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Book SynopsisDelving into the Portable Antiquities Scheme archives to explore 50 finds from Britain's Roman history.

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Book SynopsisThe building, military use and descent into ruin of the most important Roman frontier ever built.

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Book SynopsisIn this autobiographical reflection, the distinguished anthropologist Philippe Descola looks back on his intellectual career and examines both the central themes of his work and the key questions that have shaped anthropological debates over the past forty years. A student of Lévi-Strauss, Descola conducted ethnographic research among the Achuar of the upper Amazon in the late 1970s, focusing on how native societies relate to their environment. In this book he sheds fresh light on the evolution of his thinking from structuralism to an anthropology beyond the human, on the critique of the modern separation between nature and society, and above all on the genesis and scope of his major work Beyond Nature and Culture. This synthesis of the ways in which humans view their relationships with non-humans proposes four schemas for the ‘composition of worlds’ (animism, naturalism, totemism, analogism) that characterize our ways of inhabiting the earth. Presented in the form of an extended conversation with Pierre Charbonnier, this book is both a lucid introduction to the work of one of the most original anthropologists writing today and an impassioned plea for ontologies that are more accommodating of the diversity of beings.Trade Review“Charbonnier’s questions have engendered exquisite insights into the essence of Descola’s anthropology. A very welcome translation reveals the prescience with which, long ago, this eminent thinker scaled up his concerns to address some of today’s most urgent problems.”Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge“What a privilege, to accompany this brilliant anthropologist as he develops and reflects on his meta-ontology against the background of the ethnographic vocation, the Amazonian forest, structuralism, and the distinctiveness of anthropology in France! An instant classic, this exceptionally lucid work will be indispensable for teaching.”Michael Lambek, University of TorontoTable of ContentsForeword to the English editionI. A taste for inquiry Philosophical journeys Discovering the mind, discovering the world Among the tribe of anthropologists Entering the pantheon II. An Amazonian sojourn and the challenges of ethnography The world of the forest Living and working among the Achuar The trial of return III. The diversity of natures The four corners of the world Methodological questions Conceptual reform Forms of figuration IV. The contemporary world in the light of anthropology We Moderns From anthropology to ecology Political anthropology The museum BibliographyNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIs the future about to close in, or is it open to new horizons? For anthropologist Tim Ingold, the root of our difficulty in facing up to the future lies in the way we think about generations. We imagine them as layers, succeeding one another like sheets in a stack. This view figures as a largely unquestioned backdrop to discussions of evolution, life and death, longevity, extinction, sustainability, education, climate change and other matters of contemporary concern. What if we were to think of generations, instead, as wrapping around one another along their length, more like fibres in a rope than stacked sheets? In this compelling new book, Ingold argues that a return to the idea that life is forged in the collaboration of overlapping generations might not only assuage some of our anxieties, but also offer a lasting foundation for future coexistence. But it would mean having to abandon our faith both in the inevitability of progress, and in the ability of science and technology to cushion humanity from environmental impacts. A perfect world is not around the corner, nor will our troubles ever end. Nevertheless, for as long as life continues, there is hope for generations to come.Trade Review‘Ingold asserts the urgent need to reimagine and re-enact the relationship between past, present and future, arguing for the importance of collaboration and reciprocal learning across generations. He advances a proposal for a form of education that would unite the wisdom of elders with the curiosity of the young.’Stuart McLean, University of Minnesota‘Inspiring and beautifully written, Tim Ingold’s new book contemplates life and the relations that sustain it. Turning attention to the idea of generation, and with hope for the possibilities of collaboration, Ingold opens out and responds to crucial questions about time, growth, remembering, loss and continuity.’Elizabeth Hallam, University of OxfordTable of ContentsPreface List of Figures Chapter 1: Generations and the Regeneration of Life Chapter 2: Modelling the Human Life Course Chapter 3: Remembering the Way Chapter 4: Uncertainty and Possibility Chapter 5: Loss and Extinction Chapter 6: Recentring Anthropos Chapter 7: The Way of Education Chapter 8: After Science and Technology Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIn response to the damage caused by centuries of colonial ravaging and the current ecological, political and social crises, the leading Indigenous thinker and activist Ailton Krenak warns against the power of corporate capitalism and its destructive impact. Capitalism encroaches on every corner of the planet and orients us toward a future of promised progress, achievement and growth, but this future doesn't exist we just imagine it. This orientation to the future also blinds us to what exists around us, to the plants and animals with which we share the Earth and to the rivers that flow through our lands. Rivers are not just resources to be exploited by us or channels to carry away our waste, they are beings that connect us with our past. If there is a future to imagine, it is ancestral, since it is already present in the here and now and in that which exists around us, in the rivers and mountains and trees that are our kin. In a spoken language that has the mark of ancestral oral

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Book SynopsisFor a long time, the Norman Conquest has been viewed as a turning point in English history; an event which transformed English identity, sovereignty, kingship, and culture. The years between 1066 and 1086 saw the largest transfer of property ever seen in English History, comparable in scale, if not greater, than the revolutions in France in 1789 and Russia in 1917. This transfer and the means to achieve it had a profound effect upon the English and Welsh landscape, an impact that is clearly visible almost 1,000 years afterwards. Although there have been numerous books examining different aspects of the British landscape, this is the first to look specifically at the way in which the Normans shaped our towns and countryside. The castles, abbeys, churches and cathedrals built in the new Norman Romanesque style after 1066 represent the most obvious legacy of what was effectively a colonial take-over of England. Such phenomena furnished a broader landscape that was fashioned to intimidate and demonstrate the Norman dominance of towns and villages. The devastation that followed the Conquest, characterised by the Harrying of the North', had a long-term impact in the form of new planned settlements and agriculture. The imposition of Forest Laws, restricting hunting to the Norman king and the establishment of a military landscape in areas such as the Welsh Marches, had a similar impact on the countryside.

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding the visitor experience provides essential insights into how museums can affect people’s lives. Personal drives, group identity, decision-making and meaning-making strategies, memory, and leisure preferences, all enter into the visitor experience, which extends far beyond the walls of the institution both in time and space. Drawing upon a career in studying museum visitors, renowned researcher John Falk attempts to create a predictive model of visitor experience, one that can help museum professionals better meet those visitors’ needs. He identifies five key types of visitors who attend museums and then defines the internal processes that drive them there over and over again. Through an understanding of how museums shape and reflect their personal and group identity, Falk is able to show not only how museums can increase their attendance and revenue, but also their meaningfulness to their constituents.Table of ContentsPart I - Theory, 1. Introduction: Museums and Their Visitors, 2. The Museum, 3. The Visitor, 4. The Visit, 5. Satisfaction, 6. Memories, 7. The Museum Visitor Experience Model, Part II - Practice, 8. Theory to Practice, 9. Attracting and Building Audiences, 10. Making Museums Work for Visitors, 11. Institutional Value and Accountability, Notes, References, Index, About the Author

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Book SynopsisMuseum professionals' increased focus on visitors in recent years has been demonstrated by, among other things, the enhanced practice of evaluation and the development of interpretive plans. Yet too often, these efforts function independent of one another. This book helps museums integrate visitors' perspectives into interpretive planning by recognizing, defining, and recording desired visitor outcomes throughout the process. The integration of visitor studies in the practice of interpretive planning is also based on the belief that the greater our understanding, tracking, and monitoring of learners, the greater the impact museums will make on public understanding of the science and humanities disciplines. An approach that advocates thoughtful and intentional interpretive planning that constantly integrates visitor perspectives is the next step in working with, rather than for, our communities; a step toward truly becoming visitor-centered and impactful as essential learning institutions of the 21st century.Table of Contentslist of figures, list of tables, preface, 1 Introduction, 2 Conceptual foundations, 3 Interpretive planning, 4 the outcomes Hierarchy, 5 Integrating visitor perspectives in Master Interpretive planning, 6 Integrating visitor perspectives in project Interpretive planning, 7 Concluding thoughts, appendix a example of outcomes Hierarchy used as an executive summary of visitor perspectives, appendix B sample tables of Contents of Interpretive plans, notes, glossary, references, Index, about the authors

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Book SynopsisRecycling is a basic anthropological process of humankind. The reutilization of materials or of ideas from the Past is a process determined by various natural or cultural causes. Recycling can be motivated by a crisis or by a complex symbolic cause like the incorporation of the Past into the Present. What archaeology has not insisted upon is the dimensional scale of the process, which operates from the micro-scale of the recycling of the ancestors’ material, up to the macro-scale of the landscape. It is well known that there are direct relations between artefacts and landscapes in what concerns the materiality and mobility of objects. An additional relation between artefact and landscape may be the process of recycling. In many ways artefact and landscape can be considered as one aspect of material culture, perceived at a different scale, since both have the same materiality and suffer the same process of reutilisation. This book invites archaeologists to approach the significant process of recycling within the archaeological record at two different levels: of artefacts and of landscape.Table of ContentsThe Never Ending Journey: Cycling and Recycling Seen through a Critical Assessment of the Taphonomic Process (Roberta Robin Dods); Sustainability, Health, and Society: Prehistoric Artefacts as Sustainable Materials (Lolita Nikolova); Recycling Power and Place: The Many Lives of Traprain Law, SE Scotland (Ian Armit, Andrew Dunwell, Fraser Hunter); Tells as Recycled Places. Experimenting the Chalcolithic Ritual Technologies of Construction and Deconstruction (Dragoş Gheorghiu); Copper and Bronzes: The Birth of Complete Recycling in The Bronze Age (Davide Delfino); Rock Art Recycled? On the Use of Bronze Age Rock Art Sites during the Iron Age in Southern Scandinavia (Per Nilsson); Recycled Memories: The Past and Present in Early Iron Age Landscapes of Southern Germany (Matthew L. Murray); Ancestral Places: The Creation and Recycling of Monumental Landscapes in South-Eastern Slovenia in The 1st Millennium BC and the 1st Millennium AD (Phil Mason); Recycling Pots, Places and Practices: The Roman Cemetery at Podlipoglav (Bernarda Županek and Irena Sivec); Secondary Use of Storage Vessels and Household Pottery During the Late Middle Ages: Pottery in Vaults as a Case Study (Marta Caroscio); The Reuse of Materials during the Medieval and Post-Medieval Periods: A Case Study of Recycling Building Materials in Rothwell, near Leeds, England (George Nash)

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Book SynopsisUnlike the Sahara or Southern Africa, the rock art of Central Africa is still largely unknown today. Despite being reported as early as the 16th century by Diego del Santissimo Sacramento, the rock art of the Kongo Central, an area encompassing parts of modern day Angola, Cabinda, the Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon, has never been widely researched and its age remains uncertain. Populated by the Ndibu, one of the Kongo subgroups, the Lovo massif is in the north of the ancient kingdom of Kongo. Even though this kingdom has, since 1500 AD, been one of the best documented in Africa, from historical sources as well as ethnographic and anthropological sources for the more recent periods, it remains largely unrecognized archaeologically. With 102 sites inventoried (including 16 ornate caves), it contains the largest concentration of rock art sites in the region, representing more than 5000 rock art images. Crossing ethnological, historical, archaeological and mythological points of view, this book illustrates that rock art played an important part in Kongo culture. Like historical sources or oral traditions, it can provide historians with important documentation and contribute significantly to the reconstruction of Africa's past. French description: A la difference des arts rupestres du Sahara ou d'Afrique australe, ceux d'Afrique centrale restent encore aujourd'hui largement meconnus. Bien que signale des le XVIe par Diego del Santissimo Sacramento, l'art rupestre du Kongo Central n'a jamais fait l'objet d'une recherche de grande ampleur et son age reste toujours incertain. Peuple par les Ndibu, un des sous-groupes kongo, le massif de Lovo se trouve dans le nord de l'ancien royaume de Kongo. Meme si ce royaume est, a partir de 1500, l'un des mieux documentes de toute l'Afrique tant par les sources historiques que par les sources ethnographiques et anthropologiques pour les periodes plus recentes, il reste largement meconnu sur le plan archeologique. Avec 102 sites inventories (dont 16 grottes ornees), il contient la plus importante concentration de sites rupestres de toute la region, ce qui represente plus de 5000 images rupestres. En croisant les points de vue ethnologique, historique, archeologique et mythologique, j'ai pu montrer que l'art rupestre a bel et bien une part importante dans la culture kongo. Au meme titre que les sources historiques ou les traditions orales, il peut apporter aux historiens une documentation de premier plan et contribuer a reconstruire le passe de l'Afrique.Table of ContentsRemerciments; Chapitre 1 Le Massif de Lovo, un Patrimoine Meconnu; Chapitre 2 Presentation du Massif de Lovo; Chapitre 3 Historique des Regards; Chapitre 4 Methodologie; Chapitre 5 Presentation des Sites; Chapitre 6 Apport d'une Documentation Nouvelle; Chapitre 7 Analyse de la Matiere Picturale; Chapitre 8 Elements de Datation; Chapitre 9 L'Art Rupestre en Contexte : un Etat des Lieux; Chapitre 10 Les Sources Capucines; Chapitre 11 La Croix Kongo a travers les Siecles; Chapitre 12 La Figure du Lezard : une Piste Possible ?; Chapitre 13 Les Motifs Derives de la Vannerie et du Textile; Chapitre 14 L'Art du Mythe; Chapitre 15 L'Art Rupestre du Massif de Lovo au sein des Zones Kongo et Mbundu; Chapitre 16 Le Massif de Lovo, quel Futur ?; Epilogue; Bibliographie; Volume 2 : Annexes (online)

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Book SynopsisIn ancient times, the first communities, societies and civilizations in the Iberian peninsula, according to archaeological evidence, began to develop following a progressive local evolution tempered by the significance of outside contacts. In order to reconstruct our history, resorting to ancient poets, we strive to distinguish reality from myth in the pursuit of a bond of certainty between the data provided by historical and literary sources and the excavated remains. Greek epics, based on the Illiad and the Odyssey, are the basis for the first speculations that link societies all along the Mediterranean coast, from east to west, with a common thread. However, how many times have we been told about mythical places, such as cities of great splendour and unique cultural progress? Did the land which Plato called Atlantis and Adolf Schulten linked to Tartessos truly exist? These answers may never be revealed (they are not at the forefront of research interests nowadays); for the time being, they are lost into a mythical and legendary world. Nonetheless, they remain alive over time. Spanish description: En tiempos lejanos, ahora sepultadas bajo la caída de los años, comienzan a formarse las primeras comunidades, sociedades y civilizaciones que se irán desarrollando en la Península Ibérica, por una progresiva evolución local, sin descuidar la atención de los contactos foráneos previa contrastación arqueológica. Refugiándonos en figuras creadas por los antiguos poetas, tratamos de discernir entre lo que comúnmente se ha denominado mito-leyenda y lo real, buscando un vínculo de certeza entre los datos que revelan las fuentes literario-históricas y los vestigios que se desentierran de nuestra primera historia, aquella que tratamos de reconstruir. La épica occidental apoyada en los relatos homéricos de la Ilíada y la Odisea, son la base de las primeras conjeturas que con un hilo, unen a las sociedades que conviven en el Mar Mediterráneo desde Oriente hasta Occidente. Pero ¿cuántas veces hemos oído contar relatos sobre míticas ciudades de gran esplendor e inigualable progreso cultural? ¿Existió aquella tierra denominada por Platón “Atlántida” y que fue asociada por Adolf Schulten a Tartessos? Estas respuestas quizá nunca lleguen a desvelarse (tampoco están en la vanguardia de los intereses de la investigación), por ahora sólo están inmersas en un mundo mítico y legendario, pero es cierto que se mantienen vivas, nostálgicas, con el paso del tiempo.Table of Contents1. Introducción.; 2. ¿Crecientes intercambios, contactos interregionales, formas de contacto?; 3. Una visión historiográfica del II milenio a. C. en el Sur de la Península Ibérica.; 4. El proceso de análisis de los yacimientos prehistóricos de Llanete de los Moros (Montoro, Córdoba) y Fontanar de Cábanos (Córdoba).; 5. Metodología y tipología para el estudio del material cerámico.; 6. El yacimiento protohistórico El Llanete de los Moros (Montoro, Córdoba).; 7. El yacimiento protohistórico El Fontanar de Cábanos (Córdoba).; 8. Contactos e influencias provenientes de Oriente.; 9. Conclusiones.; 10. Bibliografía.; 11. Catálogo.; 12. Lista de figuras, cuadros, mapas, tablas, gráficos y muestras.

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Book SynopsisThe later part of the Bronze Age (1500-700 BC) was a time of settlement expansion and economic prosperity in Ireland. This was a landscape of small autonomous farming communities, but there is also evidence for control of territory and population, involving centralized organization of trade and economy, ritual and military force. That concentration of power was connected to the emergence of chiefdom polities active in the consolidation of large regional territories. Their competitive tendencies led on occasion to conflict and warfare, at a time of growing militarism evident in the mass production of bronze weaponry, including the first use of swords. Hillforts are another manifestation of a warrior culture that emerged not only in Ireland but across Europe during the Middle and Late Bronze Age. They were centers for high-status residence, ceremony and assembly, and represented an important visual display of power in the landscape. This is the first project to study hillforts in relation to warfare and conflict in Bronze Age Ireland. New evidence for the destruction of hillforts is connected to territorial disputes and other forms of competition arising from the ambitions of regional warlords, often with catastrophic consequences for individual communities. This project combines remote sensing and GIS-based landscape analysis with conventional archaeological survey and excavation, to investigate ten prehistoric hillforts across southern Ireland. These include a cluster of nine examples at Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, often termed ‘Ireland’s hillfort capital’. The results provide new insights into the design and construction of these immense sites, as well as details of their occupation and abandonment. The chronology of Irish hillforts is reviewed, with a new understanding of origins and development. The project provides a challenging insight into the relationship of hillforts to warfare, social complexity and the political climate of late prehistoric Ireland.Table of Contents1. Introduction (William O’Brien); 2. Prehistoric Hillforts in Ireland and Europe (James O’Driscoll); 3. Clashanimud Hillfort, Co. Cork (William O’Brien); 4. Other Bronze Age Hillforts in Munster/south Leinster (William O’Brien); 5. The Baltinglass Hillfort Landscape of Co. Wicklow (James O’Driscoll); 6. The Baltinglass Hillfort Excavations (William O’Brien); 7. Hillfort Chronology in Ireland (William O’Brien); 8. Modelling the Baltinglass Hillfort Landscape (James O’Driscoll); 9. Hillforts and Warfare (William O’Brien); 10. The Hillfort in Prehistoric Ireland (James O’Driscoll and William O’Brien); Appendix 1. Archaeological survey of environs of Clashanimud hillfort (Nick Hogan); Appendix 2. Public presentation of Clashanimud hillfort (William O’Brien); Appendix 3. Hillfort conservation and forestry in Ireland (William O’Brien; Catalogue of hillforts in Ireland (James O’Driscoll); Bibliography

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Book SynopsisNormally dealt with in a rather limited way, through the examination of a particular activity or geographical zone, the artisans of ancient North Africa are here, for the first time, the subject of an entire book. Focusing on urban production in Algeria during Antiquity, this critical study brings together new documentation drawn up on the basis of field data and the consultation of archives from a long history of survey in Algeria and France. This synthesis reviews the archaeological sites with workshops by defining their activities, at the same time as analyzing how they operated and looking at them typologically. Based on a comparison with documented workshops in the Western Roman world, the study of the techniques highlights the very strong similarities between the Roman regions but also the specific local variations of the methods used in Africa at this time. Maghreb ethnography shows the permanence of certain practices over time while attempting to reconstruct the "chaîne opératoire". Although it is still difficult to obtain an overall picture both from a spatial and a chronological point of view of the artisanal topography, the data reveals the existence of varied artisanal and commercial activities in urban areas throughout Antiquity. French description: Abordé généralement de façon ponctuelle à travers une activité particulière ou une zone géographique donnée, l’artisanat en Afrique du nord antique fait ici pour la première fois l’objet d’un ouvrage. Centrée sur la production urbaine en Algérie durant l’Antiquité, cette étude critique rassemble une nouvelle documentation élaborée à partir des données de terrain et de la consultation des archives à partir d’un long travail d’enquête en Algérie et en France. La synthèse fait le point sur les sites archéologiques présentant des ateliers en définissant leur activité tout en analysant leur fonctionnement et leur typologie. En s’appuyant sur une comparaison avec les découvertes d’ateliers dans le monde romain occidental, l’étude des techniques met en évidence les similitudes très fortes entre les régions romaines mais aussi les spécificités locales des méthodes employées en Afrique durant cette période. L’ethnographie maghrébine montre quant à elle la permanence de certaines pratiques à travers le temps tout en complétant l’essai de restitution de la « chaîne opératoire ». S’il est encore difficile d’avoir une vision d’ensemble tant d’un point de vue spatial que chronologique de la topographie artisanale, les données recensées révèlent l’existence d’activités artisanales et commerciales variées incluses dans l’ensemble du domaine urbain tout au long de l’Antiquité.Trade ReviewAmraoui’s main achievement is to assemble and evaluate the evidence for the spectrum of different ancient crafts, hitherto scattered widely throughout multiple publications, archives, and museum collections. As her supervisors remark in their highly supportive preface, by making clear the current foundation of evidence and what still survives in the museums, she manages to draw a line under more than a century of previous research and provide the point of departure for future study of artisanal crafts in this region. This alone will make the reworked version of the thesis published here essential reading for anyone engaging with the issues of craft production and the economic organization of Roman-period North Africa for a long time to come. -- Matthew S. Hobson * American Journal of Archaeology *Table of ContentsPréface; Introduction générale; Première partie. Les installations artisanales urbaines : descriptions et documentation; Chapitre 1: La Maurétanie césarienne; Chapitre 2: La Numidie; Chapitre 3: L’Afrique proconsulaire; Deuxième partie. La technologie et le fonctionnement des ateliers; Chapitre 4: La production de denrées alimentaires; Chapitre 5: L’artisanat du textile, de la matière première à l’entretien des vêtements; Chapitre 6: Les artisanats du feu; Troisième partie. Les ateliers et les artisans dans la ville en Afrique : réflexions sur la topographie artisanale et l’économie urbaines; Chapitre 7: Implantation et répartition des ateliers dans la ville; Chapitre 8: Les productions urbaines et l’économie des villes romaines en Algérie; English Summary: Urban crafts in ancient Algeria (Ist century BC – VIIth century AD); Arabic summary; Index

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Book SynopsisThe secluded sanctuary on the coastal promontory of Ras il-Wardija on the central Mediterranean island of Gozo (near Malta) constitutes another landmark on the religious map of the ancient Mediterranean. Ritual activity at the sanctuary seems to be evidenced from around the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD and, possibly, even as late as the 4th century AD. This ritual activity was focused in a small built temple and in a rock-cut cave that seems to have incorporated a built extension in a later stage. But the practised cult or cults were aniconic and remained so largely throughout. This may explain why the sanctuary’s excavators did not report any findings of statuettes or any figural images. Contemporaneously, figural images were also venerated on other sites showing that, for a long while, iconism and aniconism co-existed on the Maltese islands. There might have been more than one deity venerated in this sanctuary. Dionysos could have been one of them. But whoever they were, they are likely to have been somehow connected with the sea and / or with a maritime community or communities as the sanctuary itself evidently was.Table of ContentsPreface; Chapter 1: 1.1 Introducing the sanctuary site at Ras il-Wardija; 1.2 History of research and existing literature; 1.3 Objectives, aims, approach, and method of this study; 1.4 Background to the Maltese islands: a brief historical profile; Chapter 2: 2.1 Ras il-Wardija and its regional context: geographical extent and topography; 2.2 Continuous human presence and occupation; 2.3 Maritime connections and related activities; 2.4 Seeking divine protection at sea; Chapter 3: 3.1 The toponym ‘Ras il-Wardija’; 3.2 Origins and development of the sanctuary complex; 3.3 Relationship between the sanctuary and the physical form of the landscape; 3.4 Visual domination of the seascape; 3.5 The temple building on the first terrace; 3.6 The cave and ancillary features on the fifth terrace; 3.7 Sacrality of doors: doorways with offering holes or other sacred features; 3.8 Stone worship; 3.9 Possible mysteries and the enigmatic cruciform and ‘flying’ figures; 3.10 Regulating relations through ritual; Chapter 4: 4.1 Closure of the site; 4.2 Concluding observations; Appendix I; Appendix II; Bibliography; General Index

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Book SynopsisBeads, beadwork, and personal ornaments are made of diverse materials such as shell, bone, stones, minerals, and composite materials. Their exploration from geographical and chronological settings around the world offers a glimpse at some of the cutting edge research within the fast growing field of personal ornaments in humanities’ past. Recent studies are based on a variety of analytical procedures that highlight humankind’s technological advances, exchange networks, mortuary practices, and symbol-laden beliefs. Papers discuss the social narratives behind bead and beadwork manufacture, use and disposal; the way beads work visually, audibly and even tactilely to cue wearers and audience to their social message(s). Understanding the entangled social and technical aspects of beads require a broad spectrum of technical and methodological approaches including the identification of the sources for the raw material of beads. These scientific approaches are also combined in some instances with experimentation to clarify the manner in which beads were produced and used in past societies.Trade ReviewCovering a wide range of topics, Not Just for Show will be a valuable addition to the research library of anyone interested in beads and beadwork. Available in hard cover as well as an ebook, it is highly recommended. * BEADS *Table of Contents1: The archaeology of beads, beadwork and personal ornaments. Alice M. Choyke and Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer PART 1: SOCIO-CULTURAL REFLECTIONS 2. Traditions and change in scaphopod shell beads in northern Australia from the Pleistocene to the recent past. Jane Balme and Sue O'Connor 3. Magdalenian “beadwork time” in the Paris Basin (France): correlation between personal ornaments and the function of archaeological sites. Caroline Peschaux, Grégory Debout, Olivier Bignon-Lau And Pierre Bodu 4. Personal adornment and personhood among the Last Mesolithic foragers of the Danube Gorges in the Central Balkans and beyond. Emanuela Cristiani and Dušan Borić 5. Ornamental Shell Beads as Markers of Exchange in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B of the Southern Levant. Ashton Spatz 6. Games, Exchange, and Stone: hunter-gatherer beads at home. Emily Mueller Epstein PART 2: AUDIO AND VISUAL SOCIAL CUES 7. The Natufian audio-visual bone pendants from Hayonim Cave. Dana Shaham and Anna Belfer-Cohen 8. Bead Biographies from Neolithic Burial Contexts: Contributions from the Microscope. Annelou van Gijn 9. The Tutankhamun Beadwork, an Introduction to Archaeological Beadwork Analysis. Jolanda E. M. F. Bos PART 3: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES 10. A Mother-of-Pearl Shell Pendant from Nexpa, Morelos. Adrián Velázquez-Castro, Patricia Ochoa-Castillo, Norma Valentín-Maldonado, Belem Zúñiga-Arellano 11. Detailing the bead maker: Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) of steatite disk beads from prehistoric Napa Valley, California. Tsim D. Schneider and Lori D. Hager 12. Exploring Manufacturing Traces and Social Organization using Prehistoric Mortuary Beads in the Salish Sea Region of the Northwest Coast of North America. David Bilton and Danielle A. Macdonald

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Book SynopsisNubia, the often overlooked southern neighbour of Egypt, has been home to groups of vibrant and adaptive peoples for millennia. This book explores the Nubians’ religious, social, economic and cultural histories, from their nomadic origins during the Stone Ages to their rise to power during the Napatan and Meroitic periods, and it concludes with the recent struggles for diplomacy in North Sudan. Situated among the ancient superpowers of Egypt, Aksum and the Graeco-Roman world, Nubia’s connections with these cultures shaped the country’s history through colonialism and cultural entanglement. Sarah M. Schellinger presents the Nubians through their archaeological and textual remains, reminding readers that they were a rich and dynamic civilization in their own right.

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Book SynopsisBosworth stands alongside Naseby and Hastings as one of the three most iconic battles ever fought on English soil. The action on 22 August 1485 brought to an end the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses and heralded the dawn of the Tudor dynasty. However, Bosworth was also the most famous lost battlefield in England. Between 2005 and 2010, the techniques of battlefield archaeology were used in a major research programme to locate the site.Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered is the result. Using data from historical documents, landscape archaeology, metal detecting survey, ballistics and scientific analysis, the volume explores each aspect of the investigation – from the size of the armies, their weaponry, and the battlefield terrain to exciting new evidence of the early use of artillery – in order to identify where and how the fighting took place. Bosworth 1485 provides a fascinating and intricately researched new perspective on the event which, perhaps more than any other, marked the transition between medieval and early modern England.Table of Contents1. A battlefield lost 2. The armies: an historical perspective 3. The battle: an historical perspective 4. The battlefield terrain 5. Surveying the battle archaeology 6. Interpreting the artefacts 7. Gunpowder weapons 8. A new perspective on the battle

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Book SynopsisThe Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP) was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to promote the value of heritage – specifically of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site – to local communities, and to provide opportunities for volunteers to engage with the archaeology and conservation of the Wall to better ensure the future of the monument.This short book provides a summary of the project, communicating the range of activities undertaken during the project and key results. It explores the structure and aims of the project, and creates an insightful overview of the many different people and communities that participated. Archaeological fieldwork resulted in a number of new discoveries and insights into Hadrian’s Wall. The revolutionary new work to explore the stones of Hadrian’s Wall, its source geology and how stones were reused from the monument is also discussed. Each chapter is supported by full colour illustrations, and contributions from project volunteers also bring the project into a vibrant focus.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Volunteer Contributors A Note on Endnotes Preface Acknowledgements 1: Introduction to the Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project 2: Engaging People and Inclusive Opportunities Volunteer Reflections part 1 3: The Wall At Risk Volunteer Reflections part 2 4: The Origins and Afterlives of the Wall’s Stones Volunteer Reflections part 3 5: A Future for the Wall and Its People Bibliography

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Book SynopsisTurtles, ibexes, ships, inscriptions... Thousands of engraved and painted figures intrigue visitors in the wadis of Al-Hajar Mountains. Who created these enigmatic figures and when were they made? What are their hidden meanings? For the first time, this volume tries to answer these questions. It is the result of the archaeological surveys and investigations undertaken by the author over the last ten years under the patronage of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture. In this book, the author takes the reader on an in-depth journey into the various themes present in the rock art of Oman. He offers theories on the chronology and interpretation, while exploring the landscape setting of the decorated panels and how best to research these. Several beautiful photographs and scientific tracings of the rock art accompany the text. The volume closes offering to enthusiasts and tourists a series of guided visits with GPS maps to the most interesting and visible rock art sites protected by Royal Decrees of the Sultanate.Table of ContentsForeword by Sultan Saif Al-Bakri, Director General of Archaeology (Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Sultanate of Oman) Introduction 1 History of Research and Studies 2 Geology and Nature. Distribution of Rock Art 3 Techniques of Realization and Methods of Study 4 Themes in Omani Rock Art: Animals 5 Themes in Omani Rock Art: Humans 6 Themes in Omani Rock Art: Artifacts, Abstracts and Inscriptions 7 Chronology of the Omani Rock Art 8 Interpretation of the Omani Rock Art 9 Where and How to see Rock Art in Oman Bibliography

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Book SynopsisCulture and Society at Lullingstone Roman Villa paints a picture of what life might have been like for the inhabitants of the villa in the late third and fourth centuries AD. The villa today, in the Darent Valley, Kent, has an unusual amount of well-preserved evidence for its interior decoration and architecture. Seventy years on from the commencement of the excavation of the site, this study draws on the original reports but also embraces innovative approaches to examining the archaeological evidence and sheds new light on our understanding of the villa’s use. For the first time, the site of Lullingstone Roman Villa is surveyed holistically, developing a plausible argument that the inhabitants used domestic space to assert their status and cultural identity. An exploration of the landscape setting asks whether property location was as important a factor in the time of Roman Britain as it is today and probes the motives of the villa’s architects and their client. Lullingstone’s celebrated mosaics are also investigated from a fresh perspective. Why were these scenes chosen and what impact did they have on various visitors to the villa? Comparison with some contemporary Romano-British villas allows us to assess whether Lullingstone is what we would expect, or whether it is exceptional. Examples from the wider Roman world are also introduced to enquire how Lullingstone’s residents adopted Roman architecture and potentially the social customs which accompanied it.Trade ReviewThis book offers a unique interpretation of the Lullingstone Roman Villa in the Darent Valley of Kent, exploring how its inhabitants used space to assert their position in society, as well as their cultural identity... Richly illustrated with photographs of mosaics and wall-paintings from the villa, as well as reconstruction drawings of how both the interior and exterior may have looked during the Roman period, it takes the reader on an in-depth, but not remote, tour of the villa. - Kathryn Krakowka (2019), Current Archaeology, Issue 356The author weaves into her text numerous references to other villas and compares them with Lullingstone. This feature and the broader discussion of the social setting makes the book much more than a guide-book. It is a ‘must’ for anyone planning to visit Lullingstone and has much to offer any reader with an interest in Roman Britain. - Rupert Jackson (2021), Classics for AllTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: The villa within its landscape setting and the role of topography in the owner’s self-representation Landscape setting Ancillary buildings Circular shrine and temple-mausoleum Granary Comparable villas A further case study: Chedworth Chapter Three: The choice and use of mosaics in the fourth century villa: how the patron presented his cultural identity and status through pavements Grand designs The central room The seasons Bellerophon The apse Europa and the bull The inscription An incongruous combination? Classical literature in other Romano-British villas Chapter Four: Additional reconstructions of the villa The villa within its landscape setting The villa’s interior space and decoration Summary of reconstructions Chapter Five: Conclusion Bibliography Online sources

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Book SynopsisThe area corresponding to the modern city of Rome is usually known for the magnificent remains of the Roman civilization and the myths of its foundation in 753 BC. Less known is evidence of the prehistoric occupation occurring until the Bronze Age along the territory corresponding to the city of Rome and the surrounding area, called "Campagna Romana". Indeed, until a few years ago, the archaeological evidence relating to the phases of recent prehistory, from the Neolithic to the beginning of the Bronze Age, were completely, or almost completely, unknown. Recent excavations, mainly related to preventive archaeology, led to the identification of settlements and necropolises associated with a complex cultural scenario and shed light on the social and cultural aspects of daily life of the human groups who occupied this territory before the Latium civilization.Trade Review'According to the myth, evoked from the beginning of this work, Rome was founded in 753 BC, but we know that the history of the area where Romulus is said to have driven his plough began much earlier. And this volume provides a rich collection of evidence in this respect, giving an account of more than twenty years of surveys and digs held in different sections of the Roman suburb. Most of the finds span from the Neolithic to the Copper Age, including funerary areas and settlements, revealing dense occupation and reshaping our understanding of the cultural framework of Roman prehistory.' -- Stefano Mammini * Archeo *Table of ContentsVOL 1. GEOLOGIA, AMBIENTE E FONTI ARCHEOLOGICHE ; Tabula gratulatoria ; Ricordo di A.P. Anzidei ; PRESENTAZIONE – A. De Santis e A. Manfredini ; Autori dei testi ; Indice ; Introduzione ; PARTE PRIMA ; 1. GEOLOGIA E AMBIENTE ; 1.1 – L’attività vulcanica recente dei Colli Albani, tra miti, archeologia e storia – Guido Giordano, Arnaldo Angelo De Benedetti, Agnese Fischetti ; 1.2 – Casetta Mistici e Tor Vergata-San Gaudenzio (Roma): impronte di animali, uomini e piante su una superficie di lahar – Eugenio Cerilli, Alessandra Celant, Guido Giordano, Giovanni Carboni ; 1.3 - La vegetazione della Campagna Romana dal Paleolitico superiore alla fondazione di Roma – Alessandra Celant, Donatella Magri ; PARTE SECONDA ; 2. IL TERRITORIO ; 2.1 – “Prima del Mito”: gli studi e i ritrovamenti preistorici nell’area urbana di Roma e nella “Campagna Romana” dalla seconda metà dell’800’ad oggi – Giovanni Carboni ; 2.2 – Scheda del sito di via di Torrevecchia (settore 1) – Anna Paola Anzidei†, Giovanni Carboni, Alessandra Torresi ; 2.3 – Schede dei siti di via di Boccea (settore 2), via della Magliana, via Cristoforo Colombo (settore 3) – Anna Paola Anzidei†, Giovanni Carboni, Marcvo Mulargia, Annalisa Treglia ; 2.4 – Schede dei siti via Laurentina, via di Trigoria (settore 4), via Grottaperfetta (settore 5) e via Ardeatina (settore 6) – Anna Paola Anzidei†, Giovanni Carboni, Maria Antonietta Castagna, Maria letizia D’Annibale, Chiara Delpino, Chiara La Marca, Daniele Moscone, Marcvo Mulargia, Francesco Pizzuti, Annalisa Treglia ; 2.5 – Schede dei siti di via di Tuscolana e via Casilina (settore 7), Vermicino (settore 8), Via Collatina (settore 9) – Anna Paola Anzidei†, Giovanni Carboni, Maria Antonietta Castagna, Alberto Cazzella, Chiara Delpino, Olimpia Fiori, Chiara La Marca, Maddalena Malvone, Massimo Massussi, Gianfranco Mieli, Daniele Moscone, Marco Mulargia, Carlo Persiani, Francesco Pizzuti, Andrea Sebastiani, Sara M. Stellacci ; 2.6 – Schede dei siti di via di Poli (settore 10), via Prenestina, via Tiburtina (settore 11) e via delle Vigne Nuove (settore 12) – Anna Paola Anzidei†, Giovanni Carboni, Enrico Ragni ; 2.7 - Ritrovamenti della Sabina tiberina correlabili con la facies Rinaldone-Conelle – Giorgio Filippi ; VOL 2. ASPETTI CULTURALI E CONTRIBUTI SPECIALISTICI ; PARTE TERZA ; 3. ASPETTI E FACIES ARCHEOLOGICHE DEL TERRITORIO DI ROMA NEL QUADRO DELLA PREISTORIA DELL’ITALIA CENTRALE ; 3.1 – Il Neolitico antico dell’areale medio-tirrenico: gli aspetti della ceramica impressa e della ceramica lineare nel Lazio e nel territorio di Roma – Chiara Delpino ; 3.2 – Il Neolitico medio nel territorio di Roma in rapporto alle altre manifestazioni culturali dell’area laziale – Chiara Delpino ; 3.3 – Neolitico Recente-finale: gli aspetti Ripoli e aspetti occidentali (Chassey-Lagozza) nel territorio di Roma – Chiara La Marca ; 3.4 – Eneolitico iniziale: il declino del mondo neolitico e passaggio alle prime fasi dell’età del Rame (ca. 3800-3500/3340 a.C.) – Stefano Ruzza, Vittorio Mironti, Rachele Modesto, Giovanni Carboni ; 3.5 – Eneolitico medio: la facies di Conelle-Rinaldone nel territorio di Roma e nel contesto dell’Italia centrale (ca. 3510-2870 a.C.) – Nadia Marconi ; 3.6 – Eneolitico medio: la facies del Gaudo nel territorio di Roma e nel Lazio centro-meridionale (ca. 3330-2860 a.C.) – Giovanni Carboni ; 3.7 – Eneolitico recente: la facies di Laterza nel territorio di Roma ed aree limitrofe (ca. 2860-2620 a.C.) – Giovanni Carboni ; 3.8 – Eneolitico finale: la facies di Ortucchio e gli stili delle ceramiche a pettine trascinato, pseudo-campaniforme e campaniforme nel territorio di Roma (ca. 2670-2130 a.C.) – Giovanni Carboni ; 3.9 – La facies di Rinaldone nel territorio di Roma: aspetti funerari ed identità della terza area nucleare (gruppo “Roma-Colli Albani”) (ca. 3710-2030 a.C.) – Giovanni Carboni, Anna Paola Anzidei† ; 3.9.1 – Ceramiche dai contesti funerari del gruppo “Roma-Colli Albani” e loro rapporti con le produzioni funerarie e domestiche dell’Italia centrale e meridionale – Giovanni Carboni ; PARTE QUARTA ; 4. INDUSTRIA LITICA ; 4.1 – Le industrie litiche del territorio di Roma dal Neolitico alla fine dell’età del Rame – Cecilia Conati Barbaro ; 4.1.1 - Analisi tecnologica delle grandi lame dalla necropoli di Casetta Mistici e dei supporti laminari per i pugnali dalla necropoli di Torre della Chiesaccia (Roma) – Daniele Moscone ; 4.2 – l’industria litica scheggiata da contesti di abitato: analisi tecno-tipologica – Marco Mulargia ; 4.3 – Considerazioni morfologiche e balistiche sull’utilizzo dei foliati eneolitici dal territorio di Roma – Elena Carletti ; 4. 4 - Le punte foliate dai contesti funerari di Torre della Chiesaccia (Roma): analisi delle tracce d’uso e dei residui – Cristina Lemorini, Isabella Caricola, Stella Nunziante Cesaro ; 4.5 - Analisi delle tracce d’uso e dei residui organici di una punta foliata dal corredo della tomba 8 di Casetta Mistici (Roma) – Alessandra Celant, Cristina Lemorini, Stella Nunziante Cesaro ; 4.6 – Analisi delle tracce d’uso su alcuni pugnali litici dalle necropoli di Torre della Chiesaccia e di Casetta Mistici (Roma) – Isabella Caricola, Andrea Dolfini, Cristina Lemorini ; 4.7 - Ornamenti: produzione artigianale e simboli sociali – Daniela Zampetti ; 4.8 – Analisi delle tracce tecnologiche presenti sugli ornamenti in pietra e in metallo rinvenuti in contesti funerari e di abitato dell’area romana – Manila Colasanti ; PARTE QUINTA ; 5. METALLURGIA ; 5.1 – La metallurgia del rame, dell’argento e dell’antimonio delle facies di Rinaldone (gruppo “Roma-Colli Albani”), del Gaudo e delle fasi di abitato nel territorio di Roma – Giovanni Carboni ; 5.2 - L’ascia in rame della tomba 8 di Casetta Mistici: elementi di interesse extrapeninsulare nella facies di Rinaldone nel territorio di Roma – Massimo Cultraro ; 5.3 – Analisi dei manufatti metallici dell’età del Rame provenienti dal territorio di Roma e suggerimenti sulla loro provenienza (Carlo Aurisicchio, Laura Medeghini) ; 5.4 – Manufatti eneolitici in lega di rame dall’area di Roma: un’indagine su tracce di processi tecnologici e di usura (Cristiano Iaia, Andrea Dolfini) ; 5.5 – Analisi delle usure dei reperti litici poliedrici provenienti da contesti eneolitici dall’area di Roma (Isabella Caricola) ; PARTE SESTA ; 6. CONTRIBUTI SPECIALISTICI SULLA RICOSTRUZIONE DELLE STRUTTURE ABITATIVE E SULLA FUNZIONE DEGLI OGGETTI ; 6.1 – Le capanne dell’area romana tra Neolitico ed Eneolitico: analisi e ipotesi ricostruttive (Chiara La Marca, Giovanni Carboni) ; 6.2 – Il vaso a “guscio di noce” della tomba 15 di Torre della Chiesaccia (Roma): probabile testimonianza di uno strumento musicale? Elaborazione ed ipotesi interpretative per mezzo dell’archeologia sperimentale (Martina Nicole Cerri) ; 6.3 – Pesi e fusaiole: la tessitura nelle comunità neo-eneolitiche del territorio di Roma (Anna Maria Anastasia, Vanessa Forte, Cristina Lemorini) ; PARTE SETTIMA ; 7. TECNOLOGIA, TIPOLOGIA E ANALISI ARCHEOMETRICHE ; 7.1 – Analisi petrografica e chimica delle ceramiche preistoriche del territorio di Roma (IV-III millennio a.C.). (Vanessa Forte, Laura Medeghini) ; 7.2 – Analisi tecnologica delle produzioni ceramiche eneolitiche del territorio di Roma (IV-III millennio a.C.) (Vanessa Forte) ; 7.3 – Analisi tecnologica delle ceramiche decororate a stralucido della facies di Rinaldone del territorio di Roma (Vanessa Forte, Giuseppe Pulitani) ; 7.4 – Caratterizzazione chimica e mineralogica dell’askòs di facies Gaudo della ex collezione E. Gorga (Museo delle Origini – Università di Roma La Sapienza) (Carlo Aurisicchio, Laura Medeghini) ; 7.5 – Caratterizzazione chimica e mineralogica delle ceramiche campaniformi “originali” dal territorio di Roma (Carlo Aurisicchio, Laura Medeghini) ; 7.6 – Il vasellame ceramico proveniente dall’abitato eneolitico di Osteria del Curato-via Cinquefrondi (Andrea Sebastiani) ; 7.7 – Analisi minero-petrografica e chimica di oggetti in pietra levigata provenienti da contesti funerari e di abitato del territorio di Roma. Ipotesi sulla loro provenienza (Carlo Aurisicchio, Laura Medeghini) ; 7.8 – Caratterizzazione mediante spettrometria XRF non distruttiva di alcuni reperti in ossidiana provenienti dai siti di Casale di Valleranello, Quadrato di Torre Spaccata e Casali di Porta Medaglia (Roma) (Giolj Francesco Guidi, Pietro Moioli, Giorgio Trojsi) ; PARTE OTTAVA ; 8. PALEOBOTANICA E RESIDUI ORGANICI ; 8.1 – Indagini paleobotaniche su macroresti vegetali dai siti neo-eneolitici del territorio di Roma (Alessandra Celant) ; 8.2 - Coltivare, trasformare e conservare: nuovi dati paleobotanici dall’abitato dell’Eneolitico finale di Osteria del Curato-via Cinquefrondi (Roma) (Alessandra Celant, Jessica Bianchi, Mauro Pepa) ; 8.3 – I residui anidri contenuti nei vasi delle necropoli della Romanina, Ponte delle Sette Miglia e di Torre della Chiesaccia-necropoli (Roma) e la più antica attestazione di una bevanda fermentata nell’Eneolitico italiano: l’idromele (Giovanni Carboni, Alessandra Celant, Vanessa Forte, Donatella Magri, Stella Nunziante Cesaro, Anna Paola Anzidei†) ; PARTE NONA ; 9. ANTROPOLOGIA FISICA E GENETICA DELLE POPOLAZIONI UMANE ; 9.1 – Studio antropologico delle necropoli eneolitiche di Osteria del Curato-via Cinquefrondi, Romanina e Casetta Mistici (Roma) (Stefania Di Giannantonio, Paola Catalano) ; 9.2 – Indagine demografica della necropoli eneolitica di facies Rinaldone di Lucrezia Romana (Roma) (Loredana Carboni) ; 9.3 – L’approccio bio-molecolare allo studio delle comunità eneolitiche del territorio di Roma (Flavio De Angelis, Olga Rickards) ; PARTE DECIMA ; 10. ARCHEOZOOLOGIA ; 10.1 – La fauna dell’insediamento eneolitico di Casetta Mistici (Roma) (Eugenio Cerilli) ; 10.2 – La fauna dell’insediamento eneolitico di Osteria del Curato–Via Cinquefrondi (Roma) (Beatrix Pino Uria, Antonio Tagliacozzo) ; 10.3 – I resti faunistici da altri siti neo-eneolitici del territorio di Roma (Eugenio Cerilli) ; 10.4 – La fauna del villaggio eneolitico di Le Cerquete Fianello (Maccarese, Roma) (Antonio Tagliacozzo, Antonio Curci, Alessandra Facciolo, Eugenio Cerilli) ; 10. 5 – Industria su materie dure animali e tracce d’uso (Sara M. Stellacci) ; 10.6 – Rapporto uomini e animali nell’Eneolitico laziale: lo stato della ricerca (Eugenio Cerilli, Beatrix Pino Uria Antonio Tagliacozzo) ; RIFERIMENTI BIBLIOGRAFICI

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Book SynopsisKhirbat Faris: Rural Settlement, Continuity and Change in Southern Jordan. The Nabatean to Modern Periods (1st century BC – 20th century AD) is the first of three volumes which chart the temporal, and spatial, occupational fluctuations at the site of Khirbat Faris in Southern Jordan and the stories of the communities that lived there. The detailed final excavation report follows the site and its environs throughout their many phases of use and occupation, from the 13th century BC to the present day. It provides a firm foundation for the succeeding discussions on key questions affecting our picture of the Nabatean, Late Antique and Islamic Levant. This well-illustrated book is essential reading for archaeologists, architectural historians, historical geographers, ethnographers: for anyone trying to understand the impact of varied environmental, social and economic forces upon settlement; for anyone seeking to unravel ways in which the use of ethnographic and historical data, together with archaeology and the types of excavation and analysis employed, can best respond to questions about rural settlement; for anyone eager to unpick the relationship between ‘The Desert’ and ‘The Sown’, between nomad and farmer, between tribe and state, between Christianity and Islam.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements ; Part I: Introduction ; Chapter 1: Introduction – Alison McQuitty ; Chapter 2: Excavation Methodology – Alison McQuitty ; Part II: Excavations and Stratigraphy ; Chapter 3: The Western Edge (Far I) – Alison McQuitty ; Chapter 4: The Central Area (Far II, the Khan (Far IV) and House 2) – Alison McQuitty ; Chapter 5: The Highest Point (Far V) – Alison McQuitty ; Chapter 6: House 1 – Alison McQuitty ; PART III: Finds ; Chapter 7: Bone, Glass and Miscellaneous Finds – Holly Parton with contributions by Mouna Khoury and Alison McQuitty ; Chapter 8: Metal Objects – Holly Parton with contribution by Jeremy Johns ; Chapter 9: Stone Objects – Holly Parton with contributions by Douglas Baird and Dominique Collon ; Part IV: Conclusions ; Chapter 10: Building Materials, Architecture and Settlement Morphology – Alison McQuitty ; Chapter 11: Reflections on the Archaeology of Khirbat Faris and Rural Jordan – Andrew Petersen ; Concluding Remarks – Alison McQuitty ; Bibliography ; Appendices ; Appendix 1: Context, Sub-Group and Phase Concordance ; Appendix 2: Sub-Group Descriptions ; Appendix 3: Group Descriptions ; Appendix 4: Sub-Group Matrices ; Appendix 5: Ceramic Survey of Site ; Appendix 6: The Small Finds Catalogue ; Appendix 7: The Small Finds Tables ; Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents the combined proceedings of two complementary sessions of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4–9 June 2018, Paris, France): Sessions XXXII-2 and XXXIV-8. These sessions aimed to identify demographic variations during the Neolithic and Bronze Age and to question their causes while avoiding the potential taphonomic and chronological biases affecting the documentation. It appears that certain periods feature a large number of domestic and/or funeral sites in a given region and much fewer in the following periods. These phenomena have most often been interpreted in terms of demographics, habitat organization or land use. They are sometimes linked to climatic and environmental crises or historical events, such as population displacements. In the past few years, the increase in large-scale palaeogenetic analyses concerning late prehistory and protohistory has led to the interpretation of genomic modifications as the result of population movements leading to demographic transformations. Nevertheless, historiography demonstrates how ideas come and go and come again. Migration is one of these ideas: developed in the first part of the XX century, then abandoned for more social and economic analysis, it recently again assumed importance for the field of ancient people with the increase of isotopic and ancient DNA analysis. But these new analyses have to be discussed, as the old theories have been; their results offer new data, but not definitive answers. During the sessions, the full range of archaeological data and isotopic and genetic analysis were covered, however for this publication, mainly archaeological perspectives are presented.Table of ContentsDemography and migration: an introduction – Réjane Roure, Thibault Lachenal and Olivier Lemercier ; Is it possible to observe the Demographic Evolution from the Middle Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age – Olivier Lemercier ; Essai sur la dynamique de peuplement à l’échelle du canton de Fribourg (Suisse) – Léonard Kramer et Michel Mauvilly ; Demographic dynamics, paleoenvironmental changes and social complexity in the late prehistory of central Sicily – Enrico Giannitrapani and Filippo Iannì ; Dynamiques de peuplement de la fin du Néolithique à la fin de l’âge du Bronze en France – Cyril Marcigny,Vincent Riquier, Frédéric Audouit, Eric Frénée, Eric Néré, Rebecca Peake et Marc Talon ; Entre Champagne et Bourgogne, quelle trajectoire du peuplement protohistorique dans la plaine de Troyes ? – Vincent Riquier et Grégory Dandurand ; Demographic Transitions – Cycles and Mobility in the Neolithic of Western Germany – Andreas Zimmermann, Silviane Scharl and Isabell Schmidt ; Comment s’est produit le premier peuplement des petites îles ? Étude de cas de l’archipel – Tomaso Di Fraia ; The Bell Beaker Question: from Historical-Cultural Approaches to aDNA Analyses – Olivier Lemercier ; Migrations, mobilities and integrations in Campania (8th-7th centuries BC): trajectories and perspectives – Anna Maria Desiderio and Arianna Esposito ; Réflexions pluridisciplinaires sur l’installation des Helvètes Tigurins dans l’ouest du Plateau suisse – Thierry Luginbühl, Julia Genechesi, Pascal Brand et Matthieu Demierre ; Auteurs / Authors

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Book SynopsisThe major part of the Near East was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire (934-610BC) in a few centuries. If the geopolitical map of the region was altered, the concrete impact it exerted on the territories with which it came into contact is difficult to appraise. Until recently, there was a general tendency to consider that the Assyrians tightly controlled their whole periphery by maintaining a high number of soldiers and personnel while initiating a process of 'Assyrianization'. Présence et influence assyriennes dans le royaume de Hamat assesses the importance and nature of the Assyrian presence in the kingdom of Hamat (in northwest Syria) to determine whether there is a link between the presence and influence of the Assyrians. The results of an analysis of historical and archaeological sources show that the Assyrian presence in Hamat was much more subtle than what might have been imagined. On the one hand, the Assyrian provincial elite insisted on being legitimized with the natives and cooperating with the local elite rather than using force to maintain the yoke of the Empire. On the other hand, far from indicating Assyrian colonization or a change of culture, the influence of Assyrian culture in Hamat would rather translate into the local elite adopting new objects of prestige that contributed to conspicuous consumption and competitive emulation.Trade Review‘It becomes clear, after reading this interesting and well-written volume, that each region of the Assyrian Empire had a peculiar relationship with the motherland. The present book shows how, in the case of the Kingdom of Hamat, the Assyrian presence can be documented and defined as a possible “Assyrianization” of the region in question instead of a wholly imperialistic integration..’ – Michel Fortin (2022): Journal of Near Eastern StudiesTable of ContentsListe des figures ; Liste des tableaux ; Abstract ; Introduction ; Partie I : Contexte ; Chapitre 1 : Contexte Historique ; Chapitre 2 : Contexte Archéologique ; Partie II : La présence et l’influence assyriennes à Hamat d’après les sources assyriennes ; Chaptre 3 : Les données ; Chapitre 4 : Les relations politiques entre Hamat et L’Assyrie ; Partie III : La presence et l’influence assyrienne à Hamat d’après les sources archéologiques ; Chapitre 5 : L’Architecture ; Chapitre 6 : La vaisselle en métal ; Chapitre 7 : La céramique ; Chapitre 8 : La glyptique ; Chapitre 9 : Les documents inscrits ; Partie IV : La nature de la présence et de l’influence assyriennes à Hamat ; Chapitre 10 : La présence assyrienne à Hamat : son importance et ses objectifs ; Chapitre 11 : L’influence de la culture assyrienne à Hamat ; Conclusion ; Catalogue ; Abréviation ; Bibliographie ; Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Mine to User: Production and Procurement Systems of Siliceous Rocks in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age presents the papers from Session XXXIII of the 18th UISPP World Congress (Paris, June 2018). 23 authors contribute nine papers from Parts 1 and 2 of the Session. The first session ‘Siliceous rocks: procurement and distribution systems’ was aimed at analysing one of the central research issues related to mining, i.e. the production systems and the diffusion of mining products. The impact of extraction on the environment, group mobility and the numbers involved in the exploitation phase were considered; mining products were also examined with a view to identifying local and imported/exported products and the underlying social organization relating to the different fields of activity. The second session ‘Flint mines and chipping floors from prehistory to the beginning of the nineteenth century’ focused on knapping activities. The significance of the identification of knapping workshops in the immediate vicinity of mine shafts and of their presence in villages as well as in intermediary places between the two was considered in the analysis of chaîne opératoire sequences. The potential of product quality and artefact distribution to contribute to the understanding of the social organisation of the communities being studied was also examined.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Cantacorbs: Recovering a forgotten Neolithic site in the Prades Mountains (Rojals, Montblanc, NE Iberia) – Juan Luis Fernández-Marchena, José Ramón Rabuñal, Gala García-Argudo, Diego Lombao, María Soto, Josep Vallverdú ; The use of landscape and geo-resources at microregional scale during the later part of the Late Glacial in the south-eastern part of the Ryczów Upland (Polish Jura) – Magdalena Sudoł-Procyk, Maciej T. Krajcarz ; ‘Ostroga’ in Ruda Kościelna (Central Poland) – the oldest point of banded flint exploitation? – Janusz Budziszewski, Witold Grużdź, Michał Jakubczak, Michał Szubski ; ‘Chocolate’ flint mining from Final Palaeolithic up to Early Iron Age – a review – Dagmara H. Werra, Katarzyna Kerneder-Gubała ; Copper Age lithic workshop on Mount Doc, Segusino-Treviso, North-eastern Italy: Preliminary report on new research – Rossella Duches, Emanuela Gilli, Marco Peresani ; La minière à silex néolithique de Lisle « les Sablons » (Loir-et-Cher, France). Premiers résultats de 3 campagnes de fouille de 2016 à 2018 – Harold Lethrosne, Olivia Dupart, Clément Recq ; Neolithic quarries and knapping in northern Corsica. The rhyolite deposit of Alzu Plateau – Adrien Reggio, Nadia Ameziane-Federzoni ; Ateliers de taille, habitats et sites d’extraction du silex de la fin du Ve au IIIe millénaire avant notre ère dans le bassin minier Marne et Morin (Seine-et-Marne) – Véronique Brunet ; Borownia upon the River Kamienna (Poland) – a prehistoric mine of striped flint in light of the first excavations – Jacek Lech

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Book SynopsisThe Egyptian Museum of the University of Leipzig has the largest university collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts in Germany. It includes important objects from the excavations of the most prolific excavator among the museum’s curators, Georg Steindorff, at the sites of Abusir, Aniba, and Giza, complemented by objects from Abydos, Thebes, and Kerma. The catalogue represents the results of an interdisciplinary project by Egyptologist and archaeologist Martin Odler, archaeometalurgist Jiří Kmošek and other participating researchers. A selection of 86 artefacts was analysed using a range of archaeometallurgical methods (X-ray fluorescence; metallography; neutron activation analysis; lead isotope analysis), providing a diachronic sample of Bronze Age Egyptian copper alloy metalwork from Dynasty 1 to Dynasty 19. Besides currently popular focus on the ore provenance, the selection of the applied methods aimed also at the description of practical physical properties of the objects. The question of differences between full-size functional artefacts and models is addressed, as is the problem of 'imports' and their ethnic interpretation. The analyses brought many unexpected results to light, the most surprising being a bowl (ÄMUL 2162) made of arsenical copper high in nickel, which has parallels in Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Anatolia, and was featured in an article in the Journal of Archaeological Science in 2018. The corpus presented here involves the largest analysed metalwork assemblage from the Nubian C-Group and the Egyptian New Kingdom, and it addresses the issue of the use of local Nubian ore sources versus the sources of copper from Cyprus and elsewhere.Table of ContentsForeword ; 1. Introduction ; 2. History of the collection ; 3. Egyptological framework of the study ; 4. Methodology of the analytical study ; 5. Dynasty-1 Abusir ; 6. Dynasty-2 Abydos ; 7. Old Kingdom Giza ; 8. First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom artefacts ; 9. C-Group Aniba ; 10 Kerma culture ; 11. Second Intermediate Period and New Kingdom Aniba ; 12. Other New Kingdom provenanced artefacts ; 13. Unprovenanced artefacts ; 14. Archaeometallurgical summary (JK) ; 15. Archaeological and historical summary (MO) ; 16. Concluding remarks ; 17. Bibliography

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Book SynopsisHistorical Archaeology and Heraldry on Chios presents the results of research into the island’s medieval period, a terra incognita in the contemporary scholarly record. It is the first to be devoted to this topic in more than 100 years, following the publication of the seminal History of Chios by G. Zolotas in the 1920s. The book discusses the archaeology and history of Chios during the Byzantine and Genoese periods, focusing on Mount Amani, the region on the north-western part of the island. Harsh, remote, and poor, Mount Amani is nevertheless surprisingly rich in material for the landscape archaeologist and the student of historical topography, yet unknown in scholarly literature. Different types of evidence—both tangible and intangible—are used to discuss aspects of the local history and culture, from the evolution of the Byzantine settlement pattern, the rural economy, communications by land and sea and the chain of watchtowers, to the genealogy, the prosopography and the insignia of the local aristocracy, with many stone carvings illustrated for the first time.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; PART A. HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF MOUNT AMANI ; Chapter 1. The Archaeology and Topography of Mount Amani ; Chapter 2. Society and Economy ; Chapter 3. Conclusions ; Appendices ; Glossary ; Figures ; Maps ; Plates ; PART B. HERALDRY AND VERNACULAR SCULPTURE ; Chapter 1. Genoese Occupation: Introduction of Coats of Arms ; Chapter 2. Commercial Expansion, 1700-1822: Stone Carvings as Personal and Professional Symbols ; Chapter 3. Chios in the Nineteenth Century: Vernacular Carvings ; Epilogue ; Glossary ; Plates ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisThe Urbanisation of the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire investigates the development of urbanism in the north-western provinces of the Roman empire. Key themes include the continuities and discontinuities between pre-Roman and Roman ‘urban’ systems, the relationships between cities’ juridical statuses and their levels of monumentality, levels of connectivity and economic integration as illuminated by the geographical distribution of cities and town-like settlements belonging to various size brackets, and the shapes and nature of regional urban hierarchies, as reconstructed on the basis of not only the administrative centres but - crucially - all places that fulfilled urban ‘functions’.Trade Review'As an independent monograph, it is a very valuable contribution to our knowledge of the north-western provinces of the Empire, of unprecedented scale and territorial focus.' – Oliva Rodríguez-Gutiérrez (2023): Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal 6(1)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Introduction . The study of the urbanisation of the North-Western provinces ; Chapter 1: Object and Aims ; Chapter 2: The Dawn of Urbanism ; Chapter 3: The Integration of the North-Western Provinces into the Roman Empire ; Chapter 4: The Self-Governing Cities: Elements and Rhythms of Urbanisation ; Chapter 5: The Secondary Agglomerations of Gaul ; Chapter 6: The Secondary Agglomerations of Germania Inferior and Britannia ; Conclusions ; Summary ; Appendix A: List of Civitates in the North-western Provinces and Their Juridical Status and Dating (either Date or Reign) ; Appendix B: Assured Magistrates of the North-Western Provinces ; Appendix C: The Settlements of the North-Western Provinces ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of In the Shadow of the Ancestors (2007) was the first and only summary of decades of archaeological research in the Oman Peninsula. This second expanded had a long and winding journey toward publication. The passing away of Serge Cleuziou not long after the release of the first edition left Maurizio Tosi alone in completing this challenging enterprise. For this reason, and out of respect for his lifelong friend and colleague, he decided not to intervene too extensively on the main contents, but to add instead to the original eleven chapters a number of new ‘windows’ written by other scholars, in order to include more recent research and interpretations. In addition to the main contents, the new contributions by this younger generation of scholars, most of whom were students and collaborators of Cleuziou and Tosi, offers great testament to the legacy the authors leave behind them.Table of ContentsForeword: Cornerstones of Archaeological Research in Oman – H.H. Haitham bin Tariq Al-Said ; Editorial Note: A Posthumous Expanded Edition – D. Frenez & R. Garba ; Acknowledgements ; In Memoriam of Serge Cleuziou, 1945-2009: An Arabian Explorer in a Cartesian Mind – M. Tosi† ; In Memoriam of Maurizio Tosi, 1944-2017: A Scientist of Curiosity – D. Frenez ; Chapter 1: A Land of Many Landscapes for Greater Opportunities ; Chapter 2: The Search for the Earliest Humans in Oman ; Window 1: On the Trail of the First Humans in Oman – J. Rose ; Chapter 3: From Early Hunters to the Last Foragers ; Window 2: Early Herders at A-Buhais 18 – M. Uerpmann & H.-P. Uerpmann ; Window 3: Earliest Cultures along the Coastlands of Oman – V. Charpentier ; Window 4: Sea Mammals and Humans in the Oman Peninsula – V. Charpentier & S. Méry ; Chapter 4: The Great Transformation ; Window 5: The Middle Holocene Fishermen Settlement of KHB-1 – F. Cavulli & S. Scaruffi ; Window 6: The Prehistoric Graveyard at Ras Al-Hamra RH-5 – S. Salvatori ; Window 7: Funerary Practices at Ras Al-Hamra RH-5. New Data from 2005/2009 – O. Munoz ; Window 8: Shell-Midden Economy in the Fourth millennium BC – M. Uerpmann & H.-P. Uerpmann ; Window 9: Marine Turtles from Ras Al-Hamra RH-5 – M. Delfino & J. Frazier ; Window 10: Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Occupations at HD-5 – F. Borgi & E. Maini ; Window 11: Bead Production in the Late Neolithic Communities of Coastal Oman – M. Buta, D. Frenez, E. Bortolini, V. Charpentier & J.M. Kenoyer ; Window 12: Jabal Al-Aluya. An Inland Neolithic Settlement – M. Lemée & G. Gernez ; Window 13: The Hafit Settlement HD-6 at Ras Al-Hadd – V.M. Azzarà & M. Cattani ; Window 14: The Early Metallurgy of the Oman Peninsula – C. Giardino ; Window 15: Analysis of Stone and Metal Artifacts from HD-6, HD-10 and HD-1 – R.W. Law ; Window 16: The Earliest Camel Remains of Oman from Ras Al-Hadd HD-6 – A. Curci & M. Carletti ; Chapter 5: A Great Society Emerges under the Eyes of the Ancestors ; Window 17: Tomb 1 at Ras Al-Jinz RJ-1 and Associated Bone Pits – H. Guy & O. Munoz ; Window 18: Zukayt and the Burial Fields of Wadi Halfayin – E. Bortolini ; Chapter 6: Taming the Desert with Oases and Herds ; Window 19: Animal Economy in an Early Oasis Settlement – M. Uerpmann & H.-P. Uerpmann ; Window 20: Earliest Potteries in the Oman Peninsula – S. Méry ; Window 21: An Early Third Millennium BC Madbassa? – S. Cleuziou † ; Window 22: The Early Oasis Settlements of the Hajar Region – J. Orchard & J. Orchard † ; Chapter 7: Trade and the Beginnings of Seafaring in the Indian Ocean ; Window 23: Copper from Magan for the Mesopotamian Cities – G. Weisgerber † ; Window 24: From Green to Red. Smelting Red Copper from the Green Ore – G. Weisgerber † ; Window 25: Indus Pottery in the Oman Peninsula – S. Méry ; Window 26: Reconstructing an Early Bronze Age Boat – T. Vosmer ; Window 27: Early Bronze Age Navigation and Trade Routes – T. Vosmer ; Window 28: Bitumen from Ras Al-Jinz RJ-2 – E. Badel ; Window 29: The Manufacture of Conus sp. Shell Rings at the Site of HD-60 – L.G. Marcucci ; Chapter 8: The Early Arabian Civilization at its Zenith ; Window 30: Al-Ayn. A Small Settlement and Palm Tree Garden in Eastern Oman – O. Blin ; Window 31: Copper Production as Seen from Al-Moyassar 1 – G. Weisgerber † ; Window 32: Bat. A Leading Centre of Early Civilization in Oman – C.M. Cable & C.P. Thornton ; Window 33: The Umm an-Nar Burial Pits of the Necropolis of Bat – S. Döpper & C. Schmidt ; Window 34: The Umm an-Nar Settlement of Al-Zebah – S. Döpper & C. Schmidt ; Window 35: The Indus Civilization Trade with the Oman Peninsula – D. Frenez ; Window 36: Carnelian and Agate Beads in the Oman Peninsula during the Third to Second millennia BC – J.M. Kenoyer & D. Frenez ; Chapter 9: The Wadi Suq Period. Collapse and Transformation ; Window 37: Copper in the Wadi Suq Period (Second millennium BC) – G. Weisgerber † ; Window 38: Adam North Graveyard in Central Oman – G. Gernez & J. Giraud ; Chapter 10: The Iron Age. New Developments on the Eve of History ; Window 39: Long Collective Graves LCG-1 and LCG-2 at Daba, Musandam (Oman) – F. Genchi ; Window 40: Mudhmar East. An Iron Age Ritual Site at the Desert Margin – G. Gernez & M. Jean ; Window 41: Iron Age Buildings with a Pillared Room in the Oman Peninsula – A. Benoist ; Window 42: Iron Age Mining and Smelting in the Lizq Period – G. Weisgerber † ; Window 43: The Early Iron Age in the Sultanate of Oman – P.A. Yule ; Window 44: ʿUqdat Al-Bakrah. An Early Iron Age Metal-Working Atelier just inside the Empty Quarter in Oman – F. Genchi, C. Giardino & P.A. Yule ; Window 45: The Fish-Eaters – Ichthyophagoi, by O. Nalesini ; Window 46: Ichthyophagoi their Culture and Economy during the Iron Age in Coastal Oman – R. Loreto ; Window 47: Rock Art of Al-Hajar Mountains. A Review and Update – A.E. Fossati ; Window 48: Triliths: Hinterland Monuments of Ancient Nomads – R. Garba ; Chapter 11: Dhofar. The Land of Frankincense ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisL’arte rupestre nella penisola e nelle isole italiane presents the proceedings of IFRAO 2018 – Session 2H: Rock Art in the Italian Peninsula and Islands: Issues about the Relation between Engraved and Painted Rocks, Symbols, Mountain Areas and Paths. The various papers present a remarkable synthesis of current knowledge on inscriptions, engraved and painted, on the rock walls of the Italian peninsular. In recent years an increasing amount of data has been collected, characterized by a regional and peculiar iconography with some common elements: anthropomorphic figures, weapons, daggers, halberds and other several symbols, all stylised. A peculiarity of this research is the site’s locations within small shelters, inappropriate for habitation or in places suitable for supervising mountain and territory roads; this research demonstrates similarities to that carried out in the Western Mediterranean Sea. A new subject of relates to the possible interpretations of some engravings as solar and stellar symbols related to the measuring of time and to economic, daily and seasonal factors.Table of ContentsPrefazione ; INDICE ; IFRAO 2018 – SESSION 2H: ROCK ART IN THE ITALIAN PENINSULA AND ISLANDS: ISSUES ABOUT THE RELATION BETWEEN ENGRAVED AND PAINTED ROCKS, SYMBOLS, MOUNTAIN AREAS AND PATHS ; R. Grifoni Cremonesi. Siti rupestri con manifestazioni artistiche dipinte e incise lungo la dorsale degli Appennini in Italia: paesaggio e viabilità, uso del territorio, simboli ricorrenti ; N. Pedergnana, F. Cavulli. La via segnata: Pianaura e le incisioni rupestri nel paesaggio del Monte Stivo (TN) ; F.M.P. Carrera, A.M. Tosatti. La media valle del Magra, paesaggi montani preistorici tra culto, commercio e controllo del territorio: un’interpretazione topografica alla luce delle nuove scoperte ; A.M. Tosatti. Incisioni rupestri nel territorio delle Alpi Apuane tra Massa e Lucca ; F.M.P. Carrera, S. Tonarelli, A.M. Tosatti. Petroglifi protostorici nella valle del Frigido (MS): posizione, controllo e uso del territorio ; T. Di Fraia. Le raffigurazioni incise e dipinte della Parete Manzi di Montelapiano (Abruzzo) e possibili collegamenti con mobilità e transumanza ; C. Ciabarra, T. Di Fraia, G. Furiassi, G. Palmerini, A. Vianello. La Pietra delle Croci di Lettopalena (Chieti, Abruzzo): primi rilievi e prime indagini ; A. Gravina. L'arte Rupestre Nel Gargano. Considerazioni ; A. Gravina. Alcuni stilemi dell'arte rupestre preistorica del Gargano. Proposte di interpretazione ; D. Servidio, D. Sigari, F. Larocca. Nuove evidenze di arte rupestre in Calabria ; A. Filippi, A. Gallina, R. Giglio, G. Mannino. L’arte rupestre nel territorio di Trapani (Sicilia). Le incisioni lineari: analisi dei siti e loro relazioni con il territorio ; A. Orlando, G. Biondi, P. Romano, E. Messina. Arte e siti rupestri nel Val Dèmone (Sicilia Nord-Orientale): il Riparo Cassataro, la Pietraperciata, la Rocca Pizzicata, la Rocca San Marco, l’Altipiano dell’Argimusco ed il Riparo della Sperlinga ; R. Cicilloni, M. Cabras, C. Mannu, E. Atzeni. La grotta del “Bagno Penale” a Cagliari (Sardegna, Italia): arte preistorica e paesaggio ; F.M.P. Carrera, A. Depalmas, L. Doro, S. Massetti. Incisioni rupestri pre-protostoriche della Sardegna. Una ricercar in corso ; F. Lorenzi, A. Nonza-Micaelli, A. Colonna. L’art rupestre de la Corse ; ADDENDA ; R. Grifoni Cremonesi. Les animaux dans le rituel et dans l’art pendant la préhistoire italienne ; C. Metta. Le decorazioni vascolari geometriche e figurative dell’abitato del Bronzo Finale di Sorgenti della Nova: analisi stilistica e diffusione ; M. Foti. Le modalità di sfruttamento del territorio in Lunigiana in età pre-protostorica: analisi spaziali preliminari e considerazioni alla luce delle ultime ricerche

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Book SynopsisAndrás Bodor and the history of classical studies in Transylvania in the 20th century is the first comprehensive work focusing on the life of a classicist from Transylvania, presenting in detail the life and academic heritage of András Bodor (1915-1999). Based on 1348 newly identified letters, 209 photographs (including 25 portraits), András Bodor’s complete bibliography and his unpublished memoir from 1915-1959, the work offers also the first publication of Bodor’s academic correspondence (107 letters) and also extracts from his unpublished journal. Based on a large number of unpublished documents and the major works of Bodor, the book tries to reconstruct the life and academic heritage of a classicist from the periphery of Europe, a region that changed so many times over the long course of the 20th century. András Bodor appears as a student torn between theology and classical studies, a Transylvanian Hungarian who ended up at Oxford, a lecturer at the Hungarian University of Cluj, a researcher who had the idea of establishing a new school of classics, marginalised and compromising, a quiet teacher of the newly established Babeș-Bolyai University and also a senior professor engaged in education policy. The personality and work of Bodor is presented through the short history of classics in Transylvania, Romania, reflecting on the European and global changes of the discipline.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Research history and sources ; Acknowledgements ; Biographies and historiographic reflections ; History of classics before András Bodor in Transylvania ; The life of András Bodor ; From Suatu (Magyarszovát) to Oxford: the beginnings (1915-1937) ; The Oxford Years ; From Theology to Classics ; In the Service of Universities ; András Bodor, the Classicist: His Work and Legacy ; The so-called ‘Geto-Dacian’ Period ; Roman History, Art and Religion ; The History of Ancient Napoca ; Ancient Slavery ; Conclusions ; Sumar (Summary in Romanian) ; Összefoglaló (Summary in Hungarian) ; Annexes: the Academic Correspondence of András Bodor ; Bibliography of András Bodor ; References ; Index

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Book SynopsisThe absence of a specialized bilingual dictionary (or glossary) of terminology which would facilitate the work of both scholars and students of archaeology (and, to a lesser degree, history) has long been noted. Several dictionaries or compact encyclopaedias of archaeological terms have been published in both Greek and English since the 19th century (some of the latter have been translated in Greek as well). All of them however have been written in one of those languages, explaining (quite often with useful images) each term but not providing its equivalent in the other language. It is hoped that the present work will cover this lacuna in international bibliography. An adequate knowledge of English is essential to anyone professionally involved with classical archaeology and/or Greek prehistory, since English has become undoubtedly the lingua franca of our time. The dominance of the German and French “schools” in this field has given its place to Anglophone (principally British and American) studies since the Second World War and English-language bibliography is indispensable to any researcher of any topic relating to the archaeology of Greek lands. The present dictionary is intended to be a tool both for students and scholars or professional archaeologists studying, reading and publishing in both Greek and English.Table of ContentsForeword; User instructions / Πρόλογος; Οδηγίες για τον χρήστη ; Bibliography / Βιβλιογραφία ; English-Greek / Αγγλοελληνικό ; Greek-English / Ελληνοαγγλικό ; Appendix: Works of Greek Authors (English-Greek) / Παράρτημα: Έργα αρχαίων ελλήνων συγγραφέων (Αγγλοελληνικό) ; Appendix: Works of Greek Authors (Greek-English) / Παράρτημα: Έργα αρχαίων ελλήνων συγγραφέων (Ελληνοαγγλικό)

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Book SynopsisTaymāʾ II is a Catalogue which contains all the inscriptions discovered during the 24 seasons of the Saudi- German excavations at Taymāʾ from 2004–15 which were funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The 113 objects carry inscriptions in different languages and scripts, illustrating the linguistic diversity of the oasis through time. Although the majority are fragmentary, they provide an important source for the history of the oasis in ancient and mediaeval times. The Babylonian cuneiform inscriptions in this volume confirm for the first time the ten-year sojourn at Taymāʾ of the last Babylonian king Nabû-na’id (556–539 BC). In addition, Imperial Aramaic inscriptions dated by the reigns of Lihyanite kings, based at Dadan (modern al-ʿUlā), reveal for the first time that they ruled Taymāʾ at a period in the second half of the first millennium BC. As well as editing the volume, Michael C. A. Macdonald edited the Imperial Aramaic inscriptions found from 2010–15, plus those in the form of the Aramaic script which developed in Taymāʾ, and the Nabataean, Dadanitic, and Taymanitic texts. In addition, Hanspeter Schaudig edited the cuneiform inscriptions; Peter Stein, the Imperial Aramaic texts found from 2004–09; and Frédéric Imbert, the Arabic inscriptions. Arnulf Hausleiter and Francelin Tourtet provided archaeological contributions, while Martina Trognitz curated the virtual edition of many of the texts recorded by RTI. The indexes contain the words and names from all known texts from the oasis, including those in the Taymāʾ Museum and other collections which will be published as Taymāʾ III.Table of ContentsForeword – Abdullah A. Alzahrani ; Preface by the Series Editors – Arnulf Hausleiter, Ricardo Eichmann, Muhammad Al-Najem ; Introduction ; Inscription sigla, editorial symbols, and dimensions ; The Catalogue ; Section 1. Cuneiform texts from the Saudi-German Excavations at Taymāʾ Seasons 2004–2015 – Hanspeter Schaudig ; Section 2. Die reichsaramäischen Inschriften der Kampagnen 2005–2009 aus Taymāʾ – Peter Stein ; Section 3. The Imperial Aramaic inscriptions found in the 2010–2015 seasons ; Section 4. Texts in three different forms of the Aramaic script ; On the iconography of the ‘Great Nephesh’ TA 10277 from Tayma – Arnulf Hausleiter ; Section 5. The Taymāʾ Aramaic inscriptions ; Section 6. The Nabataean inscriptions ; Section 7. The Dadanitic inscriptions ; Section 8. The Taymanitic inscriptions ; Section 9. The Arabic inscriptions from the Saudi-German Excavations at Taymāʾ 2004–2015 – Frédéric Imbert ; Section 10. Queries ; Appendices ; Appendix A. Gravestones of men and women at Taymāʾ ; Appendix B. Eskoubi 1999, no. 272 ; Appendix C. On the publication of inscriptions from the Saudi-German excavations at Taymāʾ by means of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) – Martina Trognitz ; Combined indexes of words and names in the inscriptions in this Catalogue and the Catalogue of Inscriptions in the Taymāʾ Museum (Taymāʾ III) ; Index of words and Names in the Akkadian inscriptions from the oasis of Taymāʾ – Hanspeter Schaudig ; Index of words and names in the Imperial Aramaic, Taymāʾ Aramaic, and Nabataean inscriptions from the oasis of Taymāʾ ; Index of words and names in the Dadanitic and Taymanitic inscriptions from the oasis of Taymāʾ ; Index of words and names in the Minaic inscription ; Index of words and names in the Arabic inscriptions ; Lists of the inscriptions ; Sigla ; References

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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 Verba Visibilia: Arm gestures in early Anglo-Saxon graves – Jennifer Coulton The ‘Acomb area’ Treasure find: fragmented evidence for a seventh-century high-status female burial near York? – Tania Dickinson By Trent, Mease and Tame: A river-terrace landscape adjacent to the Catholme Anglo-Saxon settlement – Antony R.R. Mustchin, Andy Richmond and Gary Coates with contributions by Michael Bamforth, Julia E.M. Cussans, Andrew Peachey, Ruth Shaffrey, Rebecca Sillwood and John Summers An Anglo-Saxon iron-working site in north Norfolk – Andrew A. S. Newton and John R. Summers The Conisbrough Estate and the southern boundary of Northumbria. Environmental and archaeological evidence from a late sixth-/early seventh-century structure and a later enclosure ditch at Conisbrough, South Yorkshire – David Hey, Paul C. Buckland, Philip I. Buckland, Ben Gearey, Richard O’Neill, Ian Tyers The development of early medieval Old Sarum, Wiltshire: a reassessment – Jeremy Haslam

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Book SynopsisRock Art Studies: News of the World VI, like the previous editions in the series, covers rock art research and management all over the world over a five-year period, in this case, the years 2015 to 2019 inclusive. The current volume once again shows the wide variety of approaches that have been taken in different parts of the world and reflects the expansion and diversification of perspectives and research questions. One constant has been the impact of new techniques of recording rock art. This is especially evident in the realm of computer enhancement of the frequently faded and weathered rock imagery. As has been the case in past volumes, this collection of papers includes all of the latest discoveries, including in areas hitherto not known to contain rock art. While relatively little has happened in some areas, a great deal has occurred in others. Rock art studies continue to go through a period of intense scientific and technological development, but at the same time – due to the problems of preservation and vandalism – it is crucial to educate local people and the young about the importance of this fragile heritage.Trade Review'This publication will be an important reference point for anyone interested in world rock-art – in particular, students and researchers who may be embarking on or ensconced in a post-graduate career. The publishers, Archaeopress, should also be congratulated on the high-quality reproduction of the images in this book.' – George Nash (2023): Current World Archaeology 112Table of ContentsPreface – Paul Bahn, Natalie Franklin and Matthias Strecker ; New Developments in Pleistocene Art (2015–2019) – Paul G. Bahn ; Scandinavia and Northern Europe (2015–2019) – Ulf Bertilsson, Christian Horn and Johan Ling ; Archaeology of Late Prehistoric Images in Southern Europe: Research Agenda (2015-2019) – Primitiva Bueno Ramírez and Rodrigo de Balbín Behrmann ; Rock Art Studies in the Alps (2015–2019) – Claudia Defrasne ; What’s New in the Sahara? (2015-2019) – Jean-Loïc Le Quellec ; Rock Art Research in Southern Africa (2015-2019) – Romain Lahaye ; Rock Art Research in Arabia (2015-2019) – Charly Poliakoff ; The North-West, the Urals and the Far East of Russia – Elena Levanova, Alexander Pakhunov, Nadezhda Lobanova and Yuri Svoisky ; Rock Art in Western Central Asia (2015-2019) – A. E. Rogozhinskiy ; Rock Art Studies in Mongolia (2015-2019) – Jamiyan-Ombo Gantulga and Tsagaan Turbat ; Rock Art Research in India (2015-2019) – James Blinkhorn ; Recent Developments in Rock Art Research in Southeast Asia (2015-2019) – Noel Hidalgo Tan and Victoria N. Scott ; Recent Advances in China’s Rock Art Research – Ge Chao and Anni Jin ; The Discovery of New Rock Art in Korea and its Characteristics (2015-2019) – Seog Ho Jang ; What’s New in Research, Management and Conservation of Rock Art in Australia (2015-2019) – Natalie Franklin ; Pacific Rock Art from 2015-2019: Local Research Trajectories and Synergistic Regional Themes and Trends – Rachel Hoerman ; Recent Rock Art Studies in Canada – Dagmara Zawadzka ; Rock Art Research in North America (2015-2019) – Angus R. Quinlan ; Rock Art Research in Mexico (2015-2019) – Alma Vega, Carlos Viramontes, María de la Luz Gutiérrez, Francisco Mendiola, Sandra Cruz and Francisco Rodríguez (†) ; New Rock Art Research in Central America and Maya Mexico (2015-2019) – Martin Künne, Philippe Costa, Priscilla Molina Muñoz and Eric Gelliot ; Caribbean Rock Art Research (2015-2019) – Michele H. Hayward and Michael A. Cinquino ; Advances In The Study Of Rock Art In Venezuela – Pedro Rivas ; Rock Art Studies in Brazil (2015-2019) – Andrei Isnardis and André Prous ; Rock Art Research in Peru (2015-2019) – Rainer Hostnig and Liz Gonzales Ruiz ; Rock Art Studies in Bolivia (2015-2019) – Matthias Strecker and Freddy Taboada ; New Rock Art Territories in Northern Uruguay (2015-2019) – Leonel Cabrera Pérez ; Looking Back to Move Forward: Rock Art Research in Argentina (2015-2019) – Dánae Fiore and Mara Basile ; Rock Art in Chile (2015-2019) – Gloria Cabello, Daniela Valenzuela and Francisca Moya

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Book SynopsisL’ouvrage se propose de présenter la question essentielle de la consommation alimentaire dans le Proche-Orient ancien, notamment entre le IVe et le Ier millénaire av. J.-C. Grâce aux découvertes archéologiques et surtout grâce à une abondante documentation textuelle, les historiens disposent aujourd’hui de sources fiables décrivant les approvisionnements des cités de Mésopotamie. Ainsi voit-on mieux la variété des produits disponibles, celle-ci était largement plus grande que ce que l’on pouvait imaginer il y a peu. La transformation des ingrédients fait aussi apparaître des techniques insoupçonnées à une époque préindustrielle. La codification en recettes culinaires élaborées pour l’usage des temples reflète également un haut développement. Les rituels religieux s’appuyaient sur un code alimentaire structuré, dont les interdits et les tabous ne forment que l’une des facettes. Certains aspects de la vie quotidienne sont présentés sous un jour nouveau. Au premier chef le banquet qui est envisagé comme une véritable institution modelant des comportements urbains. De fait, la représentation des festins et des banquets dans les temples et les palais constituent des thèmes classiques de l’art et de la littérature antique. Comprendre l’importance du repas comme rite de cohésion sociale permet incidemment de mieux envisager des événements qui se dérouleront des siècles plus tard.Trade Review'This volume is of a very high standard and will appeal to a wide readership. The documentation is rich, varied and very useful for understanding the concepts discussed. The work is enhanced by a comprehensive selective bibliography and an index.' – Frédéric Dewez (2023): Histara les comptes rendusTable of ContentsCitations ; Table des Matières ; Table des cartes ; Avant-Propos ; Remerciements ; Notes sur les transcriptions ; Notes sur la chronologie ; Cadre géographique ; Table des abréviations ; Introduction ; Alimentation et identité, cadre culturel ; Les lointaines origines de la table. Du sauvage au domestique ; Naissance de l’agriculture, révolution symbolique et alimentaire ; Nourrir la cité ; Le roi nourricier ; Les durs temps de la famine ; Que la fête commence ! ; La diète et sa perception sur la santé ; L’alimentation végétale ; L’alimentation prodigieuse et les substances de transformation ; L’alimentation carnée ; Les boissons alimentaires ; Le détour par la cuisine ; Conclusion ; Bibliographie sélective ; Index

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Book SynopsisArchaeology at Home takes a deep dive into the entanglements between humans and their things. It explores the notion that things themselves “remember” when left by “their” people and illustrates how the integration of humans and things involves connections running all the way from the present into deep time. Combining methods from contemporary and deep-time archaeology and balancing scholarly archaeology with personal narrative, Hein Bjerck presents three case studies of homes all intimately known to him — the home of his father after his abrupt passing, the home of his uncle that was lost in a fire, and a Stone Age home he excavated many years ago. This evocative approach to archaeologies of memory will be appreciated by professional archaeologists, and by general readers who are drawn to the study of the past and the things that connect us with it.Table of ContentsHumans and Non-Humans that found their way into this book 1. When does the past begin? 2. My father’s things 3. Scorched memories from my uncle’s burnt home 4. A home from the deep past 5. Archaeology at Home – Things, Memories, Life and Time

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Book SynopsisSoldados, Armas y Batallas en los grafitos históricos, trata sobre la presencia y la representación de lo militar en los grafitos históricos. Pero también, de esos enclaves castrenses que a través de sus grafitos nos cuentan su historia. El eje vertebrador de esta publicación es el estudio de diversos conjuntos de grafitos históricos de temática militar (representaciones de batallas, de armamento, de infraestructuras, de guerreros y soldados, de consignas o proclamas, etc.), todos ellos dibujos y/o mensajes grabados en espacios vinculados a la cultura de defensa (las paredes de castillos, cuarteles, garitas, cárceles o búnkeres, entre otros). El compendio de capítulos recogidos nos plantea una visión holística y multitemporal desde el mundo antiguo hasta la época contemporánea; desde Pompeya a América, pasando por la Península Ibérica.Table of Contents1. Grafitos históricos de temática military – L. Alberto Polo Romero, Gonzalo Viñuales Ferreiro y Francisco Reyes Téllez ; 2. Traces of the Roman army among the graffiti of Pompeii – Rebecca R. Benefiel ; 3. Una ausencia reveladora: el momento de creación de un grafito y sus posibles ámbitos de uso. El caso de los grafitos post cocturam sobre ánforas Dressel 20 en el ámbito económico-militar provincial – Juan Manuel Bermúdez Lorenzo ; 4. El grafito como herramienta básica del proceso histórico: El caso del Caballero de la Pobla de Ifach (Calp, Alicante) – Jose Luis Menéndez Fueyo y Joaquín Pina Mira ; 5. Los caballeros en la Plena y Baja Edad Media: imagen y juego – Félix Palomero Aragón y Irene Palomero Ilardia ; 6. Conquistadores y hombres armados en los muros de los monasterios novohispanos del siglo XVI – Igor Cerdá Farías ; 7. Las representaciones indígenas de los ejércitos españoles durante la conquista a lo largo del Camino Real de Tierra Adentro – José Luis Punzo Díaz y Anel Punzo Díaz ; 8. Grafitos de temática militar en los hórreos y paneras del Concejo de Amieva (Asturias) – Fernando Mora Rodríguez ; 9. Los grafitos históricos del castillo de Sancti Petri (San Fernando, Cádiz) – Luis M. Cobos Rodríguez y Francisco Toledo Coello ; 10. Los vestigios incisos de Karl Von Holzing y de sus compañeros oficiales de Napoleón presos en el castillo de Bellver (Palma c. 1810) – Elvira González Gozalo ; 11. Grafitos históricos en contextos militares: el caso del Fortín de San Bartolomé (Pamplona, Navarra) – Pablo Ozcáriz Gil ; 12. Segovia, un espacio vivido a través de sus combatientes. Una aproximación desde los grafitos históricos – L. Alberto Polo Romero y Diana Morales Manzanares ; 13. Vestigios de la Guerra Civil en Villena (Alicante), a través de los grafitis de la Iglesia de Santiago – Laura Hernández Alcaraz ; 14. Representación del ejército a través del Graffiti histórico: la División Littorio y el final de la Guerra Civil española – Nicolás Pastor Alameda ; 15. La cocina del cuartel. Grafitos de la Guerra Civil en el Palacio de Aldovea – Francisco Reyes Téllez y Gonzalo Viñuales Ferreiro ; 16. Grafitos de tema militar y cuartelero en edificios de la ciudad de Granada (España) (1936-1962) – José Ignacio Barrera Maturana

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Book SynopsisThin section petrography, geochemistry, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction are key scientific methods used to investigate the raw materials, origins and production technology of archaeological pottery, ceramic building materials, ancient refractories and plaster. Using over 400 colour figures of a diverse range of artefact types and archaeological periods from 50 countries worldwide, this book outlines the mineralogical, chemical and microstructural composition of ancient ceramics and provides comprehensive guidelines for their scientific study within archaeology. The core of the book is dedicated to the versatile approach of ceramic petrography. This is complimented by a detailed account of the principles of bulk instrumental geochemistry, as well as the SEM microanalysis and XRD characterisation of ceramics. The book is intended as a reference manual for research as well as a course text for specialist training on scientific ceramic analysis.Trade Review‘Quinn must be congratulated for providing the reader with a detailed account of how to take ancient and modern ceramic studies to a new and exciting level of research.’ – George Nash (2022): Current Archaeology (issue 393)'Quinn’s magnum opus, published in late July 2022, is certainly the most recent and up-to-date textbook for the study of archaeological ceramics. It is valuable both as a textbook for students and as a handbook for senior scholars, keeping up with the fast changes that have occurred in the study of ancient pottery by thin section petrography.' – Charles C. Kolb (2023): The SAS Bulletin OnlineTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to Archaeological Ceramics & Compositional Analysis ; Archaeological Ceramics ; Ceramic Compositional Analysis ; Introduction to Thin Section Petrography ; Further Reading ; Chapter 2: Sampling, Preparation & Analysis of Ceramic Thin Sections ; Introduction ; Sampling ; Thin Section Preparation ; Analytical Equipment ; Other Resources ; Curation & Access to Thin Sections ; Further Reading ; Chapter 3: Composition of Archaeological Ceramics in Thin Section ; Introduction ; The Clay Matrix ; Particulate Inclusions ; Voids ; Further Reading ; Chapter 4: Classification & Characterisation of Archaeological Ceramics in Thin Section ; Introduction ; Visual Classification & Description ; Quantitative Characterisation & Statistical Grouping ; Macroscopic Fabric Analysis ; Further Reading ; Chapter 5: Petrographic Provenance Determination ; Introduction ; Geological Characterisation of Ceramic Raw Materials ; Provenance Resolution ; Geological Literature & Fieldwork ; Quantitative Provenance Determination ; Micropalaeontology ; Interpreting Provenance Data ; Further Reading ; Chapter 6: Reconstructing Ancient Ceramic Technology in Thin Section ; Introduction ; Raw Material Selection & Procurement ; Raw Material Processing & Paste Preparation ; Forming Methods ; Finishing ; Drying ; Firing ; Ceramic Use & Function ; Post-Depositional Alteration of Archaeological Ceramics ; Further Reading ; Chapter 7: Other Ceramic Materials in Thin Section ; Introduction ; Architectural Ceramics ; Unfired Clay Structures ; Refractory Ceramics ; Other Ceramic Objects ; Petrography of Cementitious Materials ; Stoneware, Fritware, Porcelain & Faience ; Further Reading ; Chapter 8: Instrumental Geochemistry of Archaeological Ceramics ; Introduction ; The Chemical Composition of Ceramics ; Equipment & Preparation ; Quality Control ; Descriptive Statistics ; Choice of Elements ; Normalisation, Standardisation & Transformation ; Detecting Geochemical Patterning ; Data Presentation ; Reconciling Geochemical & Petrographic Data ; Geochemical Provenance Interpretation ; Geochemistry & Ceramic Technology ; Further Reading ; Chapter 9: Scanning Electron Microscopy & X-Ray Diffraction of Archaeological Ceramics ; Introduction ; Scanning Electron Microscopy ; SEM Geochemical Characterisation ; SEM Mineralogical Characterisation ; SEM versus Thin Section Petrography & Bulk Geochemistry ; X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Ceramics ; Further Reading

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Book SynopsisThe twenty-four contributions in Look at the Coins! reflect the vast scope of Joe Cribb's interests, including Asian numismatics, museology, poetry and art. The papers are arranged geographically, then chronologically or thematically. The first seven papers look at coins, charms and silver currencies in or from China: Chinese coin-shaped charms, Han dynasty gold unearthed in the Tomb of the Marquis of Haihun, Jiangxi, silver in the history of Chinese currency, a metallurgical and historical study of Song dynasty coins, the Department of Iron Coins at Dongtangzi Hutong in Beijing and the only known annotated plan of a Chinese mint, the six million dollars in silver of the Canton Ransom, and a hoard of Chinese coins found in Turkey. One paper focuses on the coins and medals of the two Pahlavi Shahs of Iran. Nine papers look at finds from ancient Central Asia and Afghanistan: coins of South Soghd in the first two centuries AD, the identity of the rider on Indo-Greek coins, the phonology of Greek names in Kharo??hi script, questions of identity and interpretation in Gandharan reliefs, first-century AD coins in stupa deposits and the beginning of the Buddhist relic cult in Afghanistan, a hoard of Kushan gold coins from Swabi, Gandharan Jatakas, Avadanas and Purvayogas, Indian imitations of Kushan coins, and a new gold coin of Vasudeva I. Four papers relate to India: Roman coins found in India, Hera?ika' in the inscriptions of the Western Deccan (c. 200 BC300), the peck and shroff marks of sixteenth-century North India, andHenry Ernest Stapleton and the coin collection in the Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Two papers relate to South East Asia: one revisits the Stamford Raffles' Collections, and the other discusses a hybrid pendant found in Thailand.The last contribution celebrates some of Joe's less well-known interests: poetry, art medals and art photography.

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Book SynopsisTios/Tieion was intended to be a publication of the proceedings of a conference held at Filyos (ancient Tios/Tieion) in 2020. The conference had to be cancelled in common with other events due to Covid 19, though with the hope that it might take place eventually, a hope undermined by the sudden and premature death of Gocha Tsetskhladze, the co-organiser. Instead, we have a volume of ‘Precedings’, written when thoughts of the conference had not yet been abandoned. Several of the papers focus on aspects of Tios itself (the Acropolis, the Lower City and Coin Finds, written by scholars involved in the excavation). Its place in ancient geography and cartography is considered before we move on to the indigenous inhabitants of the surrounding area, the immediate and greater region (Paphlagonian Hadrianopolis, Hadrian’s visit to the region, the nature of the Phrygian kingdom), then the Turkish Black Sea region (rock-cut tunnels, Roman Heraclea Pontica, St John Chrysostom’s Monastery), and outwards to the western, northern and eastern shoreb /nb /nbs of the Black Sea, their inhabitants and hinterlands (monumental architecture in the temenos of Apollonbbn/ ia Pontica; Archaic Greek transport amphorae in the Getic hinterland; early Greek pottery in settlements and burials of the northern Black Sea region; the house of Pythes at Berezan; the Sindoi; religious customs at Tarasova Balka; the Mordvinovskii Barrow; and finally Greeks and locals in Pichvnari in Colchis). Overall, there are 21 chapters and 27 authors, drawn from Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Bulgaria and beyond.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Tios (Tieion) in the Context of Black Sea Colonisation – Gocha R. Tsetskhladze (†) (with Şahin Yıldırım) Tios in Ancient Geography and Cartography – Alexander V. Podossinov The Acropolis Temple of Tios (Tieion) – Şahin Yıldırım The Lower City of Tios: Finds in the Firebrick Factory Area – Sümer Atasoy Coin Finds and a Partial Tetrarchic Coin Hoard from Tios (2015–16) – Edward Dandrow Remarks on the Indigenous People that Inhabited the Region around Tieion/Tios – Manolis Manoledakis A First Consideration of Roman Traces in Paphlagonian Hadrianopolis according to the Data of 2018–2021 – Ersin Çelikbaş Restitutori Bithynia et Paphlagonia: Chasing Hadrian in the North Anatolian Fault Zone. An Overview – Ali Bora and Yasemin Bora The Phrygian Kingdom: A Local Power or a Regional State? – Şevket Dönmez Some Thoughts on Coarse-Ware Pottery of the Early Iron Age found in the Inönü Cave – F. Gülden Ekmen Revisiting the Rock-Cut Tunnels in the Black Sea Region of Turkey – Emine Sökmen Adalı Some Aspects of the Socio-Cultural Life of Roman Heraclea Pontica in the Light of the Epigraphic, Numismatic and Literary Evidence – Bülent Öztürk Local Memory and Archaeological Surveys in Turkey’s Black Sea Region: The Case of St John Chrysostom’s Monastery in Bizeri near Comana Pontica – D. Burcu Erciyas and Polina Ivanova New Evidence about the Monumental Architecture in the Temenos of Apollonia Pontica in the Archaic and Classical Periods – Daniela Stoyanova and Margarit Damyanov A Breakthrough of Archaic Greek Transport Amphorae within the Getic Hinterland: The Case of Beidaud – Vasilica Lungu, Pierre Dupont and Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi Early Greek Pottery in the Context of Settlements and Burials: The Northern Black Sea Region – Stanislav Zadnikov and Iryna Shramko The House of Pythes, son of Pericles, in the North-Eastern Area of the Archaic Berezan Settlement – Dmitry Chistov Sindoi: Written Tradition and Archaeological Data – Vladimir A. Goroncharovsky Tarasova Balka in the Trans-Kuban Region as a Nomadic Sanctuary – Tatyana V. Ryabkova New Material about an Old Archaeological Discovery: The First Mordvinovskii Barrow – Yuriy A. Vinogradov Classical-Period Greeks and Locals at Pichvnari, Eastern Black Sea Area – Emzar Kakhidze

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Book SynopsisÉtudes Mésopotamiennes Mesopotamian Studies 4 fournit la première présentation complète de la céramique entière venant des niveaux liés à l'occupation d'époque néo-assyrienne de Tell Masaïkh, fouillé par une mission archéologique franco-syrienne entre 1996 et 2010. Situé dans la vallée du Moyen Euphrate syrien, dans une région-carrefour pour les rencontres, axe d'échange privilégié pour les communications et les commerces allant de l'Assyrie à la Méditerranée, et de l'Anatolie à la Babylonie, Tell Masaïkh correspond à l'ancienne ville de Kar-Assurna?irpal, fondée en rive gauche de l'Euphrate par Aššurna?irpal II au cours de ses conquêtes militaires, et devenue par la suite l'un des lieux de résidence du gouverneur assyrien Nergal-eresh. Mais au lieu de montrer l'imposition d'une culture matérielle conforme uniquement aux modèles de l'empire assyrien, la production céramique de Tell Masaïkh témoigne d'un horizon culturel ouvert, où traditions assyriennes, babyloniennes, kassites et levantines se mélangent et composent les unes avec les autres. À la lumière de données qui documentent la mémoire du patrimoine archéologique syrien dans une région dont l'histoire ancienne présente encore des zones d'ombres, ce livre ne propose pas seulement un catalogue de mobilier inédit, mais ancre l'étude de ce matériel dans une réflexion historienne de plus large portée sur les modes de présence du pouvoir assyrien dans un contexte régional spécifique.

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Book SynopsisDigging Lincoln is a uniquely personal account of how a record of the city''s rich archaeology was recorded from the time of the early antiquaries through to the commercially funded professional teams of today, by someone who was closely involved in a senior capacity for over half a century. The author recounts his background and initiation into archaeology, and the various arrangements under which an archaeological team for the city of Lincoln operated over the next few decades. It was both an exhilarating time and full of important discoveries, but also at times a struggle to survive in the face of other forces. Over that long period, appreciation of the importance of Lincoln''s archaeological story and its public presentation have grown remarkably, such that it has now become a major heritage destination.

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