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British Museum Press Mummy The Inside Story
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£11.69
Edinburgh University Press The Chambered Cairns of the Central Highlands
Book SynopsisA comprehensive, fully illustrated volume about the burial monuments of the early inhabitants of the Central Highlands of Scotland - an indispensable reference source for the neolithic period in this area of Scotland.Trade ReviewThe summation of a lifetime's experience in the field and a deep empathy with the builders and their practical and religious concerns! The Central Highlands is attractive to look at and handle, with an elegant typeface, wide margins and generous illustration; there is no doubt about whether the careful sensitive survey enshrined in the Central Highlands is of lasting value. There is much that is satisfying in a book of this nature, since it is far more than simply an old inventory republished ... This is a scholarly and meticulously researched thesis, lavishly illustrated with maps, photographs and diagrams ... This book is much more than a revision of an inventory. It is a model of how these things should be done. It places again this exceptional prehistoric resource in the public arena, and let us hope, stimulates the new filedwork, interest and research that the Scottish carins deserve. The summation of a lifetime's experience in the field and a deep empathy with the builders and their practical and religious concerns! The Central Highlands is attractive to look at and handle, with an elegant typeface, wide margins and generous illustration; there is no doubt about whether the careful sensitive survey enshrined in the Central Highlands is of lasting value. There is much that is satisfying in a book of this nature, since it is far more than simply an old inventory republished ... This is a scholarly and meticulously researched thesis, lavishly illustrated with maps, photographs and diagrams ... This book is much more than a revision of an inventory. It is a model of how these things should be done. It places again this exceptional prehistoric resource in the public arena, and let us hope, stimulates the new filedwork, interest and research that the Scottish carins deserve.
£29.45
Edinburgh University Press The Archaeology of Argyll
Book SynopsisIn this, the first account of Argyll's archaeology written for a general audience, a team of specialists traces the history of the area through its monuments.Table of ContentsHolocene environmental background; mesolithic Argyll; decorated rock surfaces and stones; Neolithic and Bronze Age Argyll; Iron Age Argyll; the brochs; the Scots; early Christian archaeology; the Norse in Argyll.
£29.45
Edinburgh University Press Neolithic Scotland
Book SynopsisThis is an account of the Neolithic period in Scotland from its earliest traces around 4000 BC to the transformation of Neolithic society in the Early Bronze Age fifteen hundred years later.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Introduction: Scotland in the Neolithic; 2 Islands in the fastlane: the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition; 3 Burning down the house: the destruction of timber; structures; 4 Planting trees, planting people: long and round barrows; In eastern Scotland and beyond; 5 Megalithic (big-stone) architecture in Atlantic Scotland; 6 The emergence of monument complexes; 7 The architecture of monumental landscapes; 8 The Early Bronze Age: deconstructing and; rebuilding the past; 9 Conclusions; Bibliography.
£99.00
Edinburgh University Press Neolithic Scotland
Book SynopsisThis is an account of the Neolithic period in Scotland from its earliest traces around 4000 BC to the transformation of Neolithic society in the Early Bronze Age fifteen hundred years later.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Introduction: Scotland in the Neolithic; 2 Islands in the fastlane: the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition; 3 Burning down the house: the destruction of timber; structures; 4 Planting trees, planting people: long and round barrows; In eastern Scotland and beyond; 5 Megalithic (big-stone) architecture in Atlantic Scotland; 6 The emergence of monument complexes; 7 The architecture of monumental landscapes; 8 The Early Bronze Age: deconstructing and; rebuilding the past; 9 Conclusions; Bibliography.
£35.15
The History Press Ltd Flag Fen
Book SynopsisThe Fens of eastern England form a very distinct environment which has produced particular patterns of prehistoric occupation. Dr Francis Pryor, the Director of the Flag Fen Archaeological Trust, gives his own personal account of his discovery and excavation of this now-famous Bronze Age site near Peterborough. In addition to the Bronze Age ditched field systems, the massive timber platform and the avenue of posts with votive deposits, Dr Pryor describes the Neolithic pit grave on the site and the later Iron Age village. This is an updated, expanded and re-illustrated edition of a book first published over 10 years ago.
£21.25
The History Press Ltd Prehistoric Flintwork
Book SynopsisFlint was a vitally important resource for prehistoric societies who put it to a diverse range of uses. Chris Butler has created a concise guide to recognising and categorising British prehistoric flintwork. The author begins by looking at the different sources of flint that were exploited by prehistoric peoples, and explains why flint was such a widely used raw material. He then discusses how to recognise prehistoric worked flint and explores the different technologies that were used to work flint and make tools.Flintknapping techniques used in each period of prehistory are illustrated, along with detailed techniques used in each period of prehistory are illustrated, along with detailed descriptions of the variety of implements produced and their associated diagnostic waste material. The flintwork from a number of case-study sites and the eventual decline in the importance of flint. The book also explores what the analysis of flintwork can tell us a
£999.99
The History Press Ltd Mesolithic Lives in Scotland
Book SynopsisThe Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age, dates from the end of the last Ice Age at c.9600 BC until the adoption of farming at approximately 4000 BC. At this time, varied communities of hunter-gatherers settle the space now called Scotland. These groups lived from the wild resources available in the diverse, striking, and changing landscapes. that surrounded them. For approximately half of Scotland''s past it has been a land of hunter-gatherers: and yet the stories of those lives are rarely told.This book seeks to redress some of this loss. Introducing a rich variety of evidence, from pollen analysis through to deliberate deposition of human bones, Graeme Warren''s account focuses on understandings of landscape, skilled practices such as seafaring, scales of community, and the routines that constituted the fundamental rhythms of life. Other discussions include environmental and landscape change, appropriate scales and methods for analysis, and interpreting mesolithic stone tool manufacture.Written for the general reader, evening class student, undergraduate or postgraduate student and a professional audience, and including the latest research, this book offers a vivid archaeology of the distant past that can be found in some very familiar places in the Scottish Landscape.
£18.75
The History Press Ltd Roman Gloucestershire
Book SynopsisThis long-awaited new work offers an examination of the area now known as Gloucestershire in the later Iron Age and Roman periods. The last substantial book to consider this area and period was published in 1981; much has been discovered in the intervening years and, here, Tim Copeland showcases and explores the latest discoveries and theory. The county and the area bordering it boast many settlements of major importance including Cirencester, Gloucester and the remarkable collection of Cotswold villas at Chedworth and Woodchester. However, as this book illustrates, numerous smaller and lesser known Roman settlements were of importance to the whole landscape, both economically and socially.
£20.25
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Kilellan Farm Ardnave Islay Excavations of a
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£10.00
Sazmick Books The Secrets of the Pyramids A Message for Humanity
£12.39
Taylor & Francis Shropshire
Book SynopsisShropshire: Art, Architecture and Archaeology from Roman Wroxeter to the Sixteenth Century considers the shift in the regional administrative centre from Wroxeter to Shrewsbury, the powerful evidence for investment in the material fabric of the middle Welsh March, particularly between the late 11th and 13th centuries, and Shropshireâs great monastic hinterland.Chapters cover Shropshire from many different angles, encompassing wide-ranging case studies that address architecture, figure sculpture and stained glass, as well as questions of liturgy, religion and castle life. Topics include reappraisals of the 19th- and 20th-century excavations of Wroxeter, Laurence of Ludlowâs involvement in the building of Stokesay Castle, and Shrewsbury Castle, as well as a study of anchoritesâs cells attached to Shropshire parish churches. There is new evidence for the deployment of water features and gardens around late medieval castles, evaluations of Haughmond Abbey, Wenlock Priory, and the Abbotâs Lodging at Buildwas, and a reconstruction of the late medieval glazing scheme at St Bartholomewâs Tong. Also investigated are the recently recovered 15th-century seal matrix of Shrewsbury, Romanesque sculptural workshop practice, and the enigmatic alabaster panels at St Maryâs, Shrewsbury.Shropshire: Art, Architecture and Archaeology from Roman Wroxeter to the Sixteenth Century updates and enlarges our knowledge of the middle Welsh March and is for medieval archaeologists and historians.
£39.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Medieval Art Architecture and Archaeology in the
Book SynopsisExploring the medieval heritage of Aberdeenshire and Moray, the essays in this volume contain insights and recent work presented at the British Archaeological Association Conference of 2014, based at Aberdeen University. The opening, historical chapters establish the political, economic and administrative context of the region, looking at both the secular and religious worlds and include an examination of Elgin Cathedral and the bishops' palaces. The discoveries at the excavations of the kirk of St Nicholas, which have revealed the early origins of religious life in Aberdeen city, are summarized and subsequent papers consider the role of patronage. Patronage is explored in terms of architecture, the dramas of the Reformation and its aftermath highlighted through essentially humble parish churches, assailed by turbulent events and personalities. The collegiate church at Cullen, particularly its tomb sculpture, provides an unusually detailed view of the spiritual and dynTrade Review"The volume is produced to the high standards that we have come to expect from this excellent series."— Denys Pringle, The Society for Medieval ArchaeologyTable of ContentsList of Abbrevations viEditor’s Preface viiLocating Aberdeen and Elgin in the Later Middle Ages: Regional, National andInternational Paradigmsdavid ditchburn 1The Medieval Church in the Dioceses of Aberdeen and Morayrichard oram 16Elgin Cathedral and Medieval Church Architecture in North-East Scotlandrichard fawcett 33Bishops’ Palaces in the Medieval Dioceses of Aberdeen and Moraypenelope dransart 58Excavations within the East Kirk of St Nicholas, Aberdeenalison s. cameron and judith a. stones 82Post-Reformation Church Architecture in the Marischal Earldom, 1560–1625miles kerr-peterson 99Patronage at the Collegiate Church at Cullenlizzie swarbrick 121From Relegation to Elevation: The Viewer’s Relationship with Painted Ceilings from theMedieval to Renaissance Eras in North-East Scotlandfern insh 139Piping Pigs and Mermaid Groping: Six Carved Panels from Fetteressojane geddes 158The Arbuthnott Manuscripts: The Patronage and Production of Illuminated Books inLate Medieval Scotlandjulian luxford 183The Arbuthnott Book of Hours: Book Production and Religious Culture in LateMedieval Scotlandmarlene villalobos hennessy 212North-Eastern Saints in the Aberdeen Breviary and the Historia Gentis Scotorum ofHector Boece: Liturgy, History and Religious Practice in Late Medieval Scotlandtom turpie 239
£128.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd A Story of YHWH
Book SynopsisA Story of YHWH investigates the ancient Israelite expression of their deity, and tracks why variation occurred in that expression, from the early Iron Age to the Persian period. Through this text, readers will gain a better appreciation for the complexities and contexts in the development of YHWH, from its earliest origins to the Persian period. Two interpretive frameworkscultural translation and subversive receptionare offered for filtering through the textual data and contexts. Comparative study with ancient Near Eastern deities and select biblical texts lead readers through early YHWHism, YHWH's original outsider status, and the eventual impact of urbanization on the expression. Perceived and real pressures then challenge urbanite YHWHism and invite new directions for forming a unique expression of divinity in the ancient world. This book is intended for those interested in the study of ancient divinity broadly as well as those who study anciTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1: Purpose and scope; Chapter 2: Competing narratives of early origins; Chapter 3: The rise of YHWH and Jerusalem on the international stage; Chapter 4: YHWH as Israel’s only God: YHWH in the exilic period; Chapter 5: Persian period: the afterlives of YHWHism; Chapter 6: Conclusion and assessment; Bibliography; Index
£128.25
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) East Germanic Ironmaking in the Roman Period
£80.75
Edinburgh University Press The Archaeology of Southwest Afghanistan Volume 1
Book SynopsisDescribes the sites and excavations of the most extensive archaeological research ever undertaken in southwest Afghanistan
£157.50
John Murray Press Classical World All That Matters
Book SynopsisModern Western European culture would have been impossible without the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. The disciplines of philosophy, drama, history, and science all owe an immense debt to these two Mediterranean cultures. At the same time, there are aspects of this legacy that are less worthy of celebration. Slavery went hand in hand with democracy. The pursuit of beauty coexisted with breathtaking acts of brutality. This book explores the world of the ancient Greeks and Romans and the distinctive cultures they produced. It charts the rise and fall of empires as well as examining the intricacies of domestic life. The opening sections of the book give a chronological overview of the ancient world. They orientate the reader to the key places, actors, and historical trends. The remaining chapters focus on some of the most important and influential aspects of Greco-Roman culture including ancient festivals, art, architecture, religion, and medicine.Table of Contents 1: Introduction 2: Homer 3: Classical Athens 4: Rome 5: Greek Drama 6: Love Poetry 7: Roman Entertainments 8: Art and Architecture 9: Philosophy 10: Science and Technology
£9.99
Edinburgh University Press Persian Historic Urban Landscapes
Book SynopsisPersian cities are part of a corridor of civilisation with settlements straddling thousands of years. Taking Maibud as a case study, Eisa Esfanjary traces the evolution of ancient settlements chronologically, thematically and methodologically.Trade Review"This is an ambitious and pioneering study of the evolution of an Iranian desert city over the millennia, enlivened by a deep understanding of its social context, the changing structural imperatives at work and the adaptability of brick as a building material." -- Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh"This is the first work on Iranian cities that combines both a long run account of development and a micro level of analysis." -- Richard Rodger, University of Edinburgh
£99.00
Edinburgh University Press The Archaeology of Greece and Rome
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays reflects Anthony Snodgrass's wide-ranging research interests: Greek prehistory, the Greek Iron Age and Archaic era, Greek texts and Archaeology, Classical Art History, societies on the fringes of the Greek and Roman world, and Regional Field Survey.
£999.99
Edinburgh University Press The Birth of Nomos
Book SynopsisThis is a highly original, interdisciplinary study of the archaic Greek word nomos and its family of words. Includes extracts from ancient sources, in both the original and English translation, to give us a new and complete understanding of nomos and its foundational place in the Western legal tradition.
£103.50
Edinburgh University Press Roman Law Before the Twelve Tables
Book SynopsisBringing together a team of international experts from different subject areas including law, history, archaeology and anthropology this book re-evaluates the traditional narratives surrounding the origins of Roman law before the enactment of the Twelve Tables.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Writing the Sphinx
Book SynopsisUnearths a rich tradition of creative flexibility, collaboration and mutual influence between literary culture and Egyptology The first monograph study to bring literature into conversation with Egyptological culture Incorporates a number of archival primary sources which have, until now, escaped critical attention Analyses canonical literature alongside works by lesser-known authors Combines literary criticism with book history, the history of science, and reception studies This book explores literary and Egyptological cultures from the closing decades of the nineteenth century to the opening decades of the twentieth, culminating in the aftermath of the high-profile discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Analysing the works of Egyptologists including Howard Carter, Arthur Weigall and E. A. Wallis Budge alongside those of their literary contemporaries such as H. Rider Haggard, Marie Corelli and Oscar Wild
£24.69
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives
Book SynopsisThis work is a revealing study of the enigmatic Indus civilization and how a rich repertoire of archaeological tools is being used to probe its puzzles. The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives takes readers back to a civilization as complex as its contemporaries in Mesopotamia and Egypt, one that covered a far larger region, yet lasted a much briefer time (less than a millennium) and left few visible traces. Researchers have tentatively reconstructed a model of Indus life based on limited material remains and despite its virtually indecipherable written record. This volume describes what is known about the roots of Indus civilization in farming culture, as well as its far-flung trading network, sophisticated crafts and architecture, and surprisingly war-free way of life. Readers will get a glimpse of both a remarkable piece of the past and the extraordinary methods that have brought it back to life.Trade ReviewAn extremely readable book accompanied by numerous illustrations, it belongs in larger public, secondary school, and college libraries as a resource and can serve well as a textbook for a course on the topic. * ARBA *Highly recommended for archaeological studies collections. * Library Journal *
£66.50
De Gruyter Incantations and Anti-Witchcraft Texts from
Book SynopsisUgaritic literary and ritual studies have often neglected or even ignored the Akkadian material from the same archives, which can be used as a frame of reference for the Ugaritic texts. The aim of this work is to offer a comprehensive study of the consonantal (Ugaritic) as well as the syllabic (Akkadian) incantation and anti-witchcraft texts from Ras Shamra as a unified corpus. These texts, dealing with impending dangers (mainly snakebites) and witchcraft attacks, are placed in the context of Ancient Near Eastern magic literature. A discussion of general topics, including magic and religion, the Ugaritic gods of magic, and the definition of incantation, is followed by a new collation and translation of the Akkadian texts, as well as new photographic material for both series. The main focus of this book is the close reading of the consonantal texts in the context of the much larger and better analyzed corpus of Akkadian magic literature.
£113.52
Upfront Publishing The Roman Remains of Brittany, Normandy and the Loire Valley: A Guidebook
Book SynopsisThe Roman Remains of Brittany, Normandy and the Loire Valley is the third in a series of companion guides. The only specialist guidebook to the region, it provides context to many sites that deserve to be better known, some only recently conserved for the public. There are plenty of places to chose from: fifty-four treated at length plus fourteen shorter entries. There is an extended chapter dealing with the historical background and two feature sections. The book is easy to use as there are a large number of maps, plans and colour photographs. To ensure accuracy, the author personally followed aqueduct routes, visited hidden temples, admired ramparts, and visited all the museums. Through his writing a visit is transformed into an experience.
£14.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons
Book Synopsis'Here lies our leader all cut down, the valiant man in the dust.' The elegiac words of the "Battle of Maldon", an epic poem written to celebrate the bravery of an English army defeated by Viking raiders in 991, emerge from a diverse literature - including "Beowulf" and "Bede's Ecclesiastical History" - produced by the people known as the Anglo-Saxons: Germanic tribes who migrated to Britain from Lower Saxony and Denmark in the early fifth century CE. The era once known as the 'Dark Ages' was marked by stunning cultural advances, and Henrietta Leyser here offers a fresh analysis of exciting recent discoveries made in the archaeology and art of the Anglo-Saxon world. Arguing that the desperate struggle (led by Alfred the Great) against the Vikings helped define a distinctively English sensibility, the author explores relations with the indigenous British, the Anglo-Saxon conversion to Christianity, the ascendancy of Mercia and the rise of Wessex. This vivid history evokes both the emergent kingdoms of Alfred and Offa and the golden treasures of Sutton Hoo. It will appeal to students of early medieval history and to all those who wish to understand how England was born.Trade Review'Henrietta Leyser not only sets out the tumultuous events of Anglo-Saxon history with elegant clarity and eloquent cogency, but also explores many of its byways with a pithy wit. General readers will be drawn into a compelling narrative ranging over many centuries, and illustrated throughout with a wealth of translated quotations from contemporary sources. Students and specialists, meanwhile, will appreciate the breezy ease with which this sometimes baffling and always complex material is summarised and analysed by its distinguished author. This is a beautifully crafted and well researched book.' - Andy Orchard, Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of Oxford, 'In eight invigorating chapters, Henrietta Leyser covers a period of six hundred years from the settlement of Germanic peoples across eastern and southern Britain, in the fifth and sixth centuries, to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. She provides a lively and well-balanced assessment of the ways in which social, cultural, economic and political forces interacted with each other, leading to the emergence of a unified kingdom of the English - and its conquest. It is over thirty years since a book of this scope and nature has appeared; and Dr Leyser is a very skilful guide to all that has changed in our perception of the Anglo-Saxon world-order.' - Simon Keynes, Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of Cambridge, 'Rich in erudition, this book wears its learning lightly and engages the reader throughout by posing as many questions as it answers. Texts, artefacts and historical events are deftly interwoven. Dr Leyser shrewdly negotiates the complex interactions between faith and politics in the period, grounding her assumptions in a wholly convincing context. A truly excellent short history.' - Susan Irvine, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature, University College London, 'A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons opens new windows on a distant yet very present world at a corner of early medieval Europe. The book provides a valuable guide for the newcomer and yet still throws up surprises for those already familiar with the period. Henrietta Leyser revels in the new work undertaken on the Anglo-Saxon period in recent years. She reveals how much we now do know, while at the same time reminding us how much we still don't, and raises provocative questions that those of us who wish to understand the period should think about. This little book packs in a great deal.' - Ryan Lavelle, Reader in Early Medieval History, University of Winchester
£90.25
Equinox Publishing Ltd The Archaeology of Nuragic Sardinia
Book SynopsisThe Archaeology of Nuragic Sardinia is a comprehensive synthesis of evidence bearing on current understandings of Sardinian prehistory from the 23rd through 8th centuries BC.
£71.25
Equinox Publishing Ltd Peripheral Concerns: Urban Development in the
Book SynopsisPeripheral Concerns examines the influence of one "core" region of the ancient Near Eastern world-Egypt-on urban development in the southern Levant in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages, with emphasis on the relative stability and sustainability of this development in each era. The study utilizes a very broad scale "macro" approach to examine urban development using core-periphery theories, specifically in regard to southern Levantine-Egyptian interactions.While many studies examine urban development in both the Early Bronze Age and the Middle Bronze Age, few compare this phenomenon in the two periods. Likewise, there are few studies of urban development in the southern Levant that compare contemporary Egyptian policies in that region to those in Nubia, despite the fact that Egyptian activities linked the eastern Mediterranean, the Nile Valley, and Nubia into one interactive system. The broad chronological and geographic framework utilized in this study therefore allows for a new approach to urban development in the southern Levant.Trade ReviewA lovely survey of a lot of material which is very helpful and informative for the EBA/MBA period. Cohen offers a new perspective on the importance of Egypt in the southern Levant which is valuable for scholars to mull over;Professor Suzanne Richard, Department of History and Archaeology, Gannon University, PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. Introduction and OverviewChapter 2. Urban Development: Models and FrameworksChapter 3. The Early Bronze AgeChapter 4. The Middle Bronze Age Chapter 5. Egypt and Nubia Chapter 6. Bronze Age Urban Development in the Southern LevantAppendix 1 Early and Middle Bronze Age Site ListAppendix 2 Egyptian Material from the Protodynastic Period through the Middle Kingdom Found in the Southern Levant, Sinai, Nubia, and the Deserts and OasesAppendix 3 List of Egyptian Middle Kingdom Fortresses in Nubia
£67.50
Equinox Publishing Ltd Framing Archaeology in the Near East
£72.00
Equinox Publishing Ltd The Power of Technology in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean: The Case of the Painted Plaster: 2015
Book SynopsisIn the past, Bronze Age painted plaster in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean has been studied from a range of different but isolated viewpoints. This volume brings both technological and iconographic approaches closer together by completing certain gaps in the literature on technology and by investigating how and why technological transfer has developed and what broader impact this had on the wider social dynamics of the late Middle and Late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean. This study approaches the topic of painted plaster by a multidisciplinary methodology and demonstrates the human forces through which transfer was enabled and how multiple social identities and the inter-relationships of these actors with each other and their material world were expressed through their craft production and organization. The investigated data from sixteen sites has been contextualized within a wider framework of Bronze Age interconnections both in time and space because studying painted plaster in the Aegean cannot be considered separate from similar traditions both in Egypt and in the Near East.Trade ReviewThis book is an extremely important piece of research that opens up new vistas in the study of painted plaster in the ancient Aegean and its influence and appearance throughout the eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age;American Journal of ArchaeologyTable of Contents1. Prologue: A Tale of 'Frescoes'2. The Power of Technology, Knowledge and Social Agency3. Technological Style and the Power of Technology and Knowledge4. Archaeometric Approaches to Technologies and Materials5. Painted Plaster in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean6. Analyzed to Bits: Technological and Iconographic Transfer7. Considering Material Culture and Social Identities8. Technology and Social Agency of Painted Plaster
£33.25
Equinox Publishing Ltd High Culture and Experience in Ancient Egypt
Book SynopsisThis novel work uses case studies of both familiar and unfamiliar materials, expanding consideration of ancient Egyptian elite culture to encompass lived experience and exploitation of the natural environment.The opening chapter sets out the conceptual ground for the analyses that follow, arguing that the relatively ephemeral activities under investigation were centrally important to the actors. The first and largest study treats human organization of the landscape and its use to create and transmit elite meanings, especially through pictorial and encyclopaedic forms, and to mobilize emotional values. Next, a treatment of the planning of primarily third millennium settlements on the floodplain argues that Egypt offers a partly rural perspective that provides an alternative to the urban focus of many early civilizations but has parallels in elite culture in much of the world. The third study discusses how a single year's events were orchestrated to culminate in a celebratory hunt in which the king, his court, and high officials participated. The concluding chapter presents an initial synthesis of Egyptian treatments of elite experience, drawing in particular upon additional evidence from literary texts and attitudes to travel.Trade ReviewOne of the best aspects of this book [is] a stubborn focus not just on the evidence for elite experience in ancient Egypt, but on the human beings who lived this experience. If the point of archaeology is to move beyond the archaeological evidence toward an understanding of the people who produced this evidence, then this book is an admirable success;Ancient Near Eastern Studies;In the Introduction this carefully produced book sets out the methodological approach and the obvious challenges in a context where those expressing experience were limited by rules set up to define what was appropriate for being displayed (decorum). But as this book deals with sociology rather than the consumption of aesthetics, its author also convincingly shows that the leisured classes were striving for enjoyment, celebration and appreciation of the finer things of life;Egyptian ArchaeologyTable of ContentsPrefaceList of FiguresConventionsChronological TableMap1. Contexts and Representations of High Culture2. Egypt as a Physical, Social and Represented Landscape3. A Planned World? The Early City, Patterns and Meanings of Settlement4. Celebration in the Landscape: A Hunting Party under Amenemhat II5. Elite Experience
£42.75
Equinox Publishing Ltd Ecology of Early Settlement in Northern Europe:
Book SynopsisThe first volume presents new archaeological and ecological data and analyses on the relation between human subsistence and survival, and the natural history of North-Western Europe throughout the period 10000 - 6000 BC. The volume contains contributions from ecological oriented archaeologists and from the natural sciences, throwing new light on the physical and biotic/ecological conditions of relevance to the earliest settlement. Main themes are human subsistence, subsistence technology, ecology and food availability pertaining to the first humans, and demographic patterns among humans linked to the accessibility of different landscapes.Table of Contents1. Environment and Adaptation of Forager Pioneers in the North-western Regions of EuropeBirgitte Skar and Heidi Mjelva BreivikLate Glacial Migration into the Skagerrak-Kattegat Region and Establishment of Permanent Post-glacial Settlement2. Marine and Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna in Skagerak and Southern Norway in the Late Pleistocene and Early HoloceneLeif Jonsson3. Why Walk When You Can Take a Boat: Moving beyond the North Central European PlainLou Schmitt, University of Gothenburg4. Seal-hunting in the Final Paleolithic of Northern EuropeErwin Cziesla, Martin Wurzelarchaologie und Umwelttechnik GmbH5. Huseby Klev and the Quest for Pioneer Subsistence Strategies: Diversification of a Maritime Lifestyle Adam Boethius, Lund University6. Waterworld: Environment, Animal Exploitation and Fishhook-technology in the Northeastern Skagerrak Area during the Early and Middle Mesolithic (9500-6300 BC)Anja Mansrud, University of Oslo, and Per Persson7. Hunting Elk at the Foot of the Mountains- Remains from 8000 Years of Foraging at (on) the Edge of the Hardangervidda Plateau in Southern NorwayAxel Mjaerum, University of Oslo8. The Earliest Settlement in the Middle Scandinavian Inland: A Discussion of Joel Boaz's Pioneers in the MesolithicPer PerssonThe Early Mesolithic in the Baltic Region: Aquatic Resources and Regionalization 9. A Small Preboreal Settlement Site at Kanaljorden, Motala, SwedenFredrik Hallgren, The Cultural Heritage Foundation, Vasteras, Sweden10. Way out East - Evidence of Early Maritime Technologies from the East Coast of SwedenMattias Pettersson and Roger Wikell, Independent Scholars11. The Pioneer Settlements of Gotland - A Behavioral Ecological ApproachJan Apel. Lund University, and Jan Stora, Stockholm University12. The Use of Aquatic Resources by Early Mesolithic Foragers in Southern ScandinaviaAdam Boethius13. Seascapes of Stability and Change: The Archaeological and Ecological Potential of the Early Mesolithic Seascapes with Examples from Havang in the South East Baltic, SwedenBjorn Nilsson, Lund University, Arne Sjostrom, Lund University, and Per PerssonThe North Sea/Norwegian Sea: Environmental Preconditions and Use of New Landscapes14. Seal and Reindeer: Immediate and Continuous Utilization of Coast and Mountains in the Early Mesolithic of Northwestern NorwayFrode Svendsen, Telemark County Council, Skien, Norway15. An Early Holocene Bearded Seal from the Trondheimfjord: Environmental and Archaeological ImplicationsJorgen Rosvold, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Heidi Mjelva Breivik16. The Changing Landscape of Prehistoric OrkneyCaroline R Wickham-Jones, University of Aberdeen, Richard Bates, University of St Andrews, Sue Dawson, University of Dundee, Alastair Dawson, University of Dundee, Martin Bates, University of Wales Trinity St David 17 Economy and Environment of the Early Mesolithic of Western Scotland: Repeated Visits to a Fishing Locality on a Small Island in the Inner HebridesKaren Wicks and Steven Mithen, both at the University of Reading
£121.50
Equinox Publishing Ltd Technology of Early Settlement in Northern
Book SynopsisThis volume explores technology and communication of the early settlements of Northern Europe. The articles will discuss case studies and present overviews from the early and middle Mesolithic of Northern Europe. Special emphasis will be put on the spatial and temporal transmission of knowledge and culture. This subject addresses themes such as the transmission of specialised knowledge, the generative transmission of knowledge, the understanding of technology as somatic or incorporated culture in human society and the role of pedagogies and teaching in cultural sustainment and transformation. Other papers will discuss the relation between demography and technological developments, as well as the natural and cultural context for the transmission of culture. The understanding of the transmission of technology is, again, closely interrelated to the nature and efficiency of social networks of contact and their social and physical framework. Ultimately these question addresses one of the fundamental issues of our time - how to understand and cope with radical changes. This book provides new and different answers to this great problem of our time.Table of Contents1. Introduction Hakon Glorstad, Kjel Knutsson, Helena Knutsson and Jan Apel2. Postglacial Pioneer Colonization of Eastern Fennoscandia: Modelling Technological ChangeMikael A. Manninen, University of Helsinki, Esa Hertell, University of Helsinki, Petro Pesonen, National Board of Antiquities, Finland, and Miikka Tallavaara, University of Helsinki3. An Examination of Theories on Lithic Reduction Methods in Swiderian TechnologyWitold Grudtz, State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw,4. Continuity and Change in Late Glacial and Postglacial Social Networks: Knowledge Transmission and Blade Production Methods in Ahrensburgian and Early Mesolithic North West EuropeInger Marie Berg-Hansen, University of Oslo 5. The Pioneer Settlement of Scandinavia and its Aftermath: New Evidence from Western and Central ScandinaviaHege Damlien, University of Stavanger, Mathilda Kjallquist, Uppsala University, and Kjel Knutsson6. Raw-material and Blade Technology Variability: A Case Study of Mesolithic Pressure Blade Methods in the Wolin Island Region (North-western Poland) - an Experimental ApproachMichal Adamczyk, University of Szczecin 7. Knowledge and Knowhow Transmission in Lithic Blade Technology and Microlithic Production in the Maglemosian Phase 3 - from Blekinge to Central Jutland and Northern GermanyMikkel Sorensen, University of Copenhagen 8. Axes in Transformation: A Bifocal View of Axe Technology in the Oslo Fjord Area, Norway, c. 9200-6000 cal BCCarine Eymundsson, Guro Fossum, Anja Mansrud, Lucia Koxvold and Axel Mjaerum, all at University of Oslo9. Transmission of Knowledge, Crafting and Cultural Traditions - Interregional Contact and Interaction, 7300 cal BCE. David, Nanterre University, and M. Kjallqvist, Uppsala University10. Middle Mesolithic Blade Technology in Sweden, c. 8th Millennium BCM. Guinard, Uppsala University
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Representations of Antiquity in Film: From Griffith to Grindhouse
Book SynopsisRepresentations of Antiquity in Film offers an introduction to how the ancient world is represented in film and especially Hollywood cinema. McGeough considers the potential that movies have for helping us think about antiquity and their relationship to more traditional academic historical work. The book shows how contemporary issues are drawn out through the cinematic presentations of the past and how modern values are naturalized through their presentation in ancient settings. Through discussion of films from the silent film era to the present, McGeough traces the formative role that films of various genres have had in shaping our perceptions of Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Holy Land, Greece, Rome, barbarian Europe, and the Maya. Not ignoring the traditional historical epic film, the book also presents detailed analyses of comedies, action films, art house fare, exploitation flicks and any type of movie in which audiences experience depictions of the past. By considering cinematic narrative as well as various elements of film design, McGeough presents a comprehensive overview of the topic designed for students and scholars with varying backgrounds in media studies, archaeology, religious studies, and ancient history.Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Importance of Popular Culture Chapter 1. Film as History and History as Hyperreality Chapter 2. Epic Egyptian Kitsch: Historical Thinking and Statecraft in the Cinematic Ancient World Chapter 3. Nero the Nazi and Akhenaten the Lutheran: The Presentism of the Ancient World on Film Chapter 4. Evil Seductresses, Feisty Housewives, and the Temptation of Victor Mature Chapter 5. The Judean People’s Front and Jesus’s Mod Tour Bus: Musicals and Comedies Set in the Ancient World Chapter 6. From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse: The Ancient Epic Subverted Chapter 7. Gods, Monsters, and Musclemen Chapter 8. Cavegirls and the Upper Paleolithic Fur Bikini Chapter 9. The New Epic: Ultraviolence, Comic Books, and CGI Chapter 10. Conclusions
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Icon Books The 50 Greatest Prehistoric Sites of the World
Book SynopsisHumanity's written history stretches back only 5,000 years, a mere blip on the timeline of our existence. If you want to know what it really means to be fully human, to see the whole story, you need to go back. Way, way back. Prehistoric humans couldn't write, but they were adept at telling their own stories. On every continent and outpost where they gained a foothold, they left signs for modern man to decipher. From the Middle Bronze Age settlement of Arkaim on the Kazakh Steppes to the temples of the Olmec in Mexico; from one of the first European proto-cities at Nebelivka in Ukraine to the neolithic henges of Avebury and Stonehenge; from the dolmens of Antequera in the heart of Andalucía to the megalithic culture that thrived in isolation on Indonesia's tiny Nias Island.Trade ReviewAn absolute must-read for prehistory lovers. There are many eye-opening discoveries unearthed throughout the pages that take us on an insightful walking tour * All About History *[The book] takes us on a globe-trotting tour. * All About History *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther: Achaemenid
Book SynopsisA Spectator 2023 Book of the Year Esther is the most visual book of the Hebrew Bible and was largely crafted in the Fourth Century BCE by an author who was clearly au fait with the rarefied world of the Achaemenid court. It therefore provides an unusual melange of information which can enlighten scholars of Ancient Iranian Studies whilst offering Biblical scholars access into the Persian world from which the text emerged. In this book, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones unlocks the text of Esther by reading it against the rich iconographic world of ancient Persia and of the Near East. Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther is a cultural and iconographic exploration of an important, but often undervalued, biblical book, and Llewellyn-Jones presents the book of Esther as a rich source for the study of life and thought in the Persian Empire. The author reveals answers to important questions, such as the role of the King’s courtiers in influencing policy, the way concubines at court were recruited, the structure of the harem in shifting the power of royal women, the function of feasting and drinking in the articulation of courtly power, and the meaning of gift-giving and patronage at the Achaemenid court.Trade ReviewAt a time when relations between Iran and Israel have never been worse, it is good to remember that Persians and Jews were once peacefully and productively intertwined in a single cultural world and that a book of the Old Testament provides one of our best sources for ancient Persian court culture. * William Dalrymple, The Spectator *Biblical scholars know that the Persian context is relevant and significant for understanding the rich narrative of Esther, but most are not trained in the art and archaeology of the Achaemenid world. Llewellyn-Jones, who is so well at home in the Persian cultural context, makes a major contribution to scholarship on Esther, and to the Persian period in biblical studies more generally, with this book. This is indispensable for anyone working on Esther. * Aaron Koller, Yeshiva University, USA *In this accessible and well-illustrated volume, Llewellyn-Jones explores and unpacks the distinctively Persian setting of the Esther narrative. With a particular focus on the early chapters, he provides a detailed cultural and iconographic companion to the biblical book of Esther, one which helpfully illuminates for historians and biblical scholars alike the broader Achaemenid context of the narrative. * Matthew A. Collins, Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism, University of Chester, UK *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Commentary Concluding Thoughts Bibliography Index
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Oxbow Books Life in the Limes: Studies of the people and
Book SynopsisLindsay Allason-Jones has been at the forefront of small finds and Roman frontier research for 40 years in a career focussed on, but not exclusive to, the north of Britain, encompassing an enormous range of object types and subject areas. Divided into thematic sections the contributions presented here to celebrate her many achievements all represent at least one aspect of Lindsay’s research interests. These encompass social and industrial aspects of northern frontier forts; new insights into inscribed and sculptural stones specific to military communities; religious, cultural and economic connotations of Roman armour finds; the economic and ideological penetration of romanitas in the frontiers as reflected by individual objects and classes of finds; evidence of trans-frontier interactions and invisible people; the role of John Clayton in the exploration and preservation of Hadrian’s Wall and its material culture; the detailed consideration of individual objects of significant interest; and a discussion of the widespread occurrence of mice in Roman art.Trade ReviewThis volume… presents twenty-seven papers that focus on the primary themes found throughout [Allason-Jones’] research—Roman frontiers, the people of the Roamn world (especially women and children), and material culture * New Testament Abstracts *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC WICS: The Early Mediaeval Trading Centres of
Book SynopsisThis book reviews thematically the evidence amassed over the last 150 years for the early medieval trading centres of northern Europe, or 'wics', which played a crucial role in the development of urbanism and international trade in the pre-Viking age. The second half of the first millenium witnessed the development in northern Europe of a network of maritime trading centres that are often referred to by archaeologists as 'wics'. This book examines the nature of these settlements thematically in eleven papers written by specialists with first-hand knowledge of the archaeological evidence. Place-names, pottery, glass, coins, animal bones and burials are all discussed. Other aspects of 'wics', including their discovery, investigation, interpretation, and economic and social bases, are also considered. In addition, there are gazetteers describing individual sites, and a selection of contemporary sources. Contributors include Paul Bennett, Vera Evison, Lyn Blackmore, Mark Gardiner, Richard Kemp, David Perkins, Alan Vince, and Keith Wade.
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Medieval Towns: The Archaeology of British Towns
Book SynopsisArchaeologists have shown that towns can claim to be more representative of the nature of society of which they formed part than any other type of site. In towns we are most likely to find archaeological evidence of both long-distance and local trade, of exploitation of natural resources, of specialization and of technological evidence in manufacturing, of social differentiation, of the means of political control, and of the religious aspirations of the population. Medieval Towns is the second and enlarged edition of the book Medieval Towns which was published in 1994 by Continuum. It surveys recent work on the archaeological study of medieval towns in Britain. Its emphasis is on the discoveries by archaeological teams, nearly always on sites to be developed or already under construction. From the vast haul of information now at our disposal, after thirty years of data gathering, we can begin to ask questions of many kinds. What went on in medieval towns? How did the rich and poor live, what nourished them, what did they die of? What was the weather like, the quality of life, the restrictions or special pleasures of living in towns?Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Topographical factors in the growth of towns; 3. Houses, properties and streets; 4. Crafts and industries; 5. Trade and commerce; 6. Religion in towns: churches, religious houses and cemeteries; 7. The environment of medieval towns; 8. Unfinished business; Bibliographical note on the archaeology of European towns
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Just Past?: The Making of Israeli Archaeology
Book SynopsisThe land of Israel is rich in history and material culture and has long been the location of extensive archaeological excavation. 'Just Past?' examines the origins of Israeli archaeology in the 1950s and 1960s. Drawing on previously unpublished documentary material, the study offers a history of intriguing finds, failures and dreams. 'Just Past?' covers a range of topics, from the 1948 war to the Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums, issues of foreign aid, and the political circumstances behind the decision to start excavations at Masada. Highlighting the centrality of politics to archaeology in Israel/Palestine, 'Just Past?' presents an assessment of the origins of Israeli archaeology which will be invaluable to students and scholars of history and archaeology.Table of Contents1: Introduction.; 2: In the Middle of an Excavation a Camouflaged Evacuation Post for the Wounded -- Archaeology and the 1948 War; 3: Abandoned Places, New Places; 4: Foreign Aid; 5: Frozen Funds; 6: A Battalion of Guards; 7: Relief Work; 8: Man Robs His Land: Agreement with General Dayan; 9: Gold of Ophir for Beth-Horon 3,000 Shekels; 10: A Tale of Two Houses; 11: From Council to Council; 12: "But Trust is to the Heart": Travels with the Government Tourist Corporation; 13: Whether in a Courtyard of a Synagogue, in a Courtyard adjacent to a Synagogue or under a Synagogue: The Safad Affair; 14: Policy of Salvage and Early Israeli Excavations; 15: Myths and Conclusions; Appendix: Some other Letters
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Debating Orientalization: Multidisciplinary
Book SynopsisInitially coined by art historians in the second half of the nineteenth century to denote an ambivalent artistic style and period, 'Orientalizing' has been invariably used to describe a phenomenon, a revolution, or a movement. Regional developments and innovations in the ancient Mediterranean have been explained by reference to an Orient, the metaphorical bazaar containing the artistic opulence and social sophistication that spread to the West and changed it. "Debating Ancient Orietalization" brings together papers presented at a symposium held in Oxford in 2002 to debate the theme of ancient Orientalization. The volume reassesses the concept of Orientalizing, questioning whether it is valid to interpret Mediterranean-wide processes of change in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages by the term Orientalization. Like the ancient Mediterranean itself, the list of contributors is multicultural, and their contributions multidisciplinary, combining various strands of archaeological and textual evidence with different methodological approaches.Table of ContentsContributors: Maria Eugenia Aubet, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Peter van Dommelen, Universitat de Valencia, Eric Gubel, Musees Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire de Bruxelles, A. Bernard Knapp, University of Glasgow, Sarah P. Morris, UCLA, Robin Osborne, Cambridge University, Nicholas Purcell, Oxford University, David, Wengrow, Institute of Archaeology, University of London.
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Rural Landscapes of the Punic World
Book SynopsisPhoenician and Punic archaeology have long been overlooked by Mediterranean archaeologists, who focused their attention on Greek and Roman cultures. Although the Punic cities and their rural landscapes are to be found along the southern shores and on the islands of the western Mediterranean basin, comprehensive studies of these archaeological remains are virtually non-existent. It is the aim of this book to investigate Punic rural settlement in the western Mediterranean by bringing together and comparing the currently dispersed existing evidence for rural Punic settlement. The core of the volume is accordingly made up by a detailed discussion of the archaeological evidence for Punic rural settlement from Sardinia, Sicily, Ibiza, mainland Spain and North Africa.Because agriculture and agrarian produce have always been assumed to have played a critical role in the Carthaginian colonial expansion, the connections between the various colonial contexts and the local characteristics of rural organisation explored in detail in order to enhance our understanding of these colonial contexts. This in turn provides better insight in Carthaginian colonialism and local Punic rural settlement and their role in the wider Mediterranean context. By publishing this evidence and these interpretations in English, we hope to draw attention to Punic archaeology in general and to these rural studies in particular and to situate them in the wider Mediterranean context of both classical Antiquity and Mediterranean archaeology.Table of Contents1 Defining the Punic World and its Rural Contexts2 Rereading Punic Agriculture: Representation, Analogy and Ideology in the Classical SourcesVeronique Krings3 Ibiza: the Making of New LandscapesCarlos Gomez Bellard4 The Iberian Peninsula: Landscapes of TraditionJose Luis Lopez Castro5 North Africa: Rural Settlement and Agricultural ProductionElizabeth Fentress and Roald F. Docter6 Sicily and Malta: between Sea and CountrysideAntonella Spano Giammellaro, Francesca Spatafora and Peter van Dommelen7 Sardinia: Diverging LandscapesPeter van Dommelen and Stefano Finocchi8 Agrarian Landscapes and Rural Communities9 Conclusions: Rural Landscapes of the Punic World
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Equinox Publishing Ltd The Power of Technology in the Bronze Age Eastern
Book SynopsisIn the past, Bronze Age painted plaster in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean has been studied from a range of different but isolated viewpoints. One of the current questions about this material is its direction of transfer. This volume brings both technological and iconographic (and other) approaches closer together: by completing certain gaps in the literature on technology and, by investigating how and why technological transfer has developed and what broader impact this had on the wider social dynamics of the late Middle and Late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean. This study approaches the topic of painted plaster by a multidisciplinary methodology.Moreover, when human actors and their interactions are placed in the centre of the scene, it demonstrates the human forces through which transfer was enabled and how multiple social identities and the inter-relationships of these actors with each other and their material world were expressed through their craft production and organization. The investigated data from sixteen sites has been contextualized within a wider framework of Bronze Age interconnections both in time and space because studying painted plaster in the Aegean cannot be considered separate from similar traditions both in Egypt and in the Near East. This study makes clear that it is not possible to deduce a one-way directional transfer of this painting tradition. Furthermore, by integrating both technology and iconography with its hybrid character, a clear 'technological style' was defined in the predominant al fresco work found on these specific sites.The author suggests that the technological transfer most likely moved from west to east. This has important implications in the broader politico-economic and social dynamics of the eastern Mediterranean during the LBA. Since this art/craft was very much elite-owned, it shows how the smaller states in the LBA, such as the regions of the Aegean, were capable of staying within the large trade and exchange network that comprised the large powers of the East and Egypt. The painted plaster reflects a very visible presence in the archaeological record and, because it cannot be transported without its artisans, it suggests specific interactions of royal courts in the East with the Aegean peoples. The painted plaster as an immovable feature required at least temporary presence of a small team of painters and plasterers.Exactly this factor forms an argument in support of travelling artisans, who, in turn, shed light onto broader aspects of contact, trade and exchange mechanisms during the late MBA and LBA.Table of ContentsChapter One (prologue): A Tale of 'Frescoes' Chapter Two: The Power of Technology, Knowledge and Social AgencyChapter Three: Technological Style and the Power of Technology and Knowledge Chapter Four: Archaeometric Approaches to Technologies and MaterialsChapter Five: Painted Plaster in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Chapter Six: Analyzed to Bits: Technological and Iconographic TransferChapter Seven: Considering Material Culture and Social IdentitiesChapter Eight: Technology and Social Agency of Painted Plaster
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Madaba Plains Project: Forty Years of
Book SynopsisThe year 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of Mabada Plains Project archaeological research in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The Madaba Plains Project is one of the longest-lived, continuously running archaeological excavation projects in the Middle East. Spanning four decades, the project, with its beginnings at Tall Hisban in the late sixties, has engaged 1,500 participants, produced scores of publications and spawned a dozen other projects. Its legacy includes being one of the first major Near Eastern archaeology projects to adopt a multi-millennial, regional approach; to incorporate ethnoarchaeology and environmental studies; to construct data around a food-systems' approach; and to computerize procedures for archaeological data acquisition and analysis, thus helping advance both the theoretical underpinnings and the field methods of archaeology in the southern Levant and beyond. Madaba Plains Project directors, wishing to celebrate this major scientific and historical milestone, have produced this anniversary volume which: highlights the value of ongoing collaborative research across the region of central Jordan, attempting to explain life and survival from the Bronze ages through the Islamic and early modern periods and features the latest results from ongoing research; enlivens the discussion by hearing from major scholars in the field who, in the process of assessing the contributions of the project to the archaeology of the southern Levant, broaden the discussion in the context of ancient Near Eastern archaeological research; and, expands the horizons of the project's research by presenting the ever enlarging number and extent of projects conducted by dig directors once on staff with the Madaba Plains Project, thereby taking readers all over Jordan and beyond.Trade Review'The MPP has left a huge footprint on the archaeology of Jordan and the Middle East in general. Without it, we would all be working in a different way and with a poorer set of theoretical models. This book justly celebrates those achievements and explains how they came about.' --Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC In Search of Kings and Conquerors: Gertrude Bell
Book SynopsisAt the height of her career, Bell journeyed into the heart of the Middle East retracing the steps of the ancient rulers who left tangible markers of their presence in the form of castles, palaces, mosques, tombs and temples. Among the many sites she visited were Ephesus, Binbirkilise and Carchemish in modern-day Turkey as well as Ukhaidir, Babylon and Najaf within the borders of modern Iraq. Lisa Cooper here explores Bell's achievements, emphasizing the tenacious, inquisitive side of her extraordinary personality, the breadth of her knowledge and her overall contribution to the archaeology of the Middle East. Featuring many of Bell's own photographs, this is a unique portrait of a remarkable life.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Gertrude Bell: A brief sketch Chapter 2: First forays into archaeology Chapter 3: Euphrates journey Chapter 4: Ukhaidir: desert splendour Chapter 5: Encounters in the heart of Mesopotamia Chapter 6: Bridging past and present: Gertrude Bell and the new Iraq
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Historic Environment Scotland With Thy Towers High: Stirling Castle: The
Book SynopsisDominating the surrounding landscape from its volcanic outcrop, Stirling Castle is an enduring symbol of an epic past. The castle's history is inextricably bound with that of the Scottish nation. It has been touched by every drama and conflict, from the campaigns of the Wars of Independence, through the Jacobite threat, to conflicts of the twentieth century, when it served until the 1960s as home to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Almost every Scottish monarch has left a mark on the castle, which has over the centuries served as both castle and palace: a strategic stronghold and a secure residence for the Stewart monarchs and their children. Archaeological investigation began at Stirling Castle in 1921, when the Grand Battery was excavated to reveal the great kitchens, but it is only in the later twentieth century that concerted archaeological research, conservation and presentation has sought to provide a coherent picture of the development of the monument. This volume brings together the evidence from the archaeological excavations, surveys, historical research and investigations of the standing buildings which have taken place during the conservation and re-presentation of Stirling Castle.
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Darf Publishers Ltd Upper Egypt: Its Peoples and its Products. A
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Carnegie Publishing Ltd The Lancaster Roman Cavalry Stone: Triumphant
Book SynopsisThe County of Lancashire - and the City of Lancaster in particular - have a richer archaeological heritage than is often appreciated. This was most dramatically demonstrated in November 2005 with the discovery of a massive stone bearing the image of a triumphant horseman and his fallen foe. This was without doubt one of the most significant finds of recent years. But who was the horseman, could the many fragments ever be satisfactorily be reassembled, and what did this stunning object mean for our history? To hope to answer these questions, and to put this artefact where it might be enjoyed by Lancastrians and visitors alike, would take the co-operative efforts of numerous museums, four universities, and the enthusiastic support of local people. This richly illustrated volume represents a first attempt - by archaeologists, classical historians, conservators and curators - to tell the stone's story, and in doing so to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding Insus, son of Vodullus.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vAn Important Find 9The Stone and its Meaning 11The Arms and Equipment 27Dating the Tombstone 21The Stone Acquired and Conserved 29The Reiter Stones of Roman Britain 39Sources and Further Reading 53
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