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  • Namib: The archaeology of an African desert

    James Currey Namib: The archaeology of an African desert

    Book SynopsisWINNER SAfA BOOK PRIZE 2023 The first full-length examination of the archaeology and history of the Namib Desert. This is a story of human survival over the last one million years in the Namib Desert - one of the most hostile environments on Earth. Namib reveals the resilience and ingenuity of desert communities and provides a vivid picture of our species' response to climate change, and ancient strategies to counter ever-present risk. Dusty fragments of stone, pottery and bone tell a history of perpetual transition, of shifting and temporary states of balance. Namib digs beneath the usual evidence of archaeology to uncover a world of arcane rituals, of travelling rain-makers, of intricate social networks which maintained vital systems of negotiated access to scarce resources. Ranging from the earliest evidence of human occupation, through colonial rule and genocide, to the invasion of the desert by South African troops during the First World War, this is the first comprehensive archaeology of the Namib. Among its important contributions are the reclaiming of the indigenous perspective during the brutal colonial occupation, and establishing new material links between the imperialist project in German South West Africa during 1885-1915 and the Third Reich, and between Nazi ideology and Apartheid. Southern Africa: University of Namibia Press/JacanaTrade ReviewNamib is an archaeological page-turner. John Kinahan's writing clearly shows a deep knowledge and mastery of his subject born from many decades of tireless and meticulous research in what is a truly massive study area. * Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa *The book ... is informed by an imaginative and reasoned evocation of pre-history and a close reading of the written record. The author maintains a remarkable balance between close focus and humane vision in his ability to sustain "a story of human survival over the last one million years in one of the most hostile environments on earth". -- Tony Voss * African Studies Quarterly *This book represents a near-lifetime of detailed research .... [it] represents a major contribution to our knowledge of the Deep History of one of the great deserts of the Southern Hemisphere. -- Peter Veth * Canadian Journal of African Studies *Namib is exceptionally well-written. Those who are not archaeological initiates will welcome the opportunity to get an insight into the craft of the archaeologist and appreciate the requisite for presenting well-researched and analysed evidence. -- Eckhard Schleberger * Journal of Namibian Studies *Table of Contents1. INTRODUCTION: A radical new approach 2. FIRST FOOTSTEPS: Early human ancestors 3. TIMES ARROW: Desert survival strategies 4. MOUNTAIN REFUGE: Isolated refugia & ritual practice 5. ELEPHANTS AND RAIN: Rain-making and initiation 6. DESERT GARDEN: Pottery & tending desert food plants 7. THE FAMILY HERD: Ovahimba desert pastoralists 8. THE BLACK SWAN: Indigenous views on colonial penetration 9. MEN IN HATS: Missionaries, traders, prospectors, hunters 10. THE DEATH OF MEMORY: Lifting the veil on colonial Genocide EPILOGUE: Critical reappraisal: desert as natural wilderness or - the familiar home of people now banished?

    £28.49

  • A Neolithic and Bronze Age Landscape in

    Historic England A Neolithic and Bronze Age Landscape in

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe Raunds Area Project investigated more than 20 Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in the Nene Valley. This volume, on DVD, is the detailed monument and landscape analysis, environmental specialist reports, and finds reports catalogues (includes tables of data and interpretations and finds drawings).Table of ContentsDVD containing supplementary studies of detailed monument and landscape analysis, environmental specialist reports and find reports.

    1 in stock

    £59.51

  • The Story of Silbury Hill

    Historic England The Story of Silbury Hill

    4 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe Story of Silbury Hill sets out the archaeological story of Silbury: from an early recognition of its importance to antiquarian and archaeological investigations of the hill. For the first time, the results of the recent work are set out in detail, describing early activity on the site, the origins of the monument and the construction techniques used. Numerous new and vivid reconstruction drawings present a unique interpretation of this iconic prehistoric monument. The authors propose a new theory of the construction and thus a new way of interpreting Neolithic monuments.Trade Review'The story of Silbury Hill is an evocative one and this book does it justice'The Archaeological Journal'Engagingly written and attractively illustrated with photos and reconstruction drawings.'Landscape History'This is the best book on Silbury to date, incorportating the results of all the recent investigations. It manages wonderfully to bring out both why the Hill matters to archaeologists and why it matters to everyone else.'Professor Ronald HuttonTable of Contents1. The nature of time 2. Kings, Druids and early investigations 3. Into the twentieth century: Petrie, Atkinson and the BBC 4. 'What do you mean there's a hole on top of Silbury?' 5. Creating the mound 6. Making sense of the mound 7. Land, stones and the development of monuments 8. From Small Town to Sele-burh 9. The Timekeeper

    4 in stock

    £14.99

  • Egypt in England

    Historic England Egypt in England

    Book SynopsisFor more than 200 years, and especially since the rediscovery of ancient Egypt by Europe in the 19th century, the exotic Egyptian style in architecture has been a sign of our fascination with a civilisation that has had a long-lasting and deep-seated influence on British culture. From its fashionable success in the Regency period to its varied uses in the 20th century, Egyptian-style architecture has much to say about what ancient Egypt represents to us. Egypt in England is the first detailed guide to the use of the Egyptian style in architecture and interiors in England, and to those that survive, most of which can be seen or visited by the public. Fully illustrated, it combines a series of topic essays giving the architectural and Egyptological background to the use of the style with a guide allowing sites to be located, and explaining what can still be seen. A variety of buildings and monuments – from cinema, supermarket, synagogue and factory, to folly, mill, Masonic temple and mausoleum – are highlighted in the book. For those who don't know their architrave from their entablature, or their Anubis from their Uraeus, there are also glossaries of architectural terms and ancient Egyptian deities. This engaging book is an accessible and practical guide for a general audience, but has enough depth to be useful to scholars in a range of subject areas. Trade Review'This user-friendly publication should please both curious newcomers who want to explore the quirkier aspects of their local history, and those more familiar with Egyptology who want a handy reference book to dip into.'Current Archaeology'an intriguing trot, gloriously illustrated, through two centuries of eccentric revivalist architecture.'The Times'This is a most interestingly comprehensive yet individualistic compendium-cum-guidebook on a prerennially fascinating subject.'Edward Chaney, The Victorian'This book meets well the needs of the non-specialist cultural tourist who wishes to learn something of the background to Egyptianising buildings while an enthusiast for the legacy of ancient Egypt would need to be a great specialist indeed not to find some fresh visits to pay, or fresh issues to consider.'John Tait, Egyptian Archaeology... it is a very good read and the colour photography is outstanding.Ancient Monuments Society NewsletterIn short, this ia an interesting and reliable volume which should prove a useful reference book for architectural or landscape historians but which also offers much of interest to other readers.Kate Spence, Landscape HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction Section one: Understanding Egypt in England 1. Architecture: Imhotep in England 2. Cemeteries: Catacombs and cornices 3. Cinemas: The splendour of Luxor 4. Egyptiana: Silver gilt services to sewing machines 5. Egyptology: From antiquary to Egyptologist 6. Freemasonry: Wisdom from the east and the Pharaoh’s apron 7. Hieroglyphs: Writings of priests, words of the gods Section two: Finding Egypt in England 8. London 9. South East 10. South West 11. East of England 12. East Midlands 13. West Midlands 14. Yorkshire and The Humber 15. North West Architectural Glossary Glossary of Egyptian gods and goddesses

    £25.65

  • The Neolithic Flint Mines of England

    Liverpool University Press The Neolithic Flint Mines of England

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  • Plutarchs Lives

    Classical Press of Wales Plutarchs Lives

    4 in stock

    Book SynopsisWith an analysis of the synkriseis; with discussion of parallels within and across the Lives and in the Moralia; with an examination of why the basic parallel structure of the Lives lost its importance in the Renaissance, this volume presents fresh ideas on a neglected topic crucial to Plutarch's literary creation.

    4 in stock

    £58.50

  • Velleius Paterculus: Making History

    Classical Press of Wales Velleius Paterculus: Making History

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisVelleius Paterculus' short work is the earliest surviving attempt on the part of a post-Augustan historian to survey the history of the res publica from its origins to his own times. In a period from which no other contemporary historical narrative survives in more than meagre fragments, Velleius' work is uniquely important. It is a critical counter to the later accounts of Tacitus, Suetonius and Cassius Dio, not simply because it offers a different view of Tiberius, but because Velleius saw continuity where later authors saw only radical change which destroyed the Republic and put monarchy in its place. For other reasons, too, Velleius occupies a unique position in Roman historiography. This collection of papers, by a distinguished cast of scholars, represents a wide-ranging re-examination of Velleius' work, of its place within, and contribution to, Roman historiography and the intellectual history of the early Principate.Trade ReviewThe fit and finish of this volume are superb, in keeping with The Classical Press of Wales' standards. -- Emil. A. Kramer Journal of Roman Studies Issue 103 (2013)Table of ContentsIntroduction (Eleanor Cowan) Velleius Paterculus as Senator. A dream with footnotes (Barbara Levick) A page in the history of Campania (Maria Elefante Velleius Paterculus and his Italian background (Edward Bispham) Transit admiratio: memoria, invidia, and the historian (Martin Bloomer) Velleius' history: genre and models (John Rich) Explanatory strategies in Velleius (John Marincola) Velleius 2.30.6 and Tacitus, Histories 4.81: allusion and intertext (Victoria Pagan) Velleius and biography: the case of Julius Caesar (Christopher Pelling) Roman values in Velleius (Ulrich Schmitzer) Resuscitating a text: Velleius' history as cultural evidence (John Lobur) Velleius 2.124.2 and the reluctant princeps (Tom Hillard) 'Dying with their boots on': ambivalence in Velleius' depiction of republican notables (Clemence Schultze) The Stones of Blood: Family, Monumentality, and Memory in Velleius' Second Century (Luke Pitcher) Heroism and Despair in Velleius Paterculus' narrative of the Republic (Catherine Steel) Velleius and the Games (T.P. Wiseman) Velleius and Pompey: ambiguities and contradictions (Robin Seager) Velleius Paterculus' portrait of Livia (Kathryn Welch) Velleius and the princeps Romani nominis (Eleanor Cowan)

    2 in stock

    £58.50

  • Sparta in Modern Thought

    Classical Press of Wales Sparta in Modern Thought

    Book SynopsisImages of ancient Sparta have had a major impact on Western thought. From the Renaissance to the French Revolution she was invoked by radical thinkers as a model for the creation of a republican political and social order.

    £88.61

  • Competition in the Ancient World

    Classical Press of Wales Competition in the Ancient World

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisFeatures the papers that form a case for viewing competition for superiority as a major force in ancient history, including the earliest human societies and the Assyrian and Aztec empires.

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    £58.50

  • The Archaeology of the Bible

    SPCK Publishing The Archaeology of the Bible

    Book SynopsisFor the past 200 years archaeological work has provided new information that allows us to peer into the past and open chapters of human history that have not been read for centuries, or even millennia. In The Archaeology of the Bible James K. Hoffmeier provides the reader with an incisive account of archaeology's role in shaping our understanding of the biblical texts. Fundamental issues addressed throughout include how archaeological discoveries relate to biblical accounts, and the compatibility of using scientific disciplines to prove or disprove a religious book such as the Bible. This work is an ideal introduction to the societies and events of the Ancient Near East and their relation to our interpretation of the Bible.

    £18.89

  • Archaic Greece: New Approaches and New Evidence

    Classical Press of Wales Archaic Greece: New Approaches and New Evidence

    Book SynopsisHow and why did the Greek city-states come into being? The study of Greece in the Archaic period is changing due to new discoveries and interpretations. The 14 essays presented here explore many aspects of this rapidly changing world. The essays detail re-interpretations of archaeological material, emphasize the diversity in patterns of settlement, sancturies and burial practices of the Greek-speaking world and trace the complex trends and motivations underlying the expanding exchange of goods and the settlement of new communities. Local studies of archaeology and iconography revise our image of the peculiarity of Spartan society, and texts, from Homer and Hesiod to a newly discovered poem of Simonides, are given fresh interpretations, as are significant developments in maritime warfare, the roles of literacy and law-making in Crete, the emergence of a less violent lifestyle and the articulation of rational political thought.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction - Nick Fisher and Hans van Wees Part I: Diversity in Development: Interpreting Archaeological and Iconographical Evidence 1. Archaeology and Archaic Greek History - Ian Morris 2. Lakonian Artistic Production and the Problem of Spartan Austerity - Stephen Hodkinson 3. Sixth-Century Lakonian Vase-Painting: Continuities and Discontinuities with the Lykourgan Ethos - Anton Powell 4. Athena as Ergane and Promachos: The Iconography of Athena in Archaic East Greece - Alexandra Villing Part II: Interpreting Poetry and Myth 5. A Historian's Headache: How to Read Homeric Society? - Kurt Raaflaub 6. Homer's Enemies: Lyric and Epic in the Seventh Century - Andrew Dalby 7. What Was in Pandora's Box? - Daniel Ogden 8. The New Simonides and Heroization at Plataia - Deborah Boedeker Part III: Integrating the Evidence: Power, Status, Exchange, and State-Formation 9. Early Greek Colonization? The Nature of Greek Settlement in the West - Robin Osborne 10. Towards Thalassocracy? Archaic Greek Naval Developments - Philip de Souza 11. Cargoes of the Heart's Desire: The Character of Trade in the Archaic Mediterranean World - Lin Foxhall 12. Literacy and Lawmaking: The Case of Archaic Crete - James Whitley 13. Greeks Bearing Arms: The State, the Leisure Class, and the Display of Weapons in Archaic Greece - Hans van Wees 14. Writing the History of Archaic Greek Political Thought - Paul Cartledge Bibliography Index

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  • Copan: The History of an Ancient Maya Kingdom

    SAR Press Copan: The History of an Ancient Maya Kingdom

    20 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis volume collects leading scholarship on one of the most important archaeological complexes in the ancient Maya world. The authors-internationally renowned experts who participated in the long-running Copán Acropolis Archaeological Project-address enduring themes in Maya archaeology. In addition to site-specific breakthroughs involving dynastic sequences, epigraphy, and chronologies, these essays explore questions of broad interest to archaeologists and other anthropologists, including state formation, architecture and space, and the relationship between history and archaeology as well as among archaeology, epigraphy, and iconography.

    20 in stock

    £26.96

  • The Peopling of Bandelier: New Insights from the

    SAR Press The Peopling of Bandelier: New Insights from the

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisFew visitors to the stunning Frijoles Canyon at Bandelier National Monument realize that its depths embrace but a small part of the archaeological richness of the vast Pajarito Plateau west of Santa Fe, New Mexico. In this beautifully illustrated book, archaeologists, historians, ecologists, and Pueblo contributors tell a deep and sweeping story of the region. Beginning with its first Paleo-Indian residents, through its Ancestral Pueblo florescence in the 14th and 15th centuries, to its role in the birth of American archaeology and the nuclear age, and concluding with its enduring centrality in the lives of Keresan and Tewa Indian peoples today, the plateau remains a place where the mysterious interplay of human culture and magnificent landscapes is written in its mesas and canyons. A must read for anyone interested in Southwestern archaeology and Native peoples.

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    £23.36

  • Nomads and Natives beyond the Danube and the

    £142.50

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    £80.27

  • Tereus Through the Ages

    De Gruyter Tereus Through the Ages

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    £105.45

  • Documentality

    de Gruyter Documentality

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    £18.50

  • Lucans Epos Vom Bürgerkrieg Zwischen Caesar Und

    £98.96

  • Ägyptologische Studien

    de Gruyter Ägyptologische Studien

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    £126.64

  • The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage from a

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  • Archäologische Denkmale Und Umweltgestaltung

    £126.64

  • Mapping Ptolemaic Dacia

    Trivent Publishing Mapping Ptolemaic Dacia

    Book SynopsisThis volume is a contribution to the decipherment of Ptolemy's universal map, with focus on the territory known as Dacia. The information provided by Ptolemy was translated into modern data considering local features and complying with certain general principles. The difficulty of this task consisted in the way the ancient manuscripts transmitted the original location coordinates, as well as in the way Ptolemy patched together information from ancient itineraries and other sources.The author of this volume conceived a general formula for mapping Dacia based on the information found in the two oldest sources he used. Furthermore, he determined local patterns with the help of the other sources – therefore, defining locations resulted in a better determination of the surrounding relative positions. This information, as well as the correlation of the Ptolemaic locations with archaeological findings, provides an increased recognition of Ptolemaic Dacia, while also contributing to exposing the Ptolemaic universal map.Table of Contents Introduction CHAPTER 1. General Ptolemaic Principles CHAPTER 2. Ptolemaic and Modern Earth Models. Initial Methodological Framework CHAPTER 3. Ptolemaic Poleis and Places in Dacia and in Adjacent areas. What We Know CHAPTER 4. Establishing Local Working Algorithms CHAPTER 5. Calculating the Coordinates of Some Dacian Poleis from the Established Grid CHAPTER 6. A Synthesis on the Local Ptolemaic Patterns in Dacia CHAPTER 7. SWOT Analysis CHAPTER 8. Limits, Rivers, Tribes and Neighbours of Ptolemaic Dacia Conclusive remarks Bibliography List of Figures List of Tables Index

    £60.30

  • Archaeology on Medieval Knights` Manor Houses in

    Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Archaeology on Medieval Knights` Manor Houses in

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe relics of medieval knights' manors still shape the landscape of Poland today. The anonymous hills contain the remnants of wooden buildings, sometimes ones of stone or brick, as well as numerous tiny artifacts, the trace of the households of the past. Called "grodziska stozkowate" (motte), unlike the region's castles they are not so often visited, but more often destroyed. This book depicts the architecture and daily life of a medieval knight's manor based on the findings of archaeological excavations carried on for half a century, supplemented by written sources. It describes buildings, household items, and the tools used by the people of the past, allowing for a clearer understanding of the lives of medieval knights and their family.Trade ReviewThe author uses a wide source base to present many original hypotheses regarding the functioning of Polish medieval knights' manors, which she rightly considers to lack analogies in other parts of Europe. Translated into English, the publication undoubtedly will gain much value. The results of recent studies on medieval manors in Poland hardly ever have been made available for foreign specialists. -- Stanislaw Kolodziejski

    2 in stock

    £32.30

  • Splendid Isolation: The Eruption of the Laacher

    Aarhus University Press Splendid Isolation: The Eruption of the Laacher

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    £24.00

  • Care, Socialization & Play in Ancient Attica: A

    Aarhus University Press Care, Socialization & Play in Ancient Attica: A

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £30.00

  • Tall al-Fukhar: Result of Excavations in 1990-93 and 2002

    Aarhus University Press Tall al-Fukhar: Result of Excavations in 1990-93 and 2002

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  • Along the Road: Aspects of Causewayed Enclosures

    Aarhus University Press Along the Road: Aspects of Causewayed Enclosures

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    £31.80

  • Prehistoric Aegean and Near Eastern Metal Types

    Aarhus University Press Prehistoric Aegean and Near Eastern Metal Types

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    1 in stock

    £15.96

  • Documenting Ancient Rhodes: The Archaeological

    Aarhus University Press Documenting Ancient Rhodes: The Archaeological

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    2 in stock

    £32.00

  • Aarhus University Press Viking Encounters: Proceedings of the Eighteenth

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    Book SynopsisThe Viking Congresses bring together scholars of archaeology, philology, history, toponymy, numismatics and a number of other disciplines to discuss the Viking Age from a variety of viewpoints. This volume contains 44 peer-reviewed papers selected from those presented at the 18th Viking Congress held in Denmark in August 2017. The contributors take up the interdisciplinary challenge, and the papers cover a wide range of subjects, rooted in the past, but also connecting to the present.

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  • What did the Sarcophagus of Symmachus Look Like?:

    Aarhus University Press What did the Sarcophagus of Symmachus Look Like?:

    Book SynopsisThis book concerns the chronology of Roman mythological sarcophagi. The traditional chronology assumes a peak in production during the reign of Gallienus (AD 259-268) that fades away in the reign of Constantine.This chronology has some obvious flaws. The supposed peak under the reign of Gallienus, when the empire was falling apart, can only be described as a mirage. Some very fine sarcophagi were indeed produced in this period, but the number is very limited.With the reign of Constantine (AD 306-337) came wealth, and the so-called ‘villa boom’ that also revived sculpture in the round. At that time, it is believed that production of pagan sarcophagi had ceased to be replaced by Christian sarcophagi. This raises a very simple question, however: how were pagans buried?No doubt production of pagan sarcophagi continued beyond the turn of the century and Symmachus, who died in AD 402, was buried in such a sarcophagus.

    £13.50

  • The Pitted Ware Culture on Djursland:

    Aarhus University Press The Pitted Ware Culture on Djursland:

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisLutz Klassen (ed.), The Pitted Ware Culture On Djursland. Supra-regional significance and contacts in the Middle Neolithic of southern Scandinavia.Between ca. 3000 and 2800 BC, the Pitted Ware Culture of northeast European descent spread to the northeastern parts of Denmark. Here, by far the best archaeological evidence is known from the Djursland peninsula in eastern Jutland. This volume presents 12 individual papers that present the available finds from the key site of Kainsbakke as well as number of other excavated and not excavates sites. Besides artefacts, the faunal and botanical remains are dealt with in a comprehensive matter. Several papers are devoted to scientific analyses of chronology as well as the provenance of artefacts and selected faunal remains. On this basis, the Pitted Ware culture in Djursland is interpreted as a group that emerged locally from Funnel Beaker culture predecessors. This group choose to distinguish itself from its Funnel Beaker neighbours by giving itself a unique identity. This identity can be understood as a combination of Pitted Ware traits in material culture and ritual conduct obtained through close contact with Neolithic groups on the west coast of Sweden with elements derived from contemporaneous Funnel Beaker groups in other parts of Denmark.

    15 in stock

    £46.40

  • The Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus: Volume II.

    Aarhus University Press The Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus: Volume II.

    Book SynopsisVolume 15,3: Architecture, Topography, Finds. Expanding on the publication of the shipsheds and slipways found in the northern half of Group 1 (Area 1) on the eastern side of Zea Harbour in Volume I.1–2 (2011) of the peer-reviewed Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus series, Volume II presents further results of the archaeological investigations conducted by the Zea Harbour Project (ZHP) in 2004-2010 and 2012 of ancient shipsheds and slipways in Zea Harbour (Pashalimani), both identified and possible, making them the best documented structures in Athens’ naval bases and in the wider Mediterranean. Approximately half of Volume II is devoted to the remains of shipsheds and possible shipsheds in the southern half of Group 1 (Area 2), while studies of structures identified as wide unroofed slipways in Group 2 (Area 3) on the south-eastern side of the same harbour basin occupy the balance of the book. After Chapter 1’s introduction to terminology and methodology, Chapter 2 presents the architecture of the shipsheds and possible shipsheds found in the southern half of Group 1 (Area 2), along with the arrangement and topography of this massive naval complex, which in the 4th century BC covered between 11,630 m2 and 11,989 m2. Chapter 3 examines and catalogues the ceramics and other small finds discovered in the same area, discussing their excavation contexts, composition, and chronological significance. Chapter 4 focuses on the architecture and topography of seven wide, unroofed slipways found in Group 2 in the northern part of Area 3 that represent a building type previously unknown in the Piraeus, probably designed either for a larger warship known as the penteres (‘five’), introduced into the Athenian navy between 329/8 BC and 326/5 BC, or for a larger Hellenistic-period warship type. Chapter 5 analyses and catalogues the ceramic small finds recovered during the excavation of the structures featured in Chapter 4. Chapter 6 presents the new evidence regarding relative sea-level change in the harbours of Zea and Mounichia and its impact on the reconstructed lengths and layouts of the slipways and shipsheds at Zea in Group 1 (Areas 1–2) along with the wide slipways of Group 2, including greater accuracy in the recalculated lengths of the Group 1 shipsheds and slipways presented in Volume I; furthermore, it reaffirms the validity of the ZHP’s methodology and published results in relation to shipsheds around the Mediterranean. Chapter 7 recapitulates the authors’ topographical, architectural, and chronological conclusions regarding the complexes at Zea and Mounichia, which contain the only identifiable shipsheds for triremes anywhere in the ancient world. Descriptive catalogues of the Area 2 and 3 quarries and Area 2 trenches (Appendices 1–2), Figures, and Plates complete the volume.

    £46.40

  • The Ancient Theatre at Kalydon (Monographs Athen)

    Aarhus University Press The Ancient Theatre at Kalydon (Monographs Athen)

    Book SynopsisThis publication offers a comprehensive presentation of the architecture of the theatre at Kalydon in Aitolia, which was excavated recently in a Danish-Greek collaborative project. The volumes contain main chapters on the architecture with detailed plans, sections, photographs, and reconstructions, as well as thorough presentations of the small finds, such as coins, pottery, glass, metals, and figurines found in the excavations of the theatre. The publication also includes special studies on the theatre’s acoustic properties and an anthropological study of the osteological evidence from a Byzantine grave. The theatre, dating to the Classical and Hellenistic periods, is unique among ancient Greek theatres due to its unusual pi-shaped auditorium, and its place in the general development of ancient Greek theatres is discussed in great detail. This publication of a unique building in ancient Greek architecture will not only enhance our knowledge on ancient Greek theatre architecture in general but also add new evidence pertaining to the activities of the ancient Kalydonians and the historical development of their city.

    £69.75

  • Aarhus University Press Medieval Garments Reconstructed: Norse Clothing

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    Book SynopsisShort introduction to the amazing finds of garments from the Norse settlement of Herjolfnes in Greenland by Else Østergård. Chapters on technique: production of the tread, dyeing, weaving techniques, cutting and sewing by Anna Nørgaard. Measurements and drawing of garments, hoods, and stockings with sewing instructions by Lilli Frandsen. A practical guide to making your own Norse Medieval garment!

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    £999.99

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    £43.46

  • Panskoye 1, Volume 1: The Monumental Building U6

    £36.05

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    £82.50

  • Proceedings of the Danish Institute at Athens XI

    £32.80

  • Black Sea in Antiquity: Regional & Interregional

    Aarhus University Press Black Sea in Antiquity: Regional & Interregional

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  • Archaeology of Medieval Europe: Volume 2: Twelfth

    Aarhus University Press Archaeology of Medieval Europe: Volume 2: Twelfth

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    £57.60

  • Archaeology of Medieval Europe: Volume 1: Eighth

    Aarhus University Press Archaeology of Medieval Europe: Volume 1: Eighth

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    1 in stock

    £33.25

  • Aarhus University Press Archaeology Of Medieval Europe: Volume 2: Twelfth

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    £999.99

  • Means of Exchange: Dealing with Silver in the

    Aarhus University Press Means of Exchange: Dealing with Silver in the

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    £999.99

  • Tylos Period Burials in Bahrain: Volume II - The

    Aarhus University Press Tylos Period Burials in Bahrain: Volume II - The

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    7 in stock

    £27.00

  • LM IB Pottery: Relative Chronology & Regional Differences

    1 in stock

    £51.00

  • Maussolleion at Halikarnassos, Volume 4: Reports

    Jysk Arkaeologisk Selskab Maussolleion at Halikarnassos, Volume 4: Reports

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    £22.95

  • Maussolleion at Halikarnassos, Volume 7: Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum -- The Pottery

    1 in stock

    £26.50

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