Archaeology by period / region Books

Book SynopsisWhen Archaeology Meets Communities' examines the history of nineteenth-century Sicilian archaeology through the archival documentation for the excavations – official and casual – at Tindari, Lipari and nearby minor sites in the Messina province from Italy’s Unification to the end of the First World War (1861-1918). The area and historical period have been fully neglected by past scholars and need in-depth investigation. The substantial evidence includes sets of approximately six hundred new records and black and white images from Italian and UK archives. The historical reconstruction, based on analysis of these records, lays the foundations for the entire volume and forms the basis from which the book develops innovative outlines on Sicilian archaeology. The structure follows this central concept. Furthermore, the volume seeks: a) to clarify relationships between the Italian Ministry of Public Education, the Museum of Palermo and local government authorities (‘3-level’ structure of interaction) and to pinpoint contacts with the contemporary social context; b) to compare archaeological research during the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the post-Unification period in northern Sicily in terms of methods, history of collecting, antiquities safeguarding and legislation; and c) to contextualise this work in terms of the evolution of archaeology and social change in the wider Italian and European contexts.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Contextualising archaeology in post-Unification Italy and Sicily (1861-1918); Chapter 2 - Sites and contexts of the province of Messina through antiquarianism and archaeology; Chapter 3 - The great events: excavations, safeguarding and exports; Chapter 4 - Minor events: casual discoveries, acquisition of finds and local issues; Chapter 5 - Shaping an evolving archaeology in Sicily; Chapter 6 - Sicily and the province of Messina in context; Appendix; List of Figures

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Book SynopsisMuch has been written about the history of Northern Ireland, but less well-known is its wealth of prehistoric sites, from which most of our knowledge of the early inhabitants of this country has been obtained. Until recently, the greatest sources for this information were prehistoric burial sites, which have been visible in our landscape for thousands of years and have attracted the attention of inquisitive people throughout this time, often removing items, or adding others and in doing so, making it difficult for later generations to sift through the evidence. Fortunately, sketches, notes and artefacts have been gathered by Ordnance Survey surveyors, antiquarians and archaeological and historical societies and these continue to be interrogated by modern archaeologists in their search for understanding. A further problem has been the dependence on information about prehistoric societies from their burial sites. Very few sites where these people lived and worked were visible above ground and as a consequence, little was known about them. However, during the last few decades, large-scale infrastructure projects and associated archaeological investigation has revealed a wealth of information. Much of the detail has still to be published and made available for research, but has already enriched understanding of our prehistoric past. This monograph brings together information on all the currently known sites in Northern Ireland that are in some way associated with prehistoric life. It has been compiled from a number of sources and includes many that have only recently been discovered. A total of 1580 monuments are recorded in the inventory, ranging from burnt mounds to hillforts. In addition to providing an inventory of all known sites, along with a selection of photographs and plans, the work also includes an introduction to the prehistory of Northern Ireland, an explanation of terms and a full bibliography. It should be considered alongside an earlier work by the same authors on prehistoric burial sites in Northern Ireland (The Prehistoric Burial Sites of Northern Ireland, Archaeopress Archaeology 2014). The aim is to provide a foundation for more specific research projects, based on a standardised format for this largely untapped resource and stimulate a renewed interest in the prehistory of Northern Ireland. Hopefully, this can then be considered along with our knowledge of the historical period to provide a more complete overview of the story of human activity in what is now Northern Ireland.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; INVENTORY: COUNTY ANTRIM, COUNTY ARMAGH, COUNTY FERMANAGH, COUNTY LONDONDERRY, COUNTY TYRONE; DISCUSSION; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisIn the United States of America, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act requires that projects funded, authorized, or permitted by the federal government consider historic properties that may be affected by the development of those projects. To comply with Section 106, an interstate pipeline corridor in southwestern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado was surveyed to identify cultural resources and to evaluate them in terms of significance and potential listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Once sites were identified, a mitigation strategy was developed in coordination with the Bureau of Land Management. That plan prioritized important cultural resources within a regional archaeological context and included substantial excavations at 14 sites. The archaeological excavations were successful in recovering the types of data necessary to address regional research issues that were raised in the project’s alternative mitigation plan. The data recovery effort included site-specific geophysical assessments as well as providing an opportunity to analyze the geology, fauna, flora, and tens of thousands of prehistoric and historical artifacts from the sites. While there is nothing about the number of artifacts that inherently adds to our understandings of past lifeways, the analyses substantially added to regional datasets for the Paleoindian, Archaic, Formative, Protohistoric, and Historical components. Specifically, the analyses addressed prehistoric chronometric and settlement patterns (Chapter 5), subsistence strategies (Chapter 6), lithic reduction strategies (Chapter 7), as well as synthesizing information for prehistoric hearths (Chapter 8) and architecture (Chapter 9). Chapter 10 focuses on the results of remote sensing at two sites. That is followed by regional syntheses of the prehistoric (Chapter 11) and historical data (Chapter 12). When combined with existing datasets, this synthetic work substantially improves the quality of regional archaeological interpretations. Given the results presented herein, it is clear that the mitigation approach within the pipeline corridor was successful in providing important archaeological information that advances local and regional understandings of past lifeways.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction – by Alan D. Reed and Matthew J. Landt; Chapter 2: Effective Environment – by Rand A. Greubel, Jenn Mueller, Alan D. Reed, and Matthew J. Landt; Chapter 3: Culture History – by Jenn Mueller, Rand A. Greubel, Jonathon C. Horn, Alan D. Reed,and Matthew J. Landt; Chapter 4: Methods – by Matthew J. Landt, Alan D. Reed, Jonathon C. Horn, Justin P. Williams, Michael J. Prouty, Jenn Mueller, Abbie L. Harrison, Martha Bright and Stephanie L. Dudash; Chapter 5: Site Distribution and Settlement Patterns – by Jeremy Omvig and Iraida A. Rodriquez; Chapter 6: Subsistence – by Abbie L. Harrison, Jenn Mueller, and Matthew J. Landt; Chapter 7: Prehistoric Technology – by Rand A. Greubel, Jaclyn Mullen, Jeremy Omvig, Michael J. Prouty, Charles A. Reed, and Jenn Mueller; Chapter 8: Thermal Features – by Sara A. Millward; Chapter 9: Prehistoric Architecture – by Charles A. Reed and Matthew J. Landt; Chapter 10: Application of Remote Sensing – by Matthew J. Landt; Chapter 11: Utility of Prehistoric Archaeological Units – by Matthew J. Landt; Chapter 12: Historic Research Themes – by Jack E. Pfertsh and Tracy L. Hoose; Chapter 13: Project Evaluation – by Matthew J. Landt and Alan D. Reed

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Book SynopsisThe collection of Roman inscribed stones and sculpture, together with other Roman objects found at Maryport in Cumbria, is the oldest archaeological collection in Britain still in private hands. Today, it is housed in the Senhouse Roman Museum on Sea Brows to the north of the modern town of Maryport. Beside the museum the earthworks of the Roman fort may still be seen, and beyond it, though not visible, lies a large civil settlement revealed through geophysical survey and the scene of two recent excavations. 'Maryport: A Roman Fort and its community' places the collection in context and describes the history of research at the site. Maryport, although at the north-western edge of the Roman Empire, provides material of international importance for our understanding of the Roman state.Trade ReviewIn this engaging and lavishly illustrated book, David J Breeze reveals what [Maryport’s collection of sculpture and inscribed stones] tell us about Roman garrison life, while also observing that collectively they have a fascinating story of their own... As well as covering [excavations at the fort], Breeze includes local settlements excavated [nearby], providing an invaluable sense of the world these soldiers operated within. The result is an essential account of a key site. -- Matthew Symonds * Current Archaeology *…[This] volume is a valuable contribution to Roman frontier studies, and to studies of Roman altars in relation to military life. By drawing together disparate antiquarian studies and more recent archaeological work by a range of groups, David Breeze has provided a useful and accessible narrative of the current state of research at Maryport, and whetted our appetites for future research into this highly significant site. -- David Roberts * Archaeological Journal, DOI: 10.1080/00665983.2018.1531594 *Table of ContentsPreface; Ancient and Modern; The Roman army at Maryport; The extra-mural community; Religion at Maryport; Maryport in its setting; Life on the edge of empire; Final thoughts; Acknowledgements; Further Reading; What to see and where; Index

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Book SynopsisThe Roman Bridge between Dolni Vadin (Bulgaria) and Grojdibodu (Romania) presents all the available data on the Roman bridge over the Danube which connected Dacia and Moesia at this point. The toponyms Vadin and Grojdibodu themselves mean ‘ford’, a crossing over water, in this case over the Danube. There have been no archaeological excavations at the feet of the bridge but the author has been able to propose positioning, scale and full reconstruction on the basis of a survey of existing remains, known road alignments, old maps and drawings as well as comparison with better-known parallels. The book also includes a catalogue of small finds deriving from the area of the bridge. This bridge has been ignored for centuries primarily due to the absence of any mention of it in ancient sources, literary or otherwise. It was probably eclipsed by the fame of the bridge from Drobeta, which was constructed by Emperor Trajan between the two Dacian wars, and by the bridge from Sucidava-Oescus which was built later, in the time of Emperor Constantine the Great. Additionally, the bridge is located in a rather obscure place, hardly accessible in the modern era. This work restores this river crossing to its proper significance.Table of ContentsForeword ; Introduction ; 1. Research method and techniques ; 2. History of the research ; 2.1. Research of Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli ; 2.2. Research of Professor Dumitru Tudor ; 2.3. Research of Nicu Vintilă ; 2.4. Research of Dorel Bondoc ; 2.4.1. Exploration of the southern bank (Bulgarian) of the Danube ; 2.4.2. Exploration of the northern (Romanian) bank of the Danube ; 3. Conclusions ; 3.1. How was the bridge from Dolni Vadin-Grojdibodu built? ; 3.2. When was the bridge of Dolni Vadin-Grojdibodu built and by whom? ; 3.3. Why was a bridge Dolni Vadin-Grojdibodu needed? ; 3.4. When was the bridge of Dolni Vadin- Grojdibodu no longer functional? ; Appendix 1. About an amphora fragment discovered in the masonry work of the bridge at Dolni Vadin – Andrei Opait ; Appendix 2. Considerations on the Roman bridge over the Danube between Dolni Vadin and Grojdibodu – Cornel Rădulescu ; Appendix 3. Archaeological discoveries from the Roman period, in the area of the village Dolni Vadin – Bulgaria – Dorel Bondoc ; Appendix 4. Archaeological discoveries from the Roman period, in the area of the village Grojdibodu - Romania – Dorel Bondoc ; Appendix 5. Ancient and Byzantine coins – The Collection of Vintilă Nicu, formed in Grojdibodu area, Olt County – Delia Moisil ; Appendix 6. The diploma from Grojdibodu (CIL XVI 75 = IDR I 10) – Dan Dana and Dorel Bondoc ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEstudios para la configuración de las facies cerámicas altoimperiales en el Sur de la Península Ibérica explores economy and trade in the south of the Iberian peninsula during the High Roman Empire. Different methodologies, techniques and approaches to archaeological research are applied in the analysis and study of ceramic contexts in several marketplaces or consumption centres in the area. Special attention is given to ceramic facies predominantly characterised by the presence of fine pottery. In addition, the examination of local ceramics points towards a complexity whose interpretation has been biased until a few decades ago by the presence of wares imported from other Mediterranean regions as a result of the intensity of Roman trade. Furthermore, exploration beyond traditional analytical parameters highlights, for example, the relevance of the phenomenon of pottery vessel imitation.Table of ContentsIntroducción - Pablo Ruiz Montes, Mª Victoria Peinado Espinosa y Mª Isabel Fernández García; La facies cerámica de Olisipo (Lisboa) en el periodo julio-claudio: una primera aproximación a partir de contextos; suburbanos seleccionados - Rodrigo Banha da Silva; Contextos alto-imperiales de Chãos Salgados, Santiago do Cacém-Mirobriga(?) (Lusitania) - José Carlos Quaresma; Contextos alto-imperiales de Ammaia, São Salvador de Aramenha (Lusitania) - José Carlos Quaresma; Las cerámicas finas de Arucci (Aroche, Huelva) - Salvador Delgado Aguilar y Juan M. Campos Carrasco; Las cerámicas finas de Onoba Aestuaria (Huelva) - Salvador Delgado Aguilar y Juan M. Campos Carrasco; Contextos cerámicos de Hispalis c. 50 a.C. al 225 d.C. Excavaciones arqueológicas en el Patio de Banderas del Real Alcázar de Sevilla (2012-2014) - Jacobo Vázquez Paz, Enrique García Vargas, Cinta Maestre Borge y Elise Arnold; Un avance al estudio de la Terra Sigillata Hispánica en Colonia Patricia Corduba - Sonia Vargas Cantos; Un contexto cerámico de época de Claudio del santuario iberorromano de Torreparedones, colonia Ituci Virtus Iulia (Baena, Córdoba) - José Antonio Morena López y Manuel Rubio Valverde; Producciones cerámicas de Isturgi en la antigua Sisapo (La Bienvenida, Almodóvar del Campo-Ciudad Real).; Aportaciones a la conformación de las facies cerámicas altoimperiales en la vertiente norte de Sierra Morena - Mar Zarzalejos Prieto, Carmen Fernández Ochoa, Germán Esteban Borrajo y Patricia Hevia Gómez; La vajilla fina romana en las facies cerámicas imperiales del área del Teatro romano de Málaga: una aproximación a su studio - Humberto Manuel, Gómez Ramos, Pilar Corrales Aguilar y José Manuel Compaña Prieto; Materiales de un contexto de época julio-claudia procedente de Isturgi (Los Villares de Andújar, Jaén). En los confines orientales de la provincia Baeticae - Mª Victoria Peinado Espinosa y Pablo Ruiz Montes; La cerámica romana en el territorio de Aurgi-Jaén - José Luís Serrano Peña; Cerámicas en la tierra, La terra sigillata hispánica en la estratigrafía de Cástulo - Marcelo Castro López, Concepción Choclan Sabina, Juan Pérez Garrido y Abel Manuel Jiménez Cruz; Un ejemplo de contextualización cerámica altoimperial: la evidencia del Área II de la colonia romana de Libisosa Foroagustana (Lezuza, Albacete) - Antonio Manuel Poveda Navarro y José Luis Fuentes Sánchez

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Book SynopsisThe Iron Age copper smelting site situated near the Cypriot village Agia Varvara is of particular importance among the ancient copper processing places in the Near East because it has revealed spatial as well as technological aspects of copper production in a hitherto rarely-seen depth of detail. Agia Varvara-Almyras: an Iron Age Copper Smelting Site in Cyprus presents the results of a comprehensive post-excavation analysis of the stratigraphy (part I), also of the geology, metallurgical materials (furnaces, tuyeres), finds (pottery, furnace lining, stone tools), as well as a synthesis of the copper smelting technology at Agia Varvara-Almyras (part II). The excavation analysis not only focuses on pyrotechnical information from individual furnaces, but also provides a detailed study of the spatial organisation as well as of the living conditions on the smelting site. An elaborate reconstruction of the features in a 3D model allows the visualisation of formerly-dispersed loci of copper production. Based on this virtual rebuilding of the hillock named Almyras, it becomes clear that archaeometallurgy must be unchained, and the idea of an ‘operational chain’ must be replaced by a more multidimensional research strategy labelled as an ‘operational web’. The present volume aims to stimulate future excavations which pay attention to the reasons behind the exploitation of the riches of the island, as well as to the needs of the markets where the final product was very likely to have been appreciated as a strategic commodity, by power players operating on the island as well as by ordinary people in need of a repair to an everyday commodity which had broken.Table of ContentsForeword: Agia Varvara-Almyras, an Exceptional Case Study ; Part I – Archaeological Situation, Stratigraphy, and Chronology ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Extractive Copper Metallurgy in Cyprus: A Concise Retrospective on Methods and Approaches ; 3. Archaeological Research in Agia Varvara-Almyras ; 4. Stratigraphy ; 5. Age Determination ; 6. The Features ; 7. Spatial Organization ; 8. Conclusions and Outlook ; 9. Lists ; Part II – Materials and Processes ; 1. Geology and Mineralogy of Agia Varvara-Almyras – Iphigenia Gavriel ; 2. Agia Varvara-Almyras Ceramics Report – Robert Morris ; 3. Classification of Ore Beneficiation Stone Tools from Agia Varvara–Almyras – Anne Carey ; 4. Furnace Lining – Aleksandra Mistireki ; 5. Considerations on the Process Flow of Copper Production – Walter Fasnacht ; 6. Technology of Copper Smelting at Agia Varvara-Almyras – Martina Renzi, Myrto Georgakopoulou, Christina Peege, Walter Fasnacht and Thilo Rehren

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Book SynopsisMountain landscapes were first exploited by farming populations at the very beginning of the Neolithic. However, there are controversies regarding when and where these specific types of human behaviour developed as a result of adaptation processes to these special environments. The aim of People in the Mountains: Current Approaches to the Archaeology of Mountainous Landscapes is to present research results from different scientific contexts. To discuss these issues, and to study different aspects of human activity in the mountains and adjacent regions we incorporate archaeological, botanical, zooarchaeological and ethnological information. The chapters explore, among many other themes, several principal areas of research: environmental history and human impact in mountain environments; specificities of different mountain landscape zones; long-term changes of human activity in different mountain regions, and the origins of such changes; seasonal herding, and short and long-distance transhumance; exploitation of different raw materials e.g. siliceous raw material, salt etc.; mountains as borders, roads and zones of contact; creation of new customs, rights and social relations; symbolic and ritual locations in the mountains; dialogue between different methodological perspectives and analytical methods. The book consists of 15 chapters prepared by 27 authors from 10 countries. The chapter topics cover mountains located in Europe, America and Asia.Table of ContentsIntroduction – by Andrzej Pelisiak, Marek Nowak and Ciprian Astaloş; The mountainous landscape as a viable alternative for the Neolithic – by Paweł Valde-Nowak; From people to landscapes. The Fluturnum Project: Archaeology and anthropology in the Tasso-Upper Sagittarius valley (Italy, The Province of L’Aquila – AQ) – by Francesca Romana Del Fattore, Anna Rizzo and Alessandro Felici; Long-range versus short-range prehistoric pastoralism. Potential of palaeoecological proxies and a new record from western Emilia, northern Apennines, Italy – by Lionello F. Morandi and Nicholas P. Branch; An archaeology of the mountains in Maramureș, Romania: the beginning of a long-term project – by Radu-Alexandru Dragoman, Dan Pop, Bogdan Bobînă, Marius Ardeleanu, Călin Şuteu and Ciprian Astaloş; Carpathians: barrier or border? Tiszapolgár, Bodrogkeresztúr, Petreşti and Trypillia-Cucuteni Cultures – by Taras Tkachuk; The settlement and economy of the prehistoric communities of the Zvolen Basin and surrounding areas in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia) – by Noémi Beljak Pažinová; Recent discoveries in the High Bieszczady Mts. – by Andrzej Pelisiak; Pollen indications of human activity in the Polish Western Carpathians during the Neolithic period – by Marek Nowak; The settlement of the Corded Ware Culture and early phases of the Mierzanowice culture in the Carpathian Mountains – by Paweł Jarosz; Re-fitting the Past – Urn Graveyards in the Carpathian Foothills – by Marta Korczyńska and Klaus Cappenberg; The Sudetic resource base in the economy of early medieval societies – by Ewa Lisowska; Beginnings of mountain settlement in Czech Republic – a case study from the Bohemian Forest – by Katarína Kapustka, Matthew Walls and Jan Eigner; An Approach to understand the significance of the Cultural landscape of the tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India – by Bina Gandhi Deori; Fog, mountain and desert: human-environment interactions in Lomas de Lachay, Peru – by Piotr Kalicki, Tomasz Kalicki and Piotr Kittel

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Book SynopsisThe Bouros-Kastri peninsula at the south-eastern tip of the Greek island of Euboia has previously been overlooked in the archaeological literature. This survey by the Southern Euboea Exploration Project, conducted under the aegis of the Canadian Institute in Greece, now provides a wealth of intriguing information about fluctuations in long-term use and habitation in this part of the Karystia. While the peninsula is agriculturally poor, its coast is blessed with several small coastal inlets and one important ancient port, Geraistos. These provide access to vital maritime routes and connect the peninsula to Athens and other Aegean ports. The survey revealed modest use of the peninsula during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age; it was then virtually abandoned for the following two and a half millennia. Occupation resumed in the Late Archaic–Early Classical period, followed by near desertion in the 3rd century BC of all but some coastal sites, a resurgence of activity in the Late Roman period, and modest use in Byzantine and Ottoman times. The authors analyse the ways in which the peninsula's use was connected to that of the main urban centre at Karystos, and how the peninsula and the greater Karystia were integrated into the political, economic, and cultural spheres of Athens and the broader region.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction; Previous Research by SEEP in the Karystia; Archaeological Work on the Bouros-Kastri Peninsula; Goals and Scope of the Bouros-Kastri Survey; Chapter 2: Topography, Geology, and Tectonics; Topography; Geology and Tectonics of Southern Euboia; Geomorphology; Tectonics, Sea-Level Changes, and Palaeoclimates; Paleozoic–Mesozoic Bedrock; Cenozoic Rocks and Sediments; Soils; Natural Resources; Natural Hazards; Chapter 3: Chronological Overview of the Karystia; Prehistory; Late Neolithic; Final Neolithic; Early Bronze Age; Middle Bronze Age; Late Bronze Age; Historical Periods; Early Iron Age; Classical; Hellenistic to Middle Roman; Late Roman; Byzantine; Tourkokratia and Modern; Chapter 4: Settlement and Land Use on the Bouros-Kastri Peninsula; Procedural Considerations; Field Methodology; Sample Size, Sources of Bias, and Chronology; Site Function and Typology; Prehistoric Period; Geometric to Early Hellenistic Period; Description of Sites and Findspots by Area; Summary and Conclusions; Middle Hellenistic through Middle Roman Periods; Description of Sites; Summary and Conclusions; Late Roman Period; Description of Sites; Summary and Conclusions; Byzantine to Modern Period; Undated Sites; Chapter 5: Analysis of Artifacts; Prehistoric Pottery; Final Neolithic; Early Bronze Age; Prehistoric Stone Tool Assemblages; Component A, Component A'; Component B; Component C; Dating of the Components; Historic Pottery; Greek and Roman Fabrics; Local Pottery: The Akrotiri Cooking Assemblage; Other Local Cooking Pottery; Local Pottery: Coarse Ware; Transport Amphoras; Roman Plain and Cooking Ware; Byzantine Pottery; Modern Pottery; Chapter 6: Summary and Final Thoughts; Gazetteer of Sites and Findspots; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisSalento is a peninsula in Southern Italy, the heel of the Italian boot, characterised both by an abundance of Middle Palaeolithic sites and a scarcity of raw material suitable for knapping. The research question at the basis of this book concerns the managing of raw materials by Neanderthals, through both the procurement and use of the locally available raw materials and the exploitation of possibly more distant sources. Le Salento est une péninsule du sud de l’Italie, le talon de la botte italienne, caractérisée à la fois par l’abondance des sites du Paléolithique moyen et par une pénurie des matières premières propres à la taille. La question de recherche à la base de ce livre concerne la gestion des matières premières par les Néandertaliens, à travers l’approvisionnement et l’utilisation des matières premières disponibles localement et l’exploitation éventuelle de sources plus éloignées.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Premiere partie; Théorie et méthodologie; I.I Les outils interpretatifs; I.II Méthodologie d’etude des industries lithiques; Deuxième partie; Analyse des matières premières; II.I Introduction; II.II Les prospections de terrain; Troisième partie; Analyse des industries lithiques; III.I Introduction et historique des recherches; III.II Grotta Romanelli; III.III Grotte des Giganti; III.IV Les autres grottes du Capo di Leuca; III.V Grotta Uluzzo C; III.VI Torre dell’ Alto; III.VII Grotta M. Bernardini; Quatrième partie; Revue documentaire; IV.I Introduction; IV.II Grotta del Cavallo; IV.III Grotte Marcello Zei; IV.IV Grotta di Capelvenere; IV.V Grotta di Serra Cicora; IV.VI Les autres sites moustériens; VI.1 Grotta delle Prazziche; VI.2 Fondo Cattìe; VI.3 Grotta Montani; VI.4 Grotta S. Ermete; VI.5 Brèches osseuses et « ventarole »; Cinquième partie; Synthèse, conclusions et perspectives; V.I Le paléoenvironnement quaternaire regional; V.II Problèmes chronologiques et contemporanéité des assemblages; V.III Les restes humains : Homo néandertalensis dans le Salento; V.IV Un regard de synthèse sur la technologie; V.V Exploitation des matières premières et circulation des produits; V.VI Aperçu sur les territoires et les déplacements; V.VII L’Homme de Neandertal : un chasseur-cueilleur « comme les autres » ?; Références bibliographiques

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Book SynopsisThis volume gathers a series of selected contributions about settlement patterns in the Italian countryside between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. It provides a critical overview of the most recent research carried out on late antique and early medieval Italy (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Lazio, Apulia and Calabria) and uses innovative interpretative frameworks to gain a better understanding of rural settlement dynamics.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Insights on late antique and early medieval settlement patterns in Italian countryside – Angelo Castrorao Barba ; Dinamiche di cristianizzazione e di popolamento di uno spazio rurale di confine tra il tardo antico e l'epoca carolingia: il caso della Carnia (Udine) / Settlement and Christianization patterns of a border rural space between Late Antiquity and the Carolingian age: the case of Carnia (Udine) – Stefano Roascio ; L'Oltrepò Pavese. Un territorio “cerniera” tra continuità e trasformazione del paesaggio antico e nascita delle signorie rurali / L’Oltrepò Pavese. An ‘hinge’ territory between continuity and change of ancient landscape and the emergence of rural lordship – Elena Dellù ; Dinamiche insediative nella Liguria di ponente in età postclassica: la mansio e il complesso paleocristiano di Capo Don a Riva Ligure (Imperia) / Post-classical settlement patterns in West Liguria: the mansio and the early Christian complex of Capo Don at Riva Ligure (Savona) – Philippe Pergola, Alessandro Garrisi, Alessandro Bona, Federico Zoni ; Ricerche recenti e nuovi dati dal sito di San Calocero ad Albenga (Savona) tra Tardo Antico e Medioevo / Recent research and new data from the site of San Calocero at Albegna (Savona) between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages – Philippe Pergola, Stefano Roascio, Elena Dellù, Gabriele Castiglia ; ‘Inneclesiamento’ rurale e reti insediative nella toscana settentrionale (IV-X sec. d.C.) / Church and settlement rural networks in Northern Tuscany (4th-10th century AD) – Gabriele Castiglia ; Il sito di Vignale (Livorno) in età tardoantica e i suoi contesti possibili / The site of Vignale (Livorno) during Late Antiquity and its possible contexts – Elisabetta Giorgi ; La crisi economica degli insediamenti secondari romani nella Toscana meridionale (V-VIII sec. d.C.) ed il caso di Santa Cristina in Caio (Siena) / The economic crisis of the Roman secondary settlements in southern Tuscany (V-VIII century) and the case of Santa Cristina in Caio (Siena) – Stefano Bertoldi ; La Sabina in età tardoantica e le nuove ricerche alla villa di Cottanello (Rieti), / Late antique Sabina and the new research in the villa of Cottanello (Rieti) – Carla Sfameni ; Il Salento rurale nell’altomedioevo: territorio, insediamenti e cultura materiale / Rural Salento during the Early Middle Ages: landscape, settlements and material culture – Paul Arthur, Marco Leo Imperiale, Giuseppe Muci ; La cultura materiale del monachesimo italo-greco: indagini in corso e prospettive di ricerca / The material culture of Italo-Greek monasticism: current investigations and research perspectives – Francesca Zagari

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Book SynopsisIn scholarly literature, there is much attention given to the Hittites and the Mycenaean Greeks, but the Luwians of Western Anatolia are notoriously neglected. Therefore, a study focussing on the latter is desirable. In this book, the presently available information on the western Luwians is assembled. This entails, primarily, the epigraphic evidence in the form of Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions from the region and the historical information which can be deduced from it, as well as historical Hittite sources. As a prerequisite for the reconstruction of the history of the western Luwians during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, the thorny question of the geography of their habitat needs to be tackled. This can now be done in an adequate manner owing to the most recent discoveries. Apart from Luwian hieroglyphic, the Luwians of Western Anatolia also used cuneiform script. Based on the linguistic data from both categories of evidence, a sketch of their language is presented. It must be realized, though, that not all inhabitants of Western Anatolia were speakers of the Luwian language. Thus, it will be argued that their northern neighbours in the Troad spoke a different language, of Thraco-Phrygian type. Finally, the Luwians were not autochthonous in the region, but preceded by speakers of a different Indo-European tongue, most adequately defined as Old Indo-European in Hans Krahe’s terms.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. The Homeland of the Luwians; 2. Geography of Western Anatolia; 3. Origin of the Luwian Hieroglyphic Script; 4. Luwian Hieroglyphic Evidence on the Great Kingdom of Assuwa; 5. Western Anatolia under Hittite Rule; 6. Western Anatolia in the Final Stage of the Bronze Age; 7. Amenhotep III: Historical Background to his Aegean Policy; 8. The Arzawan Language; 9. The Language of the Trojans; 10. Evidence for an Old Indo-European Substrate in Western Anatolia; Bibliography

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Book Synopsis‘Isaac went out to the field (Genesis 24:63)’ is a collection of 28 articles by 47 authors from research institutions in Israel and around the world honoring Professor Isaac Gilead on the occasion of his 71st birthday. The authors include the honoree’s mentors, colleagues, and students. Most of the articles deal with archaeological subjects, especially prehistoric and proto-historic archaeology, which are the focus of the honoree’s teaching and research. Reflecting the broad horizons of Gilead’s interests, the volume also includes studies in other subjects including the Bible and the ancient Near East, Second Temple literature, the history of biblical exegesis, and the influence of the Bible on contemporary Hebrew Literature.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables; Authors’ and Editors’ Biographies; Preface and Acknowledgments; Isaac Gilead: An Appreciation – by The Editors; The Religious Dimension of Copper Metallurgy in the Southern Levant – by Nissim Amzallag; Neolithic Cult Sites in the Southern Negev, Israel – by Uzi Avner, Moti Shem-Tov, Lior Enmar, Gideon Ragolski, Rachamim Shem-Tov, and Omry Barzilai; A Basket-Handled Teapot from Fazael – by Shay Bar; The Contributions of Early French Scholars to Levantine Prehistory – by Ofer Bar-Yosef and François Valla; The Riddle of the ‘Aurignacian’ in the Negev: The Lithic Assemblage from Nahal Neqarot in the Central Negev, Israel – by Anna Belfer-Cohen and A. Nigel Goring-Morris; Forging a Link: Evidence for a ‘Lost Horizon’ – The Late Chalcolithic to EB 1 Transition in the Southern Levant – by Eliot Braun; Unresolved Pottery Neolithic Chrono-Stratigraphic and Chrono-Cultural issues: Comments on the Beginning and the End of the Pottery Neolithic Period – by Avi Gopher; Going Through Customs: Changing Rituals of the Ghassulian Culture of the Southern Levant, ca. 4500-3900 BC – by Milena Gošić; Animal Offerings from the Nawamis Fields and Coeval Habitation Sites in Southern Sinai – by Liora Kolska Horwitz; An Early Pottery Neolithic (Jericho IX) Site East of Tel Nagila – by Hamoudi Khalaily, Anastasia Shapiro and Ofer Marder; Clothes Maketh (Hu)Man: Textile Production in the Southern Levant in the Chalcolithic Period – by Janet Levy; Stylistic Devices and Exegetical Techniques in ‘Rewritten Bible’ Compositions – by Atar Livneh; Conus Ornaments from Tel Bareqet in an Early Bronze Age Near East Context – by Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer, Sarit Paz and Yitzhak Paz; Flint Knapping in a Brush Hut: A Case Study from Ohalo II, a 23000 Year-old Camp in the Sea of Galilee – by Dani Nadel, Daniel Kaufman, Udi Grinburg and Dan Malkinson; Middle Palaeolithic Humans in the Levant: An Archaeological Perspective – by Avraham Ronen; The Time-Space Discontinuum: Scale in the Geography and Chronology of Negev Archaeology – by Steven A. Rosen; The Incised Flint Assemblage from Neolithic Beisamoun and its Significance – by Danny Rosenberg; Ceramic Connections and Regional Entities: The Petrography of Late Chalcolithic Pottery from Sites in the Galilee (Israel) – by Dina Shalem, Anat Cohen-Weinberger, Bernardo Gandulla and Ianir Milevski; Communal Bison Hunting in Western North America: Current Understandings and Unresolved Issues – by John D. Speth; Job 40:30-31 and the First Whalers – by Oded Tammuz; More on Early Natufian Building 131 at Eynan (Ain Mallaha), Israel – by François R. Valla; Hatrurim Quarry – A Newly Discovered Production Site of Larnite Bifacial Tools – by Jacob Vardi; The Origin of the Hebrew Word ṣîṣit ‘Fringe’ – by Allan Witztum, Avi Gold and Mayer I. Gruber; Tel Erani – Reassessing Old Published Records – by Yuval Yekutieli; ‘Isaac went out to meditate in the field’ (Genesis 24:63) in the Exegesis of Philo of Alexandria and Naphtali Zvi Yehuda Berlin – by Elad Filler; The Nahal Zippori Horizon, Between the Lodian and Wadi Rabah Cultures – by Nimrod Getzov, Ianir Milevski and Hamoudi Khalaily; ‘In Green Pastures’ [bi-ne’ot deshshe]: Psalm 23 and Song of Songs 5 in the Poetry of Agi Mishol – by Eran Viezel; The Varieties of Vengeance in the Book of Jeremiah – by Shamir Yona and Rafael Furman

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Book SynopsisWhile one might say that prehistory of the Adriatic was always in transition, the rhythm of change was not always the same. On several occasions, a series of changes over a relatively short time period resulted in dramatic transformations. Three crucial episodes of change marked the later Adriatic prehistory. The first one, which took place around year 6000 BC, was a transformation of subsistence strategy, transition from hunting and gathering to farming. The second one was a social transformation that played out in the third millennium BC, when for the first time the power of individuals was clearly expressed by material culture. The third episode, inclusion into the classic Mediterranean civilization, coincided with the end of prehistory in the Adriatic region. During all of those episodes, travel and connectivity with distant lands played an exceptionally important role, and certain places gained particular importance due to their unique geographic location. Palagruža is among the most prominent such places, its importance being out of all proportion to its physical size. Adriatic prehistory cannot be told without mentioning Palagruža, and prehistory of Palagruža cannot be understood without knowing Adriatic prehistory. Due to its strategic position in the very center of the Adriatic Sea, due to the mystery born of distance and isolation, due to its wild and spectacular landscape, Palagruža indeed is a special place. A reflection of its specialty is an unexpected abundance of high-grade archaeological evidence, dating precisely from the three aforementioned periods marked by radical change.Table of ContentsPreface; 1 Natural environment and research history; 2 Sites: Salamandrija (Archaeological investigations 1992-2009; Pottery; Flaked stone artifacts; Ground stone artifacts; Artifacts made of mollusk shells; Diachronic change in intensity of activities); Other sites (Jankotova njiva; Pod lozje; Vartli; Stradun; Mala Palagruža); 3 Palagruža and Adriatic prehistory (Small islands and great journeys; Palagruža and early farming; Pottery styles of the third millennium BC; Palagruža in third millennium BC); 4 Appendix to Chapter 3.3: List of Sites; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAtlas Of Ceramic Fabrics 1. Italy: North-East, Adriatic, Ionian. Bronze Age: Impasto presents and interprets the petrographic composition of Bronze Age Impasto pottery (23rd-10th centuries BCE) found in the eastern part of Italy. This is the first of a series of Atlases organised according to geographical areas, chronology and types of wares. In this book 935 samples from 63 sites are included, which comprise material obtained as a result of almost 30 years of interdisciplinary archaeological, technological and archaeometric research by the authors’ team. 73 petrographic fabrics (the potters’ ‘recipes’) are defined and presented, on their lithological character – a tool that can be used to compare the different components of the ceramic pastes and to check provenance of non-local pots. The volume is organised in chapters focused on methodology, fabric description and distribution, followed by the archaeological implications and the database, with contributions by Daniele Brunelli and Andrea Di Renzoni. Illustrations and descriptions of the fabrics and a complete list of the samples are included in order to provide a rigorous and transparent presentation of the data. The archaeological implications are discussed within the topics such as technology, variability, standardisation, chronology, function, social organisation, circulation, style, typology and cultural identity. It is hoped that this work will be considered as another stepping-stone in demostrating that, in archaeology, technological variability is as important as morphological and stylistic distinctions.Table of Contents1 Introduction: Q and A (Sara Tiziana Levi) ; 2 Fabrics (Valentina Cannavò and Sara Tiziana Levi) ; 3 Archaeological implications (Sara Tiziana Levi and Valentina Cannavò) ; 4 Databases (Valentina Cannavò, Sara Tiziana Levi, Daniele Brunelli and Andrea Di Renzoni) ; DB1 Samples by fabric ; DB2 Samples by site ; DB3 Fabrics (description) ; DB4 Fabrics ; 5 Bibliography

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Book SynopsisUnearthing Alexandria’s Archaeology: The Italian's Contribution' contains the results of an archival survey, historical research, and archaeological description of the main Italian excavations in Alexandria from the 1890s to the 1950s. The Italian archaeological investigations in the city of Alexandria are presented through unpublished photographs of Evaristo Breccia, Achille Adriani, and some of the glass negatives of the Graeco- Roman Museum of Alexandria. Various Italians contributed to the fieldwork and the production of drawings and plans, and documenting the majority of the most important sites in Alexandria, on which our archaeological knowledge today is based. But their names have been forgotten compared with Giuseppe Botti, Breccia, and Adriani: Giacomo Biondi, Gino Beghé, Antonio Gentili, Giuseppe Ramacciotti, Mariano Bartocci, Giovanni Dattari, Despina Sinadino, Michele Salvago, Orazio Abate, and Giovanni Peruto. The book gives detailed descriptions of the Italian excavations at Hadra, Chatby, Anfushi, Kom al-Chougafa, the Serapeum, and Kom al-Dikka, accompanied by often unpublished photographs and followed by a catalogue of other rare photographs of different archaeological sites in Alexandria.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction; Chapter 1—Italian Archaeologists in Alexandria ; Chapter 2—History of Archaeological Excavations at the Hadra Necropolis; Chapter 3—History of Archaeological Excavations at Chatby ; Chapter 4—History of Archaeological Excavations at Anfushi Necropolis on Pharos Island; Chapter 5—Excavations at Kom al-Chougafa; Chapter 6—Excavations at the Serapeum; Chapter 7—Excavations at Kom al-Dikka; Chapter 8—Catalogue of the Photographs from the Breccia and Adriani Archives; List of Abbreviations; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe son of a watercolour artist, William Gershom Collingwood (1854-1932) studied at University College, Oxford where he met John Ruskin, whose secretary he later became and with whom he shared a wide range of interests. Collingwood travelled extensively, sketching as he went, and after studying at the Slade School of Art, moved to the Lake District where he wrote extensively about the Lakes, Icelandic sagas and Norse mythology, as well as publishing a biography on Ruskin in 1893. He was an accomplished artist, founding the Lake Artists Society in 1904 and serving as Professor of Fine Art at the University of Reading from 1905-11. His interest in art and Scandinavia prompted his research into the Pre-Norman Crosses of Cumbria and the North of England. In 1927 he published ‘Northumbrian Crosses of the Pre-Norman Age’, illustrated with his own drawings. He was also an accomplished musician, climber, swimmer and walker. His son was the noted archaeologist (a leading authority on Roman Britain), philosopher and historian R. G. Collingwood. This well researched biography provides a comprehensive account of the life and works of a nineteenth century polymath whose story should be better known.Table of ContentsChronology ; Preface ; Chapter I Collingwood Family (1761-1854) ; Chapter II Boyhood (1854-1872) ; Chapter III Student Days (1872-1876) ; Chapter IV Becoming an Artist (1876-1882) ; Chapter V Edith Isaac (Dorrie) and Marriage (1877-1884) ; Chapter VI Life at Gillhead Windermere (1883-1891) ; Chapter VII Working with Ruskin (1881-1900) ; Chapter VIII Life in Lakeland (1891-1932) ; Chapter IX Researching the Past (1884-1932) ; Chapter X Scandinavian Studies (1895-1928) ; Chapter XI Academia and Lanehead (1905-1917) ; Chapter XII Naval Intelligence (1917-1919) ; Chapter XIII Later Research (1920-1930) ; Chapter XIV Future of Lakeland (1932-) ; Chapter XV Father and Son (1889-1932) ; Chapter XVI Last Years (1928-1932) ; Notes ; Appendix A ; Index

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Book SynopsisHercules’ Sanctuary in the Quarter of St. Theodore in Pula deals with many aspects of the Roman sanctuary erected at the spring in Pula as well as with objects of cult dated to the Hellenistic period. The site was in use from the late fourth century BC to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, a date that approximately coincides with the demolition of the temple. Research focuses on Roman foundations which trace the ground plan of the temple that was surrounded by portico. Architectural fragments found at the site, as well as those kept in the collection of Pula Museum, were used to form proposals for a hypothetical reconstruction of the temple. The discovery of a relief club is the only reliable link with a particular deity i.e. Hercules. The continuity of the cult of Hercules has been recognised at the spring from the Histrian to Roman periods. Hercules was considered a founder and patron of the Roman colony of Pola. Nearness of the assumed umbilicus of the colony offers additional reasons to reconsider sacred rituals of the foundation of the colony. Traces of ritual desacralization, purification and storing of sacrificial remnants could be recognised at the site. A hypothetical reconstruction of the Roman sanctuary is followed by calculations of construction costs.Trade Review'Parliamo di un bel volume, agile, molto ben illustrato, che analizza uno scavo molto complesso (e molto fortunato!) effettuato tra 2005 e 2009 presso le mura urbiche nella zona nordorientale della colonia romana di Pola... Dal medesimo scavo Alka Starac ha ricavato più di una dozzina di studi relativi a diversi argomenti (urbanistica, sistema fognario, vicende dell'area in età tardoantica, analisi del complesso delle anfore etc.) a dimostrazione di quanto si possa apprendere se si vuole veramente approfondire quanto lo scavo porta alla luce. Questo bel libro, dunque, offre non solo importanti novità anche per la storia dell'arte romana, ma anche un concreto esempio di edizione scientifica dei risultati dell'indagine archeologica. Il che non è affatto poco. —Maurizio Buora, HistaraTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: The Late Republican sanctuary – The Hercules sanctuary area before the foundation of the Roman colony ; Chapter 3: Hercules, hero and protector of the source – Sacrificial offerings at the time of the construction of the sanctuary ; Chapter 4: Plan of the sanctuary of Hercules – Models and interpretation ; Chapter 5: Architectural decoration ; Introduction ; I. Architectural elements found in the archaeological excavations in the St Theodore Quarter in Kandler street (Block XVI, Location XI) 2005-2009 ; II. Architectural elements from the Roman collection of the Archaeological Museum of Istria found before 2005 ; Chapter 6: Construction of Hercules’ sanctuary – Economical aspects, import of amphorae and senatorial dynasties ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFrom the Archaeological Record to Virtual Reconstruction' describes the use of New Information Technologies (IT) for the analyses and interpretation of archaeological record of the San Chuis Hillfort (San Martín de Beduledo, Allande, Asturias, Spain). The data gathered during the eight excavation campaigns conducted by Francisco Jordá Cerdá in the sixties and eighties of the 20th century was mechanised and digitalised. Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) of the hillfort was performed, followed by a creation of spatial analysis through the establishment of relations between the elements of the archaeological record. At the end, having studied and investigated the site’s urban evolution throughout its occupation period (890 cal. BP – 530 cal. AD), a virtual reconstruction of the hillfort in its different settlement phases, presenting various evolution scenarios, is presented. In the process a work methodology and a set of computer applications adapted for each step of this process have been estableshed, such as insertion of data records in a database, planimetry drawings, hillfort virtualization, etc.Table of ContentsPrologue; Part I - Objectives, support, archaeological and methodological framework; Introduction: subject of study, thesis, aims and other considerations; Chapter 1. The archaeological and chronological framework: the Iron Age in the Asturian West; Chapter 2. Archaeology today: digital documentation, preservation, and the interpretation of archaeological sites; Part II - The San Chuis hillfort; Chapter 3. The San Chuis hillfort; Part III – What was achieved and how; Chapter 4. Materials and methods; Chapter 5. The spatial data infrastructure (SDI) of the hillfort; Chapter 6. Spatial analysis; Chapter 7. Virtual San Chuis; Chapter 8. Conclusions; Appendix I. Planimetry and Harris Matrix Contents

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Book SynopsisThe Seminar for Arabian Studies has come a long way since 1968 when it was first convened, yet it remains the principal international academic forum for research on the Arabian Peninsula. This is clearly reflected in the ever-increasing number of researchers from all over the world who come each year to the three-day Seminar to present and discuss their latest research and fieldwork. The Seminar has covered, and continues to cover, an extensive range of diverse subjects that include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, epigraphy, ethnography, history, language, linguistics, literature, numismatics, theology, and more, from the earliest times to the present day or, in the fields of political and social history, to around the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922/1923). Papers presented at the Seminar have all been subjected to an intensive review process before they are accepted for publication in the Proceedings. The rigorous nature of the reviews undertaken by a range of specialists ensures that the highest academic standards are maintained. A supplementary volume, ‘Languages, scripts and their uses in ancient North Arabia’ edited by M.C.A. Macdonald (ISBN 9781784918996, Archaeopress, 2018), is also available containing the proceedings from the special session held during the seminar on 5 August 2017.Table of ContentsEditors’ Foreword ; Bayt Bin Himd, a case study of a merchant’s house in old Jiddah (poster) – by Hidaya M. Abbas; Documenting the traditional architecture of Khatbah village in Saudi Arabia (poster) – by Aisha Alshehri; Liminality: narratives of identity on Abu Dhabi’s desert islands – by Marie-Claire Bakker & Mariam Yousef Alhammadi; Bahrah 1: eight years of excavations of an Ubaid culture-related settlement in the al-Sabiyyah desert (Kuwait) – by Piotr Bieliński; From tentscape to landscape: a multi-scale analysis of long-term patterns of occupation in north-west Qatar – by Jose C. Carvajal López, Kirk Roberts, Laura Morabito, Gareth Rees, Frank Stremke, Anke Marsh, Robert Carter & FayΒal ΚAbd Allāh al-NaΚīmī; Living in Madāin Sālih/Hegra during the late pre-Islamic period. The excavations of Area 1 in the ancient city – by Guillaume Charloux, Charlène Bouchaud, Caroline Durand, Yvonne Gerber & Jacqueline Studer; The origins of Abrahah’s cathedral and the Great Mosque — a water sanctuary of the old Arabian religion – by Werner Daum; Use of archival aerial photographs for archaeological research in the Arabian Gulf – by Richard N. Fletcher, Robert A. Carter & Frederick Nesta; Bridging the enclosure and the tower tomb: new insights from the Wādī Sharmā sites, north-west Arabia – by Sumio Fujii; The LCG2 complex at Dibbā (Musandam, Oman, II–I millennium BC): structural, material, and osteological elements – by Francesco Genchi, Luciano Fattore, Alessia Nava & Elena Maini; Magnetometer survey of a Hafit monumental complex, al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman (poster) – by Jason T. Herrmann, Jörg W.E. Faßbinder, Marion Scheiblecker, Philippe Kluge, Stephanie Döpper & Conrad Schmidt; New evidence of Iron Age ritual practices in central Oman: 2017 excavations in Mudmār East, near Ādam – by Mathilde Jean, Maria Paola Pellegrino & Guillaume Gernez; New light on Bronze Age trade in the Arabian Gulf: a Dilmun trading port on Sīr Banī Yās island, UAE – by Abdulla Khalfan Al Kaabi & Ali Abdul Rahman Al Meqbali; Results from the 2009–2016 excavation seasons in the historical centre of Dūmat al-Jandal, ancient Adummatu – by Romolo Loreto; The new archaeological joint project on the site of Qurayyah, north-west Arabia: results of the first two excavation seasons – by Marta Luciani & Abdullah S. Alsaud; Life and living conditions in north-west Arabia during the Bronze Age: first results from the bioarchaeological work at Qurayyah – by Marta Luciani, Michaela Binder & Abdullah S. Alsaud; Sea level and climatic influences on the occupation of Qatar and the Gulf during the Holocene period – by Phillip G. Macumber; The Neolithic of Sharbithāt (Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman): typological, technological, and experimental approaches – by Maria Pia Maiorano, Grégor Marchand, Jérémie Vosges, Jean-François Berger, Federico Borgi & Vincent Charpentier; The historical context of grave 58 (G58) from the Sināw area (al-Sharqiyyah, Sultanate of Oman): a warrior during the Samad Late Iron Age? (poster) – by Fausto Mauro; Women in Soqotri and Omani folklore – by Vitaly Naumkin & Leonid Kogan; The early Islamic glass from Sīr Banī Yās, UAE – by Matt Phelps, St John Simpson & Ian C. Freestone; Late Islamic fishing industry in the Gulf: the case of Kharā’ib al-Dasht, Jazīrat Faylakā (poster) – by Agnieszka Pieńkowska & Marta Mierzejewska; Routes across Arabia: pilgrimage routes from the region of the modern United Arab Emirates in historical context – by Fergus Reoch; The Thāj Archaeological Project: results of the first field season – by Jérôme Rohmer, Ahmad Al-Jallad, Mahmud al-Hajiri, Rozan Alkhatib Alkontar, Tara Beuzen-Waller, Paul Calou, Damien Gazagne & Kosmas Pavlopoulos; A tumulus cemetery on the north coast of Kuwait Bay: results of survey and excavation in the al-Sabiyyah region – by Łukasz Rutkowski; KALAM reloaded – by Ronald Ruzicka; Al-’Ayn Oases Mapping Project: al-Hīlī Oasis 2017 – by Peter Sheehan, Timothy Power & Omar Salem Al Kaabi; New data from the renewed excavation at Salūt: the Iron Age settlement (Qaryat Salūt) – by Enrica Tagliamonte & Alessandra Avanzini; Understanding the urban space of an Arabian oasis: the residential quarter of Taymā’ – by Luna Watkins; Papers read at the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 4 to 6 August 2017

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Book SynopsisThe majority of papers in this volume were originally presented at the eighth annual ‘Disease, Disability, and Medicine in Medieval Europe’ conference. The conference focused on infections, chronic illness, and the impact of infectious diseases on medieval society, including infection as a disability in the case of visible conditions, such as infected wounds, leprosy, syphilis, and tuberculosis. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this conference emphasised the importance of collaborative projects, novel avenues of research for treating infectious disease, and the value of considering medieval questions from the perspective of multiple disciplines. This volume aims to carry forward this interdisciplinary synergy by bringing together contributors from a variety of disciplines and from a diverse range of international institutions. Of note is the academic stage of the contributors in this volume. All the contributors were PhD candidates at the time of the conference, and the majority have completed or are in the final stages of completing their programmes at the time of this publication. The originality and calibre of research presented by these early career researchers demonstrates the promising future of the field, as well as the continued relevance of medieval studies for a wide range of disciplines and topics. Contributions by Stefanie Künzel, Marit Ronen, Cathrin Hähn, Rachel Welsh, Ninon Dubourg, Clara Jáuregui, Lucy Barnhouse, Cecilia Collins, Erin Connelly, and Christoph Wieselhuber.Table of ContentsForeword - Christina Lee; Introduction - Erin Connelly and Stefanie Künzel; Chapter 1 - Þu miht wiþ þam laþan ðe geond lond færð: Conceptualisations of Disease in Anglo-Saxon Charms - Stefanie Künzel; Chapter 2 - A Still Sound Mind: Personal Agency of Impaired People in Anglo-Saxon Care and Cure Narratives - Marit Ronen; Chapter 3 - Mobility Limitations and Assistive Aids in the Merovingian Burial Record - Cathrin Hähn; Chapter 4 - Tearing the Face in Grief and Rape: Cheek Rending in Medieval Iberia, c. 1000–1300 - Rachel Welsh; Chapter 5 - Clerical Leprosy and the Ecclesiastical Office: Dis/Ability and Canon Law - Ninon Dubourg; Chapter 6 - Inside the Leprosarium: Illness in the Daily Life of 14th Century Barcelona - Clara Jáuregui; Chapter 7 - Languages of Experience: Translating Medicine in MS Laud Misc 237 - Lucy Barnhouse; Chapter 8 - Heillög Bein, Brotin Bein: Manifestations of Disease in Medieval Iceland - Cecilia Collins; Chapter 9 - A Case Study of Plantago in the Treatment of Infected Wounds in the Middle English Translation of Bernard of Gordon’s Lilium medicinae - Erin Connelly; Chapter 10 - Miserum spectaculum, horrendus fetor, aspectus horrendus: “Syphilis” in Strasbourg at the Turn of the 16th Century - Christoph Wieselhuber

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Book SynopsisThe unique site of Mersa Gawasis was a base for seaborne trade along the Red Sea coast during the Middle Kingdom. The Egyptians’ purpose was to trade with Punt for incense and other exotic materials. There is little evidence of any permanent structures at the site apart from man-made caves in which shipping equipment was stored between expeditions. The pottery is, therefore, amongst the most significant evidence for human activity here. Vessel types include many marl C jars, but other kinds of vessels including significant foreign material also occur, some in large quantities. This variety of vessels and the careful reuse of potsherds is central to an understanding of specific and day to day domestic activities and of how the site operated. Mersa Gawasis has many vessel forms of the 12th and Early 13th dynasties. Epigraphic evidence closely dates the site, helping to confirm and underpin an understanding of vessel types and technologies within the ceramic chronology of the period. This volume presents the site’s wide variety of ceramic material, offering also an interpretation of what pottery reveals about activities at the site. The author and excavation photographer have worked together to enhance details of the text with specific photographs.Table of ContentsForeword and acknowledgements ; Chronology of the Middle Kingdom ; Chapter One Introduction: Mersa Gawasis, the background ; Chapter Two Overall chronology of the site ; Chapter Three The functioning of the site ; Chapter Four Pottery technology ; Chapter Five Pottery types, fabrics, and wares ; Corpus of vessel types at Mersa Gawasis ; Plates ; Appendix One: suggested fabric analogies for Middle Bronze Age imported vessels – by Mary F. Ownby, University of Arizona ; Appendix Two: Middle Bronze Age Syro-Palestinian pottery – by Dr Karin Kopetzky, University of Vienna with Dr Sally Wallace-Jones, Lucy Cavendish College Cambridge ; Appendix Three: Nubian and southern Red Sea ceramics – by Andrea Manzo ; Appendix Four: Catalogue of excavated sherd material ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisCurrent Research in Egyptology 2017 presents papers delivered during the eighteenth meeting of this international conference, held at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, 3–6 May, 2017. Some 122 scholars from all over the world gathered in Naples to attend three simultaneous sessions of papers and posters, focussed on a large variety of subjects: Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt, Nubian Studies, Language and Texts, Art and Architecture, Religion and Cult, Field Projects, Museums and Archives, Material Culture, Mummies and Coffins, Society, Technologies applied to Egyptology, Environment. The participants attended seven keynote presentations given by Rosanna Pirelli (Egyptologist), Irene Bragantini (Roman Archaeologist) and Andrea Manzo (Nubian Archaeologist) from the University of Naples “L’Orientale”; Marilina Betrò (Egyptologist) from Pisa University; Patrizia Piacentini (Egyptologist) from Milan University; Christian Greco (Director of Turin Egyptian Museum) and Daniela Picchi (Archaeological Museum of Bologna). Delegates were able to take advantage of a guided tour of the Oriental Museum Umberto Scerrato (University of Naples “L’Orientale”), access to the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN) and guided tours of the archaeological site of Pompeii and the Gaiola Underwater Park. The editors dedicate this volume to the late Prof. Claudio Barocas who inaugurated the teaching of Egyptology and Coptic Language and Literature in Naples.Table of ContentsRecent Archaeological Discoveries in Aba Island – Sudan – Ahmed Hussein Abdelrahman Adam ; Livelihood activities and food tradition in Kushite Nubia – Marco Baldi ; The Valley of the Queens: some preliminary remarks on the social identity of the 18th-dynasty tomb owners – Emanuele Casini ; Current and past research between Tebtynis and Padua: from sand to aerospace – Giulia Deotto, Ian Begg, Alessandra Menegazzi, Carlo Urbani, Andrea Meleri, Luca Toninello, Luigi Magnini, Laura Burigana, Armando De Guio, Ivana Angelini, Cinzia Bettineschi, Gianmario Molin, Giuseppe Salemi, Paola Zanovello ; Forgotten treasures: a journey (re)discovering the amulets of the Kerma Culture in the storerooms of the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston and in the Sudan National Museum of Khartoum – Elena D’Itria ; Tahai’s Secret: a Closer Look at the Coffin Ensemble of Lady Tahai from the ‘Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig’ in Switzerland – Charlotte Hunkeler ; Three’s a Crowd: the Possibility of Polygyny in New Kingdom Thebes – Ellen Jones ; ‘They were like lions roaring upon the mountain-crests’: Soundscapes of war in New Kingdom Egypt – Uroš Matić ; The curious case of priest Iufaa. Preliminary remarks on texts on the inner side of the outer sarcophagus – Diana Míčková ; One More for the Road: Beer, Sacrifice and Commemoration in Ancient Nubian Burials of the Classic Kerma Period – Elizabeth Minor ; Old Kingdom sarcophagi – The Abusir corpus – Věra Nováková ; Coffin Text spell 246: A description of the moon in conjunction with the sun – Gyula Priskin ; Macro-lithic tools and cupules in the Gash Delta (Eastern Sudan): a preliminary study – Francesco Michele Rega ; Stone architectural elements of the monastery at Manqabad and their typological classification – Anna Salsano ; The monumental tombs of the Asasif from the 25th-26th dynasties, between «cultural archive» and place of worship – Valeria Tappeti ; Glazed terracotta decorations from the palace of Natakamani (B1500) at Napata: a typological and iconographical analysis. Italian Archaeological Mission in Sudan at Jebel Barkal (Università Ca' Foscari, Venice) – Salvatore Taurino ; Egyptian metrics: a morphological approach – Stefano Vittori

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Book SynopsisThis collective work, carried out by both senior and beginning researchers, is for those scholars who have their gaze fixed on the fascinating mosaic of cultures that was the North-African world from the moment Rome appeared in the region. Even before this date, the arrival of Phoenicians on the continent and their subsequent spread throughout the north of it, initiated a rich process of contacts, interchanges and relations with the Libyan-Berber populations that inhabited the zone from time immemorial. To this scene of ancient cultural diversity –which also included an Egyptian component– Rome brought its own riches, generating in the region new episodes of cultural and religious syncretism. All these subjects are treated in the present book through some specific scientific contributions whose geopolitical frame is the whole Proconsular Africa. Most of the articles in this volume are dedicated to the world of images, but others also treat many other issues as Historiography, Archaeology of Architecture, Libyan-Berber ethnicities and even cultural parallels between North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.Table of ContentsPrólogo ; Preface (in English) ; Agradecimientos ; Principales repertorios utilizados ; Arqueología y cuestiones historiográficas: La investigación arqueológica en el Magreb: fabricando identidades (El caso de Túnez) – by Nayra Bethencourt González ; Las exploraciones arqueológicas del conde Byron Khun de Prorok en África – by Jorge García Sánchez ; Aproximación a la compleja historia arquitectónica de las Termas de Antonino Pío en Cartago – by Julio Núñez, Mitxel Salazar, Carlos Pérez, Oscar Reinares ; L’Antiquité dans le Ribat de Monastir: les chapiteaux et les corbeaux – by Ahmed Sayadi ; Líbicos y púnicos en el África romana: Los pueblos líbicos del norte de África: territorio, conceptos, fuentes – by Estefanía A. Benito Lázaro ; Sincretismo, alteridad y polisemia en el relieve de las siete divinidades líbico-púnicas de Béja (Túnez) – by Beatriz Calvo Bartolomé ; Hic sunt Musulami. Desterritorialización, pueblos y límites en el África romana. El caso de los musulamios – by Sergio España-Chamorro ; El sarcófago antropoide masculino del Museo Nacional de Cartago: algunas consideraciones – by Raquel Rubio González, M. Inmaculada Martín Martín ; El sacrificio animal en las estelas neopúnicas del norte de África – by Azael Varas Mazagatos ; Survivances de croyances et de rituels puniques: à propos de quelques figurines en terre cuite, de tradition punique, de la région d’El Jem – by Samia Zeghal-Yazidi ; Roma en África: Clásico y anticlásico en el imaginario del África romana – by Fabiola Salcedo Garcés ; Los relieves de Victorias del Museo Nacional de Cartago (Túnez) – by Raquel Rubio González ; Retratos femeninos de Cartago – by Paloma Mora Bernaldo de Quirós ; El Relieve de las Ménades de Thuburbo Maius (Túnez) – by Macarena Calderón Sánchez, Irene de Lucas Clemente ; La identidad de Saeculum Frugiferum: ¿divinidad o alegoría? – by Silvia Bonacasa Sáez ; Saturno Africano. Cuestiones sobre imagen y culto – by Mónica Galea González, Azael Varas Mazagatos ; Cultos orientales en el África romana: el caso de Cibeles – by Erika Rodríguez Angulo ; Iconografía de Iuno Caelestis: estado de la cuestión – by Beroiz von Kursell Pérez de Rada ; Entre Cartago y Roma: ejemplos de la cerámica ibérica pintada figurada – by Juan A. Santos Velasco

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Book SynopsisIn a cultural area where geography conspires against ease of exchange, Mesoamerican societies discovered technical answers adapted to their needs. At a time when the exchange of merchandise and goods relied mainly on human transport, some civilizations turned to a mystical aquatic environment: lakes. This research focuses on the practice of lake navigation and specific facilities that are associated with it. Due to the need for a wholistic approach, this research is situated in a multidisciplinary framework that combines archaeology, ethnology and ethnohistory. Its primary objective is to elaborate the framework of a new research field from the analytical and systematic study of a corpus of eclectic data, about the exploitation of water as a means of transport. In Mesoamerica, the greatest concentration of lake systems lies in the Mexican highlands. However, only the Mexico and Pátzcuaro Basin were converted into real political economic and cultural centres, with the emergence of the Mexica Empire and Tarascan State in the Late Postclassic period (1350-1521). Why then do archaeologists, ethnologists and historians persist in ignoring the true importance of navigation in their study of the formation and organization of these two civilizations? To what extent can we extract, from the study of boats and lake installations, data that can open new research perspectives? Dans une aire culturelle où la géographie conspire contre la fluidité des échanges, les sociétés mésoaméricaines ont su trouver des réponses techniques adaptées à leurs besoins. À une époque où l’acheminement de marchandises et de biens s’effectue principalement à dos d’homme, certaines civilisations vont se tourner vers un milieu aquatique mythique : les lacs. Ce travail de recherche s’intéresse donc à la pratique de la navigation lacustre et aux installations spécifiques qui lui sont associées. De par la nécessité d’une approche transversale, ce sujet se positionne dans un cadre pluridisciplinaire, entremêlant archéologie, ethnohistoire et ethnologie. Son objectif premier est de délimiter le cadre d’un nouveau champ de recherche à partir d’une étude analytique et systématique d’un corpus de données éclectiques, autour de l’exploitation d’un mode de transport aquatique. En Mésoamérique, c’est dans les hautes terres mexicaines que seuls les lacs des Bassins de Mexico et de Pátzcuaro ont été convertis en de véritables centres politiques, économiques et culturels à l’origine de l’émergence de l’Empire mexica et du Royaume tarasque à la période Postclassique (1350-1521). Pourquoi archéologues, historiens et ethnologues continuent donc d’ignorer la véritable importance de la navigation dans l’étude de la formation et de l’organisation de ces deux civilisations ? Dans quelle mesure les données que nous pourrons extraire de l’étude des embarcations et des installations lacustres peuvent-elles ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives de recherches ?Table of ContentsPrologue by Dr .Norman Hammond; Chapitre 1: Environnement lacustre et installations humaines sur le Haut Plateau Central Mexicain. Les Bassins de México et de Pátzcuaro; Chapitre 2: Navigation et aménagements lacustres: une pratique relationnelle dans la création d’un paysage culturel; Chapitre 3: La canoa comme instrument de navigation; Chapitre 4: Anthropisation et urbanisation du milieu lacustre; Conclusion; Bibliographie; Résumé

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Book SynopsisThe site of Chipana-1 is located in the middle of the Atacama Desert, in the Pampa del Tamarugal (PdT), 1200 m asl. The site is a good example of past societies adaptation to hyper-arid environments, and provides new insights into the early human occupations of South America. The well-preserved stratigraphic record, together with 13 radiocarbon dates, show that the site was occupied around 11,480 cal BP. Chipana-1 is a lithic raw-material extraction and workshop site, of a silicified rock of good quality, mainly related to the production of bifacial tools (façonnage), and to a lesser extent, of flakes (débitage) on surface. This is the first site in northern Chile that provides information on the first stages of lithic production, such as raw-material selection and reduction (dégrossissage). In addition, flakes resulting from façonnage (shaping method) suggest the local elaboration of large bifacial pieces that have not been recovered on site, indicating that part of the production was probably exported elsewhere, within and outside the borders of the PdT. Some smaller flakes also suggest a local production of “Tuina” type projectile points, a morphotype well-known in the regions south of the Atacama Desert. One can highlight the presence of flakes of allochthonous raw-materials, imported from other areas, which have been flaked at Chipana-1 in order to produce bifacial tools. Chipana-1 was an important location for Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherer groups, poorly known until now, for the gathering of raw-materials and lithic production in the Atacama Desert. The site was integrated within a broader network of mobility that we are just starting to discover. El sitio Chipana-1, situado en pleno corazón del Desierto de Atacama en la Pampa del Tamarugal (PdT) a 1200 msnm, refleja la adaptación de antiguas sociedades humanas a un ambiente hiper-árido, y aporta nuevos datos al debate sobre las primeras ocupaciones humanas en América del Sur. La buena conservación estratigráfica y 13 dataciones 14C muestran que el sitio fué frecuentado alrededor de los 11.480 cal BP. Chipana-1 es un sitio de producción lítica esencialmente de façonnage (modelado) bifacial, con un mínimo de débitage (desbaste) de lascas, observables en la superficie de esta gran cantera-taller de roca sílicificada de buena calidad. Este tipo de sitio es inédito dentro del norte de Chile, debido a que permite observar las etapas iniciales de elaboración como la selección cualitativa de la materia prima y su preparación (dégrossissage). Además, lascas del façonnage indican la elaboración de grandes piezas bifaciales no encontradas en el sitio, probablemente fueron exportadas a otras áreas dentro y fuera de la PdT. Algunas lascas más pequeñas señalan la producción de una punta de proyectil tipo “Tuina”, conocida en tierras altas hacia el sur del Atacama. Destacamos también la presencia de lascas de façonnage bifacial de materias primas alóctonas, que fueron importadas a la cantera como productos ya trabajados en otros sitios. Así Chipana-1 fue, para grupos de cazadores recolectores aún desconocidos al final del Pleistoceno, un punto importante de adquisición de roca tallable y de producción lítica en el Desierto de Atacama, insertado en un circuito de movilidad que recién comenzamos a develar.Table of ContentsResumen; Abstract; Introducción; Problemática y objetivos; 1 Antecedentes del Desierto de Atacama; 2 Presentación del sitio arqueológico Chipana – 1; 3 Metodología y conceptualización teórica; 4 Resultados del análisis tecnológico; 5 Discusiones y conclusions; Terminología Francés - Español; Bibliografía

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the results obtained during geoarchaeological studies carried out in the locality of Touro Passo, municipality of Uruguaiana, Brazil. There, the Paleoindian sites studied by the team of the PRONAPA-National Archaeological Research Program in the 1960s and 1970s were relocated and others with excellent study potential have been recognized. The archaeological sites are located in the alluvial plains of the Uruguay River and the Touro Passo Stream and correspond to the late Pleistocene-early Holocene transition. The geoarchaeological approach allowed the understanding of the stratigraphic sequence and the processes of formation and post-depositional disturbance of the archaeological sites in a fluvial environment. Archaeological excavations, soundings, stratigraphic profile surveys, sequence correlations and numerical dates were carried out. The dispersion of artifacts on the surface and cave erosion was recorded, and a lithic taphonomy study was carried out. Four Paleoindian sites located in the Touro Passo Formation were analyzed: Barranca Grande, RS-I-66: Milton Almeida, RS-I-69: Laranjito and Casualidade. The new chronologies obtained for the initial period of human occupation in the region represent a scientific advance for the study of hunter-gatherer occupations during the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene in the triple border of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Este libro presenta los resultados obtenidos durante los estudios geoarqueológicos realizados en la localidad Touro Passo, municipio de Uruguaiana, Brasil. Alli se reubicaron los sitios paleoindios estudiados por el equipo del PRONAPA-Programa Nacional de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en las décadas de 1960 y 1970 y han sido reconocidos otros con excelente potencial de estudio. Los sitios arqueológicos están situados en las planicies aluviales del Río Uruguay y del Arroyo Touro Passo y corresponden a la transición Pleistoceno tardío-Holoceno temprano. El enfoque geoarqueológico permitió la comprensión de la secuencia estratigráfica y los procesos de formación y perturbación postdepositacional de los sitios arqueológicos en ambiente fluvial. Fueron realizadas excavaciones arqueológicas, sondeos, relevamiento de perfiles-estratigráficos, correlaciones de secuencias y fechados numéricos. Se registró la dispersión de los artefactos en superficie y en las cárvavas de erosión, y se realizó, un estudio de tafonomía lítica. Se analizaron 4 sitios paleoindios situados en la Formación Touro Passo: Barranca Grande, RS-I-66:Milton Almeida, RS-I-69: Laranjito y Casualidade. Las nuevas cronologías obtenidas para el período inicial de ocupación humana en la región, representan un avance científico para el estudio de las ocupaciones cazadoras-recolectoras durante el Pleistoceno tardío-Holoceno temprano en la triple frontera Brasil, Argentina y Uruguay.Table of ContentsCAPÍTULO 1. INTRODUCCIÓN; CAPÍTULO 2. ANTECEDENTES DE INVESTIGACIÓN; CAPÍTULO 3. MARCO GEOGRÁFICO Y AMBIENTAL DEL ÁREA DE ESTUDIO; CAPÍTULO 4. PALEOAMBIENTES, FAUNA PLEISTOCÉNICA Y VEGETACIÓN EN EL RIO URUGUAY Y ARROYO TOURO PASSO; CAPÍTULO 5. METODOLOGÍA; CAPÍTULO 6. PROSPECCIONES ARQUEOLÓGICAS EN LA CUENCA DEL RÍO URUGUAY Y EN LA SUBCUENCA DEL ARROYO TOURO PASSO: REUBICACIÓN Y UBICACIÓN DE NUEVOS SITIOS; CAPÍTULO 7. LOS SITIOS ARQUEOLÓGICOS EN LA FORMACIÓN SEDIMENTARIA TOURO PASSO: PROCESOS DE FORMACIÓN Y PERTURBACIÓN POSTDEPOSICIONAL; CAPÍTULO 8. EL ESTUDIO GEOARQUEOLÓGICO EN LOS SITIOS DEL RIO URUGUAY; CAPÍTULO 9. LOS CONJUNTOS ARTEFACTUALES DE LOS CAZADORES - RECOLECTORES EN LA TRANSICIÓN PLEISTOCENO - HOLOCENO:UN BREVE ANÁLISIS TAFONÓMICO Y TECNOLÓGICO; CAPÍTULO 10. DISCUSIONES DE LOS RESULTADOS; CAPÍTULO 11. CONCLUSIONES; BIBLIOGRAFIA

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Book SynopsisWalking with the Unicorn – Jonathan Mark Kenoyer Felicitation Volume' is an important contribution highlighting recent developments in the archaeological research of ancient South Asia, with specific reference to the Indus Civilization. As suggested by the title, it is a compilation of original papers written to celebrate the outstanding contributions of Jonathan Mark Kenoyer to the archaeology of South Asia over the past forty years. Many interpretations now commonly accepted in the study of the Indus Civilization are the results of Kenoyer’s original insights, which combine his instinctive knowledge of the indigenous culture with the groundbreaking application of ethnoarchaeology, experimental studies and instrumental analyses. The numerous contributions from international specialists cover central aspects of the archaeological research on Bronze Age South Asia, as well as of the neighboring regions. They include socio-economic implications of craft productions, the still undeciphered Indus script and related administrative technologies and procedures. The inter-regional exchanges that allowed the rooting of the Indus culture over a vaste territory, as well as the subtle regional variations in this ‘Harappan veneer’ are also studied.Table of ContentsJonathan Mark Kenoyer and ISMEO – Occasions in Continuum (Adriano V. Rossi) ; Jonathan Mark Kenoyer – The Tale of Sikander and the Unicorn (Dennys Frenez, Gregg Jamison, Randall Law, Massimo Vidale and Richard H. Meadow) ; Jonathan Mark Kenoyer – Bibliography ; Fish Exploitation during the Harappan Period at Bagasra in Gujarat, India. An Ichthyoarchaeological Approach (Abhayan G. S., P. P. Joglekar, P. Ajithprasad, K. Krishnan, K. K. Bhan and S. V. Rajesh) ; The Sincerest Form of Flattery? Terracotta Seals as Evidence of Imitation and Agency in Bronze Age Middle Asia (Marta Ameri) ; Reflections on Fantastic Beasts of the Harappan World. A View from the West (Joan Aruz) ; Fish Symbolism and Fish Remains in Ancient South Asia (William R. Belcher) ; Some Important Aspects of Technology and Craft Production in the Indus Civilization with Specific Reference to Gujarat (Kuldeep K. Bhan) ; Chert Mines and Chert Miners. The Material Culture and Social Organization of the Indus Chipped Stone Workers, Artisans and Traders in the Indus Valley (Sindh, Pakistan) (Paolo Biagi, Elisabetta Starnini and Ryszard Michniak) ; Ceramic Analysis and the Indus Civilization. A Review (Alessandro Ceccarelli and Cameron A. Petrie) [Open Access: Download] ; Family Matters in Harappan Gujarat (Brad Chase) ; Revisiting the Ornament Styles of the Indus Figurines: Evidence from Harappa, Pakistan (Sharri R. Clark) ; The Harappan ‘Veneer’ and the Forging of Urban Identity (Mary A. Davis) ; Private Person or Public Persona? Use and Significance of Standard Indus Seals as Markers of Formal Socio-Economic Identities (Dennys Frenez) ; Lithic Blade Implements and their Role in the Harappan Chalcolithic Cultural Development in Gujarat (Charusmita Gadekar and P. Ajithprasad) ; Who Were the ‘Massacre Victims’ at Mohenjo-daro? A Craniometric Investigation (Brian E. Hemphill) ; Indus Copper and Bronze: Traditional Perspectives and New Interpretations (Brett C. Hoffman) ; A Short Note on Strontium Isotope Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains from the Site of Sarai Khola (Asma Ibrahim) ; The Organization of Indus Unicorn Seal Production. A Multi-faceted Investigation of Technology, Skill, and Style (Gregg M. Jamison) ; The Size of Indus Seals and its Significance (Ayumu Konasukawa and Manabu Koiso) ; The Art and Technology of Reserving a Slip. A Complex Side of Indus Ceramic Tradition (K. Krishnan and Sneh Pravinkumar Patel) ; The Art of the Harappan Microbead – Revisited (Randall W. Law) ; The North Gujarat Archaeological Project – NoGAP. A Multi-Proxy and Multi-Scale Study of Long-Term Socio-Ecological Dynamics (Marco Madella, P. Ajithprasad, Carla Lancelotti, J. J. García-Granero, F. C. Conesa, C. Gadekar and S. V. Rajesh) ; Toponyms, Directions and Tribal Names in the Indus Script (Iravatham Mahadevan and M. V. Bhaskar) ; Ganweriwala – A New Perspective (Farzand Masih) ; Personal Reflections on some Contributions of Jonathan Mark Kenoyer to the Archaeology of Northwestern South Asia (Richard H. Meadow) ; Invisible Value or Tactile Value? Steatite in the Faience Complexes of the Indus Valley Tradition (Heather M.-L. Miller and Jonathan Mark Kenoyer) ; What Makes a Pot Harappan (Heidi J. Miller) ; Dilmun-Meluhhan Relations Revisited in Light of Observations on Early Dilmun Seal Production during the City IIa-c Period (c. 2050-1800 BC) (Eric Olijdam and Hélène David-Cuny) ; Unicorn Bull and Victory Parade (Asko Parpola) ; Analytical Study of Harappan Copper Artifacts from Gujarat with Special Reference to Bagasra (Ambika Patel and P. Ajithprasad) ; Looking beneath the Veneer. Thoughts about Environmental and Cultural Diversity in the Indus Civilization (Cameron A. Petrie, Danika Parikh, Adam S. Green and Jennifer Bates) ; Decorated Carnelian Beads from the Indus Civilization Site of Dholavira (Great Rann of Kachchha, Gujarat) (V. N. Prabhakar) ; ‘Artifact Reuse and Mixed Archaeological Contexts at Chatrikhera, Rajasthan’ (Teresa P. Raczek, Namita S. Sugandhi, Prabodh Shirvalkar and Lalit Pandey) [Open Access: Download] ; Pre-Prabhas Assemblage in Gujarat. An Assessment based on the Material Culture from Somnath, Datrana and Janan (Rajesh S. V., Charusmita Gadekar, P. Ajithprasad, G. S. Abhayan, K. Krishnan and Marco Madella) ; The Indus Script and Economics. A Role for Indus Seals and Tablets in Rationing and Administration of Labor (Rajesh P. N. Rao) ; Beads of Possible Indus Origin with Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (Julian E. Reade and Jonathan Taylor) ; The Role of Archaeology in National Identity: Muslim Archaeology in Pakistan (Shakirullah) ; The Smallest Scale of Stone. Pebbles as a Diminutive Form of Nature (Monica L. Smith) ; Five Thousand Years of Shell Exploitation at Bandar Jissah, Sultanate of Oman (Christopher P. Thornton, Charlotte M. Cable, David Bosch and Leslie Bosch) [Open Access: Download] ; Indus Stone Beads in the Ghaggar Plain with a Focus on the Evidence from Farmana and Mitathal (Akinori Uesugi, Manmohan Kumar and Vivek Dangi) ; Locard’s Exchange Principle and the Bead-Making Industries of the 3rd Millennium BC (Massimo Vidale, Giuseppe Guida, Gianfranco Priori and Anna Siviero) ; Inscription Carving Technology of Early Historic South Asia. Results of Experimental Archaeology and Assessment of Minor Rock Edicts in Karnataka (Heather Walder) ; The Volumetric System of Harappa (Bryan K. Wells) ; An Harappan History of US Researchers in Pakistan. In Celebration of Jonathan Mark Kenoyer (Rita P. Wright) ;

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Book SynopsisThe Mycenaean Cemetery at Achaia Clauss near Patras: People, material remains and culture in context' comprises the study of the finds from the excavation of the Mycenaean cemetery of Clauss near Patras, carried out by the University of Ioannina and the Archaeological Society at Athens from 1988 to 1992, under the direction of Professor Thanassis Papadopoulos. In the course of the excavation project, fifteen chambered tombs were located and researched in detail, to be added to those already known from the pre-war excavations by Nikolaos Kyparissis. The presentation of the topic expands into seven thematic chapters: from a general review of the cemetery space and the sites, to analytical description of the excavation, remarks on the architecture, study of the finds, analysis of the burial customs and finally, narration of the overall history of the cemetery according to chronological period and generation of its occupants. The eighth and last chapter is an addendum including a brief presentation of the anthropological analysis of the skeletal material by Photini J. P. McGeorge and Wiesław Więckowski. The Mycenaean cemetery at Achaia Clauss near Patras presents fragments of the life and death of some members of a local community that existed for almost four centuries at the western end of the Mycenaean world.Trade ReviewAs the primary publication… of archaeological data, this volume will quickly take its place as the repository and discussion of an important cemetery in the northwest Peloponnese, in a part of the Mycenaean world that never boasted a palatial center. The excellent illustrations will serve generations of scholars interested in various aspects of Mycenaean material culture. John K. Papadopoulos, UCLA (Bryn Mawr Classical Review: http://www.bmcreview.org/2019/05/20190550.html)Table of ContentsPrologue by Professor Thanassis Papadopoulos; Preface – Acknowledgements; Introduction – The Methodology of Research; Chapter 1. The Mycenaean period in Achaea; Chapter 2. Description of tombs; Chapter 3. The setting and architecture of the tombs; Chapter 4. Catalogue of the finds from the cemetery; Chapter 5. The finds from the cemetery—analysis ; Chapter 6. Funerary customs in the cemetery; Chapter 7. The people and society of Clauss—overview and history of the cemetery ; Chapter 8. Bioarchaeological approach to the human remains from Clauss; Appendix. Tables of data; List of Figures; List of Tables; General Abbreviations ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Archaeology of Death: Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of Italian Archaeology held at the National University of Ireland, Galway, April 16-18, 2016 includes more than 60 papers, with contributors from the British Isles, Italy and other parts of continental Europe, and North and South America, which consider recent developments in Italian archaeology from the Neolithic to the modern period. Each region of Italy is represented, with specific sections of the volume devoted to Etruria, South Italy, and Sicily. Other sections have a chronological focus, including Italian Prehistory, the Roman period, and Post Antiquity. Following the primary theme of the meeting, the majority of papers revolve around the archaeology of death; numerous contributions analyse the cultural significance of death through examinations of funerary rituals and mortuary practices, while others analyse burial data for evidence of wider social and political change. Various papers consider new and recent discoveries in Italian archaeology, while others ask fresh questions of older datasets. In addition, a number of contributions showcase their employment of new methodologies deriving from technological innovations. The volume opens with a dedicatory section to mark the achievements of the Accordia Research Institute, and to celebrate the careers of two of its founders, Ruth Whitehouse and John Wilkins. The following paper(s) are available to download in Open Access: Cremation structures and funerary dynamics in Roman Veneto. New perspectives from Padua/Patavium – Cecilia Rossi and Irene Marini: DownloadTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements – by Edward Herring & Eóin O’Donoghue ; I. Celebrating Accordia: Introduction – by Edward Herring ; Reaching a new accord: revitalising feminism in the study of Italian archaeology – by Lucy Shipley ; At Face Value: questioning the visibility of gender in Etruscan funerary art – by Carrie Murray ; “You’ll get a belt from your Da”: military prowess, status and masculinity and the evidence of the bronze belts from South Italy – by Edward Herring ; Recent approaches to early writing – by Christopher Smith ; II. Cultural contacts, resistance, and integration in South Italy: Métissage, acculturazione or hybridization?: Introduction – by Arianna Esposito & Airton Pollini ; Have you said métissage or hybridization? A viewpoint from the graves – by Arianna Esposito & Airton Pollini ; Greek and Indigenous people: investigation in the cemetries of Megara Hyblaea – by Reine-Marie Bérard ; Constructing deathscapes between Pithekoussai and Cumae: la costruzione del sociale all’alba della colonizzazione tra integrazione e ibridazione – by Valentino Nizzo ; Material culture and ethnic identity: some case studies from Pontecagnano (first-second quarter of the seventh century BC) – by Anna Maria Desiderio ; Le necropoli arcaiche di Capua: le tombe a cubo come fenomeno ibrido – by Ellen Thiermann ; Arpi (Puglia), città aperta? – by Claude Pouzadoux & Luca Basile ; Funerary art and munera: gladiators, graffiti and tombstones at Pompeii. – by Renata Senna Garraffoni ; III. Etruria: Diversity in death: a construction of identities and the funerary record of multi-ethnic central Italy from 950 to 350 BC – by Albert J. Nijboer ; Subordinate satellite communities of Poggio Civitate – by Katharine Kreindler ; Multicultural interaction, colonial boundaries and changing group identities: contextualising inscriptions, languages and alphabets – by Ulla Rajala & Karin W. Tikkanen ; Burial Custom Patterns in Early and Middle Orientalising Caere – by Orlando Cerasuolo ; Lords of Amber. The Villanovan settlement of Verucchio rediscovered – by Loreznzo Zamboni & Paolo Rondini ; The Etruscan Fortress of Rofalco. Twenty years of excavation and outreach activities – by Orlando Cerasuolo & Luca Pulcinelli ; Finding a middle ground in the burial ground: Mortuary behaviour at Populonia and Vetulonia in the Early Iron Age – by Sheira Cohen ; La nascita dei ‘principi’. Il sepolcreto di Vetulonia nel periodo Orientalizzante – by Camilla Colombi ; The Power of Etruscan Women Revisited – by Eóin O'Donoghue ; Infancy and Urbanization in Central Italy during the Early Iron Age and Beyond – by Francesca Fulminante ; Un approccio ‘interdisciplinare’ allo studio di un contesto funerario orientalizzante-arcaico da Tarquinia – by Alessandro Mandolesi, Maria Rosa Lucidi, Margarita Gleba, Ombretta Tarquini, Marcello Colapietro & Augusto Pifferi ; IV. South Italy: Identità e isotopi: il contributo delle analisi scientifiche all’interpretazione della necropoli enotria di Francavilla Marittima – by Camilla Colombi, Igor M. Villa & Martin A. Guggisberg ; Funerary customs and social aspects of one community in the Valley of the River Agri between the end of the fifth and third century BC – by Josipa Mandić ; Società Pithecusana e Traffici Commercialo Etruschi Nell’Orientalizzante Recente – by Francesco Napolitano ; Dancing Around the Grave? Funerary Rituals and the Creation of Peucetian Identity between the Sixth and Third Century BC – by Bice Peruzzi ; No Country for Old Men? Gender and Age in a small Archaic South Italian Community – by Christian Heitz ; Le forme dell’appartenenza aristocratica nella necropoli di Fornaci a Capua. Alcuni dati dalle sepolture orientalizzanti dell’area sud-orientale – by Elena Marazzi ; Materiali e Corredi Funerari nella Media valle del fiume Fortore tra VII sec. a.C. e III sec. a.C. – by Pasquale Marino, Andrea Capozzi & Diletta Colombo ; Una preghiera senza voce. I gesti del sacro e la ritualità ctonia nelle necropoli della Campania tra I e II età del ferro – by Carmelo Rizzo ; Rango, potere e identità sociale nei sepolcreti indigeni di età orientalizzante della Piana del Sarno, Campania – by Francesca Mermati ; Only princes in Daunia? Critical considerations on the conception of “elite” in Iron Age North-Apulia on the basis of the so-called tombe principesche – by Lisa Obojes ; Capua in Età Orientalizzante: Tombe di Rango Dall’Area Oxxidentale Della Necropoli di Fornaci – by Mattia Maturo ; Burial practices in the necropolis of Buccino from the mid-seventh to the early fourth century BC – by Cesare Vita ; Accedere all’Aldilà? L’Aes rude in tomba: nuove acquisizioni da Pontecagnano – by Anna Rita Russo ; V. Sicily: La Necropoli Est di Polizzello: Riti e deposizioni dalle tombe 5 e 5A – by Alberto D’Agata ; La Tomba 24 e 25 della Necropoli Est di Polizzello: i processi di ellenizzazione nelle tradizioni funerarie di un insediamento indigeno della Sicilia centrale – by Antonio Barbera ; Le Tombe a Grotticella artificiale del territorio di Valguarnera: Nuovi Dati – by Eleonora Draià ; Via Minervia: nuovi dati dalle recenti indagini a Punta della Campanella – by Tommasina Budetta, Rosa Cannavacciuolo & Carmelo Rizzo ; The making of sacred and funerary landscapes in central Sicily between the sixth and the first millennium BC – by Enrico Giannitrapani ; Sepolture femminili e infantili nella necropoli di Sabucina (Caltanissetta) – by Nicoletta Di Carlo ; Calicantone: A funerary landscape in Sicily – by Pietro Militello, Anna Maria Sammito, Marianna Figuera, Maria Gianchino & Thea Messina ; VI. Prehistory: Caves and shelters in the Uccellina Mountains (Alberese - Grosseto) - Funerary practices and rituals during the Bronze and Copper Ages at Grotta dello Scoglietto and Buca di Spaccasasso – by Nicoletta Volante & Lucia Sarti ; Characteristics of the cult and funerary caves in the Agrigento territory – by Domenica Gullì ; The chamber tombs phenomenon as evidence for the birth of a Bronze Age élite: the case of the Roccoia cemetery (Farnese, VT) – by Nuccia Negroni Catacchio, Matteo Aspesi, Christian Metta, Giulia Pasquini & Andrea Jacopo Sala ; Copper Age ancestral sanctuaries and landscapes in Valle Camonica – by Raffaella Poggiani Keller ; Grotta Nisco (Cassano delle Murge-Bari), una necropoli dell’età del Rame. Lo studio di “ambiente 1” e “ambiente 5”. – by Francesca Radina & Maria Lucrezia Savino ; Discovering Sofia: semi-digital forensic facial reconstruction of a woman from Copper Age Sicily – by Davide Tanasi ; VII. Roman Italy : False-Doors in Domestic Roman Architecture – by Maurice Owen ; Cremation structures and funerary dynamics in Roman Veneto. New perspectives from Padua/Patavium – Cecilia Rossi and Irene Marini [Open Access: Download] ; The Via Castrimeniense: one of the most ancient routes between the Alban Hills and Rome Agnese – by Livia Fischetti ; Approaching Roman Secondary Settlements in Italy: Diachronic Trends, Spatial Relationships and Economic Roles – by Stefano Bertoldi, Gabriele Castiglia & Angelo Castrorao Barba ; The discovery of the Roman rural settlement of “Podere San Lorenzo” in Montecastrilli (Terni, Italy) – by Luca Desibio & Pier Matteo Barone ; VIII. Post Antique: Special deposition in the catacomb of St. Callistus in Rome. New data on the funerary use of catacombs between the eighth and the ninth centuries – by Agnese Pergola ; Ethnic identity, material culture and social development of the Langobards: some examples – by Federica Codromaz ; Gli Spazi degli Esclusi. Sepolture isolate d’infanti nell’Italia tardo-antica: Il contributo della ricerca archaeologica – by Lidia Vitale ; Putridaria (strainer rooms) and draining practices of the bodies. Anthropology of death in the modern age – by Roberta Fusco ; IX. New Methods & Technologies: 3D modeling and Attic pottery. A new approach to an “old” question – by Alessandro Pace & Daniele Bursich ; The Stockholm Volterra Project: exploring a cityscape in an urban context – by Ulla Rajala, Arja Karivieri, Andreas Viberg, Elena Sorge, Alessandro Furiesi, Gianfranco Morelli & Gianluca Catanzariti ; GIS applications in the valorization of the cultural heritage: the case of Campovalano (Central Italy, TE) and its territory – by Carmen Soria ; Funerary landscapes and archaeology of war in the Cuneo valleys, GIS and interdisciplinarity: toward new frontiers of research – by Isabel Beltrán Gil, Eliana Maniaci & Erika Mattio ; GIS and visual analysis of a Copper Age funerary site: intra-site perspectives at “Poggio di Spaccasasso” (Grosseto, Italy) – by Giovanna Pizziolo & Nicoletta Volante ; A Sign of the Times: Updating the Outdoor Wayside Panels of Tarquinia – by Andrew Carroll ; Chemical characterization of EBA/MBA pottery from Ognina (Sicily). A comparison of XRF and pXRF for analysis of ancient pottery – by Davide Tanasi, Robert H. Tykot, Frederick Pirone & Erin McKendry ; The Socio-Political Dimensions of Archaeology: Some Reflections on the Italian Path – by Andrea Andrea Maria Gennaro

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Book SynopsisSince the inception of Maya studies, the issue of water supply in Classic Maya society has been a matter of controversial debate. Due to the annually recurring dry seasons the availability of water during this period is and has always been problematic. In the light of these conditions, the fact that the pre-Hispanic Maya were able to establish, developed and maintain prosperous urban centres over long periods is hard to explain. In order to resolve this open issue, this book aims to explain the water management strategies of the Maya in pre-Hispanic times. To this end, this volume analyses the intricate relationship between the natural environment and the adaptation strategies of the pre-Hispanic population, whose physical remains were documented in the form of hydraulic features. A large section of this book discusses the different forms, functions, and the geographic distribution of the published hydraulic features. The main body of this monograph focuses on the archaeological investigation of the hydraulic system of Uxul, a medium-sized Maya centre in the south of the state of Campeche, Mexico. As many open research questions could be addressed and studied in this site, the hydraulic system of Uxul acted as a central point of reference for the evaluation of the socio-political relevance of water management in the Maya Lowlands. This book identifies both the natural causes for water scarcities and the cultural adaptation strategies that were designed to overcome them. Due to this comprehensive approach, the present book is the most extensive and exhaustive account on the hydraulic features of the Maya Lowlands and thus enables representative statements on the sociopolitical relevance of water management in Classic Maya society.Trade Review'This publication offers a fresh look at the study of water management among the pre-Hispanic Maya... and helps us to understand the underlying problems of the Yucatán Peninsula and how the pre-Hispanic population developed various strategies for the management of rainwater. The publication is commended both for its academic content and good images (more than 260, many of them in colour) as well as its printing quality. The volume contains an extensive discussion and summary of the history of research related to the management of water and land in pre-Hispanic times.' ⁠—Antonio Benavides Castillo, Estudios de Cultura Maya 54, August 2019'In sum, this large volume of 517 pages provides a unique synthesis that many will find useful. Indeed, Seefeld’s book constitutes the best comprehensive study of ancient Maya water management available at this time, with no comparable work out there. The book is a very valuable addition to a Mayanist’s library because of everything it brings together on the topic of ancient Maya water management. Scholars working in water management in other regions of the world will also find a very good place to start here if they intend to look at the Maya case.' ⁠—Thomas Ruhl and Nicholas P. Dunning, Latin American Antiquity Vol. 30, No. 3, September 2019Table of ContentsForeword ; Preface ; 1 Introduction ; 2 Geomorphology of the Maya Lowlands ; 3 History of research on the hydrology of the Maya Lowlands ; 4 Climate history and landscape history of the Maya Lowlands ; 5 Review of hydraulic features in the Maya Lowlands ; 6 Archaeological investigation of Uxul’s hydraulic system ; 7 Functional and spatial patterns of hydraulic features in the Maya Lowlands ; 8 Development and sociopolitical relevance of water management in Classic Maya society ; 9 Conclusions ; 10 Bibliography

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Book SynopsisSymposium in Stamna both as a concept and as a process involved the presence of prominent citizens of the social establishment as testified by the large cauldrons, the tripod jars and the tripod vessels present. To Die in Style! The residential lifestyle of feasting and dying in Iron Age Stamna, Greece re-examines the cemeteries studied to date, isolating tombs with unique architecture or peculiar structures with individual features, in order to investigate the complex identity of the elite group ideologies. The finding and studying of such a large number of PRG tombs (c. 500), presents a remarkable representative example for the discussion on the perception of death, confronting it through the mourning ritual, but also examining the creation of an individual and collective memory of the population that operated in this privileged geographic installation, redefining as such the cultural landscape of the Protogeometric era. The pre-existing theoretical framework, the methodology of managing and displaying of grief and their correlation with already studied and exalted geographical parallels, integrate Stamna into the cultural chain of the populations ruled by an overall-systematic design of a particular cultural ideology.Table of ContentsThe Banquet through the Burial Testimony.; A. The tomb evidence.; B. Material evidence of consumption: The ceramic dinner sets.; C. Bronze vessels.; D. Complementary feasting equipment: Spits, Hooks and Knives.; Fare thee well. The Stamna Timeless Farewell.; Feasting and Dying in a lebes; an institutional innovation with an international appeal.; Symposium, Religion and Cult portrayed through successive layers of burials, (semi)circular constructions and pyres.; “Consuming” with the dead.; "In Darkness We Trust"; References

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Book SynopsisThis volume concerns the bioanthropological analysis and the investigation of Second Iron Age (also known as the La Tène period: 470–25 BC) funerary practices in central Valais. More precisely, it deals with the study of two necropolises lately discovered in this mountainous region of southern Switzerland: Randogne–Bluche (excavated between 2001 and 2005) and Sion–Parking des Remparts (excavated in 2006). The matter of Second Iron Age funeral practices has been investigated since the late 19th century in Switzerland and has ever since yielded many exceptional finds. In archaeological terms, the research presented in this work introduces a consistent summary of the current archaeological and historiographical state of knowledge regarding Second Iron Age funeral practices in southern Switzerland. Étude paléoanthropologique et analyse des rituels funéraires de deux sites laténiens valaisans : Randogne – Bluche et Sion – Parking des Remparts porte sur l’analyse bioanthropologique et l’étude des rituels funéraires laténiens en Valais central. Plus précisément, elle traite des ensembles funéraires de Randogne – Bluche (fouillé entre 2001 et 2005) et de Sion – Parking des Remparts (fouillé en 2006). Le premier objectif de cette étude a consisté à attribuer une identité et des caractéristiques biologiques aux individus inhumés au sein de ces deux ensembles. Ensuite, il s’est agi de caractériser ces deux ensembles funéraires par leur insertion au cadre géographique et archéologique, de s’intéresser à leur organisation chronologique et spatiale et à l’architecture des sépultures, ainsi qu’aux positions d’inhumation, de même qu’au mobilier funéraire présent. Par la suite, nous avons développé une vision comparative de ces deux ensembles funéraires, avant de finalement les confronter à l’intégralité du corpus funéraire laténien actuellement connu pour le Valais central et ainsi chercher à proposer une vision synthétique de la question.Table of ContentsForeword; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Modus Operandi; 3 - Les rituels funéraires du Second âge du Fer en Valais central; 4. Randogne–Bluche (VS); 5. Sion–Parking des Remparts (VS); 6. Vision comparative et discursive; 7. Conclusions; 8. Bibliographie; 9. Liste des figures

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Book SynopsisThis volume discusses the evolution of oikema, which is the most common type of commercial facility in ancient Greece. The study covers a large area including Continental Greece, the Aegean islands, the Ionian islands and the west coast of Asia Minor. The author, after a thorough analysis, proposes a new terminology for commercial and industrial facilities. The book also presents the architectural characteristics and the equipment of oikemata and discusses their location and relationship with other buildings. The ownership, use and maintenance of oikemata are also discussed. It is argued that oikemata provided merchants and craftsmen with a suitable working space and contributed to the gradual abandonment of houses as working places, especially in cities that developed in the Hellenistic period. Their characteristics corresponded perfectly well to the needs of Greek commerce.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Nomenclature; Le vocabulaire antique des installations commerciales; Les critères d’identification des pièces polyvalentes; L’apparition de la pièce polyvalente; Les activités attestées dans les pièces polyvalentes; Les caractéristiques des pièces polyvalentes; La gestion des pièces polyvalentes; Les pièces polyvalentes et l’organisation du commerce; Conclusion; Bibliographie; Index des lieux; Index des mots grecs; Index des auteurs anciens; Index des inscriptions; Origine des illustrations

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Book SynopsisThe publication of ‘Over the Mountains and Far Away: Studies in Near Eastern history and archaeology presented to Mirjo Salvini on the occasion of his 80th birthday’ was initiated by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, the International Association of Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (Rome, Italy) and the Association for Near Eastern and Caucasian Studies (Yerevan, Armenia) as a tribute to the career of Professor Mirjo Salvini on the occasion his 80th birthday. It is composed of 62 papers written by his colleagues and students from Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Great Britain, Russian Federation, Israel, Turkey, Islamic Republic of Iran, Georgia, United States and Armenia. The contributions presented here cover numerous topics, a wide geographical area and a long chronological period. However, most of the contributions deal with research in the fields of Urartian and Hittite Studies, the topics that attracted Prof. Salvini during his long and fruitful career most.Trade ReviewThis Festschrift does an admirable job in outlining Salvini's career, his importance for Urartian studies and the regions beyond, and his accomplishments in leading and reshaping institutions such as the now-named ISMEO (International Association of Mediterranean and Oriental Studies). -- Michael Weiskopf * Ancient West & East, Volume 20 *Table of ContentsEditorial – by Pavel Avetisyan, Roberto Dan, Yervand Grekyan; Foreword – by Adriano Rossi; Mirjo Salvini: Bibliography ; Bīsotūn, ‘Urartians’ and ‘Armenians’ of the Achaemenid Texts, and the Origins of the Exonyms Armina and Arminiya – by Gregory E. Areshian; Human Images from the Eastern Urartian Periphery: Anthropomorphic Sculpture of Syunik on the Cusp of the 2nd and 1st Millennia BC – by Hayk Avetisyan, Artak Gnuni, Gagik Sargsyan and Arsen Bobokhyan; Cult-Places of Ancient Armenia: A Diachronic View and an Attempt of Classification – by Pavel Avetisyan and Arsen Bobokhyan; The Elamite Tablets from Armavir-Blur (Armenia): A Re-Examination – by Miqayel Badalyan, Gian Pietro Basello and Roberto Dan; Šiuini: The Urartian Sun god – by Miqayel Badalyan; Protective Clay Figurines in the Urartian Fortresses – by Atilla Batmaz; Mesopotamians and Mesopotamian Learning at Hattusa, Thirty Years On – by Gary Beckman; Too Many Horns in the Temple of the God Hadad of Aleppo at the Time of the Ebla Archives! – by Maria Giovanna Biga; The Roots of the Urartian Kingdom: The Growth of Social Complexity on the Armenian Plateau Between Ancient Bronze and Early Iron Ages – by Raffaele Biscione; Thoughts about the Audience-Hall of Naramsin at Tell Asmar-Ešnunna – by Felix Blocher; The Urartian God Quera and the Metamorphosis of the ‘Vishap’ Cult – by Arsen Bobokhyan, Alessandra Gilibert and Pavol Hnila; Laḫmu, ‘The Hairy One’, and the Puzzling Issue of Mythology in Middle Assyrian Glyptic Art – by Dominik Bonatz; The First Gilgamesh Conjectures About the Earliest Epic – by Giorgio Buccellati; Ayanis Fortress: Only a Military Fortress or More? – by Altan Çilingiroğlu; Granaries in Urartu and Neighboring States and the Monumentalization of Administrative Records – by Birgit Christiansen; Hasanlu, the Southern Caucasus and Early Urartu – by Megan Cifarelli; The King of the Rock Revisited: The Site of As-Sila (Tafila, Jordan) and the Inscription of Nabonidus of Babylon – by Rocío Da Riva; A New Painting Fragment from Erebuni and an Overview of Urartian Wall Paintings – by Roberto Dan, Yeghis Keheyan, Nelli Hovhannisyan, Artur Petrosyan, Yelena Atoyants, Priscilla Vitolo and Boris Gasparyan; New Observations Regarding the Urartian Inscription of the Tul-e Talesh Bracelet – by Maryam Dara; Nouvelles réflexions relatives à la fin du royaume d’Ourartou – la forteresse d’Erebuni vers la fin du VIIe siècle av. J.-C. – by Stéphane Deschamps, François Fichet de Clairfontaine and Mary Karapetyan; Quand dieu aide les vainqueurs... – by Jean-Marie Durand; The Relationship between State and Nomads in the Urartian Kingdom – by Aylin Ü. Erdem; Alcune considerazioni sulla posizione di Uršum e Ḫaššum/Ḫaššuwa: dal commercio paleo-assiro al regno di Ḫattušili I – by Massimo Forlanini; L’espressione (ANA) PANI NP nei colofoni ittiti – by Rita Francia; From Khazane Kapoussi/Hazine Kapısı to Analıkız: Rethinking a Place at Tušpa Citadel – by Bülent Genç; Some Remarks on Qulḫa – by Levan Gordeziani; The Problem of the Origin of the Urartian Scribal School – by Yervand Grekyan; The Cross Statue as a Symbol of Christianizing Armenia – by Grigor Grigoryan; Oshakan Tomb No. 25 Revisited – by Michael Herles; Urartian Envoys to Ashurbanipal’s Court – Some Remarks on the Assyro - Urartian Relations in the First; Half of the 7th Century BC – by Krzysztof Hipp; The ‘City of Ḫaldi’ in the Land of Uaza – by Simon Hmayakyan; Urartian Inscriptions at the Van Museum. A New Collection – by Kenan Işık; Towards the Reconstruction of the Hurro-Urartian Protolanguage – by Margarit Khachikyan; A New Rock-Cut Tomb in Van Fortress/Tushpa – by Erkan Konyar; Upper Euphrates Political Geography Reconsidered – by Aram Kosyan; The Urartian Rock-Cut Chamber at Yelpin / Armenia – by Stephan Kroll; Le terre di Urartu nella descrizione di Strabone – by Gianfranco Maddoli; The Armenian Patronymic Arcruni – by Hrach Martirosyan; Iron Age Luvian tarrawann(i)- – by H. Craig Melchert; An Echo of Assyria in Plutarch’s Life of Alexander – by Sarah C. Melville; Lo strano caso del Sig. VITA+RA/I, scriba ‘4’ alla corte ittita – by Clelia Mora; From Petroglyphs to Alphabet. A Brief Characterization of the Writing Culture of Pre-Christian Armenia – by Artak Movsisyan; New Iri-Saĝrig Ration Distribution and Related Texts – by David I. Owen; Le melograne della basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere – by Neda Parmegiani; On the Ethnic Origin of the Ruling Elite of Urartu – by Armen Petrosyan; Solak 1. Una fortezza urartea nella valle del Hrazdan, Armenia – by Artur Petrosyan, Roberto Dan and Priscilla Vitolo; Un piccolo frammento di una lunga storia: un cammello a Tell Barri/Kahat (Siria) – by Raffaella Pierobon Benoit; New Ways of Etymologizing Certain Fragments of the Cuneiform Inscription of Tanahat – by Ashot Piliposyan; A Note about an Ewer of Probable Anatolian Production, from One of the Tombs of the Assyrian Queens at Nimrud – by Frances Pinnock; Armenian Toponyms in the ‘Patria Quae Dicitur Parthia’ according to the Cosmographia of Ravennas Anonymus – by Daniel T. Potts; Updates on Verbal Transitivity and Nominal Ellipsis in Hittite – by Jaan Puhvel; The Assyria-Urartu Relationship and the Political Role of Mercenaries – by Julian Edgeworth Reade; Zur Frage des Weiterlebens urartäischer Namen in achaimenidischer Zeit – by Rüdiger Schmitt; Auf der Suche nach einem Reichsgott für Urartu – by Ursula Seidl; Everyday Life in Trialeti (South Caucasus) in the Middle and the Second Half of the 2nd Millennium BC – by Nino Shanshashvili and Goderdzi Narimanishvili; A New Fragment of an Inscription of Rusa, Son of Argišti, from the susi Temple of Bastam, Iran – by Marie-Claude Trémouille, Roberto Dan, Keomars Haji Mohammad and Ebrahim Bodaghi; ‘Excavating’ Looted Tombs at Pessinus (2011-2013) – by Gocha R. Tsetskhladze; The Bronze Stamp Seals of Marlik: Evidence of Bronze Age Links with Eastern Iran and Central Asia – by Ali A. Vahdati and Amir Saed Mucheshi; Beyt’a Mêzînê A Trace of the Qur’anic Influence on the Yezidi Oral Religious Tradition – by Vardan Voskanian; The Ethno-Cultural Diversity of Central Anatolian Early Iron Age Inhabitants – by Jak Yakar; The Mighty Weapon of Tarhunt – by Ilya Yakubovich; Illiterate Urartians: Writing and the Ayanis Outer Town – by Paul Zimansky

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Book SynopsisOver the last decades, discussions about the functions of the Roman army in frontier areas have contributed to a complex understanding of the military and its interactions with local geographies and peoples throughout the Empire. Nevertheless, in the region of Arabia, there is still little consensus about the purpose of the Roman military presence, its fluctuating functions, or the role of hundreds of fortified buildings scattered across the landscape. So far, these questions have remained unanswered due to a lack of excavation data and the scarcity of ancient accounts directly involving the military in Arabia Petraea. This study aims to provide a fresh perspective on these issues by employing a landscape approach, paralleling it with the ancient sources which describe the roles of the Roman military in the East. Using a variety of digital resources to contextually map and model the ancient system of fortifications, settlements, and trade routes, we can now better understand the evolving and diverse functions of the Roman army in Arabia from the creation of the province to the end of the Byzantine period.Table of ContentsPreface ; I. Introduction: Aims and Scope ; II. Contextualization: The Arabian frontier and the Roman Army ; III. The Function of the Roman Army on the Arabian Frontier ; IV. Spatial Analysis ; V. Discussion ; VI. Conclusion ; Descriptive Catalogue I: The ‘Saracen’ Menace in Literary and Epigraphic sources ; Descriptive Catalogue II: Complete Site Catalogue ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisDosariyah: Reinvestigating a Neolithic coastal community in eastern Arabia' describes the work carried out at Dosariyah, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, which took place between 2010 and 2014. It was conducted by the joint German-Saudi Dosariyah Archaeological Research Project (DARP). A wealth of material remains was found during excavations within almost three metres of anthropogenic deposits. Radiocarbon dates and comparative studies of artefacts securely date the occupation of the site into the first centuries of the fifth millennium BC. The co-occurrence of locally produced artefacts that are technologically and typologically rooted in the local Arabian Middle Neolithic, and imports from southern Mesopotamia is characteristic of Dosariyah. However, the mechanisms behind this distribution of foreign materials along the Arabian Gulf coast, in particular, are still poorly understood. It is the central proposition of this book that the local societies living along the shores of the Arabian Gulf coast played an active role in the acquisition of Ubaid pottery and other objects originating in southern Mesopotamia. A predominance of imported objects, considered as ‘exotic items’, are understood as integral components of rituals that were part of temporary gatherings of larger groups of people at Dosariyah. Based on the material evidence from the site, such collective social events were embedded in everyday life during the fifth millennium BC.Table of ContentsPreface; Chapter 1: The Site and its Context – by Philipp Drechsler; Chapter 2: Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology and Paleoenvironments – by Adrian G. Parker, Simon J. Armitage, Max Engel, Mike W. Morley, Ash Parton, Gareth W. Preston and Hannah Russ; Chapter 3: Defining the Archeological Setting: the Dosariyah Survey – by Shumon T. Hussain and Felix Levenson; Chapter 4: Geophysical Survey – by Martin Posselt; Chapter 5: Archeological Surface Collections and Excavations – by Philipp Drechsler; Chapter 6: Dating Dosariyah – by Philipp Drechsler; Chapter 7: The Pottery – by Christine Kainert; Chapter 8: Geochemical Analysis of Putative Local and Ubaid Ceramics from Dosariyah – by Peter Magee and Steven Karacic; Chapter 9: Reworked Pottery – by Christine Kainert and Philipp Drechsler; Chapter 10: Fired Clay Objects – by Christine Kainert; Chapter 11: Lithic Industry – by Philipp Drechsler; Chapter 12: Variability of Arrowhead Shapes – by Philipp Drechsler; Chapter 13: Hematite Objects and the Use of Red Pigments – by Philipp Drechsler, Christoph Berthold and Christine Kainert; Chapter 14: Bone Industry – by Philipp Drechsler; Chapter 15: Personal Adornment – by Philipp Drechsler; Chapter 16: Bitumen Objects – by Philipp Drechsler; Chapter 17: Chemical Composition of Bitumen – by Thomas Van de Velde; Chapter 18: Plaster Morphology – by Philipp Drechsler; Chapter 19: Morphological and Geochemical Analysis of Plaster Samples – by Susan M. Mentzer, Markus Seil, Hilmar Adler, Thomas Chassé, Bertrand Ligouis, Christoph Berthold and Christopher E. Miller; Chapter 20: Faunal Remains and Subsistence Strategies – by Margarethe Uerpmann and Hans-Peter Uerpmann; Chapter 2: Isotopic Analyses of Cattle Teeth – by Corina Knipper and Michael Maus; Chapter 22: Archaeomalacology of Dosariyah: Diversity, Taphonomy and Distribution of Gastropods and Bivalves – by James H. Nebelsick, Philipp Drechsler and Paolo G. Albano; Chapter 23: Exploitation of the Marine Snail Hexaplex kuesterianus – by Georg Häussler, James H. Nebelsick and Philipp Drechsler; Conclusions – by Philipp Drechsler; Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThe emergence of the cult of Osiris is, in most cases, dated to the end of the 5th dynasty, the period in which the name of Osiris appears in writing, and it is commonly held that before this period not a trace of the cult can be discerned. This study is intended to investigate whether this emergence was really so sudden, or if there is evidence to suggest this appearance was preceded by a period of development of the theology and mythology of the cult. One of the most important aspects of the mythology of the cult is the rebirth of Osiris. In the theology of the cult this rebirth was projected on mortal men, and led to the postulation that every human being, whether royal or non-royal, had the possibility to attain eternal life after death. What made this cult even more attractive is that this eternal life was not confined to the tomb, as it used to be for non-royalty. The study is concerned with the rebirth possibilities of non-royal persons and aims to determine the chronological development of the rebirth connotations of the various decoration themes that were used in the chapel of Old Kingdom tombs. The decoration themes that are the subject of the determinations are the group of bed-scenes consisting of the bed-making scene and the marital bed-scene, the development in form and length of the bread loaves on the offering table, the different aspects of the scenes in which the “lotus” flower is depicted, and the marsh scenes.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter One: The table scene, a concise discussion of its development; Chapter Two: The loaves of bread; Chapter Three: About the loaves of bread on the offering table; Chapter Four: About the loaves of bread on the offering table; Chapter Five: About the loaves of bread on the offering table; Chapter Six: The Osiris Cult; Chapter Seven: The Field of Rushes and the Field of Offerings; Chapter Eight: The rebirth of the deceased; Chapter Nine: The sustenance of the K3 of the deceased; Chapter Ten: Discussion and conclusion; Catalogues and Tables; General Index

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Book SynopsisExcavations were carried out at the moated sites of Barrow Old Hall and Twiss Green, in Warrington, North West England, in the 1980s. Sub-manorial estates were established at these two sites by the fourteenth century, located near the boundaries of their multi-moated townships. Townships with multiple moats were a feature of parts of North West England and may have been the result of medieval assarting and the expansion of agriculture on to fringe or marginal areas, on the boundaries of earlier manors. It also owed much to the unusual tenurial arrangements of the region, whereby lords granted small estates out of their holdings, often to family members, to construct moated homesteads. This report presents the results of the excavations at these two small moated sites, including evidence for possible aisled halls at both sites, as well as a significant assemblage of medieval and early post-medieval pottery. There is also a full account of the finding of the remains of a timber bridge at Twiss Green and its full reconstruction; an illustration of which was previously published in the Shire Archaeology series book on Moated Sites in 1985. The publication of these excavations contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the role and development of moated sites in this part of North West England and completes the outstanding analysis of moated sites excavated in the Warrington area.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction to the investigations at Barrow Old Hall and Twiss Green – by Dan Garner and Jill Collens; Chapter 2 Excavations at Barrow Old Hall, Great Sankey, Warrington – by Jennifer Lewis and Dan Garner; Chapter 3 Barrow Old Hall – the documentary evidence – by Martin Cleaver; Chapter 4 Excavations at Tanner’s Farm moated site, Twiss Green, Culcheth, Warrington – by David Freke and Dan Garner; Chapter 5 Tanner’s Farm moated site, Twiss Green – the documentary evidence – by Alan Moulsdale; Chapter 6 Barrow Old Hall and Twiss Green in context – by Dan Garner and Jill Collens; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis volume celebrates the work of Dr. Phil. h.c. Gerhard Milstreu in his 40th year as director of Tanum Museum of Rock Carving and Rock Art Research Centre, Underslös, Sweden. Here, a feast of scholarly contributions from across Europe, at all levels of study have been collected. Each and every one of the chapters addresses aspects connected to the work Gerhard has done over the last 40 years. Through their words and images, these pay respect to and acknowledge Gerhard’s achievements in the fields of rock art documentation, research, international collaboration and outreach. Gerhard has striven from the outset to: promote the importance of the image within archaeology, increase public interest and involvement with prehistoric art, and to encourage the next generation to continue the work. Thus, many authors think very deeply about the images, how we interpret them and how we record them, particularly in light of recent advances in technology. Others explore how Gerhard has fostered dissemination and public involvement. The range of countries and subjects represented; France, Italy, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the UK; reflects the success of Gerhard’s focus on international collaboration and dialogue. Given Gerhard’s emphasis on giving the past a future, it is appropriate that leading up and coming scholars, from all levels of higher education, are also present and have the opportunity to present their latest research.Table of ContentsEditors Preface; Tabula Gratulatoria; Chapter 1: Art, Artists, Rock Art and Underslös – by James Dodd; Chapter 2: The Sensitive Finger, The Observing Eye And The Sensation Of A Place – by Jarl Nordbladh; Chapter 3: To Let Mute Stones Speak – on the Becoming of Archaeology – by Joachim Goldhahn; Chapter 4: The Chariot of The Sun and other sun horses of The Nordic Bronze Age – including some interesting anatomical details – by Flemming Kaul; Chapter 5: The winged triad in Bronze Age symbolism: birds and their feet – by Kristian Kristiansen; Chapter 6: Gerhard and the rock carvings of Bornholm – by Finn Ole Sonne Nielsen; Chapter 7: Rock Art and Burial Landscapes – Danish Rock Art in Burial Mounds – by Louise Felding; Chapter 8: A sea beyond Europe to the north and west – by Johan Ling & John Koch; Chapter 9: The Wild Boar in Scandinavian Rock Art – by Peter Skoglund; Chapter 10: Women on the move in the Nordic Bronze Age: a case study based on rock art and costume – by Sophie Bergerbrant and Anna Wessman; Chapter 11: Fleshing out the Stickman: A Hypothesis about the Long-Legged Anthropomorphs in Scandinavian Rock Art – by Lisa-Elen Meyering; Chapter 12: The cunning of the fox - a case of zoomorphism in Scandinavian rock art – by Christian Horn; Chapter 13: The duel in place: morphological, structural and spatial variability of a basic scene among Valcamonica Iron Age rock art – by Alberto Marretta; Chapter 14: Symbolic Concordance: a transparent approach to archetype – by Umberto Sansoni; Chapter 15: Rock Carvings at Stuberg in Stjørdal, Trøndelag, Norway – by Kalle Sognnes; Chapter 16: “On the beaten track”: considerations on the rock art at Foss in the Gauldal Valley, Trøndelag County, Norway – by Kjell André Brevik; Chapter 17: What we see is what we get - Seeing Sandhalsan with new «eyes» – by Jan Magne Gjerde & Heidrun Stebergløkken; Chapter 18: Giants Cauldrons and Rock Art – by Magnus Tangen; Chapter 19: Snowshoes and skis in North European rock art – by Knut Helskog; Chapter 20: Following the bear through the rocks – by Elena Man-Estier; Chapter 21: Back to life: British rock art in the Iron Age – by Tertia Barnett; Chapter 22: World heritage rock art documentation in Tanum – a brief history of methodology and projects until the early 2000s – by Ulf Bertilsson, SHFA; Chapter 23: Bevar dialogen med klippen. Dokumentationens betydning for fortidens helleristninger og fremtidens forskning – by Ditte E. P. Kofod; Chapter 24: Towards a new era of rock art documentation – by Ellen Meijer & James Dodd

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Book SynopsisOf all the great kingdoms that flourished in Africa, the Kongo is one of the most famous. It remains an important historical and cultural reference for Africans and their diaspora. The KongoKing inter-university project (2012-2016), funded by the European Research Council, aimed, through an interdisciplinary approach, to understand the origin of the kingdom and to shed light on the phenomena of political centralization, economic integration and linguistic evolution that took place there. This book presents in detail the results of archaeological research carried out by the KongoKing project in the former northern provinces of the Kongo Kingdom, currently located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. De tous les grands royaumes qui fleurirent en Afrique, le royaume Kongo est l’un des plus célèbres. Il reste une référence historique et culturelle importante pour les Africains et leur diaspora. Entraînés très tôt dans le commerce de traite, les esclaves originaires de la région font que du Brésil à New York, en passant par les Caraïbes, la culture Kongo a laissé de nombreuses traces. Le projet interuniversitaire KongoKing (2012-2016), financé par le Conseil Européen de la Recherche a été coordonné par Koen Bostoen, tandis que Bernard Clist et Pierre de Maret en ont dirigé le volet archéologique. Ce projet visait par une approche interdisciplinaire à comprendre l’origine du royaume et à éclairer les phénomènes de la centralisation politique, d’intégration économique et d’évolution linguistique qui s’y sont déroulés . Cet ouvrage présente de façon détaillée les résultats des recherches archéologiques menées par le projet KongoKing dans les anciennes provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo, situées actuellement en République Démocratique du Congo. Dans une première partie on présente le contexte général, l’évolution du milieu, l’histoire du groupe linguistique kikongo et ce que l'on sait des périodes qui précèdent le royaume, ainsi que des informations récoltées dans diverses sources historiques sur ces provinces. Les prospections et fouilles des différents sites étudiés sont ensuite présentées. Puis vient le bilan des recherches archéologiques avec une synthèse des datations, une esquisse de la séquence chrono-culturelle de la poterie kongo et les études systématiques des différents types de vestiges récoltés. Pour conclure, on présente la synthèse de l'ensemble de ces découvertes et la façon dont celles-ci viennent compléter les données issues des autres disciplines pour éclairer d'un jour nouveau l'histoire du royaume Kongo.

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Book SynopsisRockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range' offers a detailed study of six exceptional rockshelter sites from the inland Pilbara Region of Western Australia. It provides highly descriptive, chapter-length accounts of archaeological investigations at Jundaru, Djadjiling, HS-A1, HD073APAD13, PAD 3, and HD073A03 rockshelters, which were excavated as part of a mitigative salvage program conducted at the Hope Downs 1 mine between 2007 and 2010. The research findings show that early Aboriginal peoples initially occupied the area ca. 45,000 years ago, demonstrating that the east Hamersley Range contains some of the oldest known Aboriginal archaeological sites in the Australian arid zone. The story of the Pleistocene and Holocene Aboriginal occupation at Hope Downs 1 is long and complex. Using an extensive radiocarbon and OSL chronology that spans from >47,000 years ago to the recent past, the story of the Aboriginal archaeological record is explored via prominent changes in lithic technology, artefact use-wear/residues, combustion features, faunal remains, rockshelter geomorphology, archaeomagnetism, and pollen/phytolith analysis. The work investigates the early occupation of the region and examines the archaeological evidence for occupation during the last glacial maximum. It chronicles significant changes in Aboriginal stone artefact technology over time with its analysis of more than 35,000 chipped stone artefacts. Consisting of 18 chapters, the volume is rich with colour photographs, illustrations, and figures, including highresolution images of the rockshelter sites, excavations, stratigraphic sections, cultural features, and artefacts. It includes a foreword by the Martidja Banyjima elders, who contextualise the cultural importance of this work to Banyjima Peoples and Traditional Owners of the region. The monograph also includes comprehensive synthesis of the regional archaeological record by the editors and a chapter on Banyjima culture and traditions by consulting anthropologists Dr Nadia Butler, Dr Neale Draper, and Fiona Sutherland. Many specialist studies were commissioned for the Hope Downs work, including an archaeomagnetism report by Dr Andy Herries (LaTrobe University), a faunal analysis study by Dr. Matthew McDowell (University of Tasmania), a phytolith analysis by Dr Lynley Wallis (University of Notre Dame Australia), a palynological study by Dr Simon Haberle, Feli Hopf, and Dr Phil Roberts (Australian National University), artefact usewear/residue analysis by Dr Richard Fullagar (University of Wollongong), optically stimulated luminescence dating by Frances Williams (University of Adelaide), and a rockshelter geomorphological study by Prof Martin Williams (University of Adelaide).Table of ContentsFront Matter: Editor's Preface, Acknowledgements, and Reporting of Dates; Foreword: Go with a Clear, Open and Accepting Spirit, and the Country Will Not Treat You Badly – by Maitland Parker and Slim Parker; PART 1 – INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND; Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Rockshelter Excavations at Hope Downs 1 – by Dawn Cropper and W. Boone Law; Chapter 2 An Archaeological Review of the Hamersley Plateau – by W. Boone Law and Dawn Cropper; Chapter 3 Banjima Culture and the Hope Downs 1 Mine – by Nadia Butler, Neale Draper, and Fiona Sutherland; Chapter 4 Research Aims and Methods – by Dawn Cropper and W. Boone Law; PART 2 - ROCKSHELTER EXCAVATIONS; Chapter 5 Excavations at Jundaru (HN-A9) Rockshelter – by Dawn Cropper; Chapter 6 Excavations at HD07-3A-PAD13 Rockshelter – by Dawn Cropper; Chapter 7 Excavations at HS-A1 Rockshelter – by Dawn Cropper; Chapter 8 Excavations at Djadjiling Rockshelter (HD07-1A-04) – by W. Boone Law and Dawn Cropper; Chapter 9 Excavations at PAD 3 Rockshelter – by W. Boone Law and Dawn Cropper; Chapter 10 Excavations at HD07-3A-03 Rockshelter – by Dawn Cropper; PART 3 - SPECIALIST STUDIES; Chapter 11 Archaeomagnetic Analysis of Sediments from Djadjiling Rockshelter (HD07-1A-04), Pilbara, Western Australia – by Andy I.R. Herries; Chapter 12 Phytolith Analysis of Sediment Samples from Djadjiling (HD07-1A-04), Jundaru (HN-A9) and HD07-3A-PAD13, Pilbara, Western Australia – by Lynley Wallis; Chapter 13 Sedimentary, Charcoal and Palynological Analysis of Djadjiling (HD07-1A-04), HD07-3A-PAD13, HD07-3A-03, HS-A1, Jundaru (HN-A9) Rockshelters, Pilbara, Western Australia – by Simon Haberle, Feli Hopf, and Phil Roberts; Chapter 14 Faunal Analysis of Jundaru (HN-A9) and PAD 3 Rockshelters, Pilbara, Western Australia – by Matthew McDowell; Chapter 15 Usewear and Residues on Stone Tools from PAD 3, Djadjiling, and Jundaru Rockshelters, East Pilbara, Western Australia – by Richard Fullagar; Chapter 16 Report on Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) Dating of a Further Four Samples from HD07-3A-PAD13 Rockshelter, Pilbara, Western Australia – by Frances Williams; Chapter 17 Report on the Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology of HD07-3A-PAD13 Rockshelter, Pilbara, Western Australia – by Martin Williams; PART 4 - DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; Chapter 18 Summary and Discussion of Rockshelter Investigations at Hope Downs 1 – by Dawn Cropper and W. Boone Law

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Book SynopsisThis study serves as a source book on domestic food storage in Ancient Israel and Judah by outlining important ethnographic and ancient textual and pictorial sources relevant to the discussion. These allow us to understand the motivated actions in relation to food storage, and the significance of food storage in daily life. On the basis of twenty-two well-excavated buildings from thirteen Iron Age sites, representative archaeological data is examined. For each house the total preserved food storage capacity is calculated, activity areas are identified, and specific patterns are noted. Food storage equipment, the location and role of food storage in the household, and the integration with other activities are analysed. Storage rooms were often located at the margins of houses, but a considerable part of the stored food was kept in other activity areas toward the centre. The data indicates that in Iron Age I food was stored mainly domestically or in shared community facilities, while redistributive food storage became more common in Iron Age II, with significant domestic storage continuing. The ideal of self-sufficiency remained.Table of Contents1 - Introduction; 2 - Foodways in Ancient Israel and Judah; 3 - Literature Review; 4 - Methodology; 5 - Ethnography; 6 - Food storage in ancient literature; 7 - Food storage in ancient art; 8 - Food storage in the Old Testament; 9 - Artefact assemblages; 10 - Tell Halif: the reference site; 11 - Archaeological Review; 12 - Patterns of food storage; 13 - Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn a break away from the traditional mono-disciplinary scope of academic enquiry, this volume sets forth a challenge for practitioners within, and outwith archaeology to develop multi-disciplinary approaches in the study of identity in general and aspects in the formation of national identity in particular. The entanglement of identity and nationhood is explored from the prehistory of northern Britain; the establishment of a proto-Scottish identity in the early Middle Ages; facets of Scottish identity at home and in the wider diaspora of Empire; and the more recent heralding of Scottish identity as a multiethnic construction. Set against the backdrop of a groundswell change in the Scottish political landscape and the unprecedented, and largely unexpected, energised and proactive politicisation of the Scottish electorate in the lead up to and aftermath of the 2014 Independence Referendum, the volume is a timely and relevant contribution to discussions of national identities. By bringing together specialists covering a wide array of time periods and subject specialisms, we transcend the concept of identity. This is achieved by exploring the links of nationhood and Scottish identity in the early 20th and 21st Centuries in the ongoing quest for independence demonstrating the political manipulation of history, imagery and mythology entangled in political propaganda.Table of ContentsIntroduction – by Louisa Campbell and Dene Wright; Contributor Affiliations; Reflections on the presentation of Scottish archaeology in British prehistories since Gordon Childe’s Prehistoric Communities (1940) – by Ian Ralston; Setting the Scene: aspects of the Earliest Prehistory of Northern Britain – by Dene Wright; Scotland’s Neolithic / Neolithic Scotland – by Kenneth Brophy; Regional and local identities in the later Neolithic of Scotland as reflected in the ceramic record – by Ann MacSween; Culture contact and the maintenance of cultural identity in Roman Scotland: A theoretical approach – by Louisa Campbell; The origins of ‘Scotland’ – by Dauvit Broun; Merchants and craftsmen: a survey of the evidence for a Scandinavian presence in eastern Scotland in the eleventh to fourteenth centuries – by Elizabeth Pierce; Local and foreign clergy: the provision of clergy in the late mediaeval diocese of Sodor – by Sarah Thomas; Pictish, Celtic, Scottish: The Longing for Belonging – by Steven Timoney; ‘The Different Fruits of all the World’ - The Early Colonial Connections of Glasgow (c.1660-1740) – by Stuart Nisbet; Celebrating the end of Scottish history? National identity and the Scottish Historical Exhibition, Glasgow 1911 – by Neil G.W. Curtis; Scotland Then for Scotland Now: Scottish political party uses of history, image and myth – by Murray Stewart Leith

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Book SynopsisA pioneer of the French Islamic archaeology in the Middle East, Monik Kervran (CNRS, lab The Orient & The Mediterranean) was first renowned for her excavations at Susa in Iran and the discovery of the Darius’ statue at the start of her career in 1972. She then directed in the 70’s and 80’s excavations on the Arabian coasts of the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman, at the main pre-Islamic and Islamic maritime centers of Qal’at al-Bahrain and Sohar. She also led researches in Central Asia and Eastern Iran, excavating Nishapur, and, since the 90’s, in the Indus delta where she opened excavations at Sehwan Sharif and Banbhore. Through the nineteen international contributions of this volume, the editors and contributors wish to highlight the variety of Monik Kervran’s scientific interests. In this way, they express their admiration and gratitude for her many achievements, in the archaeology, history, architecture, iconography and material culture of the Middle East and Western Indian Ocean during the late pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. Pionnière de l’archéologie islamique française au Moyen-Orient, Monik Kervran (Cnrs, laboratoire Orient & Méditerranée) s’est illustrée dès le début de sa carrière par ses fouilles à Suse en Iran et la découverte de la statue de Darius en 1972. Elle a dirigé dans les années 70 et 80 la fouille d’importants sites portuaires de la côte arabe du golfe Persique et de la mer d’Oman, à Qal’at al-Bahrain et Sohar. Elle a également mené des recherches en Asie centrale et en Iran oriental, notamment à Nishapour, puis, depuis les années 90, dans le delta de l’Indus où elle a ouvert des fouilles à Sehwan Sharif et Banbhore. A travers les dix-neuf contributions internationales présentées dans cet ouvrage, les éditeurs et les contributeurs ont désiré mettre en lumière la diversité des intérêts scientifiques de Monik Kervran. Ils souhaitent ainsi exprimer leur admiration et leur gratitude pour ses apports majeurs aux champs de l’archéologie, de l’histoire, de l’architecture, de l’iconographie et de la culture matérielle du Moyen-Orient et de l’océan Indien occidental aux périodes pré-islamique tardive et islamique.

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Book SynopsisThis book details the archaeology of burnt mounds (fulachtaí fia) in Ireland, one of the most frequent and under researched prehistoric site types in the country. It presents a re-evaluation of the pyrolithic phenomenon in light of some 1000 excavated burnt mounds. Charcoal-enriched soil, along with spreads and mounds of heat-affected stone, are one of the most common types of site found in Ireland, largely as a consequence of numerous discoveries made in the course of road building. They represent an accumulation of firing material associated with a prehistoric pyrolithic technology, which involved a process of heat transfer that centred on the use of hot stones immersed in water-filled troughs or placed in small, lined/unlined pits/ovens. During the Bronze Age, the use of this technology became widely adopted in Northern Europe, particularly Ireland, where the phenomenon is represented in the field as a low crescent-shaped mound. Even though burnt mounds are the most common prehistoric site type in Ireland, they have not received the same level of research as other prehistoric sites. This is primarily due to the paucity of artefact finds and the unspectacular nature of the archaeological remains, compounded by the absence of an appropriate research framework. This is the most comprehensive study undertaken on the use of pyrolithic technology in prehistoric Ireland, dealing with different aspects of site function, chronology, social role and cultural context.Table of ContentsPREFACE ; CHAPTER 1: BURNT MOUNDS: AN INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 2: A HISTORY OF BURNT MOUND RESEARCH IN IRELAND ; CHAPTER 3: PYROLITHIC TECHNOLOGY: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT ; CHAPTER 4: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF BURNT MOUNDS IN IRELAND ; CHAPTER 5: CHRONOLOGY ; CHAPTER 6: THE USE AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF BURNT MOUNDS ; CHAPTER 7: SETTLEMENT CONTEXT ; CHAPTER 8: CULTURAL CONTEXT: THE LONGUE DURÉE OF THE BURNT MOUND PHENOMENON ; CHAPTER 9: RECONSIDERING THE BURNT MOUND PHENOMENON ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; APPENDIX 1: Additional tables ; APPENDIX 2: List of excavated burnt mounds in Ireland 1950−2010

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Book SynopsisStone containers have been made and used in the Middle East for over eleven millennia where they pre-dated the invention of pottery and were widely traded. The appearance or properties of the stone helped govern how stone vessels were valued or used and many classes were strictly utilitarian, being used for storage, cooking or lighting. Others were decorated and at times they were considered valuable exotica, particularly in regions far removed from their source areas. The subject of stone vessels is attracting growing attention but this is the first attempt to bring together different approaches to the study of softstone vessels, particularly but not exclusively those carved from varieties of chlorite, and covering all periods from prehistory to the present.Table of ContentsForeword – by Carl S. Phillips and St John Simpson; Introduction – by Carl Phillips and St John Simpson; Middle Holocene Omani jewels: thoughts on the production of softstone earrings – by Donatella Usai; Wood-worked and metal-shocked: softstone vessels in the Bronze and early Iron Age eastern Mediterranean – by Andrew Bevan; Alabaster vessels: manufacture, function and distribution (4th to 2nd millennia BC) – by Michèle Casanova; Three examples of 3rd millennium BC softstone vessel imports found in Syria – by Hélène David; Un exemple de production et de diffusion du style ‘Interculturel’ : les representations architecturales en Mesopotamie, Iran et dans le Golfe Persique au IIIe millenaire av. J.-C. – by Adrien Berthelot; A painted chlorite ‘hut model’ vessel in the British Museum – by St John Simpson; Remarks on the iconography of the ‘Intercultural Style’ – by Sylvia Winkelmann; The question of workshops and chronology in the Wadi Suq period – by Christian Velde; The steatite cooking bowl of the 1st millennium BC and early 1st millennium AD in South Arabia: archaeological views and cultural dynamics – by W.D. Glanzman; The distribution and provenance of ancient South Arabian steatite-tempered pottery: a thin-section analysis – by Alexandra Porter; Ancient South Arabian softstone vessels in the British Museum – by Carl S. Phillips and St John Simpson; ‘Of cooking pots let him choose those made of stone’: the manufacture, circulation and function of chlorite cooking pots and other objects in the Middle East and Central Asia during the Sasanian and medieval periods – by St John Simpson; Softstone at Siraf – by Sarah Jennings; Imported medieval stone vessels and other items from Merv and Nysa – by L.A. Kuraeva; A collection of stone utensils from the Merv oasis, southern Turkmenistan – by Z.I. Usmanova and V. Tikhomirov; Notes on the production of stone cooking pots in Mashhad, Iran – by M.G. Konieczny; Yemeni stone vessels: a different perspective. The use and interpretation of stone vessels by the Jews of Yemen – by Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper; The contemporary softstone industry in Jabal Rāziḥ, north-west Yemen – by Shelagh Weir; Cumulative bibliography

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