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Book SynopsisThis book brings together a series of ground-breaking studies on human bones and artefacts recovered from Irish caves principally between 1870 and 1990. Until now these assemblages had either been completely neglected or had not been examined with modern techniques. The 15 expert contributions presented here shine a light on the use and perception of caves at different times in the past, from the Early Mesolithic through to post-medieval times.The book opens with osteoarchaeological analyses of human bones from 24 caves, revealing complex and varied funerary practices and rituals. Shell beads and animal tooth pendants provide insight into the status of those whose skeletal remains were placed in caves. Studies on lithics, stone axes and prehistoric pottery highlight the changing roles of caves as places for shelter, occupation, burial and ritual practices during the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age. An examination of the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age metalwork contributes to wider evidence of votive deposition at natural places in the landscape. Several chapters focus on the wealth of early medieval and Viking-age activities, drawing on pottery assemblages from caves along the north coast, to ecclesiastical shrine fragments from sites in the south, as well as Viking material from a growing number of caves.These studies will be of interest to osteoarchaeologists; to those who specialise in particular archaeological periods; to museumologists and artefact specialists; to cave archaeologists; and to everyone interested in Ireland’s past.Trade ReviewI would recommend this book to anyone who was intrigued by Dowd’s The archaeology of caves in Ireland and who is interested in the primary data that she used for her broader synthesis presented therein… specialists from the Mesolithic to the Viking Age will be pleased and inspired by the wealth of data included here. This book will be an important reference work for generations of archaeologists to come. * Journal of Irish Archaeology - Reviewer 2 *This is a worthy counterpart to Dowd's earlier volume, and it is there that readers should look for the broader discussion that draws together the wide-ranging material presented here. * Medieval Archaeology *This volume is an essential reference for anyone studying the human and artefactual assemblages from British and Irish caves, and in terms of the osteology chapters, human bone assemblages more widely. It is also a necessary addition to the Irish archaeological literature, in allowing this once understudied material to be woven into broader landscape narratives. * Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society *A volume to turn to where you will find hard data and discussion… this is a valuable work of documentation and more kudos to Marion and her fifteen contributors for bringing it into existence. * Descent *The 15 expert contributions presented in Underground Archaeology shine a light on the use and perception of caves at different times in the past, from the Early Mesolithic through to post-medieval times. The studies in this volume provide many valuable insights and will be of interest to osteoarchaeologists; to those who specialize in particular archaeological periods; to museumologists and artifact specialists; to cave archaeologists; and to everyone interested in Ireland’s past. * www.sirreadalot.org *Table of ContentsList of figure List of plates List of tables Introduction and acknowledgements Marion Dowd PART I: HUMAN REMAINS 1. Osteoarchaeological analysis of human skeletal remains from 23 Irish caves Linda Fibiger 2. Osteoarchaeological analysis of human skeletal remains from Dunmore Cave, Co. Kilkenny Linda G. Lynch PART II: ARTEFACT ASSEMBLAGES 3. Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age lithics from Irish caves Peter C. Woodman 4. Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery from Irish caves Helen Roche 5. Polished stone axeheads from Irish caves Stephen Mandal, Emmett O’Keeffe and Gabriel Cooney 6. Prehistoric perforated marine shells from Irish caves Rory Connolly 7. Prehistoric perforated and worked animal teeth from Irish caves Fiona Beglane 8. Late Bronze Age and Iron Age metalwork from Irish caves Katharina Becker 9. Early medieval and medieval pottery from sea caves along the Antrim coast Alison Kyle 10. Early medieval shrine fragments from Park North Cave, Co. Cork and Kilgreany Cave, Co. Waterford Griffin Murray 11. Viking-age artefacts from Irish caves John Sheehan PART III: SITE-SPECIFIC ARTEFACT REPORTS 12. Stone rings from Robber’s Den, Co. Clare Alison Sheridan 13. Medieval pottery from Carrigmurrish Cave, Co. Waterford Clare McCutcheon 14. Late seventeenth century material from Kilgreany Cave, Co. Waterford Clare McCutcheon 15. Coarse stone objects from Ballynamintra Cave, Co. Waterford Stephen Mandal

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Book SynopsisOver the last 20 years a vast number of new and important Swedish Mesolithic sites have been excavated and published in different ways as articles, books and site reports. As yet there has been no study that tries to bring the loose ends together and so the main task of this important new work by one of Sweden’s leading prehistorians is to provide an extensive overview of some of the main sites and results. The timespan is long: c. 10 000-4000 BC and the amount and choice of data very large so rather than attempt to describe everything in detail Mats Larsson focuses on a series of fundamental research perspectives concerning Mesolithic lifeways and settlement patterns and chooses key sites to illustrate them. The emphasis is on southern and middle Sweden, though the country’s northern regions are in no way forgotten. This companion piece to the author’s recent successful volume Paths Towards a New World: Neolithic in Sweden, written for a general audience is also a must for all those archaeologists interested in the Mesolithic of Northern Europe and would be students of prehistory.Trade ReviewDistilling the scattered field notes and site reports of the entire Swedish Mesolithic (9700-4000 BC) into a slim volume is an impressive task never previously accomplished. Yet with his simple and salient writing style, Larsson – one of the country’s premier prehistorians – manages just that, employing a chronological and thematic approach to make sense of the diverse stone tools, bone-filled pits, and rogue post-holes peppered through Sweden's dense forests and Baltic shoals. * Current World Archaeology *Overall, this is a very interesting book which provides a very thorough overview of Mesolithic sites in Sweden, and especially highlighting a lot of the important new discoveries made within the last couple of decades… a really important source for students of the Mesolithic * Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Mesolithic in Sweden: an introduction Mesolithic on the move 2. Hunters in the Forest Agerödmosse (bog) Settlement patterns and hunting/collecting strategies Life and death The end of the Mesolithic in Scania Segebro-an Early Atlantic Settlement at the coast Ageröd V-An Atlantic bog site Tågerup- Settlement and Burials Yngsjö and Årup The Last Hunters- The Ertebølle Culture Soldattorpet, Limhamn Löddesborg Tågerup Bredasten Yngsjö 3. BLEKINGE: NEW DISCOVERIES Bro 597 Damm 6 Norrje Sunnansund: Tons of fish 4. HUNTERS ALONG THE KALMAR STRAIT AND ON ÖLAND Tingby, a much discussed house New excavations at Tingby Concluding remarks Öland 5. SEALHUNTERS ON GOTLAND Taking care of the dead 6. INTO THE FOREST: EARLY HUNTERS IN THE SOUTH SWEDISH INLAND 7. PIONEERS: HUNTERS IN EASTERN MIDDLE SWEDEN Östergötland. New discoveries The Mjölby sites Mörby Sand covered houses Högby Storlyckan: Another site with a dwelling structure The hut Spatial distribution Western Östergötland, Lake Tåkern Sites around Linköping Life and death around Motala Death in the Lake The Late Mesolithic in Östergötland Pioneering hunters: some remarks 8. PIONEERS IN THE EARLY ARCHIPELAGOS OF EASTERN MIDDLE SWEDEN Early sites Late sites 9. MOVING INLAND 10. THE WESTERN PART OF SWEDEN The earliest sites Hensbacka Culture Inland sites Sandarna Culture The dead The Late Mesolithic Lihult Lihult inland sites Transverse arrowheads 11. MOVING NORTH Leksand Along the coast-further north 12. PIONEERS IN THE INTERIOR OF NORTHERN SWEDEN The earliest sites Later Mesolithic Epilogue References

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Book SynopsisIn this major, highly illustrated, new study Tim Perttula explores the cultural and social landscape of the Caddo Indian peoples (hayaanuh) for about 1000 years between face=Arial size=2>ca. A.D. 850-1850. There were continual changes in the character and extent of ancestral landscapes, through times of plenty, risk, and hardship, as well as in relationships between different communities of Caddo peoples dispersed or concentrated across the landscape at different points in time. These ancestral peoples, in all their diversity of origins, material culture, subsistence, and rituals and religious beliefs, actively created their societies by establishing connected places on the land that became home and lead to the formation of social networks across environments with a diverse mosaic of resources. Established places lent order to the chaotic worlds of people and nature, and they embodied history and the cosmos here on earth. Caddo Landscapes explores the ancestral Caddo constructed landscape, providing detailed information on earthen mounds, specialized non-mound structures, domestic settlements and their key facilities as well as associated gardens and fields, and places where salt, clay, lithic raw materials, and other materials were obtained and the social ties that linked communities in numerous ways. The character and key sequences of ceramics are discussed and radiometric dating evidence provided.

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Book SynopsisArchaeology of East Asia constitutes an introduction to social and political development from the Palaeolithic to 8th-century early historic times. It takes a regional view across China, Korea, Japan and their peripheries that is unbounded by modern state lines. This viewpoint emphasizes how the region drew on indigenous developments and exterior stimuli to produce agricultural technologies, craft production, political systems, religious outlooks and philosophies that characterize the civilization of historic and even modern East Asia. This book is a complete rewrite and update of The Rise of Civilization in East Asia, first published in 1993. It incorporates the many theoretical, technical and factual advances of the last two decades, including DNA, gender, and isotope studies, AMS radiocarbon dating and extensive excavation results. Readers of that first edition will find the same structure and topic progression. While many line drawings have been retained, new colour illustrations abound. Boxes and Appendices clarify and add to the understanding of unfamiliar technologies. For those seeking more detail, the Appendices also provide case studies that take intimate looks at particular data and current research. The book is suitable for general readers, East Asian historians and students, archaeology students and professionals.

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Book SynopsisThis volume charts the radical transformation of an inner city neighbourhood in late antique Carthage which was excavated over a five-year period by a team from the University of Cambridge. Bordering the main thoroughfare leading from the Brysa Hill to the ports, the neighbourhood remained primarily a residential one from the second century until 530s AD when a substantial basilica was constructed over the eastern half of the insula. Further extensive modifications were made to the basilica half-a-century later when the structures on the western half of the insula were demolished and the basilica greatly enlarged with the addition of a new east-west aisles, a large monumental baptistery and a crypt. By carefully reconstructing the complex architectural plan of this innovative building, this study shows how the re-modelled Bir Messaouda basilica was transformed into a major pilgrimage centre overturning established tradition that located such complexes outside the city walls. The Bir Messaouda basilica provides important insights into the transition between Vandal and Byzantine control of the city, the development of a new Christian inter-mural urban landscape in the sixth century AD, and the significance of the pilgrimage in reinforcing ecclesiastical authority in post-Justinianic North Africa.Trade Review…provides very thoughtful assessment of current approaches to the archaeology of 6th-century Christianity within North Africa. * Medieval Archaeology *Table of ContentsBackground and acknowledgments Richard Miles 1. Late Antique Carthage: archaeological and historical contexts Richard Miles 2. The early history of Bir Messaouda: Punic and Roman Simon Greenslade and Richard Miles 3. The transition of Bir Messaouda in the early to mid-6th century AD Simon Greenslade and Richard Miles 4. The transition of Bir Messaouda in the later 6th century AD Simon Greenslade and Richard Miles 5. The baptistery and crypt Simon Greenslade and Richard Miles 6. The later history of the basilica Simon Greenslade and Richard Miles 7. The 6th-century mosaics at Bir Messaouda Jane Chick 8. Plaster Claudia Goodbrand 9. The glass from the excavation at Bir Messaouda Sylvia Fünfschilling 10. The Bir Messaouda pottery Claudia Goodbrand Appendix 1 11. The coins Stefan Krmnicek 12. Metal building materials, personal and utilitarian objects and other small metal finds Ralf Bockmann 13. Ceramic building material from the Bir Messaouda Excavations 2000–2002 Philip Mills 14. The stone finds Ben Croxford Appendix 1: The marble typology Appendix 2: Catalogue of illustrated finds 15. Conclusions Richard Miles Appendix: The search for the Maritime Forum of Carthage John Whitehouse and Sami Harize Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAntiquarianism and collecting have been associated intimately with European imperial and colonial enterprises, although both existed long before the early modern period and both were (and continue to be) practiced in places other than Europe. Scholars have made significant progress in the documentation and analysis of indigenous antiquarian traditions, but the clear-cut distinction between “indigenous” and “colonial” archaeologies has obscured the intense and dynamic interaction between these seemingly different endeavours. This book concerns the divide between local and foreign antiquarianisms focusing on case studies drawn primarily from the Mediterranean and the Americas. Both regions host robust pre-modern antiquarian traditions that have continued to develop during periods of colonialism. In both regions, moreover, colonial encounters have been mediated by the antiquarian practices and preferences of European elites. The two regions also exhibit salient differences. For example, Europeans claimed the “antiquities” of the eastern Mediterranean as part of their own, “classical,” heritage, whereas they perceived those of the Americas as essentially alien, even as they attempted to understand them by analogy to the classical world. These basic points of comparison and contrast provide a framework for conjoint analysis of the emergence of hybrid or cross-bred antiquarianisms. Rather than assuming that interest in antiquity is a human universal, this book explores the circumstances under which the past itself is produced and transformed through encounters between antiquarian traditions over common objects of interpretation.Trade Review[…] a collection of ten papers that approach the complex question of antiquarianism in a variety of ways. * Antiquity *Antiquarianisms is a significant contribution to current scholarship on antiquarian traditions. Not only does the volume add to Schnapp’s blueprint for comparing varying antiquarian practices, it also challenges its own goals and asks the reader to do the same in existing and future scholarship. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *...a demonstration of the historical dynamism within two discrete locales of antiquarian endeavour is very welcome, particularly as it underscores an important truth: that antiquarianism can provide a more conducive space to explore, in concert with people who are not specialists, the diverse connections between past and present. * European Journal of Archaeology *

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Book SynopsisUroš Matić and Bo Jensen have brought together a team of both young and senior researches from many different countries in this first volume that aims to explore the complex intersection between archaeology, gender and violence. Papers range from theoretical discussions on previous approaches to gender and violence and the ethical necessity to address these questions today, to case studies dealing on gender and violence from prehistoric to early medieval Europe, but also including studies on ancient Egypt, Persia and Peru. The contributors deal both with representations of violence and its gendered background in images and text, and with bioarchaeological evidence for violence and trauma with a gendered background. The volume is rich both in examples and approaches and includes opening and closing chapters by senior scholars in the field assessing the current state of work and addressing the scholarship to continue on the line of this volume.Table of ContentsPreface Uroš Matić and Bo Jensen 1. Introduction: Why do we need archaeologies of gender and violence, and why now? Bo Jensen and Uroš Matić 2. Revisiting the myth of matriarchy”, rethinking determinism, seeing anew Stephanie Koerner 3. The honoured and the sacrificed? Gender and violence at a sanctuary of the late 3rd millennium BC in Central Germany André Spatzier, with anthropological analyses by Marcus Stecher and Kurt W. Alt 4. The role of violence in the construction of prehistoric masculinities Lisbeth Skogstrand 5. “Her striking but cold beauty”: Gender and violence in depictions of Queen Nefertiti smiting the enemies Uroš Matić 6. Les demoiselles d’Entremont: Violence, gender and headhunting in Iron Age Europe Ian Armit 7. Violence against women in Graeco-Roman Egypt: the contribution of Demotic documents Christine Hue-Arcé 8. Death and the maiden: Late antique images of nubile females as agents and victims of lethal violence Susanne Moraw 9. Heaven for me, hell for the “others”: An agenda on sex and body from Sasanid Persia Maryam Dezhamkhooy and Leila Papoli Yazdi 10. Skull-cups and snake-pits: Men’s revenge and women’s revenge in Viking Age Scandinavia Bo Jensen 11. The weapons make the man? A re-analysis of Early Anglo-Saxon weapon burial and interpretation Laura M. Whitehouse 12. Gender and structural violence in Prehistoric Peru Julie Farnum 13. Gender and violence in archaeology: Final commentary Louise Hitchcock

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Book SynopsisSince the earliest use of pottery, vessels have been associated with both the general shape and specific parts of the human body. The production of human-shaped pottery might be understood as one element of the spectrum of figural art in prehistoric communities. The idea of studying anthropomorphic pottery and the return of human beings into a body made of clay, which forms the core theme of this collection of 12 papers, stems from work on anthropomorphic features of Neolithic communities between the Near East and Europe. Contributors are engaged in questions about the analysis of human features and characteristics on vessels, their occurrence, function and disposal. Beginning with the European Neolithic and moving on through the Bronze and Iron Ages, papers focus on diachronic archaeological patterns and contexts as well as on the theoretical background of this particular type of container in order to shed light on similarities and differences through the ages and to understand possibilities and limits of interpretation.Trade Review...the strongest point in the volume’s contributions is the detailed presentation of factual data, accompanied by good quality and elucidating illustrations. * Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society *Table of ContentsWater into wine? Carrying vessels in the European Neolithic and Chalcolithic H. Schwarzberg The anthropomorphism of human-like-pots: Circular paths in the archaeological thought E. Voulgari The corporeality of vessels: Neolithic anthropomorphic pottery in the Republic of Macedonia G. Naumov Face vessels and anthropomorphic representations on vessels from Neolithic Italy V. Becker The Vase, the Body: Between Filial Relationship and Original Complex J. Recchia-Quiniou The social role of Neolithic face pots I. Pavlů Figurines and other bodies: a matter of scale D. Hofmann Post-LBK anthropomorphic vessels from Poland J. Pyzel Clay anthropomorphous images of the Jomon period, Japan E. Solovyeva Vessels decorated with stylised "pillar-like" anthropomorphic representations from the Precucuteni settlement of Baia - În Muchie (Suceava county, Romania), 2012-2014 C.-E. Ursu, S. Ţerna and C. Aparaschivei Human-shaped pottery from the tell settlement of Sultana-Malu Roşu V. Opriș, Th. Ignat and C. Lazar Faces from the past. Face urns of the Pomeranian Culture and an idea of humans in early Iron Age K. Ślusarska

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Book SynopsisThe question of how to conceptualize the role of technological innovations is of crucial importance for understanding the mechanisms and rhythms of long-term cultural change in prehistoric and early historic societies. The changes that have come about have often been modelled as gradual and linear, innovations have been considered positively as a progress in the development of humankind and the focus has been on the localisation of the origin of innovations and the routes of their spread.Appropriating Innovations goes beyond the current discussion by shedding light on condition that may facilitate the rapid spread of technological innovation and on processes involved in the integration of new technologies into the life world of the appropriating societies. In particular, papers concentrate on two key innovations, namely the transmission of the various components of the so-called “Secondary Products Revolution” in parts of the Near East and Europe during the 4th millennium BCE and the appropriation of early bronze casting technology, which spread from the Near East to Europe and China in the late 3rd and early 2nd millennium BCE.Of particular interest is non-technological knowledge that is transmitted together with the technological, the latter being always deeply interconnected with the communication of social practices, ideas and myths. The acceptance of new technologies, therefore, requires the willingness to change existing world views and modify them due to the potentials and problems which are connected with the new technology.Contributions, therefore, concentrate on the conditions facilitating or hindering the spread of innovations and the transformative power of these innovations in the appropriating society. They analyse how the introduction of novel technologies and the associated non-technological knowledge led to a transformation of existing economic systems and the underlying social orders in Late Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Eurasia by integrating innovative methodological approaches and contextual studies.Table of Contents1. Introduction Joseph Maran and Philipp Stockhammer 2. Innovation Minus Modernity? Revisiting Some Relations of Technical and Social Change Cornelius Schubert 3. From Counting to Writing: The Innovative Potential of Bookkeeping in Uruk Period Mesopotamia Kristina Sauer 4. Uruk, Pastoralism and Secondary Products: Was it a Revolution? A View from the Anatolian Highlands Maria Bianca D’Anna and Giulio Palumbi 5. The ‘Green Revolution’ in Prehistory: Late Neolithic Agricultural Innovations as a Technological System Maria Ivanova 6. The Spread of Productive and Technological Innovations in Europe and Near East: An Integrated Zooarchaeological Perspective on Secondary Animal Products and Bronze Utilitarian Metallurgy Haskel J. Greenfield 7. Early Wagons in Eurasia: Disentangling an Enigmatic Innovation Stefan Burmeister 8. Contextualising Innovation: Cattle Owners and Wagon Drivers in the North Caucasus and Beyond Sabine Reinhold, Julia Gresky, Natalia Berezina, Anatoly R. Kantorovich, Corina Knipper, Vladimir E. Maslov, Vladimira G. Petrenko, Kurt W. Alt and Andrey B. Belinsky 9. Innovation, Interaction and Society in Europe in the 4th Millennium BCE: The ‘Traction Complex’ as Innovation and ‘Technology Cluster’ Maleen Leppek 10. Wheels of Change: The Polysemous Nature of Early Wheeled Vehicles in 3rd Millennium BCE Central and Northwest European Societies Joseph Maran 11. Appropriating Draught Cattle Technology in Southern Scandinavia: Roles, Context and Consequences Niels N. Johannsen 12. Key Techniques in the Production of Metals in the 6th and 5th Millennia BCE: Prerequisites, Preconditions and Consequences Svend Hansen 13. The Diffusion of Know-How within Spheres of Interaction: Modelling Prehistoric Innovation Processes between South-West Asia and Central Europe in the 5th and 4th Millennia BC Florian Klimscha 14. A Comparative Angle on Metallurgical Innovations in South-Western Asia: What Came First? Barbara Helwing 15. The Role of Metallurgy in Different Types of Early Hierarchical Society in Mesopotamia and Eastern Anatolia Marcella Frangipane 16. The Use of Bronze Objects in the 3rd Millennium BC: A Survey between Atlantic and Indus Lorenz Rahmstorf 17. Appropriation of Tin-Bronze Technology: A Regional Study of the History of Metallurgy in Early Bronze Age Southern Mesopotamia Ulrike Wischnewski 18. Gonur Depe (Turkmenistan) and its Role in the Middle Asian Interaction Sphere Federica Lume Pereira 19. The Appropriation of Early Bronze Technology in China Jianjun Mei, Yongbin Yu, Kunlong Chen and Lu Wang 20. Patterns of Transformation from the Final Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age: A Case Study from the Lech Valley South of Augsburg Ken Massy, Corina Knipper, Alissa Mittnik, Steffen Kraus, Ernst Pernicka, Fabian Wittenborn, Johannes Krause and Philipp W. Stockhammer 21. Yet Another Revolution? Weapon Technology and Use Wear in Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Southern Scandinavia Christian Horn

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Book SynopsisThe Kyrenia Ship, a Greek merchantman built around 315 BC, which sank off the north coast of Cyprus was excavated between 1968 and 1972 under the direction of Michael L. Katzev of the University of Pennsylvania and Oberlin College. The importance of this ship lies in the exceptionally well-preserved hull that provided new insights into ancient shipbuilding, as well as the cargo it carried. The hold was stacked with transport amphoras of various types made on Rhodes, with a few examples from Samos, Kos, Knidos and Cyprus (?), supplemented by a consignment of millstones, iron billets and almonds.The cabin pottery from Rhodes also suggests this was the vessel’s home port, a conclusion supported by most of the scientific ceramic analyses. Its trade route included Rhodes, Cyprus and the Levant with perhaps Egypt as a final destination.This volume provides a detailed history of the excavation followed by definitive studies of the amphora cargo and the pottery associated with shipboard life. Some of the amphora stamps suggest that the ship sank between 294 and 291 BC, dates corroborated by the cabin wares. The repetition of four drinking cups (kantharoi), oil containers (gutti), wine measures (olpai), as well as bowls and saucers, suggests that the ship was sailed by a crew of four. Seven bronze coins were recovered, five minted in the name of Alexander the Great and one well-known type of Ptolemy I produced only on Cyprus.Table of ContentsList of figures and tables Preface Susan Womer Katzev 1. Introduction 1.1. Introduction Susan Womer Katzev 1.2. Dedication to Michael and Susan W. Katzev from excavation members Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny with contributions from David I. Owen, Robert K. “Chip” Vincent, Stephen J. Scheifele, Owen Gander, and Robin C. M. Piercy 1.3. Thanks to Laina Susan Womer Katzev 1.4. In thanks to all who helped Susan Womer Katzev with Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Robin C. M. Piercy 2. The excavation 2.1. How it began Michael L. Katzev† [assembled by Susan Womer Katzev and Mary C. Sturgeon] 2.2. Kyrenia shipwreck remote sensing analysis Jeremy N. Green 2.3. Kyrenia Ship data 2.3a. Labeling excavation objects Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev 2.3b. Data explanation: creating the amphora plans Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev 2.3c. The Kyrenia Ship Application Thomas Myette 2.4. Evidence for Octopodia activity on the wreck site Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev 3. Amphoras 3.1. The transport amphoras Mark Lawall 3.2. Observations on amphora distribution Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev 3.3. Analysis of resins from the Kyrenia Ship Curt Beck† and Dorreen J. Ossenkop 3.4. Tales from taphonomic amphoras: marine biofouling as interpretive ecological tool on wreck-site formation Carlos Jimenez, Katerina Achilleos, Antonis Petrou, and Louis Hadjioannou 3.5. Wreck site formation process: the wse of bryozoans Katerina Achilleos, Carlos Jimenez, and Antonis Petrou 4. Goods of the crew 4.1. The goods of the crew Andrea M. Berlin 4.2. Graffiti on the ship’s ceramics Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny, Susan Womer Katzev, Alan Johnston, Christopher Rollston, and Jo Ann Hackett 4.3. Wood identifications of objects in Volume I Nili Liphschitz† 4.4. Plotting shipboard life: observations from the find spots of objects related to life on board the Kyrenia Ship Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev 5. Ceramic analyses 5.1. Neutron Activation Analysis of ceramic samples from the Kyrenia Ship Michael D. Glascock and Leslie G. Cecil 5.2. Petrographic analysis of the ceramics from the Kyrenia Ship Yuval Goren 5.3. Organic residue analysis of pottery recovered from the Kyrenia Ship Joseph A. Palatinus with Ruth F. Beeston 5.4. GC-MS analysis of contaminated Kyrenia Ship ceramic samples Vic Garner† and Holley Martlew 5.5. Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the Kyrenia Ship: searching for past contents Lisa Briggs and Léa Drieu 6. Coins 6.1. The coins Paul W. Keen 7. Conclusions 7.1. Summary closing wrap-up: what’s to come in Volumes II and III Susan Womer Katzev Glossary

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Book SynopsisCityscapes consist of houses, streets, civic buildings, sanctuaries, tombs, monuments and inscriptions created by multiple generations of citizens and foreigners with an interest in the city; they are interpreted and reinterpreted as expressions of past lives, changing relations of power, memories and various identities.The present volume publishes 25 contributions written by scholars specializing in the history and archaeology of western Asia Minor. New and well-known material – literary, epigraphical, numismatic, and archaeological – is presented and analyzed through the twin lenses of memory and identity.The contributions cover more than 1000 years of cultural diversity during changing political systems, from the Lydian and Persian hegemony in the Archaic period through Athenian supremacy and Persian satrapal rule in the Classical period, then autocratic kingship in Hellenistic times until, finally, more than half a millennium of Roman rule. Identities are voiced through several media and visible at many levels of the ancient societies. So are the places of memory – the Lieux de Mémoire – and the studies presented here provide new insights into how human beings chose, deliberately or subconsciously, to commemorate their past and their ancestors, and how identity was displayed and expressed under shifting political rule.Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Eva Mortensen and Birte Poulsen Preface Introduction Martina Seifert Constructing Memories: Gateways between Identity and Socio-Political Pluralism in Ancient Western Asia Minor Cityscapes of Remembrance Eva-Maria Mohr and Klaus Rheidt Cityscape and Places of Memory in Assos Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan Nothing to Remember? Redesigning the Ancient City of Assos in the Byzantine Era Anthony Shannon Glory be to (Insert Name Here): Civic Memory, Political Discourse, and Municipal Ruler Cult in Hellenistic Teos Orhan Bingöl Das Stadtbild von Magnesia am Mäander nach den 30-jährigen Ausgrabungen (Kurzfassung) Eva Mortensen Narratives and Shared Memories of Heroes in the Aphrodisian Cityscape Jacques des Courtils The City of Xanthus: “Lieu de mémoire” of the Lycians Kai Töpfer Expressing Civic Self-Perception and Constructing Identity – Public Imagery in Roman Asia Minor Recollections of the Past in Public Civic Monuments Ulrich Mania Gymnasia: From a Space to an Institution of Remembrance Günther Schörner Representing and Remembering Rituals in Public Space: Depictions of Sacrifice in Roman Asia Minor Ute Lohner-Urban Aspects of Public Memory at the East Gate of Side Representations of Memories and Identities in the Private Sphere Elisabeth Rathmayr Identity in the Private Sphere: Interpreting Houses as Loci Reflecting the Identity of Their Inhabitants Christoph Baier A P(a)lace of Remembrance? Reflections on the Historical Depth of a Monumental Domus in Ephesos Narratives of Remembrance in a Religious Context Ergün Lafli Die Sitzstatue eines Dichters aus Klaros Helene Blinkenberg Hastrup Ephesus and the Amazons: Remembering or Recreating the Early History of a Greek Polis in the 5th Century BC Monica Livadiotti and Giorgio Rocco Building the Route Over Time: Memory of a Processional Road in Kos Luigi Caliò Building Memory on the Route: for a Visual Reconstruction of Festive Processions in Kos Mustafa Şahin Der Apollo Archegetes Heiligtum auf der Asar Insel bei Myndos Katy Opitz Two Cities – One Goddess? The Transfer of Ancient Cities in the Hellenistic Period and the Reinterpretation of Older Cults: The Example of Heracleia under Latmus Commemoration of the Dead Benedikt Grammer Material Culture as Marker of Ethnicity? The Burial Mounds of Kolophon and the Question of “Lydian”, “Greek”, and “Ionian” Identity Martin Steskal Defying Death in Ephesus: Strategies of Commemoration in a Roman Metropolis Poul Pedersen The Totenmahl Tradition in Classical Western Asia Minor and the Maussolleion at Halikarnassos Ilaria Romeo A Distant Memory: New Seleucid Portraits in Roman Hierapolis Laurence Cavalier Memorials to the Lycian Dead Veronika Scheibelreiter-Gail MNHMA. Commemorative Inscriptions – Mirrors of Common Identity: The Epigraphic Habit in Ancient and Modern Funerary Spaces Compared

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF BEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL BOOK AT THE 2018 BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL AWARDS.In November 2013 two mass burials were discovered unexpectedly on a construction site in the city of Durham in north-east England. Over the next 2 years, a complex jigsaw of evidence was pieced together by a team of archaeologists to establish the identity of the human remains. Today we know them to be some of the Scottish prisoners who died in the autumn of 1650 in Durham cathedral and castle following the battle of Dunbar on the south-east coast of Scotland. Fought between the English and the Scots, this was one of the key engagements of the War of the Three Kingdoms. Using the latest techniques of skeleton science, this book gives back to the men a voice through an understanding of their childhood and later lives. Archaeological and historical evidence also allows us to reconstruct with vivid accuracy how and why these men vanished off the historical radar. Of the prisoners who survived their ordeal after Dunbar, new evidence has emerged about their involvement in local industries and in one of the great infrastructural projects of the day, the draining of the Fens. Others were sent far away, transported to the colonies as indentured servants to begin a new life at the edge of the known world. Following the trail of their biographies takes us across the Atlantic where the Dunbar men supported each other throughout their lives on the frontiers of New England. Here they worked in ironworks and sawmills, farmed and fished and adapted to the vast forested landscapes which they named ‘Scotland’ and ‘Unity’, after the vessel they had sailed in. None returned to the country of their birth. Lost Lives, New Voices is a collaboration between academic researchers and professional archaeologists working on the Scottish Soldiers Research Project.Trade ReviewThis book will be of interest to both specialist and non-specialist readers.[…]It is well written, clearly structured and very accessible. It is impossible not to be moved by the evocative dedication to the living descendents of the surviving men who were transported to the colonies. * Archaeological Journal *Rich with first-hand accounts of extraordinary events and individuals this is a real rarity among archaeological reports: a page-turner. * British Archaeology *[Lost Lives, New Voices] contains highly valuable and new information that historians of early modern Britain and Ireland will find useful. It is packed with illustrations and is written in an accessible manner. Attractively produced, it should appeal to a cross-section of professionals who work in the history and heritage sectors […] This book is a fresh and valuable contribution to the literature on the English Republic: it provides a rare glimpse into the lives of ordinary men whose fortunes were changed utterly on the 3 September 1650. * Northern History *Table of Contents1. Discovery and themes 2. The archaeology 3. The Human Bone Analysis 4. Skeleton Science 5. Historial Context 6. The Survivors' Tales 7. Themes and Descendants

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Book SynopsisMore coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with a detailed analysis and discussion.Theories of hoarding and deposition and examined, national and regional patterns in the landscape settings of coin hoards presented, together with an analysis of those hoards whose findspots were surveyed and of those hoards found in archaeological excavations. It also includes an unprecedented examination of the containers in which coin hoards were buried and the objects found with them. The patterns of hoarding in Britain from the late 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD are discussed. The volume also provides a survey of Britain in the 3rd century AD, as a peak of over 700 hoards are known from the period from AD 253–296. This has been a particular focus of the project which has been a collaborative research project between the University of Leicester and the British Museum funded by the AHRC. The aim has been to understand the reasons behind the burial and non-recovery of these finds. A comprehensive online database (https://finds.org.uk/database) underpins the project, which also undertook a comprehensive GIS analysis of all the hoards and field surveys of a sample of them.Trade ReviewThe online database is here analysed with informative maps, diagrams and tables, seeking answers to what, when, where and why. * British Archaeology *Filled with maps, graphs, and imagies of both spectacular and not-so-spectacular hoards, this is clearly an ambitious piece of work and should be considerd essential reading for anyone interested in the phenomenon. * Current Archaeology *Altogether the work is an exceptional illustration of the successes that digital approaches to the ancient world can produce. Bland, Chadwick, Ghey, and Haselgrove deserve the highest praise for their contributions to hoard studies and for advancing understanding of the complexities of Iron Age and Roman Britain. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *The presentation is excellent and the treatment of the subject is comprehensive and exhaustive...sets a model for other studies from other periods and for this alone the team who have produced this volume are to be thanked and congratulated. * Archaeologia Cambrensis - Cambrian Archaeological Association *Table of ContentsForeword 1. Introduction 2. Overview and analysis of the dataset 3. Theories of Hoarding and Deposition 4. National and regional patterns in the landscape settings of coin hoards 5. Analysis of excavated hoards 6. Coin hoards as archaeological objects: material and context 7. Coin hoards and society: chronological syntheses 8. Coin hoards and society: debating the third century: crisis or continuity? 9. Summary and conclusionsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAnimals have always been integral to culture. Their interaction with humans has intensified since the onset of domestication resulting in higher incidences of animal disease due to human intervention. At the same time, human care has counter-balanced pressures of natural selection, reducing morbidity among wild animals. Prior to the emergence of a veterinary record, animal disease can only be traced by analysing pathological symptoms on excavated animal remains. This volume presents a collection of studies in the discipline of animal palaeopathology. An international team of experts offer reviews of animal welfare at ancient settlements from both prehistoric and historic periods across Eurasia.Several chapters are devoted to the diseases of dog and horse, two animals of prominent emotional importance in many civilisations. Curious phenomena observed on the bones of poultry, sheep, pig and even fish are discussed within their respective cultural contexts. Many poorly healed bones are suggestive of neglect in the case of ordinary livestock. On the other hand, a great degree of compassion may be presumed behind the long survival of seriously ill companion animals. In addition to furthering our better technical understanding of animal disease in the past, this volume also mirrors the diversity of human attitudes towards animals during our millennia-long relationship. Some animal bones show signs of extreme cruelty but others also reveal the great attention paid to the recovery of sick animals. Such attitudes tend to be a largely hidden yet are characteristic aspects of how people relate to the surrounding world and, ultimately, to each other.Table of ContentsForeword, László Bartosiewicz and Erika Gál László Bartosiewicz and Erika Gál: Introduction: care, neglect and the “osteological paradox” Kamilla Pawłowska: Animal diseases in Neolithic societies: Çatalhöyük (Turkey) in the spotlight László Bartosiewicz, Éva Á. Nyerges and Anna Zs. Biller: Palaeopathology at the Eneolithic tell settlement of Polyanitsa (Bulgaria) investigated by Sándor Bökönyi Erika Gál and Günther Karl Kunst: Limping to the temple – Palaeopathology at a Roman sacrificial site in Carnuntum, Austria. Nemanja Marković, Oliver Stevanović, Maciej Janeczek, Darko Marinković, Nikola Krstić and Vujadin Ivanišević: Animal Health in Caričin Grad (Justiniana Prima) in Time of Transition: Preliminary Results Yasha Hourani: Congenital anomalies and traumatic injuries in dogs from Laodicea in Canaan (Hellenistic Beirut, Lebanon) Lauren Bellis: Reviewing the pathology and welfare of dogs in Roman Britain Henriette Baron: Four Equestrian Burials from the Avar Cemetery at Vienna Csokorgasse, Austria: The health of horses and dogs William Taylor and Tumurbaatar Tuvshinjargal: Horseback Riding, Asymmetry, and Changes to the Equine Skull: Evidence for mounted riding in Mongolia’s Late Bronze Age Pamela J. Cross: Where have all the Mares Gone? Sex and “gender” related pathology in archaeological horses: clues to horse husbandry and use practices Kyra Lyublyanovics: Pelvic fracture in horse: a late medieval case from Karcag–Orgondaszentmiklós, eastern Hungary László Bartosiewicz: Taphonomy and disease prevalence in animal palaeopathology: The proverbial “veterinary horse” Henriette Baron: From arthrosis to necrosis: Many, many pathological chickens from the Avar cemetery at Vienna Csokorgasse Annamária Bárány: “Babos” (spotted) pigs in Zalavár/Mosaburg, SW Hungary: Possible causes of a tusk pathology Yves Darton and Isabelle Rodet-Belarbi: Damage caused by permanent fetters in present-day sheep on the island of Delos (Greece) Márta Daróczi-Szabó and László Daróczi-Szabó: Medieval multi-horned sheep from present-day Budapest, Hungary Jennifer Harland and Wim Van Neer: Weird Fish: Defining a role for fish bone pathologies Hanna Kivikero: Skeletal anomalies in medieval and early modern fish: A case study from Castle Kastelholm in the Baltic Sea

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Book SynopsisThis is the second volume arising from the 1994–2003 excavations of the Triconch Palace at Butrint (Albania), which charted the history of a major Mediterranean waterfront site from the 2nd to the 15th centuries AD. The sequence (Butrint 3: Excavations at the Triconch Palace: Oxbow, 2011) included the development of a palatial late Roman house, followed by intensive activity between the 5th and 7th centuries involving domestic occupation, metal-working, fishing and burial. The site saw renewed activity from the 10th century, coinciding with the revival of the town of Butrint, and for the following 300 years continued in intermittent use associated with its channel-side location.This volume reports on the finds from the site (excluding the pottery), which demonstrate the ways in which the lives, diet and material culture of a Mediterranean population changed across the arc of the late Roman and Medieval periods. It includes discussion of the environmental evidence, the human and faunal remains, metal-working evidence, and the major assemblages of glass, coins and small finds, giving an insight into the health, subsistence base and material culture of the population of a Mediterranean site across more than 1000 years. The findings raise important questions regarding the ways in which changes in the circumstances of the town affected the population between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. They illustrate in particular how an urban Roman centre became more rural during the 6th century with a population that faced major challenges in their health and living conditions.Trade ReviewRigour of method and intelligence of archaeological reading make this book an excellent example of how, from the 'little forgotten things' (to take up the title of a famous text by an American archaeologist), you can think about history in its broadest sense. * Archeologia Medievale *Table of ContentsPreface – William Bowden and Richard Hodges Introduction – William Bowden Summary of the excavated sequence The archaeological sequence and the material evidence An investigation of the subsistence base at Butrint: the archaeobotanical evidence – Alexandra Livarda and John Giorgi Sampling and processing methods Results Discussion Concluding remarks The faunal remains – William Bowden, Zoe Knapp, Adrienne Powell, and James Westoby Introduction Methods The assemblage The Roman/late antique period (Phases 1 to 10): 3rd century to early 7th century Age structure and husbandry practices at the late antique Triconch Palace and Merchant’s House areas The medieval period (Phases 12 to 15): early 10th century to 15th century and later Age structure and husbandry practices at the medieval Triconch Palace and Merchant’s House areas Discussion Conclusion The human skeletons from the Triconch Palace and the Merchant’s House – Jared Beatrice, Todd Fenton, Carolyn Hurst, Lindsey Jenny, Jane Wankmiller, Michael Mutolo, Christina Rauzi, and David Foran Introduction Demographic profile: the Triconch Palace and Merchant’s House skeletons The spatial arrangement of the skeletons Skeletal palaeopathology Discussion: living conditions at late antique and medieval Butrint Conclusion: life and death at late antique and medieval Butrint Metalworking at the Triconch Palace and the analysis of slags and waste – Patrice de Rijk Introduction Iron working Copper alloy working Silica-rich slag Other finds Conclusion The ancient and early medieval coins from the Triconch Palace c. 2nd century BC to c. AD 600 – T. Sam N. Moorhead Introduction The condition of the coins Coins per period Deposition of coins Mints Discussion by period Possible hoards Conclusion The middle and late Byzantine, medieval and early modern coins – Pagona Papadopoulou Byzantine coins (9th to 13th century) Non-Byzantine coins (late 10th to 12th century) Conclusion The small finds – John Mitchell Introduction 1. Silver artefacts 2. Copper alloy artefacts 3. Iron artefacts 4. The iron nails 5. Lead artefacts 6. Glass artefacts 7. Stone artefacts 8. Ceramic artefacts 9. Worked ivory and bone The vessel glass from the Triconch Palace: a catalogue – Sarah Jennings, with additional contributions from William Bowden and Karen Stark Introduction The glass as deposited The catalogue The Triconch Palace and Merchant’s House as lived environments in late antiquity – William Bowden The domus and Triconch Palace (pre-AD 425: Phases 1 to 4) The 5th-century domestic occupation (AD 425–500: Phases 5 to 6) The ‘ruralisation’ of the Triconch Palace? (AD 500–50: Phases 7 to 8) Blacksmiths and burials (AD 550–650: Phases 9–10) Living and dying in later 6th-century Butrint The Triconch Palace and the archaeology of late antiquity Conclusion Living and dying at the Triconch Palace in the Middle Ages – William Bowden Abandonment (mid-7th to early 10th century: Phase 11) Urban renewal, soldiers and stock rearing? (10th to 12th century: Phases 12 to 13a) Diminishing activity and the severing of the channel link (c. 12th to 14th century: Phases 13b to 14a) A small Venetian garrison? (c. later 14th to 16th century: Phases 14b to 15) Appendices 4.1. The human skeletal remains: supplementary material – Jared Beatrice 4.2. Summary of the human skeletal remains from the Baptistery – Jared Beatrice 6.1. Catalogue of coins from the Triconch Palace and Merchant’s House, up to c. AD 600 – T. Sam N. Moorhead 6.2. Excavated coins by context and period – T. Sam N. Moorhead 7.1. Catalogue of coins from the Triconch Palace and Merchant’s House 9th to 17th century – Pagona Papadopoulou

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Book SynopsisDespite notable explorations of past dynamics, much of the archaeological literature on mobility remains dominated by accounts of earlier prehistoric gatherer-hunters, or the long-distance exchange of materials. Refinements of scientific dating techniques, isotope, trace element and aDNA analyses, in conjunction with phenomenological investigation, computer-aided landscape modelling and GIS-style approaches to large data sets, allow us to follow the movement of people, animals and objects in the past with greater precision and conviction. One route into exploring mobility in the past may be through exploring the movements and biographies of artefacts. Challenges lie not only in tracing the origins and final destinations of objects but in the less tangible ‘in between’ journeys and the hands they passed through. Biographical approaches to artefacts include the recognition that culture contact and hybridity affect material culture in meaningful ways. Furthermore, discrete and bounded ‘sites’ still dominate archaeological inquiry, leaving the spaces and connectivities between features and settlements unmapped. These are linked to an under-explored middle-spectrum of mobility, a range nestled between everyday movements and one-off ambitious voyages. We wish to explore how these travels involved entangled meshworks of people, animals, objects, knowledge sets and identities. By crossing and re-crossing cultural, contextual and tenurial boundaries, such journeys could create diasporic and novel communities, ideas and materialities.Trade ReviewThis volume adds an excellent contribution to renewed interest in mobility and movement, particularly in going some way to bridging the theoretical gap between ‘here’ and ‘there’ and demonstrating the importance of the journey. * Antiquity *Table of ContentsList of Contributors 1. Making journeys, blurring boundaries and celebrating transience: a movement towards archaeologies of in-betweeness Catriona D. Gibson 2. The role of persistent places and landmarks in navigation Yolande O'Brien 3. Archaeology and movement one step at a time! Oscar Aldred 4. The Dover Bronze Age boat as a ‘Non-place’: Some reflections on maritime mobility in the Bronze Age of the Transmanche Peter Clark 5. From self-sufficiency to interdependence: Changes in the Cypriot socio-economic structure in the light of mobility during the second millennium BC Francesca Chelazzi 6. Travelling lines: Linear earthworks and movement on the prehistoric Yorkshire Wolds Emily Fioccoprile 7. Bronze Age wayfaring and the monumentalised landscape Catherine J. Frieman and James Lewis 8. Itineraries of pottery: Theorising mobility and movement of humans and things Caroline Heitz and Regine Stapfer 9. Theorising ‘Nomadic’ Betweenness: Movement, Contingency, and Materiality in the Pastoral Societies of the Bronze Age Eurasian Steppe James A. Johnson 10. Neolithic mobility in western Sweden: interpretations of strontium isotope ratios of the megalithic population in Falbygden Malou Blank and Corina Knipper 11. Choreography of existence: holloways and making of landscapes Dimitrij Mlekuž

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Book SynopsisThis book casts light on a much neglected phase of the UNESCO world heritage site of Palmyra, namely the period between the fall of the Palmyrene ‘Empire’ (AD 272) and the end of the Umayyad dominion (AD 750).The goal of the book is to fill a substantial hole in modern scholarship - the late antique and early Islamic history of the city still has to be written.In late antiquity Palmyra remained a thriving provincial city whose existence was assured by its newly acquired role of stronghold along the eastern frontier. Palmyra maintained a prominent religious role as one of the earliest bishoprics in central Syria and in early Islam as the political centre of the powerful Banu Kalb tribe.Post-Roman Palmyra, city and setting, provide the focus of this book. Analysis and publication of evidence for post-Roman housing enables a study of the city’s urban life, including the private residential buildings in the sanctuary of Ba’alshamin. A systematic survey is presented of the archaeological and literary evidence for the religious life of the city in Late Antiquity and Early Islam. The city’s defences provide another focus. After a discussion of the garrison quartered in Palmyra, Diocletian’s military fortress and the city walls are investigated, with photographic and archaeological evidence used to discuss chronology and building techniques. The book concludes with a synthetic account of archaeological and written material, providing a comprehensive history of the settlement from its origins to the fall of Marwan II in 750 AD.Trade ReviewThe volume is an excellent reference for the archaeological remains themselves, and an important milestone in the trend towards understanding the historically neglected later phases of the monumental Classical sites of the Near East, as is being done for Jerash, Petra – and now, Palmyra. * Current World Archaeology *

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Book SynopsisExcavations on the site of this remarkable fort in northern Bulgaria (1996–2005) formed part of a long-term programme of excavation and intensive field survey, aimed at tracing the economic as well as physical changes which mark the transition from the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages, a programme which commenced with the excavation and full publication of the early Byzantine fortress/city of Nicopolis ad Istrum.The analysis of well-dated finds and their full publication provides a unique data-base for the late Roman period in the Balkans; they include metal-work, pottery (local and imported fine ware), glass, copper alloy finds, inscriptions and dipinti (on amphorae) as well as quantified environmental reports on animal, birds and fish with specialist reports on the archaeobotanical material, glass analysis and querns.The report also details the results of site-specific intensive survey, a new method developed for use in the rich farmland of the central Balkans. In addition, there is a tailed report on a most remarkable and well-preserved aqueduct which employed the largest siphon ever discovered in the Roman Empire.This publication will provide a substantial database of material and environmental finds, an invaluable resource for the region and for the Roman Empire: material invaluable for studies which seek to place the late Roman urban and military identity within its regional and extra-regional economic setting.Trade ReviewExcellently illustrated, the near-900 pages of dense and detailed discussion of archaeological data that make up The Transition to Late Antiquity… are an important source of information for developments in central Bulgaria from the 2nd to the 6th/7th centuries AD. The finds discussions, presented to a standard only rarely found in excavation reports, make it an essential tool for those studying the material culture of this period in the region (and beyond). The addition of an extensively studied and now well-published site to the wider Yantra Valley region, which includes sites such as Nicopolis ad Istrum, Iatrus-Krivina and Novae-Svistov, makes this part of the world a key area for our understanding of the Roman and late antique period on the Lower Danube — and the volume under review forms a key addition to any (strong) bookshelf on the Roman and late-Roman Balkans. * Medieval Archaeology *The author and his team of collaborators are to be congratulated for contributing not just a report and challenging analysis from their fieldwork, but for creating a major and enduring resource for future comparative research into the material culture and history of the region. * Antiquity *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Summary and conclusions Introduction 1. Area C, the east gate (A. Poulter) 2. Area D, two storeyed houses/barracks south of street 1 (A. Poulter) 3. Area E, the granaries, store rooms, the western defences (A. Poulter) 4. Area G, a 5th century building (A. Poulter) 5. Area H, the church (A. Poulter) 6. Area K, houses/barracks north of street 1 (A. Poulter) 7. Area F, the north-western quarter and the defences (V. Dinchev, translated by A. Poulter) 8. The western aqueduct for Nicopolis ad Istrum (I. Tsurov, translated by A. Poulter) 9. Areas A and B, the Roman aqueduct (A. Poulter) 10. The late Roman and early Byzantine coins (P. Guest) 11. Small finds, excluding iron and bone (E. Ghey)) 12. The ironwork (W. Manning) 13. Finds of bone and horn (P. Vladkova, translated by A. Poulter) 14. Rotary querns, rubbing stones and a stone bowl (S. Watts) 15. Vessel glass (A. Cholakova, translated by A. Poulter) 16. Through the looking glass: an analysis of the glass finds (T. Smith) 17. The lamps (V. Swan) 18. The prehistoric pottery (T. Hristova, translated by A. Poulter) 19. The Dipinti and Graffiti (R. Tomlin) 20. Late Roman and early Byzantine pottery (V. Swan) 21. The plant remains (P. Grinter) 22. The fish bones (R. Parks) 23. Mammal and bird bones (C. Johnstone and A. Hammon) 24. Human remains (C. Johnstone) 25. Geomorphic investigations in and around the fort and in the floodplain of the river Rositsa (H. Neuman) 26. A new approach to site-specific intensive survey (A. Poulter) 27. The field survey: sites and their interpretation (A. Poulter) 28. The late Roman building and settlement structures in the Rositsa valley: the geophysical results (M. Boyd) 29. The Bulgarian field walking pottery (B. Hurman) Appendix: the fabrics and thin-sections

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Book SynopsisWestern Iberia has one of the richest inventories of Neolithic chambered tombs in Atlantic Europe, with particular concentrations in Galicia, northern Portugal and the Alentejo. Less well known is the major concentration of tombs along the Tagus valley, straddling the Portuguese-Spanish frontier. Within this cluster is the Anta da Lajinha, a small megalithic tomb in the hill-country north of the River Tagus. Badly damaged by forest fire and stone removal, it was the subject of joint British-Portuguese excavations in 2006-2008, accompanied by environmental investigations and OSL dating. This volume takes the recent excavations at Lajinha and the adjacent site of Cabeço dos Pendentes as the starting point for a broader consideration of the megalithic tombs of western Iberia. Key themes addressed are relevant to megalithic tombs more generally, including landscape, chronology, settlement and interregional relationships. Over what period of time were these tombs built and used? Do they form a horizon of intensive monument construction, or were the tombs the product of a persistent, long-lived tradition? How do they relate to the famous rock art of the Tagus valley, and to the cave burials and open-air settlements of the region, in terms of chronology and landscape? A final section considers the Iberian tombs within the broader family of west European megalithic monuments, focusing on chronologies, parallels and patterns of contact. Did the Iberian tombs emerge through connections with older established megalithic traditions in other regions such as Brittany, or whether they are the outcome of more general processes operating among Atlantic Neolithic societies?Trade ReviewThis is a meaty volume […] an important source of both evidence and synthesis of the megalithic monuments of western Iberia in their local, regional and international contexts. * Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society *Table of ContentsList of figures List of tables Contributors Acknowledgements 1. The megalithic chambered tombs of western Iberia Chris Scarre 2. Excavations at the Anta da Lajinha 2006–2008 Chris Scarre and Luiz Oosterbeek Appendix 2.A: Petrological identification of the slabs used at the Anta da Lajinha Vera Moleiro, Sara Cura, Artur A. Sá and Luiz Oosterbeek Appendix 2.B: Luminescence dating at the Anta da Lajinha Chris Burbidge, Guilherme Cardoso, Isabel Dias, Luiz Oosterbeek, Isabel Prudêncio and Chris Scarre Appendix 2.C: Stratigraphic characterisation and sedimentological analysis at the Anta da Lajinha Pedro P. Cunha, Hugo Gomes, Luiz Oosterbeek and Pierluigi Rosina Appendix 2.D: The ceramic assemblage from the Anta da Lajinha César Neves Appendix 2.E: The lithic assemblage from the Anta da Lajinha Joana Carrondo 3. The regional context Chris Scarre and Elías López-Romero 3.1. The megalithic tombs of Proença-a-Nova João Caninas, Francisco Henriques, Mário Monteiro, Paulo Félix, Carlos Neto de Carvalho, Fernando Robles Henriques, Emanuel Carvalho, Pedro Baptista, André Pereira and Cátia Mendes 3.2. Contemporary non-megalithic interments Nelson J. Almeida, Luís Costa and Luiz Oosterbeek 3.3. Later prehistoric funerary practices in the Nabão valley: the Rego da Murta Megalithic Complex Alexandra Figueiredo 4. Palaeoenvironmental investigations around the Anta da Lajinha and the broader regional context Charles French, William Fletcher, Marco Madella, Cristiana Ferreira, Nelson J. Almeida, Pierluigi Rosina and Chris Scarre Appendix 4.1: The trench profile descriptions Appendix 4.2: The detailed soil micromorphological descriptions Appendix 4.3: Calibration curves for the Anta da Lajinha West Trench radiocarbon dates 5. The Tagus Valley Rock Art Sara Garcês and Luiz Oosterbeek 6. Megalithic tombs in Atlantic Iberia Chris Scarre 7. The Anta da Lajinha in its international context Chris Scarre Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThere is a long-held feeling in Russia that Moscow is the true heir to the Christian Byzantine Empire. In 1894, Imperial Russia opened one of the world’s leading centres for Byzantine archaeology in Istanbul, the Russian Archaeological Institute – its purpose was to stake the claim that Russia was the correct heir to ‘Tsargrad’ (as Istanbul was referred to in Russian circles). This then is the history of that institute, and the history of Russia’s efforts to reclaim its Middle East – events since in the Crimea, Syria and Georgia are all, to some extent, wrapped up in this historical framework. Ure looks at the founding of the Russian Archaeological Institute, its aims, and its place in the ‘digging-race’ which characterised the late Imperial phase of modern history. Above all, she shows how the practise of history has been used as a political tool, a form of "soft power".Trade ReviewReclaiming Byzantium is a compelling and sophisticated book. Pinar Üre examines how both imperial Russia and the Ottoman empire approached the archaeological past, in an age of imperial competition and nationalist mobilization. This book is a model of entangled history, examining not only the relationship between the Russian and Ottoman empires over the Byzantine and Slavic past in Ottoman territories, but equally how both states and their scholarly communities had also to confront, on the one hand, the challenge of Western empires and knowledge projects (the British and French empires and their archaeological endeavors)—but also the growing claims of nationalizing states in the Balkans: Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece. It is a nuanced study of the relationships between power and knowledge, one conducted on several planes: inter-imperial competition; the relationship between the Russians and the Ottomans; and finally the role of emerging national states. Üre’s ability to tell this story from both the Russian and the Ottoman perspective provides unexpected and important insights into how both states sought to mobilize the past for political and scholarly ends—and how both had to contend with unexpected and unwelcome challenges. This well-written, well-argued book will be of interest to scholars of both late imperial Russia and the Ottoman empire, people interested in the political roles archaeology played in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, and anyone interested in the interplay of power and knowledge. * Peter Holquist, Ronald S. Lauder Endowed Term Associate Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania, USA *The book offers a thoroughly researched, well organized, and highly readable examination of imperial Russia’s involvements in recovering the material culture of Byzantium during the waning years of the Ottoman Empire. Thee ideological motivations and cultural biases that influenced and guided these scientific endeavors, especially evident in the mission of the RAIC in the Balkans, are treated as matters of fact, and there is no hint of interpretation or judgment on the part of the author. Thee book exemplifies the highest quality scholarship in carrying out exactly what it sets out to do. * Review of Ecumenical Studies, Sciendo *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Regenerating Distant Past: Nationalist and Imperialist Uses of Ancient History in the 19th Century Chapter 1: Double-Headed Eagle Over Russia: Russian Appreciation of the Byzantine Heritage 1.1. Fyodor Ivanovich Uspenskii: The Making of a Russian Byzantinist 1.2. The Development of Archaeology and Byzantine Studies in the Russian Empire 1.3. From Russian to Ottoman Shores: The Attraction of the Black Sea as a Repository of Byzantine Monuments 1.4. The Image of Byzantium in Russian Thought in the Late 19th Century Chapter 2: Archaeology in the Ottoman Empire: Cultural Property as a Symbol of Sovereignty 2.1. Byzantine Studies in the Ottoman Empire Chapter 3: At the Intersection of Science and Politics: Russian Archaeological Institute in the Ottoman Empire 3.1. Russians in the Holy Land: Imperial Palestinian Orthodox Society (IPPO) 3.2. The Establishment of the Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople (RAIK) Chapter 4: Expeditions of the Russian Archaeological Institute and Contacts with Ottoman Authorities 4.1. Studies in Istanbul Chapter 5: On the Eve of the Balkan Wars: Archaeology in the Midst of Political Unrest 5.1. The Establishment of the Slavic Department within RAIK Chapter 6: The Doom of Empires: The Fate of the Russian Archaeological Institute After 1914 Conclusion Suggestions for Further Reading Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisNearly 13,000 years ago millions of people and animals were wiped out, and the world plunged abruptly into a new ice-age. It was more than a thousand years before the climate, and mankind, recovered. The people of Gobekli Tepe in present-day southern Turkey, whose ancestors witnessed this catastrophe, built a megalithic monument formed of many hammer-shaped pillars decorated with symbols as a memorial to this terrible event. Before long, they also invented agriculture, and their new farming culture spread rapidly across the continent, signalling the arrival of civilisation. Before abandoning Gobekli Tepe thousands of years later, they covered it completely with rubble to preserve the greatest and most important story ever told for future generations. Archaeological excavations began at the site in 1994, and we are now able to read their story, more amazing than any Hollywood plot, again for the first time in over 10,000 years. It is a story of survival and resurgence that allows one of the world’s greatest scientific puzzles – the meaning of ancient artworks, from the 40,000 year-old Lion-man figurine of Hohlenstein-Stadel cave in Germany to the Great Sphinx of Giza – to be solved. We now know what happened to these people. It probably had happened many times before and since, and it could happen again, to us. The conventional view of prehistory is a sham; we have been duped by centuries of misguided scholarship. The world is actually a much more dangerous place than we have been led to believe. The old myths and legends, of cataclysm and conflagration, are surprisingly accurate. We know this because, at last, we can read an extremely ancient code assumed by scholars to be nothing more than depictions of wild animals. A code hiding in plain sight that reveals we have hardly changed in 40,000 years. A code that changes everything.

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Book SynopsisNow available in paperback, Egyptomania takes us on a historical journey to unearth the Egypt of the imagination, a land of strange gods, mysterious magic, secret knowledge, monumental pyramids, enigmatic sphinxes and immense wealth. Egypt has always exerted a powerful attraction on the Western mind, and an array of figures have been drawn to the idea of Egypt. Even the practical-minded Napoleon dreamed of Egyptian glory and helped open the antique land to explorers. Ronald H. Fritze goes beyond art and architecture to reveal Egyptomania's impact on religion, philosophy, historical study, literature, travel, science and popular culture. All those who remain captivated by the ongoing phenomenon of Egyptomania will revel in the mysteries uncovered in this book.Trade Review'A broader interpretation of the subject, going back to the Greek historian Herodotus and forward to Cecil B. DeMille and Tutankhamen . . . Fritze reminds us that what fascinated later artists and their public was not what Egyptologists considered important. Largely self-nourishing, Egyptomania was often detached from its original sources, and the stream of dime novels and films about mummies and their curses have, according to scholars, more to do with Western guilt over imperialism than with the supernatural. Even the artifacts exhumed from Tutankhamens tomb with great fanfare beginning in 1922 did not, in fact, add much to our knowledge of ancient Egypt, although they were responsible for the museum world’s first blockbuster traveling exhibition . . . Document[s] an enduring fascination with its subject, based, as the author points out, on the fact that it is both comfortably familiar and intriguingly exotic.' - The New York Times, 'The richness, distinction and diversity of ancient Egyptian culture has fired imaginations for millennia. Here, historian Ronald Fritze examines Egyptomania in detail and through time. As Herodotus and other classical scholars extolled Giza’s pyramids and the great lighthouse at Alexandria, Egyptian cults and esoteric tracts seeped into Greece and Rome to later fascinate and befuddle medieval and Renaissance scholars. The cracking of hieroglyphs, discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, and mummymania from the nineteenth century onwards ensured that the craze persists almost unabated today.' - Nature, 'Ronald H. Fritze proves himself an expert guide on this journey through the history of our fascination with Ancient Egypt in all its forms ranging from the serious study of Egyptology to its more bizarre manifestations in popular culture . . . an entertaining, enlightening work.' - Minerva magazine, 'Fritze has used this amazingly fertile field to produce a well-researched and comprehensive history of enthusiasm for all things Egyptological, from ancient times right up to the twenty-first century, spanning the whole spectrum. It is a remarkable achievement and makes for a fascinating read . . . there is a rich mine of factual material here which could repay detailed study.' - Ancient Egypt Magazine, 'Fritze surveys the bewildering variety of Egyptian rites dreamed up by the Rosicrucians, Freemasons and Theosophists, and takes us on an entertaining tour of fringe and alternative history set in the Land of the Nile.' - Fortean Times, 'The particular craze that’s the focus of veteran historian Ronald Fritzes new book Egyptomania is one of the oldest intellectual fads in the history of mankind: the fixation with ancient Egypt that’s been felt by the rest of the world for so long that it actually started when ancient Egypt wasn’t even ancient . . . Fritze’s narrative is dense with historical detail and frequently sparkles with wit. Anyone who has ever felt the touch of Egyptomania . . . will find plenty in these pages to feed their curiosity.' - Open Letters Monthly, 'It’s an enormous subject, and Fritze works his way through it all with a thoroughness no other account has ever quite matched . . . Delves into how the realities of Egyptology have been reimagined or misinterpreted as sources of hermeticism, portals to another reality, or tokens to confer knowledge and respectability . . . Fritze’s entertaining and enlightening work does well in separating ancient Egypt’s actual legacy from the pseudo-history of occultists and assorted charlatans.' - Publishers Weekly, 'From Medieval Christians and Muslims to Napoleon, a detailed but readable account of how Ancient Egypt has been a focus of fascination throughout history, capturing our imagination through its strange gods, murky magic, secret knowledge, immense wealth and mystifying mummies.' - The Bookseller, 'a fascinating read for any who are interested in Egyptian culture.' - Decatur Daily, 'Ron Fritze has an enviable ability to dig deep into the worlds of popular history. Well written, his new book, which goes right up to date, is wide-ranging, both chronologically and thematically. Fritze covers the pyramids, archaeology, film, popular fiction and a wide range of concerns and forms. Deserves wide attention.' - Jeremy Black, author of Contesting History.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Egyptomania through the Ages One: The Real Egypt Two: Ancient Egyptomania: Hebrews, Pharaohs and Plagues Three: Classical Egyptomania: The Greeks and Romans Four: Medieval Egyptomania: From St. Augustine to the Renaissance Five: Egyptomania from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment Six: Napoleon’s Expedition to Egypt and the Birth of Modern Egyptomania Seven: Nineteenth-century Egyptomania to the Discovery of Tut Eight: The Rise of Mass Egyptomania: Tutankhamun, Tutmania and the Curse of the Mummy Part Two: Varieties of Modern Egyptomania Nine: Occult Egyptomania Ten: Egyptomania on the Fringe of History Eleven: African American Egyptomania Twelve: Egyptomania and Fiction Postscript References Select Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisThe Sumerians are widely believed to have created the world’s earliest civilization on the fertile floodplains of southern Iraq from about 3500 to 2000 BC. They have been credited with the invention of nothing less than cities, writing and the wheel, and therefore hold an ancient mirror to our own urban, literate world. But is this picture correct? Paul Collins reveals how the idea of a Sumerian people was assembled from the archaeological and textual evidence uncovered in Iraq and Syria over the last 150 years. Reconstructed through the biases of those who unearthed them, the Sumerians were never simply lost and found, but reinvented a number of times, both in antiquity and in the more recent past.Trade Review“[A] stimulating new book. . . . The Sumerians, for all their doubtful status as a formal society, have a remarkable list of achievements to their credit. Besides being the world’s earliest attested civilization in the fourth millennium BCE, they invented cuneiform—the world’s earliest writing—and the sexagesimal system of mathematics. Their cities, such as Uruk and Ur, were the headquarters of the world’s earliest city-states, with bureaucracies, legal codes, divisions of labor, and a money economy. . . . A civilization made vivid by Collins’s clear and expert text.” -- Andrew Robinson * Science *"A highly readable, fully authoritative account of all aspects of the ways of life of the Sumerians, one of the most important peoples of the ancient world. Collins also covers the issue of the discovery and rediscovery of the Sumerians very effectively, bringing to life not just the Sumerians themselves but also the early travelers and antiquarians who first engaged with them. The book, too, is superbly illustrated." -- Roger Matthews, Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Reading

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Book SynopsisOften characterized as a 'lost' civilization that was 'discovered' by adventurers and archaeologists, ancient Egypt has fascin ated and inspired many other cultures. Classical Greek and Roman writers admired ancient Egyptian philosophy; in the eighteenth century, secret societies like the Freemasons still upheld the wisdom of ancient Egypt. But why? Christina Riggs introduces the history, art and religion of Egypt from its earliest dynasties to its final fall to Rome - and explores the influence ancient Egypt has had through the centuries. Today, ancient Egypt is ubiquitous in museums, television documentaries and tattoo parlours - wherever people look for a past as ancient and impressive as they come. Looking for a vanished past, Riggs argues, always serves some purpose in the present.Trade Review'2018 Outstanding Academic Title' - Choice; 'it is Riggs's apparently inexhaustible fund of examples, and the well-targeted deployment of her material, from the physical remains of ancient Egypt itself to the iconography of the Arab Spring, that engages and carries the reader through this lively and informative survey. Tracing her story from the Roman period to the present day, Riggs guides us through the influences this "lost" civilization has exerted, and the numerous reactions it has provoked . . . Accessibly written, assuming no prior knowledge on the reader's part assumed, it has an engaging tone, and never patronizes.' - TLS; 'Christina Rigg's Egypt is one of Reaktion Books' accessible and informative Lost Civilizations guides. It is, however, much more than a chronological survey of ancient Egypt; it is also an elegant and intriguing thematic interpretation of that civilisation's grip on our imagination ever since.' - Minerva magazine; 'This refreshingly different and beautifully written account of ancient Egypt goes beyond the ancient civilization itself to explore the ways in which it can be said to be lost and rediscovered.' - Gay Robins, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History, Emory University; 'With this book, Riggs admirably achieves the objectives of the publisher's "Lost Civilizations" series, which looks at the rise and fall of a civilization and assesses its artistic and cultural legacy, and explains why it remains relevant for readers today. Riggs concludes that ancient Egypt has been gone for two thousand years, and so is lost. While many remains from ancient Egypt have survived, she asserts that each culture, society, or generation interprets them differently . . . For those seeking a brief introduction, Riggs's book, including its chronology and bibliography, is perfect . . . Essential.' - ChoiceTable of ContentsChronology 1 Looking for Ancient Egypt 2 Forty Centuries 3 Sacred Signs 4 Taken in the Flood 5 Walking Like an Egyptian 6 Vipers, Vixens and the Vengeful Dead 7 Out of Africa 8 Counting the Years 9 Still Looking References Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index

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Book Synopsis Since its invention by Renaissance humanists, the myth of the “Middle Ages” has held a uniquely important place in the Western historical imagination. Whether envisioned as an era of lost simplicity or a barbaric nightmare, the medieval past has always served as a mirror for modernity. This book gives an eye-opening account of the ways various political and intellectual projects—from nationalism to the discipline of anthropology—have appropriated the Middle Ages for their own ends. Deploying an interdisciplinary toolkit, author K. Patrick Fazioli grounds his analysis in contemporary struggles over power and identity in the Eastern Alps, while also considering the broader implications for scholarly research and public memory.Trade Review “In this remarkable book, K. Patrick Fazioli performs an adroit and long-overdue unmasking…[His] spirited critique of the politics of scholarly ignorance is the real core of his compelling study, and one that has enormous resonance for those who are concerned with the persistence of racist rhetoric in Western political life today.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI) “As an archeologist who specializes in the Eastern Alpine region and works in the United States, Fazioli is well placed to develop a refreshing critical perspective that underlines the implications of the practical use of the concept of the medieval from a quasi-globalized perspective… Fazioli’s book is certainly thought-provoking and inspiring.” • Contributions to the History of Concepts “[This book] marks a vital and welcome contribution to interdisciplinary engagement, connecting academic »communities of practice« that really should be in closer, if cautious, conversation. One can only hope that more anthropologists will follow Fazioli’s call for an ‘anthropology of historicity’ and, in particular, for greater consideration of the ideological stakes underlying the production of historical knowledge about medieval Europe. Perhaps, then, through such cross-disciplinary dialogue, medieval historians might begin to repay their long-standing debt to anthropology.” • Francia-Recensio “Instead of yet another book about the use and misuse of archaeology or medievalism for political purposes, The Mirror of the Medieval takes the far more difficult path of asking why the Middle Ages are so easily hijacked and misunderstood, approaching the subject from the perspective of anthropology. This is an ambitious, highly original, and persuasive book that belongs on the shelf of any anthropologist, historian, or individual interested in the Middle Ages.” • Florin Curta, University of Florida “Fazioli clearly and comprehensively deals with the interactions of the past, historical research, and the popular imagination. He fluently combines the methods of history, anthropology, and archaeology in a way that is relevant for all three fields as well as the general public.” • Sebastian Brather, Albert Ludwig University of FreiburgTable of Contents List of Tables, Figures, and Maps Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: ANTHROPOLOGY, HISTORY, AND THE MIDDLE AGES Chapter 1. Manifesto for an Anthropology of Historicity Chapter 2. Mirror of the Medieval Chapter 3. Anthropology’s Lost Medieval Heritage PART II: IDENTITY, POWER, AND THE MEDIEVAL PAST IN THE EASTERN ALPINE REGION Chapter 4. German Imperialism and the Early Medieval Past Chapter 5. Slovenian Identity and the Early Medieval Past Chapter 6. Beyond Ethnicity: Technological Choice and Communities of Practice Chapter 7. Christianization, Syncretism, and an Archaeology of Time Conclusion: Mourning Modernity and the Myth of the Middle Ages References Index

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Book SynopsisThis second volume on Early Cycladic (and Cycladicising) sculptures found in the Aegean, examines finds from mainland Greece, along with the rarer items from the north and east Aegean, with the exception of those discovered in the Cyclades (covered in the preceding volume), and of those found in Crete. The significance of these finds is that these are the principal testimonies of the influence of the Early Bronze Age Cycladic cultures in the wider Aegean. This influence is shown both by the export of sculptures produced in the Cyclades (and made of Cycladic marble), and of their imitations, produced elsewhere in the Aegean, usually of local marble. They hold the key, therefore, to the cultural interactions developing at this time, the so-called ‘international spirit’ manifest particularly during the Aegean Early Bronze II period.This was the time when the foundations of early Aegean civilisation were being laid, and the material documented is thus of considerable significance. The volume is divided into sections wherein contributions examine finds and their archaeological, social, and economic contexts from specific regions. It concludes with an overview of the significance and role of these objects in Early Bronze Age societies of the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean region. This will be the first time that this material has been systematically gathered together. Highly illustrated, it follows and builds on the successful preceding volume, Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context (Oxbow 2016).Trade ReviewAll papers are well illustrated, and the commendable practice of showing all figurine illustrations at a common scale of 1:2 is continued from the previous volumes […] Ultimately, the material presented in this volume adds interestingly to the corpus of soundly documented items [...] * Journal of Greek Archaeology *Altogether the three conference volumes on early Cycladic sculpture 'in context' are of inestimable value […] For anyone interested in early Cycladic or Cycladic idol sculpture, the book is therefore indispensable. * Gnomon *Table of ContentsList of contributors Abbreviations List of figures List of tables Preface 1 Introduction Colin Renfrew Before the Bronze Age 2 Past in the past: examples of Neolithic figurines from mainland Greece and Early Cycladic anthropomorphic imagery Fanis Mavridis Attica 3 An Early Cycladic figurine from the Acropolis of Athens Lena Papazoglou-Manioudaki Appendix: optical examination of a Cycladic-type marble figurine from the Acropolis and vessels from Makronisos in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens Dimitris Tambakopoulos & Yannis Maniatis 4 Aghios Kosmas revisited: the Cycladic figurines from the Early Helladic site at Aghios Kosmas in Attica Katerina Kostanti & Alexandra Christopoulou 5 Two Cycladic figurines from subterranean Chamber III, in the Early Helladic settlement at Koropi, eastern Attica Olga Kakavogianni 6 Cycladic figurines from Tsepi, Marathon Maria Pantelidou Gofa 7 Fragment of an Early Cycladic folded-arm figurine from the acropolis of Brauron Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos 8 An Early Helladic figurine from Loutsa, Attica Maria Stathi 9 A schematic figurine from the area of Kephissos in Aegaleo, Αthens Eleni Asimakou 10 A figurine from a tomb at Mandra in western Attica Kalliopi Papangeli 11 A fragmentary Cycladic figurine from Nea Kephisia, Attica Theodora Georgousopoulou 12 Cycladic-type figurines from the Early Helladic cemetery of Asteria at Glyfada, Attica Konstantina Kaza-Papageorgiou Appendix: the bioarchaeological context of the Asteria figurines Eleanna Prevedorou Peloponnese 13 Early Cycladic sculpture from Delpriza in the southern Argolid Angeliki Kossyva 14 Cycladic figurine from the sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas in Epidauria Vassilis Lambrinoudakis 15 A Cycladic figurine from Upper Epidaurus Christos Piteros 16 An Early Cycladic figurine from a Late Protogeometric burial context in Argos Evangelia Pappi North Aegean, Boeotia, Euboea, Phthiotis and Skyros 17 Early Bronze Age schematic figurines from Thermi on Lesbos Olga Philaniotou 18 A comment on a Cycladic figurine in the Archaeological Museum of Thebes Eleni Andrikou 19 Cycladic figurines from Euboea Efi Sapouna-Sakellaraki 20 Manika revisited: a recontextualisation of Euboean Cycladica in the light of new research Adamantios Sampson & Athena Hadji 21 Cycladic marble figurines from the Early Bronze Age cemetery at Nea Styra, Euboea Maria Kosma 22 Cycladica from the settlement at Palamari on Skyros Liana Parlama 23 Conspicuous consumption in the settlement context of Early Bronze Age Proskynas in East Lokris, central Greece Eleni Zahou Dodecanese and Asia Minor littoral 24 Early Cycladic figurines from Vathy, Astypalaia Andreas Vlachopoulos & Anastasia Angelopoulou 25 Early Cycladic II and Early Bronze II finds from the Dodecanese: the case of the island of Kos Toula Marketou 26 Αn Early Cycladic anthropomorphic figurine from the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes Athena Hadji 27 Local and imported in action: western Anatolian and Cycladic figurines at Early Bronze Age Miletus Ourania Kouka 28 3rd-millennium BC anthropomorphic figurines of western Anatolia, a comparative view. Towards a better understanding of the origins and meanings of Cycladic figurines Rıza Tuncel & Vasıf Şahoğlu New discoveries in the Cyclades 29 Sculptures from the Papaoikonomou property on Ano Kouphonisi Irini Legaki, Colin Renfrew, Michael Boyd & Eugenia Orfanidou Early Cycladic Sculpture in Perspective 30 Early Cycladic sculpture beyond the Cyclades: the Aegean context Colin Renfrew, Michael Boyd & Marisa Marthari Index

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Book SynopsisThe Ancient Art of Transformation: Case Studies from Mediterranean Contexts examines instances of human transformation in the ancient and early Christian Mediterranean world by exploring the ways in which art impacts, aids, or provides evidence for physical, spiritual, personal, and social transitions. Building on Arnold van Gennep’s notion of universal rites of passage, papers in this volume expand the definition of “transformation” to include widespread transitions such as shifts in political establishments and changes in cultural identity. In considering these broadly defined “passages,” authors have observed particular changes in the visual record, whether they be manifest, enigmatic, or symbolic.While several papers address transitions that are incomplete, resulting in intermediary, hybrid states, others suggest that the medium itself can be integral to interpreting a transition, and in some cases, be itself transformed. Together, the volume covers not only a broad chronological span (c. 5th century BC to 4th century AD), but also an expansive geographical range (Egypt, Greece, and Italy). Reflecting upon issues central to a variety of Mediterranean cultures (Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks, Romans, and early Christians), The Ancient Art of Transformation documents how personal, societal, and historical changes become permanently fixed in the material record.The Ancient Art of Transformation examines the visual manifestation of human transformation in the ancient and early medieval Mediterranean world, exploring the role of art and visual culture in enabling, hindering, or documenting physical, spiritual, personal, and social transitions such as pregnancy and birth, initiations, marriage, death and funerals. The definition of “transformation” is also expanded to address instances of less personal and more widespread transitions such as shifts in political establishments and changes in cultural identity in geographic locations. Additionally, although the ancient material record documents certain rites of passage such as marriage and death extensively, artifacts and their accompanying images are often studied simply to reconstruct these social processes. Authors here suggest that material evidence itself can be integral to interpreting a transition, and in some cases, be itself transformed. Further, several papers address transitions that are incomplete, resulting in intermediary, hybrid states that are very often reflected in the visual record such as Athenian vase-painting imagery forecasting the bride as a mother, displays of nudity that reflect intermediate life stages in Etruscan art and Octavian’s visual transformation into Pharaoh and Augustus in Egyptian architecture and material culture. At its core the volume establishes current methods for understanding how ancient visual culture shaped, informed, and was affected by processes of transformation. Together, these papers offer a close examination of various types of visual evidence from several cultures and periods (e.g., Etruscan, Greek, Roman, early Christian), and document how personal, societal, historical changes become permanently fixed in the material record.Trade Review…an excellent collection of essays for anyone interested in ancient art in a transitional stage and the editors should be congratulated for putting together specialists who were able to write about this topic not only eruditely but even attractively. * Ancient West & East *Table of ContentsContents List of Figures Abbreviations Contributors Acknowledgements Approaching Transformation Renee M. Gondek and Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver 1. On the Threshold of Old Age: Perceptions of the Elderly in Athenian Red-Figure Vase-Painting Nicholas A. Harokopos 2. The Transformation of the Bride in Attic Vase-Painting Victoria Sabetai 3. Transitory Nudity: Life Changes in Etruscan Art Bridget Sandhoff 4. Cultural Maneuvering in the Elite Tombs of Ptolemaic Egypt Sara E. Cole 5. Octavian Transformed as Pharaoh and as Emperor Augustus Erin A. Peters 6. Ethnic Identity, Social Identity, and the Aesthetics of Sameness in the Funerary Monuments of Roman Freedmen Devon Stewart 7. Greater in Death: The Transformative Effect of Convivial Iconography on Roman Cineraria Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver 8. A Viewer Walks into a Tomb: Transformation in the Cubiculum Leonis Ethan Gannaway 9. Protoplasts and Prophets: The Stucco Reliefs in the Orthodox Baptistery in Ravenna Rachel Danford

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Book SynopsisThis latest volume in the TRAC Themes in Theoretical Roman Archaeology series takes up posthuman theoretical perspectives to interpret Roman material culture. These perspectives provide novel and compelling ways of grappling with theoretical problems in Roman archaeology producing new knowledge and questions about the complex relationships and interactions between humans and non-humans in Roman culture and society. Posthumanism constitutes a multitude of theoretical positions characterised by common critiques of anthropocentrism and human exceptionalism. In part, they react to the dominance of the linguistic turn in humanistic sciences. These positions do not exclude “the human”, but instead stress the mutual relationship between matter and discourse. Moreover, they consider the agency of “non-humans”, e.g., animals, material culture, landscapes, climate, and ideas, their entanglement with humans, and the situated nature of research. Posthumanism has had substantial impacts in several fields (including critical studies, archaeology, feminist studies, even politics) but have not yet emerged in any fulsome way in Classical Studies and Classical Archaeology. This is the first volume on these themes in Roman Archaeology, aimed at providing valuable perspectives into Roman myth, art and material culture, displacing and complicating notions of human exceptionalism and individualist subjectivity. Contributions consider non-human agencies, particularly animal, material, environmental, and divine agencies, critiques of binary oppositions and gender roles, and the Anthropocene. Ultimately, the papers stress that humans and non-humans are entangled and imbricated in larger systems: we are all post-human.Table of ContentsI. Irene Selsvold and Lewis Webb (University of Gothenburg, Sweden): Introduction II. Linnea Åshede (University of Gothenburg, Sweden): Priapus can be anything: Bodies without borders in Roman art. III. Filippo Carlà-Uhink (PH Heidelberg, Germany): Posthuman ambitions and forms of self-representation in the Roman Principate: The cases of Caligula and Nero. IV. Vladimir Mihajlovic (University of Novi Sad, Serbia): The agency of Roman funerary monuments: from human to incarnated (biographical) entity? V. Ariana Zapelloni Pavia (University of Michigan, USA): The materiality of ritual: the use of votive offerings to unravel ancient ritual practices. VI. Lewis Webb (University of Gothenburg, Sweden): Semiviri vates: Posthuman visions of early Roman encounters with the Galli. VII. Naomi Sykes and Holly Miller (University of Nottingham, UK): Animals of Empire – the trade, management and cultural meaning of fallow deer. VIII. Lisa Lodwick (University of Reading/University of Oxford, UK): Exploring plant agency in the Roman world: Plants and people in Roman Britain. IX. Jay Ingate (University of Kent, UK): Two parts Hydrogen, Oxygen one? Re-evaluating the nature of water in the Roman city. X. Irene Selsvold (University of Gothenburg, Sweden): Roman archaeology and the Anthropocene. XI. Oliver Harris (University of Leicester, UK): Closing discussion.

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Book SynopsisThe current geography of north-west Europe, from the perspective of long-term Pleistocene climate change, is temporary. The seaways that separate southern Britain from northern France comprise a flooded landscape open to occupation by hunter-gatherers for large parts of the 0.5 million years since the English Channel’s formation. While much of this record is now inaccessible to systematic archaeological investigation it is critical that we consider past human societies in the region in terms of access to, inhabitation in, and exploitation of this landscape.This latest volume of the acclaimed Prehistoric Society Research Papers provides a starting point for approaching the Middle Palaeolithic record of the English Channel region and considering the ecological opportunities and behavioural constraints this landscape offered to Neanderthal groups in north-west Europe. The volume reviews the Middle Palaeolithic archaeological record along the fringes of La Manche in northern France and southern Britain. It examines this record in light of recent advances in quaternary stratigraphy, science-based dating, and palaeoecology and explores how Palaeolithic archaeology in the region has developed in an interdisciplinary way to transform our understanding of Neanderthal behaviour. Focusing in detail on a particular sub-region of this landscape, the Normano-Breton Gulf, the volume presents the results of recent research focused on exceptionally productive coastal capture points for Neanderthal archaeology. In turn the long-term behavioural record of La Cotte de St Brelade is presented and explored, offering a key to changing Neanderthal behaviour. Aspects of movement into and through these landscapes, changing technological and raw material procurement strategies, hunting patterns and site structures, are presented as accessible behaviours that change at site and landscape scales in response to changing climate, sea level and ecology over the last 250,000 years.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Contributors Abstract French Language Abstract German Language Abstract Acknowledgements 1. Repeopling La Manche: survey and encounters By Matt Pope 2. La Cotte de St Brelade: a key early Middle Palaeolithic geoarchaeological sequence in La Manche By Andrew Shaw 3. In pursuit of the mammoths By Katharine Scott 4. The early Middle Palaeolithic ‘bone heaps’ from La Cotte de St Brelade reconsidered By Andrew Shaw, Beccy Scott and Matt Pope 5. Coming home: reconstructing place and landscape during the early Middle Palaeolithic at La Cotte de St Brelade By Andrew Shaw and Beccy Scott 6. Jersey’s north facing property: the Neanderthal sequence at La Cotte à la Chèvre Cave By Josie Mills 7. Understanding the context of Palaeolithic archaeology in the Normanno-Breton Gulf: the importance of the Pleistocene coastal sequences By Martin R. Bates, John Renouf and Marine Laforge 8. La Cotte, Neanderthals and Goldilocks: investigating hominin adaptations in the submerged landscapes of the Normanno-Breton Gulf By C. Richard Bates, Andrew Shaw, Martin R. Bates, Matt Pope and Beccy Scott 9. Archaeological sequences, framework, and lithic overview of the late Middle Pleistocene of northern France By David Hérisson, Jean-Luc Locht, Émilie Goval, Pierre Antoine and Sylvie Coutard 10. La Cotte in its regional context: reconsidering La Manche By Beccy Scott and Anne-Lyse Ravon 11. Mind and society: re-imagining the archaeology of Neanderthals By Clive Gamble and Matt Pope Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Social Context of Technology explores non-ferrous metalworking in Britain and Ireland during the Bronze and Iron Ages (c. 2500 BC to 1st century AD). Bronze-working dominates the evidence, though the crafting of other non-ferrous metals – including gold, silver, tin and lead – is also considered. Metalwork has long played a central role in accounts of European later prehistory. Metals were important for making functional tools, and elaborate decorated objects that were symbols of prestige. Metalwork could be treated in special or ritualised ways, by being accumulated in large hoards or placed in rivers or bogs. But who made these objects? Prehistoric smiths have been portrayed by some as prosaic technicians, and by others as mystical figures akin to magicians. They have been seen both as independent, travelling ‘entrepreneurs’, and as the dependents of elite patrons. Hitherto, these competing models have not been tested through a comprehensive assessment of the archaeological evidence for metalworking.This volume fills that gap, with analysis focused on metalworking tools and waste, such as crucibles, moulds, casting debris and smithing implements. The find contexts of these objects are examined, both to identify places where metalworking occurred, and to investigate the cultural practices behind the deposition of metalworking debris.The key questions are: what was the social context of this craft, and what was its ideological significance? How did this vary regionally and change over time? As well as elucidating a key aspect of later prehistoric life in Britain and Ireland, this important examination by leading scholars contributes to broader debates on material culture and the social role of craft.Trade Review...a scholarly work, good reference book, and a great read. * Current World Archaeology *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Chalcolithic and early Bronze Age, c 2500–1700 BC Chapter 3: Later Bronze Age and earliest Iron Age, c 1700–600 BC Chapter 4: Iron Age, c. 600 BC–1st century AD Chapter 5: Discussion Appendices Catalogues of finds of metalworking equipment from different periods. Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe medieval marketplace is a familiar setting in popular and academic accounts of the Middle Ages, but we actually know very little about the people involved in the transactions that took place there, how their lives were influenced by those transactions, or about the complex networks of individuals whose actions allowed raw materials to be extracted, hewn into objects, stored and ultimately shipped for market. Twenty diverse case studies combine leading edge techniques and novel theoretical approaches to illuminate the identities and lives of these much overlooked ordinary people, painting of a number of detailed portraits to explore the worlds of actors involved in the lives of everyday products - objects of bone, leather, stone, ceramics, and base metal - and their production and use in medieval northern Europe. In so doing, this book seeks to draw attention away from the emergent trend to return to systems and global models, and restore to centre stage what should be the archaeologist’s most important concern: the people of the past.Table of ContentsList of contributors Preface 1. Everyday products in the Middle Ages. Crafts, consumption and the individual in northern Europe c. AD 800–1600: an introduction Gitte Hansen, Steven P. Ashby and Irene Baug 2. ‘With staff in hand, and dog at heel’? What did it mean to be an ‘itinerant’ artisan? Steven P. Ashby 3. Itinerant craftspeople in 12th century Bergen, Norway – aspects of their social identities Gitte Hansen 4. Urban craftspeople at Viking-age Kaupang Unn Pedersen 5. Crafts in the landscape of the powerless. A combmaker’s workshop at Viborg Søndersø AD 1020–1024 Jette Linaa 6. Bone-workers in medieval Viljandi, Estonia. Comparison of finds from downtown and the Order’s castle Heidi Luik 7. Consumers and artisans. Marketing amber and jet in the early medieval British Isles Carolyn Coulter 8. The home-made shoe, a glimpse of a hidden, but most ‘affordable’, craft Quita Mould 9. Fashion and necessity. Anglo-Norman leatherworkers and changing markets Quita Mould and Esther Cameron iv Contents 10. Tracing the nameless actors. Leatherworking and production of leather artefacts in the town of Turku and Turku Castle, SW Finland Janne Harjula 11. Ambiguous stripes – a sign for fashionable wear in medieval Tartu Riina Rammo 12. Silk finds from Oseberg. Production and distribution of high status markers across ethnic boundaries Marianne Vedeler 13. The soapstone vessel production and trade of Agder and its actors Torbjørn P. Schou 14. Actors in quarrying. Production and distribution of quernstones and bakestones during the Viking Age and the Middle Ages Irene Baug 15. The role of Laach Abbey in the medieval quarrying and stone trade Meinrad Pohl 16. Iron producers in Hedmark in the medieval period – who were they? Bernt Rundberget 17. What did the blacksmiths do in Swedish towns? Some new results Hans Andersson 18. The Iron Age blacksmith, simply a craftsman? Roger Jørgensen 19. Bohemian glass in the north. Producers, distributors and consumers of late medieval vessel glass Georg Haggrén 20. If sherds could tell. Imported ceramics from the Hanseatic hinterland in Bergen, Norway. Producers, traders and consumers: who were they, and how were they connected? Volker Demuth 21. Marine trade and transport-related crafts, and their actors – people without archaeology? Natascha Mehler

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Book SynopsisButrint 6 describes the excavations carried out on the Vrina Plain by the Butrint Foundation from 2002–2007. Lying just to the south of the ancient port city of Butrint, these excavations have revealed a 1,300 year long story of a changing community that began in the 1st century AD, one which not only played its part in shaping the city of Butrint but also in how the city interacted and at times reacted to the changing political, economic and cultural situations occurring across the Mediterranean World over this period. Volume II discusses the finds from the Vrina Plain excavations.This volume provides an insight into how the Vrina Plain community lived, worked and ultimately died and includes chapters on the medieval and post-medieval ceramics from the excavations, analysis of the human and faunal remains, environmental evidence, Roman and Medieval coins, a detailed study of the small finds as well as a discussion of the glass including a report on a number of glass cakes, ingots of raw glass associated with glass working that were found during the excavations.The volume also reports on five lead seals dating from the late 9th to the 10th century, an uncommon find but one which when considered with the contemporary coins suggests that for 100 years the Vrina Plain was Butrint.Trade ReviewThese volumes, which are also excellent on the editorial plan, contribute to strengthening the decisive centrality of the Butrint project in the context of Mediterranean archaeological experiences of the last thirty years, also because the quality of the scientific approach is accompanied by an updated reflection on the main themes that touch on the transformation of ancient society in its passagetowards the Middle Ages. * Archeologia Medievale *Table of Contents1. The Medieval and Post-Medieval pottery finds from the Vrina Plain excavations. Joanita Vroom 2. The Ancient and Early Byzantine Coins from Vrina Plain. Sam Moorhead 3. Byzantine and Early Modern Coins (9th – 17th centuries). Pagona Papadopoulou 4. Lead seals. Pagona Papadopoulou 5. The human skeletons from the Vrina Plain Todd W. Fenton, Angela Soler, Carolyn V. Hurst, and Jared Beatrice 6. Vrina Plain Small Finds John Mitchell Appendix: The conservation of the Vrina Plain small finds Pippa Pearce 7. The Vessel Glass of the Vrina Plain: A Catalogue Karen Stark 8. Glass cakes and glass tesserae from the Vrina Plain Nadine Schibille 9. The Faunal Remains Richard Madgwick 10. Aquatic resource exploitation at the Vrina Plain from the 1st to the 13th century AD Rena Veropoulidou 11. Hand-collected shell. Matt Law and Richard Madgwick 12. The archaeobotanical evidence of the Vrina Plain settlement Alexandra Livarda

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Book SynopsisBrian Spencer, former Keeper of the Museum of London, was a major scholar of medieval popular culture. He almost single-handedly established the study of pilgrim souvenirs and secular badges. He defined what these objects were and ascertained their function, manufacture, style, and iconography with a careful use of primary documents and intricate stylistic analysis. He identified every major souvenir and badge discovered in Great Britain during the last few decades. He also made prominent contributions to the field of seal matrices, gaming pieces, and horse paraphernalia. What bound all of these interests together was his understanding that the study of these artefacts could shed light on the beliefs and practices of a large number of people. This is reflected in the frequency with which his work is cited. This volume is a collection of essays written by those who worked with Brian directly and those with whom he corresponded.

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Book SynopsisThis study reconstructs twelfth-century sculptural and architectural finds, found during the restoration of the Perpendicular Great Cloister of Christ Church, Canterbury, as architectural screens constructed around 1173. It proposes that the screens provided monastic privacy and controlled pilgrimage to the Altar of the Sword's Point in the Martyrdom, the site of Archbishop Thomas Becket's murder in 1170.Excavations in the 1990s discovered evidence of a twelfth-century tunnel leading to the Martyrdom under the crossing of the western transept. Construction would have required rebuilding the crossing stairs and the screens flanking the crossing. The roundels, portraying lions, devils, a 'pagan', Jews, and a personification of the synagogue, are reconstructed on the south side of the crossing as a screening wall framing the entrance to this tunnel. The quatrefoils with images of Old Testament prophets are reconstructed as a rood screen on the west side of the crossing. In the Martyrdom, a screen is proposed with perhaps the earliest known sculptural representation of Thomas Becket. The rood screen, located behind the Altar of the Holy Cross, would have provided a visual focus during Mass, monastic processions, and sermons, especially during Christmas and Holy Week. The row of prophets, pointing upwards at the Rood, would have functioned as the visual equivalent of the dialogue of the ‘Ordo prophetarum’ that predicted the Messiah as proof to Jews and other unbelievers of Christian redemption. The roundels, just around the corner on the south screening wall, can be interpreted as representing the unbelieving Other and forces of evil warning pilgrims to seek penance at the altar of the newly canonized St Thomas.In addition to this new interpretation, a catalog raisonné and an account of the discovery of the finds offers material for future research that has been unavailable to previous studies. All the finds were photographed by the author as the restoration progressed;16 pieces of which have since been lost, making some of the unpublished photographs essential evidence of the archaeological record.Trade ReviewThis book will be essential for any student of late 12th-century sculpture. * Medieval Archaeology *The sculptural finds dramatically illustrate the seamless nature of European art and society in Romanesque times; a society joined, not separated, by the Channel. * Current Archaeology *This book should stimulate new discussions on the topography of this extraordinary cult, by far the most famous in western Europe. * British Archaeology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of illustrations Part I Screens and the Cult of St Thomas Introduction 1. Previous studies and the location of the finds The king reliefs Earlier scholarship Prior Chillenden’s constructions Conclusion 2. Dating of the sculpture and architectural fragments Carving techniques Figurative sculpture Foliage decoration Architectural motifs Regional impact Conclusion 3. Christ Church, Canterbury (1170–1175) Becket’s murder in the north arm of the transept Analysis of Gervase’s description Crossing of the western transept South arm of the transept North arm of the transept (the Martyrdom) Late twelfth-century alterations in the crossing Prior Odo (1168–1175) Pilgrimage (1171–1175) Conclusion 4. Reconstruction of the screens in the western transept The Martyrdom North–south partitioning screen and north screen East side of partitioning screen and north screen West side of partitioning screen Southern entrance to the tunnel Excavations South screen East side of the crossing Rood screen Conclusion 5. The quatrefoils: prophecy and the theology of redemption The gestures of the prophets The rood screen as a liturgical focus Prophetic testimony in images and texts Liturgical drama Ysagoge in Theologiam Inscribed images of prophets and liturgical texts The Incarnation: Advent and Christmas Mass at the Altar of the Holy Cross The Passion: Holy Week Conclusion 6. The roundels: the Church’s Other Lions, demons, Jews and a pagan Synagoga The unbeliever Canterbury’s Jewish community Conclusion Conclusion Plates, Reconstructions Part II Twelfth-Century Finds from the Perpendicular Great Cloister Introduction to the catalogue Catalogue A. Statue segments B. Quatrefoils C. Roundels D. Shaft-rings E. Arch elements Hood-moulds and head-stops Beaded hood-moulds Voussoirs F. String-course and related elements G. Capitals and base H. Purbeck elements Comparative charts with dimensions of the limestone finds Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA Silent Place: Death in Mycenaean Lakonia is the first book-length systematic study of the Late Bronze Age (LBA) burial tradition in south-eastern Peloponnese, Greece, and the first to comprehensively present and discuss all Mycenaean tombs and funerary contexts excavated and/or simply reported in the region from the 19th century to present day. The book will discuss and reconstruct the emergence and development of the Mycenaean mortuary tradition in Lakonia by examining the landscape of death, the burial architecture, the funerary and post-funerary customs and rituals, and offering patterns over a longue durée.The author proposes patterns of continuity from the Middle Bronze Age (even the Early Bronze Age in terms of burial architecture) to the LBA and, equally important, from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age,and reconstructs diachronic processes of invention of tradition and identity in Mycenaean communities, on the basis of tomb types and their material culture. The text highlights the social, political and economic history of Late Bronze Age Lakonia from the evolution of the Mycenaean civilisation and the establishment of palatial administration in the Spartan vale, to the demise of Mycenaean culture and the turbulent post–collapse centuries, as reflected by the burial offerings.The book also brings to publication the chamber tombs at Epidavros Limera that remained largely unpublished since their excavation in the 1930s and 1950s. Epidavros Limera was one of the most important prehistoric coastal sites in prehistoric southern Greece (early 3rd–late 4th millennium BC), and one of the main harbour towns of the Mycenaean administrative centres of central Lakonia. It is one of very few Mycenaean sites that flourished uninterruptedly from the emergence of the Mycenaean civilisation until after the collapse of the palatial administration and into the transition to the Early Iron Age. The present study of the funerary architecture and of the pottery from the tombs suggests that the site was responsible for the introduction of the chamber tomb type on the Greek mainland in the latest phase of the Middle Bronze Age (definitely no later than the transitional Middle Bronze Age/Late Bronze Age period), and not in the early phase of the Late Bronze Age (Late Helladic I) as previously assumed.Trade Review...a comprehensive study of Late Bronze Age funerary archaeology to challenge a long held assumption that Laconia was abandoned after the decline of Mycenaean palaces. * Antiquity *Overall, this is a very useful and revealing survey, and anyone wishing to discuss Mycenaean burial evidence in Laconia would do well to make good use of it and follow its system of cataloguing the cemeteries and individual graves. * Journal of Greek Archaeology *Table of ContentsPreface (by Professor Bill Cavanagh) Preface and Acknowledgements List of illustrations List of tables Introduction Chapter 1 – Chronicle of explorations of the LBA Chapter 2 – Before the Mycenaeans Chapter 3 – The location of the graves Chapter 4 – Architecture Chapter 5 – Burial customs and funerary rites Chapter 6 – Material Culture Chapter 7 – Epilogue Appendix: The development of early Epidavros Limera in historical times (late 10th c. BC to Roman times) Bibliography and Abbreviations

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Book SynopsisThis volume investigates the interaction between the natural environment, market forces and political entities in an ancient Sicilian town and its surrounding micro-region over the time-span of a thousand years. Focusing on the ancient polis of Kale Akte (Caronia) and the surrounding Nebrodi area on the north coast of Sicily, the book examines the city’s archaeology and history from a broad geographical and cultural viewpoint, suggesting that Kale Akte may have had a greater economic importance for Sicily and the wider Mediterranean world than its size and lowly political status would suggest. Also discussed is the gradual population shift away from the hill-top down to a growing harbour settlement at Caronia Marina, at the foot of the rock.The book is particularly important for the comprehensive analysis of the 1999–2004 excavations at the latter, with fresh interpretations of the function of the buildings excavated and their chronology, as well for reviewing the present state of our knowledge about Kale Acte/Calacte, and defining research questions for the future. The archaeological material at the heart of this study comes from excavations at the site conducted by the author. It is one of the few detailed publications from Sicily of Hellenistic and Roman amphora material.The conclusions about changing trends of commercial production and exchange will be of interest to those working on ceramic material elsewhere in Sicily and indeed further afield. The study also offers a fresh perspective of the economic history of ancient Sicily. The origins of Kale Akte and its alleged foundation by the exiled Sikel leader, Ducetius, in the fifth century BC, are also discussed in the light of the latest archaeological discoveries. An Italian summary of each chapter is also included.Table of ContentsList of contents Chapter 1 The Settlements Chapter 2 The territory: resources and communications Chapter 3 Archaeological research at Caronia and Caronia Marina Chapter 4 The material evidence Chapter 5 Production and supply at Kale Akte and in Sicily Chapter 6 Trade and production mechanisms ay Kale Akte and on the South Tyrrhenian Chapter 7 From trading post to rural village Appendix 1 Methodological problems and quantification of finds Appendix 2 Amphorae from Caronia and Caronia Marina: thin section analysis Catalogue of finds Catalogue of fabrics Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis study analyses the social and symbolic value of the material culture, in particular the pottery production and the architecture, and the social structure of the local communities of a broad area encompassing Eastern Anatolia, the South Caucasus and North-western Iran during the last phase of the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. This broad area is known from the Assyrian texts as ‘Nairi lands’. The second part of the study, furnishes a reassessment of pottery production characteristics and theories, as well as of the socio-economic structure and issues, tied to the sedentary and mobile local communities of the Nairi lands.The study brings into focus the characteristics, the extension and the distribution of Grooved pottery, along with other pottery typologies, by providing an accompanying online catalogue with detailed descriptions and high-resolution images of the pots and sherds obtained from public and private institutions in Turkey and Armenia. Moreover, the socio-political organisation and subsistence economy issues are addressed in order to advance a possible reconstruction of the social structure of the Nairi lands communities. Particular attention is devoted to the pastoral nomad component and the role played within the Nairi phenomenon. The study includes a very large corpus of text images and high-resolution color images of the pottery of the area under examination, gathered by the author in order to offer a reliable tool and compendium.Trade Review[This volume] is undoubtedly useful in that it draws together a large amount of published material and would therefore make an excellent starting point for further study of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages in the region. Additionally, the work is valuable for its extensive archaeometric analysis of pottery that potentially provides a base for further studies and interpretation as more ceramics from other sites across the region are approached in similar ways. * Journal of Near Eastern Studies *Table of ContentsList of figures List of tables Acknowledgements Abstract Part I. Introduction 1. Research introduction 1.1 The Nairi lands. Questions and issues 1.2 Objectives of the study 1.3 Approaches, methodologies and resources 1.4 Structure of the study Part II. Theoretical Framework 2. Identity, ethnicity and culture 2.1 Identity 2.2 Ethnicity 2.3 Culture 2.4 Significance and use in the study 3. The concept of community 3.1 Approaches and aspects Part III. Geographical and Historical Framework 4. An environmental survey of the Nairi lands 4.1 Core: Eastern Anatolia (Turkey) 4.2 Periphery: South Caucasus 4.3 Outer Periphery: North-western Iran 5. The Late Bronze–Early Iron Age historical framework 5.1 Collapse and regeneration of the Near Eastern socio-economic landscape 6. The Anatolian geopolitical landscape according to the Assyrian texts 6.1 The Late Bronze Age 6.2 The Early Iron Age Summary Part IV. The Nairi Lands Core: The Archaeological Evidence from Eastern Anatolia 7. Archaeological evidence 7.1 North EAR 7.2 South-east EAR 7.3 South-west EAR 7.4 East SEAR 7.5 West SEAR Summary Part V. The Nairi Lands Periphery: The Archaeological Evidence from the South Caucasus 8. Archaeological evidence 8.1 Archaeological investigations in Armenia and the South Caucasus 8.2 Armenia 8.3 Nakichevan and Azerbaijan 8.4 Georgia Summary Part VI. The Nairi Lands Outer Periphery: The Archaeological Evidence from North-Western Iran and Secondary Connections 9. Archaeological evidence 9.1 Archaeological investigations and issues in North-western Iran 9.2 North-western Iran 9.3 Secondary connections outside the Nairi lands Summary Part VII. Reassessment of the Nairi Lands Material Culture and Socio-Economic Landscape 10. Nairi Ware: The Nairi lands pottery productions 10.1 Issues and theories 10.2 Techno-morphological analysis 10.3 Reassessment 11. The Nairi lands socio-economic landscape: Between mobile and sedentary lifestyle 11.1 Merging ethnicities and social groups 11.2 The Settlement Area 11.3 The Encampment Area 11.4 The Fort Area 11.5 Convergent dimorphism Part VIII. Final Considerations 12. The Nairi lands communities’ identity 12.1 Commonalities and distinguishing features 12.2 Identity as cultural affinity and community 12.3 The Nairi Ware social and symbolic function 12.4 Conclusions and future directions Appendix: Pottery sherds analyses Guido Guarducci, Vincenzo Palleschi, Marco Lezzerini, Stefano Pagnotta, Gianni Gallello, Emanuela Grifoni, Stefano Legnaioli, Giulia Lorenzetti and Giusi Sorrentino Bibliography Online catalogue Nairi Lands contexts and architecture Anatolia South Caucasus Iran Secondary connections Nairi Ware pottery Anatolia South Caucasus Iran Secondary connections

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Book SynopsisUntil now insular and continental material, mostly metal-work, found in pagan Viking Age graves in Norway, has been interpreted as looted material from churches and monasteries on the British Isles and the Continent. The raiding Vikings brought these objects back to their homeland where they were often broken up and used as jewellery or got alternative functions.Looting or Missioning looks at the use and functions of these sacred objects in their original Christian contexts. Based on such an analysis the author proposes an alternative interpretation of these objects: they were brought by Christian missionaries from different parts of the British Isles and the Continent to Norway. The objects were either personal (crosses, croziers, portable reliquaries etc.), objects used for baptism (hanging bowls), equipment to officiate a mass (mountings from books or reading equipment, altars or crosses) or to give the communion (pitchers, glass vessels, chalices, paten). We know from contemporary sources (Ansgar in Birka, Sweden in the ninth century) that missionaries brought this sort of equipment on their mission journeys. We also hear that missionaries were robbed, killed or chased off. Mikkelson interprets the sacred objects found in Viking Age pagan graves as objects that originate from the many unsuccessful mission attempts in Norway throughout the Viking Age. They changed function and were integrated in the pagan tradition.The conversion and Christianisation of Norway can thus be seen as a long-lasting process, at least from about 800 (but probably earlier) to the beginning of the eleventh century. As we must assume that the written sources on the subject are incomplete, the archaeological evidences are the main source. In addition to metal work and written sources, the dating and interpretation of stone crosses, rune stones, manuscript fragments and early Christian graves and churches are discussed. The main part of the manuscript regards the context of all these sources, studied in each part of Norway separately: Where do we find concentrations of objects that could support the interpretation of these being the result of mission attempts, and where can we combine archaeological and written sources to tentatively create more complete stories related to mission?One analysis is of special interest to British and Norwegian scholars and even a broader audience. It refers to the chieftain Ohthere from Northern Norway, who visited King Alfred the Great in Winchester in 890. The author finds a link between Alfred´s court and Ohthere´s farm which, it is argued, for was Borg at Vestvågøy, Lofoten, where the biggest Viking Age house in Northern Europe has been excavated. In the hall of this house were found a rare glass beaker with gold cross decorations, a Continental or British made pitcher, pieces of a bronze bowl and an æstel of gold. This last piece is only found in Northern Norway and in England, with Wessex and Mercia as the core areas. “The Alfred Jewel” (Ashmolean Museum) is also an æstel of the same main type, but much more splendid and with an inscription relating it to King Alfred. Mikkelson argues for a bishop being sent from Wessex and Alfred´s court on Ohthere´s ship back to Northern Norway as a missionary.Trade ReviewPresents a radical re-interpretation of insular material from Scandinavia … Well presented and beautifully illustrated. * Medieval Archaeology *Table of ContentsList of figures List of tables Part 1: Sources and models for missionary activity 1. Introduction The spread of Christianity in north-west Europe The change of religion in Norway – a long process, not a short event Written sources – archaeological sources Written sources to the missionary activity in Scandinavia during the Viking Age 2. Models for the missionary activity What is a mission? Model 1: Individual monks and priests as missionaries coming from The British Isles Model 2: Organized mission from the Frankish Empire and Germany – ‘the Ansgar model’ Model 3: Mission with the Norwegian kings as initiators Part 2: Tracing missionary activity in Norway based on material culture 3. Stone crosses ‘Celtic missioning’ ‘Anglian missioning’ German missioning Preliminary conclusions 4. The interpretation of insular metalwork in Norwegian Viking Age graves Sacred objects in early Christendom Secular objects of insular origin 5. Early Christian churches and graves 6. A geographical analysis of the Christianization process in Norway Western Norway The Kuli Stone at Kuløy, Edøy, Møre og Romsdal Middle Norway: Trøndelag Northern Norway Eastern Norway Contents Part 3: Summary and conclusions Bibliography Appendices A–L: Clerical objects A. Stone crosses from the Viking Age B. Croziers C. Reliquaries and shrine mountings D. Crosses and cross mountings E. Book-mountings and book-shrines F. Hanging bowls G. Bronze bowls: Doubtful and non-hanging bowls H. Bronze ladles with handle I. Bronze-covered wooden buckets J. Altar- and tabernacle mountings K. Chalices, patens and holy-water sprinkler L. Cross and crucifix amulets from the Viking Age (c. AD 900–1100) Appendices M–T: Secular objects M. Ring pins and brooches of insular origin N. Harness fittings, strap distributors and other horse fittings of insular origin O. Belt clasps, strap ends etc of insular and Carolingian origin P. Drinking horns and -mountings from the British Isles Q. Swords (mainly) from the British Isles R. Balance scales of insular origin S. Early Anglo-Saxon and Frankish coins T. Late Anglo-Saxon silver coins (tenth–eleventh century)

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Book SynopsisFor many people it is clear: the actions and beliefs of Ancient Israel are described in the Bible. The stories about its peoples and kings, struggles and wars, deities and shrines, are supposed to have been told and retold throughout the ages and recorded in ancient archives. At a certain moment in time these stories have been assembled in the Bible which becomes history. However, from the 19th century at least, scholars have doubted the historical reliability of many biblical stories, and archaeological research has hardly been able to confirm their historicity.The aim of this book is to describe the often-complicated relationship between archaeology and the Bible. It is not a book on `biblical archaeology’, and archaeology is not used to illustrate the biblical stories, let alone to prove that the Bible is right. On the contrary, it focuses on the information that archaeology can provide of the lives and beliefs of the ancient peoples that inhabited the land in which the Bible was written, and on the question of how this information relates to the biblical stories. It aims at providing some examples of how this interplay of archaeology and biblical stories works, and how to interpret the discrepancy that may exist between the results of archaeological research and the biblical narrative. It thus offers an introduction into the field from the standpoint of an archaeologist.The book is intended for the general public, and will also be of interest to biblical scholars, historians and teachers, as well as archaeologists in other fields. It differs from the average non-scholarly book on this subject in that it is more personal, more eclectic, more archaeological. Reviews of the Dutch edition praise the passionate style and the way it focuses on the scientific process of researching problems, instead of on finding answers and presenting the solution.Trade ReviewA good acquisition for archaeology collections. * Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews *Table of ContentsList of figures Prologue 1. In search of … archaeology and the Bible 2. In search of … Abraham and his descendants 3. In search of … Saul and the days of the Judges 4. In search of … Goliath, the Philistine 5. In search of … David and Solomon 6. In search of … Jezebel and the House of Omri 7. In search of … Mesha of Moab 8. In search of … Jehoiachin and the Exile 9. In search of … the prophet Balaam 10. In search of … the goddess Asherah 11. In search of … the temple of Jerusalem Epilogue Further reading

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Book SynopsisThe ancient walled town of Butrint sits at the crossroads of the Mediterranean. In its heyday it could command sea-routes up the Adriatic Sea to the north, across the Mediterranean to the west, and south through the Ionian islands. It also controlled a land-route into the mountainous Balkan interior. For much of its long history it occupied a hill on a bend in the Vivari Channel, which connects the Straits to the large inland lagoon of Lake Butrint. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992, Butrint covers an area of around 16 ha, but geophysical survey has shown that at times it was almost twice this size. The site itself is made up of two parts: the acropolis and the lower city. The acropolis is a long narrow hill, whose sides are accentuated by a circuit of walls that separate it from the natural and artificial terraces gathered around the flanks of the hill. The lower city occupies the lower-lying contours down to the edge of the Vivari Channel. This book brings to life this extraordinary Byzantine town, with chapters on the historical sources, various aspects of the archaeological excavation and survey, finds of pottery and environmental remains.

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Book SynopsisRecently, complex interpretations of socio-cultural change in the ancient Mediterranean world have emerged that challenge earlier models. Influenced by today's hyper-connected age, scholars no longer perceive the Mediterranean as a static place where "Greco-Roman" culture was dominant, but rather see it as adynamic and connected sea where fragmentation and uncertainty, along with mobility and networking, were the norm. Hence, a current theoretical approach to studying ancient culture has been that of globalization. Certain eras of Mediterranean history (e.g., the Roman empire) known for their increased connectivity have thus been analyzed from a globalized perspective that examines rhizomal networking, cultural diversity, and multiple processes of social change. Archaeology has proven a useful discipline for investigating ancient "globalization" because of its recent focus on how identity is expressed through material culture negotiated between both local and global influences when levels of connectivity are altered. One form of identity that has been inadequately explored in relation to globalization theory is insularity. Insularity, or the socially recognized differences expressed by people living on islands, is a form of self-identification created within a particular space and time. Insularity, as a unique social identity affected by "global" forces, should be viewed as an important research paradigm for archaeologies concerned with re-examining cultural change.The purpose of this volume is to explore how comparative archaeologies of insularity can contribute to discourse on ancient Mediterranean "globalization." The volume's theme stems from a colloquium session that was chaired by the volume's co-editors at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in January 2017. Given the current state of the field for globalization studies in Mediterranean archaeology, this volume aims to bring together for the first time archaeologists working ondifferent islands and a range of material culture types to examine diachronically how Mediterranean insularities changed during eras when connectivity increased, such as the Late Bronze Age, the era of Greek and Phoenician colonization, the Classical period, and during the High and Late Roman imperial eras. Each chapter aims to situate a specific island or island group within the context of the globalizing forces and networks that conditioned a particular period, and utilizes archaeological material toreveal how islanders shaped their insular identities, or notions of insularity, at the nexus of local and global influences.Table of ContentsPreface About the Authors Abstracts 1. Introduction Jody Michael Gordon and Anna Kouremenos 2. Nuragic Networking? Assessing Globalization and Glocalization in a Late Bronze Age Sardinian Context Anthony Russell 3. Mobility and Globalization: The View from the Bronze Age Cyclades Evi Gorogianni 4. Globalization Processes and Insularity on the Dalmatian Islands in the Late Iron Age Charles Barnett and Marina Ugarković 5. Apollo Archegetes as a Globalizing Divinity: Numismatic Iconography and the Memory of Sicilian Naxos Leigh Anne Lieberman 6. Balearic Indigeneity in a Global Mediterranean: Considering Circular Domestic Structures of Late Iron Age Menorca Alexander Smith 7. Fashioning a Global Goddess: The Representation of Isis across Hellenistic Seascapes Lindsey A. Mazurek 8. Globalization and Insularity in (Dis)Connected Crete Jane E. Francis 9. From the Land of the Paphian Aphrodite to the Busy Christian Countryside: Globalization, Empire, and Insularity in Early and Late Roman Cyprus Jody Michael Gordon and William R. Caraher Afterword P. Nick Kardulias Index

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Book SynopsisThe island of Sicily was a highly contested area throughout much of its history. Among the first to exert strong influence on its political, cultural, infrastructural, and demographic developments were the two major decentralized civilizations of the first millennium BCE: the Phoenicians and the Greeks. While trade and cultural exchange preceded their permanent presence, it was the colonizing movement that brought territorial competition and political power struggles on the island to a new level. The history of six centuries of colonization is replete with accounts of conflict and warfare that include cross-cultural confrontations, as well as interstate hostilities, domestic conflicts, and government violence.This book is not concerned with realities from the battlefield or questions of military strategy and tactics, but rather offers a broad collection of archaeological case studies and historical essays that analyze how political competition, strategic considerations, and violent encounters substantially affected rural and urban environments, the island’s heterogeneous communities, and their social practices. These contributions, originating from a workshop in 2018, combine expertise from the fields of archaeology, ancient history, and philology. The focus on a specific time period and the limited geographic area of Greek Sicily allows for the thorough investigation and discussion of various forms of organized societal violence and their consequences on the developments in society and landscape.Trade ReviewThe volume […] remains an excellent tool and information base of the methodology for new research on the Sicilian territory. * Bonner Jahrbücher *In fact, the multilingual foundation of this book is to be lauded, as is the book itself for looking past the wars that plagued Sicily to examine the socio-political effects of warfare on the island and its populations. * American Journal of Archaeology *The contributions’ quality is high, showcasing the combination of archaeological and literary evidence that characterizes the best work on ancient Sicily. […] For specialists in ancient Sicily and ancient warfare, it will also be an exciting and enlightening read. For archaeologists and historians of the Classical period who do not work on Sicily, this volume offers an excellent way in. * Ancient West & East *Melanie Jonasch has edited a truly splendid volume on the impact of war on the societies, politics, and landscapes of Sicily, from the archaic period to the Roman conquest. [...] This volume is an excellent example of why we should strive more in this direction, and hopefully a powerful stimulus as well. * Greece and Rome *…both books constitute very valuable contributions to the study of ancient Sicily. They reflect an ever-increasing international interest in the archaeology and history of the island and many of the papers will be essential reading for years to come. All the involved editors are to be congratulated for putting together these volumes. * Opuscula *...deserves the attention of ancient historians and archaeologists alike and will be an important point of departure for anyone interested in violent conflict in Classical Greek history. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

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Book SynopsisThis new volume in the Oasis Papers series marks the 40th anniversary of archaeological fieldwork in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt’s Western Desert under the leadership of Anthony J. Mills and presents a synthesis of the current state of our knowledge of the oasis and its interconnections with surrounding regions, especially the Nile Valley. The papers are by distinguished authorities in the field and postgraduate students who specialise in different aspects of Dakhleh and presents an almost complete survey of the archaeology of Dakhleh including much unpublished, original material. It will be one of the few to document a specific part of modern Egypt in such detail and thus should have a broad and lasting appeal. The content of some of the papers is unlikely to be published in any other form elsewhere. Dakhleh is possibly the most intensively examined wider geographic region within Egypt.Table of ContentsPreface and Dedication Conference Programme General: The North Kharga Oasis Darb ‘Ain Amur Survey: Past Research and Future Questions (Salima Ikram) Ladies, Sandals and Giraffes. Four Decades of Rock Art Research by the Dakhleh Oasis Project (Pawel L. Polkowski) The Dakhleh Oasis: A Micro-Cosmos Reflecting Environmental and Social Changes (Ursula Thanheiser) Prehistory: Pleistocene Geoarchaeological Surveys, Kharga Oasis Prehistory Project (KOPP), 2001–2011 plus others, Western Desert of Egypt (Maxine R. Kleindienst) The Holocene Prehistory of Dakhleh and Kharga Oases: the Masara and Bashendi Cultural Units (Mary M. A. McDonald) The Sheikh Muftah Cultural Unit: An Overview of Oasis/Desert Habitation during the 4th and 3rd Millennia with Comments on Future Research Directions (Ashten R. Warfe and Sarah M. Ricketts) Historical Periods: Bones of the Ancestors: 40 Years of Bioarchaeology in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt (Tosha L. Dupras, Peter G. Sheldrick, Lana J. Williams and Sandra M. Wheeler) Trauma in Dakhleh Oasis (Peter G. Sheldrick) Desert Deviations: Massaging Standard Writing Conventions in North Kharga’s Ancient Graffiti (Nikolaos Lazaridis) Seth in Hieratic and Demotic Sources from Dakhleh Oasis (Günter Vittmann) Dynastic: Seth on Rocks: Rock Art Imagery in Dakhleh Oasis of the Pharaonic Period (Pawel L. Polkowski) Mapping Evidence for Early Dynastic Activity in the Dakhleh Region (Caleb R. Hamilton) Happy Cattle Herders? The Case of the Sheikh Muftah Community at Balat, Dakhleh Oasis (Clara Jeuthe and Veerle Linseele) Forty Years Later: An Overview of the Excavations at Balat-‘Ain Aseel (Laure Pantalacci) An Overview of Old Kingdom Egyptian Interest and Activity in the Western Desert (Amy J. Pettman) The Late Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period in the ‘Southern Oasis’ and the Theban Western Desert (John C. Darnell and Colleen Manassa Darnell) Egypt’s Western Oases during the New Kingdom (Richard J. Long) Egypt’s Western Oases during the Third Intermediate Period: An Overview (Richard J. Long) Dakhleh Oasis in the Late Period (Caroline Hubschmann) The Cemetery at ‘Ain Tirghi (Colin A. Hope) Note sur l’usage du mandrin pour le façonnage des céramiques Oasis de Dakhleh et de Kharga, Basse Époque, VIe–IVe s. av. J.-C. (Sylvie Marchand) Ptolemaic and Late Roman: Ptolemaic Dakhleh: An Overview of the Current State of Research (James C. R. Gill) A Note on the Roman Period Sites in Dakhleh Oasis (Colin A. Hope) The Bir al-Shaghala Necropolis: An Architectural Overview (Magdi Ibrahim and Sobhi Ashour) Tomb 6 at Bir al-Shaghala, Mut (Maher Bashendi Amin) Rock-cut Tombs in Eastern Dakhleh (Sabri Youssef Abd al-Rahman) Dining with the Gods in the Painted Residence at Kellis? (Helen Whitehouse) ‘Ain al-Sabil in Dakhleh Oasis (Kamel A. Bayoumy and Mahmoud M. Masoud) Christianity in Dakhleh Oasis: An Archaeological Overview (Gillian E. Bowen) Changes in Funerary Structures at Kharga from ‘Traditional’ to ‘Christian’ Tombs (Françoise Dunand) The Coptic and Syriac, Christian and Manichaean Texts recovered from Ismant al-Kharab: An Update on New Discoveries and Significant Research since First Publication (Iain Gardner) Contribution of the Textiles to the Study of the Site of Al-Deir, Kharga Oasis (Fleur Letellier-Willemin) Household Furnishing Textiles (Soft Furnishings) from Kellis (Rosanne Livingstone) The Church at Dayr al-Malak in Dakhleh Oasis (Gillian E. Bowen and Colin A. Hope) Islamic: Islamic Sites in Dakhleh Oasis (Colin A. Hope) The Qasr Dakhleh Project: An Overview (Fred Leemhuis) Observations on Some Ceramics and a Stone Vessel from the 2013 Field Season at al-Qasr (Paul Kucera) The Remarkable Case of Halima ‘Uthman: A Glance into her Daily Life (Anetta Lyzwa-Piber) Torpedoes from al-Qasaba: Ottoman Storage Jars along the Darb al-Tawil Caravan Route in Dakhleh Oasis (Egypt) (Heiko Riemer)

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