes of Winchester Studies on the Minsters. To ensure complete integration between the objects and the sites, every object in this volume is related to the context in which it was found and a concordance provides a detailed conspectus phase by phase of each of the twenty sites excavated between 1961-71, and of the objects found in each phase.
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Archaeopress La industria lítica del núcleo urbano maya de La
Book SynopsisThe ancient Maya used mainly stone tools, made of either ground stone and chipped stone, to achieve their extraordinary development. However, works focused on this aspect are still rare. This book presents the techno-typological analysis of lithic materials from La Blanca, a Mayan archaeological site located in the heart of the Southern Lowlands, which was mainly inhabited during the Late Classic and Terminal Classic periods. In addition, a general methodology for the techno-typological analysis and classification of Mayan lithic artefacts is presented, which is complemented by an extensive graphic section that includes the technical drawings of most of the chipped stone tools.Table of ContentsÍndice ; Índice de figuras ; Índice de gráficas ; Agradecimientos ; Capítulo 1. El núcleo urbano maya de La Blanca y las industrias lítica, ósea y malacológica ; Introducción ; Los estudios líticos en el área maya ; La Blanca y el sureste del Petén ; Objetos de la cultura material en La Blanca ; Capítulo 2. Artefactos de piedra tallada de La Blanca ; Artefactos de piedra tallada de La Blanca ; Puntas bifaciales ; Hachas bifaciales ; Cinceles bifaciales ; Raspadores ; Excéntricos ; Picos ; Perforadores ; Azuelas ; Discos tallados ; Indeterminados tallados ; Nódulos y núcleos ; Lascas ; Navajas ; Capítulo 3. Artefactos de piedra pulida de La Blanca ; Artefactos de piedra pulida de La Blanca ; Metates ; Manos ; Hachas/cinceles ; Machacadores ; Pulidores ; Cuentas ; Discos pulidos ; Esféricos ; Malacates ; Cinceles pulidos ; Pesas de pesca ; Elementos decorativos ; Percutores ; Misceláneos ; Indeterminados ; Capítulo 4. Consideraciones finales ; Lo que las piedras cuentan ; Una breve comparación ; Bibliografía ; Anexo ; Listado de objetos de La Blanca
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Archaeopress The Early Iron Age Metal Hoard from the Al Khawd
Book SynopsisNumerous metallic artefacts, which anciently were deposited in a hoard, came to light per chance on the campus of the Sultan Qaboos University in Al Khawd, Sultanate of Oman. Mostly fashioned from copper, these arrowheads, axes/adzes, bangles, daggers, knives, socketed lance/ spearheads, metal vessels, razors, rings, swords, and tweezers compare well with numerous documented artefact classes from south-eastern Arabia assigned to the Early Iron Age (1200–300 BCE). Discussion of the international trade between ancient Makan, Dilmun, and Mesopotamia during the 3rd millennium BCE dominates the archaeological literature about Arabia archaeology. The Al Khawd hoard and its contemporaries lend weight to the suggestion that 1st millennium BCE Qadē (the name of south-eastern Arabia at that time) was even more important than Bronze Age Makan in terms of the copper trade volume. A reassessment shows the Early Iron Age by no means to be a dark age, but rather an innovative, successful adaptive period characterised by evident population growth.Table of Contents1. Foreword ; 2. Introduction ; 3. Early Iron Age south-eastern Arabian archaeology: State of research sketch ; 4. The finds ; 5. The find contexts, functional comparisons ; 6. Mineralogical and geochemical analysis ; 7. The Early Iron Age metal technology behind the al-Ḫawḍ hoard ; 8. Out of Qadē ; 9. Conclusion and perspective ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Index of personal names ; Index of place names ; Index of things ; Tables ; Plates
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Archaeopress Die Entstehung komplexer Siedlungen im
Book SynopsisDer vorliegende Sammelband präsentiert die Ergebnisse des 2015 und darüber hinaus vom Institut für die Kulturen des Alten Orients der Universität Tübingen durchgeführten Surveys in Al-Khashbah, einem der größten frühbronzezeitlichen Fundorte auf der Omanischen Halbinsel. Zehn Monumentalgebäude, 273 Gräber sowie weitere Bauwerke aus der Hafit- (3100–2700 v. Chr.) und Umm an-Nar-Zeit (2700–2000 v. Chr.) konnten hier dokumentiert werden. Dadurch ist Al-Khashbah prädestiniert für die Untersuchung der Anfänge komplexer Siedlungen und Gesellschaftsstrukturen im nördlichen Inner-Oman am Übergang vom 4. zum 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr., denn viele der bislang der Umm an-Nar-Zeit zugeschriebenen Errungenschaften, so zum Beispiel die Monumentalarchitektur und das Schmelzen von Kupfer, sind hier bereits in der vorausgehenden Hafit-Zeit nachweisbar. In der Umm an-Nar-Zeit setzt sich die Entwicklung Al-Khashbahs kontinuierlich fort, wodurch der Fundplatz zusätzlich an Bedeutung gewinnt. Nach den Ergebnissen des Surveys scheint die Kupferproduktion vor Ort in dieser Zeit aber keine Rolle mehr zu spielen. Aus den auf die frühe Bronzezeit folgenden Epochen des 2. und 1. Jahrtausends v. Chr. sowie des 1. und 2. Jahrtausends n. Chr. gibt es in Al-Khashbah nur äußerst wenige Befunde. Erst im 18.–20. Jahrhundert n. Chr. erfährt der Ort eine intensive Wiederbelebung, wovon insbesondere die alte Lehmziegelsiedlung im Norden der Palmenoase, eine kleine Siedlung im Osten des Untersuchungsgebiets, eine Reihe von Bewässerungsanlagen, mehrere Friedhöfe, Petroglyphen sowie zahlreiche an der Oberfläche gefundene spätislamische Keramikscherben zeugen.Table of ContentsVorwort 1 Einleitung – Conrad Schmidt ; 2 Der Fundort Al-Khashbah – Conrad Schmidt & Stephanie Döpper ; 3 Methodik – Conrad Schmidt & Stephanie Döpper ; 4 Die Vermessungsarbeiten und der Luftbildsurvey – Matthias Lang & Philippe Kluge ; 5 Die geophysikalische Prospektion – Marion Scheiblecker, Jason T. Herrmann & Jörg W. E. Faßbinder ; 6 Die Türme – Jonas Kluge ; 7 Die Gräber – Conrad Schmidt & Mona Walter ; 8 Mauern, Trilithe, Lehmziegelgebäude und andere Strukturen – Conrad Schmidt ; 9 Die Keramik – Stephanie Döpper, Susanne Maier & Nick Kirchhoff ; 10 Die Steingefäße – Stephanie Döpper ; 11 Die Steingeräte aus Flint – Ullrich Ochs ; 12 Die Schmuckobjekte – Stephanie Döpper ; 13 Die Metallobjekte – Conrad Schmidt ; 14 Schlacke, Ofen- und Tiegelfragmente sowie andere Rückstände der Metallverarbeitung – Conrad Schmidt ; 15 Mollusken und Tierknochen – Conrad Schmidt ; 16 Die Großsteingeräte – Stephanie Döpper ; 17 Die Petroglyphen von Gebäude IV – Samantha Petrella ; 18 Die Siedlungsgeschichte von Al-Khashbah – Conrad Schmidt ; Bibliographie
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Archaeopress The Circular Archetype in Microcosm: The Carved
Book SynopsisThe Circular Archetype in Microcosm is the culmination of seven years research into the Carved Stone Balls of Late Neolithic Scotland. It is the first study of these enigmatic artefacts since that undertaken by Dorothy Marshall in 1977 and includes all currently known examples in both museums and private hands, described and analysed in considerable detail. For the first time, visual geological characterisation has been undertaken on approximately a third of carved stone balls, which has enabled a more detailed analysis of their potential origin and the landscapes in which they were found. The book offers a revised classification/typology of these artefacts which, following careful analysis, suggests that it is possible to determine individual craftspeople with a wide range of skills. It suggests that carved stone balls were used as unique and distinctive gestalts that represented the ideology of the core area of Aberdeenshire and enabled disparate groups to recognise one another.Trade Review‘Chris Stewart-Moffitt has given us that unfashionable thing, an enormous service to specialists in the form of a comprehensive corpus.’ – Mike Pitts (2022): British Archaeology 'The volume is accompanied by online appendices, including a detailed catalogue with photographs. These highlight the rigorous data collection behind this volume, and represent an exceptionally valuable resource for future researchers.' – Hugo Anderson-Whymark (2023): Current Archaeology Issue 395Table of ContentsForeword and Acknowledgements ; Chapter One: Introduction ; Chapter Two: Scotland: Early people and the environment ; Chapter Three: Antiquarian, Archaeological and New Age ideas regarding CSBs ; Chapter Four: The Geology of Scotland and Materiality of Carved Stone Balls ; Chapter Five: Landscape and CSB Distribution ; Chapter Six: CSB links to Monuments and other Artefacts ; Chapter Seven: The Classification of Carved Stone Balls and a Revised Typology ; Chapter Eight: CSB Decoration and their Revised Classification/Typology ; Chapter Nine: Origin, skill, lifecycle, use and demise ; Chapter Ten: Conclusions and Future Research ; Coda ; Bibliography ; Appendix One (Online) Master Carved Stone Ball Database 2021 ; Appendix Two (Online) Introduction to Gazetteer ; Appendix Three: CSB Skill Assessment ; Appendix Four: Cast/Replica Carved Stone Balls
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Archaeopress Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Lower German
Book SynopsisThe frontiers of the Roman empire together form the largest surviving monument of one of the world’s greatest states. They stretch for some 7,500 km through 20 countries which encircle the Mediterranean Sea. The remains of these frontiers have been studied by visitors and later by archaeologists for several centuries. Many of the inscriptions and sculpture, weapons, pottery and artefacts created and used by the soldiers and civilians who lived on the frontier can be seen in museums. Equally evocative of the lost might of Rome are the physical remains of the frontiers themselves. The aim of this series of booklets is not only to inform the interested visitor about the history of the frontiers but to act as a guidebook as well. The frontier in Lower Germany was one of the earliest to be created; surviving into the early 5th century, it illustrates the whole range of Roman military installations. In the Rhine delta, the watery nature of the landscape has ensured incredible survivals in the form of organic remains including ships. Upstream are great military bases created for the army poised to invade Germany, supported by forts and fortlets, all modified over time.Table of ContentsFrontiers of the Roman Empire ; Common cultural heritage of the Roman Empire ; The Roman Empire ; Frontiers and trade ; The “Frontiers of the Roman Empire” World Heritage Site ; The definition of a World Heritage Site ; The task ahead ; History and extent of frontiers ; Rome´s foreign policy ; The location of frontiers ; The army and frontiers ; The purpose of frontiers ; Soldiers and civilians ; Military administration ; Research on Roman frontiers ; Inscriptions and documents ; Survey and excavation ; Aerial survey and remote sensing ; Protection and presentation of frontiers ; Future perspectives ; The Lower German Limes ; The river frontier that saw it all ; The setting of the Lower Rhine limes ; Landscape ; Historical background and development ; The classic frontier system (late 1st – late 3rd century) ; The Roman army ; Accommodation ; The Lower German deployment ; Outstanding values of the Lower German limes ; Chronological span ; The development of military architecture ; A complete system ; A ‘military-industrial complex’ ; Riverfronts and harbours ; Water management and shipping infrastructure ; Spectacular finds: ships and votive offerings ; The true treasure: sewage and waste ; Information stored in leather and timber ; The sealing properties of later townscapes ; Archaeological research and heritage management ; What to see? ; Museums and permanent exhibitions ; Visible remains and modern references ; Further reading ; Illustration acknowledgements
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Archaeopress Archaeologies & Antiquaries: Essays by Dai Morgan
Book SynopsisArchaeologies and Antiquaries collects and republishes 14 key academic works by the late Professor Dai Morgan Evans FSA (1944–2017), whose career spanned the civil service, learned societies, charitable organisations and the academy. His research focused on the archaeology of Wales and England. Spanning early medieval archaeology and history, the management and conservation of ancient monuments, histories of antiquarianism, and the Welsh church of Llangar, the chapters have been reformatted, freshly edited and published together for the first time with new illustrations. Together, the studies provide still-pertinent and insightful investigations, here contextualised by a multi-authored introduction surveying Dai’s career and contributions to archaeology and its public understanding.Table of ContentsDai Morgan Evans: A life in archaeology – Howard Williams, Chris Musson, Christopher Young, Rosemary Cramp, Adrian James and Sheena Evans ; The origins of Powys – Christian, heretic or pagan? ; Irish influence in post-Roman mid-Wales ; An early Christian monument from Llanwyddelan, Montgomeryshire ; Legacy hunting and Welsh identities ; ‘King Arthur’ and Cadbury Castle, Somerset ; Eighteenth-century descriptions of the Cerne Abbas Giant ; Et in Arcadia? The problem with ruins ; The Society of Antiquaries, 1707–18: Meeting places and origin stories ; ‘Banks is the villain!’? Sir Joseph Banks and the governance of the Society of Antiquaries ; Octavius Morgan: Journal of a tour through North Wales in 1821 ; Llangar – Church and community in the early eighteenth century ; Part I: The fabric of the church ; Part II: The poor, vermin and other matters ; Part III: christmas, holy communion, ale and the wardens ; Part IV: Hierarchy, liturgy, fixtures and fittings
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Archaeopress The Family of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy from
Book SynopsisThe Family of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy from Thebes (TT 414) revisited provides fresh material about the identity of one of the key figures of the family that reused the Saite tomb of Ankh-Hor (TT 414) in the Asasif from the 4th century BCE onwards. It is the woman Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu, who was previously listed in the genealogical register of TT 414 as Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy’s daughter and wife of one of his sons, Hor. By examining objects found by the agents of the consuls in the 19th century CE and those found by the Austrian mission in the 1970s in TT 414 and in wider Theban contexts, the authors are able to identify Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu, wife of Hor, as another, until now overlooked individual, separate from his sister with the same name. The examination of the funerary assemblage of Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu and of objects belonging to her husband, daughter and sons reveals not only details of Late Dynastic and Ptolemaic burial customs in Thebes but also additional information on the priesthood of Khonsu and of the sacred baboons in this era. This new identification of a previously overlooked person, the mistress of the house and daughter of the first prophet of Amun, Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu (G108 + G137), demonstrates that the finds from TT 414 are still far from being processed in their totality. This material has the potential to provide answers to some of the open questions regarding Late Dynastic/Ptolemaic Thebes and to contextualise funerary assemblages.Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgements ; Prologue ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: The case study of Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu (G108 + G137) ; Chapter 3: Secondary sources related to the family of Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu (G108+G137) ; Doc. 1 Striding statue of Hor presenting an offering table ; Doc. 2 The situla of Hor ; Doc. 3 The funerary stela of Nes-Khonsu ; Doc. 4 The stela of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy II (London, BM, EA 8462) ; Doc. 5 Fragments of the qrsw-coffin of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy II (London, British Museum, EA 6945, 6946) ; Doc. 6 The wooden stela of Wesir-wer (Turin, Museo Egizio, P 3610) ; Doc. 7 Striding statue of Djed-her (Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 37357) ; Doc. 8 Funerary papyri of Djed-her ; Doc. 9 The canopic chest of Djed-her (EA 8537) ; Doc. 10 Book of the Dead papyrus (Turin, Museo Egizio di Torino, cat. no. 1830) ; Doc. 11 Funerary papyri of Pa-kher-Khonsu ; Doc. 12 Book of the Dead Papyrus of Pa-kher-Khonsu (Turin, Museo Egizio di Torino, cat. no. 1832) ; Doc. 13 Cuboid statue of Pa-kher-Khonsu (Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 38592) ; Doc. 14 Mummy bandages of Ta-sherit-Min (Paris, Louvre, AF 11954 (X. 25) +11956 (X. 24) + E 18865 + 27459) ; Chapter 4: Primary sources for the family of Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu (G108 + G137) from TT 414 ; Doc. 15 Coffin assemblage of Hor (Reg. Nos. 414b, 515, 790) ; Doc. 16 Coffin set of Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu (Reg. Nos. 683 + 699) ; Doc. 17 Inner anthropoid coffin of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy II (Reg. No. 672) ; Doc. 18 Canopic chest (Reg. No. 556, now in Cairo Egyptian Museum) ; Doc. 19 Ushebti figurines of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy II (Reg. Nos. 642 + 643) ; Doc. 20 Outer anthropoid coffin of Djed-her (Reg. No. 767) ; Doc. 21 Outer anthropoid coffin of Wesir-wer (Reg. No. 778) ; Doc. 22 Mummy bandages of Ta-sherit-Min (Reg. No. 545) ; Chapter 5: Summary and discussion ; Bibliography ; Indices
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Archaeopress Pottery from the University of California,
Book SynopsisPottery from the University of California, Berkeley Excavations in the Area of the Maški Gate (MG22), Nineveh, 1989-1990 presents the pottery from the UC Berkeley excavations in 1989 and 1990. Nineveh is one of the longest occupied cities in the world, with a record of habitation extending back to at least the middle of the 7th millennium BC, continuing in an almost uninterrupted sequence through today. It was one of the major urban centres in which the fundamental features of modern civilization first emerged. Its political and religious significance – particularly during its apogee as the capital of the Assyrian Empire in the late 8th and 7th centuries BC – secured its status as a legendary metropolis in history and literature. In 1987, the University of California at Berkeley initiated a program of archaeological investigations at Nineveh. The expedition aimed to elucidate the character and layout of the city’s urban neighbourhoods; an aspect of Assyrian urbanism that had received little close attention in prior excavations. Near the Maški Gate (MG22), the UC Berkeley team uncovered a district of large dwellings and wide streets. Multiple layers of occupation and rebuilding suggest the area was occupied during the period when the city was handsomely embellished and enlarged by the Assyrian monarch, king Sennacherib (705/704-681 BC). The work in MG22 provides a stratigraphic history of Late Assyrian ceramics at the centre of the empire through at least the 7th century BC.Table of ContentsPreface ; Chapter 1. Introduction ; The MG22 Pottery Catalogue: Project History ; Historical Context of the MG22 Pottery Assemblage ; Regional Archaeological Context: Relating the MG22 Pottery to Other Sites ; Methodology ; The MG22 Pottery Data Set ; Chapter 2. MG22 Vessel Types: Representative Pottery Categories ; MG22 Vessel Types – Bowls ; MG22 Vessel Types – Jars ; Decorated Pottery ; Painted and Glazed Pottery (MG22 Catalogue Plates 9.07; 19.1-3; 19.21; 24.1-7; 27.08; 33.21; 33.23) ; Chapter 3. MG22 Pottery According to Stratigraphic Level ; Level IV ; Level IVd (Catalogue Plates 30-33) ; Level IVb (Catalogue Plate 25) and Level IVc (Catalogue Plates 26-29) ; Level IVa (Catalogue Plates 20-24) ; Level III ; Level IIIc (Catalogue Plates 13-19) ; Level IIIa (Catalogue Plate 12) and Level IIIb (Catalogue Plate 12) ; Level II ; Level IIb (Catalogue Plates 10-11) ; Level IIa (Catalogue Plates 5-9) ; Level I (Catalogue Plates 1-4) ; Chapter 4. Discussion ; The Identification of Post-Assyrian Pottery in MG22 ; Nineveh After 612 BC: Evidence from the Hinterlands ; The Occupation Sequence in MG22 ; Bibliography ; Catalogue of MG22 Pottery According to Level ; Catalogue Plates
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Archaeopress The Alexandrian Corinthian Capital and its Role
Book SynopsisThe Alexandrian Corinthian Capital and its Role in the Evolution of the Corinthian Order in Hellenistic, Roman, and Late Roman Architecture discusses the evolution of the Corinthian capital in Antiquity and how this centred around Alexandria rather than Mainland Greece. It tackles the rise of the Corinthian capital in Classical Greece and its adaptation on in Hellenistic Alexandria. It describes the different designs of the Alexandrian capitals and later their adaptations throughout the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, and the early centuries of the Byzantine Empire and neighbouring countries. The book also shows how the Hellenistic versions of the Alexandrian capitals continued to be used in the Roman period both directly and indirectly.Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; Chapter I ; The Creation of the Alexandrian Corinthian Capital in Context of Hellenistic Architecture ; Corinthian Capitals of the Hellenistic World (Excluding Egypt) ; The Alexandrian Corinthian Capital: Typology and Analysis ; Corinthian, Corinthianized, and Blocked-Out Capitals from the Ptolemaic and Nabataean Kingdoms ; Chapter II ; Italo-Hellenistic, Late Republican, and Roman Imperial Corinthian Capitals ; Italo-Hellenistic and Roman Republican Corinthian Capitals – Examples from Rome and Italy ; Augustan Architecture and the Rise of the Canonical Roman Orthodox Corinthian Capital ; Alexandrian and Egyptian Corinthian Capitals between 1st Century BC and 1st Century AD ; Post-Augustan Corinthian Capitals until the 4th Century AD ; Alexandrian and Egyptian Roman Corinthian Capitals ; Chapter III ; Late Antique Corinthian Capitals from Alexandria and the Byzantine World ; Corinthian, Corinthianized, and Corinthian-related Capitals in Late Antique Alexandria and Egypt ; The Alexandrian Corinthian Capitals in Byzantine Architecture ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Appendices
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Archaeopress Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Eastern
Book SynopsisThe Roman eastern frontier stretched from the north-east shore of the Black Sea to the Red Sea. It faced Rome’s formidable foe, the kingdom of Parthia, and its successor, Sasanian Persia. Rome’s bulwark in antiquity was the area known as Syria or the Levant, roughly modern Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine. To the south lay the Nabataean kingdom, annexed by Rome in 106 and formed into the province of Arabia. To the north, the Cappadocian frontier was laid out in one of the most inaccessible and remote parts of Eurasia facing extremes of climate and topography, amid a patchwork of client kingdoms. This hidden and fascinating frontier in Turkey, whose bases mostly lie under reservoirs, is the major omission from this volume and it is hoped that a more in-depth account might appear in due course. The Caucasian forts along the edge of the Black Sea are, however, part of this volume; this is perhaps Rome’s least known frontier archaeologically but the subject of a unique account by Arrian when governor of Cappadocia.Table of ContentsTHE FRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ; Foreword by Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan ; Common cultural heritage of the Roman Empire ; The Roman Empire ; Frontiers and trade ; The "Frontiers of the Roman Empire" World Heritage Site ; The definition of a World Heritage Site ; The task ahead ; History and extent of frontiers ; Rome´s foreign policy ; The location of frontiers ; The army and frontiers ; The purpose of frontiers ; Soldiers and civilians ; Military administration ; Research on Roman frontiers ; Inscriptions and documents ; Survey and excavation ; Aerial survey ; Protection and presentation of frontiers ; Future perspectives ; THE EASTERN FRONTIERS ; The Desert Frontier in Syria and Arabia ; Introduction ; Location and natural conditions ; The Roman Frontier in Syria ; The history of the frontier and the frontier road ; Locals in Roman service ; Change and continuity ; The Roman forts in Syria: Cultural heritage in danger ; Dura-Europos ; The Desert Frontier in Arabia ; Historical background and frontier development ; Outstanding Universal Values of the desert frontier ; The Caucasian frontier
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Archaeopress Ash-sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East No 6
Book SynopsisAsh-sharq is a journal devoted to short articles on the archaeology, history and society of the Ancient Near East.
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Archaeopress The Wider Island of Pelops: Studies on
Book SynopsisThe Wider Island of Pelops explores the myriad ways in which pottery was created, utilized, and experienced in the prehistoric Aegean, across a period of more than 4000 years between the Middle Neolithic and the Early Iron Age transition. Pottery is capable both of creating bonds and creating barriers. It serves as a sociocultural call and response, marking similarity and difference, collectivism and individualism, knowledge, and the absence of knowledge. Contextually-bound, it embodies identities, memories and multiple histories. It reflects choice and reinforces orthodoxy; a product of change, and a driver of it, that both creates and curates understanding of the world. Necessity and commodity, at times anachronistic, and at others, avant-garde, it is subversive and slavish, innovative and derivative; visible always, and never without value. The seventeen papers collected here provide a diachronic perspective on the value of pottery in marking and mediating cross-scale sociocultural discourse; in framing and facilitating the transmission of knowledge and meaning; in driving economies; in the preservation of memory, in the practice of cult; and, in more recent times, as a vector in the dialogue of imperialism: at once introducing key themes in the study of Aegean pottery, and providing a snapshot of recent archaeological work in Greece.Table of ContentsPreface ; Professor Christopher Mee (1950-2013) ; The Late-Final Neolithic and Early Helladic I Pottery from Midea in the Argolid: Continuity and Change – Eva Alram-Stern, Clare Burke, Katie Demakopoulou, and Peter M. Day ; Kouphovouno and the Cyclades: A Note – Robin Barber ; A Submerged EH II Settlement at Lambayanna in the Argolid: The Preliminary Results of the 2015 Survey – Julien Beck, Patrizia Birchler Emery, Despina Koutsoumba ; Tradition, Transition, and the Impact of the New in Neolithic Greece – William Cavanagh and Josette Renard ; Final Neolithic and Early Helladic Pottery from Geraki – Joost Crouwel ; Understanding Mycenae – E.B. French † ; Localism and Interconnectivity in a Post-Palatial Laconian Maritime Landscape (Late Helladic IIIC to Submycenaean/Early Protogeometric) – Chrysanthi Gallou, Jon Henderson, Elias Spondylis, William Cavanagh ; Similarities and Differences between Korakou and Kolonna in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages – Walter Gauss ; The Ceramic Assemblage of Leska on Kythera – Mercourios Georgiadis ; Regional Diversities or Occupational Gap? Pottery Styles During the Late 14th and 13th Centuries BC at Ayios Vasileios – Eleftheria Kardamaki, Vasco Hachtmann, Adamantia Vasilogamvrou, Nektarios Karadimas, Sofia Voutsaki ; The Expansion of Mortuary Behaviour and Rites Across the Coastal Caves of the Mani Peninsula, Laconia, during the Final Neolithic: Evidence from the Burial Sites of Skoini 3 and Skoini 4 – Stella Katsarou and Andreas Darlas ; Attica during the Final Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age: Regional Ceramic Traditions and Connections with Neighbouring Areas – Margarita Nazou ; The Study of Mycenaean Pottery from Cyprus: A Short Story of the 1895 British Museum Excavations at Site D, Kourion – Angelos Papadopoulos ; Filling a Gap: First Steps in the Discovery of Early Helladic III Laconia – Aris Papayiannis ; Ceramic Surprises from LH IIIC Aigeira – Jeremy Rutter ; Coarse Labours Long Continued: Cooking Vessels, Culinary Technology and Prehistoric Foodways at Phylakopi, Melos – David Michael Smith ; Ritual Pyres in Minoan Peak Sanctuaries. Reality and Popular Myths – Iphigeneia Tournavitou
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Archaeopress The Roman Frontier with Persia in North-Eastern
Book SynopsisThe Roman frontier with Persia in north-eastern Mesopotamia investigates the Roman city of Singara and the fortifications and roads in the surrounding area. The physical frontier between Rome and Persia has been little studied, in part because of the difficulty of access for scholars. In comparison with other parts of the Roman ‘limes’, this frontier was of great importance because it separated the two major civilisations of the early first millennium CE. Although the frontier stretched north to Armenia and the Black Sea, north-east Mesopotamia was for long periods the major area of confrontation. After a brief review of the history of north-east Mesopotamia and its role as the setting for repeated clashes between the two empires, the book focuses on Singara, its fortifications and the surrounding frontier zone. This town was one of the strongpoints on the Roman frontier as it existed up to 363 CE. The volume then addresses the ancient road network around Singara and the links to Nisibis and to the Khabur valley to the west. It makes use of old aerial photographs and satellite imagery to illustrate fortifications, roads and associated sites, in particular those mentioned in the Peutinger Table. A final chapter addresses the nature of the frontier in this region.Trade Review'In conclusion, this is a valuable and well executed book. Already with his similar article, ‘Fortresses of the Tur Abdin and the confrontation between Rome and Persia’, Anatolian Studies 67 (2017), 181-229, he had covered the region immediately to the north of that covered here. We may hope that the author continues his investigations in the coming years.' – Geoffrey Greatrex (2023): Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction ; Aerial photography, satellite imagery and maps ; Geographical and historical background ; Forts and fortresses ; Dating the fortifications ; The city of Singara ; The forts at Ain Sinu ; Alaina ; Thebeta ; Qohbol/Ghobal ; Towards the Khabur ; al-Han ; al-Hol ; Batitas ; Amostae ; Thannouris (Tell Tuneynir) ; Touloul Mougayir and Hirbet Hassan Aga ; The wall of Jebel Cembe ; The Khabur valley ; North of Circesium ; Tell Ajaja/Arban/Horoba ; Tell Brak and the Jaghjagh ; Tell Brak ; Cizre and Bezabde ; Castra Maurorum ; Eski Mosul and the Tigris ; The roads ; Roads north of Singara ; Roads east of Singara ; Roads to the west of Singara and to the Khabur valley ; Roads south-east of Singara ; The northern road from Nisibis east to the Tigris ; The frontier in north-eastern Mesopotamia ; Conclusions ; Bibliography ; Placename index
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Archaeopress Gudenus Cave: The Earliest Humans of Austria
Book SynopsisGudenus Cave summarises the author's 60 years of research (1962 to 2021) at the earliest human occupation site known in Austria. The cave had been excavated in 1883-84 without separation of sediment layers, and subsequent endeavours to clarify its stratigraphy and dating have failed. The book describes the strategies and methods of studying a Pleistocene cave site that had been regarded as fully excavated, and their long-term applications. A significant part of the fieldwork was conducted before 1967, but the use of analytical processes and literature review continued for several decades after that. Through sustained interrogation of the site's clear palynology and lithic typology, the volume succeeds in clarifying the cave's stratigraphical sequence and placing its several Palaeolithic occupations chronologically. This has significant effects on our understanding of the local Palaeolithic sequence that has been the subject of various controversies. These are discussed in the concluding chapter, which places Gudenus Cave first within its Austrian context and then into the wider picture. The book thus shows that intensive archaeological research can reinstate the scientific importance of a site even after it has been declared bereft of all sediment.Table of ContentsPreface ; Chapter 1: History of Gudenus Cave ; The pre-1962 investigations ; The post-1962 investigations ; The scientific status of Gudenus Cave in 1962 ; Chapter 2: Gudenus Cave and its environment ; Geography and geology ; The cave ; Past and present environmental settings ; The speleoclimate of Gudenus Cave ; Hydrology and sedimentation ; Chapter 3: Archaeology and palaeontology of Gudenus Cave – the data ; The 1963 to 1966 salvage excavations ; The new lithic implements ; The Occupation Layer I stone tools ; The Occupation Layer II stone tool ; The Occupation Layer III stone tools ; The Occupation Layer IV stone tools ; The palaeoart ; The palaeontology of the cave ; Bone fragmentation study of the post-1962 bone remains ; Summary — faunal remains ; Chapter 4: Sediments of Gudenus Cave ; The sedimentary analyses ; Methods of sediment analyses ; Description of the sediment samples ; Reconstructing the sediment stratigraphy ; The pollen and spore analysis ; The carbonate diffraction study ; Chapter 5: Interpretation of Gudenus Cave data ; Recapping ; The new interpretations ; The sediment stratigraphy ; The climatic and environmental sequence ; The hominin occupations ; The history of Gudenus Cave ; Chapter 6: The Palaeolithic context of Gudenus Cave ; The Lower Austrian context ; The broader Austrian context ; The central European context ; The global context ; A synopsis ; References ; Index
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Archaeopress The Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia: The History
Book SynopsisThe Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia: The History and Results of Research in 19401980 combines details of discoveries of Palaeolithic sites in a vast region of Northeast Asia (covering mostly the northeastern part of modern Russia), and meticulous analysis of hypotheses, ideas, and concepts related to the Northeast Asian Palaeolithic. Written in the 1980s 1990s, it is based on the author's own experience and analysis of published and archival sources. The volume is especially important for better understanding the development of knowledge on this subject, closely related to the issue of the peopling of the New World. The author presents details on the conceptual issues developed by Soviet archaeologists, not previously available to the international scholarly community. This book is for archaeologists, ethnographers, and historians of science in the USSR and worldwide. It has a special interest for students of the peopling of the Americas.
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Archaeopress Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Hadrian's Wall:
Book SynopsisThe frontiers of the Roman Empire together form the largest monument of one of the world’s greatest ancient states. They stretch for some 7,500 km through 20 countries which encircle the Mediterranean Sea. The remains of these frontiers have been studied by visitors and later by archaeologists for several centuries. Many of the inscriptions and sculptures, weapons, pottery and artefacts created and used by the soldiers and civilians who lived on the frontier can be seen in museums. Equally evocative of the lost might of Rome are the physical remains of the frontiers themselves. The aim of this series of books is not only to inform the interested visitor about the history of the frontiers but to act as a guidebook as well. Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of the great Wall which still bears his name ‘to separate the barbarians from the Romans’ (Historia Augusta, Life of Hadrian, 11). The complex of military installations, 117 km long, but with an extension without the linear barrier for about 40 km down the west coast, contained 74 km of stone wall, 43 km of turf rampart, 200 towers, 100 fortlets, 20 forts, took years to construct and was probably still being modified when Hadrian died in July 138. This highly illustrated book offers an accessible summary of Hadrian’s Wall, and an overview of the wider context of the Roman frontiers.Table of ContentsFRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Foreword by Francesco Bandarin Preface by Jane, Lady Gibson Common cultural heritage of the Roman Empire The ‘Frontiers of the Roman Empire’ World Heritage Site History and extent of frontiers The army and frontiers Research on Roman frontiers Protection and presentation of frontiers Future perspectives HADRIAN’S WALL The invasion and conquest of Britain The first plan for Hadrian’s Wall The second scheme The purpose of Hadrian’s Wall The military landscape The later history of Hadrian’s Wall Life on Hadrian’s Wall Civilians on Hadrian’s Wall Religion on Hadrian’s Wall Souvenirs of Hadrian’s Wall The afterlife of Hadrian’s Wall The importance of Hadrian’s Wall A World Heritage Site Research on Hadrian’s Wall The Pilgrimage of Hadrian’s Wall Museums on Hadrian’s Wall Where to see Hadrian’s Wall
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Archaeopress Thrace through the Ages: Pottery as Evidence for
Book SynopsisThrace through the Ages draws attention to the importance of pottery evidence in evaluating archaeological material from Thrace. The volume considers the informative value of pottery in tracing cultural and political phases, by providing us with important data about production centres, commercial relations, daily life, religious rituals and burial customs. The first chapter examines ceramic research in Thrace from past to present. The second chapter is devoted to the interpretation of the data presented by ceramics regarding interregional commercial relations and cultural interaction. In the third chapter, ceramics are evaluated from the perspective of cult rituals. The fourth chapter includes the excavation and survey ceramics. The fifth chapter is classified according to the ceramic ware. In the last two chapters of the volume, various data presented by ceramics were evaluated by considering their qualitative and quantitative characteristics.Table of ContentsForeword ; Research History ; Ceramic Research in Turkish Thrace: Past and Present, Approaches and New Methods – Zeynep Koçel Erdem ; Pottery As Evidence of Commercial and Cultural Interactions ; Thrace’s Gateway to Anatolia and the Aegean in the Bronze Age: Maydos-Kilisetepe – Göksel Sazcı, Meral Başaran Mutlu ; Variation in Late Iron Age Thracian Ceramics from Bulgaria: A Preliminary Evaluation of Cultural Interaction on Ceramic Manufacture and Consumption – Ashlee B. Hart ; On the Terracotta Sarcophagi from Ionia and the Northern Aegean – Melike Zeren-Hasdağlı ; Remarks on the Trade in Red-Figure Pottery in Macedonia and Aegean Thrace during the Fourth Century BC – Nikos Akamatis ; Attic Vases in Thrace as Agents of Commercial and Cultural Values – Despoina Tsiafaki, Amalia Avramidou ; Attic and Atticizing Glazed Pottery in Eastern Thrace: The Evidence from the Ganos (Işıklar Dağı/Tekirdağ) Survey – Reyhan Şahi̇n ; Interprétation des Timbres Amphoriques et des Monnaies provenant des Fouilles d’Héraion Teichos – Oya Yağız ; The Impact of Imports from Asia Minor on Local Production by Northern Thracians in the Second Century BC – First Century AD – Mariana-Cristina Popescu ; Ilion and Its Role in Aegean Trade – Billur Tekkök Karaöz ; The Commercial Network of Ainos from Hellenistic Times to Late Antiquity – Asuman Lätzer-Lasar ; Pottery In Cult Rituals ; Late Bronze-Early Iron Age Pottery Artefacts in Menekse Catagi Pit Sanctuary – Fisun Frank ; Pottery and Ceramic Finds in Domestic Cult Practices of Serdica – Mario Ivanov ; Evaluating a Cult Place in the Light of the Ceramics from the Northern Propontis – H. Arda Bülbül ; Evaluating Pottery from Surveys and Excavations ; Pre- and Protohistoric Ceramics from the Thracian Side of Istanbul – Haldun Aydıngün, Şengül G. Aydıngün ; Ainos Pottery from the Early Period – Sait Başaran ; Imported pottery at Kadıkalesi (Anaia): Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Periods – Yasemin Polat, R. Gül Gürteki̇n-Demir ; Newly Discovered Hellenistic Pottery from Western Istanbul – Gülseren Kan Şahi̇n, Şengül G. Aydıngün ; Pottery from the Lower Hebros and the Kocaçay Valley Survey – Ergün Karaca ; Ceramic Ware Studies ; Gebrauchskeramik aus nordgriechischen Befunden – Maria Deoudi ; Coarse Ware Study from Ganos: A Panoramic Approach – Sevingül Bi̇lgi̇n Kopçuk ; Byzantine Glazed Pottery from Thrace – Filiz İnanan ; Byzantine Glazed Pottery from Thracian Chersonessos: Karainebeyli – Hisarlık – Ayşe Ç. Türker ; Mould-Decorated Filter Jugs Unearthed During the İznik Tile Kilns Excavation – Belgin Demi̇rsar Arlı, Şennur Kaya, Özlem Erol, Hakan Arlı
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Archaeopress Between Roman Culture and Local Tradition: Roman
Book SynopsisBetween Roman Culture and Local Tradition presents a detailed analysis of the Roman provincial coinage of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan (98-117), when 14 cities struck coins. The book characterises individual mints, the rhythm of monetary production, iconography and legends, and considers the attribution and dating of individual issues. Context is provided by studies on other categories of artefacts discovered in the local area, including epigraphic and material ones, such as fine art, sculptures and architectural remains. The extent of circulation is also analysed, as well as the coinage of the border centres of neighbouring provinces such as Thrace, Asia and Galatia-Cappadocia. Reference is made to historical sources, principally the correspondence of Pliny the Younger with the emperor, which can help to show the realities of life for the inhabitants of individual centres, including ongoing construction projects or local problems. Overall the book aims to reconstruct the coinage policy of individual cities and culture and religion in various centres during this period, as well as contacts and relationships among the local communities. In turn, the studies of individual cities allow for the creation of a general picture of coinage in the province.Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; The Roman Empire and Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan ; Mints in the province of Bithynia and Pontus ; Chronology ; Metrology and denominations ; Iconography and legends of coins of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan ; Coins without an ethnic with uncertain attributions ; Pseudo-autonomous coins of Bithynia and Pontus ; Production in the provincial centres ; Circulation ; The coinage of Bithynia and Pontus and issues of the neighbouring Roman provinces ; Summary ; Plates ; References ; Appendix 1: Legends on the coins of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan ; Index of Mythological Characters ; Index of Names ; Topographical and Geographical Index
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Archaeopress Archaeology by the Fourth Nile Cataract: Survey
Book SynopsisThis volume is the first of several devoted to publishing the results of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society's surveys and excavations in the region of the Fourth Cataract. This, a component of the Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project, was conducted along a 40km stretch of the river on the left bank and on the islands.Following an introduction to the project, chapters focus on the palaeoenvironment in the concession area between Amri and Kirbekan, on the flora and toponyms, and on the folklore, agricultural practices, architecture and the life styles of the Manasir and Shaqiya inhabitants immediately before the inundation of the region by the Merowe Dam.
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Archaeopress (Not) All Roads Lead to Rome: Interdisciplinary
Book Synopsis(Not) All Roads Lead to Rome is the result of the highly engaging debate within the “Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient History”, a yearly congress of young graduates and researchers held in April 2022 in the University of Barcelona. In this volume, the issue of mobility in Antiquity in its broadest sense is approached from a multidisciplinary perspective. One of the main objectives is, also, to give promising young scholars (postgraduates and PHD students) the opportunity to publish their early research on mobility and build a cohesive but thematically broad work. Although mobility is always present in studies of exchange and cultural diffusion, in this case it becomes the main subject of this collective research effort. We aim to encourage academic discussion around mobility as a key feature of societies, inherent to their functioning and where cultural, social and economic processes meet. The Mediterranean, and the Roman Empire by extension, is a dynamic area, and thus, it allows us to study mobility from many perspectives. In this volume, the movement of ideas, be they ideological or religious, is explored as it relates to underlying social and economic patterns. Likewise, the physical mobility of people across empires or within settlements is treated as a consequence of and a way to ease social relations. Social mobility too is discussed in the broader framework of socioeconomic dynamics, with case studies ranging from Egypt to Rome. Finally, the movement of goods (trade) is also part of this volume, as it was essential at bolstering interconnectivity in the Mediterranean. In that regard, archaeology holds the largest potential to provide new data regarding mobility of products, and thus long-distance contact and exchange.Table of ContentsIntroduction – Arnau Lario Devesa, Joan Campmany Jiménez, Marc Marzo Pallàs, Oriol Morillas Samaniego ; I. Migration and human mobility ; Female mobility in diplomatic and military practice during the Roman expansion in the West (III-II c. BC) – Borja Vertedor Ballesteros, Hatin Boumehache Erjali ; Understanding late antique mobility and “migrants” in modern thought – Teifion Gambold ; II. Social mobility ; Archaeological and spatial analysis of the Egyptian city of Lahun (Middle Kingdom, Fayum) – Laura Hernando Folch ; The game of land: authority and adversary from a Ptolemaic land survey (P.HAUN. IV 70) – Chenqing An ; Power and control: understanding prostitution in ancient times – Carina Mkrtchiyan ; III. Moving identities and cultural/religious interactions ; Mobility at the crossroads: careers and progression during the transition from Domitian to Trajan – Antonio Romano ; Travelling mythologies: the movement of the divine throughout the Mediterranean and beyond – Zeren Deniz Ataçocuğu ; The cult of Arsinoe II Philadelphus. The ‘international’ success of a Greek-Egyptian goddess – Anita Malagrinò Mustica ; Fashioning a sense of belonging. Place in the commemorative epigrams of Gregory of Nazianzus & Ausonius of Bordeaux – Mathijs Clement ; La dispersión del culto martirial de santos y santas locales por el territorio de Hispania entre los siglos IV-VI – Víctor Gómez Guinovart ; IV. Political trends and practices ; Whistles, applause and the welcoming of politicians by the Italic people: non-verbal expression of the crowd in the Late Ancient Republic – Agata Otranto ; Rhetoric and mobility: an innovative vision of mobility in the post-Diocletian era – Antonio Avilio ; Changes in late-antique Gaul: Gregory of Tours as an exceptional witness of social, economic and political mobility – Davide Vago ; Episcopal correspondence in fifth-century Gaul. Leadership in times of crisis – Àngel Rodríguez García ; V. Trade and movement of goods ; The journey of a ceramic shape: trading black-figure amphorae to Iberia – Alejandro Garés-Molero, Guiomar Pulido-González, Garés-Molero and Pulido-González ; Marmora and commerce: the case of the mortars in public spaces of Baetulo – Andrea Collado Padilla ; Greek amphoric epigraphy and Mediterranean trade through the study of Rhodian amphora stamps in the CEIPAC database – Oriol Morillas Samaniego ; Amphora typology and commercial mobility. Thoughts on the Tarraconensis case – Carlos Palacín Copado ; The regulation of maritime transport in the Edict on Maximum Prices, a major cause of its failure – Antoni Nieva
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Archaeopress On the Shoulders of Prometheus: International
Book SynopsisDespite some high-profile exceptions, the archaeology of the South Caucasus (present-day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) remains marginalised and often overlooked – not receiving the wider exposure it deserves. This situation is partly a consequence of decades of occupation and academic isolation, and partly because of an unfortunate (and incorrect) perception that the South Caucasus is simply peripheral to the archaeologies of Europe and Asia. The chapters collected in this volume demonstrate the diversity and vibrancy of international research collaboration in the archaeology of Georgia, while all underline the enormous potential of the country’s archaeological resource. The importance of seeing the South Caucasus in its unique context, rather than as peripheral to Europe or Asia, is evident throughout. The increasing application of scientific techniques to archaeological research and landscape archaeology features prominently in many of these chapters. However, the key element is the multidisciplinary nature of much of the work, which allows specialists drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and scholarly traditions to contribute to the better understanding and appreciation of the Georgian historic environment.Table of ContentsIntroduction – Emanuele E. Intagliata and Paul Everill Chapter 1: The Javakheti Plateau: Megaliths, Villages, and Obsidian Mines in the Prehistory of the Lesser Caucasus of Georgia – Paolo Biagi, Renato Nisbet Chapter 2: Household Archaeology and the Agricultural Economy of an Iron Age Village: The 10th–3rd Centuries BC at Grakliani Gora, Shida Kartli, Georgia – Katie Campbell, Davit Naskidashvili, Katya Turchin, Vakhtang Licheli Chapter 3: The East Georgian Sanctuaries of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages – Simone Arnhold, Paata Bukhrashvili, Felix Blocher, Shorena Davitashvili Chapter 4: Work- and Lifescapes in 1st Millennium BC Udabno – Sabina Brodbeck-Jucker, René Kunze Chapter 5: Nokalakevi–Archaeopolis: Twenty Years of Anglo-Georgian Collaboration – Paul Everill, Nikoloz Murgulia, Davit Lomitashvili, Ian Colvin, Besik Lortkipanidze Chapter 6: Lighting up Arrian’s Room. Preliminary Remarks on the Lamps Found in the Roman Fort in Apsaros (Gonio, Georgia) – Maria Jaworska Chapter 7: Early Christian (4th-6th Centuries AD) Monuments of the Kingdom of Lazika, West Georgia – Nikoloz Murgulia, Besik Lortkipanidze, Davit Lomitashvili Chapter 8: A New Late Antique Church Complex at the Foot of the Greater Caucasus – Machkhomeri Hill (Khobi Municipality) – Emanuele E. Intagliata, Revaz Papuashvili, Andrey Vinogradov, Davit Naskidashvili, Gogita Chitaia Chapter 9: The Results of Landscape Survey from Samshvilde Environs (Chivchava River and Khrami River Valleys) – David Berikashvili
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Archaeopress Processions: Studies of Bronze Age Ritual and
Book SynopsisRobert Koehl has long considered processions to have played an integral role in Aegean Bronze Age societies. Therefore, when assembling a volume to honor his retirement from Hunter College, contributing authors were asked to focus attention on this subject. Processions are a unique social phenomenon in that they engage large groups with a singular purpose or outcome, acting as a cohesive force in societies. Yet they are elusive both in Aegean art and texts, which has challenged the participants in this volume to approach the subject from various viewpoints, providing evidence of ritual and ceremonial places, pathways and practices, based on archaeological and, in one instance, textual evidence. Artistic depictions in a variety of media provide a means of identifying settings, participants and the possible roles they play, while specific ritual objects are the subject of some contributions, their context and imagery offering another means of enhancing our picture of processions. Papers concentrate mainly on evidence from Crete, the Cyclades and the Greek mainland, with additional perspectives from abroad, these geographic divisions forming the basic outline of the volume. Download the following paper in Open Access: The Pylos Ta Series and the Process of Inventorying Ritual Objects for a Funerary Banquet - Thomas G. Palaima: DownloadTable of ContentsIntroduction: Processions Tributes Robert B. Koehl: Publications Crete Processions Aplenty: From Elite Palatial Parades to Mass Population Pilgrimages in Middle and Late Minoan Crete – Malcolm H. Wiener Processions in Aegean Iconography III: Where did they Take Place? – Fritz Blakolmer The Theatral Area of Knossos – Colin Macdonald The Kilts on the ‘Cupbearer’ and Men on the Procession Fresco from Knossos – Bernice R. Jones and Valerie Bealle Minoan Processions Leading to Marvelous Destinations at Mochlos – Jeffrey S. Soles Dressed Bodies in Motion: Toward a Sensorial Understanding of Funerary Ritual in Prepalatial Crete – Cynthia S. Colburn Dance or Procession? A Ritual Scene on a Fruit-stand from Protopalatial Phaistos, Crete – Luca Girella Rhyton Clusters in Neopalatial East Crete: Identity and the Ceremonial Prerogatives of the House – Brian S. Kunkel Reaper’s Rout or Mariner’s March? Reconsidering the ‘Harvester’ Vase from Ayia Triada – J. A. MacGillivray Deimatic Display or Nature’s Apotropaia: The Meaning and Function of the Octopus Iconography in the Bronze Age Aegean – Michele Mitrovich From Deep Waters to High Places: Reassessing the Ceremonial Significance of Triton-shells at Neolithic Phaistos (Crete) – Simona V. Todaro The Cyclades The Armed Warriors Procession: 1000 Years of Iconographic Development – Philip P. Betancourt Rhyta at Bronze Age Phylakopi on Melos – Jason W. Earle Ocular Signs of Ecstatic Possession and Procession in Aegean Art – Karen Polinger Foster Greek Mainland Late Bronze Age Iklaina and Processional Architecture – Michael Nelson Tribute from the Griffin Warrior at Pylos – Jack L. Davis and Sharon R. Stocker Processions in non-palatial Contexts: Social Ambitions and Narrative Idioms in Mycenaean Greece – Iphiyenia Tournavitou Processions, Participants, People, and the Palace: Musings from Fragments – James C. Wright The Creature of the Rings: An Unusual Jug Rhyton from LH IIIC Tiryns – Eleftheria Kardamaki, Maria Kostoula, Joseph Maran, and Alkestis Papadimitriou The Pylos Ta Series and the Process of Inventorying Ritual Objects for a Funerary Banquet – Thomas G. Palaima Evoking the Deceased in Mycenaean Mortuary Ritual – Mary K. Dabney ‘… For at this Place the Sea Comes Nearest to Athens.’ Funerary Processions in Archaic Athens – Stella Chryssoulaki and Ioannis Pappas Cyprus, Syria, the Levant, and Egypt From Stasis to Repetition: Tracing Processional Movements in Prehistoric Cyprus – Eleni Mantzourani Approaching Divinity in the Near East and the Aegean: Animals, Monsters, Demons, and Masked Human Processions – Joan Aruz and Judith Weingarten A Snapshot of a Victory Procession: A Winged Deity from Alalakh Wielding a Dagger – K. Aslıhan Yener The Iron Age Adventures of the God with the Fenestrated Axe – Assaf Yasur-Landau Offerings for Eternity: Egypt, Nubia, and the Puzzle of the Egyptian Faience Vessel from Alalakh – Morena Stefanova A Courtly Affair: Proceeding from Keftiu and ‘all Islands in the Middle’ to the Theban Necropolis – Nisha Kumar Italy Clues of Bronze Age Processions in the Central Mediterranean – Marco Bettelli, Elisabetta Borgna and Sara Tiziana Levi
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Archaeopress Dimore Della Cirenaica: Abitare a Cirene E a
Book SynopsisDimore della Cirenaica analyses urban housing in Cyrenaica (East Libya), with a specific focus on the cities of Cyrene and Ptolemais, from the early through to the late Roman imperial period.The first part, in the form of a gazetteer, comprises twenty-one case studies. An introduction to the urban layout and the main urban buildings is included in these sections. Each individual residence design is illustrated and parallels are outlined from the region and the wider imperial world. The second part draws out key themes previously treated separately to discuss them more broadly. The main topics here are floorplans and elevations, decoration and the socio-economic framework of Cyrenaica as outlined by housing features. This analysis attempts to reconstruct the history of the investigated buildings and to highlight the role of their architectural evolution as an indicator of local and wider changes over the period under examination.The book gathers information that is otherwise scattered across other publications, along with new data collected by the author during her fieldwork at the two sites and on visits to archives. It represents a corpus of evidence that will be a starting point for any future research on these topics.
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Archaeopress Rushen Abbey, Isle of Man: A Hundred Years of
Book SynopsisRushen Abbey, now owned and managed by Manx National Heritage, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1134 and suppressed in 1540. It was the most important religious institution on the Isle of Man wielding significant secular power as well as ecclesiastical authority. Its location in the middle of the Irish Sea and its political connections made it one of the most influential houses in western Britain and Ireland.The first known excavations were carried out in the late 1890s by Deemster Gill, one of the most senior law officers on the island. They were followed in 1912 and again in 1926 by more extensive investigations of parts of the east range the north transept of the church by William Cubbon then owner of the site. The modern study of the site began in 1978 and 1979 with excavations of the presbytery and both transepts by Dr Lawrence Butler, who followed them in 1988 and 1989 with a complete exploration of the east range. In between these two programmes of work Dr Larch Garrad of the Manx Museum carried out an important rescue excavation to the east of the church in 1984, locating a new chapel, part of the monastic cemetery and a charnel pit.Under threat of development for a hotel complex the site was purchased by the Manx Government in 1998 and the Centre for Manx Studies, University of Liverpool was asked to carry out exploratory excavations in the first place, followed by more extensive investigations of a number of areas of the site. These were carried out each year from 1998 to 2008 and succeeded in defining the plan of the church and claustral buildings together with parts of the western courtyard. In addition, to the south of the Cistercian complex an already disturbed early medieval cemetery was investigated. Alongside the excavations, medieval documentary sources were reviewed, and extensive fieldwork was carried out on the abbey's lands throughout the island.This book aims to provide a synthesis of all the available evidence for Rushen Abbey under one cover. Given the numbers of excavations, their complexity and the richness of finds, the detailed evidence on which this overview text is based is provided by a set of 20 online reports.
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Reconstructing the Development of Somersets Early
Book SynopsisReconstructing the Development of Somerset's Early Medieval Church uses Somerset as a case study in order to contribute to a broader understanding of how the Church developed across the British Isles during the transition from the post-Roman Church to that in existence in the 11th century. To facilitate this a large retrogressive data set was constructed which enabled new patterns of development to be identified; this has pushed forward understanding of how Somerset and the South-West evolved, including the reconstruction of Somerset's early great estates and early medieval parochiae. Crucially, it demonstrates how the medieval archdeaconries and deaneries correlate with Somerset's early great estates.This book identifies the pastorally pre-eminent early medieval churches across Somerset by using a weighting system which enables comparative assessments of different types of evidence, including both historical and topographical, to enable the chang
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Archaeology and Geology of Ancient Egyptian
Book SynopsisThe ancient Egyptian Civilization dominated the northeast corner of Africaincluding modern-day Egypt and, at times, northern Sudanfrom about 3000 BC at the beginning of the Dynastic period to AD 642 at the end of the Roman period. Most of what it left behind consists of stones of many kinds. There were building stones for temples, pyramids, mastaba tombs, and other monumental constructions; and utilitarian stones for tools, weapons, and a wide array of mundane applications, including the raw materials for faience, glass, medicines, paint pigments, and pottery. There were also ornamental stones for decorative and structural elements in buildings, obelisks, statues, sarcophagi, stelae, vessels, shrines, offering tables, mace heads, cosmetic palettes, and other sculpted objects; and gemstones for jewellery, amulets, seals, and other small decorative items. Still more stones were processed to extract their metals, including gold, copper, iron, and lead.Two persistent p
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Archaeopress DoubleSided Antler and Bone Combs in Late Roman
Book SynopsisDouble-Sided Antler and Bone Combs in Late Roman Britain offers the first detailed study and catalogue of a comb type that represents a new technology introduced into Britain towards the end of the 4th century AD and a major signifier of the late fourth- to fifth-century transition. Their end-plates were worked into a variety of decorative profiles, some clearly zoomorphic. Over time this decorative styling passed from elaborate to rudimentary, adding to the dating evidence for individual combs. As many combs survive only as small fragments, data collection has not been absolute but has concentrated on combs from burials, or with stylistically relevant end-plates, or those providing good dating or contextual evidence, the main aim of the study being to answer questions of typology, chronology and social distribution. A particularly distinctive feature within the assemblage from funerary contexts is the substantial number of these combs from Winchester, which together make u
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Archaeopress Gandharan Art and the Classical World: A Short
Book SynopsisIn the early centuries AD, the small region of Gandhara (centred on what is now northern Pakistan) produced an extraordinary tradition of Buddhist art which eventually had an immense influence across Asia. Mainly produced to adorn monasteries and shrines, Gandharan sculptures celebrate the Buddha himself, the stories of his life and the many sacred characters of the Buddhist cosmos. Since this imagery was rediscovered in the nineteenth century, one of its most fascinating and puzzling aspects is the extent to which it draws on the conventions of Greek and Roman art, which originated thousands of kilometres to the west.Inspired by the Gandhara Connections project at Oxford University's Classical Art Research Centre, this book offers an introduction to Gandharan art and the mystery of its relationship with the Graeco-Roman world of the Mediterranean. It presents an accessible explanation of the ancient and modern contexts of Gandharan art, the state of scholarship on the subject, and guidance for further, in-depth study.
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From Wilderness to Paradise A SixthCentury Mosaic
Book SynopsisFrom Wilderness to Paradise presents an in-depth study of the large mosaic pavement in the East Church at Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenaica, Libya. The pavement, which survives almost in its entirety, consists of fifty panels, each containing a different image. Despite being described as the finest and most interesting set of Christian mosaics yet found in Libya' (Illustrated London News, December 1957), subsequent studies have generally dismissed the pavement as a random selection of images with no symbolic meaning and no overarching scheme. This book argues that the remarkably rich and complex mosaic should be understood as a coherent whole.A discussion about reading imagery in Late Antiquity precedes a meticulous iconographical study. Within the pavement's overall coherence, the grid layout allows the panels to be read in different directions, rather like a crossword puzzle, their meaning shifting with each change of focus. Particular attention is pai
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Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation
Book SynopsisDisease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation presents a synthesis of what is currently known about health, disease and healing in the Indus Civilisation in the third to early second millennia BCE, underpinned by original research. It is the result of a detailed study of published human skeletal remains and material culture, with an increasing awareness of the natural environment. When combined with a knowledge of palaeoepidemiology and the natural history of disease, ancient climate change, and what is known of healing and health in contemporary Bronze Age societies of the Near East, with which the Indus Civilisation was in contact, it has been possible to piece together a picture of diseases in the period, the practice of healing and the development of public health. For the first time, the book illustrates the health, life expectancy, and the illnesses and injuries from which those at the bottom of society suffered, both at work and at home.
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Archaeopress Neolithic Pits Late Bronze AgeEarly Iron Age Pit
Book SynopsisBetween 1990 and 1998, MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) undertook a series of archaeological excavations within Wollaston Quarry covering an area of 116ha. Eight excavation areas and a watching brief were undertaken. The proximity of the River Nene and at least four palaeochannels formed the dominant natural landscape features. This dynamic environment affected settlement and land use throughout prehistoric and Roman periods.Seventeen pits, largely in small groups, were identified containing early Neolithic to late Neolithic/early Bronze Age pottery. Some of these features were located within the area of the palaeochannels. Later, of especial interest was a notable collection of eleven different late Bronze Age to early Iron Age pit alignments, which were part of a co-axial landscape over an area of 2.5km. There was also a small area of domestic activity reflected by pits dating to the early Iron Age as well as two large watering holes in other locations. The pi
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Archaeopress La necropole aux amants petrifies. Ruines
Book SynopsisThis collective work reports on the studies and archaeological work carried out at the megalithic ruined necropolis of Wanar, Senegal, between 2008 and 2017. Along with Sine Ngayene in Senegal, and Wassu and Ker Batch in Gambia, the Wanar sanctuary is one of four sites classified as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2006. The first part sets out the general framework for the study of paleoenvironments as well as historical and archaeological data, and concludes with a brief summary of megaliths in Africa.The second part reports on all the observations made, starting with a presentation of the Wanar site in the context of human settlements along the Bao Bolon valley, followed by an account of the main study methods used. This is followed by a detailed presentation of the six monuments studied, three to the north of the necropolis with short, squat monoliths, and three to the south with narrow, elongated monoliths, built between the 11th and 13th centuries AD. The sanct
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Archaeopress Exploring the Sacred Landscape of the Ancient
Book SynopsisExploring the Sacred Landscape of the Ancient Peloponnese traces the origins of the religious system of the Peloponnese to identify the factors behind its subsequent development from the Geometric to the Classical period. Which deities found favour in the Peloponnese? What factors lay behind local religious manifestations? What were their special attributes? How were the Olympian gods adapted within the context of previous religious systems and deities?Through a presentation of cult places, the deities worshipped, and the epithets used, the book explores preferences for particular deities and the reasons for this. The chthonian attributes of the deities are an important factor, and such attributes are further elucidated by the myths that accompany them. Reconstructing the ancient religious landscape and the political, economic and social context sheds light on how the cult places played their role and demonstrates how the primitive chthon
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Archaeopress Thermalism in the Roman Provinces
Book SynopsisThermal establishments with mineral-medicinal waters represent a special case among Roman bath buildings, not only because of the adaptation of the space to the use of these waters for health issues, but also because of the infrastructures and engineering they developed, as well as for their function in the landscape.Thermalism in the Roman Provinces is focused on the role of thermal establishments with mineral-medicinal waters in the different territories of the Roman Empire, including their symbiosis with the landscape as well as the ways in which their construction was adapted to give greater comfort to those who came to take advantage of their health-giving properties. But, what was the role that these sites fulfilled in each province? Why was so much effort invested in the construction of these thermal complexes in the Roman period? What elements might inform us about the singularities of their construction in adapting to the characteristics of these
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Archaeopress Ausgewahlte Kleine Schriften Zur Romischen Antike
Book SynopsisThis book contains a selection of fifty papers produced over the course of fifty years. The works share a common aim: to increase our knowledge of various aspects of Roman culture. They cover a wide range of topics in ancient history; Roman provincial archaeology; classical philology; epigraphy; numismatics; archaeobiology; history of medicine; and history of sexuality. The collection is not limited to a mere reprint of the articles, but supplements them with epilogues outlining the further development of the discussion of the respective topic since publication.
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Archaeopress There and Back Again AfroEurasian Exchange in the
Book SynopsisThis book evaluates the evidence for indirect connections between the Aegean and the Indus extending back to the third and fourth millennia BCE, particularly commodities such as tin and lapis lazuli, and discusses recently discovered objects, new methods of materials analysis techniques and topics, as well as iconographic investigation.
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Archaeopress Plain of Plenty Farming Practices Food Production
Book SynopsisThe Argive Plain in the northeastern Peloponnese, Greece, was central to the Mycenaean culture during the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1200 BCE). While known for its settlements and treasures, little is understood about its agricultural sustainability. This study examines Mycenaean farming in the Argive Plain and its societal implications, investigating if resource depletion contributed to the Bronze Age collapse. Using agricultural potential modelling, it reconstructs farming practices within the region''s political hierarchy, assessing sustainability through food consumption, energy needs, and land usage. Results indicate sustainable agriculture despite challenges like drought. However, ruling elites'' additional production needs may have strained resources. The thesis also addresses estimations of Neolithic and Bronze Age Aegean subsistence space, highlighting the overlooked impact of livestock on agricultural potential. By incorporating dairy and meat production, future models can better represent food production and environmental sustainability. This research enhances understanding of Mycenaean agricultural practices before the Bronze Age collapse, illustrating how elite formation likely influenced local communities and broader society.
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Archaeopress Journal of Hellenistic Pottery and Material
Book SynopsisVolume 7 of JHP, an independent learned journal dedicated to the research of ceramics and objects of daily use of the Hellenistic period in the Mediterranean region and beyond.
£56.00
Archaeopress At the Dawn of History The Late PreIslamic Age in
Book SynopsisThis study re-evaluates the Samad Late Iron Age (SLIA) and its context around 0 CE, highlighting its complexities and significance. It examines SLIA's relationship with Mleiha/PIR, covering burial practices, pottery, trade, and architecture, offering insights into pre-Islamic south-eastern Arabia and contributing to archaeological discourse.
£61.75
Korean Mummies of the Joseon Kingdom
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Military Presence and Civic Integration in Hispania Ulterior from Sertorius to Caesar
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The Oasis Papers 10 The Land Where the Sun Goes Down. The Archaeology of Egypts Western Desert
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Amber Books Ltd Abandoned Ireland
Book SynopsisAn ancient island with a romantic history and lush green landscape, Ireland’s culture stretches back to the time of St Patrick and the first Christian monks and includes the Norman invasion, clan wars, mass emigration and partition in the early 20th century. Today, remnants of the country’s heritage can be found in every corner of this fascinating land, from the thinly inhabited west coast to the modern, populated areas of Leinster. There are thousands of ruined castles, abbeys, churches, ancient sites, houses and mills spread around the island of Ireland. Abandoned Ireland offers you a substantial taste of the most intriguing of these. In Abandoned Ireland, discover Athassel Abbey on the banks of the River Suir and the largest medieval priory in Ireland; marvel at the imposing Carrigogunnel Castle, destroyed during the second siege of Limerick in 1691; explore Carrigglas Manor, a turreted fairytale exterior with a bloody history; see Hilden Mill, a former factory with ghostly sightings; explore the creepy, overgrown ruin of Ennis District Lunatic Asylum in County Clare; and wander the ruins of Rinn Dúin (“fortified headland”) overlooking the River Shannon, a key military and trading town fought over by Norman barons and Irish chieftains. Illustrated with 180 photographs, Abandoned Ireland provides a fascinating pictorial exploration of the little-known corners of this enchanting land.Table of ContentsContents includes: Castles and Houses: Dunamase Castle, County Laois Menlo castle Leamaneh Castle, County Clare Ballycarbery Castle, County Kerry Ballinskellig Castle - Ring of Kerry Carbury Castle, County Kildare Dunluce Castle, County Antrim Minard Castle, Dingle Bay, Kerry Castle MacGarrett, County Mayo Ballygrennan Castle, County Limerick Graystown Castle, County Tipperary Castle Otway, County Tipperary Lackeen Castle, County Tipperary Fiddaun Castle, County Galway Kinbane Castle - Northern Ireland Kincasslagh, County Donegal Castle Saunderson, Belturbet, Cavan Duckett’s Grove, Carlow Rock of Dunamase, Southwest of Dublin Carrigogunnel Castle, County Limerick Tyrone House, County Galway Rockstown Castle, County Limerick Carrigglas Manor, County Longford Cahercon House, County Clare Cairndhu House, County Antrim Transport, Industrial and Urban: Old Red Iron Bridge, Kilkenny Loughglynn Convent, County Roscommon O’Shea’s Pub – made famous by the Guinness commercial Connacht District Lunatic Asylum (Former) city mortuary at Forster Green Hospital, County Down Ennis District Lunatic Asylum / Our Lady’s Hospital, County Clare Logistics ship, River Shannon Parkmore narrow gauge station, N. Ireland Adare Railway Station Allihies Copper Mine, West Cork Victorian Coast Guard station at Fanad Head Castle Saunderson, Belturbet, Cavan Mayfield House, County Waterford Hilden Mill, County Antrim Religious Place & Islands: Kilkishen Church in County Clare Rathronan Church, County Tipperary St John’s Church, Ballymoe, Galway Lackagh Church, Kildare Derralossory Church, County Wicklow Newgrange, Ireland – Stone Age passage tomb Cahergal & Leacanabuile Ring Fort Ballinskelligs Abbey Muckross Abbey Fore Abbey Athassel Abbey, County Tipperary Hore Abbey Bective Abbey Mellifont Abbey Jerpoint Abbey Corcomroe Abbey Rinn Dúin, the old Gaelic name, means“fortified headland Islands: Bishop’s Island’s Ruins, County Clare Devenish, Northern Ireland Great Blasket Innisfallen Inishmurray Skellig Michael
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