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Book SynopsisDan Monah (11 February 1943 – 21 September 2013) was a specialist in the Neo-Eneolithic of Romania and, in particular, of the Precucuteni-Cucuteni-Tripolye cultural complex, last affiliated with the Iași Institute of Archaeology of the Romanian Academy. His core body of work, consisting of seven books and more than one hundred articles published, primarily deals with coroplastic analysis as a mean of insight into the religion and art of the Neo-Eneolithic communities. With a unique approach to the study of what he formally named ‘the religious life of Cucuteni-Tripolye communities’, Dan Monah was a staunch critic of the dominant cultural-historic paradigm and its natural interpretative consequences: the supremacy of typological description, the Cartesian ranking of religious systems from simple to complex, and the avoidance of ‘unclassable’ occurrences. The present volume embodies his vision applied to the analysis of the Cucuteni-Tripolye anthropomorphic representations, resting on two structural pillars: an in-depth knowledge of a large body of history of religion literature, and an almost exhaustive inventory of the Cucuteni- Tripolye anthropomorphic representations, the result of over three decades of personal, patient and meticulous examination of the archaeological data. For those in his wake, Dan Monah’s open and unprejudiced approach to the prehistoric imagery enclosed in this book constitutes a solid cornerstone on which further work can be built. Its pages should be turned, if not on account of the wealth of information inside, but for the author’s pleasant and refreshing style at least.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter I: History of Research; Chapter II: Conditions of Discovery; Chapter III: Materials and Techniques; Chapter IV: The Statuettes and Figurines of the Cucuteni A Phase; Chapter V: The Statuettes and Figurines of the Cucuteni A Phase; Chapter VI: Statuettes and Figurines of the Cucuteni B Phase; Chapter VII: Violin-shaped Pendants; Chapter VIII: Anthropomorphic Pots; Chapter IX: Ceramics with Anthropomorphic Decoration; Chapter X: Anthropomorphic Objects; Chapter XI: Garments, Footwear, Jewellery, and Hairdos; Chapter XII: Great Religious Themes; Figures; References; Index

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Book SynopsisExcavated from Traprain Law, East Lothian, Scotland, in May 1919, was one of the most spectacular discoveries of Roman silver ever made in Europe - and the biggest hoard of `hacksilver': 23kg, battered, crushed and chopped up. Blame for the destruction has hitherto been laid at the door of `barbarians' but this study changes that view. An international team of scholars has reviewed the hoard's origins and manufacture, its use as elite tableware, its hacking and later reuse. A century of new discoveries and ideas allow fresh conclusions, especially about the hacking. With wide-ranging parallels from across Europe, the authors argue that hacking was a deliberate Roman policy to create bullion at times of economic crisis, turning valued vessels into weights of silver to be used in frontier politics, to pay off groups from beyond the empire, or hire them as mercenaries.Trade Review'Traprain Law is one of Scotland's iconic sites. it has not, however, always been treated as befits its status by archaeologists. This book redresses the balance. It is a sumptuous and thoroughly academic account of the Traprain treasure by the leading authorities in the field. ... ' Archaeology ScotlandTable of ContentsForeword by Dr Christopher Breward, National Museums Scotland Acknowledgements Introduction List of contributors THE LATE ROMAN SILVER TREASURE FROM TRAPRAIN LAW Part I: The treasure since its discovery Part II: The components of the hoard Tableware: eating vessels Tableware: drinking vessels Toilet vessels and implements Furniture and fittings Vessels: varia Personal objects and non-plate items Coins Part III: The silver as objects The silver as Hacksilber Roman Hacksilber beyond the frontier and its legacy Conclusions Appendices Part IV: Catalogue of the Traprain Law Treasure Introduction Platters, dishes and bowls Other eating and serving implements Drinking equipment Toilet and bathing equipment Toilet and bathing equipment Furniture and fittings Other Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe earliest finds of wheeled vehicles in northern and central Europe date to 3900-3600 BC. However finds (3400–3300 BC) from the Boleráz sites of Arbon/Bleiche 3 and Bad Buchau/Torwiesen II, linked to pile-dwelling settlements, indicate methods of transport typical for higher altitudes (slides, sleds, etc.). The Boleráz and Baden cultures overlap in the Carpathian Basin between 3300–3000 BC and this period seems to have produced transport models that parallel finds in today’s Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, and other regions. These suggest that generally the Boleráz settlers inside the Carpathian Basin did not know, or use, the wheel in the fullest sense. Cart and wheel forms are indicated only from Grave 177 at Budakalász (2800–2600 BC). The Hungarian Baden finds follow the Danube and to the East there are no certain vehicle remains. It is difficult to tell whether the Boleráz finds are linked to the wider Alpine zone, and the Baden finds are perhaps associated with the mixed-culture sites along the eastern slopes of the Carpathians. The four-wheeled wagon was a development linked to the plains and the Steppes (Cucuteni–Tripolje, Pre-Yamnaja, Yamnaja). The nature of the finds relating to vehicles associated with lake and riverine settlements reveal technical and material features: there is evidence of a high degree of carving, if not decoration, and these communities pointed the way for future skills and developments in wheel and cart/wagon manufacture.Table of Contents1. Einleitung; 2. Funde und Befunde aus Europa; 3. Funde und Befunde aus; 4. Diskussion; 5. Konklusion; 6. Fazit; 7. Katalog; 8. Literaturverzeichnis; Zusammenfassung / Abstract / Аннотация / Kivonat; Danksagung

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Book SynopsisArchaeological excavation has been widely used in the recovery of human remains and other evidence in the service of legal cases for many years. However, established approaches will in future be subject to closer scrutiny following the announcement by the Law Commission in 2011 that expert evidence will in future be subject to a new reliability-based admissibility test in criminal proceedings. This book evaluates current archaeological excavation methods and recording systems – focusing on those used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australasia, and North America – in relation to their use in providing forensic evidence, and their ability to satisfy the admissibility tests introduced by the Law Commission, and other internationally recognised bodies. In order to achieve this aim, two analyses were undertaken. First, attention was directed to understanding the origins, development, underpinning philosophies, and current use of archaeological excavation methods and recording systems in the regions selected for study. A total of 153 archaeological manuals/guidelines were examined from archaeological organisations operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. This research indicated that the Stratigraphic Excavation method and Single Context Recording system, the Demirant Excavation method and Standard Context Recording system, the Quadrant Excavation method and Standard Context Recording system, and the Arbitrary Level Excavation method and Unit Level Recording system were the approaches most often used to excavate and record graves. Second, the four defined methodological approaches were assessed experimentally, using a grave simulation of known properties to test the excavation, recording, and interpretation of material evidence, the definition of stratigraphic contexts, and understanding of stratigraphic relationships. The grave simulation also provided opportunities to measure archaeologists’ narratives of the grave formation process against the known properties of the grave simulation, and to assess whether archaeological experience had any impact on evidence recovery rates. Fifty repeat excavations were conducted. The results obtained from this experimental study show that the Quadrant Excavation method and Standard Context Recording system was the most consistent, efficient, and reliable archaeological approach to use to excavate and record clandestine burials and to formulate interpretation-based narratives of a grave’s formation sequence. In terms of the impact that archaeological experience had on evidence recovery rates, archaeological experience was found to have little bearing upon the recovery of evidence from the grave simulation. It is suggested that forensic archaeologists use the Quadrant Excavation method and Standard Context Recording system to excavate and record clandestine burials. If this approach is unable to be used, the Demirant Excavation method and Standard Context Recording system, or the Stratigraphic Excavation method and Single Context Recording system should be used. Both of these aforementioned techniques proved to be productive in terms of material evidence recovery and the identification and definition of stratigraphic contexts. The Arbitrary Level Excavation method and Unit Level Recording system should not be used, as this method proved to have an extremely poor evidence recovery rate and destroyed the deposition sequence present within the simulated grave.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Background; Chapter 3 Methodology; Chapter 4 Archaeological Manual/Guideline Analysis; Chapter 5 Archaeological practitioner interviews; Chapter 6 Excavation experiment; Chapter 7 Conclusion; Chapter 8 Recommendations; Bibliography; Appendix A: List of contributors; Appendix B: Archaeological manual/guideline analytical criteria; Appendix C: Interview questions; Appendix D: Grave excavation experiment locations

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Book SynopsisStudies of Iron Age artefacts from Britain tend to be dominated either by the study of metalwork, or pottery. This book presents a study not only of a different material, but also a different type of object: glass beads. These are found in a range of different sizes, shapes, colours, and employ a variety of different decorative motifs. Through an analysis of glass beads from four key study regions in Britain, the book aims not only to address regional differences in appearance and chronology, but also to explore the role that this object played within the networks and relationships that constructed Iron Age society. It seeks to understand how they were used during their lives and how they came to be deposited within the archaeological record, in order to establish the social processes that glass beads were bound within. The results indicate that glass beads were a strongly regionalised artefact, potentially reflecting differing local preferences for colour and motif. In addition, glass beads, in combination with several other types of object, were integral to Middle Iron Age dress. Given that the first century BC is often seen as a turning point in terms of settlements and material culture, this supports the possibility of strong continental exchange during an earlier period for either glass beads or raw materials. However, by the Late Iron Age in the first century BC and early first century AD, their use had severely diminished.Trade Review‘…[A] useful book which will find a place on specialists’ bookshelves and has things to offer a wider audience.’ – H.E.M. Cool (2018): Archaeological Journal, DOI: 10.1080/00665983.2018.1531596Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Previous Approaches to Glass Beads; Chapter 3: Glass Beads & Dress; Chapter 4: The Nature of the Archaeological Resource in the Regions; Chapter 5: Typological Conundrums, Quandaries, and Resolutions; Chapter 6: Form and Regional Identity; Chapter 7: Archaeological Context; Chapter 8: Regional Bodily Adornment; Chapter 9: Glass Beads in their Social Context; Appendix A: Terminology & Guide to Recording Glass Beads; Appendix B: Guido Iron Age Glass Bead Types; Appendix C: List of All New Types; Guide to the Illustrated Glass Beads; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisPhysical Barriers, Cultural Connections: A Reconsideration of the Metal Flow at the Beginning of the Metal Age in the Alps considers the early copper and copper-alloy metallurgy of the entire Circum- Alpine region. It introduces a new approach to the interpretation of chemical composition data sets, which has been applied to a comprehensive regional database for the first time. An extensive use of GIS has been applied to investigate the role of topography in the distribution of metal and to undertake spatial and geostastical analysis that may highlight patterns of distribution of some specific key compositional element. The Circum-Alpine Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age show some distinctively different patterns of metal use, which can be interpreted through changes in mining and social choices. But there are also some signs of continuity, in particular those which respect the use of major landscape features such as watersheds and river systems. Interestingly, the Alpine range does not act as a north-south barrier, as major differences in composition tend to appear on an east-west axis. Conversely, the river system seems to have a key role in the movement of metal. Geostastical analyses demonstrate the presence of a remelting process, applicable also in the case of ingots; evidence that opens new and interesting questions about the role of ingots and hoards in the distribution of metal at the beginning of the Metal Age. New tools and new analysis may also be useful to identify zones where there was a primary metal production and zones where metal was mostly received and heavily manipulated.Table of ContentsForeword; 1 Introduction; 2 A History of the Archaeometallurgical Research in the Circum-Alpine Region; 3 Old and New Perspectives; 4 Introduction to the Use of Gis in Archaeometallurgy: Theoretical and Practical Issues; 5 The Circum-Alpine Region: Geology and Geomorphology of the Study Area; 6 Metallurgical Background; 7 Introduction to the Archaeology of the Region, with Special Regard to Metallurgy; 8 The Construction of the Database GIS and the Tools Used in This Book; 9 The Flow Model in The Copper Age; 10 The Flow Model in the Early Bronze Age; 11 The Appearance of Tin; 12 The Flow Model through the Landscape: the Role of Topography; 13 General Discussion; 14 Conclusions and Recommendations for Further work; References; Apendices; Appendix I: The Table of Sites; Appendix II: The Table of Objects online at http://bit.ly/2rLzVrB; Appendix III: The Table of Mines; Appendix IV: Code “Normalise”; Appendix V: Code “Grouping”; Appendix VI: Code “Percentage P1”; Appendix VII: Code “Percentage Element”

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Book SynopsisCes cinq études militaires résultent essentiellement de développements présentés dans le manuscrit doctoral de l’auteur, L’Armée du royaume de Macédoine à l’époque hellénistique (323-148 av. J.-C.). Les troupes « nationales », présenté en Sorbonne le 11 janvier 2007. L’idée première avait été de les publier sous forme d’articles. Mais ce projet se heurtait à une difficulté. Ces textes se faisant écho, il s’avèrerait difficile d’attendre la diffusion du premier d’entre eux pour présenter les suivants tout en faisant exactement référence à un voire à plusieurs textes en cours de publication. Aussi apparut-il qu’il valait mieux les réunir en un recueil dont la cohérence serait assurée par un thème commun : l’histoire et l’archéologie militaire de l’époque hellenistique, tout particulièrement dans le cadre de la Macédoine des Antigonides.Table of ContentsAvant-propos ; I. La nature de la phalange macédonienne ou quand la science recule ; I. 1. Leçons oubliées et leçons retrouvées ; I. 2. Quelque vraisemblable filiation ; I. 3. Les réformes militaires de Philippe II selon les sources littéraires ; I. 4. La phalange macédonienne à l’époque d’Alexandre : des textes riches de leçons ; I. 5. La phalange et un épisode des guerres des diadoques ; I. 6. La question de la sarisse à l’époque d’Alexandre ; I. 7. Quant fut introduite la phalange de piquiers, c’est-à-dire ‘la phalange macédonienne’ de la vulgate? ; I. 8. Conclusions I. Appendice. Les sources relatives à la ‘phalange macédonienne’ selon Hammond et Markle : un inventaire fallacieux ; I. 9. Bibliographie ; II. Antigonid Redcoats. L’infanterie d’élite de l’armée du royaume de Macédoine à l’époque hellénistique. Histoire et iconographie ; II. 1. Les Hypaspistes ; II. 2. L’infanterie de bataille ‘royale’ : les Peltastes ; II. 3. Conclusion. Hypaspistes et autres Peltastes, the Antigonid redcoats ; II. 4. Bibliographie ; III. ‘Infanterie lourde’ : une notion entre armement et ordonnance tactique. Le cas de la phalange macédonienne ; III. 1. De la confusion entre les notions d’armement et d’ordonnance ; III. 2. Exemples tirés de l’histoire militaire grecque ; III. 3. Conclusion ; III. 4. Bibliographie ; IV. Remarques philologiques et historiques sur l’ambivalence de termes relatifs aux institutions militaires macédoniennes chez les historiens de l’Antiquité ; IV. 1. De l’ambivalence des mots σωματοφύλαξ, σωματοφυλακία et ὑπασπιστής et sur quelques confusions qui en dérivent chez les historiens d’Alexandre le Grand ; IV. 2. La signification des syntagmes cohors regia et custodes corporis chez TITE-LIVE et chez QUINTE-CURCE rapportés aux institutions militaires macédoniennes ; IV. 3. Custodes corporis et regia cohors : l’éclaircissement de la description livienne de la cérémonie de lustration de l’armée antigonide IV. Appendice. Le statut du récit historique chez les historiens de l’Antiquité ; IV. 4. Bibliographie ; V. Deux nouvelles armes défensives de l’époque hellénistique ; V. 1. Une cuirasse particulière : la φοινικίς ; V. 2. Un nouveau type de casque : le ‘morion macédonien’ ; V. 3. Bibliographie

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to tell the story of social history through Money. Money and Art have shared a long history. Both words are metaphors derived from Latin terms used over 2,000 years ago. The word Money derives its modern meaning as the general term for all means of payment from its use as the word for coins in the pre-modern period. Particularly since the introduction of paper money, the word was applied to coins because of the name of the place where coins were made in ancient Rome, the temple of Juno Moneta (Juno the Warner), from this name the word moneta came to mean mint in Latin, and later the product of a mint, i.e. coins. The word Art acquired its modern usage, meaning works of art, both singularly and collectively, from the Latin ars meaning a skill, and it has so been used in English to describe any form of skill, but gradually from the nineteenth century, the word came to signify the product rather than the skill, particularly in relation to painting, graphic works and scul

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Book SynopsisLatrinae: Roman Toilets in the Northwestern Provinces of the Roman Empire' presents examples of Roman toilets from a wide area in northwestern Europe comprising Austria, Belgium, Britain, Germany and the Netherlands. Seven papers consider ‘typically Roman’ stone channel toilets, while five papers discuss the actually much more common wooden toilets of the cesspit type. Some studies concentrate on a single installation, others present a number of installations in their architectural surroundings. In addition, Roman chamber pots, which could be used either solo or in a toilet chair, are presented in two papers. A further paper on stercus, usually connected to latrine duty in the Roman army, questions this interpretation and offers a different meaning of the word. This book is the first collection on Roman toilets of the northwestern provinces, and gives a good overview of the possibilities for human waste removal in Roman times. The volume provides a fascinating introduction to this under-researched group of Roman installations.Trade Review‘Concluding, the current book is a valuable contribution, adding to a less researched aspect of life in the Roman Northwestern provinces. Also worth mentioning is the fact that all articles have images, plans, maps, reconstructions, pictures and drawings of the complexes and artefacts, which makes them very easy to use and reference. Focusing on a niched matter, all information available in the volume, as well as the general picture it offers, are welcomed contributions, with the potential of being relevant in future researches.’ – Rada Varga (2020): Studia Antiqua et Aarchaeologica 25/1Table of ContentsIntroduction – Stefanie Hoss; Sewers or cesspits? Modern assumptions and Roman preferences – Gemma Jansen; The latrine at the Roman fort on the Antonine Wall at Bearsden – David J Breeze; Flushed with success – a Roman flushing installation in the latrines of the Great Bathhouse of the Colonia Ulpia Traiana near Xanten (D) – Norbert Zieling; The latrines of Roman Aachen – Andreas Schaub; An outhouse in the garden? – Looking at a backyard in the vicus of Bonn – Jeanne-Nora Andrikopoulou-Strack, Manuel Fiedler and Constanze Höpken; A bath with public toilets in the vicus of Bonn – Gary White; The Roman public toilet of Rottenburg am Neckar – Stefanie Hoss; Latrines connected to bathhouses in Germania inferior – an overview – Michael Dodt; Roman toilets in Nijmegen, Oppidum Batavorum and Ulpia Noviomagus, the Netherlands – Elly N.A. Heirbaut; Arlon, apport des découvertes récentes dans le vicus à l’examen des latrines gallo-romaines – Denis Henrotay; A Roman latrine near St. Kolumba in Cologne and its remarkable contents – Michael Dodt; Latrine pits in the Roman vicus of Vitudurum / Oberwintherthur (Switzerland) – Verena Jauch; A Roman cesspit from the mid-2nd century with lead price tags in the civil town of Carnuntum (Schloss Petronell/Austria) – Beatrix Petznek; Roman chamber pots – Beatrix Petznek; A Roman ‘Toilet bowl’ from Speicher (Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) – Bernd Bienert; The meaning of stercus in Roman military papyri – dung or human faeces? Or: who is supposed to clean this shit up? – Kai Juntunen

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Book SynopsisAlderley Park Discovered is written by former AstraZeneca chemist George Hill, whose carefully researched text is presented in a wonderfully lively and readable style. The 400-acre site is a unique and beautiful natural environment with a rich, varied history, beginning with the creation of the Park by the Stanley family from the sixteenth century. It is also home to a diverse range of wildlife, and George Hill's considerable knowledge in this area reveals its wealth in the middle section of the book. He then tells of the Park's remarkable scientific inception by ICI, moving on to its huge growth under Zeneca and AstraZeneca, revealing the inside stories of the groundbreaking heart and cancer drugs discovered on the site. Now, under the auspices of Manchester Science Partnerships, Alderley Park has become a hub for Life Sciences, and is set to be developed for new residential and leisure purposes into the future. This fascinating, lavishly illustrated and beautifully produced book will be of huge appeal to anyone with connections to the Park, including current and former employees, local people and historians.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ix Terminology xiii Guest forewords: 'voices for the park' xv Author's preface xix Introduction 1 Brief timeline 3 PART I: HISTORIC ALDERLEY PARK 1 The early park & land 8 When was Alderley Park named? 8 Stanleys, Eagle and Child 11 Senior and junior Stanleys; Shakespeare 16 The Park's situation and weather 19 Rocks and views of the Park 21 2 Baronets to baron 23 The Old Hall and its Baronets to 1779 23 Beeches and avenues of the Park 29 The Alderley House mansion 32 John Thomas, 1st Lord Stanley of Alderley 36 Alderley Edge and its railway; the Cottontots 41 Heraldry of the Tenants' Hall 42 3 Elegance and water 44 The Water Garden and grounds 44 The Adam gates 48 Alderley House Arboretum 50 Reverend Edward Stanley & his birds 51 The History of Radnor Mere 53 Further Lords Stanley of Alderley 58 Lords after the Park 66 The smaller waters of Alderley Park 67 4 Remembering 72 Tenants' Hall to Conference Centre 72 The Alderley Mummers 75 The art and photography of the Park 77 Alderley Park WHOLE BOOK.indd 5 19/02/2016 10:22:37 vi CONTENTS The Great 1938 Sale 80 Surviving old buildings of the Park 83 Old maps of the Park 88 Nether Alderley: Old Hall and Church 90 Wartime activities and noise! 92 PART II: NATURAL ALDERLEY PARK 5 Nature recording in the park 98 Discovering the living Park 98 Wildlife recording in Alderley Park 98 Biodiversity in Alderley Park 103 6 Species of the park 106 Birds of Alderley Park 106 Mammals of the Park 114 Bats of the Park 117 Butterflies and other insects 119 Dragonflies of the Park 120 Plant records and orchids in the Park 122 Fish in the Park 124 PART III: GREEN ALDERLEY PARK 7 Farm and estate 128 Historical farming and use of the land 128 Woodland: mature and managed 129 Matthews and flowers 132 Estate farms old and new: sheep! 134 Making the Park greener 136 8 Alderley Park Farm open days 138 People in the Park 138 The Park's History and Nature Trails 139 Icicals to ClubAZ 141 Mulberry's and Sport 145 Estate in the local community 147 Image, Communications and charity 148 PART IV: GLOBAL ALDERLEY PARK 9 Company beginnings 152 'Pharms' - the early history 152 ICI's choice; building begins 1955-64 163 IHRL and CTL 169 Foundational products 172 Animal medicine 174 Alderley Park WHOLE BOOK.indd 6 19/02/2016 10:22:37 CONTENTS vi i 10 Historic milestones 178 Heart Drugs 1: 'Inderal' (propranolol) 178 Heart Drugs 2: 'Tenormin' (atenolol) 183 'Nolvadex' (tamoxifen) - discovery 186 'Nolvadex' (tamoxifen) - launch 195 The antibacterial search 200 Anaesthetics - 'Fluothane' to 'Diprivan' 203 11 Supporting the work 208 Engineering and labs 208 Facilities and services 210 Office life 215 Computers - starting from one 216 Finance, budget, investment 221 Procurement and consumables 222 12 Route to the patient 224 Scientists and sciences 224 Analysis, spectra and drug properties 230 Samples, the Collection and Weighing 234 Patents and Intellectual Property 235 Drug Development and Safety 237 Clinical Trials and Regulatory Affairs 239 Process, Manufacture, 'Macc. Works' & Purity 243 Launching - World Market - Patient Safety 244 13 Growing and telling 248 Building in the Park: 1965-90 248 Staff and message - publications 254 Publishing the science 257 Dealing with humans ... 258 Dealing with e-mail 262 Collaborating with academia 263 Education, training and the young! 264 Collaborating with colleagues 265 14 The big new world 267 Information Systems 267 Information Technology 268 Keeping tabs on the competition 270 Sites overseas: links to the globe 271 Hanson, demerger & Zeneca 272 Merger - to AstraZeneca 276 Rational drug design & molecular modelling 278 Robots and technology 281 Alderley Park WHOLE BOOK.indd 7 19/02/2016 10:22:37 viii CONTENTS 15 Targets & hormones 283 Choosing targets 283 Prostate cancer 1: 'Zoladex' 285 Prostate cancer 2: 'Casodex' 288 Breast cancer again 1: 'Faslodex' 290 Breast cancer again 2: 'Arimidex' 293 16 Wider horizons still 296 Widening the target: 'Tomudex' 296 The Big C: 'Iressa' 297 Multiple pathways: 'Caprelsa' 301 A perfect project: 'Tagrisso' 303 A site in constant growth: 1993-2008 310 17 Value judgement 315 Approaching the cliff 315 Ethics, testing and public support 316 Safe at work 318 Alderley Park's 15 drugs (so far!) 319 Five more worked on in the Park 321 Therapeutic areas: painful failures 326 18 People, time & chance 328 Changing of the guard - CEOs 328 Not as planned ... 329 Another great sale 330 PART V: LIVING ALDERLEY PARK 19 And now, the future 336 Manchester Science Partnerships 336 Faith and future in the Park 340 The question of research 343 Afterword 346 Appendix 1: Historical tables 347 Appendix 2: Wildlife checklists 349 Appendix 3: What and who 353 Appendix 4: Companies leadership 355 Appendix 5: The Park's famous scientific papers & patents 356 References 359 Bibliography 366 Index 369 List of subscribers 377

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Book SynopsisIn recent years an increasing worldwide awareness of the importance of water management in the ancient civilizations has generated much new discussion on water archaeology in ancient Greece. The present volume, Great Waterworks in Roman Greece, consists the very first presentation of large scale waterworks in the Greek provinces of the Roman Empire. As a collective work, it brings together a wide body of experts from the newly emerged and expanding field of water technology and water archaeology in Roman Greece, and it fills an essential gap in archaeological research and relative bibliography regarding water management and monumental water structures in Greece during the Roman period. Among the main goals that this multi-author volume attempts to succeed is to show that great waterworks (namely aqueducts and nymphaea) not only were novelties in the Greek provinces, both in form and function, but they also changed the architectural landscape of their surrounding environments, and they introduced the concept of luxury in the urban landscapes of Roman Greece. The discussed papers deploy along a wide geographical area, covering the roman provinces of Macedonia and Thrace, Epirus, Achaia, the Aegean islands and Crete, between the 1st century BC and the 4th century AD. Collective studies such as this, not only will enlighten and promote the multifaceted significance of the archaeological remains regarding water management technology of the Roman period in the Greek regions, but they will also reveal the significant impact of the Roman technological heritage in the Greek territories.Trade Review'It is high time that a volume surveying the most prominent hydraulic structures of Roman Greece should see the light of day. Readers with a predisposition for this topic will turn to the present book with little prodding; those who study urban monuments will find much of value here as well.' —Rabun Taylor, GNOMON, Volume 93, 2021Table of ContentsPreface – by Georgia A. Aristodemou and Theodosios P. Tassios ; Introduction I. Roman Aqueducts in Greece – by Theodosios P. Tassios ; Introduction II. Roman Monumental Fountains (Nymphaea) in Greece – by Georgia A. Aristodemou ; PART I: AQUEDUCTS ; Vaulted-roof aqueduct channels in Roman Macedonia – by Asimina Kaiafa-Saropoulou ; The Aqueduct of Actian Nikopolis – by Constantinos Zachos and Leonidas Leontaris ; The water supply of Roman Thessaloniki – by Manolis Manoledakis ; The Hadrianic aqueduct of Athens and the underlying tradition of hydraulic engineering – by Eustathios D. Chiotis ; The Hadrianic aqueduct in Corinth – by Yannis Lolos ; The Roman aqueduct of Mytilene – by Yannis Kourtzellis, Maria Pappa and George Kakes ; Roman aqueduct of Samos – by Τelauges Ν. Dimitriou ; ‘A Roman aqueduct through the Cretan highlands – securing the water supply for elevated Lyttos (Amanda Kelly) [Open Access: Download] ; PART II: NYMPHAEA ; Shifting tides: approaches to the public water-displays of Roman Greece – by Dylan Kelby Rogers ; Fountain figures from the Greek provinces: monumentality in fountain structures of Roman Greece as revealed through their sculptural display programs and their patrons – by Georgia Aristodemou ; The monumental fountain in the Athenian Agora: reconstruction and interpretation – by Shawna Leigh ; New water from old spouts: the case of the Arsinoe fountain of Messene – by Mario Trabucco della Torretta ; Reflecting the past: the nymphaeum near the so-called Praetorium at Gortyn – by Brenda Longfellow

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Book SynopsisThe potential of tomb mosaics as an academic resource has often been underestimated and consequently they have only been partially analysed not only in Italy but also throughout the Western Mediterranean. This work is intended to shed a new light on these finds, which are often incomplete, lost, or little studied. The first part of the book presents the history of previous studies on the subject and briefly explains the structure of the corpus. The corpus, in turn, is organised according to current Italian administrative regions, specifically: Sardegna, Sicilia, Puglia, Campania, Lazio, Marche, and Friuli Venezia Giulia. Every region is then further divided following current provinces and municipalities. This work does not aim to present merely a compilation of data in a catalogue; thus the second part of the book focuses specifically on tomb mosaics found in the Italic peninsula and major islands, and provides information on their geographic distribution, dating, typology, place of discovery and iconography, and considers the potential identification of individual workshops. The purpose of the book is to bring tomb mosaics to greater consideration, since they have not survived in academic literature to the same extent as did their rich villa or domus counterparts. This work does not therefore aspire to be a complete analysis of the subject, but rather a starting point which can be both useful and a stimulus for future studies. ITALIAN DESCRIPTION: Il mosaico funerario è una particolare tipologia musiva spesso sottovalutata e poco studiata. Le origini sono da ricercarsi, probabilmente, nell’antica regione della Bizacena, attuale Tunisia, a partire dagli ultimi decenni del III secolo d.C. Nel IV secolo iniziò l’esportazione dei cartoni musivi funerari nel resto del Mediterraneo occidentale, raggiungendo l’Italia e la Spagna; in entrambi i casi però il mosaico funerario non riscosse particolare successo. La richiesta maggiore di questo nuovo monumento funerario avveniva da parte dei cristiani, e solo in minima parte dai pagani. In questo libro si cerca di fare ordine sui mosaici funerari presenti nell’odierno territorio italiano, catalogando tutte le evidenze musive, sia oggigiorno scomparse che ancora in situ, per cercare di delineare un’analisi sul fenomeno che ha, in maniera seppur ridotta, investito la Penisola italiana e le sue Isole maggiori. Infatti le testimonianze musive si concentrano in zone dove particolari condizioni hanno permesso la loro messa in posa. La prima parte è dedicata al repertorio dei sessanta mosaici funerari dell’attuale Italia, ognuno catalogato secondo una scheda pensata e studiata per rendere più agevole possibile la consultazione. La seconda parte è invece incentrata sullo studio d’insieme del fenomeno dei mosaici funerari in Italia, nella quale si cerca di fare chiarezza e dare dei punti fermi su questa categoria di mosaici. L’analisi conclusiva cerca di spiegare il perché in Italia, pur essendoci condizioni apparentemente favorevoli alla produzione delle coperture tombali musive, non si siano trovati che poche testimonianze musive funerarie se paragonate a quelle ritrovate nel Nord Africa e in special maniera in Bizacena.Table of ContentsINTRODUZIONE; SUMMARY (in English); 1. STORIA DEGLI STUDI; 2. STRUTTURA DEL CORPUS; 3. REPERTORIO MOSAICI FUNERARI TARDOANTICHI D’ITALIA; 4. IL FENOMENO DEL MOSAICO FUNERARIO TARDOANTICO: ANALISI; 5. CONCLUSIONI; 6. BIBLIOGRAFIA

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Book SynopsisYork is first and foremost a Roman city, and an extremely important one at that. This comprehensive, fully illustrated book is a unique and invaluable guide to York's Roman heritage, essential reading for all those with an interest in the city. Like Rome, its mother city, York was not built in a day. Nothing like it. The history of Roman York entails the unravelling of centuries of new development, refurbishment, military destruction, demolition and overbuilding, and this unravelling is essentially what this book is all about. To bring this story to life, The Making of Roman York has at its core a detailed walk around the city, with easy maps leading the reader effortlessly around the sites and sights, treading ancient Roman routes and footsteps.

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Book SynopsisThis study is concerned with how the Greek peoples, of primarily the classical period, collectively commemorated the Persian Wars. The data presented here are public monuments, which include both physical and behavioural commemorations. The aim of this work is to reveal and present the methods by which Greeks of the fifth century BC commemorated the Persian Wars. Several trends have drawn attention away from studies presenting commemorative practices in their entirety: the focus on singular monument types, individual commemorative places, a particular commemorating group or specific battle, and an overemphasis on Athenian commemorations. This project works towards rectifying this issue by highlighting the variations in commemorative traditions. This holistic approach to the data, which is inclusive in its remit of commemorative objects, places, and groups, allows for a more complete representation of the commemorative tradition. What emerges from this study is the compilation of all known ancient Greek monuments to commemorate the battles of Marathon, Salamis, Artemisium, Thermopylae and Plataea.Table of ContentsPREFACE; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2: CONTEXTUALISING THE COMMEMORATIONS OF THE PERSIAN WARS; Chapter 3: COMMEMORATIVE GROUPS AND COMMEMORATIVE PLACES; Chapter 4: MONUMENTS BY TYPE; CHAPTER 5: THE MONUMENTS AND THE EVIDENCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisThe punk movement of the 1970s to early 1980s is examined as an art movement through archive research, interviews, and art historical analysis. It is about pop, pain, poetry, presence, and about a ‘no future’ generation refusing to be the next artworld avant-garde, instead choosing to be the ‘rear-guard’. Skov draws on personal interviews with punk art protagonists from London, New York, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Berlin, among others the members Die Tödliche Doris (The Deadly Doris), members of Værkstedet Værst (The Workshop Called Worst), Nina Sten-Knudsen, Marc Miller, Diana Ozon, Hugo Kaagman, as well as email correspondence with Jon Savage, Anna Banana, and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. A large portion of the discussed materials stem from the protagonists' private archives, while some very public—scandalous and spectacular—events are discussed, too, such as the Prostitution exhibition at the ICA in London in 1976 and Die Große Untergangsshow (The Grand Downfall Show) in West-Berlin in 1981. The examined materials cover almost all media: paintings, drawings, bricolages, collages, booklets, posters, zines, installations, sculptures, Super 8 films, documentation of performances and happenings, body art, street art. What emerges is how crucial the concept of history was in punk at that point in time. The punk movement's rejection of the tale of progress and prosperity, as it was being propagated on both sides of the iron curtain, evidently manifested itself in punk visual art too. Central to the book is the thesis that punks placed themselves as the rear-guards, not the avant-gardes, a statement which was in made by Danish punks in 1981, when they called themselves “bagtropperne". Behind the rear-guard watchword was the rejection of the inherent notion of progress that the avant-garde name brings with it; how could a "no future" movement want to lead the way? Although aimed at students and scholars of art, design, music and performance history, the subject as well as the author’s accessible, occasionally playful style will no doubt draw readers with an interest in punk, music, and urban histories.Trade Review'Punk Art History is a dazzling and original exploration of punk’s relationship to contemporary art. Skov has produced a rigorously-researched, engaging, and accessible journey into punk’s art-historical foundations. Drawing on her PhD research, personal history, archival material, and interviews with those active within first-wave punk, Skov creates a tapestry of punk-art-history from Berlin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and London throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Her work is so rich it could be examined within a myriad of disciplines – art, music, subcultural studies, history, psychology – however, as a writer and researcher of punk and philosophy I found the philosophical threads running throughout Punk Art History the most fascinating and insightful aspect of her work. [...] Punk’s beauty lies in its ability to simultaneously embody both death and creation, and Skov demonstrates the plentiful ways in which punk-art captured this paradox. Furthermore, she eschews the ‘punk-as-postmodernism’ argument in favour of ‘punk-as-post-historical’, a reading which allows for a more fruitful discussion. [...] There is so much more to this work than I have managed to capture here – you’ll have to read it to find out.' Full review at Loud Women -- Grace Healy, Loud Women'Capturing the sharp, subversive energy that fueled punk art and music, Punk Art History is a blistering, scintillating chronicle of rebellious brilliance' -- Foreword'Skov describes incendiary punk artworks in vivid detail and with an eye for humor. The book is equally for scholars and for punk kids in cities with DIY music scenes.' -- Sarah Wolberg, Library Journal'What Skov has achieved with this book is to shine the light on a much-ignored part of punk, pulling on exemplary research and an insightful vision to illuminate an important art movement. It will be a sourcebook on the subject for many years to come. It is an essential addition to any serious punk library. Skov is a Danish art historian, author and curator based in Berlin. She works on the subjects of music, art and sexuality, with a historical focus on Surrealism and the punk movement of the 1970–80s. She is also an international affiliate of the Punk Scholars Network, and it’s clear from this book that she knows, and loves, her subject well' Full review at Louder Than War -- Mark Ray, Louder Than War“If you have ever wondered why you read about Marcel Duchamp in the morning, visit Kippenberger exhibitions in the afternoon, and listen to Black Flag or Suicide in a club at night, this is your book. It reveals the suspicion we’ve always had about the deep affinity between contemporary art and punk, that appropriation and do-it-yourself are the same, as much as the Sex Pistols’ ‘no future’ and Arthur Danto’s ‘The Death of Art.’ Marie Arleth Skov had that suspicion, because this is also a personal book: a story full of affinities shared in a wild cry that longs to destroy art in order to change life.” -- David G. Torres, art critic, curator, and professor, Barcelona“Punk Art History is an energetic, unique, and engaging exploration of punk’s relationship to both art and the associated discourse of art history. Marie Arleth Skov takes you along on a sometimes chaotic and dangerous journey, working the pressure points of her material focus with great detail, accuracy, and crossdisciplinary analysis.” -- Ian Trowell, independent scholar and writer, Cambridge“As an art historian who is both a fan and a scholar of punk, I have been waiting for someone to write this book! Punk Art History is the first real scholarly survey of both the art-historical influences and visual culture of the artists to emerge from punk in Europe and the United States. Rigorously researched and accessibly written, spanning Duchamp to Divine to Die Tödliche Doris, Marie Arleth Skov has finally written an art history that is truly punk AF.” -- Maria Elena Buszek, curator and professor, University of Colorado Denver'Punk Art History, which describes the history of artists, works and exhibitions that consciously stepped aside from the mainstream of art, is a refreshing reading experience precisely because it looks at Art history of the turn of the 1970s and 1980s from a fresh angle. Although the subculture formed around punk rock has already been studied in the 1970s, the areas of interest have recently expanded, as Skov brings out in this book, for example women's agency or scenes outside the Anglo-American context. Punk culture is also studied in new disciplines. Skov also reminds me that art history is a discipline where the study of punk culture is relatively new.' -- Riikka Niemelä, Tahiti - art history as a science [translated from Finnish through Google]Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1 Prelude 1.1 What are we looking at? A punk art movement? 1.2 Negations, conflicts, and swindles: The elusiveness of punk 1.3 Case in point: The first Punk Art exhibition, 1978 1.4 Forty-five years of trying to capture the art in punk 2 Art Origins in the Story of Punk 2.1 The short version: From proto to post 2.2 Art school vs. hard school 2.3 Punk precursors: 1919, 1966, 1968 2.4 DIY: The DNA of punk 3 Pop Multiples, Camp Affirmations 3.1 Andy Warhol: "Hero of the Punks" 3.2 Hedonism as attack 3.3 Trash and travesty 4 The Weapons of the Underdog 4.1 Punk propaganda 4.2 Punk poetry 4.3 Crime as art, scandal as art 5 Art with No Future? 5.1 Originality and appropriation 5.2 Modernity in extremis 5.3 Avant-garde vs. rear-guard 6 Children Run Riot: The Art of the Infantile 6.1 Dead end kids 6.2 The Life of Sid Vicious: The sad, dead boy 6.3 "Infancy conforms to nobody" 7 Work vs. Play 7.1 Punk's homo ludens 7.2 Ingenious dilletantes 7.3 The Baby Wagner Lullaby, or: Brilliance blackout 8 SEX 8.1 Queer punks and dykes in high heels 8.2 Defiant prostitutes, porn artists & well-dressed whores 8.3 Sadism and submission 8.4 Punk feminism: Vamp up! 9 Pain and Presence 9.1 Performances and punches 9.2 "It hurts and looks cool!": Fetish fashion 9.3 Real romance? 10 Dystopian with a Twist 10.1 It's the end of the world 10.2 The Grand Downfall Show 10.3 Broken heroes, aces of failure 11 The Laws of the Lawless List of Interviews and Archives Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Omo-Turkana area is unlike any place on earth. Spanning parts of Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya, the area is today home to a unique diversity of peoples and cultures. Extraordinary fossil finds from the locale have illuminated the evolutionary origins of our species and archaeological and historical evidence has demonstrated it has been a dynamic crossroads of peoples, languages and identities for millennia. Over the past two decades, development interventions have transformed the environment and presented a threat to local forms of material and intangible heritage. Many local groups now face challenges to the long-term sustainability of their traditional ways of life. This sumptuously illustrated book brings together a remarkable collection of the world’s leading archaeologists, ecologists, historians and ethnographers who specialise in the locale. Recognising the Omo-Turkana area as a crucial resource of global heritage, the authors also acknowledge its current vulnerability.Trade Review‘The current socio-economic and political happenings in the Omo-Turkana Basin are profoundly disturbing. Showcasing the area’s global importance, this compilation is a timely and crucial landmark in the pages of African history and archaeology.’ – Dr Richard Leakey, Turkana Basin Institute ‘Written by eminent scholars, this book showcases the rich and unique heritage of the Lower Omo Valley from prehistory to the present.’ – Prof. Tekle Hagos, Addis Ababa University ‘This collection of essays highlights the deep history of the Omo-Turkana basin, and the material and cultural traditions of the region’s inhabitants past and present. The reader is treated to rich, textured insights into the remarkable heritage of this part of the African continent, the many environmental and political challenges facing today’s inhabitants, and their continuing resilience in the face of adversity.’ – Prof. Paul Lane, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsForeword – by Anthony, Lord St John of Bletso ; Introduction ; Part 1: Prehistoric Life and Environment ; 1. Hominins and First Humans in the Lower Omo Valley – by Alex Wilshaw and Marta Mirazón Lahr ; 2. Early Prehistory of Fauna and Environment in Mursiland – by Michelle Drapeau ; 3. The Middle Stone Age of the Omo Delta-Turkana Basin – by Huw Groucutt ; 4. The Later Prehistory of the Turkana Basin – by Alex Wilshaw and Marta Mirazón Lahr ; Part 2: Pastoral Pasts – Entering History ; 5. Environment Histories - The Last 2,000 Years – by Graciela Gil-Romera and Miguel Sevilla-Callejo ; 6. Archaeology of Pastoralism and Monumentality in the Omo Valley – by Marcus Brittain and Timothy Clack ; 7. Global Artefacts: The Pastoral Past in Museums – by Juan Salazar Bonet and Timothy Clack ; Part 3: Pastoral Presents – The Mursi ; 8. Who are the Mursi? – by David Turton and Lugulointheno Jordomo ; 9. Colour, Metaphor and Persons – by Jean-Baptiste Eczet ; 10. Clay, Cosmology and Healing – by Kate Fayers-Kerr ; 11. Nomadic Traditions of Cattle Beautification: The Mursi Example – by Timothy Insoll and Timothy Clack ; 12. Material Culture – by Juan Salazar Bonet ; 13. Lip Plates – by Shauna LaTosky ; 14. Identity Ceremony: the Duel – by Tamás Régi ; 15. Local Economics: Cattle and Crops – by Demerew Danye and Anastasia Novichkhina ; Part 4: Exceptional Diversity – Omo Cultures ; 16. Omo Autonomies: On Populations, Tribes, and Ethnicity – by Felix Girke ; 17. Linguistic Diversity – by Shiferaw Assefa and Marcus Brittain ; 18. Sacrifice and Stone Platforms in Bodi – by Lucie Buffavand and Timothy Clack ; 19. The Hamar: Living By, For and With the Cattle – by Jérôme Dubosson ; 20. The Suri – by Jon Abbink ; 21. Kwegu: Hunters of the River – by Lucie Buffavand ; Part 5: Finding the Omo – Threats and Impacts ; 22. Written Past: Explorers’ Histories – by Marco Bassi ; 23. Last Chance to See? Intangible Heritage and Responsible Tourism – by Tamás Régi and Timothy Clack ; 24. ‘Our Poverty will be Gone’: Hope for a Mursi Community Conservation Area – by Will Hurd ; 25. From Marginalization to Megadam Crisis: The Dasanech and their Northern Turkana Neighbours – by Claudia Carr ; Index

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Book SynopsisGlass and Glass Production in the Near East during the Iron Age: Evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis examines the history of glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia and neighbouring regions (1000–539 BCE). This is the first monograph to cover this region and period comprehensively and in detail and thus fills a significant gap in glass research. It focusses on identification of the different types of glass objects and their respective manufacturing techniques from the the Iron Age period. Both glass as material and individual glass objects are investigated to answer questions such as as how raw glass (primary production) and glass objects (secondary production) were manufactured, how both these industries were organised, and how widespread glass objects were in Mesopotamian society in the Iron Age period. Such a comprehensive picture of glass and its production in the Iron Age can only be achieved by setting archaeological data in relation to cuneiform texts, archaeometric analyses and experimental-archaeological investigations. With regard to the different disciplines incorporated into this study, an attempt was made to view them together and to establish connections between these areas.Trade ReviewKatharina Schmidt has written a much-needed volume on Iron Age glass from the Near East... this is a major contribution to the study of Iron Age glass that will be of great help to students of ancient technologies and glass for years to come. -- Julian Henderson * Antiquity *Table of Contents1. Foreword and Acknowledgements ; 2. Glass and Glassy Materials: Definitions and Material Properties ; 3. Archaeological Contexts: Sites with Iron Age Glass Finds ; 4. The Glass Objects: Manufacturing Techniques, Typology, and Function ; 5. Discussion of the Archaeological Data ; 6. The Nineveh Glass Recipes ; 7. Archaeometrical Evidence ; 8. Conclusion ; Index of Technical Terms ; Bibliography ; Catalogue ; Plates ; Appendix 1 ; Appendix 2: Chemical raw data of different sites discussed

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Book SynopsisFunded by the AHRC, the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland project (2012-2016) involved a team drawn from the Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh and Cork which was responsible for compiling a massive database, now freely available online at https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac, on hillforts in Britain and Ireland. This was underpinned by a major desk-based re-assessment of accessible records. These twelve studies, presented at the end of that exercise to a conference in Edinburgh, and contributed by team members and colleagues, outline the background to and development of the project (Gary Lock) and offer a preliminary assessment of the online digital Atlas (John Pouncett) as well as presenting initial research studies using Atlas data. The volume is profusely illustrated with over 140 figures, including many new maps. Ian Ralston provides a historical assessment of key stages in the enumeration and mapping of these important monuments on both sides of the Irish Sea. The hill- and promontory forts of England, Wales and the Isle of Man are assessed by Ian Brown and those of Ireland by James O’Driscoll, Alan Hawkes and William O’Brien. Stratford Halliday’s study of the Scottish evidence focuses on the impact of the application of the Atlas criteria to the records of forts in that country. Simon Maddison deploys Percolation Analysis as an example of the potential re-use of the Atlas data in analysing new distributions; Jessica Murray presents a GIS-based approach to hillfort settings and configurations. Syntheses on insular Early Historic fortified settlements in northern Britain and Ireland, by James O’Driscoll and Gordon Noble, and on hillforts in areas of the nearer Continent are included. The latter comprise an overview by Sophie Krausz on Iron Age fortifications in France and a consideration of the south German records of hillforts and oppida by Axel Posluschny, while Fernando Rodriguez del Cueto tackles the north-western Spanish evidence.Trade Review'...we should congratulate and thank the editors for producing this fine volume, and for the enormous amount of work undertaken within the Atlas project. This is a new milestone in the study of hillforts in Britain and Ireland, and can serve as a source of inspiration for similar future studies in continental Europe and beyond.' -- Dr Manuel Fernández-Götz * The Prehistoric Society *Table of ContentsPreface - Eileen Wilkes; Part 1. The Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland; 1. The Atlas: an introduction - Gary Lock; 2. The Hillforts of Britain and Ireland – the background to the Atlas Project: an overview of the number of hill- and promontory-fort sites - Ian Ralston; 3. Hillforts of England, Wales and the Isle of Man: diversity captured - Ian Brown; 4. Forts and fortification in Scotland: applying the Atlas criteria to the Scottish dataset - Stratford Halliday; 5. The Irish hillfort - James O’Driscoll, Alan Hawkes and William O’Brien; 6. Fortified settlement in early medieval northern Britain and Ireland - Gordon Noble and James O’Driscoll; 7. A GIS-based investigation of morphological directionality at hillforts in Britain: the visual perspective - Jessica Murray; 8. Using Atlas data: the distribution of hillforts in Britain and Ireland - Simon Maddison; 9. The Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland online - John Pouncett; Part 2. Continental perspectives; 10. Iron Age fortifications in France - Sophie Krausz; 11. Hillforts of the central Cantabrian area in the Atlantic context: views on their distribution and records - Fernando Rodríguez del Cueto; 12. Hillforts and oppida: some thoughts on the fortified settlements in southern Germany - Axel Posluschny

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Book SynopsisMembers of the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE), founded in 1997, continue to research, hold international conferences, and publish books and essays in order to reveal the lives, journeys and achievements of these less well-known men and women who have made such a contribution to the present day historical and geographical knowledge of this region of the world and who have also given us a better understanding of its different peoples, languages and religions. The men and women from the past who are written about in this volume are a mixture of the incredibly rich or the very poor, and yet they have one thing in common, the bravery to tackle an adventure into the unknown without the certainty they would ever return home to their families. Some took up the challenge as part of their job or to create a new business, one person travelled to learn how to create and manage a harem at his house in London, others had no choice because as captives in a military campaign they were forced to make journeys into Ottoman controlled lands not knowing exactly where they were, yet every day they were looking for an opportunity to escape and return to their homes, while hoping the next person they met would guide them towards the safest route. Apart from being brave, many of these men and women travellers have something else in common: they and others they encountered have left a collective record describing their travels and their observations about all manner of things. It is these forgotten pioneers who first gathered the facts and details that now fill numerous modern guidebooks, inflight magazines and websites.Table of ContentsIntroduction - by Neil Cooke 1: Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela: a 12th-Century Traveller to the Middle East - by Paul Starkey 2: George Husz from Rascinia in Slavonia: a Croatian traveller and his voyage around the Orient between 1532 and 1541 - by Mladen Tomorad 3: Samuel Atkins: His diary or journal for the years 1680-88 - by Hakan Yazar 4: More treasure hunting in Qurna – the ‘Amr Mosque - by Caroline Simpson 5: Soldiering in Egypt - by Sarah Shepherd 6: The French House in Luxor: Living on top of a temple - by Hélène Virenque and Sylvie Weens 7: The notorious Emil Brugsch: ‘It is said that Brugsch Bey would sell the whole museum.’ - by Heicke Schmidt 8: From Rags to Riches: the adventures of Victor Gustave Maunier in Egypt 1848-1868 - by Sylvie Weens 9: “Let’s have a beer at Gorff’s!” - by Isolde Lehnert 10: A suffragist in Palestine: Millicent Fawcett’s journeys in the 1920s - by Lucy Pollard 11: Anton Prokesch von Osten and his contribution to evolving Egyptology - by Ernst Czerny 12: What the ‘Noble Traveller’ got up to in Thebes: Lord Belmore’s ‘Herculean undertaking’ in TT 148 - by Boyo G. Ockinga 13: Americans on the river Nile in the 1874-1875 Season - by Andrew Oliver 14: Sources of inspiration: Jean-Baptiste Vanmour and other artist-travellers in Ottoman Lands - by Janet Starkey 15: In the wake of a rake: Artist Francis Smith and the 6th Baron Baltimore - by Brian J. Taylor 16: Everything I Want People to Know is in my Books: Leo Tregenza’s Journeys in the Eastern Desert - by Ronald E. Zitterkopf 17: The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) Expedition to Moab in 1872 – Ginsburg and Tristram: an old academic quarrel? - by David Kennedy 18: ‘Nothing great can be achieved except in the Orient’ said Napoleon Bonaparte - by Heba Sheta Index

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Book SynopsisArchaeology: What It Is, Where It Is, and How to Do It has been written as a practical introduction on the investigation of the material remains of the past which can be interpreted with contemporary historical and literary evidence. The book also explains where to find this evidence and what to do next. Many aspects of archaeological investigation are discussed, including aerial and ground survey, excavation and fieldwork, recording methods, soil sampling and small finds.Trade Review'A very useful basic introduction to archaeology.' – Mick Aston'I wish this book had been available when I started out in archaeology back in the 1960s. It tells you everything you need to know in order to decide what sort of archaeology you’d like to learn more about. It doesn’t just deal with digging; instead it introduces you to aerial photography, geophysics, surveying, recording, finds processing, soil science and how to take samples – in fact all the subjects you’ll need to master if you want to become a field archaeologist. It’s well written and beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout. It would be cheap at twice the price!' – Francis PryorTable of ContentsIntroduction ; Chapter One: Documentary Sources ; Chapter Two: Aerial Survey for Archaeologists ; Chapter Three: Ground Survey ; Chapter Four: Archaeological Field Survey ; Chapter Five: Site Excavation and the Site Grid ; Chapter Six: Recording Methods: The drawn record ; Chapter Seven: Recording Methods: The written record ; Chapter Eight: Recording Stone and Timber ; Chapter Nine: Recording Skeletons ; Chapter Ten: Soil Sampling ; Chapter Eleven: Small Finds ; Chapter Twelve: What Next? ; Suggested Reading ; Index

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Book SynopsisThe cult of relics, encouraged by, among others, the emperor Constantine, Pope Damasus and the bishops Ambrose of Milan and Paulinus of Nola, led to the transformation of the Late Antique Italian landscape, and of suburban areas in particular. The process of gradual enhancement of the martyrs' tombs led to the creation of extensive sanctuaries, generally composed of funerary and cultic buildings, as well as service structures, pilgrims' lodgings and monasteries. The most important sanctuaries, such as those of Saints Peter in the Vatican, Paul on the Ostiense, Erasmus in Formia, Alexander in Nomentum, Felix in Cimitile, Gennaro in Naples, Felix in Venosa, Marcianus in Syracuse, and the Apostles in Concordia Sagittaria, became so popular that they justified Jerome's phrase: movetur urbs sedibus suis et currit ad martyrum tumulos. Between the 5th and 6th century, sanctuaries spread also in rural areas, usually along important roads, as documented by the site of San Canzian d'Isonzo. Analysing hypogeal and subdial contexts, Santuari e spazi confessionali nell’Italia tardoantica outlines the evolution of loca sancta, in a process that led the venerated tombs to become first memoriae, then places of worship and finally articulated sanctuaries. For the first time, the contexts of Rome are organically compared with those of the rest of Italy.Table of ContentsPremessa ; Prefazione ; Introduzione ; Roma ; I. Le origini. Il Santo Sepolcro e i trofei di Gaio ; II. Giustiziati per fede. Le deposizioni dei martiri ; III. Costantino e il culto dei santi. Gli interventi imperiali in Terrasanta ; IV. Silvestro, Giulio, Liberio. Pontefici al servizio dei santi ; V. Papa Damaso, cultore dei martiri ; VI. Santi stranieri ed evergeti laici. Lo sviluppo dei santuari ; VII. Dai sepolcri agli altari. I santuari alla fine dell’Antichità ; VIII. Conclusioni alla prima parte. I santuari romani da Pietro a Gregorio Magno ; Italia ; IX. Nuove comunità cristiane, nuovi santi. Il culto di protovescovi e martiri ; X. Depositiones. I cimiteri si santificano ; XI. La pace della Chiesa, la crescita dei santuari ; XII. I grandi vescovi. L’esempio di Damaso ; XIII. All’epoca dei grandi vescovi. Gli altri contesti ; XIV. Cambiamenti. Verso la transizione altomedievale ; XV. Conclusioni alla seconda parte. I Loca sancta trasformano il paesaggio italiano ; Conclusioni generali ; Bibliografia

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Book SynopsisThe frontiers of the Roman empire together form the largest surviving monument of one of the world’s greatest states. They stretch for some 7,500 km through 20 countries which encircle the Mediterranean Sea. The remains of these frontiers have been studied by visitors and later by archaeologists for several centuries. Many of the inscriptions and sculpture, weapons, pottery and artefacts created and used by the soldiers and civilians who lived on the frontier can be seen in museums. Equally evocative of the lost might of Rome are the physical remains of the frontiers themselves. The aim of this series of booklets is not only to inform the interested visitor about the history of the frontiers but to act as a guidebook as well. The Roman Empire reached its near full extent during the reign of Emperor Augustus. At that time Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the entire Mediterranean were part of it. The Hungarian part of the Empire had a river frontier that was more precisely called ripa. Pannonia province existed from the occupation during the reign of Emperor Augustus to the 20s and 30s of the 5th century A.D. Its border stretched alongside the Danube and was always one of the most important European frontiers in Roman times, as it is justified by keeping a very strong defence force there, consisting of 4 legions and an average of 30 auxiliary units. Some 420 km long section of the entire Pannonian limes from Klosterneuburg (Austria) to Belgrade (Serbia) belongs to the territory of present-day Hungary.Table of ContentsFrontiers of the Roman Empire ; The Roman Army and the Limes ; The Roman limes in Hungary ; A Római Birodalom határai ; A római hadsereg a limesen ; A római limes Magyarországon

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Book SynopsisSome years ago a revolution took place in Early Medieval history in Scotland. The Pictish heartland of Fortriu, previously thought to be centred on Perthshire and the Tay found itself relocated through the forensic work of Alex Woolf to the shores of the Moray Firth. The implications for our understanding of this period and for the formation of Scotland are unprecedented and still being worked through. This is the first account of this northern heartland of Pictavia for a more general audience to take in the full implications of this and of the substantial recent archaeological work that has been undertaken in recent years. Part of the The Northern Picts project at Aberdeen University, this book represents an exciting cross disciplinary approach to the study of this still too little understood yet formative period in Scotland’s history.Trade Review'A fascinating leap forward in this field of study. A book that requires time and effort, but with all the detail and history mustered within, it is worth the effort' * Dundee Courier, Scottish Book of the Week *'A fascinating book and one which will have a lasting value. It fundamentally changes the background picture [of the Picts]' * Undiscovered Scotland *

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Book SynopsisWhat would it have been like to walk down the streets of Viking Age Dublin a thousand years ago? What would you have seen, heard and smelled? How would this urban settlement have been different from an early medieval rural dwelling of this time a rath, a crannog or dún situated in the countryside? Such questions not only potentially interrogate the reality of people's lives in the past, but also open up topics such as diet, health and disease in urban and rural settings, the alteration and management of past environments and emergence of new forms of urban and rural communities in Europe.Dirt, Dwellings and Culture explores the living conditions and environments as experienced by early medieval people in Ireland, touching upon a wide range of environmental, architectural, artefactual and historical datasets from significant archaeological excavations of settlement sites across Ireland and Northern Europe. At its heart it focuses on a new and significant b

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Book SynopsisExperiencing a city without knowing the history is like watching a blockbuster movie without a story – all sets and visuals, but devoid of dialogue, plot, and drama. We are travelling more than ever, but the story telling has not kept up. An amazing city like Istanbul becomes just another mosque, another palace and yet another sultan. This book aims to bring to life the stories behind the locations. Each story is accompanied by a lesson that can be applied to our lives. Why does a chain hang over the entrance to the Blue Mosque? Why do the chandeliers of Grand Mosques often have an ostrich egg at their centre? Who was Fatih and what made him special? This is a guidebook that prioritises the history of the locations and lessons we can learn from the past. If you want to experience Istanbul in a way that is a feast for the heart and mind as much as it is for the eyes and stomach, read on.

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Book SynopsisA graphic memoir like no other: the true story of a marriage in China that spanned the twentieth century, told in vibrant, original paintings and prose.WINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN AWARDRao Pingru was a twenty-six-year-old soldier when he first saw the beautiful Mao Meitang. One glimpse of her through a window as she put on lipstick was enough to capture Pingru’s heart. It was a moment that sparked a union that would last almost sixty years.But when Meitang passed away in 2008, Pingru realised that their marriage and all the small moments and memories of a life together, would be lost to history. And so at the age of eighty-eight, in an outpouring of love and grief, Pingru began to paint.Our Story is a memorial to Pingru and Meitang’s epic romance, told through Pingru’s exquisitely detailed paintings and handwritten notes. We see Pingru and Meitang through the decades, through both poverty and good fortune, and as they grow so too does China: the nation undergoing political turmoil and seismic cultural change. A tale both tragic and inspiring, of enduring love and simple values, Our Story is an old-fashioned romance that unfolds within the rush of a rapidly changing nation. A love letter, a work of folk art and a historical testament, Our Story is a truly unique graphic memoir.'A beautifully warm, personal, human story of life, love and family' Forbidden PlanetTrade ReviewA deeply moving love letter… Almost every page is gorgeously illustrated with his enchanting, sometimes heartbreaking paintings * Asia Review of Books *Pingru, [at age] 95, makes his literary debut with a charming memoir illustrated with his own evocative watercolors... A graceful, gently told narrative of contentment and resilience * Kirkus Reviews *Thanks to the persuasive power of its humane and humorous author, Our Story is as hard to resist as the great, rich, rambling serial narratives of the oral storytellers who travelled from one Chinese village to another -- Hilary Spurling * The Spectator *His pictures tell expressively of his talent for observation but also of his capacity for happiness… A wonderful book, full of energy and curiosity -- Muriel Zagha * Elephant *A beautifully warm, personal, human story of life, love and family * Forbidden Planet *

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Book SynopsisThere have been many things written about Canada's violent siege of Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawà:ke in the summer of 1990, butWhen the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistanceis the first book from the perspective of Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, who was the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) spokesperson during the siege.

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Book SynopsisThis new volumein the award-winning Atlas Series presents fresh perspectives on, and a nuancedunderstanding of, the history of the Irish Civil War (19223).

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Book SynopsisDetermined presents a concise overview of Black history in Virginia from the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia in 1619 through the groundswell of racial justice protests of 2020. These four centuries encompass slavery and emancipation, segregation and the civil rights movement, the election of the first Black president and the rise of Black Lives Matter. Throughout this complex history, Black people have fought for freedom, justice, and opportunity and against oppression, discrimination, and dehumanization. Their efforts have brought meaningful changes to American society by forcing the nation to define the meaning of its highest ideals of democracy and universal equality. Arranged chronologically, this book explores 400 years of Black history through the stories of key figures and events in Virginia that shaped the fight for Black equity. A few of the individuals featured include John Punch, whose punishment for attempting to escape bondage in 1640 began the codification of a system of slavery that spread throughout the original Thirteen Colonies, and Nat Turner, who shocked the nation with a slave revolt in 1831 that challenged the institution of slavery. John Mitchell, Jr. was a journalist-editor who championed Black pride and civil rights in the Jim Crow era, and Barbara Johns led a student protest that became part of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the landmark Supreme Court decision dismantling legalized segregation. A new generation of activists like Zyahna Bryant continues the fight for racial equity today. Illustrations of historical artifacts and images bring to life these and other stories of Black determination and resistance. Determined focuses on Virginia, yet it tells an American story. Black people have shaped the nation’s economic, political, and cultural identity, and Virginia has played a formative and central role in national race relations. This book provides a timely reckoning with America’s fraught history with race and systemic racism. It fosters a greater understanding of the legacies of slavery, segregation, and white supremacy to meet the challenges of today and forge a better tomorrow.Table of ContentsForeword, by Jamie Bosket; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: “First Generations, 1619–1775”; Chapter 2: “Slavery at High Tide, 1775–1865”; Chapter 3: “Progress & Backlash, 1865–1950”; Chapter 4: “Equality Achieved? 1950–Today”; Epilogue; Endnotes; General Bibliography; Index; Image Credits

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Book SynopsisIn this study of the Portuguese intervention in the Manila Galleon Trade, Etsuko Miyata explores its history through a new approach: the examination of Chinese ceramics. The excavated Chinese ceramics from Mexico City shed light on the nature of Portuguese involvement in this huge sixteenth-century maritime trade network, and also help to clarify the relationship between the Portuguese and the Chinese merchants, who were considered to be rivals. The book analyzes the change of types and quantity of excavated Chinese ceramics from Mexico City over time. It references the trade depression during the mid seventeenth century, when the ceramic finds from Mexico City suddenly decreased, and the trade between Asia and America seemed to slow down; and it seeks to understand the effect on people from various social backgrounds in both regions. The study also considers the Atlantic coastal trade in Spain; this featured Chinese ceramic finds from Galician excavation sites. The author postulates a hypothesis that these ceramics did not come into Spain through the Manila Galleon Trade or via Atlantic trade with America, but from Lisbon where the coastal trade route powered a large amount of diverse commerce.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Chapter I: The Arrival of the Portuguese and Spanish in Asian Waters ; Chapter II: Commerce and Merchants in the Manila Galleon Trade ; Chapter III: Exported Chinese Porcelain in New Spain ; Chapter IV: Distribution of Chinese Ceramics and Asian Products in Spanish Society ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Appendix 1: AGN Contratación 1795-1802

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Book Synopsis This sumptuous book reveals how discoveries of classical sculptures and frescoes in Pompeii and Herculaneum inspired artistic masterpieces created for the Spanish Bourbon Court in Naples during the eighteenth century. Ancient sculptures, frescoes and other archaeological finds discovered at the foot of Mount Vesuvius helped shape the artistic expression in Europe, particularly landscape paintings, sculpture, ceramics, furniture and portraits. These include images of the Bourbon royal family, and also detailed landscapes and cityscapes giving a glimpse into Naples at the time. Sculptures and frescoes from the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, the villas at Stabiae and Cicero and the Temple of Isis at Pompeii are examined alongside the art by well-known eighteenth-century artists they influenced, including Angelica Kauffman, Anton Rafael Mengs and Antonio Joli.

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Book Synopsis"Swords and lances, arrows, machine guns and even high explosives have had far less power over the fate of nations than the typhus louse, the plague flea and the yellow-fever mosquito." Both shocking and entertaining, this masterpiece of popular science writing tells the tragic story of the struggle between humanity and its humble but deadly enemies, the organisms of disease. Zinsser shows how infectious disease simply represented an attempt of a living organism to survive. While from the human perspective an invading pathogen was abnormal, from the perspective of the pathogen it was perfectly normal. From the pestilence which contributed to the downfall of Rome to the dancing manias of medieval Europe, the aristocracy’s fashion for wearing wigs and the role of typhus in the First World War, Zinsser reveals just how disease and epidemics have shaped human history.Trade Review'A fascinating blend of scientific and historical research, humour and stimulating opinion on almost every subject of interest to this contemporary world' British Medical Journal'A superb book... a classic work' David Bellamy'In the course of his darting and discursive narrative his imaginations take him into strange places in human souls and philosophies' Observer

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Book SynopsisBeautiful collection of essays and photographs, showing Green''s choice of the 100 most significant objects in Welsh history. Evoking key moments in Wales'' past through tangible, physical artefacts, they include a hand axe from 32,000 BC, William Morgan''s Bible and Catatonia''s first release. Reprint. Originally Published by Gwasg Gomer in 2018.

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