History Books

Book SynopsisThe ancient cathedral of Old Minster and the abbey church of New Minster once stood at the heart of Anglo-Saxon Winchester. Buildings of the first importance, honoured by Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings, these great churches were later demolished and their locations lost. Through an extensive programme of archaeological excavation begun in 1961, and as a result of years of research, the story of these lost minsters can now be revealed. Written by Martin Biddle, Director of the Winchester Excavations Committee and Research Unit, and marvellously illustrated by Simon Hayfield, The Search for Winchester’s Anglo-Saxon Minsters traces the history of these excavations from 1961 to 1970 and shows how they led to the discovery of the Old and New Minsters, bringing back to life the history, archaeology and architecture of Winchester’s greatest Anglo-Saxon buildings.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Anglo-Saxon Winchester; Archaeological excavations and finds; Understanding the evidence; Evolution of Old Minster; Destruction of Old Minster; The Royal Quarter; Winchester Studies; Further Reading

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Book SynopsisThe 21 censuses that have been conducted in Britain since 1801, have provided an invaluable insight into Britain’s social, political and economic history over the past 200 years. From their original purpose to assess how many men were fit for military duty in the Napoleonic wars, to being a necessary tool for determining government policy, the 10-yearly census return is a fascinating snapshot of the state of the population on a particular moment in each decade. The growth of Britain’s cities; the movement of population away from the countryside; the variety of people’s occupations; their way of life; and what religious beliefs they hold are all contained within the census reports. With the imminent publication of the 1921 census results, this will prove a useful introduction, both for those interested in general trends in social history, and those researching family history.Trade ReviewThis is a thorough introduction for anyone wanting to understand what the British census has achieved and continues to achieve. -- Trevor James * The Historian *A thoroughly interesting read from start to finish. * Family and Community Historical Research Society Newsletter *Table of ContentsThe Bible, Domesday and Parishes Malthus and Rickman: Fathers of the Census The Victorian Age Suffragettes and the World at War Post-World War Censuses The Twenty-first Century Family History and the Census Further Reading Places to Visit Index

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Book SynopsisThe History of archaeological research has only recently become a research topic of interest within Spain. A congress, Colecciones, arqueólogos, instituciones y yacimientos en la España de los Siglos XVIII al XX, was held at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2016 designed to bring this topic to the fore. Eleven papers are presented in this proceedings volume. They address several aspects from different perspectives that collectively enrich the historiography of Spanish archaeological research. La Historia de las investigaciones arqueológicas es un campo de estudio muy reciente en el caso español. No obstante, las últimas décadas han sido muy fructíferas en esta línea de investigación. Colecciones, arqueólogos, instituciones y yacimientos en la España de los Siglos XVIII al XX es un volumen que recoge ese testigo con once trabajos originales que traen a la primera línea la historiografía de la Arqueología española. Estos trabajos, fruto de un congreso homónimo realizado en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid en 2016, abordan diferentes temas y perspectivas que abarcan importantes aspectos de la temática tratada con una variedad geográfica que atiende la diversidad y riqueza de la historiografía arqueológica española.Table of ContentsPrólogo – by Jorge García Sánchez; La colección de antigüedades romanas de la Real Academia de la Historia: el proceso de formación – by Paloma Martín-Esperanza Montilla; Historia y Arqueología en el siglo XVIII en el Reino de Murcia: el descubrimiento de la antigüedad del Puerto de las Águilas – by Pedro Pérez Mulero; Del lugar donde fue Iliberri (Granada): historiografía de un debate – by Amparo Sánchez Moreno; Apuntes para una historiografía de la Arqueología en la ciudad de Guadix (Granada). Entre los mitos y la realidad – by Antonio López García y Antonio Reyes Martínez; La Arqueología en la prensa nacional: el caso de La Ilustración Española y Americana – by Rebeca Arranz Santos; La formación arqueológica y en historia del arte del joven Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez (1870-1899) – by Alfredo Mederos Martín; Ángel de los Ríos y los inicios de la Arqueología medieval en el norte de la Península Ibérica – by Enrique Gutiérrez Cuenca; Pedro de Madrazo y la Arqueología española del siglo XIX – by Alegra García García; Pioneros de la Arqueología alicantina. La necrópolis de l’Albufereta – by Verdú Parra; De la exhumación de las estructuras a los estudios arquitectónicos. Nuevas aportaciones historiográficas a la edilicia de Carteia – by Alberto Romero Molero; La Rota protohistórica como ejemplo de la evolución del concepto de Tarteso – by Álvaro Gómez Peña; La Arqueología en Córdoba en la década de 1950. Un recorrido historiográfico a través de sus protagonistas – by Francisco José Rueda Olmo; El estudio de la cerámica numantina durante el primer tercio del siglo XX – by Álvaro Sánchez Climent

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Book SynopsisA beautifully illustrated history of Britain’s most revered and valued institution: the NHS. In March 2020 the UK went into lockdown to help contain the spread of COVID-19 and protect the NHS from one of the greatest threats that it has faced in its 72-year history. Today more than ever, all eyes are on this beloved institution as it continues to innovate and adapt to meet the challenges of providing national healthcare in the modern world. In this fully illustrated introduction, Dr Susan Cohen traces the history of the NHS from its establishment after the Second World War, through seven decades of changing management and organisation, often in controversial political circumstances, right up to the current COVID-19 crisis. Including personal recollections from healthcare professionals on the frontline, as well as the patients in their care, this important and timely volume offers a comprehensive overview of one of the world's most remarkable healthcare systems.Table of ContentsPublic Health Care Before the NHS A New Dawn 1950 to 1970 1970 to 2000 The NHS in the Twenty-first Century Further Reading Places to Visit Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisAn illustrated introduction to how British industries, supported by thousands of newly recruited women, strove to meet the nation’s wartime need for munitions, armour, shipping, uniforms and aircraft. During the Second World War (1939–45), Britain stretched every sinew of its industrial might to fend off a Nazi invasion. As the nation stood alone against Fortress Europe, it harnessed, coordinated and maximised its resources, firstly to defend itself and then to help liberate Axis-occupied countries. Wartime Industry uses informative text and beautiful illustrations to show how the men and women of Britain met this unprecedented demand for military and home-front materials. It explores the work of Lord Beaverbrook’s highly organised Ministry of Aircraft Production; the ‘Shadow Factories’ that enabled manufacturers such as Vauxhall and Rootes to make tanks and aircraft; the Royal Ordnance Factories that produced firearms and explosives; the ‘Bevin Boys’ conscripted to work in the coal mines; the Women’s Timber Corps; and war workers – who, together, helped the nation to make it.Table of ContentsIntroduction Raw Materials and Salvage Shipyards Munitions, Tanks and Military Motors Battle Dress, Boots and Utility Goods The Workforce Further Reading Places to Visit Index

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Book SynopsisWhereas animals are a frequent depiction on gemstones within the Greek and Roman periods, and play a key role in symbolic representations on these engraved gems, they have generally been overlooked with little in the way of focussed academic study. In the present research, a large group of Greek and Roman gems (intaglios) bearing depictions of animals was selected. The gems are presented through a detailed study of the themes described in an attempt to form a comprehensive approach to the depictions of animals and their significance on Greek and Roman gems. The work examines the associations between animal depictions and the type of gemstone and its believed qualities. The study also discusses the changes in representation of animals on gems compared to other, larger media, and questions the significance of these changes. It is concluded here that as far as animal motifs are concerned, the gems could be accorded with a deeper symbolism, such as good luck, abundance and fertility, health, success, and victory. All these motifs are perceived as capable of weakening hostile forces. The animals engraved can also symbolise nature's abundance and fertility, especially when represented along with their offspring, pasturing and grazing, or accompanied by such fertility symbols as cornucopia, ears of corn, and wine goblets. Other animals are related to certain gods, and even comprise their attributes, and thus it was believed that the owner of an engraved gem was accorded divine protection.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Engraved gems: a survey: 1. The Uses of Engraved Gems, 2. The materials used for ancient gems, 3. The themes depicted on gems, 4. References to gemstones in ancient literary sources, 5. Dating methods, 6. Carving technique, 7. Artists and workshops; Animal images and their meaning: Mammals, Cattle, Deer, Goats, Horses, Boars and sows, Predatory animals, Panthers, Lions, Birds, Birds of Prey, and Fowl, Eagles, Parrots, Roosters, Geese, Swans, Insects, Ants, Marine creatures, Dolphins, Seashells, Hybrids, Sphinx, Pegasus, Capricorn, Hippocamp, Gryllos (Hippalectryon); Interactions between animal depictions in various media and their depictions on gems; Associations between animal depictions and the type of gemstone and its believed qualities; Summary; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisBetween the ninth and the fifteenth centuries, Central Asia was a major political, economic and cultural hub on the Eurasian continent. In the first half of the thirteenth century it was also the pre-eminent centre of power in the largest land-based empire the world has ever seen. This third volume of Christoph Baumer's extensively praised and lavishly illustrated new history of the region is above all a story of invasion, when tumultuous and often brutal conquest profoundly shaped the later history of the globe. The author explores the rise of Islam and the remarkable victories of the Arab armies which - inspired by their vital, austere and egalitarian desert faith - established important new dynasties like the Seljuks, Karakhanids and Ghaznavids. A golden age of artistic, literary and scientific innovation came to a sudden end when, between 1219 and 1260, Genghiz Khan and his successors overran the Chorasmian-Abbasid lands. Dr Baumer shows that the Mongol conquests, while shattering to their enemies, nevertheless resulted in much greater mercantile and cultural contact between Central Asia and Western Europe.Trade ReviewA rarity - a labour of love, scholarship and high-class publishing ... an astounding achievement. * Literary Review *Many have written about Genghis Khan and his successors' national and international military campaigns. But seldom has the prose been so lucid and the illustrations so illuminating ... Under Baumer's expert guidance and firm hand, historians, religious scholars and the non-specialist can follow Genghis Khan's Islamic predecessors and the Mongols along the surface of the earth. * The Spectator *

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Book SynopsisThe remarkable true story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, and the two men in war-torn Japan whose lives he changed forever.On the 14th of August 1941, a Polish priest named Maximilian Maria Kolbe was murdered in Auschwitz.Kolbe''s life had been remarkable. Fiercely intelligent and driven, he founded a movement of Catholicism and spent several years in Nagasaki, ministering to the ''hidden Christians'' who had emerged after centuries of oppression. A Polish nationalist as well as a priest, he gave sanctuary to fleeing refugees and ran Poland''s largest publishing operation, drawing the wrath of the Nazis. His death was no less remarkable: he volunteered to die, saving the life of a fellow prisoner.It was an act that profoundly transformed the lives of two Japanese men. Tomei Ozaki was just seventeen when the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, destroying his home and his family. Masatoshi Asari worked on a farm in Hokkaido during the war and was haunted b

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Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on the pottery classes of the ‘Entangled Tradition’, recovered at the settlement of the ‘Serraglio’ on Kos during the early Late Bronze Age period. The results reveal new information on the chronology, typology, and decoration of Koan Painted Fine (PF) and Painted Medium-Coarse to Coarse (PMC-C) ceramics. Moreover, the analysis of manufacturing processes and consumption patterns contributes to a better comprehension of the socio-cultural and political context in which Koan entangled classes were produced. The data presented in this volume indicate that PF and PMC-C ceramics represent a unique case of fully entangled classes in the Aegean, which merge features of the Koan ‘Local Tradition’ with characteristics of the Minoan potting tradition into a new technological and stylistic language. Contacts between these different cultures are explained based on the theoretical model provided by ‘human mobility’. The specific Koan cultural synthesis was endorsed and promoted by the local elites of the ‘Serraglio’, who aimed to participate in the ‘new environment’ determined by the economic and cultural expansion of Neopalatial Crete. In this respect, the manufacture of Koan entangled classes served a dual role. On the one hand, using transport containers made in the PMC-C class, Koan products were exported and exchanged throughout the Aegean. In addition, the finer vessels of the Koan ‘Entangled Tradition’ were utilized for promoting Minoan-type social practices at the ‘Serraglio’. Through these practices, Koan elites reshaped their identity and portrayed an image of higher status within the local social arena.Table of ContentsParte 1: Testo; Prefazione ed argomento della ricerca; Capitolo 1. Terminologia e classificazione; Capitolo 2. Gli scavi di Morricone nel “Serraglio”; Capitolo 3. Esame dei contesti della Fase III:1; Capitolo 4. Cronologia dei vasi erratici di “tradizione mista”; Capitolo 5. Analisi del materiale frammentario; Capitolo 6. Le ceramiche della “tradizione mista” Discussione ed interpretazione; Capitolo 7. Conclusioni finali; Bibliografia; Parte 2: Tabelle; Parte 3: Illustrazioni

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Book SynopsisIn the history of European revolutions, the barricade stands as a glorious emblem. Its symbolic importance arises principally from the barricades of Eric Hazan's native Paris, where they were instrumental in the revolts of the nineteenth century, helping to shape the political life of a continent.The barricade was always a makeshift construction (the word derives from barrique or barrel), and in working-class districts these ersatz fortifications could spread like wildfire. They doubled as a stage, from which insurgents could harangue soldiers and subvert their allegiance. Their symbolic power persisted into May 1968 and, more recently, the Occupy movements.Hazan traces the many stages in the barricade's evolution, from the Wars of Religion through to the Paris Commune, drawing on the work of thinkers throughout the periods examined to illustrate and bring to life the violent practicalities of revolutionary uprising.Trade ReviewHazan's account combines some fine vignettes about particular revolutionary episodes with a telling eye for detail; the maps of the different insurrections are also handy. -- Sudhir Hazareesingh * Times Literary Supplement *Indeed, until I read Eric Hazan's fascinating book, I too used to think that it was only during the French Revolution that the barricade stopped being a purely civilian object,designed primarily "to prevent admittance," like a modern swing-beam-type barrier or a turnstile. I was wrong. I feel like quoting endlessly from this revealing compact book, which, on top of everything else, is beautifully written and no-less beautifully translated. The idea of tracing centuries of tempestuous European history by looking just at one significant engineering object strikes me as brilliant. This little volume will find a prominent place in the 'golden shelf' of my favourite books of all time. -- Vitali Vitaliev * E&T Magazine *Hazan's short sharp book rises and falls like a battle cry and a keen of mourning both at once (...) For all the twilittonalities of Hazan's book, there is something joyous about it. It affirms that one of the options available to common people, one chosen over and over in the most desolate situations, is fighting back. -- Joshua Clover * LA Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisMOLA (formerly Northamptonshire Archaeology), has undertaken intermittent archaeological work within Bozeat Quarry over a twenty-year period from 1995-2016 covering an area of 59ha. The earliest archaeological features lay in the extreme northern area where a Bronze Age to Iron Age cremation burial was possibly contemporary with an adjacent late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pit alignment. In the middle to late Iron Age a settlement was established at the southern part of the site over a c170m by 150m area. It was a well organised farmstead, mostly open in plan with two roundhouses, routeway, enclosures, boundary ditches and pits. In the early 1st century AD, cAD 30, two separate settlements lay c0.5km apart. The former southern Iron Age farmstead had perhaps shifted location c150m to the north-west and a there was new farmstead to the north. Both settlements were located on a west facing slope of a valley side and were sited on sands and gravels at between 64m and 66m aOD. The Northern Settlement was only occupied for about 150 years and was involved in pastoral farming, but local coarseware pottery production was of some importance with a group of 12 pottery kilns dated to the middle to late 1st century AD. This is seemingly the largest number of pottery kilns from a single settlement of this period yet found in the regionally important Upper Nene Valley pottery producing area. The Southern Settlement was larger and continued to the end of the Roman period. In this area there was a notable scatter of 12 Iron Age and 1st century AD Roman coins as well as 24 contemporary brooches found over an area measuring c170m by c130m. This collection of finds may suggest the presence of a shrine or temple located in the area. It is perhaps significant that in 1964 directly to the west of the excavation, a middle Roman round stone building was found, perhaps an associated shrine. Within the excavation area in the latest Iron Age to early Roman period there was a possible roundhouse, a large oval enclosure and a field system. The latter largely related to pastoral farming including areas where paddocks were linked to routeways suggesting significant separation of livestock had occurred. Four cremation burials, including one deposited in a box, and an inhumation lay in three locations. Pastoral farming was a significant activity throughout the Roman period with enclosures, paddocks and linked routeways uncovered. In the late 2nd to 4th century there were two stone buildings and a stone malt oven at the extreme western extent of the site, within 50m to the east of the probably contemporary shrine recorded in 1964. There was minor evidence of early to middle Saxon occupation within the area of the former middle to late Iron Age settlement. No structures were found, although a few pits may date to this period and mark short stay visits. A small cemetery of five individuals respected the former Roman field system and probably dated to the late 6th to 7th centuries. The burials included a decapitation and a burial with a knife and a buckle. The site was then not re-occupied and became part of the fields of Bozeat medieval and post-medieval settlements.Table of Contents1: Introduction; 2: The archaeological evidence; 3: Finds; 4: Human, faunal and environmental evidence; 5: Discussion; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn response to right-wing extremism in the United States and around the world, Ken McGoogan offers lessons from history by looking back at the rise of authoritarianism and the collapse of European democracies in the lead-up to World War II. In Shadows of Tyranny, historian Ken McGoogan warns against the future by drawing on the past, setting the emergence of alt-right fascism in the US against what happened last century in Europe. Incorporating conventional history, political analysis, biographical sketches and literary criticism—referencing visionary works by Margaret Atwood, George Orwell, H.G. Wells, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Jack London, Sinclair Lewis and Philip Roth—Shadows of Tyranny honors those who defied dictatorship and exposed totalitarianism in all its guises. McGoogan traces the ways democracy succumbed to paranoia, polarization, scapegoating and demagoguery less than a hundred years ago in the days of

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents the lithic assemblage from Howburn in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, which at present is the oldest prehistoric settlement in Scotland (12,700-12,000 BC), and the only Hamburgian settlement in Britain. The site also included a scatter from the Late Upper Palaeolithic Federmesser- Gruppen period (12,000-10,800 BC), as well as lithics from the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. The book focuses on the Hamburgian finds, which are mainly based on the exploitation of flint from Doggerland, the then dry bed of the North Sea. The Hamburgian tools include tanged arrowheads, scrapers, piercers, burins, and other implement forms which show similarities with tools of the same age on the European continent. The shape of one scatter suggests that the Palaeolithic settlers lived in tent-like structures. The Palaeolithic finds from Howburn shed light on several important general trends, such as the ‘acclimatization’ of pioneer settlers, as well as the development of regional differences following the initial Late Glacial recolonization of Scotland. Palaeo-environmental work focused on whether there was a small lake (‘Loch Howburn’) in front of the terrace on which the camp was situated, and it was concluded that there was indeed a lake there, but it was neither contemporary with the Hamburgian, nor the Federmesser-Gruppen settlement. Most likely, ‘Loch Howburn’ dates to the Loch Lomond stadial.Trade Review‘This fascinating volume focuses on a Scottish settlement site that has its origins in the Late Upper Palaeolithic (LUP), inhabited at a time when the glaciers in northern Europe were in retreat. The book presents the results of a large excavation where a considerable lithic assemblage was recovered… This book is an important contribution for understanding the economics of Late Upper Palaeolithic reindeer hunters.’ – George Nash (2018): Current ArchaeologyTable of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; Characterization of the Assemblage ; Late Upper Palaeolithic Technological Approaches ; On-site Distribution and Activity Patterns ; Dating ; The Palaeo-environmental Context of the Site ; Discussion ; Future Perspectives ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAlice loves her community, and she's excited to show others her favourite things to see and do throughout the year. From ice fishing to collecting clams to cheering on hunters in the community, there is always something to enjoy in Sanirajak, Nunavut. Explore Sanirajak with Alice in this bilingual picture book.

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Book SynopsisThis collection of around twenty papers has its origins in a two-day seminar organised by the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) in conjunction with the Centre for Middle Eastern Plants at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (RBGE), with additional support from Cornucopia magazine and the Turkish Consulate General, Edinburgh. This multi-disciplinary event formed part of the Ottoman Horizons festival held in Edinburgh in 2017 and attracted a wide range of participants from around the world, including several from Turkey and other parts of the Middle East. This splendidly illustrated book focuses on the botanical legacy of many parts of the former Ottoman Empire — including present-day Turkey, the Levant, Egypt, the Balkans, and the Arabian Peninsula — as seen and described by travellers both from within and from outside the region. The papers cover a wide variety of subjects, including Ottoman garden design and architecture; the flora of the region, especially bulbs and their cultural significance; literary, pictorial and photographic depictions of the botany and horticulture of the Ottoman lands; floral and related motifs in Ottoman art; culinary and medicinal aspects of the botanical heritage; and efforts related to conservation.Trade ReviewTravellers in Ottoman Lands is indeed a detailed academic book with a wealth of information. Overall, a wider public would also be interested in learning more about the Ottoman botany with this exceptionally informative collection. It gives an opportunity to those who enjoy the tulip and rose seasons, floral arts and decorations; and who like to learn about the living and preserved species, and their use for culinary, medical and display purposes. Each author’s long research period, exchange of ideas during the conference, and scholarly writing definitely make it a joy to navigate between the pages for a stimulating study on the botanical legacy of the Ottoman Empire. - Dr Özde Çeliktemel-Thomen (2020): TRT World Research CentreTable of ContentsForeword – by Semih Lütfü Turgut, Turkish Consul General in Edinburgh ; Preface – by Sabina Knees ; Introduction to Travellers in Ottoman Lands: The Botanical Legacy – by Paul Starkey ; Acknowledgements – by Paul Starkey ; THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE ; 1 The Ottoman Empire: an introduction to its history and heritage – by Ines Aščerić-Todd ; THE OTTOMAN GARDEN ; 2 Presenting and re-presenting Ottoman imperial gardens in manuscript illustrations: the case of the Oxford Dilsūznāmah, dated AH 860/AD 1455–1456, Edirne – by Susan Scollay ; 3 Ottoman fruit cultivation as reflected in Evliya Çelebi’s Book of Travels 43 ; Priscilla Mary Işın ; 4 Gardens of Istanbul in Persian hajj travelogues (Güllü Yıldız) [Open Access: Download] ; 5 The public space of the Bakewell Ottoman Garden – by Radha Dalal ; BOTANIST-TRAVELLERS ; 6 Dioscorides’ legacy: a classical precursor to travellers in Ottoman lands (Alison Denham) [Open Access: Download] ; 7 Botanical explorations by Frederik Hasselquist (1749–1752) and Pehr Forsskål (1761–1763): Linné’s apostles in the Holy Land – by Tobias Mörike ; 8 From Ottoman Aleppo to Edinburgh: the botanical legacies of Adam Freer MD and his colleagues – by Janet Starkey ; 9 The botanist Carl Haussknecht (1838–1903) in the Ottoman Empire and Persia (1865 and 1866–1869): a biographical sketch and itinerary of his expeditions – by Frank H. Hellwig & Kristin Victor ; 10 In honour of Professor Asuman Baytop (1920–2015): a tribute | On Georges Vincent Aznavour, the last Ottoman plant collector and his herbarium held in the Robert College (Istanbul), Turkey – by Necmi Aksoy ; 11 Violet Dickson, Umm Saud, the last grande dame of Arabia – by Irene Linning† ; BULBS AND CONIFERS ; 12 Bulbs of the Holy Land: diversity, conservation, and cultivation – by Ori Fragman-Sapir ; 13 George Maw (1832–1912): his Crocus monograph, travels, and correspondents from the Ottoman Empire – by Alison Rix ; 14 Decline of the conifers in former Ottoman lands – by Martin Gardner & Sabina Knees ; 15 The cedars of Lebanon in literature and art – by Paul Starkey ; ART AND BOTANY ; 16 Botanical art in Turkey from past to present – by Gülnur Ekşi ; 17 The interpretation of Ottoman garden culture through miniatures – by Gürsan Ergil ; 18 Richly decorated textiles and Ottoman court dress – by Jennifer Scarce ; 19 Taking ‘stalk’ of Turkey red in Ottoman flora, fabric, and fibre – by Lara Mehling ; 20 Roses, carnations, and ‘Prophet’s eggs’: Turkish needle lace flowers between decoration and non-verbal communication – by Gérard J. Maizou & Kathrin Müller

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Book SynopsisThe phenomenal success of Tolkien and JK Rowling have restored magical folk to the adult world. The reader will discover that Hobbits hail from Tolkien's aunt's manor farm Bag-End and Harry Potter's Master Dobbs is part of ancient folklore. Fairies are often nothing like the ones conjured up by writers and Hollywood. Some are worse than soccer hooligans. They are irascible, blood-sucking, bed-hopping. A tidal-wave of new fairy sightings has been uncovered by the digitisation of British and Irish local newspapers and other local ephemera, and by the Fairy Census conducted by the authors.Trade Review'Enchanting.' Mail on Sunday; 'Engaging and authoritative... British fairies, it turns out, are classic eccentrics.' Sunday Telegraph; 'Detail on local mythology... sparkling.' Literary Review; 'A big insight into the lives of little people... provocative.'; Glasgow Herald; 'A gazetteer of myths, legends, and sightings.' IndependentTable of ContentsAcknowledgements & Editors' Note 6 We Need to Talk about Fairies 7 Fairy Tribes Biographies English Fairies 1 Fairy Queens and Pharisees 2 Pucks and Lights 3 Pixies and Pixy Rocks 4 Fairy Magic and the Cottingley Photographs 5 Fairy Barrows and Cunning Folk 6 Fairy Holes and Fairy Butter Celtic and Norse Fairies 7 The Sidhe and Fairy Forts 8 The Seelie and Unseelie Courts 9 Trows and Trowie Wives Orkney and Shetland by Laura Coulson 10 The Fair Folk and Enchanters Wales by Richard Suggett 11 Pouques and the Faiteaux 12 George Waldron and the Good People 13 Piskies and Knockers Travelling Fairies 14 Puritans and Pukwudgies 15 Fairy Bread and Fairy Squalls 16 Banshees and Changelings Notes

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Book SynopsisThis volume was conceived to provide a forum for Mexican and foreign scholars to publish new data and interpretations on the archaeology of the northern Maya lowlands, specifically the State of Yucatán. Increased communication among scholars has become increasingly important for grasping a better understanding of the great amount of data emerging from the State of Yucatán. There has been more salvage work conducted in this state than in any of the others throughout Mexico and the data is overwhelming. Because of this large amount of salvage work, archaeologists in the INAH office in Yucatán have had little time to publish the great majority of the new information. Further, many of the forums that are easily accessible to scholars in the northern lowlands have constrictive space restraints not conducive to publishing data. With these points in mind, this volume seeks to gather papers that did not necessarily have to have a theoretical focus, and that could be data laden so that the raw data from many of these projects would not be confined to difficult to access reports in the Mérida and Mexico City offices. The result is a series of manuscripts on the northern lowlands, most of which focus on the State of Yucatán. Some of the papers are very data heavy, while others have a much more interpretive emphasis. Yet all of them contribute to a more complete picture of the northern lowland Maya.Table of ContentsPreface (Travis W. Stanton) ; Part I The Hill Region ; Chapter 1: Death and Deer Riding among the Ancient Maya of Northwest Yucatán, Mexico (Daniel Graña-Behrens) ; Chapter 2: Powerful Buildings: The Syntactical Analysis of an Elite Residential Group (Anna Catesby Yant) ; Chapter 3: Settlement Dynamics, Climate Change, and Human Response at Xcoch in the Puuc Region of Yucatán, Mexico (Michael P. Smyth, David Ortegón Zapata, Nicholas P. Dunning, and Eric M. Weaver) ; Chapter 4: Xcoch: Home of Ancient Maya Rain Gods and Water Managers (Nicholas P. Dunning, Eric Weaver, Michael P. Smyth, and David Ortegón Zapata) ; Part II The Western Plains ; Chapter 5: Prácticas funerarias y rituales en el Cenote San José de Mayapán (Stanley Serafin, Eunice Uc González y Carlos Peraza Lope) ; Chapter 6: Cronología y asentamiento del sitio de Acanceh, Yucatán (Beatriz Quintal Suaste) ; Chapter 7: Un enclave de Oxkintok en el norte de Caucel a inicios del Clásico Tardío: El desarrollo de la estructura Bu 17/26 011-006 (Mónica Rodríguez Pérez, Teresa Ceballos Gallareta y Rubén Chuc Aguilar) ; Chapter 8: The Pottery of Xtobó, Yucatán, Mexico: A Case Study of Maya Pottery Analysis (David S. Anderson) ; Chapter 9: Análisis iconográfico de una vasija del noroeste de Yucatán (José Daniel Martínez Gastélum y Concepción Hernández Hernández) ; Chapter 10: San Pedro Cholul: un asentamiento arqueológico del Clásico Tardío en la región de Mérida, Yucatán, México (Luis Raúl Pantoja Díaz, Cecilia Medina Martín y María José Gómez Cobá) ; Chapter 11: Las costumbres funerarias en la periferia de Mérida, Yucatán (Cecilia del Socorro Medina Martín, María José Gómez Cobá y Luis Raúl Pantoja Díaz) ; Chapter 12: La región hegemónica de Dzibilchaltún en la época prehispánica (Rubén Maldonado Cárdenas y Ángel Góngora Salas) ; Chapter 13: Investigaciones arqueológicas en la región centro-norte del Estado de Yucatán (Miguel Covarrubias Reyna y Rafael Burgos Villanueva) ; Chapter 14: Regional Integration Involving Ucí and its Causeway (Scott R. Hutson) ; Part III The Central and Eastern Plains ; Chapter 15: Procesos de abandono de una estructura doméstica en Xuenkal durante el Clásico Tardío-Terminal (Daniel Vallejo Cáliz y T. Kam Manahan) ; Chapter 16: Desplazamiento de pintores de Ek’ Balam a Chichén Itzá tras el reinado y Muerte de Ukit Kan Lek’ Tok (María Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Leticia Vargas de la Peña, Víctor R. Castillo Borges y Peter Schmidt) ; Capítulo 17: A la sombra de Chichén Itzá: evaluando la iconografía de la región al suroeste de este sitio durante el Clásico Terminal (Aline Magnoni, Scott A. J. Johnson y Travis W. Stanton) ; Chapter 18: A Discussion and Description of Pottery Types Identified at Popolá, Yucatán, Mexico (Scott A. J. Johnson) ; Chapter 19: Late Classic Ceramic Technology and Its Social Implications at Yaxuná, Yucatán: A Petrographic Analysis of a Sample of Arena Group Ceramics (Tatiana Loya González and Travis W. Stanton) ; Chapter 20: Una cueva colapsada en la Acrópolis Norte de Yaxuná (Travis W. Stanton y Nelda Issa Marengo Camacho) ; Chapter 21: Las construcciones monumentales de Ek’ Balam (Leticia Vargas de la Peña y Víctor R. Castillo Borges) ; Chapter 22: The Queen of Cobá: A Reanalysis of the Macanxoc Stelae (Stanley Paul Guenter) ; PART IV COASTAL STUDIES; Chapter 23: Vida y muerte en el puerto de Xcambó, Yucatán: datos arqueológicos, mortuorios y poblacionales (Thelma Sierra Sosa, Andrea Cucina, T. Douglas Price, James Burton y Vera Tiesler) ; Chapter 24: Isla Piedras: A Prehispanic Maya Trading Port on the Northern Campeche Coast (Armando F. Inurreta Díaz and Marieke W. Dusenbery) ; PART V REGIONAL STUDIES ; Chapter 25: The Importance of Place and Memory in the Maya Past: The Variable Appropriation of Ancient Settlement at Chunchucmil and Yaxuná, Yucatán, during the Terminal Classic (Aline Magnoni, Travis W. Stanton, and Scott R. Hutson) ; Capítulo 26: Etnoanálisis, arqueología experimental y cerámica Maya de Yucatán: resultados de la resistencia tensil (Daniela Gremion, Travis W. Stanton y Rodrigo Martín Morales) ; Chapter 27: The Sustainability of Prehispanic Maya Agroecosystems: Implications of Hunting and Animal Domestication in the Northern Maya Lowlands (Christopher M. Götz) ; Chapter 28: Procesos de microadaptación de poblaciones arqueológicas en la península de Yucatán: la dinámica funcional del fémur (José Manuel Arias López) ; Chapter 29: Mujeres mayas de elite: reinas belicosas (Lucía Quiñones y Sylviane Boucher)

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Book SynopsisThe Sauveterrian represents one of the main cultural aspects of the European Early Mesolithic. In this work, its presumed uniformity—mostly based on typological grounds—is questioned with the purpose of assessing and verifying the relationships existing between the two central areas of diffusion of this complex: southern France and northern Italy. A broad technological approach, combining complementary analytical techniques, was applied to the study of a series of French and Italian lithic assemblages. More specifically, these were investigated with the aim of reconstructing the entire reduction sequences, from the procurement of lithic raw materials to the use and discard of tools. Results indicate that the two regions responded to the same conceptual scheme and their respective lithic technical systems shared the same rationale: an extremely optimized technology, not opportunistic in the least, but issued from a careful strategic planning. Nonetheless, in the context of this generalized behaviour, a consistent variability can be found, marked by differences of both ‘stylistic’ and technical nature especially regarding the processes for producing microlithic armatures. At a general level, in the context of the important environmental changes that characterized the Late Glacial to Early Holocene transition, the emergence of Sauveterrian technology was fundamental in allowing the development of a complex settlement structure, characterized by a mobility system based on relatively short distances and with a strong logistic component.Table of ContentsForeword ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; Geographic, archaeological and methodological setting ; 1 Regional setting ; 2 The Sauveterrian ; 3 Methodological framework ; Studied sites ; 4 Grotte de Rouffignac ; 5 Fontfaurès ; 6 Baume de Montclus ; 7 Le Mose ; 8 Collecchio ; 9 Grottina dei Covoloni ; 10 Cima XII ; 11 Casera Lissandri 17 ; 12 Discussion ; 13 Conclusions ; Appendix A Radiocarbon evidence ; Appendix B Database value list and description ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWhat became of towns following the official end of ‘Roman Britain’ at the beginning of the 5th century AD? Did towns fail? Were these ruinous sites really neglected by early Anglo-Saxon settlers and leaders? Developed new archaeologies are starting to offer alternative pictures to the traditional images of urban decay and loss revealing diverse modes of material expression, of usage of space, and of structural change. The focus of this book is to draw together still scattered data to chart and interpret the changing nature of life in towns from the late Roman period through to the mid-Anglo-Saxon period. The research centres on towns that have received sufficient archaeological intervention so that meaningful patterns can be traced. The case studies are arranged into three regional areas: the South-East, South-West, and Midlands. Individually each town contains varying levels of archaeological data, but analysed together these illustrate more clearly patterns of evolution. Much of the data exists as accessible but largely unpublished reports, or isolated within regional discussions. Detailed analysis, review and comparisons generate significant scope for modelling ‘urban’ change in England from AD 300-600. ‘Towns in the Dark’ dispels the simplistic myth of outright urban decline and failure after Rome, and demonstrates that life in towns often did continue with variable degrees of continuity and discontinuity.Trade Review'The author has brought his experience and skill as a field archaeologist and urban excavator to bear on an ambitious subject. He seeks to explore the evidence for occupation, function and role of urban places during the fourth to sixth centuries and attempts to understand how and why these roles and functions may have changed. The result is a generally impressive marshalling of evidence, some of which is obscurely published or unpublished. Speed deserves to be congratulated for bringing this information — the results of countless commercially-funded urban excavations — to the attention of a wider audience… The volume is handsomely produced and richly illustrated.' - James Gerrard (2015): BritanniaTable of ContentsPreface ; Chapter 1: Introduction and Methodology ; Chapter 2: A Review of Debate on Romano-British Towns, AD 300 – 600 ; Chapter 3: Urban Sequences in the South-East ; Chapter 4: Urban Sequences in the South-West ; Chapter 5: Urban Sequences in the Midlands ; Chapter 6: Questioning Towns in Late Roman Britain: Forms, Functions, and Failings ; Chapter 7: Towns as Settlements, or as Symbols of the Past? 5th- and 6th- Century England ; Chapter 8: Stepping out from the Dark: Conclusions and Directions ; Appendix 1: Case Studies Data ; Appendix 2: Additional Data ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis volume is the final report on the excavations of a Kerma Ancien cemetery discovered by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society during its Northern Dongola Reach Survey conducted between 1993 and 1997. It is one of the very few cemeteries of this date to have been fully excavated and provides interesting data on funerary culture as practised in a rural environment, to be compared with the extensive information available from investigations of the cemetery associated with the metropolis of Kerma 100km to the north. It includes a range of specialist reports on all categories of artefacts recovered as well as on the physical anthropology, archaeobotany and archaeozoology.Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. The Excavations ; 3. The Ceramic Finds at H29 ; 4. The Small Finds ; 5. Animal Deposits ; 6. The Physical Anthropology ; 7. Plants as Grave Goods: Microbotanical Remains (Phytoliths) from the ‘White Deposits’ in the Graves ; 8. Charcoal and Wood ; 9. Discussion ; Bibliography ; Arabic Summary

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains detailed information about 63 sites and shows, amongst other things, that the viticulture of the western delta was significant in Ptolemaic and Roman periods, as well as a network of interlocking sites, which connected with the rest of Egypt, Alexandria, North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean. Far from being a border area — as perhaps it had been in the Pharaonic period — the west Delta network exerted an important economic production influence over a very wide area. In addition, with access to medieval and later Arabic sources, Kenawi’s discussion of the sites has an added dimension not found in the work of western scholars. Mohamed Kenawi’s meticulous and determined work has resulted in an improved set of data for the Delta and shown how its potential can be tapped.Table of Contents1. Introduction and methodology ; 1.1. Introduction: organization of the research ; 1.2. Survey method ; 1.3. Terminology ; 1.4. Research questions ; 1.5. History of research ; 1.6. Documentation of the past ; 1.7. Rescue survey: emergency research and rapid documentation ; 1.8. History and geography of the Delta ; 1.9. Brief introduction to the past of the Western Delta ; 1.10. Land reclamation projects in the Western Delta of Egypt: the economic history of cultivated land ; 2. The Late Roman period and the Arab sources ; 2.1. Battles in the Western Delta of Egypt ; 2.2. Administrative changes from the Late Roman period until today ; 2.3. Arab sources: agriculture, routes, and notes on the Western Delta ; 2.4. Transport in the Western Delta ; 2.5. The Egyptian village ; 3. Survey 2008-2011: Introduction and Site Gazetteer ; 3.1 Wine production centres ; 3.2 (Ancient Psenamosis) ; 3.3 (Nakhla - Kedwet Hasan - Aziza - Difshuo - Sabba) ; 3.4 (Ancient Metelis) (Kom al-Ghoraf - Kom Wasit - Kom al-Ahmer) ; 3.5 Prehistoric sites ; 3.6 Other sites ; 3.7 Minor sites ; 4. Surface finds, analysis, plates and tables ; Pottery selection and fabrics ; Pottery collection and analysis ; Discussion ; Pottery Catalogue ; PLATES ; Discussion and conclusions ; Maps ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisOver her career Susan Sherratt has questioned our basic assumptions in many areas of the later prehistory of the Mediterranean and Europe, deploying a canny eye for detail, but never losing sight of the big picture. Her collected works include contributions on the relationship between Homeric epic and archaeology; the economy of ceramics, metals and other materials; the status of the ‘Sea Peoples’ and other ethnic terminologies; routes and different forms of interaction; and the history of museums/collecting (especially relating to Sir Arthur Evans). The editors of ΑΘΥΡΜΑΤΑ (Athyrmata) have brought together a cast of thirty-two scholars from nine different countries who have contributed these twenty-six papers to mark Sue’s 65th birthday – a collection that seeks to reflect both her broad range of interests and her ever-questioning approach to uncovering the realities of life in Europe and the Mediterranean in later prehistory.Table of ContentsIntroduction (Yannis Galanakis, Toby Wilkinson and John Bennet) ; A selected list of publications by Sue Sherratt (as of autumn 2014) ; How and when did Tel Akko get its unusual banana shape? (Michal Artzy and Jamie Quartermaine) ; The integration of gold resources in the Byzantine economy: an open question (Evanthia Baboula) ; The ‘Sea Peoples’ as an emergent phenomenon (Alexander A. Bauer) ; Pottery mobility, landscape survey and maritime activity: a view from Kythera (Cyprian Broodbank and Evangelia Kiriatzi) ; ‘In vino veritas’: raising a toast at Mycenaean funerals (William Cavanagh and Christopher Mee) ; Geraki in Laconia in Late Helladic times (Joost Crouwel) ; How warlike were the Mycenaeans, in reality? (Oliver Dickinson) ; Desecrating signs: ‘hieroglyphic’ writing systems and secondary script inventions (Silvia Ferrara) ; Chronologies should carry a ‘use by’ date: the archaeological life history of the ‘Beth Shan Stirrup Jar’ (Elizabeth French) ; Arthur Evans and the quest for the “origins of Mycenaean culture” (Yannis Galanakis) [Open Access: Download] ; Man/Woman, Warrior/Maiden: The Lefkandi Toumba female burial reconsidered (Kate Harrell) ; The Waz-lily and the Priest’s Axe: can relief-beads tell us something? (Helen Hughes-Brock) ; ‘Working with the shadows’: in search of the myriad forms of social complexity (Maria Iacovou) ; James Saumarez Cameron: a forgotten collector of Cretan seals (Olga Krzyszkowska) ; The Post-Mycenaean dead: ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ (Katie Lantzas) ; The spider’s web: innovation and society in the Early Helladic ‘Period of the Corridor Houses’ (Joseph Maran and Maria Kostoula) ; ‘Metal makes the wheel go round’: the development and diffusion of studded-tread wheels in the Ancient Near East and the Old World (Simone Mühl) [Open Access: Download] ; “For it is written”: an experimental approach to the materiality and temporality of clay documents inscribed in Linear B (Tom Pape, Paul Halstead, John Bennet and Yannis Stangidis) ; A ‘wall bracket’ from Kandia in the Argolid: notes on the local character and function of an ‘east Mediterranean’ artefact of the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age (Lorenz Rahmstorf) ; Reading post-palatial Mycenaean iconography: some lessons from Lefkandi (Jeremy B. Rutter) ; Functions and meanings of Aegean-type pottery at Tel Beth-Shean (Philipp W. Stockhammer) ; Ceramic developments in coastal Western Anatolia at the dawn of the Early Iron Age (Rik Vaessen) ; Beaker Folk in Thrace: a metrological footnote (Michael Vickers) ; Rosso antico marble and the façade entablature of the Treasury of Atreus (Peter Warren) ; Feasts of clay? Ceramics and feasting at Early Minoan Myrtos: Fournou Korifi (Todd Whitelaw) ; Dressing the house, dressing the pots: textile-inspired decoration in the late 3rd and 2nd millennia BC east Mediterranean (Toby C. Wilkinson)

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Book SynopsisThe first volume of the series EMMS, 'Études Mésopotamiennes – Mesopotamian Studies' presents a collection of articles, communications and preliminary reports representing the advancement, in recent years, of human sciences - archaeological, historical, philological and cultural researches –concerning ancient Mesopotamia area studies. It contains the first results of some excavation and survey programs carried out by different European teams namely in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, developed since the reopening of this large territory to international research after the long pause due to war. The volume includes also studies, debates, reflections preparing and illustrating the new trends of the research launched now in Mesopotamia. Marked by the continuity of the scientific traditions, they show the changes induced by the evolution of mentalities and by new methods, techniques and instruments of work. The proceedings of an international congress held in Paris in 2013, show also the orientation of Iraqi archaeologists’ researches, and their perceptions of the new, possible collaboration starting now in the region. In the same spirit, to allow a better circulation and sharing of their contents, the texts are accompanied by large summaries translated into Arabic and Kurdish.Table of ContentsAvant-propos – by Le comité éditorial / The editorial board; A- Publication du Colloque Archéologie et Histoire des empires : modèles, projets et travaux en cours en Mésopotamie du Nord. Nouveaux programmes au Kurdistan d’Irak; Présentation et programme du Colloque international – by Maria Grazia Masetti-Rouault; New Perspectives in Archaeology in Iraqi Kurdistan – by Abubakir O. Zainadin (Mala Awat); Heritage conservation and traditional houses: problems and solutions – by Nader Babakr Mohammed; Welcoming Archaeological Projects in Iraqi Kurdistan: The Kurdish Point of View – by Gouhar Shemdin; Sulaymaniyah Museum and its History – by Hashim Hama Abdullah; Rethinking Assyrian History: New Archaeological Research at Qasr Shemamok, Iraqi Kurdistan (2011-2013) – by Maria Grazia Masetti-Rouault; Quelques réflexions autour des fouilles à Kilizu, aujourd’hui Qasr Shemamok (Erbil, Kurdistan d’Iraq) : ville et territoire – by Pedro Azara, Joan Borrell, Marc Marín et Eric Rusiñol; The Ancient History of the City of Erbil ab urbe condita to the coming of Alexander – by John MacGinnis; An Ubaid Kiln at Tell Nader (Kurdistan Region in Iraq) – by Konstantinos Kopanias; Rapport préliminaire sur la première campagne de fouilles à Kunara (Mission Archéologique du Peramagron 2012) niveaux fin Bronze Ancien, début Bronze Moyen. – by Christine Kepinski; Prospection dans la haute vallée du Tanjaro (Mission archéologique du Peramagron 2011) – by Aline Tenu; Les voies de communication dans le pays assyrien l’exemple de la plaine sud d’Erbil (Kurdistan irakien) – by Lionel Marti et Christophe Nicolle; La cité sainte de Muṣaṣir dans les sources écrites – by Mirjo Salvini; Les décors des croix portatives de Bazyan – by Narmen Ali Muhamad Amen et Alain Desreumaux; Une inscription hébraïque médiévale découverte dans le Bet Garmaï (Kurdistan d’Irak) – by Alain J. Desreumaux; Tell Feres, a failed pathway towards urbanism in Northern Mesopotamia – by Régis Vallet; B- Varia; Étude numismatique de deux Fals nohasi atabékides de Tell Kilik Mishik, à Erbil – by Narmen Ali Muhamad Amen; Urbilum/Erbil and the Northern Frontier of the Ur III State – by Piotr Michalowski; The Hinterland of the Arbīl City: A Survey of Tell Baxçan, Iraqi Kurdistan – by Karel Nováček, Stefano Valentini, Petr Šída and Narmen Ali Muhamad Amen; Qasr Shemamok-Kilizu (Kurdistan d’Irak), les campagnes de 2011 (9 avril-15 mai et 16 octobre-5 novembre) – by Olivier Rouault, Maria Grazia Masetti-Rouault, Ilaria Calini, John MacGinnis, Jason Ur et Quentin Vitale; The Archaeological Character of an Imperial Frontier: Assyrian Control Policy in the Hula Valley – by Yifat Thareani; Compte-rendu de Konstantinos Kopanias and John MacGinnis (eds) 2016, The Archaeology of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Adjacent Regions – by Catherine Breniquet

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Book SynopsisThe study of human remains from ancient Egypt and Nubia has captured the imagination of many people for generations, giving rise to the discipline of palaeopathology and fostering bioarchaeological research. This book contains 16 papers that cover material presented at a workshop entitled ‘Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia: A Century in Review,’ held at the Natural History Museum, London (August 29–30, 2012), which formed part of a three-year research project, ‘Sir Grafton Elliot Smith: Palaeopathology and the Archaeological Survey of Nubia.’ The papers explore the subject of palaeopathology from its beginnings in the early 1900s through to current research themes and the impact of technological development in the field. Revealing the diverse range of methods used to study human remains in these regions, the book gives readers an insight into the fascinating work carried out over the last century, and suggests some possible future directions for the field.Table of ContentsChapter 1: History of bioarchaeology: Sir Grafton Elliot Smith: Palaeopathology and the Archaeological Survey of Nubia (Rosalie David); Whose body? The human remains from the 1908-1909 season of the Archaeological Survey of Nubia (Jenefer A. Cockitt); The more things change? The archaeological work of Alfred Lucas (Ryan Metcalfe); Chapter 2: Palaeopathology: Harris lines, ill health during childhood, poor diet, emotional stress or normal growth patterns? (Abeer Eladany); An interesting example of a condylar fracture from ancient Nubia suggesting the possibility of early surgical intervention (Mervyn Harris, Tristan Lowe and Farah Ahmed); An overview of the evidence for tuberculosis from ancient Egypt (Lisa Sabbahy); Palaeopathology, disability and bodily impairments (Sonia Zakrzewski); Chapter 3: Dental palaeopathology: Dental infections in ancient Nubia (Roger J. Forshaw); A case of severe ankylosis of temporomandibular joint from New Kingdom necropolis (Saqqara, Egypt) (Ladislava Horáčková and Frank Rühli); Occlusal macrowear, antemortem tooth loss, and temporomandibular joint arthritis at Predynastic Naqada (Nancy C. Lovell); Chapter 4: Mummification: How to make a mummy: A late hieratic guide from Abusir (Jiří Janák and Renata Landgráfová); Studying mummies: Giving life to a dry subject (Michael R. Zimmerman); Chapter 5: Imaging in bioarchaeology: Microstructural analysis of a Predynastic iron meteorite bead (Diane Johnson, Monica M. Grady, Tristan Lowe and Joyce Tyldesley); Imaging and analysis of skeletal morphology: New tools and techniques (Norman MacLeod); Chapter 6: Digital resources: Mummies on rails (Ahmad Alam, Ian Dunlop, Robert Stevens, Andrew Brass, Jenefer Cockitt, Rosalie David and Ryan Metcalfe); Mummy website and database (Barbara Zimmerman, Sukeerthi Shaga, Pavitra Kaveri Ramnath, and Sai Phaneendra Vadapalli)

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Book SynopsisThis book assesses the results of recent metallographic examination of 45 sword blades (mid-2nd century BC to early-16th century) from the territory of what is now Poland. Pre-Roman blades were usually made from one piece of metal of varying quality (better quality items were perhaps imported). Most high quality and complex technology Roman blades were in all probability of Roman provenance, while some low quality one-piece examples may have been made locally. The Migration Period and Early Middle Ages witnessed the greatest diversification of technological solutions. However it is much more difficult to define the provenance of blades based on their technology in these periods. The range of technologies in use strongly decreased in the High and Late Middle Ages.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Distribution and Typochronology of Finds: Geography of Finds; Typochronology of Finds; The Pre-Roman Period; The Roman Period and the Early Migration Period; The Migration Period and the Early Medieval Period; Blades of Type X (E. Oakeshott) and its variants; Type X, A, 1 (E. Oakeshott); Type X/Xa, A/B, 3 (E. Oakeshott); Type X/XII, B, 1/1a (E. Oakeshott); Type XI, A, 1 (E. Oakeshott); The High Medieval Period and the Late Medieval Period; Type XIIa, I, 2 (E. Oakeshott); Blade Type XIIIa (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIIa, J, 1/2 (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIIa, I, 5 (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIIa/XVIa, H/H1/I, 1/7 (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIIa, Z2b, 5 (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIa/XVIa, I/J (E. Oakeshott); Type XVIa, G/G3, 5 (E. Oakeshott); Type XVIa, H/H1, 1/2 (E. Oakeshott); Type XVIa, I/I1, 1/1b (E. Oakeshott); Type XVIa, T3, 9 (variant); Blade Type XVII (E. Oakeshott); Type XVII, G/H/H1, 1/2/7; Type XVII, T4/T5, 2/7; Type XIX (variant), T6, 6 (variant) (E. Oakeshott); Type XX (variant), T, 1a. Stamps, Marks and Inscriptions on the Examined Swords: The Early Medieval Period; The High Medieval Period and the Late Medieval Period; Marks on blades. Technological Examinations; Methods of obtaining iron and steel in Antiquity and the Middle Ages; Typochronology of sword blade construction; Methods of research; Classification of sword blade construction types; The Pre-Roman Period; The Roman Period and the Early Migration Period; The Migration Period and the Early Medieval Period; The High Medieval and Late Medieval Periods; Sax blades; Technology and provenance of sword blades; Technology and blade types; Technology of sword blades from the Pre-Roman Period to the Early Modern Age. Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research. Appendix. Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisSyria has been a major crossroads of civilizations in the ancient Near East since the dawn of human kind. Until the current crisis began in 2011, Syria was one of the foremost pioneers in the investigation of past human knowledge, diversity, and identity. However, due to the ongoing war, archaeological excavations came to an abrupt halt. Since then, there have been countless alarming reports of damage or destruction inflicted on archaeological, historical, and museum sites. The International Syrian Congress on Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (ISCACH), held December 3-5, 2015 in Beirut, Lebanon, was designed to bring together international scholars who have directed or participated in archaeological expeditions in Syria, and colleagues from Syria. By doing so, not only could the results of years of archaeological investigations and cultural heritage management in Syria be shared and discussed, but also a spirit of friendship and collaboration could be fostered and strengthened during this turbulent period. The Congress focussed on the scientific aspects of each explored site and region allowing researchers to examine in detail each heritage site, its characteristics and identity. Archaeological Explorations in Syria 2000-2011: Proceedings of ISCACH-Beirut 2015 consists of two parts. The first part presents the results of archaeological investigations conducted between 2000 and 2010. The second part comprises abstracts of papers and posters presented during the Congress. It is hoped that this book will represent an important contribution to the scientific dialogue between international and Syrian scholars, and will appeal to the general public interested in the culture and history of Syria.Table of ContentsIntroduction – by Jeanine Abdul Massih and Shinichi Nishiyama ; THE EXCAVATIONS IN SYRIA 2000-2010: Aleppo: The Paleolithic Excavations at the Dederiyeh Cave, Afrin Valley (1989-2011) – by Takeru Akazawa and Yoshihiro Nishiaki ; Archaeological Excavations at Tell Qaramel 1999-2011 (Aleppo-North Syria) – by Yousef Kanjou ; The Last Excavation at Arslan Tash/Shiran – by Serena Maria Cecchini and Fabrizio Venturi ; Unfinished Work at Tell Ahmar. Early and Middle Bronze Age Finds – by Guy Bunnens ; A Colonnaded Building in a Commercial Area at Seleucid Jebel Khalid – by Heather Jackson ; The Monuments of Cyrrhus - Nebi Houri – by Jeanine Abdul Massih ; Archaeological and Architectural Studies in Northern Syria (Dead Cities): General Presentation with Three Missions in El-Bâra and Ruweiha – by Maamoun Abdulkarim and Gérard Charpentier ; Damascus ; A New Place of Worship Dedicated to Zeus Theandrios inside the Temple Precinct of Damascene Jupiter – by Houmam Saad ; Al-Qaryatayn in the Heart of the Syrian Desert: Deir Mar Elian Al-Sheikh – by Wouroud Brahim ; Daraa/Suweida: A Survey of Prehistoric Sites in Daraa, Southern Syria – by Ahmad Diab ; Tell Al-Ashaari in Hauran Throughout the Bronze Age: The 2010 Excavation Results – by Qasem Al-Mohammad ; Hassake: Tell Fekheriye. A Synopsis of Excavations and Ongoing Research Questions – by Dominik Bonatz ; Tell Halaf (Ancient Guzana) - Excavation Results between 2006-2010 – by Mohammad Fakhro ; The Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic Settlement of Tell Seker Al-Aheimar, Hassake, Upper Mesopotamia – by Yoshihiro Nishiaki ; Excavations at Tell Taban: Culture and History at Ṭābatum/Ṭābetu during the Second Millennium BC – by Hirotoshi Numoto, Daisuke Shibata and Shigeo Yamada ; Tell Barri/Kahat 2000-2010: The Contribution of the Excavations to the History of the Jezireh – by Raffaella Pierobon Benoit ; Tell Feres: The First Proto-Urban Societies in Northern Mesopotamia Through a Rural Perspective – by Johnny Samuele Baldi and Régis Vallet ; Homs/Hama: The Lower Paleolithic of the El-Kowm Area (Central Syria) and the Question of the First Inhabitants of the Syrian Desert – by Jean-Marie Le Tensorer, Hélène Le Tensorer, Reto Jagher, Pietro Martini, Peter Schmid, Juan José Villalain, Fabio Wegmüller, and Sultan Muhesen ; The Long Paleolithic Sequence of Hummal (Central Syria) – by D. Wojtczak and J.-M. Le Tensorer ; Japanese Archaeological Work in Palmyra from 1990 to 2010 – by Kiyohide Saito ; Archaeological Investigations of the German Archaeological Institute in the Hama Region 2003-2010 – by Karin Bartl ; Holocene Paleoenvironments and Settlement Patterns in Western Syria and Lebanon: the PaleoSyr/PaleoLib Project – by Bernard Geyer and Frank Braemer ; Qalaat al-Mudiq, Citadel of Apamea: Past and Present – by Mathilde Gelin and Shaker Al-Shbib ; Tell Maksour – by Abdel Wahab Abou Saleh ; A Summary of the Archaeological Discoveries in the Homs Gap by a Syrian-Lebanese-Spanish Mission (2004-2010) – by Maya Haïdar-Boustani, Juan José Ibáñez and Michel Al-Maqdissi ; Palmyra. 30 Years of Syrian-German-Austrian Archaeological Research (1981-2010) – by Andreas Schmidt-Colinet, Khaled Al-Assaad (†), and Waleed Al-Assaad ; The Nymphaeum in Apamea – by Andreas Schmidt-Colinet ; Idlib: Tell El-Kerk. A Neolithic Mega Site in the Province of Idlib – by Akita Tsunematsu ; Excavations at Tell Mardikh - Ebla 2004-2010: The Temples of EB IVA-B and the Royal Citadel of MB I-II – by Paolo Matthiae ; The Archaeological Park of Ebla. A Long-Term Plan for the Site and its Region – by Frances Pinnock ; Tell Afis: From the Late Bronze to the Iron Age – by Stefania Mazzoni ; Tell Mastuma: Rise and Fall of an Iron Age Rural Settlement in Northwest Syria – by Shinichi Nishiyama ; Lattakieh: Tell Nahr El-Arab (Al-Shamiyeh) – by Ahmad Deb ; Tell Kazel - Sumur and the Kingdom of Amurru – by Leila Badre ; The Syrian-French Archaeological Mission of Ras Shamra – Ugarit – by Valérie Matoïan ; Archaeological Excavations at Tell Tweini – Syrian Mission (Field B) – by Massoud Badawi ; Archaeological Site of Amrit. Excavation Results, Seasons 2003-2011 – by Yasser Youssef ; Raqqa/Deir Ez-Zor: Resafa-Sergiupolis/Rusafat Hisham. Pilgrim City and Caliphal Residence. A Multidisciplinary Approach for Reconstructing the Development of the City – by Dorothée Sack and Martin Gussone ; Emergency Excavations of Hwejet Al-Halaweh, Raqqa Governorate (2011-2012) – by Ayham Al-Fakhri and Yarob Al-Abdallah ; The Necropolises of Halabiya-Zenobia – by Sylvie Blétry ; Syrian Excavations in the Byzantine City of Tell Al-Kasra, 2006-2010 – by Yarob Al-Abdallah ; Tell Halula (Euphrates Valley, Syria). New Research Conducted between 2011 and 2015 – by Miquel Molist, Maria Bofill, Chiara Marchiori, Anabel Ortiz and Anna Gómez ; Published Abstracts ; Final Conclusions and Remarks – by Jeanine Abdul Massih and Shinichi Nishiyama

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Book SynopsisThe lector is first attested during the 2nd Dynasty and is subsequently recognised throughout ancient Egypt history. In previous studies the lector is considered to be one of the categories of the ancient Egyptian priesthood. He is perceived to be responsible for the correct performance of rites, to recite invocations during temple and state ritual, and to carry out recitations and perform ritual actions during private apotropaic magic and funerary rites. Previous treatments of the lector have rarely considered the full extent of his activities, either focusing on specific aspects of his work or making general comments about his role. This present study challenges this selective approach and explores his diverse functions in a wide ranging review of the relevant evidence. Why did he accompany state organised military, trading and mining expeditions and what was his role in healing? In the temple sphere he not only executed a variety of ritual actions but he also directed ritual practices. What responsibilities did he fulfil when sitting on legal assemblies, both temple-based and in the community? Activities such as these that encompassed many aspects of ancient Egyptian life are discussed in this volume.Trade Review'The term ‘lector’ is a familiar one to any student of Egyptology, frequently coupled with the word ‘priest’. A lector priest would be expected to have had an important role in Egyptian religion, performing essential rituals and reciting the appropriate words to accompany them. This new, scholarly study by Roger Forshaw demonstrates that the lector had a far wider role than a purely priestly one... This comprehensive work should furnish even the most demanding researcher with as much useful information as he or she could wish.' - Ancient Egypt Magazine, July 2015Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Chapter 1: Recognition, Origin and Hieroglyphic Representation ; Chapter 2: Magic and Performance ; Chapter 3: Equipment of the Lector ; Chapter 4: Remuneration ; Chapter 5: Temple and Festival Ritual ; Chapter 6: Royal Involvement ; Chapter 7: Funerary Ritual and Provisioning the Dead ; Chapter 8: The Opening of the Mouth Ceremony ; Chapter 9: The Involvement of the Lector in Healing ; Chapter 10: The Title of Lector Recorded in Expedition Inscriptions ; Chapter 11: The Lector and the Law ; Chapter 12: Literary Evidence ; Summary and Conclusions ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisGreek myths abound in images of beauty and perfection: charming gods, attractive goddesses, and handsome heroes, all of them standards of physical and spiritual flawlessness. However, the ancient Greeks were not fond of absolutes. No god or hero is shown without blemishes in character and ethics, and some are even physically imperfect, like Hephaestus, who is ugly and lame. Another element that dominates Greek mythology is the idea of balance. Good and evil, light and darkness, hubris and punishment. What could not be missing from this world is the image of reversed beauty: monstrosity. The aim of this book is to explore the realm of the imaginary world of Greek mythology and present the reader with a categorization of monstrosity, referring to some of the most noted examples in each category.Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction, by Richard Buxton ; Introduction ; Chapter 1 Humanoid Monsters ; Chapter 2 Serpentine Creatures ; Chapter 3 Partly Human ; Chapter 4 Monstrous Animals ; Chapter 5 Ghosts and Daemons ; Works Cited

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Book SynopsisTwo hundred years ago, on September 8, 1814, in the northern French city of Bourbourg, a boy was born into a family of local entrepreneurs connected to the local political or judicial elite. The young Charles-Etienne Brasseur was lucky to spend days and days in the impressive library of Alexandre Nicolas Muchembled, the son of his godmother. The reading of exciting travel books there mapped out the course of his truly adventurous life to come. Although a rebellious schoolboy, he acquired a huge knowledge in many fields by his omnivorous reading of books and journals. He was also a very curious young man, delving into the private libraries of the local grand families, resulting in him contributing many historical articles to newspapers and learned societies. At the age of 24, while still in high school, he published his first novel. This biography is the first to reveal insights into the many facets of the life of Brasseur; the extent of his secret activities for the Vatican; his advanced ideas regarding the dual phonetic and ideographic nature of Mayan writing, as early as 1843-44, and explicitly confirmed by him in May 1852, which he later dramatically rejected in 1870, thus failing to become the Champollion of Mesoamerica; his continuous attempts to preserve documents while crossing territories ravaged by civil wars; the immense value of the manuscripts he saved, like the Tzeltal vocabulary of Copanabastla or the Motul dictionary; his unique dedication in copying old manuscripts, with the help of his nephews, to be sent to other pioneers of Mayan studies in Europe and America; his short-lived pioneering work on the Huave (Wabis); details of his six expeditions to Mesoamerica, often in terrible conditions, as shown by his later severe ill health; his defence of the Indians against the academic community; details of the internal conflicts in the Quebec Catholic Church; and his ideas on certain geophysical events, such as the elevation of ocean beds and islands, which he wrongly dated to the time of the ancient Mayans, or the shifting of the Earth’s rotation axis.Table of ContentsAvant-Propos À Bourbourg Les débuts d’écrivain de Charles-Étienne Brasseur De Gênes à l’Amérique du Nord Le soudain enthousiasme pour la Mésoamérique Que savait l’Europe de la Mésoamérique dans les années 1840-1850 ? L’oeuvre “chrétienne” de l’abbé Brasseur Trois siècles de discrétion espagnole Le premier voyage en Mésoamérique (juillet 1848 - septembre 1851) Le mystérieux voyage en Californie Le retour au Mexique et son fameux coup de publicité 1853 : une année tout en contraste Le deuxième voyage en Mésoamérique (août 1854 - janvier 1857) La gloire à Rabinal La consécration française 150 Le troisième voyage en Mésoamérique (mars 1859 - octobre 1860) 1862 : une nouvelle consécration Le quatrième voyage en Mésoamérique (janvier 1863 - août 1863) 1864 : l’année Landa de Brasseur Le cinquième voyage en Mésoamérique (novembre 1864 - janvier 1866) La consécration universelle 1868 : les “Quatre lettres” autodestructrices Le sixième et dernier voyage en Mésoamérique (novembre 1870 - août 1871) Bourbourg, Madrid, Rome : les adieux Épilogue : les leçons d’un pionnier Annexe I : L’américanisme après Brasseur Annexe II : L’histoire monumentale d’une erreur Annexe III : Langues de la Mésoamérique rencontrées par Brasseur Annexe IV : L’abbé Brasseur et sa ville de Bourbourg, sa famille et sa langue Bibliographie

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Book SynopsisBased on documentary evidence, the Priory Church of St Marys in Abergavenny has been a place of worship since the late 11th century; archaeological evidence though suggests that the site has a much earlier period of use. Over the past 1000 years the church has been radically altered to reflect its wealth, status and sometimes, its decline. During the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries a number of drastic alterations were made that included the complete demolition and rebuild of the nave. This wholesale change, coupled with the Reformation of 1536 and the vandalism of the mid- to late 17th century by Cromwell's troops did not deter the people of Abergavenny from using this most beautiful of spaces. In the recent past, the late Jeremy Winston did much to add his signature onto the priory's fabric making St Mary a most splendid place of worship. An Anatomy of a Priory Church, comprising twelve thought-provoking chapters, traces the archaeology, history and conservation of this most impressive building, delving deep into its anatomy.Table of ContentsAn Anatomy of a Priory Church: Contextualising St Mary’s, Abergavenny (George Nash) ; Church and Settlement: St Mary’s Priory and the Archaeology of the Town (Frank Olding) ; Establishing Strong Roots: The Medieval History of St Mary’s Priory Church, Abergavenny (Kay Blackwell and Trefor Morris) ; The History of the Conservation of the Priory Fabric (P. M. Bartosch) ; St Mary’s Priory Church, Abergavenny – Monument Conservation (Michael Eastham) ; The History and Conservation of the Choir Stalls (Hugh Harrison) ; A 15th Century Oak Figure of Jesse: An Account of its Technical Examination and Conservation (Carol Galvin) ; Unlocking the Anatomy of a Medieval Priory Church: The Archaeology (George Nash) ; Reflections on the History, Function and Survival of St Mary’s Jesse (Muriel Adams) ; Commemoration and Culture: the monuments of Abergavenny Priory in context (Rhianydd Biebrach) ; The Structural Conservation of St Mary’s Tithe Barn (Huw Evans Johns) ; Fire, Stone and Revenge: The Archaeology behind the Turbulent History of the Tithe Barn (George Nash) ; The Way Forward: The Conservation Management Plan (Harvey Faulkner-Aston)

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Book SynopsisThis book is about how the author became an archaeologist at a time when opportunities for employment were rare and how he worked as a field researcher in West Africa and wrote about his work there. It traces his archaeological training and employment at Cambridge and his practical experience on British excavations and explains how he became one of the pioneers of Nigerian archaeology during a decade in that country. It is not so much a study of the archaeology that was done, as an account of how it was done; its circumstances, organization, and economic and social and cultural context. As a result, it is both a professional and personal account, for these two aspects of life were inseparably intertwined, his wife Beryl becoming an integral part of the story. Other archaeologists and many non-archaeologists also feature in the account. The period in Nigeria from 1961 to 1971 included the Nigerian Civil War from 1967 to 1970, when archaeological work continued with difficulty. Both circumstances and preference meant that the author always worked with a labour team of Nigerians and with Nigerian assistants, of whom few had any experience in archaeology and none had any formal training; there were no postgraduates or others from outside the country. Success in excavations in Benin City, in the south of the country, and in Borno, in its far north-east, was as much the achievement of those Nigerians as it was the author’s.Trade ReviewReading this book what surprises is the enormous amount of detail presented in it, textually as well as in figures and photographs. The documents from Connah’s excavations and fieldwork are a valuable addition to already published material, while the text passages are fun and exciting to read. ...[Connah’s] autobiography provides a fascinating insight into a personal life and career during the pioneering days of African archaeology. - Detlef Gronenborn (2019), AZANIA:Archaeological Research in AfricaTable of ContentsPreface ; 1. Restarting: March–September 1956 ; 2. Essays and excavations: Cambridge, October 1956–October 1959 ; 3. Lucky Jim: Cambridge, October 1959–October 1961 ; 4. A ‘first tour’ in Africa: October 1961–July 1962 ; 5. Rediscovering one’s own country: July–September 1962 ; 6. A Benin sequence and Borno reconnaissance: September 1962–June 1964 ; 7. A perfect summer: June–September 1964 ; 8. Getting to grips with Borno: October 1964–July 1965 ; 9. A long sequence at last: August 1965–June 1966 ; 10. Island refuge and Nigerian data analysis: July 1966–December 1966 ; 11. Borno again and work at Ibadan University: January–September 1967 ; 12. Civil war and analysing the Borno data: October 1967–September 1968 ; 13. War, analysis, and more excavation: October 1968–September 1969 ; 14. Adoption, writing, the war ends: October 1969–September 1970 ; 15. Study leave and goodbye to all that: October 1970–September 1971 ; References

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents the results of the Italian excavations and surveys carried out in Transjordan between 1927 and 1938. After a first excavation campaign conducted in 1927 on the Amman Citadel by Giacomo Guidi, the excavations were resumed in 1929 by Renato Bartoccini (Rome 1893–Rome 1963), who carried out four campaigns on the Citadel in 1929, 1930, 1933 and 1938. He also travelled across modern Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, taking photos and writing reports on several archaeological sites. Bartoccini published a few notes and reports, but almost all the original documentation of his work was still unpublished at the time this study was conducted. The main source of data is the Fondo Renato Bartoccini, i.e. the private archive of Bartoccini, today held by the University of Perugia, while other useful documents are kept in other archives in Macerata and in Rome. Furthermore, some decorated Islamic pottery from the excavations on the Citadel is held at the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza. The retrieved photos, excavation journals, letters, and administrative documents make it possible to understand, after almost a century, how the Citadel of Amman appeared at the time of its first excavation.Table of ContentsForeword, by S. Anastasio and L. Botarelli ; Renato Bartoccini and his Archives, by S. Anastasio ; The Amman Citadel, by L. Botarelli ; Research in Amman prior to the Italian Expedition, by S. Anastasio ; The 1927-1938 Italian Expedition, by S. Anastasio ; Investigations in Amman after the Italian Expedition by L. Botarelli ; The Excavations and the Surveys carried out by the Italian Expedition, by S. Anastasio and L. Botarelli ; The Lower Terrace, by S. Anastasio ; The Fortifications, by S. Anastasio The Roman Temple, by L. Botarelli ; The Water Cisterns, by L. Botarelli ; The Byzantine Church, by L. Botarelli ; The Audience Hall, by S. Anastasio ; The Umayyad Palace, by S. Anastasio ; Architectural Elements, by S. Anastasio ; The Theatre, by L. Botarelli ; The Odeon, by L. Botarelli ; The Nymphaeum, by L. Botarelli ; The Surveys outside Amman, by S. Anastasio ; The Pottery held at the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, by L. Botarelli ; Conclusions, by S. Anastasio and L. Botarelli ; Appendixes, by L. Botarelli ; Bibliographic References

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Book SynopsisThis publication honours Birgitta Hårdh on her 70th birthday. Birgitta Hårdh is one of the leading experts on European Viking Age, engaged in diverse research projects, and also a vital collaborator in various networks specializing in the period. Through time, Birgitta has extended her research to comprise other periods of the Iron Age. A feature common to all Birgitta Hårdh’s research is that she has been able, through analysis of a body of finds, to broaden the perspective, not least geographically through her profound knowledge of phenomena in Northern Europe and indeed all of Europe. Therefore, this book has been given the title Small Things – Wide Horizons. A total of fourty titles have been submitted to the volume. The presentations include a number of perspectives mainly of Iron Age. Themes as silver economy, coins, trinkets, burials, crafts, farms and fields, centrality and transformations give a view of the variation of contributions nationally and internationally.Table of ContentsPart One - Silver: The background and the early history of the neck rings of the Glazov type (also called Permian) and the beginning of East-West connections in Early Medieval Northern Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries (Johan Callmer); The social weight of silver in the Islendingasogur and the Viking Age hoards (Fredrik Ekengren & Maria Domeij Lundborg); 100 Viking Age hoards of Bornholm: Status, challenges and perspectives (Gitte Tarnow Ingvardson & Finn Ole Sonne Nielsen); Hoards and sinuous snakes: Significance and meaning of ring ornaments in Early Viking Age hoards from Gotland (Christoph Kilger); At the end of the silver flow: Islamic dirhams in Sigtuna and the shrinking Viking network (Mats Roslund); Part Two - Coins: Viking-Age coins found in Sweden (Kenneth Jonsson); The earliest coin hoard of Lund (Jens Christian Moesgaard); Nicholas of St. Albans, Anketil and Alfvini-three Danish moneyers of English origin from the 12th and 13th centuries (Jorgen Steen Jensen); Three Crowns-Coin motive and (trans-)national symbol (Cecilia von Heijne); Part Three - Trinkets: Buttons as brooches (Morten Axboe); Hand rings (Torsten Capelle +); Gold in Guleboda: A Byzantine gold coin from southern Smaland (Martin Hansson); A little piece of silver from the Romele ridge area (Bertil Helgesson); Two brooch-knobs and a handful of thoughts (Karen Hoilund Nielsen); Notices on the Notitia: A comparison between heraldic insignia of late Roman military units as depicted in Notitia Dignitatum and certain patterns on Scandinavian Migration Period jewellery like wrist clasps and relief brooches (Jan Peder Lamm); Close to Asgard - between West and South (Lars Larsson); Shield-formed pendants and solar symbols of the Migration period (Bente Magnus); "Vikings in Bavaria" An unpublished spannbuckla from Munich and its history (Sonja Marzinzik & Michaela Helmbrecht); A female statement of power?: Some reflections on the Viking Age Yelets-brooch (Michael Neiss); A Hind to your Health! (Alexandra Pesch); Part Four - Burials: Small items and major conclusions: A discussion of the findings from Gullhogen, Old Uppsala (Birgit Arrhenius with contributions by Ingmar Jansson); Uncovering more Death: Some recent excavations of graves from the Early Iron Age in Scania (Tony Bjork); Vester Galsted - an inhumation grave at P. Frey's field (Per Ethelberg); Rune-stones and the localisation of graves Burial customs in the Conversion period (Anne-Sofie Graslund); Pidgirci (Western Ukraine) and Havor (Gotland, Sweden)-two grave finds connected with Byzantine Christianity (Michael Muller-Wille); Pot and amulet pendants in the early mediaeval grave 130 of Frankfurt-Harheim (Uta von Freeden); Part Five - Crafts: Production of Scandinavian-style sword hilts on the southern Baltic coast? A stray find, presumably dating to the Late Roman Iron Age, from Lubsow / Lubieszewo in Poland (Andreas Rau, Ruth Blankenfeldt & Jan Schuster); Joining threads - a discussion of the archaeology of the tacit (Ulla Isabel Zagal-Mach Wolfe); Part Six - Farms and fields: What did the Wells conceal? Hvissinge Vest - a Village from the Germanic Iron Age (Linda Boye); Medicinal herbs-useful and fatal: Early traces of medicinal plants in Europe (Ulla Lund Hansen); Part Seven - centrality: Small things and wide horizons from a Birka perspective (Bjorn Ambrosiani & Ingrid Gustin); Detecting Vester Kaerby: Problems associated with the interpretation of metal-detector finds from the plough soil (Mogens Bo Henriksen & Helle W. Horsnaes); Early medieval trading centres and transport systems between Dorestad, Ribe and Wolin: The latest results of the Priority Research Programme "Harbours from the Roman Iron Age to the Middle Ages" (Hauke Jons); Quedlinburg before the Ottonian kings: Approaches towards an early topography of power (Babette Ludowici); The relationship between Uppakra and Lund-a status update (Ing-Marie Nilsson); The Trelleborg constructors (Anders Odman); Part Eight - Transformations: From replica to relic-Gokstad goes abroad (Bodil Petersson); Monumental make over? Remains of a long dolmen close to the ship-setting Ale's stones. (Bengt Soderberg & Bjorn Wallebom); Vikings and the Western Frontier (Jes Wienberg); Part Nine - Dust: Dust to dust: A short story of no-thing and every-thing (Jarl Nordbladh); Birgitta Hardh-a Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe flourishing civilisations of Mesopotamia, nowadays Iraq and Syria, imported all kinds of materials from the surrounding regions. Iron oxide rock (hematite, goethite and magnetite) was very popular for weight stones and cylinder seals around 2000 BC. This research aims to determine the region of origin for the raw material, what made people start using iron oxide rock, and what led them to stop using it. To answer these questions, a multidisciplinary approach was applied. Geology and archaeology were combined to identify Northern Syria as the region of origin. Archaeometric research of the production process showed that technological change concurred with the start and end of the use of iron oxide rock. Cuneiform texts yielded, among other information, the earliest description of magnetism known to mankind. Furthermore, element and mineral composition of 50 artefacts from three Dutch collections were determined with modern, non-destructive analysis techniques.Table of ContentsList of Figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. General introduction; 2. Formation, mineralogy and occurrence of iron oxide rocks; 3. The archaeological evidence – a qualitative approach; 4. The archaeological evidence – a quantitative approach; 5. Hematite – the evidence from the cuneiform sources; 6. Material Analyses; 7. Conclusions and synthesis; Summary; Appendix I: Overview of Syrian and Mesopotamian history, and cylinder seal styles ca. 3000-1200 BC; Appendix II: The Database; Appendix III: Reference numbers used in the database; Appendix IV: Concordance of artefacts from the De Liagre Böhl Collection; Appendix V: Medical-magical texts mentioning iron oxide rock; Appendix VI: Material analyses per artefact

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Book SynopsisSymbolism was endemic in the ancient world as a visual language, with its interpretation one of the most important challenges, especially in the realm of the divine and sacred, to today’s cognitive archaeology and Classical Studies. This study is focussed on circular solar/cosmic symbolism which has endured for seven millennia in the European and Mediterranean worlds. The potency of the solar/cosmic circle should not be understated, as this study will demonstrate, with its worldwide affiliation. For all humankind is aware of the sun’s benefits of light and warmth, and of the seasons which needed in the ancient world to be sustained by heavenly harmony through ritual, sacrifice and worship; hence the introduction of sympatheia, i.e. ‘as above so below’ thus satisfying society’s need for a relationship with the natural world of the universe/sun. To that end, Bronze Age people created circular landscapes such as Stonehenge with circular henges and burial monuments (barrows). In the Classical Greco-Roman world, kingship required emperors to play a cosmocrator role acting as a beneficial solar/cosmic earthly filter for their people. Thus Augustus adopted the primary solar Greek god Apollo as his patron, for he commanded prophecy and divination integral in the ancient world. Divination and fate belonged to the Gods, with ancient astrology not just fortune telling but projecting the divine will and workings of the circular living orderly universe with the Sun the centre of Divine intelligence. The pagan world inter-religious toleration was exchanged for Christian universalist monotheism which needed the solarisation of Christ by early Christian fathers to gain followers and permanent converts. Such was the strength of solar tradition that the Emperor Constantine remained loyal nearly unto death, and up to medieval times Christ in Europe was still known as Sol Resurrectionus.Trade Review'The breadth of material presented in this book is extraordinary, and Hobley’s passion for this project is apparent on every page. It raises intriguing research questions and connects with a long history of studies that have sought a connection between the sun and circular monuments…' Robert Witcher (2016): AntiquityTable of ContentsPart One: The Circle as a Symbol ; Chapter One: The Nature of Symbolism ; Chapter Two: Symbolism in the Greco - Roman World ; Chapter Three: Imaging the Gods ; Part Two: The Sun as a Universal Symbol ; Chapter Four: Solar Symbols in the Middle East ; Chapter Five: Solar Symbols in Megalithic Europe ; Chapter Six: The Sun and the Celts ; Chapter Seven: Sun - symbols in Mycenae and Crete ; Chapter Eight: The Greco - Roman Sun ; Chapter Nine: The Celestial Sphere ; Chapter Ten: The Advent of Apollo ; Chapter Eleven: Circularity and Centrality in Greek Thought ; Chapter Twelve: The Celestial Axis ; Part Three: Neolithic and Bronze Age Circular Structures ; Chapter Thirteen: The Neolithic/Bronze Age Circular World-View ; Chapter Fourteen: Stonehenge, Henges and Round Barrow ; Part Four: An Introduction to Greco - Roman Circular Structures ; Chapter Fifteen: Round Altars, Mundus /Offering Pits and Heröons ; Chapter Sixteen: Ancient Circular Town Planning ; Chapter Seventeen: The Tholus ; Chapter Eighteen: The Symbolic Meaning of Tholi ; Part Five: Circularity at Rome ; Chapter Nineteen: The Roman Circus ; Chapter Twenty: The Roman Theatre ; Chapter Twenty One: Circularity in the Forum Romanum ; Part Six: Rome and the New Architecture ; Chapter Twenty Two: The Dome in Roman Monumental Architecture ; Chapter Twenty Three: Arches, Vaults and Sacred Gateways ; Chapter Twenty Four: Apses and Hemicycles ; Chapter Twenty Five: Circularity in Sacred Palaces ; Chapter Twenty Six: Circularity at Roman Military Sites ; Part Seven: Roman Celestial Iconography ; Chapter Twenty Seven: The Apollonian Solar Family at Rome ; Chapter Twenty Eight: The Circle of the Zodiac ; Part Eight: The Cosmic Master - Builders ; Chapter Twenty Nine: Augustus and the Sun - god ; Chapter Thirty: Augustus’ Circular Mausoleum ; Chapter Thirty One: Apollo Palatinus and other Augustan Structures ; Chapter Thirty Two: Agrippa’s Pantheon ; Chapter Thirty Three: Hadrian’s Celestial Pantheon ; Chapter Thirty Four: Hadrian’s Circles and Squares ; Part Nine: Circular Symbolism in Roman Life ; Chapter Thirty Five: Circles of Death and the Afterlife ; Chapter Thirty Six: Solar Discs and Sacred Sun - cakes ; Chapter Thirty Seven: The Rosette ; Chapter Thirty Eight: Solar Headwear, star, zodiac & rosette garments ; Chapter Thirty Nine: Cosmic and Celestial Shields ; Part Ten: The Solar World of Christianity ; Chapter Forty: Pagan Monotheism and Early Christianity ; Chapter Forty One: Constantine the Great and the Triumph of Apollo ; Chapter Forty Two: The Solar Cycle and the Christian Year ; Chapter Forty Three: Circular Symbolism in Early Christian Structures ; Chapter Forty Four: The Cross ; Chapter Forty Five: The Unconquered Sun ; Conclusion

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Book SynopsisBorġ in-Nadur, on the south-east coast of the island of Malta, is a major multi-period site, with archaeological remains that span several thousand years. In the course of the Late Neolithic, the steep-sided ridge was occupied by a large megalithic temple complex that was re-occupied in the succeeding Bronze Age. In the course of the second millennium BC, the ridge was heavily fortified by a massive wall to protect a settlement of huts. Excavations were carried out here in 1881 and again in 1959. This volume brings together a number of contributions that report on those excavations, providing an exhaustive account of the stratigraphy, the pottery, the lithic assemblages, the bones, and the molluscs. Additional studies look at other sites in Malta and in neighbouring Sicily in an effort to throw light on the late prehistory of the south-central Mediterranean at a period when connections with regions near and far were increasing. The volume forms a companion to another monograph which concentrated on the temple remains at Borġ in-Nadur (D. Tanasi and N. C. Vella (eds), Site, artefacts and landscape: prehistoric Borġ in-Nadur, Malta. Praehistorica Mediterranea 3. Monza: Polimetrica, 2011). About the Editors: Davide Tanasi (Ph.D.) is Professor of Archaeology at Arcadia University, The College of Global Studies - Arcadia Sicily Center. His research interests include Mediterranean prehistory, island archaeology, archaeometry of ancient ceramics, computer graphics in archaeology, and digital communication of cultural heritage. He has authored a hundred scientific papers in these fields and produced 3D documentaries about Sicilian archaeology and cultural heritage. His publications include La Sicilia e l’arcipelago maltese nell’eta del Bronzo Medio (Palermo, 2008) and Site, Artefacts and Landscape: Prehistoric Borġ in-Nadur, Malta with Nicholas C. Vella (Monza, 2011). He is editor of the international scientific journal Open Archaeology (De Gruyter) and since 2012, he has been directing the Field School in Archaeology of Arcadia University in Sicily. Nicholas C. Vella is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Malta, and works on Mediterranean history and archaeology. He has co-edited another volume of essays on Malta’s late prehistory called Site, Artefacts and Landscape: Prehistoric Borġ in- Nadur, Malta with Davide Tanasi (Monza, 2011) and contributed, with him, to the Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean edited by P. van Dommelen and B. Knapp (Cambridge, 2014). He edits the Malta Archaeological Review, and co-directs excavations at the Żejtun Roman Villa (Malta). He is also co-investigator of the FRAGSUS project, funded by the European Research Council, that is examining the environmental and cultural background of prehistoric Malta.Table of ContentsIntroduction (Davide Tanasi and Nicholas C. Vella) ; Part I: The site and finds ; 1. The excavations by David H. Trump, 1959 (Nicholas C. Vella) ; 2. A defensive wall with towers at Borġ in-Nadur (Giuseppe Terranova) ; 3. The pottery from excavation campaigns of David H. Trump (1959) at the settlement of Borġ in-Nadur (Davide Tanasi) ; 4. Archaeometric characterization of Middle Bronze Age pottery from the settlement at Borġ in-Nadur (Germana Barone, Paolo Mazzoleni, Simona Raneri, Davide Tanasi, Alessandro Giuffrida) ; 5. A leaf impression on a pottery sherd from the settlement at Borġ in-Nadur: a note (Giuseppe Baiamonte) ; 6. The stone artefacts from the settlement at Borġ in-Nadur (Damiano Bracchitta) ; 7. The prehistoric shells and fossils from Borġ in-Nadur (Katrin Fenech and Patrick J. Schembri) ; 8. Skeletal remains from Borġ in-Nadur (Andrea Messina and Davide Tanasi) ; Part II: Additional studies ; 9. The Early Bronze Age in the Maltese islands (Alberto Cazzella and Giulia Recchia) ; 10. The Bronze Age settlement at il-Qlegħa tal-Baħrija, Malta: notes on the rock-cut features (David Cardona and MariaElena Zammit) ; 11. Borġ in-Nadur pottery abroad: a report from the Sicilian necropoleis of Thapsos and Matrensa (Davide Tanasi) ; 12. Sacred stones: meaning visitors and spaces at Borġ in-Nadur (Iona Muscat)

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Book SynopsisThe importance of the Law of Treasure is largely the result of the spectacular growth in the activity of metal detecting which, starting in the 1960’s, has grown so much in popularity that it now brings to our knowledge each year more than a thousand objects of historical, cultural or archaeological interest. The nature and volume of these finds has in turn led to a greater public concern to ensure that measures exist which will be conducive to the retention and effective preservation of the more important of those objects. It is, of course, essential that facilities exist for the physical examination and conservation of finds and that those facilities should be accessible and adequate. But the law has an important part to play in this process by ensuring that finds of substantial value or importance should be preserved for the nation and made available to the public in museums. For many hundreds of years, the Law of Treasure was the common law of treasure trove. Today it is essentially based on the Treasure Act 1996. Although the Act is a great improvement on the common law it is nevertheless not always rational and the meaning of some of its provisions is sometimes obscure. This book aims to provide a reliable guide to the Law of Treasure in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and also to explain the role played by legal institutions, such as the Coroner, in that process. This book will be of interest to archaeologists, museums, coroner’s offices, finds liaison officers, farmers and landlords’ associations. It will also be of interest and utility to metal detectorists since, in addition to explaining what objects are considered to be treasure by the law, it explains the legal restrictions on searching for artefacts, the duty to report finds of treasure and the structure of the valuation process and rewards.Table of ContentsPreface; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Table of Statutory Instruments; Chapter 1: Treasure Trove; Chapter 2: The Treasure Act 1996; Chapter 3: Searching for Artefacts; Chapter 4: Reporting Finds of Treasure and Non-Treasure Objects; Chapter 5: The Coroner; Chapter 6: Acquisition of Treasure by Museums; Chapter 7: Valuation of Treasure and Rewards; Chapter 8: Disclaimer of Treasure and Title; Appendix A. The Treasure Act 1996; Appendix B. The Treasure (Designation) Order 2002

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Book SynopsisThis is an important book. Too often in the past archaeologists have ignored or underestimated sea travel in early prehistory but the evidence has been growing and now it is presented to us in full in this thought provoking study. No longer can those interested in the human achievement neglect to take into account the astonishing achievements of our palaeolithic, mesolithic and neolithic ancestors. This book gives a full account of stone age seafaring presenting the archaeological evidence in the context of the changing world environment and uses ethnographic sources to broaden the readers understanding of the worlds earliest sea craft. It is essential reading for all concerned to understand the human condition. – Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe, Oxford The book is a comprehensive study of early navigation and its place in the development of human culture from the earliest times to the late Stone Age. This subject is very timely in light of increasing archaeological and palaeoanthropological evidence that the maritime environment had been mastered in prehistory. As the author rightly points out at the beginning of his book, the maritime environment can no longer be marginalised when portraying both hunter-gatherer and early agrarian prehistoric communities. The book is a valuable and inspiring work on a subject which had hitherto not enjoyed such in-depth treatment. It greatly enhances our perception of the beginnings of human culture and enriches it with comprehensive, convincing arguments that the maritime environment had been mastered by early humans. I congratulate the author on the effect he has achieved and on unearthing so many chronologically, geographically and thematically diverse sources. – Prof. Paweł Valde-Nowak, Jagiellonian University, Krakow The title of the book intrigues the reader and promises a fascinating read about issues approached from an innovatively broad perspective. Both the global territorial scope and the chronological range covering almost two million years of human cultural development are worthy of note. What we have here is an aspect of human activity which is often neglected and marginalised in scientific research, which is that directly related to the sea. The fact that up to 90% of Pleistocene coasts, which were after all heavily populated in the Stone Age, have been flooded in modern times is not conducive to large-scale research, as underlined by the author in the Introduction. The beginnings of human activity on the high seas are the subject of research in numerous scientific disciplines, all of which are discussed here. In writing this book the author has drawn on an exceptionally wide range of literature, mostly in English, owing to which the author’s own views, as well as those of other researchers whom he cites, are credible and convincing. – Dr hab. Krzysztof Cyrek, professor of Nicolaus Copernicus University, ToruńTrade Review‘…Pydyn makes a compelling case that pre-Homo sapiens may have utilized water transport technology. Even the use of natural floats was perhaps “culturally enriched,” meaning that our ancestors consciously affected the direction of drifting or floating. He also argues that studies of early maritime activity have demonstrated the research potential of the continental shelf, because many Paleolithic and Neolithic sites are likely underwater… Argonauts of the Stone Age is a well-illustrated and engaging addition to the recent volumes on early seafaring and maritime activities.’ – Katelyn Dibenedetto (2017), Journal Of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology And Heritage StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Lower Palaeolithic seafarers – the oldest evidence of migration and sea-crossing ; Homo ergaster/Homo erectus and Out of Africa ; The first colonisation of Europe ; The first crossing of the sea ; 2. Middle Palaeolithic seafarers – the Neanderthal and the sea ; The European world of the Neanderthals ; The Neanderthal residents of the Mediterranean area ; The Neanderthals’ submerged world ; Beyond the European seas ; 3. Upper and Final Palaeolithic seafarers – the expansion of modern humans ; The first Mediterranean seagoing of modern humans ; Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic – intensification of seafaring in the Mediterranean Basin ; Travelling northwards – modern humans on the coasts of Western and Northern Europe ; Towards new continents ; 4. Maritime activity of Mesolithic communities in Northern Europe ; Maritime contacts within the Atlantic zone ; Between the North Sea and the Baltic ; The earliest settlements of the islands of the central and eastern Baltic Sea ; 5. Neolithic voyagers – farmers of the sea ; The first farmers at sea – development of the Neolithic in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea ; Seafarers of cardium-impresso culture ; Boats of the first farmers ; Farmers of the Atlantic ; Travelling eastwards ; 6. Early forms of water transport ; Floats ; Rafts ; Skin boats ; Bark boats ; Reed boats and other lashed vessels ; Logboats ; Simple plank boats ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis volume includes the archaeological and archaeometrical analysis of the lead finds from the Roman Republican military fort of Sanisera in northern Minorca. The fort was built after the Roman conquest of the island in 123 BC and abandoned during the last third of the 1st century BC. By correlating typological-archaeological and scientific methods, the site’s unusual large number of lead objects/artefacts are examined within their find context and reviewed for superregional connections to contemporary sites within the Mediterranean. Furthermore, based upon the results of the find analyses as well as the examination of written sources, the site’s embedding within the historical context of the development of the late Roman Republic and early Imperial times is presented, especially in respect to the conquest of the Mediterranean and the consolidation of the Roman authority there.Table of ContentsVorwort und Dank ; Hinweise zur Nutzung der Publikation ; 1. Sanisera – die Anlage ; 2. Das Fundmaterial ; 3. Bleiisotopie – archäometrische Untersuchungen ; 4. Schriftliche Quellen ; 5. Historischer Kontext ; 6. Synthese ; 7. Zusammenfassung ; 8. Anhänge ; 9. Literaturverzeichnis ; 10. Katalog ; 11. Tafeln ; 12. Liste der Karten ; 13. Karten

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together a group of peer reviewed papers, most of them presented at a workshop held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. The event took place on 15–17 October 2011 and was part of the European Research Council (ERC) funded project Cultural Evolution of Neolithic Europe (EUROEVOL 2010-2015). The aim of the EUROEVOL project is to contribute to the new interdisciplinary field of cultural evolution that has developed over the last 30 years, and at the same time use these ideas and methods to address specific questions concerning the links between demographic, economic, social and cultural patterns and processes in the first farming societies of temperate Europe. The aim of the EUROEVOL project is to do that for the first time, and in doing so to provide the basis for a new account of the role of farming in transforming early European societies, c.6000-2000 cal BCE.Table of ContentsIntroduction Key raw materials for Neolithic shoe-last celts and axes in Central Europe: their sources and distribution (Antonín Přichystal) Long-distance distribution of raw materials for chipped stone artefacts in the Neolithic of Central Europe (Moravia and eastern Austria) in the 6th and 5th millennia BC (Inna Mateiciucová and Gerhard Trnka) Raw materials exchange as part of a network: the case study of the LBK Middle Mosel area (Anne Hauzeur) The ‘Rijckholt’ Connection: Neolithic extraction and circulation of Lanaye flints (Marjorie E.Th. de Grooth) Flint exchange in time and space: a study of Middle Neolithic assemblages from Western Germany and beyond (Kathrin Nowak) Stones on the move: the contribution of microwear analysis for understanding the Neolithisation process (Annelou van Gijn) The circulation of flint raw materials in northern France and Belgium during the Early Neolithic (Pierre Allard and Solène Denis) Flint productions and distribution networks at the end of the 5th and the beginning of the 4th millennia BC in north-western France and western Belgium (Françoise Bostyn) Projet JADE 2. ‘Object-signs’ and social interpretations of Alpine jade axeheads in the European Neolithic: theory and methodology (Pierre Pétrequin, Alison Sheridan, Estelle Gauthier, Serge Cassen, Michel Errera and Lutz Klassen) Chert from the Rein Basin (Styria, Austria): Prehistoric use and distribution (Michael Brandl, Maria M. Martinez, Daniel Modl and Estella Weiss-Krejci) A radiocarbon chronology of European flint mines suggests a link to population patterns (Tim Kerig, Kevan Edinborough, Sean Downey and Stephen Shennan)

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Book SynopsisThis publication provides the most updated information on the ceramic production (amphorae, cooking and coarse wares, ceramic building materials) of Salakta and the Ksour Essef district, in the Sahel region of Tunisia, from the 3rd century BC to the 7th century AD. This book deals with the history and the archaeology of Sullecthum/Salakta, the typology of the ceramic production (mainly amphorae), the chronology and the location of the workshops, the amphora stamps and contents, the distribution in the Mediterranean, and the organisation of production and trade. The author is Lecturer at the Institut Supérieur des Etudes Appliquées en Humanités de Mahdia (University of Monastir, Tunisia). French text with English abstract.Table of ContentsPréface Avant-propos Introduction Chapitre I. Présentation de la région et catalogue des sites prospectés Chapitre II. Typologie générale Chapitre III. Les amphores de la région de Salakta et Ksour Essef : organisation de la production Chapitre IV. Les amphores de la région de Salakata et Ksour Essef : commercialisation Conclusion Tabl. 10. Tableau synoptique de la typologie Bibliographie Annexe 1. Catalogue de la production des ateliers Annexe 2 : Caractérisation en microscopie optique des pâtes des ateliers d'Henchir ech Chekaf et Salakta par Claudio Capelli English abstract

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Book SynopsisScholar and artist John Clegg made a pioneering contribution to the study of rock art. He was the first in the Australian academy to teach rock art research as a dedicated subject (Sydney University 1965-2000), supervising the first graduate students with such specialty, subsequently supporting their careers. He is honoured here for much more than his novelty and the contributions in this monograph pay homage to the late John Kay Clegg’s diverse influence. Rock art researchers from around the globe traverses topics such as aesthetics, the application of statistical analyses, frontier conflict and layered symbolic meanings, the deliberate use of optical illusion, and the contemporary significance of ancient and street art. They cover rock art assemblages from Columbia, South Africa, Europe and across Clegg’s beloved Australia. They interrogate descriptive and analytic concepts such as repainting, memorialisation and graffiti, as well as questioning the ethical impactions of research practices touching rock art as a part of its study. The tributes in this book are necessarily as individual as the man they honour, and John Clegg was certainly an individual. The longevity of ideas and perspectives Clegg brought to the pursuit of rock art research is demonstrated in this collection of works. Clegg’s continued relevance is testament to the value and magnitude of his contribution. He is a deserving subject for a Festschrift.Table of ContentsForeword – by Claire Smith Prologue – by Jillian Huntley Introduction – by Jo McDonald AESTHETICS Rock Art and the Possibility of Sensitive Cognition in the Ancient Americas – by Reinaldo Morales Jr. and Howard Risatti Rock art in the landscape: John Clegg’s path – by Thomas Heyd APPLICATIONS Rock engravings in western New South Wales: A comparative analysis of the Panaramitee Tradition site of Sturts Meadows – by Natalie R. Franklin The Rock Art of Aboriginal Australia from Pleistocene to the Present – by Josephine Flood The contemporary cultural significance of Gallery Rock, a petroglyph complex recently found in Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia – by Paul S.C. Taçon, Wayne Brennan, Graham King, Dave Pross and Matthew Kelleher ARTISTRY Degrees of change: amendment and alteration in Australian Aboriginal rock art – by Robert G. Gunn Optical illusions and perceptual determinants in rock art – by Ben Watson Symbolism, aesthetics, and narrative in rock art – by Jamie Hampson ANARCHY On thinking outside the square as a strategy for seeing into the innermost circle or how a reading of graffiti may help to penetrate the cave wall with thanks to John Clegg – by Margaret Bullen Breaking the House Rules: The Politics and Grammar of Disrespecting Contemporary Graffiti – by George Nash APPENDICES A Touching Debate – by compiled by Jane Kolber John Clegg at the antipodes of Palaeolithic representations: the Panaramitee Style – by Denis Vialou University Administrators and Mathesis – by Christopher Chippindale Parting Remarks – by Jillian Huntley and George Nash John Clegg’s published works Select sculptural works by John Clegg

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first to be published from a wider research project, still in progress, about the sanctuaries of Poseidon and Athena on the promontory of Sounion (southeast Attica). The aim of this volume is to present, for the first time, a comprehensive examination and interpretation of a wide selection of unpublished small finds. These last, of different categories and materials, were discovered in the bothroi (pitdeposits) and the landfills; they are set into their contexts. The illustrations of the finds are integrated within the relevant text for easier reference and a detailed catalogue complements the discussion. The limited archaeological records concerning the work in the sanctuaries, conducted by Valerios Stais between 1897–1915, and which still remain the only extensive excavations undertaken, are re-evaluated. The author revisits the two sanctuaries, reviewing the structures within them to cast light on the early phases of their establishment and development, as well as their significance for the socio-economic growth of south east Attica. This is realized by drawing upon the evidence of archaeological data and the ancient literary sources alike. The research thus provides a fresh insight into the early cults, with emphasis on the identity of the deities worshipped at Sounion from the Late Geometric to the dawn of the Classical period.Table of ContentsPrologue Introduction Chapter 1: Problems Arising from the Excavations of 1897–1915 Chapter 2: The History of Sounion and the Sanctuaries of Poseidon and Athena: Sources and Early Chapter 3: The Finds: Analysis and Discussion Chapter 4: Cults and Cult-practices at Sounion Appendix A: Greek and Latin Testimonia Appendix B: Pottery from the Bothroi and Artificial Fills Appendix C: Scarabs, Seals and Beads from the Sanctuaries Bibliography of Works Cited and Consulted Figures

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Book SynopsisWhat could be more evident than the concepts of oblique, horizontal or vertical? In the modern world, these concepts form the basis of our thought system, both from a mathematical and artistic point of view. Everything would suggest that these principles were known to the Greek civilization. However, the study of the surviving texts casts a different light on the matter. Homer did not know the concept of oblique - no word could translate it into the language of his time. Even later, the Greeks had five adjectives approximately meaning oblique: λοξός, πλάγιος, λέχριος, σκολιός and δόχμιος. Each discipline (cosmology, optic, geography, art, etc.) had its own way of looking at these five words. Paradoxically, what the written language had not yet synthesized was abundant in imagery. Even more surprising, the oblique in images, which we consider as a sign of movement in our own iconographic language, is found to signify both movement and rest. Two monuments of Greek art draw attention to this new paradox: the frieze of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus and the Mourning Athena. In each of them, the oblique line is present, and carries two distinct meanings. These two forms of language, written and figurative, bring a different and complementary perspective on the ancient Greeks' apprehension (or lack thereof) of the concept of oblique.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Les Grecs et Nous Premi ère Parti e. L’obli que dans la pensée grecque Chapitre I. Prolégomènes. La table des opposés « fondamentaux » et Homère Chapitre II. Macrocosme et microcosme. Des présocratiques à Proclos Chapitre III. La théorie des atomes. Épicure et Lucrèce Chapitre IV. L’oblique des vents Chapitre V. Strabon Chapitre VI. Hippocrate et les médecins grecs Chapitre VII. Les Tragiques et les poètes hellénistiques Chapitre VIII. Le rayon et le miroir : la vision d’Euclide Deuxième Parti e. L’obli que dans l’art grec Chapitre IX. La notion d’oblique dans l’art Chapitre X. Oblique en mouvement Chapitre XI. Oblique en repos Conclusion : Les descriptions antiques d’oeuvres d’art

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Book Synopsis'Exquisitely written and ripe with detail' Sunday Times. 'An engaging book... He knows his British stuff' The Times. 'One of England's most skilled and alluring prose writers in or out of fiction, has done something even more original' London Review of Books. WHAT WE HAVE LOST IS A MISSILE AIMED AT THE BRITISH ESTABLISHMENT, A BLISTERING INDICTMENT OF POLITICIANS AND CIVIL SERVANTS, PLANNING AUTHORITIES AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, WHO HAVE PRESIDED, SINCE 1945, OVER THE DECLINE OF BRITAIN'S INDUSTRIES AND REPLACED THE 'GREAT' IN BRITAIN WITH A FOR SALE SIGN HUNG AROUND THE NECK OF THE NATION. Between 1939 and 1945, Britain produced around 125,000 aircraft, and enormous numbers of ships, motor vehicles, armaments and textiles. We developed radar, antibiotics, the jet engine and the computer. Less than seventy years later, the major industries that had made Britain a global industrial power, and employed millions of people, were dead. Had they really been doomed, and if so, by what? Can our politicians have been so inept? Was it down to the superior competition of wily foreigners? Or were our rulers culturally too hostile to science and industry? James Hamilton-Paterson, in this evocation of the industrial world we have lost, analyzes the factors that turned us so quickly from a nation of active producers to one of passive consumers and financial middlemen.Trade ReviewA book that is by turns engrossing and infuriating – a response to Brexit in mechanical form * Evening Standard *A book about that moment between the end of the Second World War and Suez, when there was early nuclear power, the first computers, jet engines, fast fighter planes and big ships – all made here. Now Britain imports more than it exports. What went wrong? * i Newspaper *He writes beautifully * Literary Review *Exquisitely written and ripe with detail, [James Hamilton-Paterson] explores one disaster story after another * Sunday Times *Engaging book... He knows his British stuff' * The Times *Hamilton-Paterson, still one of England's most skilled and alluring prose writers in or out of fiction, has done something even more original. With imaginative scenes enacting 'what we have lost', he combines closely researched and detailed accounts of the decay of one legendary British product after another. Cars, motorbikes, shipbuilding and the nuclear industry are all there * London Review of Books *Definitely a book for those questioning how Great Britain lost its greatness... Written lyrically enough to interest the general reader' * Guardian *Chapters on cars, ships and motorbikes tell a melancholy story, though Hamilton-Paterson, also a distinguished novelist, can't resist glints of dark humour * Daily Mail *James Hamilton-Paterson mourns our nation's industrial decline in a deeply personal polemic * International Express. *

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Book SynopsisThis volume is primarily concerned with the re-analysis of the wall paintings from the Jordanian Chalcolithic period (ca. 4700-3700 BC) settlement site of Teleilat Ghassul, first excavated in 1929 by scholars from the Pontifical Biblical Institute Rome and latterly by Australians from the University of Sydney. The seven major paintings were re-analysed using a methodology based on contextualisation, digital reconstruction, experimental replication and subject analysis. A comprehensive theoretical framework was constructed from published and unpublished materials from the site, consisting of geographical and environmental datasets, topographic, settlement-location and structural contexts. These included material/artefactual associations, technological issues and a comprehensive symbolic regional comparative analysis of the artworks themselves. The interpretive structure, reconstructed and re-evaluated scenes, and replication studies, have revealed numerous insights into the artistic traditions and cultic practices of South Levantine Ghassulian Chalcolithic culture, with considerable relevance to the ongoing debate on such matters as prehistoric societal makeup and art historical scholarship. This study has provided intriguing glimpses into the lives of a brilliantly artistic and deeply ritualised society, shedding new light on this little-known and still mysterious people.Trade Review'In conclusion, this book offers a very important contribution not only to our understanding of the Teleilat Ghassul wall paintings, but also more generally to the study of socalled ‘artistic’ representations in pre- and proto-historic societies, emphasising and rigorously applying the method of integral analysis and the contextualisation of findings, which alone can bring us closer to restoring meaning to the material expressions of cultures and ideologies physically, culturally and historically very remote from ourselves.' – Marcella Frangipane (2023): BiOr no. LXXIX 3/4 Table of ContentsChapter 1.1. Introduction Chapter 1.2 History of Research Chapter 2.1 Geographical and Environmental Context Chapter 2.2 Society, culture and ritual context Chapter 2.3 Prehistoric Artistic Context Chapter 2.4 The Wall art of Ghassul: Discovery and Archaeological Context Chapter 3.1 Settlement, Structural and Ritual Context Chapter 3.2 Subject Matter: New Interpretations Chapter 4.1 Ghassulian Technological innovation Chapter 4.2 Replication Studies Chapter 5.1. Subject Analysis, Symbolism and Significance Chapter 5.2. Art History and Cultural Significance Chapter 6. Summary and general conclusions Bibliography

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Book SynopsisRivers have often been the gateway to natural wilderness and the first element of a natural landscape that humans made their own. Some rivers have become the symbol of whole civilisations, such as the Nile or the Tiber to Egyptians and Romans respectively. More recently, pioneers exploring the continent of America have explored the new land from within rivers, whose names have become by extension the name of the land: 15 of the 50 states composing the United States of America are borrowed from rivers. No other natural feature has become embedded into human narratives as the river. Rivers are frequently featured prominently in natural landscapes by writers and artists, but they also turn up in unexpected places, such as the mythical Greek underworld or Dante’s Inferno. Rivers made of stars (the Milky Way) have been recognised in the sky by the Inca, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese (the “Peaceful River of Heaven”), Hindu, Maori, Aboriginal Australians as well as other cultures. The flow of a river has prompted many reflexions of its similarity to time as well as human life and consciousness, becoming a recurring theme in culture and philosophical thought. In recent archaeological literature, rivers are often ignored from narratives, or seen as part of the natural landscape. Yet, rivers and streams have shaped most cities in the world and they should be inserted more frequently, if not systematically, in archaeological interpretations and narratives. The sea is very much in the minds of scholars, especially in Europe, but rivers are denied the same interest. It is hoped that this volume will generate some fresh interest.Table of Contents1. Dugouts from North Patagonia (Center-South of Chile): Sailing on Trees – (Nicolás Lira S.) 2. Exploitation of the Aquatic Resources of Lake Lubāns and Its Hydrological Regime during the Stone Age – (Ilze B. Loze) 3. A River Runs Through It: The Semiotics of Göbekli Tepe’s Map (An Exercise of Archaeological Imagination) – (Dragoş Gheorghiu) 4. Rivers, human occupation and exchanges around the Late Bronze age settlement of Frattesina (NE Italy) – (P. Bellintani & M. Saracino) 5. People of the waters in northern Italy – (Andrea Vianello) 6. The perennial rivers and the changing settlement patterns on the two sides of the Tiber in central Italy – the case studies of Nepi and Gabii – (Ulla Rajala) 7. Bronze Age Barrow Complexes on the Lincolnshire Fen Margin – (Peter Chowne) 8. Roads, routes and ceremonies: the Fenland Superhighway – (Tim Malim) 9. Continuity of seasonal access and occupation on the turloughs of Ireland – (Amy Bunce) 10. An approach to the fluvial networks of the Papaloapan basin: the use of the lower Papaloapan, México, from the pre-Hispanic period to early XX century – (Edith Ortiz Díaz)

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