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Book SynopsisOf the Nubian Archaeological Campaigns responding to the construction of the Aswan High Dam, the survey and excavations carried out within Sudanese Nubia represent the most substantial achievement of the larger enterprise. Many components of the larger project of the UNESCO – Sudan Antiquities Service Survey have been published, in addition to the reports of a number of other major projects assigned separate concessions within the region. However, the results of one major element, the Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia (ASSN) between the Second Cataract and the Dal Cataract remain largely unpublished. This volume, focusing on the pharaonic sites, is the first of a series which aims to bring to publication the records of the ASSN. These records represent a major body of data relating to a region largely now lost to flooding. This is also a region of very considerable importance for understanding the archaeology and history of Nubia more generally, not least in relation to the still often poorly understood relationships between Lower Nubia to the north and the surviving areas of Middle and Upper Nubia, to the south. The ASSN project fieldwork was undertaken over six years between 1963 and 1969, investigating c.130km of the river valley between Gemai, at the south end of the Second Cataract, and Dal.Trade Review'[This book] is a remarkable resource for the archaeology of Sudan, and Africa more broadly. It fills a geographical gap in our knowledge of Nubia during the “Pharaonic” period, which will certainly contribute to current research revisiting datasets produced by previous surveys and excavations.' – Rennan Lemos (2021): African Archaeological ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Gemai – Murshid ; 3. Saras ; Uronarti ; 4. Semna ; Other Semna Sites ; 5. Duweishat – Tangur ; Tangur – Sonki Inscriptions ; 7. The Pharaonic Presence in the Batn al-Hajar ; Appendices ; A. The ASSN Archive ; B. Site Registration Concordance ; C. Registered Finds in Sudan National Museum ; ASSN Archive abbreviations ; Bibliography ; Arabic Summary

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Book SynopsisL’Egitto dei Flavi, providing synthesis and new prospects of investigation, offers an overall review of the various information obtainable from papyrological and epigraphic sources from the Roman province of Egypt at the moment of transition from the Julio-Claudian dynasty to the new Flavian dynasty. Within the investigations, an attempt was made to focus on the province of Egypt during the period of Flavian domination with the aim of providing a compendium and a more balanced examination of the technical and economic organization of the country in a historical period that still would seem complex to want to define in its entirety. This operation made it necessary to start from the various documentary sources (papyrus, ostraka, epigraphs and wooden tablets) which bore testimony of the aspects that were intended to be emphasized. The texts examined were therefore carefully selected in the context of the substantial material available.Table of ContentsPrefazione ; Introduzione ; 1 I Flavi in Egitto ; 1.1 Vespasiano nella documentazione egiziana dal 69 al 79 d.C. ; 1.2. Tito nella documentazione egiziana dal 79 all’81 d.C. ; 1.3. Domiziano nella documentazione egiziana dall’81 al 96 d.C. ; 2 L’amministrazione d’Egitto nel periodo flavio ; 2.1. Quadro generale ; 2.2. I Prefetti d’Egitto dal 69 al 96 d.C. ; 2.3. Gli Epistrateghi ; 2.4. Il Dikaiodotes ; 2.5. L’Idios Logos ; 2.6. L’Archidikastes e il Dioiketes ; 2.7. Lo Stratego ; 2.8. Il Basilikos Grammateus ; 2.9. Altri Funzionari ; 2.10. Municipalizzazione e Struttura Amministrativa ; 3 Il sistema fiscale egiziano da Vespasiano a Domiziano ; 3.1. La Popolazione d’Egitto ; 3.2. La Riorganizzazione Fondiaria ; 3.3. Imposte sui monopoli ; 3.4. Tasse sugli animali ; 3.5. Altre Tasse ; Conclusioni ; Appendice testuale ; Vespasiano (69-79 d.C.) ; Tito (79-81 d.C.) ; Domiziano (81-96 d.C.) ; Bibliografia

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Book SynopsisAn international peer-reviewed English-language journal specializing in synthetic articles and in long reviews, the Journal of Greek Archaeology appears annually each Autumn. The scope of the journal is Greek archaeology both in the Aegean and throughout the wider Greek-inhabited world, from earliest Prehistory to the Modern Era. Volume Two maintains the mission to publish across the whole time range of Greek Archaeology, with articles from the Palaeolithic to the Early Modern era, as well as reaching out from the Aegean to the wider Greek world. Lithics and Ceramics are accompanied by innovative Art History and Industrial Archaeology. The book reviews are equally wide-ranging. Contributors are international, and include young researchers as well as long-established senior scholars.Table of ContentsEditorial: Volume 1 (John Bintliff) ; Prehistory and Proto-History ; New insights into the Upper Pleistocene archaeology of Northwestern Greece: The evidence from three open-air sites and its implication for Middle and Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers’ activity and behaviour in Southeastern Europe (S. Ligkovanlis) ; Preserving memory in Minoan CreteFilled-in bench and platform deposits from the First Palace of Phaistos (Ilaria Calo) ; Cattle in ritual practice and iconography in Bronze Age Cyprus (Jennifer M. Webb) ; Variation on a theme: Mycenaean early civilisation in a comparative perspective (Marcus Bajema) ; Mercenaries or refugees? the evidence from the inscriptions of Merenptah on the ‘Sea Peoples’ (Konstantinos Kopanias) ; Archaic to Classical ; A Greek battleground in southern Italy: new light on the ancient Sagra (Paolo Visonà and James R. Jansson) ; Cutting down the tallest ears of grain: archaeological evidence for tyranny and sumptuary law in ‘wealthy’ Corinth (Angela Ziskowski) ; Where the children are: an insight into ‘age markers’ in western Greece. Astragali from the burial area of Locri Epizefiri (Barbara Carè) ; Results of the field surveys at Teos and environs (2007–2009): revealing the Archaic landscape (Elif Koparal and Numan Tuna) ; Manliness, violation, and laughter: rereading the space and context of the Eurymedon vase (Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones) ; Hellenistic ; Macedonian lionesses: Herakles and lion jewelry in elite female dress (c. 325–275 BCE) (Alexis Q. Castor) ; Revisiting the ‘Slipper Slapper’ and other sculpture dedications in the clubhouse of the Poseidoniasts of Beirut (S. Rebecca Martin) ; Roman to Late Roman ; Public baths in Roman Dion (Colonia Iulia Augusta Diensis) (Anastasios Oulkeroglou) ; Post-Medieval to Modern ; Integrating Local History and Landscape Archaeology: two case studies from western Greece (Helene Simoni and Kostas Papagiannopoulos) ; The Karavas Water Project: an archaeological and environmental study of interaction and community in northern Kythera (Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory and Timothy E. Gregory) ; Multiperiod ; Ancient magic artefacts and people: interpreting symbols, tracking personal experiences in Greek archaeological museums (Marlen Mouliou) ; Reviews

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Book SynopsisBetween the last centuries BC and the early second millennium AD, central southern Africa witnessed massive social change. Several landscapes hosted a variety of socio-political developments that led to the establishment of state-level society at Mapungubwe, c. 1220 AD in the middle Limpopo Valley. These different landscapes were connected through various forms of circuitry, including social, political, economic and topographic networks. While most often these systems and developments are discussed in the context of farmer societies, local forager communities also saw associated shifts. They were present from before the arrival of farmers and not only witnessed but also participated in local systems leading to the appearance of complex society. Despite numerous studies in the valley, this has not been explored; generally, forager involvement in socio-political developments has been ignored and only farmer sequences have been considered. However, from the early first millennium AD, foragers themselves transformed their own society. Changes have been noted in settlement patterns, craft production, trade relations, social interactions, wealth accumulation, and status. Moreover, these changes occurred unevenly across the landscape; at different forager sites, different responses to shifting social networks have been recorded. When viewed together, the spectrum of change suggests that valley foragers developed social complexity.Trade Review'In summary, Forssman’s book provides new knowledge of and ideas about hunter-gatherers in the Limpopo Valley during the last 3000 years. His work opens many new avenues for research that I hope will attract students and researchers in the years to come.' -- Iris Guillemard * Azania *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Interactions, frameworks and complexity ; Chapter 2: Forager contexts in the middle Limpopo Valley ; Chapter 3: Continuities and discontinuities across the contact divide ; Chapter 4: Early socio-political change ; Chapter 5: Foragers during and after state formation ; Chapter 6: Networks of Change in the valley and beyond ; Chapter 7: Redressing perspectives of foragers interactions ; Chapter 8: References

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Book SynopsisSessions XXXVIII-1,2 of UISPP 2018 in Paris were dedicated to monumental constructions and to complex exchange networks in the Pacific. Both topics have been extensively commented on and described by indigenous experts, explorers, missionaries, and scholars over the last two centuries, however these have been made famous only for the most impressive examples such as the moai statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) or the kula exchange system of the Trobriand Islands. Some of the latest research on these key aspects of Pacific islands societies are made available in this volume to researchers focusing on the region, but also to a more global scientific community and to the general public. The volume reflects the tremendous progress made in Pacific island archaeology in the last 60 years which has considerably advanced our knowledge of early Pacific island societies, the rise of traditional cultural systems, and their later historical developments from European contact onwards. Interdisciplinarity is particularly stimulating in the Pacific region, where the study of the archaeological record and of chronological sequences are often combined with other kinds of information such as ethnohistorical accounts, oral traditions, and linguistic reconstructions, in the French tradition of ethnoarchéologie and the American tradition of historical anthropology.Table of ContentsIntroduction – Aymeric Hermann, Christophe Sand ; Vegetation cover of the megalithic site of Nan Madol (Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia): an assessment of its history – Christophe Sand ; Stone architecture of the ancient Tongan state on Tongatapu Island, Kingdom of Tonga – Geoffrey Clark, Phillip Parton ; Lithic drill points: an ethno-historic case study from Motupore Island (Papua New Guinea) – Hubert Forestier, Teppsy Beni, Henry Baills, Francois-Xavier Ricaut, Matthew G. Leavesley ; Development of Exchange Networks in the Western Solomon Islands – Peter Sheppard ; How to explain Polynesian Outliers’ heterogeneity? – Wanda Zinger, Frédérique Valentin, James Flexner, Stuart Bedford, Florent Détroit, Dominique Grimaud-Hervé ; Receiving and integrating: the other side of insular mobilities. A comparative approach of integration ceremonies for Melanesia and Polynesia – Sophie Chave-Dartoen, Denis Monnerie

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Book SynopsisA shortage of affordable new housing, builders choosing to build larger, more profitable houses, and a diminishing stock of cheap houses for rent. All this sounds very familiar today, but at the end of the Great War, scarcely any houses had been built for four years and there was political pressure to build ‘Homes for Heroes’, impelled to a degree by fear of revolution. Council housing, supported by central government funding, was the chosen solution in 1919, and this study by Malcolm Graham, a leading Oxford local historian for many years, examines the consequences in Oxford, then a university city on the cusp of change. Behind the city’s Dreaming Spires image, housing for the working population was already in short supply, but an economy-minded and largely non-political City Council had always been reluctant to intervene in the housing market. In 1919, there was no hint of the city’s industrial future, and the City Council saw the replacement of substandard houses as its main challenge. The meteoric rise of the local motor industry in the early 1920s led to rapid population growth and created a massive new demand for cheap housing. Dr Graham examines the uneasy partnership between the City Council and Whitehall which led to the building of over 3,000 council houses in Oxford between the Wars. The provision of these ‘wholesome dwellings’ was a substantial, and lasting, achievement, but private builders were in fact catering for most housing need in and around the city by the 1930s. The notorious Cutteslowe Walls, built to exclude council tenants from an adjoining private estate, reflected the way in which the growing city was being socially segregated. Dr Graham provides a fascinating insight into how modern Oxford evolved away from the university buildings and college quadrangles for which the city is internationally renowned.Trade ReviewThis attractively presented book is packed with facts and figures about the ‘other Oxford’ and the housing of the working classes. Amply illustrated with estate maps, dwelling plans, and archive photos, the author, Malcolm Graham, former Head of the Centre for Oxfordshire Studies, has made a valuable contribution to the historiography of municipal housing. - Robert Ernest Brown (2020), Midland History.In the field of housing history, a subject which should be of major interest to local historians, this is an important and very welcome book... This beautifully-illustrated book provides a very readable and accessible analysis and assessment which focuses on the period between the wars. - Alan Crosby (2021), The Local Historian.Table of ContentsAuthor’s Preface ; Chapter 1 The nineteenth century background ; Chapter 2 Towards municipal housing ; Chapter 3 The Addison Act and Oxford ; Chapter 4 Building for General Needs ; Chapter 5 Building for Slum Clearance and Overcrowding ; Chapter 6 Municipal Housing or Private Enterprise ; Chapter 7 Landlord and Tenants ; Chapter 8 Residential Segregation and the Cutteslowe Walls ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisVolume 1 of the series Arabia Orientalis presents the first comprehensive study of two Umm an-Nar (2700—2000 BC) burial pits from the UNESCO World Heritage site Bat in the Sultanate of Oman. They were excavated between 2010 and 2012 by the University of Tübingen. Each burial pit represents one of the largest closed finds of the Early Bronze Age in the region. Finds largely include beads and other items of personal adornment, as well as pottery and human bones. Detailed typologies of all objects are the basis for in-depth statistical analyses of the different categories of finds and the reconstruction of burial customs at Bat. Furthermore, imports and imitations from other regions including the Indus Valley, Iran, and Mesopotamia illuminate Bat’s foreign relations and integration into the interregional exchange and communication system. The interpretation of the unearthed human remains conducted by Steve Zauner offer, not only the number of individuals, sex, and age of the deceased, but also insights into lifestyle, diseases, and stress of the people in the past.Trade Review'The technical quality of this book is great. It is well written, clearly illustrated, and contains a wealth of information in a highly structured manner. The book was also published only a few years after the excavations were done. All in all this is an exemplary publication, that will be very useful for archaeologists working on the Bronze Age of southeastern Arabia.' – Dr. B.S. Düring (2023): Bibliotheca Orientalis no. LXXX 1/2Table of ContentsAbbildungsverzeichnis ; Tabellenverzeichnis ; Tafelverzeichnis ; Vorwort des Herausgebers der Reihe ; Vorwort ; Summary ; 1 Einleitung ; 2 Die Chronologie ; 3 Methodik ; 4 Der Kontext der Bestattungsgruben in Bat ; 5 Die Bestattungsgrube A-Inst. 0025 ; 6 Die Bestattungsgrube A-Inst. 0006 ; 7 Vergleich der Bestattungsgruben A-Inst. 0006 und A-Inst. 0025 ; 8 Die Datierung ; 9 Die Funktion der Bestattungsgruben A-Inst. 0006 und A-Inst. 0025 ; 10 Zusammenfassung ; 11 Der Fundekatalog ; Bibliographie ; Anhang: 1 Die Lippenformen ; 2 Die Bodenformen ; 3 Die Ansätze ; 4 Konkordanzliste Fundnummer – Katalognummer

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Book SynopsisActa 46 comprises 64 articles. Out of the 120 scheduled lectures and posters presented at the 31st Congress of the Rei Cretariæ Romanæ Favtores, 61 are included in the present volume, to which three further were added. Given the location of the conference in Romania it seems natural that the number of articles related to the Balkans and Danube region is the largest (with 20 articles), followed by contributions concerning Italy (15), and the Iberian Peninsula (13). The 'rest of the world' is split between the Roman provinces in the East (eight papers), in North-Africa (six), and in central respectively western Europe (two).

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Book SynopsisPractice – The Social, Space, and Materiality forms the second part of Bronze Age Tell Communities in Context: An exploration into culture, society, and the study of European prehistory. It studies Bronze Age tells and our approaches towards an understanding of this fascinating way of life, drawing on the material remains of long-term architectural stability and references back to ancestral place. While the first volume challenged Neo-Diffusionist models of the influence of Mediterranean palatial centres on the development of tell communities in the Carpathians and an attendant focus on social stratification, the second part sets out an alternative theoretical approach, which foregrounds architecture and the social use of space. Unlike the reductionist macro perspective of mainstream social modelling, inspired by aspects of practice theory outlined in this book, the account given seeks to allow for what is truly remarkable about these sites, and what we can infer from them about the way of life they once framed and enabled. The stability seen on tells, and their apparent lack of change on a macro scale, are specific features of the social field, in a given region and for a specific period of time. Both stability and change are contingent upon specific historical contexts, including traditional practices, their material setting and human intentionality. They are not an inherent, given property of this or that ‘type’ of society or social structure. For our tells, it is argued here, underneath the specific manifestation of sociality maintained, we clearly do see social practices and corresponding material arrangements being negotiated and adjusted. Echoing the argument laid out in the first part of this study, it is suggested that archaeology should take an interest in such processes on the micro scale, rather than succumb to the temptation of neat macro history and great narratives existing aloof from the material remains of past lives.Trade Review‘It is an excellent, thought-provoking study and a data-driven expansion of part 1. The book was a much-needed supplement for the older publication, one which establishes a coherent understanding of one of the most challenging phenomena of European prehistory by demonstrating how constructing an alternative model of Bronze Age archaeology can be achieved. The only question remains, whether the readers should start preparing for volume three?’ – Robert Staniuk (2023): GNOMON 95, 2 Table of ContentsI. Introduction ; I.1. Once More on Tells: Where and When ... ; I.2. ... How and Why? ; II. The Social, Space and Materiality ; II.1. Toward a Practice-oriented Approach ; II.2. Theory of Practice and ‘Time-Space’ (Giddens) ; II.3. Theory of Practice and Social Space (Löw) ; II.4. Habitus and Social Space (Bourdieu) ; II.5. ‘Flat Ontologies’: Social Life and Materiality (Schatzki) ; II.6. Architecture and Assemblages (Delitz, DeLanda) ; II.7. Implications and Outlook ; III. Space and Time on Bronze Age Tells ; III.1. Space and Time: The Borsod Example ; III.2. Introduction to a Bronze Age Landscape ; III.3. The Tell or Tell-like Mound: Focus Shared or Community Divided? ; III.4. The Enclosure: Defence or Signal? ; III.5. The Outer Settlement: Commoners or Community? ; IV. Tell-Living ; IV.1. The Tell Plenum of Practices ; IV.2. Social Life Unfolding ; V. Epilogue ; V.1. Death and Burial on the Bronze Age Borsod Plain ; V.2. The Study of the European Bronze Age: A Personal Note ; References

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Book SynopsisRoots of Reform provides a thorough examination of the impact of the English Reformation through a detailed analysis of medieval and early modern church fittings surviving at parish churches located throughout the county of Norfolk in England. By utilizing an archaeological approach along with the written record, a deeper and more nuanced understanding of public worship reveals the theological imperatives of the reformers and conformers. This study compiled data from both rural and urban parish churches which provides a regional approach to engaging the issues of visuality, space and identity. Church fittings were selected based on their liturgical function and propensity to feature decorative iconography. This includes baptismal fonts, screens, wall paintings, and sculptures. Through an extensive analysis of church fittings, this research is the first to suggest that the Bible-centric component to Protestant theology provided the framework which contributed to the success of the Reformation. The religious identity of England was transformed as visual continuity enabled an entire generation to continue their religious experience in a traditional context despite the moderate alteration to liturgy and comprehensive transformation of doctrine. This criterion eased the transition, as liturgical continuity and selective iconoclasm forged a new physical religious environment that retained enough elements to satiate traditionalist. Furthermore, an assessment of post-Reformation innovations reveals the use of vernacular Biblical text as a preferred mode of decoration, with an increase in the use of secular heraldry and commemoration directly on church fittings.Table of ContentsChapter I: Introduction ; Chapter II: Methodology & Sources ; Chapter III: Literature & Historical Review ; Chapter IV: Survivals ; Chapter V: Reformation: Iconoclasm ; Chapter VI: Reformation: Invention & Redefinition ; Chapter VII: Discussion ; Chapter VIII: Conclusion ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisHandmade ceramics with painted decoration constitute one of the most outstanding archaeological materials from the Late Bronze Age and the First Iron Age in the Guadalquivir and Guadiana valleys, the context in which the Tartessian culture developed. In this work, an exhaustive study of these ceramic styles has been attempted, defining their technical characteristics, dispersion, forms, decoration, symbolism, chronology, use and meaning. To this overall study are added several unpublished pieces by Alarcos, some with archeometric and content analysis, the results of which allow questioning their traditional consideration as 'post-firing ceramics'. This characterization allows an orientation in the classification of some styles traditionally considered as a monolithic set when really, there is a much more complex panorama due to different chronological and cultural circumstances. Among the latter, the relationships and contacts established between local communities and Mediterranean populations stand out, giving rise to cultural phenomena of miscegenation or hybridization in which local tradition was combined with all exogenous contributions, a fossilized reality in these productions. This book presents the most complete and up-to-date work on these ceramics, studied from the perspective of new theoretical-methodological approaches and recent interpretations.Table of ContentsCapítulo 1. Introducción ; Capítulo 2. Contexto geográfico y cultural: los valles del Guadalquivir y del Guadiana durante el Bronce Final y la Primera Edad del Hierro ; Capítulo 3. Estructura, metodología y fundamentos teóricos ; Capítulo 4. Cerámica estilo Carambolo ; Capítulo 5. Cerámica estilo Valcorchero ; Capítulo 6. Cerámica estilo San Pedro II ; Capítulo 7. Cerámica estilo Medellín ; Capítulo 8. Cerámica estilo Meseta ; Capítulo 9. Cerámica monocroma en amarillo ; Capítulo 10. Conclusiones y valoración final: las cerámicas a mano con decoración pintada en el contexto cultural del Bronce Final y la Primera Edad del Hierro en los valles del Guadalquivir y del Guadiana ; Bibliografía ; Fuentes ; Catálogo

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Book SynopsisJHP is an independent learned journal dedicated to the research of ceramics and objects of daily use of the Hellenistic period in the Mediterranean region and beyond. It aims at bringing together archaeologists, historians, philologists, numismatists and scholars of related disciplines engaged in the research of the Hellenistic heritage.Table of ContentsARTICLES: Understanding the Jal el-Bahr Storage-Jar Assemblage – Donald T. Ariel ; Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeologica Project: Excavations at Pyla-Vigla in 2019 – Justin Stephens, Brandon R. Olson, Thomas Landvatter & R. Scott Moore ; A Hellenistic Farmhouse at the Entrance to the Town of El’ad – All Nagorsky ; Cave 169 at Marisa: The Imported Ptolemaic Red Ware – Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom ; Lissos in Illyria: Two Centuries of Hellenistic Pottery, and a Plea for the Publication of Contextual Material – Patricia Kögler ; BOOK REVIEWS: Sarah James, Hellenistic Pottery. The Fine Wares, Corinth 7, 7 – Brice Erickson ; Gabriel Mazor, Walid Atrash & Gerald Finkielsztejn, Bet She’an IV. Hellenistic Nisa-Scythopolis. The Amphora Stamps and Sealings from Tel Iztabba – Marek Palaczyk ; Henrieta Todorova (ed.), Durankulak 3. Die hellenistischen Befunde – Reyhan Şahin ; Idit Sagiv, Representations of Animals on Greek and Roman Engraved Gems. Meaning and Interpretations – Shua Amorai-Stark & Malka Hershkovitz ; Kalliope Bairami, Large Scale Rhodian Sculpture of Hellenistic and Roman Times – Natalia Kazakidi ; Qumran, Unchecked Parallelomina, and Pseudonymity in Academic Publication, review article of Kenneth Silver, Alexandria and Qumran: Back to the Beginning – Dennis Mizzi

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Book SynopsisAnglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History (ASSAH) is a series concerned with the archaeology and history of England and its neighbours during the period circa AD 400-1100. ASSAH offers researchers an opportunity to publish new work in an inter- and multi-disciplinary forum that allows for a diversity of approaches and subject matter. Contributions placing England in its international context are as warmly welcomed as those that focus on England itself.Table of ContentsForeword – Helena Hamerow (Open Access) ; Human faces with pointed ears: exploring lycanthropy in Early Anglo-Saxon England – Lisa Brundle ; A Seventh-Century High-Status Settlement at Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire – Adam McBride, Helena Hamerow and Jane Harrison ; Early Medieval Great Hall Complexes in England: Temporality and Site Biographies – Christopher Scull and Gabor Thomas ; The excavation of a Mid Anglo-Saxon malthouse at Sedgeford, Norfolk: An interim report – Neil Faulkner and Eleanor Blakelock ; Anglo-Saxon Sundials – Elizabeth Okasha ; Sites of Power and Assembly in the Thames Valley in the Middle Ages – Alex Sanmark (Open Access)

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Book SynopsisVolume 5 is perhaps the richest and most diverse volume of the Journal of Greek Archaeology so far offered to readers. The editors have kept to the journal's core brief to cover all the major periods of Greek Archaeology in a literal sense, with articles from the Neolithic through Greco-Roman times and the Middle Ages and up to the 19th century AD. Geographically, papers range from Sicily through the Aegean to Turkey. A major novelty is the inclusion of two Colloquia, one on the economics of Greek Protohistoric to Archaic ‘colonisation’ edited by Lieve Donnellan, the second on Byzantine landscape archaeology edited by Effie Athanassopoulos. Alongside a wealth of period-based papers on settlements, ceramics, lithics and urban infrastructure, the volume also presents a major report on the nature and future of surface survey in Mediterranean lands, a group article – the fruit of some twenty years of twice-yearly conferences by the International Mediterranean Survey Workshop community. The review section also ranges through prehistory to the recent past, including the historiography of research which includes and extensive and enlightening (but disturbing) review article by Margriet Haagsma on discrimination against female scholars in early 20th century Classical Archaeology.Table of ContentsJournal of Greek Archaeology Volume 5: Editorial – John Bintliff ; Method and Theory ; A guide to good practice in Mediterranean surface survey projects – Peter Attema, John Bintliff, Martijn van Leusen, Philip Bes, Tymon de Haas, Damjan Donev, Wim Jongman, Eva Kaptijn, Victorino Mayoral, Simonetta Menchelli, Marinella Pasquinucci, Steve Rosen, Jesus García Sánchez, Luis Gutierrez Soler, David Stone, Gijs Tol, Frank Vermeulen and Athanasios Vionis ; Prehistory and Protohistory ; New excavations in Northwestern Greece: The Neolithic settlement of Avgi, Kastoria – G. Stratouli, T. Bekiaris, N. Katsikaridis, D. Kloukinas, G. Koromila and S. Kyrillidou ; Food-processing ground stone tools in the Greek Neolithic and Bronze Age. A synthesis of the published data – Tasos Bekiaris, Danai Chondrou, Ismini Ninou and Soultana-Maria Valamoti ; Syracuse and its environs from c. 6000 to 650 BC: The prehistoric and Greek origins of the city – Robert Leighton ; Archaic to Hellenistic ; ~~~~ Colloquium: Beyond the Gift: The Economy of Greek ‘Colonisation’ – edited by Lieve Donnellan ; Introduction – Lieve Donnellan ; Widening horizons and close encounters: overseas engagement and economic outcomes in southern Italy – Lin Foxhall ; The economy of early Greek colonisation in the northern Aegean – Stefanos Gimatzidis ; Pithekoussan amphorae and the development of a Mediterranean market economy – Lieve Donnellan ; (Dis)unity in the Archaic monetary systems of the western Chalkidian Apoikiai – Peter van Alfen ; ~~~~ The Hellenistic gymnasia of Cyprus and Ptolemaic propaganda – Dorothea Stavrou ; Roman and Late Roman ; Bath, city and society in Late Roman Athens – Dallas DeForest ; Medieval and Post-Medieval ; ~~~~ Colloquium: The Medieval Countryside in the Aegean and Anatolia: An Archaeological Perspective – edited by Effie Athanassopoulos ; Introduction – Effie Athanassopoulos ; Survey and the 7th century in the Western Argolid – William Caraher, Scott Gallimore, Dimitri Nakassis and Sarah James ; Late Antique and Medieval Landscapes of the Nemea Valley, Southern Greece – Christian Cloke and Effie Athanassopoulos ; Understanding the Medieval Cyclades through landscape archaeology (8th – 12th century AD) – Konstantinos Roussos ; Knossos and Heraklion in the Byzantine-Islamic transition (late 7th – mid-10th century). An archaeological perspective into shifting patterns of settlement ruralisation and urbanisation on medieval Crete – Matteo G. Randazzo ; Landscape approaches to the evolution of the Byzantine/Medieval village-community in Greece – Athanasios K. Vionis ; Intensive architectural survey of Byzantine rural settlements: A case study from the Mani – Mark James Pawlowski ; Archaeological survey and understanding the rural landscape in Byzantine Greece: some specific examples – Timothy E. Gregory and Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory ; Reflections on the Avkat Archaeological Project: collaborations, education, and dissemination – James Newhard, Hugh Elton and John Haldon ; Medieval landscapes of Greece and Turkey: a post-colloquium commentary – John Bintliff ; ~~~~ An archipelago of pots. New data on pottery production in the Aegean during the first half of the 19th century – Nikos Liaros ; BOOK REVIEWS ; Prehistory and Protohistory ; Corien W. Wiersma, Dimitris Agnousiotis, Evangelia Karimali, Wietske Prummel and H. Reinder Reinders. Magoúla Pavlína. A Middle Bronze Age site in the Soúrpi Plain – Oliver Dickinson ; Marisa Marthari, Colin Renfrew and Michael J. Boyd (eds). Beyond the Cyclades. Early Cycladic sculpture in context from mainland Greece, the north and east Aegean. – Oliver Dickinson ; Maria Relaki and Yiannis Papadatos (eds) From the Foundations to the Legacy of Minoan Archaeology – Oliver Dickinson ; Constantinos Paschalidis (with contributions by Photini J. P. McGeorge and Wiesław Więckowski). The Mycenaean Cemetery at Achaia Clauss near Patras – Oliver Dickinson ; Peter M. Fischer and Teresa Bürge (eds). Sea Peoples Up-to-Date. New Research on Transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 13th-11th Centuries BCE (Proceedings of the ESF-Workshop held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 3-4 November 2014) – Louis Dautais ; Vyron Antoniadis. Knossos and the Near East: A Contextual Approach to Imports and Imitations in Early Iron Age Tombs. ; Barbara Bohen. Kratos and Krater: Reconstructing an Athenian Protohistory ; Xenia Charalambidou and Catherine Morgan (eds). Interpreting the Seventh Century BC: Tradition and Innovation – James Whitley ; Archaic to Hellenistic ; Ian McPhee and Elizabeth G. Pemberton. Late Classical Pottery from Ancient Corinth, Drain 1971-1 in the Forum Southwest – Mark van der Enden ; Carol L. Lawton. The Athenian Agora XXXVIII: Votive Reliefs – Mark Fullerton ; Bernard Holtzmann. La sculpture de Thasos. Corpus des reliefs II: Reliefs à thème héroïque – Robin Osborne ; Barbara A. Barletta. The Sanctuary of Athena at Sounion – Hans Lohmann ; Susan I. Rotroff. The Athenian Agora XXXIII: Hellenistic Pottery, the Plain Wares – Mark van der Enden ; H. Reinder Reinders et al. The City of New Halos and its Southeast Gate – Emeri Farinetti ; Sarah James. Hellenistic Pottery: The Fine Wares – Dries Daems ; D. Graham J. Shipley, The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese: Politics, Economies, and Networks 338-197 BC – David Pettegrew ; Kyle Erickson, The Early Seleukids, their Gods and their Coins – Keith Rutter ; Roman to Late Roman ; Enora Le Quéré, Les Cyclades sous l’Empire romain: Histoire d’un renaissance – Michalis Karambinis ; Hjalmar Torp. La rotonde palatine à Thessalonique: Architecture et mosaïques – Jaś Elsner ; Medieval to Postmedieval ; Dimitros E. Psarros. Το Αϊβαλί και η Μικρασιατική Αιολίδα [Ayvalik and Aiolis of Asia Minor] – Michalis Karambinis ; Multiperiod ; Giorgos Vavouranakis, Konstantinos Kopanias and Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos (eds). Popular Religion and Ritual in Prehistoric and Ancient Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean – Giorgos Papantoniou ; Guy D. R. Sanders, Jennifer Palinkas, Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst, with James Herbst. Ancient Corinth: Site Guide, 7th Edition – Rossana Valente ; Historiography and Theory ; Alan Kaiser. Archaeology, Sexism and Scandal. The long-suppressed story of one woman’s discoveries and the man who stole credit for them – Margriet J. Haagsma

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Book SynopsisThe Tangible & Intangible Cultural Landscape of Wadi Bani Kharus: Investigations in the Sultanate of Oman presents the result of the project sponsored by Oman’s Ministry of Heritage and Culture (now Heritage and Tourism) to survey one of the country’s most significant valleys. The primary objective was to gain greater understanding of the area’s past and present through its tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Traditional archaeological methods were bridged with those of cultural anthropology to create a wider lens for exploration and analysis. The book provides an eclectic overview of the wadi’s twenty-nine communities including ancient fortresses and water distribution systems, sundials, cemeteries, tombstones and period architecture in addition to oral histories highlighting past lifeways and recent transformations.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Editorial Notes ; Foreword ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. Petroglyphs and Rock Inscriptions ; 2. Ancient Fortifications ; 3. Ancient Settlements ; 4. Ancient Cemeteries, Graves and Inscriptions ; 5. An Ancient Technology for Today’s Inhabitants ; 6. Yesterday and Today: Traditions, Customs and Adaptations ; 7. Lower-Wadi Settlements ; 8. Mid-Wadi Settlements ; 9. Upper-Wadi Settlements ; 10. Lessons for Moving Forward ; Arabic Summary

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Book SynopsisVincenzo La Rosa (1941- 2014) Un archeologo tra Sicilia e Egeo collects the contributions of the Study Day Una lezione per il futuro. Vincenzo La Rosa (1941-2014) organised in 2015 by the University of Catania in collaboration with ISVNA, to re-examine the scientific figure of Vincenzo La Rosa, professor of Aegean Civilisations at the University of Catania, director of the excavations at Haghia Triada and Festòs in Crete, and the excavations at Milena in Sicily. Scholars and students demonstrate the contribution that Vincenzo La Rosa has made to our knowledge of the prehistory of Crete, Sicily and the Aegean, and to the application of a long-term perspective linking the ancient and modern worlds, emerges in his long career as a university lecturer, director of the Centre for the Study of Greek Archaeology at the C.N.R. in Catania, deputy director of the Italian Archaeological School in Athens (1993-1999) and director of the Centre of Cretan Archaeology (1998-2011).Table of ContentsUna lezione per il futuro – Lucia Arcifa, Pietro Militello ; L’uomo e lo studioso ; Vincenzo La Rosa. Per una biografia – Pietro Militello ; Passione e intelletto: il percorso umano di Vincenzo la Rosa – Carmelo Vigna ; Enzo La Rosa – Paolo Corpi ; Il professore Vincenzo La Rosa nel ricordo di una matricola dell’AA 1992-93 – Simona Venera Todaro ; Il contributo scientifico di Vincenzo La Rosa ; Vincenzo La Rosa: un profilo scientifico e gli studi egei – Filippo Carinci ; Vincenzo La Rosa e il problema della presenza egea in Sicilia – Lucia Vagnetti ; Vincenzo La Rosa e la preistoria della Sicilia – Orazio Palio, Francesco Privitera ; Vincenzo La Rosa e le ricerche di età storica – Dario Palermo ; L’inpegno di Vincenzo La Rosa per la tutela e la conoscenza di Noto Antica – Francesco Balsamo ; Storiografia ; Vincenzo la Rosa e la ricerca italiana in Egeo. Dalla “divertita curiosità” alla storia degli studi – Nicola Cucuzza ; Ogni preistoria è storia contemporanea. Dialogando con Enzo La Rosa – Rosario Mangiameli ; Bibliografia di Vincenzo la Rosa

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Book SynopsisSitué en Byzacène, à 12 km au sud-est de Thysdrus/El Jem, le municipe de Bararus/Henchir Rougga est connu pour ses grandes citernes d’époque romaine signalées depuis le XVIIIe s. et pour la découverte en 1972 d’un trésor de monnaies d’or byzantines publié en 1982 dans le volume III de la monographie générale du site. Ce volume I, rédigé pour l’essentiel au début des années 90, rend compte du résultat global des fouilles menées à l’emplacement du forum, de 1971 à 1974, par la mission tuniso-française sous la direction de Maurice Euzennat† et Hédi Slim†. L’ouvrage comprend trois parties : tout d’abord, une présentation générale du site par les deux chefs de mission et Pol Trousset ; ensuite, une description de la stratigraphie du forum et du mobilier qui en provient, par Roger Guéry† avec la collaboration de divers spécialistes ; enfin, une étude architecturale extrêmement précise des différents éléments qui composent le centre monumental de la cité : citernes, platea et portiques, xyste et temples, par Gilbert Hallier†. Ces travaux permettent de mieux appréhender la place du municipe de Bararus au centre d’une riche région agricole qui a laissé les traces de cadastration parmi les mieux conservées d’Afrique. Ils mettent en évidence sa longue durée d’occupation, du IIIe s. av. J.-C. (avec quelques traces antérieures remontant à la Préhistoire) jusqu’au XIe s., et l’originalité des partis architecturaux qui ont présidé à la construction de son centre monumental à l’époque flavienne, ses transformations au IIe s. et son abandon à l’époque byzantine.Table of ContentsTable des figures et des tableaux ; Liste des auteurs ; Préface par F. Bejaoui, Directeur de Recherche, Ancien Directeur Général de l’Institut National du Patrimoine ; Introduction ; PREMIÈRE PARTIE : Rougga-Bararus (M. Euzennat†, H. Slim†, P. Trousset) ; A - Rougga : Le site et son cadre géographique ; B - Bararus : Les sources antiques ; C - Histoire des recherches ; D - Bilan des recherches antérieures ; Appendice - Les fouilles de Rougga par M. l’Intendant militaire Guénée ; DEUXIÈME PARTIE : Les fouilles du forum (1971-1974) (R. Guéry†) ; A - Carroyage du site ; B - Historique et progression des fouilles du forum ; C - Méthode de fouille ; D - Présentation du forum ; E - Stratigraphie ; F - Rougga préhistorique (G. Souville†) ; G - Catalogue du matériel ; TROISIÈME PARTIE : Le centre monumental (G. Hallier†) ; A - Les grandes citernes ; B - Le forum ; C - Le portique à parterres irrigués ; D - Le portique nord-est (en collaboration avec J.-M. Lassère†) ; E - Les temples couplés ; Postface par P. Gros, Membre de l’Institut ; Bibliographie ; Résumé en arabe (trad. B. Maraoui Telmini) ; Résumé en anglais (trad. V. Leitch)

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Book SynopsisDr John Disney (1779-1857) was the benefactor of the first chair in archaeology at a British university. He also donated his major collection to the University of Cambridge. The sculptures continue to be displayed in the Fitzwilliam Museum. The Disney family traced its origins back to the Norman invasion of England, and the family home was at Norton Disney in Lincolnshire. Disney’s father, the Reverend John Disney DD (1746-1816) left the Church of England to become a minister at the Unitarian Essex Street Chapel in London. A major sponsor of the chapel was Thomas Brand-Hollis of The Hyde, Essex, who bequeathed the house and his Grand Tour collection (formed with Thomas Hollis) on his death in 1804 to the Reverend John Disney. Disney inherited part of the classical collection of his uncle and father-in-law Lewis Disney-Ffytche, owner of the 18th century pleasure gardens, Le Désert de Retz, outside Paris. Disney’s brother-in-law was Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI. Disney was instrumental in the creation of the Chelmsford Museum through the Chelmsford Philosophical Society, and the formation of the Essex Archaeological Society.Trade Review'[The book] concerns the family history of John Disney (1779–1857), who inherited a very important collection of antiquities, some of which he gave to Cambridge University, where he went on to found the premier chair of archaeology in Britain. - Martin Henig (2021): Journal of the History of CollectionsTable of ContentsIntroduction ; Chapter 1: The Disney Family ; Chapter 2: The Break with the Church of England ; Chapter 3: Collectors of the Grand Tour: Thomas Hollis and Thomas Brand ; Chapter 4: The Disney-Ffytche Family and Essex ; Chapter 5: Life at The Hyde and its Collection ; Chapter 6: Disney and Learned Societies ; Chapter 7: The Museum Disneianum and Cambridge ; Chapter 8: Going for Gold ; Chapter 9: The Disney Legacy ; Abbreviations ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisLife, Death and Rubbish Disposal in Roman Norton, North Yorkshire: Excavations at Brooklyn House 2015-16 reports on excavations in advance of the development of a site in Norton-on-Derwent, North Yorkshire close to the line of the main Roman road running from the crossing point of the River Derwent near Malton Roman fort to York (Eboracum). The Brooklyn House site provided much information on aspects of the poorly understood ‘small town’ of Delgovicia. The area came to be used for apparently widely-dispersed burials in the mid-3rd century AD. Among these was the bustumtype burial of a soldier, or former soldier, which produced a well-preserved assemblage of military equipment and incorporated some ‘non-standard’ features. In addition, evidence was found for a possible mausoleum. During the late third and fourth centuries the burial activity was succeeded by occupation in the form of substantial stone-founded, or in some cases possibly stone-built buildings fronting onto the Roman road which was the main approach road to the town from the south. These structures could have been related in some way to the Norton Roman pottery industry, the core area of which was located to the east of the site, although no evidence from them suggested this. Following the fairly short-lived occupation, much of the site was used for the disposal of large quantities of rubbish and structural debris that presumably originated from locations closer to or beyond the river crossing, including possibly the Roman fort. The Roman pottery assemblage incorporated in excess of 21,000 sherds and adds considerably to our knowledge of pottery use and production in Roman Malton/Norton. Similarly, the substantial and well-preserved Roman-period finds assemblage provides insights, not only into the bustum burial but also wider aspects of life in Delgovicia. Within the assemblage, there were some unusual and rarely found individual items such as a pair of iron-working tongs, a two-link snaffle bit and a bone needle case, as well as a wide range of other material including military equipment, jewellery, styli and a possible scroll holder. The medieval and later pottery from the site provides a baseline for work on assemblages recovered from Malton/Norton in the future.Trade ReviewThis report conforms to the usual high standards of production demonstrated by the Archaeopress imprint. It affords an important insight into the character of one of the small towns of Roman Britain. -- David Mason * Current Archaeology *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction – Pete Wilson ; Chapter 2. The excavation – Janet Phillips and Pete Wilson ; Chapter 3. Prehistoric pottery – Blaise Vyner ; Chapter 4. The Roman pottery – I.M. Rowlandson and H.G. Fiske ; Chapter 5. The post-Roman pottery – C.G. Cumberpatch ; Chapter 6. The coins – Richard Brickstock ; Chapter 7. The small finds and vessel glass / The finds from the cremation burial – H.E.M. Cool and S.J. Greep ; Chapter 8. The ceramic building materials – J.M. McComish ; Chapter 9. The stone building materials – J.M. McComish ; Chapter 10. Chipped stone lithics – Spencer Carter ; Chapter 11. Querns, millstones and associated material – John Cruse ; Chapter 12. The whetstones – S. Tibbles ; Chapter 13. Human bone – Katie Keefe and Malin Holst ; Chapter 14. Vertebrate remains – Alison Foster ; Chapter 15. Shell – John Carrott ; Chapter 17. Discussion – Pete Wilson ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAs the first and only open-access peer-reviewed academic journal about the landscapes, monuments and material culture of frontiers and borderlands in deep-time historical perspective, the Offa’s Dyke Journal (ODJ) has a concerted focus on the Anglo-Welsh borderlands given its sponsorship from the University of Chester and the Offa’s Dyke Association in support of the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory. Yet ODJ also provides a venue for original research on frontiers and borderlands in broader and comparative perspective. While Offa’s Dyke and Wat’s Dyke remain key foci, the contents of volumes 1 and 2 together illustrate the wider themes, debates and investigations encapsulated by ODJ concerning boundaries and barriers, edges and peripheries, from prehistory through to recent times, as well as considerations of the public archaeology and heritage of frontiers and borderlands.Table of ContentsCollaboratory, Coronavirus and the Colonial Countryside – Howard Williams ; Two Chimeras in the Landscape – Mark Bell ; The ‘Wall of Severus’: Pseudoarchaeology and the West Mercian Dykes – Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews ; Saxon Kent versus Roman London? Presenting Borderland Heritage at the Faesten Dic in Joyden’s Wood, Kent – Ethan Doyle White ; Living after Offa: Place-Names and Social Memory in the Welsh Marches – Howard Williams ; Offa’s and Wat’s Dykes – David Hill ; Grim’s Ditch, Wansdyke, and the Ancient Highways of England: Linear Monuments and Political Control – Tim Malim

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Book SynopsisJHP is an independent learned journal dedicated to the research of ceramics and objects of daily use of the Hellenistic period in the Mediterranean region and beyond. It aims at bringing together archaeologists, historians, philologists, numismatists and scholars of related disciplines engaged in the research of the Hellenistic heritage.Table of ContentsARTICLES The Hellenistic City of Salamis, Greece – Yannis Chairetakis Hellenistic Roof Tiles in Jerusalem – Filip Vukosavović, Anat Cohen-Weinberger, Yuval Gadot, Efrat Bocher, Oscar Bejarano & Yiftah Shalev Hellenistic Dora: The Moldmade Bowls from the 1980 – 2000 Seasons – Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS AND PROJECTS Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: Excavations at Pyla-Vigla in 2022 – Brandon R. Olson, Thomas Landvatter, Justin Stephens & R. Scott Moore Fabrics in Colour: Knidos. The Hellenistic and Early Imperial Tableware – Patricia Kögler

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Book SynopsisProviding a dedicated venue for new research on the early medieval frontiers and borderlands of the island of Britain, the Offa’s Dyke Journal (ODJ) is also the first and only open-access peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the investigation of frontiers and borderlands in deep-time perspective. The journal’s remit spans detailed and original explorations into landscapes, earthworks, monuments and material culture. Exploring specific themes and issues in the archaeology, history and heritage of frontiers and borderlands in comparative and global perspective, ODJ is edited and produced under the auspices of the interdisciplinary research network, the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory, and funded by the University of Chester and the Offa’s Dyke Association. Each volume to date includes both original peer-reviewed work as well as ‘classics revisited’ papers. The latter are articles which have been re-edited, formatted and re-published with permission, often with revised and augmented maps and images. The aim is to make these works of enduring merit available to fresh audiences and accessible through an open-access digital format for the first time. ODJ’s existing editorial board has been further enhanced by leading experts in relevant themes and debates central to the journal’s remit working across disciplines (see masthead for details). The editorial board will provide expert guidance and support for the editors as well as shape the direction of the journal into the future. Each issue is supported by the hard work of expert anonymous referees. Their invaluable evaluations of manuscripts have sustained the journal’s character and quality.Table of ContentsCollaboratory through Crises: Researching Linear Monuments in 2021 – Howard Williams ; Patrons, Landscape, and Potlatch: Early Medieval Linear Earthworks in Britain and Bulgaria – Paolo Squatriti ; Offa’s Dyke: A Continuing Journey of Discovery – Keith Ray, Ray Bailey, Tim Copeland, Tudur Davies, Liam Delaney, Dick Finch, Niall Heaton, Jon Hoyle, Simon Maddison ; Using Lidar Survey to Locate and Evaluate Offa’s Dyke – Liam Delaney ; Offa’s Dyke in the Landscape: Comparative Size and Topographical Disposition as Indicators of Function – David A. Humphreys ; Exploring Linear Earthworks across Time and Space: Introducing the ‘Monumentality and Landscape: Linear Earthworks in Britain’ Project – Nicky Garland, Barney Harris, Tom Moore and Andrew Reynolds ; Rethinking Wat’s Dyke: A Monument’s Flow in a Hydraulic Frontier Zone – Howard Williams ; What’s Wat’s Dyke? Wrexham Comic Heritage Trail – Howard Williams and John Swogger ; Drawing the Line: What’s Wat’s Dyke? Practice and Process – John Swogger and Howard Williams

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Book SynopsisCurrent Perspectives in Sudanese and Nubian Archaeology brings together papers presented at the 2nd Sudan Studies Research Conference, held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. Scholars from various institutions around the world gathered to discuss the most recent trends in the field of Sudanese and Nubian archaeology, ranging from recent fieldwork in Sudan to scientific analysis of material culture and current theoretical approaches. The papers collected here focus on early administrative and mortuary material culture in the Nile valley and adjacent areas; religious beliefs and practices at Kerma; the adoption and local use of imported objects in the New Kingdom colonial period; and the role of Sudan and East Africa in human population history. Together, all papers represent the diversity of current approaches to the archaeology of Sudan and Nubia in various periods.Table of ContentsForeword – Kate Spence ; Sudanese and Nubian Archaeology: Scholarship Past and Present – Rennan Lemos and Samantha Tipper ; Libations and Luxury: the Use of Pilgrim Flasks in Nubia – Loretta Kilroe ; Understanding the Kerma Amulets: the Ladder and Baboon Amulet-Beads – Elena D’Itria ; A-Group Nubian Glyptic: Analysis and Preliminary Results – Siobhan Shinn ; The Dead and their Tools. A First Approach to the Relationship Between Macro-Lithic Tools and Skeletons from the Necropolis of Mahal Teglinos (Eastern Sudan) – Francesco Michele Rega, Eleonora Minucci and Giusy Capasso ; Human Population History from an East African Perspective: the Forgotten Land – Hisham M. Eldai and Hiba Babiker

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Book SynopsisOn his death, Arthur Boucot (1924–2017) left an unfinished manuscript in which he surveyed the skeletal, behavioural, and cultural changes that have characterized Homo from its first recognition in the Late Pliocene to the present. The subjects he treated were as varied as the preparation of food for infants, the length of intestines, hafting, plastering, use of flint and metals, the domestication of grains and animals, and the prevalence of parasitic diseases. His text repeatedly notes the difficulties imposed by the enormous gaps in both fossil and archaeological records. Boucot deduced a continuity in basic human behaviours from the Oldowan and Acheulian into modern forms, and made a point of including Neandertals and Denisovans. But he also pointed out that morphological changes in successive species of Homo do not coincide in time with major changes in lithic technologies. Boucot concluded that a quantum evolutionary gap separates hominins from the great apes: that members of our line were sapient and had been using language long before they became sapiens. In his text he also indicates his concern for changes to the environment wrought by human activities. The results of this late-life effort, edited after his death, provide a heavily referenced sourcebook for future workers in diverse fields.Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; Thesis ; First Appearance of ‘New’ Behaviors or New Technologies? ; Taxonomy ; Quantum Evolution ; Data ; Summary ; Skeletal Features ; Soft-Tissue Evidence with Some Skeletal Basis ; Soft-Tissue Evidence Supported by Molecular Information ; Soft Tissue Variables with No Skeletal Evidence ; Behavioral Features ; Physiological Features ; Food Processing ; Sources of Food ; Evidence for Cultivation ; Cooking ; Gathering and Processing Fruits, Seeds, and other Edible Plant Parts ; Hunting and Fishing ; Farming ; Water Resources ; Human-Waste Disposal, Rubbish Disposal, Baths, and Drainage ; Behavioral–Technological Innovations ; Tools and Materials ; Warfare and Interpersonal Violence ; Textiles, Clothing, Basketry, Matting, Wooden Containers ; Property ; Trading and Transport of Materials ; Transportation ; Fire ; Architecture ; Measurements and Numbers ; Scales, Balances, Weights ; Religion ; Care of the Handicapped ; Communication ; Art ; Conclusions ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEx Asia Minor et Syria: Religions in the Roman Central Balkans investigates the cults of Asia Minor and Syrian origin in the Roman provinces of the Central Balkans. The author presents, analyzes and interprets all hitherto known epigraphical and archaeological material which attests to the presence of Asia Minor and Syrian cults in that region, a subject which is yet to be the object of a serious scholarly study. Thus the book both reviews previously known monuments and artefacts, many of which are now missing or are destroyed, and adds new finds, exploring their social and geographical context from all possible angles, and focusing on the thoughts and beliefs of the dedicants and devotees of the particular cult in question. New conclusions are presented in a scientific framework, taking account of the latest theoretical developments.Trade ReviewThe volume is immaculately researched and annotated, with numerous illustrations that otherwise would be very hard to access. A work of importance for archeologists, art historians, Balkanists and anyone interested in the spread and evolution of the pagan cults of the Roman Empire. - Caroline Stone, AramcoWorld (2021) -- Caroline Stone * AramcoWorld *'A well-organized book with detailed information about monuments and religious cults and their study in world literature, a balanced interpretation, based on scrupulous analyses of facts and artefacts, all that is needed to present a book like this as one of the necessary titles for future research and surveys.' – Prof. Kostadin Rabadjiev (2022): Archaeologia Bulgarica ХХV, 3'For the conclusion of this review, it is worth repeating that the book Ex Asia et Syria, Oriental Religions in the Roman Central Balkans achieved its goal: to present the Central Balkans territory as valuable for a better understanding of Asia Minor and Syrian cults, their diffusion, and their importance for the Romanised or indigenous population and the integration of this region into the complex Greco-Roman cultural sphere.' – Jelena Anđelković Grašar (2023): Antigüedad: Religiones y SociedadesTable of ContentsIntroduction ; Geographical Frame and Pre-Roman History of the Central Balkan Roman Provinces ; The History of the Research of Asia Minor and Syrian Religions and Cults ; Cultural Influences and Romanisation ; I. Asia Minor Religions and Cults ; Magna Mater ; Attis ; Sabazius ; Jupiter Dolichenus ; Jupiter Turmasgades ; The Cult of Jupiter Melanus and other Asia Minor Local Gods ; Mēn ; Artemis of Ephesus ; II. Syrian Religions in the Central Balkans ; Sol Invictus ; Dea Syria ; Theos Hypsistos ; III. Quarries, Workshops and their Localisation ; IV. Palmyrene Funerary Monuments in the Central Balkans ; V. Conclusion ; VI. Bibliography ; VII. Catalogue ; VIII. Maps

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Book SynopsisRingforts were an important part of the rural settlement landscape of early medieval Ireland (AD 400–1100). While most of those circular enclosures were farmsteads, a small number had special significance as centres of political power and elite residence, also associated with specialized crafts. One such ‘royal site’ was Garranes in the mid-Cork region of south-west Ireland. In 1937, archaeological excavation of a large trivallate ringfort provided evidence of high-status residence during the fifth and sixth centuries AD. The site had workshops for the production of bronze ornaments, with glass and enamel working as well as indications of farming. Pottery and glass vessels imported from the Mediterranean world and Atlantic France were also discovered. That trade with the Late Roman world is significant to understanding the introduction of Christianity and literacy in southern Ireland at that time. This monograph presents the results of an interdisciplinary project conducted 2011–18, where archaeological survey and excavation, supported by various specialist studies, examined this historic landscape. Garranes is a special place where archaeology, history and legend combine to uncover a minor royal site of the early medieval period. The central ringfort has been identified as Rath Raithleann, the seat of the petty kingdom of Uí Echach Muman, recalled in bardic poetry of the later medieval period. Those poems attribute its foundation to Corc, a King of Munster in the fifth century AD, and link the site closely to Cian, son-in-law of Brian Bóruma, and one of the heroes of Clontarf (AD 1014). This study provides new evidence to connect the location of Rath Raithleann to high-status occupation at Garranes during the fifth and sixth centuries, and explores its legendary associations in later periods.Trade Review'This is an important publication that makes a signficant contribution to our understanding not only of this early medieval landscape but also of early medieval studies as a whole.' – Archaeology Ireland, Vol. 35, No. 2 (2021)'All told, this volume is handsomely published by Archaeopress with excellent figures, and also benefits from being freely accessible as an Open Access publication. Securing a hard copy while it is available, however, is advisable, as this is destined to be an indispensable landmark for the wider field. This truly seminal publication demonstrates the enduring value of long-term, landscape-scale field projects, which one may hope will become a regular feature of the research landscape for early medieval Ireland.' – Patrick Gleeson (2021): Journal of Irish Archaeology‘This impressive tome combines the results of field research in 1990-92 and 2011-18 with a reappraisal of the earlier work, plus other studies setting the site archaeology in a broader historical and landscape context.’ – Deirdre O’Sullivan (2022): Medieval Settlement Research, Vol. 37Table of Contents1. Garranes: an Introduction ; 2. The Archaeological Landscape ; 3. Lisnacaheragh ; 4. Lisnamanroe ; 5. Lisheenagreine ; 6. Other Excavations ; 7. Specialist Studies ; 8. Early Medieval Settlement and Economy at Garranes ; 9. Ringforts in the Landscape ; 10. Garranes: a Royal Landscape? ; References

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Book SynopsisBetween the 3rd and 2nd Millennia BC: Exploring Cultural Diversity and Change in Late Prehistoric Communities is a collection of studies on the cultural reconfigurations that occurred in western Europe between the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. It brings together seven texts focusing on the evidence from the West of the Iberian Peninsula, and one on the South of England. The texts have their origin in a landmark meeting held at the University of Coimbra in November 2018, where scholars explored the grand narratives explaining the differences between what are traditionally considered Chalcolithic (or Late Neolithic) and Bronze Age communities. The contributions look at key aspects of these grand narratives through regional perspectives, asking the following questions: is there clear data to support the idea of an intensification of social complexity towards the emergence of the Bronze Age chiefdoms? What is the role of monumental architecture within this process? How do we best discuss the different levels of architectural visibility during this period? How can we interpret collective and individual burials in relation to the emergence of individual/territorial powers? In answering these questions, the papers explore regional diversity and argue that regional specificities resist a general interpretation of the historical process at stake. In light of this resistance, the book emphasizes that cultural singularities only become visible through contextual, medium, or low-scale approaches. The recognition of singularities challenges grand narratives, but also carries the potential to expand our understanding of the changes that occurred during this key moment of Late Prehistory. The book thus offers readers the opportunity to think about the diversity of archaeological evidence in combination with an exploration of the available range of approaches and narratives. The critical intertwining of multiple points of view is necessary, because it gets us closer to how elusive the cultural differences of prehistoric communities can be. This elusive dimension is precisely what can force us to constantly rethink what we see and what questions we ask.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: The Turning of Things – Susana Soares Lopes and Sérgio Alexandre Gomes ; Chapter 2: The Northwest Iberian Peninsula Between the Late 3rd Millennium and Early 2nd Millennium BCE as a Mosaic of Cultural Identities – Ana M.S. Bettencourt ; Chapter 3: On Identity and Otherness Reshaping the Dynamics of Late Prehistoric Art Traditions in Northern Portugal – Lara Bacelar Alves ; Chapter 4: The Site of Areias Altas (Porto, Portugal): Current Knowledge of its Occupation in the first Half of the 2nd Millennium BC – Sara Luz ; Chapter 5: Searching for the Turning Point to Bronze Age Societies in Southern Portugal: Topics For A Debate – Joaquina Soares ; Chapter 6: ‘Death in the Occident Express’: Social Breakdown in Southwestern Iberia at the End of the 3rd Millennium BC – António Carlos Valera ; Chapter 7: A Slow Awakening on the Plain: The Bronze Age in the Beja Region (South Portugal) – Miguel Serra ; Chapter 8: Human/Animal Interactions at the Turn of the 3rd to the 2nd Millennium BC. Zooarchaeological Data from Inner Alentejo, Portugal – Cláudia Costa ; Chapter 9: Situated Knowledge and Early Bronze Age Occupation at Must Farm, Cambridgeshire – Lesley McFadyen

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Book SynopsisTres usurpadores godos es un estudio sobre tres famosas usurpaciones de época visigoda. Se analiza en primer lugar la naturaleza del levantamiento del príncipe Hermenegildo (579-585), la guerra civil y el complejo contexto político del momento, así como las importantes implicaciones que se derivaron del conflicto. El segundo estudio aborda la rebelión del duque Argimundo a comienzos del reinado de Recaredo y las consecuencias que ésta tuvo en el recién conquistado reino suevo. Destacado miembro del Aula Regia y dux prouinciae, Argimundus inició una rebelión en la provincia Gallaecia que pudo haber arruinado la obra política construida por Leovigildo y Recaredo. Por último, se analiza la figura del duque Theudemirus, uno de los grandes magnates del reino de Toledo de finales del siglo VII, su actuación dentro de la complicada situación política visigoda y el papel que desempeñó en la transmisión del poder entre visigodos y árabes a la caída del reino de Toledo.Table of ContentsI.- EL MÁRTIR: Hermenegildus Rex. Príncipe, Usurpador y Mártir. Estudio Crítico sobre la Rebelión de San Hermenegildo (579-585). ; Evocación de San Hermenegildo: una historia silenciada, una reivindicación pendiente. ; Luces y sombras en torno a la rebelión de Hermenegildo ; Hermenegildo: ¿Mártir o rebelde? ; In aeternum: Reinar después de morir ; Hermenegildo y la ordinatio principis en la España visigoda ; Conclusiones: Hermenegildo, David y la sacralización de la realeza goda ; Anexo 1. Sobre la localización del monasterio Biclarense ; Anexo 2. Iconografía en torno a San Hermenegildo: Dos rectificaciones y una nueva lectura de la placa de Narbona (o Errar es Humano). ; II.- EL REBELDE: Gallaecia gothica: De la Conspiración del Dux Argimundus (589/590 d.C.) a la Integración en el Reino Visigodo de Toledo. ; Introducción ; Conspiradores y conspiraciones en el reinado de Recaredo ; Interpretaciones sobre la conjura de Argimundus ; El escenario de la rebelión ; Posible origen suevo de Argimundus ; Argimundus y Paulus: vidas paralelas de dos usurpadores en la España visigoda ; Gallaecia durante el reino visigodo de Toledo: De la sumisión a la conquista ; Auge del ducado de Gallaecia: resurgimiento de las aristocracias locales y pugna por el poder real ; Conclusión: Del reino suevo al ducado de Gallaecia ; III.- EL CONSPIRADOR: Theudemirus Dux. El Último Godo. El Ducado de Aurariola y el Final del Reino Visigodo de Toledo. ; Prólogo ; El levante peninsular en la segunda mitad del siglo VI: la ocupación imperial y la formación de la provincia bizantina de Spania ; El reinado de Recaredo ; La conquista visigoda: de Witerico a Suintila ; Teudemiro de Aurariola ; El yacimiento de Pla de Nadal: un palacio para un rey ; Apéndice documental ; ENGLISH SUMMARIES ; Three Gothic Usurpers ; Hermenegildus Rex ; Gallaecia Gothica ; Theudemirus Dux ; BIBLIOGRAFÍA

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Book Synopsis The archaeology of maritime cultural landscapes offers insights into cultural traditions, social transitions, and cultural relationships that reach beyond the narrow confines of waterfronts and beach strands and helps construct meaningful social histories. The long shore of California is not limited to the land that borders the Pacific Ocean, but includes the navigable waters that reach inland, the off-shore islands, and the riverways flow to the sea. Authors investigate the multifaceted character of maritime landscapes and maritime oriented communities in California’s equally diverse cultural landscape; viewed through an archaeological lens, and emphasizing social behavior and community as material culture in order to reveal intersections and commonalities.Trade Review “This is a volume that is long overdue, and that pulls together an amazingly diverse and complex body of research that scholars across a variety of different disciplines and research areas will want to access.” • Margaret Purser, Sonoma State UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Tables Preface Introduction: The Long Shore. Perspectives on Maritime Cultural Landscapes Marco Meniketti Part I: Before the Invasion. The Indigenous Maritime World: Ancient Landscapes Chapter 1. Marine Cultural Heritage, Landscapes, and the Human Dimension of Marine Ecosystems: Building Bridges Between Marine and Social Science: Chumash Amy Gusick, Jillian Maloney, Todd Braje, Shannon Klotsko, Jon Erlandson, Luke Johnson Chapter 2. Life at Tsiyiwi (CA-SLO-51/H), A Northern Chumash Maritime Community on the Pecho Coast of Central California Terry Jones and Brian Codding Chapter 3. The Drake’s Bay Historic and Archaeological District: Encounters at tamàl-húye Mathew Russell Part II: Immigrant Communities and Economies Chapter 4. California’s Nineteenth Century Chinese Fisheries and the Dawn of Commercial Abalone Fishing Todd Braje and Linda Bentz Chapter 5. Feluccas on the San Francisco Bay: Italian Fishermen and the Meaning of Community and the Mediterranean Connection Marco Meniketti Chapter 6. A Case Study of the Portuguese and Shore Whaling Linking the Azores to California Catherine Mistely, Karen Johannson, and Marco Meniketti Part III: Opportunistic Industry and Enterprises Chapter 7. Repurposing and Reusing Ships Sheli Smith Chapter 8. The Redwood Coast’s Doghole Ports: The Interplay Between Resource Extraction, Shipping, and Community Deborah Marx and Denise Jaffke Epilogue Amy Gusick Index

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding and Accessibility of Pre-and Protohistorical Research Issues: Sites, Museums and Communication Strategies presents the papers from Session XXXV-1 of the 18th UISPP World Congress (Paris, June 2018). Museums are increasingly seen as the place where scientific research and heritage education meet, rather than being simply a location for exhibitions. The eight contributions from Italy, the United Kingdom, Senegal, Spain and the Netherlands address the following related issues: the mediation of language from research usage to public usage, making the museum visit an educational experience, universal accessibility, involvement of the local community in the management of the sites and museums, use of media and new technology to bring scientific content to the public.Table of ContentsUnderstanding and accessibility of pre-and proto-historical research issues: sites, museums and communication strategies – Davide Delfino and Valentino Nizzo ; Abandonment, rehabilitation and accessibility of open air sites: the case of El Castillar – Arróniz Pamplona, L., Sirvent Cañada, L.M., Fonseca de la Torre, H.J., Bayer Rodríguez, X., Meana Medio, L., Pérez Legido, D., Calvo Hernández, C. ; Beyond Museum Walls: The Potential of Untraveled Prehistoric Heritage Sites as Archaeotourism Destinations – Patrick M.M.A. Bringmans ; Reality, strategies and projects to Prehistory and Protohistory in the state museums and archaeological sites in the Molise region (Southern Italy) – Viviana Carbonara, Davide Delfino, Annarosa Di Nucci, Leandro Ventura ; Unlocking La Cotte de St. Brélade: making Jersey’s Pleistocene heritage accessible – Peter Chowne, Jonathan Carter ; Parco Archeologico Didattico del Livelet: education, ancient technology and experimental archaeology (Revine Lago, Treviso, Italy) – Marta Modolo, Maura Stefani, Fabio Sartori, Carlo Ingegno, Daniele Magagnin, Angela Bressan, Alessandra Marton, Giulia Conte, Gianmarco Mason, Samantha Rizzotto, Valentina Riva, Francesca Carpené, Carlotta Maniglia, Paola Nardellotto, Marta Meneghini, Erika Follador ; The Temple Machine. A New Communication Model for the Villa Giulia National Etruscan Museum – Valentino Nizzo ; Education, dissemination and new technological approaches for a museum opened behind closed doors: the University Museum of Paleontology and Prehistory ‘P. Leonardi’ – Ursula Thun Hohenstein, Alba Pasini, Alessandra Tarter, Chiara Messana, Anna Scalco, Federica Scali, Chiara Camisani Calzolari, Anna Carla Chiarelli, Giovanni Prencipe, Giorgio Poletti, Marco Bertolini ; La carte de visite. Impact formel, contrainte méthodologique et choix impopulaires pour l’Aire mégalithique du Parc archéologique et Musée de Saint-Martin-de-Corléans à Aosta (Italie) : un cas d’étude – Gianfranco Zidda, Paola Rolfo Arzarello, Francesca Martinet, Luca Raiteri, Massimo Venegoni, Umberto Di Michele

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Book SynopsisThe Archaeology of Nucleation in the Old World explores the role of the built environment in expressing and shaping community organization and identity at prehistoric and historic nucleated settlements and early cities in the Old World. The spatial layout of large settlements results from the interaction of social, political, economic, and religious orders. Subsequent structural changes governed by the application, manipulation, and challenges of these orders yield a dynamic built environment which influences the processes of organization and identity formation. Taking advantage of advances in archaeological methods and theory that allow investigations of nucleated settlements to an extent and depth of detail that was previously impossible, the contributors to this volume address specific topics, such as how the built environment and location of activity zones help us to understand social configurations; how various scales of social units can be recognized and the resulting patterns interpreted; how collective actions contribute to settlement organization and community integrity; how changes in social relations are reflected in the development of the built environment; how cooperation and competition as well as measures to mitigate social and communication stress can be identified in the archaeological record; and how the built environment was used to express or manipulate identity.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Nucleation as Social Process: Built Environment, Community Organization, and Identity. An Introduction to the Volume – Attila Gyucha and Roderick B. Salisbury ; Chapter 2: What Does Settlement Layout Tell Us About the Community? An Ethnoarchaeological Study – E. Nurcan Yalman ; Chapter 3: From Sanctuaries to Towns: The Role of Religion in Early Urbanization – Manuel Fernández-Götz ; Chapter 4: Activity Zones and Community Formation: The Role of Spatial Structure in Early Nucleated Villages – Roderick B. Salisbury ; Chapter 5: Population Aggregation and Social Transformations in Middle-Range Societies: A Comparative Study of Neolithic Nucleated Settlements on the Great Hungarian Plain – Attila Gyucha ; Chapter 6: Large Settlements of the Funnel Beaker Culture in Lesser Poland: Instruments of Social Cohesion and Cultural Conversion – Marek Nowak, Klaus Cappenberg, Marta Korczyńska and Magdalena Moskal-del Hoyo ; Chapter 7: Spatio-Demographic Structure and Social Organization: A Linear Trajectory or Overlapping Trends? – Aleksandr Diachenko and Ezra B.W. Zubrow ; Chapter 8: Sanctuaries and Settlements: Spatial Organization in the Nuragic Landscapes of Sardinia – Ruth Beusing ; Chapter 9: Settlement Mounds, Identity, and Continuity in the Settlement Organization of Iron Age Jutland – Niels Haue ; Chapter 10: Multilinear Settlement Development and Nucleation during the Early Iron Age in Southwestern Jutland, Denmark – Niels Algreen Møller and Scott Robert Dollar ; Chapter 11: Nucleated Settlements as Assemblages: A Regional Network Approach to Built Environments – Francesca Fulminante ; Chapter 12: Landscape as Metaphor: Burial Monuments and ‘Landscapes of Power’ in Late Iron Age Britain – Karolis Minkevičius ; Chapter 13: Kernavė Town in the 13th and 14th Centuries: Social and Cultural Patterns of Community – Rokas Vengalis and Gintautas Vėlius ; Chapter 14: The Creation and Maintenance of Powerful Places in Etruria – Simon Stoddart ; Index

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Book SynopsisArchaeologiae una storia al plurale is dedicated to the late Sara Santoro by her friends and colleagues. Sara was an archaeologist and a multifaceted scholar, teaching at the Universities of Bologna, Parma and Chieti and working actively in Italy, France and Albania. The volume presents a series of contributions organised in six sections that correspond to the main interests of Sara, and which are edited by her colleagues at the University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara. The first section, Semata, Schemata and Topoi includes studies on iconography, philology and history of art. Section II, Archeologia in Adriatico, is dedicated to contributions on Adriatic studies. The third section, Progetti e Ricerche, is dedicated to field research. Next, section IV, Valorizzazione, Progettazione, Disseminazione, focuses on valorisation and planning in cultural heritage. A fifth section, Insediamento Minore, concentrates on so-called 'minor' settlements, and their roles and networks. The final section, La metodologia e le scienze nella ricerca archeologica, is dedicated to methodologies in archaeology and to the application of sciences to cultural heritage.Table of ContentsGiuliano Volpe – Sara Santoro tra impegno universitario e impegno civile ; Massimo Bianchi – Sara’s Long Wave ; Sezione I – Semata, Schemata, Topoi ; Carmine Catenacci – Sappho, a vase painting and the poetry of parting ; Umberto Bultrighini – Scavi e scoperte, autopsia e ‘allopsia’ nella Periegesi di Pausania ; Elisabetta Dimauro – Pausania, 6.21.3-5: radici e disfatta di un pregiudizio ; Vincenzo d’Ercole – Il mito nel mondo italico: dalle spade dei Re ai semata dell’immortalità ; Patrizio Domenicucci – Cyrenaica and Latin Poetry ; Claudia Angelelli – Il mosaico fa la data? Possibilità e limiti di utilizzo degli schemi geometrici come indicatori di cronologia assoluta: il caso dei mosaici “severiani” ; Jeanne Marie Demarolle – Iconographie et épigraphie dans l’art funéraire gallo-romain: les vétérans en Gaule de l’Est ; Ferran Gris, Joaquín Ruiz de Arbulo – El Arco de Bará (Tarraco, Hispania citerior). Recuperando la imagen y el sentido de un monumento romano ; Raffaella Morselli – Guido Reni e lo studio della statuaria classica: metamorfosi dei modelli antichi ; Maria Giulia Aurigemma – Disegni, appunti, lezioni ed esposizioni per l’antico (e per il moderno) di un architetto francese tra fine ‘700 e inizio ‘800 ; Ettore Janulardo – Arti e architetture italiane degli anni Trenta nella ricerca archeologica mediterranea: esempi dalla Libia e dall’Albania ; Oliva Menozzi – Kyrenaika Semata: ‘iconographic topoi’ between classical schemata and local tradition ; Sezione II – Archeologia in Adriatico ; Francis Tassaux – Archéologie, géographie et histoire de l’Adriatique antique, entre mer, lagunes, collines et montagnes ; Sandro De Maria – Cultura greca, maestranze provinciali e senatori peregrini a Suasa ; Gianluca Mastrocinque – Tra la casa e la tomba: nuovi elementi sul culto di Demetra ad Egnazia e in Messapia tra il IV secolo a.C. e l’età romana ; Raffaella Cassano – Egnazia polo commerciale nella Puglia adriatica ; Roberto Perna, Sofia Cingolani – Santuari e organizzazione del territorio in età romana nelle regiones V e VI adriatica. Il caso di Pollentia-Urbs Salvia ; Enrico Giorgi, Francesco Belfiori – Nuovi scavi e ricerche nel santuario di Monte Rinaldo (FM) ; Piotr Dyczek – Scodra rediscovered ; R. Brancato, L. M. Caliò, D. Falco, A. Fino, A. Jaja, L. Piepoli – Ricerche topografiche a Byllis e nel suo territorio ; Afrim Hoti – Dyrrachium bizantina e il suo territorio (VI-VIII sec.) ; Elvana Metalla – Produzione e circolazione della ceramica altomedievale e medievale a Durazzo ; Sonia Antonelli – Connessioni adriatiche: la complessa vicenda del culto di San Pelino tra Corfinium e Dyrrachium ; Sezione III – Progetti e Ricerche ; Marialaura Di Giovanni, Chiara Santarelli, Rennan Lemos – Analisi strutturale e studio dei riutilizzi nelle tombe tebane 187 e -348- ; MariaGiorgia Di Antonio – Lo scavo dei pozzi funerari nella Tomba di Neferhotep (TT49) ; Alice Dazzi – Acqua, diritto e rapporti di vicinato: il caso delle capita ciuitatum nelle province del Nord-est della Gallia ; Simona D’Arcangelo – La produzione laniera in Abruzzo in età romana: un primo inquadramento territoriale ; Gloria Bolzoni – Riflessioni sul sistema alimentare di Bliesbruck in età medio-imperiale a partire dal contesto dell’Ambitus 2011-2012 ; Carmen Soria – Toponimi ad est di Limassol ; Marco Moderato – Il Campus Militaris di Corfinio (AQ): interpretazioni topografiche e dati stratigrafici a confronto ; Sezione IV – Valorizzazione, Progettazione, Disseminazione ; Antonella Coralini – Per lo studio delle insulae di Pompei, vent’anni dopo ; Marco Cavalieri, Carlo Nepi – Una progettazione culturale di valenza pubblica: il magistero di Sara Santoro e la valorizzazione della villa tardoantica di Aiano (San Gimignano – Siena) ; Gabriella Paganelli – Dimensioni organizzative e prospettive del resilience nei lavori di Sara Santoro ; Paolo Giandebiaggi, Chiara Vernizzi, Eva Coïsson, Federica Ottoni – L’anfiteatro di Durazzo: dal rilievo integrato al restauro, per la valorizzazione di un’architettura archeologica ; Albert Ribera i Lacomba, Raymond Brulet – Les premières cathédrales en Europe occidentale, de la fouille à la valorisation patrimoniale d’après les exemples de Valence et de Tournai ; Andrea Lombardinilo – Richard Sennett and «the new rhetoric of the People»: a Manzonian Path ; Cinzia Cavallari – Corfinio (AQ): una sfida per il futuro ; Alessia Morigi – Il “ponte di pietra”. La stratificazione insediativa del settore del ponte antico di Parma tra processi di formazione urbana, recupero dell’area archeologica e rigenerazione della città contemporanea ; Eugenio Di Valerio – Dati preliminari dalle indagini nel comune di San Giovanni Lipioni (CH): le aree archeologiche di Colle Vernone e Il Monte ; Ilaria Zelante – I mosaici dell’antico territorio peligno: Tutela e valorizzazione ; Rocco D’Errico – I mosaici della Domus di Bacco a Teramo tra progetto di restauro e valorizzazione ; Massimo Bianchi – Il concetto di parco archeologico secondo Sara ; Maria Cristina Mancini – I mosaici in Abruzzo: storia del Progetto TESSAbruzzo. Schedatura, studio e ricerca sui pavimenti musivi in area centro-italica dal IV a.C. al VI d.C. ; Sezione V – Insediamento Minore ; Andrea R. Staffa – Crecchio dai Frentani ai Romani e oltre. Un esempio di centro “minore” di lunga durata in Abruzzo ; Luca Cherstich – Una testimonianza del santuario antico in località Cardetola di Crecchio: le fosse con materiali ellenistici ; Patrizia Basso – Insediamenti minori e necropoli rurali in Italia Cisalpina: qualche spunto di riflessione ; Rosanna Tuteri – Appunti sui centri minori in area peligna e sabina ; Philippe Brunella, Jean-Paul Petit – Les agglomérations secondaires antiques de la cité de Mediomatriques (province de Gallia Belgica) et leur devenir au Moyen ge ; Simonetta Menchelli – Insediamenti maggiori e insediamenti minori nella complessità dei paesaggi antichi: le vallate dei fiumi Tenna, Ete ed Aso (Piceno meridionale) ; Davide Aquilano, Katia Di Penta, Amalia Faustoferri – La media valle del Trigno: contributi per la ricostruzione storica del territorio ; Maria Carla Somma – Chiese ed alture in area abruzzese tra tarda antichità e altomedioevo. Una spia per leggere le trasformazioni dell’insediamento ; Sezione VI – La metodologia e le scienze nella ricerca archeologica ; Silvano Agostini – Archeometria tra ricerca, didattica ... e storia ; Emanuela Ceccaroni, Fabrizio Galadini – Evidenze di terremoti antichi nell’Abruzzo interno: i risultati delle ricerche archeosismologiche ; Ruggero D’Anastasio, Joan Viciano, Luigi Capasso – Antropologia in Archeologia: alcuni esempi ; Enrico Giorgi, Anna Gamberini, Sara Morsiani – Fenomeni di acculturazione in area medio-adriatica: Lo studio della cultura materiale tra archeologia e archeometria ; Tangari A. C., Agostini S., Marinangeli L., Baliva A., Pompilio L., Somma M.C. – Analisi preliminare delle malte di alcuni siti archeologici di Corfinio (AQ) ; Francesco Stoppa – Interpretation of SEISMIC disasters in the Central Abruzzi (Italy) traditional culture ; Enrico Zanini – Anatomia di un istante: la ceramica di un pozzo nero a Roma, il sacco dei Lanzichenecchi del 1527 e qualche idea sulle vite di un contesto archeologico ; Liborio Stuppia – Le prospettive della Archeogenetica ; Vasco La Salvia – Sensi e metallurgia: organi della percezione e valutazione tecnica nel Periodo della rivoluzione scientifica. Nuove riflessioni intorno ai filosofi e le macchine

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Book SynopsisIn France, the post-World War II period corresponds to a second golden age of prehistory and protohistory, thanks to the development of the CNRS and the creation of the first university chairs. Historiographie de préhistoriens et de protohistoriens français du XX° siècle presents the biographies of a wide selection of French archaeologists whose scientific work has particularly marked this period.Table of ContentsIntroduction au volume ; Victor Commont (1866-1918), « l’homme des alluvions » – Pascal Depaepe ; Camille Arambourg (1885-1969), paléontologue et préhistorien – Djillali Hadjouis ; Georges Laplace (1918-2004). Typologie Analytique et Synthétotype – Robert Sala-Ramos, François Djindjian, Xosé Pedro Rodríguez, Eudald Carbonell ; Francis Hours (1921-1987) – Olivier Aurenche ; Michel Brézillon (1924-1993) – Philippe Soulier ; Itinéraire de Jacques Tixier (1925-2018), fondateur de l’approche technologique des industries lithiques – Latifa Sari ; Annette Laming-Emperaire (1917-1977) et l’art préhistorique européen – Lioudmila Iakovleva ; Max Escalon de Fonton (1920-2013) et le Néolithique – Jean Guilaine ; Max Escalon de Fonton (1920-2013) et le paléolithique – François Djindjian ; Jean Arnal (1907-1987) – Jean Guilaine ; Jacques Cauvin (1930-2001) – Olivier Aurenche ; Bohumil Soudský et l’archéologie française – Jean-Paul Demoule ; Pierre-Roland Giot, Jacques Briard et Jean L’Helgouac’h – Par Jean-Laurent Monnier, Charles-Tanguy Le Roux et Catherine Gorlini ; De Roi Mata aux Marae polynésiens : José Garanger, océaniste de la diversité archéologique – Christophe Sand et Frédérique Valentin ; Loïc Langouet (1941-2018) – Jean-Laurent Monnier ; Les archéologues ingénieurs de formation – François Djindjian

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Book SynopsisThe frontiers of the Roman empire together form the largest monument of one of the world’s greatest states. They stretch for some 7,500km through 20 countries which encircle the Mediterranean Sea. The remains of these frontiers have been studied by visitors and later by archaeologists for several centuries. Many of the inscriptions and sculpture, weapons, pottery and artefacts created and used by the soldiers and civilians who lived on the frontier can be seen in museums. Equally evocative of the lost might of Rome are the physical remains of the frontiers themselves. The aim of this series of books is not only to inform the interested visitor about the history of the frontiers but to act as a guidebook as well. Slovakia was situated at the edge of the classical world but still was a close neighbour of the Roman Empire. The Roman influence left distinct traces not only at the territories along the frontier but also in its broader fore field.Table of ContentsForeword ; FRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ; Common cultural heritage of the Roman empire ; The proposed World Heritage Site "Frontiers of the Roman Empire" ; History and extent of frontiers ; The army and frontiers ; Research on Roman frontiers ; SLOVAKIA ; Roman Frontiers and Slovakia ; Bratislava Castle - The first Roman monumental architecture from the 1st century BC ; Devín ; Roman military camp Gerulata ; in Bratislava–Rusovce ; Roman fort at Iža ; The Roman marching camps ; from the times of the ; Marcomannic Wars 100 ; The Roman buildings in the limes forefield ; Further Reading ; Illustration acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisThe Life and Works of Robert Wood (1717-1771) commemorates the Irish classicist and traveller on the 250th anniversary of his death and provides the general reader with a study that can be regarded as a source book for the fascinating life and career of a much-neglected figure in the realm of Irish eighteenth-century travels and antiquarianism. The book starts by setting the context of eighteenth-century travels to the east and then examines the primary sources emanating from Wood’s own eastern voyages, as well as the relevant literary sources available to him before, during, and after his travels. It then provides an extensive and much-needed biographical account of Robert Wood, with particular reference to his Irish and English patrons, before examining the main results of the second tour (1750-1751), namely his three pioneering books: Ruins of Palmyra (1753), Ruins of Balbec (1757), and The Original Genius of Homer (1775). It ends by considering the enormous legacy of Robert Wood, in terms of the popularity of his books; the variety and quality of portraits commissioned by his friends and associates; his contribution to the study of classical literature; his influence on architectural drawing in late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe; and the cultural significance of his work on building design. The text also reflects on the somewhat questionable nature of his works, in terms of the fact that his second voyage of the east, and the entire production of the first two books, were financed by his friend Dawkins, whose wealth derived from a slave plantation in Jamaica.Table of ContentsList of Figures ; Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; Dedication ; Introduction ; Eighteenth-Century British Travellers in the East ; A British Extension of the Grand Tour ; Motives for Undertaking the Eastern Voyage ; Eighteenth-Century Interest in the East ; The Role of Learned Societies and Academies ; The Sources ; Part 1: Primary Sources as Evidence for Wood’s Eastern Travels ; Part 2: Literary Sources Available to Robert Wood Prior to His First Eastern Voyage (1742-1743) ; Part 3: Literary Sources Available to Robert Wood for His Second Eastern Voyage (1750-1751) ; Biographical Account of Robert Wood ; Early Life ; Education ; First Grand Tour and Eastern Voyage (1738-1743) ; Third Grand Tour and Eastern Voyage (1749-1751) ; Third Grand Tour as Tutor to the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (1754-1755) ; Wood Settles in London ; Death and Posthumous Matters ; Ruins of Palmyra (1753) ; Physical Description, Structure, Publication and Price of the Book ; Preface ; Immediate Reception of the Book ; Narrative ; Explanation of the Plates ; Ruins of Balbec (1757) ; Physical Description, Structure, Publication and Price of the Book ; Preface ; Immediate Reception of the Book ; Narrative ; Explanation of the Plates ; The Original Genius of Homer (1775) ; Development of the Book ; Physical Description and Structure of the Book ; Publication and Price of the Book ; Preface ; Immediate Reception of the Book ; Narrative ; Conclusion ; Brief Analysis of the Essay ; A Comparative View of the Ancient and Present State of the Troade ; Illustrations and Map ; Brief Analysis of the Comparative View ; Conclusion: The Legacy of Robert Wood ; Translations and Further Editions of Robert Wood’s Books ; Portraits of Wood ; Wood’s Contribution to the Study of Classical Literature ; Wood’s Contribution to Architectural Drawing in Late Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Europe ; The Cultural Significance of Wood’s Work on Building Design ; Epilogue ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisWroxeter: Ashes under Uricon offers a perspective on how people over time have viewed the abandoned Roman city of Wroxeter in Shropshire. It responds to three main artistic outputs relating to the site: poetry, images and texts. The poets include Wilfred Owen, A.E. Housman and Mary Webb. The writers cover a range of interests relating to the site but include Darwin, Dickens, Rosemary Sutcliff and John Buchan. The artists are perhaps less well-known but include watercolours by Thomas Girtin, archaeological reconstructions by Alan Sorrell and Amedée Forrestier, and paintings by Wroxeter’s own resident artist, Thomas Prytherch. Photographs are represented by the work of Francis Bedford and others more closely associated with aerial archaeology such as J.K. St Joseph and Arnold Baker. While the famous names have their value, The book also investigates what locals and visitors thought of the site over time – how they perceived it and have responded to it. It reflects in particular upon how the public and locals responded to the archaeological discoveries on the site and perceived the narratives that were created by the archaeologists working on it. It contends that archaeologists are just as much story-tellers as the writers, poets or artists, although their work is more filtered or controlled, and through these narratives, they inspire others. A further strand to the book is to explore the increasing focus over the past century on the democratisation of access to and understanding of the site, alongside increasing state intervention in its running. This too has had its impact on who visits and what is understood about the site. A short concluding section offers a vision of how the site might develop in the near-future, and how its cultural side might flourish once again.Trade Review'Roger White's love of the Roman town at Wroxeter in Shropshire shines through the pages of this book. He first worked there as a digger in 1976 and has been involved with it in various capacities almost ever since.' – Neil Holbrook (2023): Current Archaeology Issue 396Table of ContentsMy Wroxeter ; Introduction ; Archaeologists and their stories ; Poetic visions ; Wroxeter depicted ; Writing and visiting Wroxeter ; Archaeology for all ; Wroxeter’s people ; Coda: Wroxeter in the 21st century ; References

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Book SynopsisApproaches to Disruptions and Interactions in Archaeology is a collection of some of the papers presented at the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Conferences over the years 2017, 2018, and 2019. The GAO conference has become an annual fixture in the calendar of graduate study in the School of Archaeology in Oxford, typically held in the spring each year and organised by graduate students from the School. The aims of the conferences have been primarily to provide a platform for graduate students and early career researchers to share their work, and to encourage discussions and connections amongst scholars from different fields within archaeology. In total, around 150 delegates participated, approximately 80 papers were presented, and 20 posters were displayed in the three conferences represented in this volume. The book represents 8 papers from the wider benefits and results of the GAO conferences over the three years. The papers draw out different aspects of the key themes of interaction, mobility, entanglement and disruption amongst various communities and demonstrated through material culture, relating to a range of time periods. Subjects include Japanese fans, Romano-British coins, Chinese architecture, the establishment of the Silk Road(s), chaos as shown in classical theatre, the threat to Indian urban sites, Buddhist grottoes in Northern Sichuan, and Phoenician colonisation of parts of Portugal. It is proposed that definitions and distinctions can be a mirage, and it is interaction and mobility that characterises much of the past.Table of ContentsIntroduction – Penny Coombe and Ying Tung Fung ; Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Annual Conference 2017: Movement and Conflict in Archaeological Research ; Change and permanence in a landscape of cultural interaction: The Early Iron Age in the Lower Sado valley (Portugal) as a case study – Francisco B. Gomes ; The Japanese fan in the east and west: an archaeological perspective – Matthew Hitchcock ; Communities in Between: the Silk Road network in the context of trans-Eurasian politics from the 6th to the 8th centuries – Shengyu Wang ; Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Annual Conference 2018: Order and Chaos ; Exploring ideas about order, chaos and Classical Archaeology through theatre – Claire Frampton ; Chaos in Urban Archaeology: The Ancient City of Allahabad, India – Shriya Gautam ; Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Annual Conference 2019: Cause, Process and Impact of Interaction in Ancient Cultures ; Interacting with coins in Roman Britain: The flexibility of meaning and use – Barry Crump ; The Lingzhao Pavilion 靈沼軒 as “Crystal Palace”: A Trans-mundane Space in iron and glass at the Qing Court – Tao Wu ; Site and Structure：A Spatial Analysis of Buddhist Rock Carvings in Northern Sichuan in the Early Seventh Century – Xiao Yang

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Book SynopsisThe Public Archaeology of Treasure comprises the select proceedings of the 5th University of Chester Archaeology Student Conference which took place on 31 January 2020 in the lecture theatre of the Grosvenor Museum, Chester and was complemented by an online Twitter conference on the following morning, 1 February 2020. Reflecting on the shifting and conflicting meanings, values and significances for treasure in archaeology’s public engagements, interactions and manifestations, the volume emphasises how education and research cannot avoid the persistent and evocative associations of ‘treasure’ in socio-political discourse and popular culture. This first-ever exploration of ‘the public archaeology of treasure’ thus offers a host of timely themes and perspectives on the public engagement with, and popular receptions of, archaeological artefacts and assemblages written by students, researchers, educators and heritage practitioners.Table of ContentsIntroduction: the Public Archaeology of Treasure – Howard Williams, Samuel Clague, Natasha Carr and James Raine ; Going with the FLO: Personal Reflections on the Portable Antiquities Scheme for England and Wales – an interview with Peter Reavill ; ‘An Unlikely Ally?’ Archaeologists and Metal Detectorists in England and Wales Today – Pauline Magdalene Clarke ; Stór mo chroí - Reflections on Treasure from an Irish Perspective – Sharon A. Greene ; From Golden Eggs to Trampled Treasure: the 2019 Cadbury Chocolate Scandal – Aisling E.P. Tierney ; A National Strategy for Treasure? – an interview with Gail Boyle ; The Staffordshire Hoard Conservation Program – an interview with Pieta Greaves ; Audio Bling: Innovation and Accessibility in the Museum Display of Archaeological Treasures – Edward Antrobus ; Early Medieval Treasures Online: Strategies for Engagement – Caitlin R. Green ; Rest in Pieces: ‘Treasure’ and the Public Perception of Grave Goods in England and Wales – Adam Daubney ; The Public Archaeology of Tomb Treasures in the Media – Sophie Brown ; Destroy the ‘Sutton Hoo Treasure’! – Howard Williams ; Green Bling – Kenneth Brophy

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Book SynopsisIllicit Trafficking of Cultural Properties in Arab States provides a bird’s-eye view of the phenomenon of illicit trafficking of cultural properties and serves as a reference point for governments, enforcement agencies, international organizations, stakeholders, and civil societies. It focuses geographically on the Arab World: the countries in the Middle East, Gulf of Arabia, Horn of Africa and North Africa. To date a holistic approach to the topic in this region has been lacking. The book investigates the nature of illicit trafficking of cultural properties, the means and impact of illicit activities and crimes perpetrated against archaeological sites and museums. Through up-to-date information, grounded on solid research data, it traces the routes of illicit trafficking and analyzes the actual situation of the targeted region with an eye on the implementation of the international conventions. The aim is to investigate possible firm responses to illicit trafficking and determine the priorities and needs of this region. The outcomes are visible recommendations on the challenge of illicit trafficking of cultural properties in the Arab region, promoting modalities for sharing data and encouraging the review of legislative and judicial systems and practices connected to illicit trafficking of cultural properties. Finally, the work encourages the coordination of stakeholders and the use of technological advances to fulfil this monumental duty.Table of ContentsForeword ; الإتجار غير المشروع بالممتلكات الثقافية في الدول العربية ; Abstract ; Abrégé: Le trafic illicite de biens culturels dans les États arabes ; خلاصة ; Summary ; Résumé ; Chapter One: Introduction ; Chapter Two: Methodology ; Chapter Three: Online platforms and auctions: online trafficking of cultural properties ; Chapter Four: Risk Markets and the ‘end destination’ concept ; Chapter Five: Mapping routes of illicit trafficking of cultural properties ; Chapter Six: Illicit trafficking of cultural properties and financing of terrorism ; Chapter Seven: Measuring illicit trafficking of cultural properties ; Chapter Eight: Arab States and the international conventions on combating illicit trafficking of cultural properties ; Chapter Nine: Conclusion ; Annex 1: References ; Annex 2: List Antiquities Laws in Arab States ; Annexe 3: Seizures of antiquities in Arab States

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Book SynopsisProviding a dedicated venue for new research on the early medieval frontiers and borderlands of the island of Britain, the Offa’s Dyke Journal (ODJ) is also the first and only open-access peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the investigation of frontiers and borderlands in deep-time perspective. The journal’s remit spans detailed and original explorations into landscapes, earthworks, monuments and material culture. Exploring specific themes and issues in the archaeology, history and heritage of frontiers and borderlands in comparative and global perspective, ODJ is edited and produced under the auspices of the interdisciplinary research network, the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory, and funded by the University of Chester and the Offa’s Dyke Association. The contents of this special issue comprise the proceedings of a conference held over Zoom on the weekend of 11–12 July 2020.Table of ContentsBorders in Early Medieval Britain: Introducing the Special Issue – Ben Guy ; The Fluidity of Borderlands – Lindy Brady ; Bige Habban: An Introduction to Money, Trade and Cross-Border Traffic – Rory Naismith ; Donation and Conquest: The Formation of Lothian and the Origins of the Anglo-Scottish Border – Neil McGuigan ; King Æthelstan and Cornwall – Oliver Padel ; The Changing Approaches of English Kings to Wales in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries – Ben Guy ; Place-names and Offa’s Dyke: The Limits of Inference – David N. Parsons ; The Organisation of the Mid–Late Anglo-Saxon Borderland with Wales – Keith Ray ; Shifting Border, Shifting Interpretation: what the Anglo-Norman Castle of Dodleston in Cheshire might be trying to tell us about the eleventh-century northern Anglo-Welsh Border – Rachel E. Swallow

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Book SynopsisPeople in the past were always confronted with surviving remains from previous periods, and reacted to and engaged with them in varying ways. One activity through which this becomes visible is the reuse of tombs. If this reuse is an intentional reference to the past, it explicitly communicates meaning and thus cultural memory. In Eastern Arabia, however, this phenomenon received little attention in archaeological research, often having been discounted by the excavators as a disturbance to the first use of a tomb.This book will investigate reuse of tombs from the beginning of the Early Bronze Age until the end of the Sasanian period in order to understand the underlying purposes and social context of this practice. In Eastern Arabia, where the adding of new burials to the original content of the tomb is common, such reuse might have functioned to make sense of the present, to give orientation in new situations and to help shape a cultural identity. Reuse occurred more often in the Iron Age and Samad/PIR periods than in all other periods investigated, combined. These are also times of visible social hierarchies. The resulting tensions made counter-measures that both promoted social cohesion and group identity and legitimised the role of the elites necessary. This might have been achieved through creating cultural memory by reusing old tombs.

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Book SynopsisAsh-sharq is a journal devoted to short articles on the archaeology, history and society of the Ancient Near East.

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Book SynopsisIn the early Bronze Age, there was a single isolated burial monument defined by a ring ditch within which were six similarly shaped pits. One of these pits contained urned cremation burials, one pit contained an unurned cremation burial, two pits contained pottery vessels and two pits did not contain human remains or artefacts.The vast majority of the archaeological evidence was associated with enclosures and fields systems that were probably established during the middle to late Iron Age period and were developed and expanded upon in the Roman period, being utilised until the early 4th century. At least two of the enclosures were established during the Iron Age and a further seven enclosures were created during the Roman period, with the earlier enclosures being incorporated. These enclosures and field ditches were part of an extensive landscape across this area, where a vast array of cropmarks have been plotted, making the Redhouse site just one of many in the landscape. Part of the Roman Road from Lincoln to York, known locally as the Roman Ridge, extended across the eastern part of the area.Enclosures were utilised for both domestic and other functions such as crop processing, stock management and smithing. Features found included a crouched inhumation within a pit which was radiocarbon dated to the middle Iron Age. Several Roman coins including three counterfeits were recovered during excavations. Of note were fragments of coin moulds from one of the Roman enclosure ditches, which makes this one of only about 40 sites that have produced evidence for this activity.

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Book SynopsisContents of Vol XVII: Issue 1. The Bronze Age fortresses of the Southern Urals Ivan Semyan; Hittite mi-e-nu-us: Humans as meek' or lesser' Jaan Puhvel; Hartapu Hittite afterlife following the empire Michael Banyai; Not hostile but loyal kings in Tabal, c. 735 BC. A new interpretation of TOPADA 3-4 Martien Dillo; Stamp impressions from ancient Artashat in Armenia Achim Lichtenberger, Torben Schreiber, Carmen Ting and Mkrtich H. Zardaryan; Reinforcement of Medieval infrastructure: Medieval castles and caravanserais in Aruch and Dashtadem along the Dvin-Ani transit route Astghik Babajanyan; Widder- und pferdeförmige Grabsteine: ein religions- und völker-übergreifendes Phänomen Diether Schürr; Nurnus monastery and its excavations Avetis Grigoryan, Artak Ghulyan and Hasmik Simonyan; Obituaries. Issue 2. The Urartian Onomasticon: A prosopographic study Yervand H. Grekyan

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Book SynopsisExamples of enduring feats of civil engineering endeavour can be seen around the world’s seas and waterways, from the SS Great Britain to the Panama Canal.In this beautifully illustrated book, John Laverick offers an insight into the intriguing field of civil engineering, taking you on a journey that crosses three continents and three centuries, exploring extraordinary achievements including the artificial waterways of the Panama and Suez canals, floating concepts such as the concrete Mulberry harbours, the world’s only rotating ship lift at Falkirk, a man-made island in the Baltic linking the crossings between two countries and the ambitious restoration of the Wilts & Berks Canal.

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