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Book SynopsisThe Roman eastern frontier stretched from the north-east shore of the Black Sea to the Red Sea. It faced Rome’s formidable foe, the kingdom of Parthia, and its successor, Sasanian Persia. Rome’s bulwark in antiquity was the area known as Syria or the Levant, roughly modern Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine. To the south lay the Nabataean kingdom, annexed by Rome in 106 and formed into the province of Arabia. To the north, the Cappadocian frontier was laid out in one of the most inaccessible and remote parts of Eurasia facing extremes of climate and topography, amid a patchwork of client kingdoms. This hidden and fascinating frontier in Turkey, whose bases mostly lie under reservoirs, is the major omission from this volume and it is hoped that a more in-depth account might appear in due course. The Caucasian forts along the edge of the Black Sea are, however, part of this volume; this is perhaps Rome’s least known frontier archaeologically but the subject of a unique account by Arrian when governor of Cappadocia.Table of ContentsTHE FRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ; Foreword by Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan ; Common cultural heritage of the Roman Empire ; The Roman Empire ; Frontiers and trade ; The "Frontiers of the Roman Empire" World Heritage Site ; The definition of a World Heritage Site ; The task ahead ; History and extent of frontiers ; Rome´s foreign policy ; The location of frontiers ; The army and frontiers ; The purpose of frontiers ; Soldiers and civilians ; Military administration ; Research on Roman frontiers ; Inscriptions and documents ; Survey and excavation ; Aerial survey ; Protection and presentation of frontiers ; Future perspectives ; THE EASTERN FRONTIERS ; The Desert Frontier in Syria and Arabia ; Introduction ; Location and natural conditions ; The Roman Frontier in Syria ; The history of the frontier and the frontier road ; Locals in Roman service ; Change and continuity ; The Roman forts in Syria: Cultural heritage in danger ; Dura-Europos ; The Desert Frontier in Arabia ; Historical background and frontier development ; Outstanding Universal Values of the desert frontier ; The Caucasian frontier

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Book SynopsisGudenus Cave summarises the author's 60 years of research (1962 to 2021) at the earliest human occupation site known in Austria. The cave had been excavated in 1883-84 without separation of sediment layers, and subsequent endeavours to clarify its stratigraphy and dating have failed. The book describes the strategies and methods of studying a Pleistocene cave site that had been regarded as fully excavated, and their long-term applications. A significant part of the fieldwork was conducted before 1967, but the use of analytical processes and literature review continued for several decades after that. Through sustained interrogation of the site's clear palynology and lithic typology, the volume succeeds in clarifying the cave's stratigraphical sequence and placing its several Palaeolithic occupations chronologically. This has significant effects on our understanding of the local Palaeolithic sequence that has been the subject of various controversies. These are discussed in the concluding chapter, which places Gudenus Cave first within its Austrian context and then into the wider picture. The book thus shows that intensive archaeological research can reinstate the scientific importance of a site even after it has been declared bereft of all sediment.Table of ContentsPreface ; Chapter 1: History of Gudenus Cave ; The pre-1962 investigations ; The post-1962 investigations ; The scientific status of Gudenus Cave in 1962 ; Chapter 2: Gudenus Cave and its environment ; Geography and geology ; The cave ; Past and present environmental settings ; The speleoclimate of Gudenus Cave ; Hydrology and sedimentation ; Chapter 3: Archaeology and palaeontology of Gudenus Cave – the data ; The 1963 to 1966 salvage excavations ; The new lithic implements ; The Occupation Layer I stone tools ; The Occupation Layer II stone tool ; The Occupation Layer III stone tools ; The Occupation Layer IV stone tools ; The palaeoart ; The palaeontology of the cave ; Bone fragmentation study of the post-1962 bone remains ; Summary — faunal remains ; Chapter 4: Sediments of Gudenus Cave ; The sedimentary analyses ; Methods of sediment analyses ; Description of the sediment samples ; Reconstructing the sediment stratigraphy ; The pollen and spore analysis ; The carbonate diffraction study ; Chapter 5: Interpretation of Gudenus Cave data ; Recapping ; The new interpretations ; The sediment stratigraphy ; The climatic and environmental sequence ; The hominin occupations ; The history of Gudenus Cave ; Chapter 6: The Palaeolithic context of Gudenus Cave ; The Lower Austrian context ; The broader Austrian context ; The central European context ; The global context ; A synopsis ; References ; Index

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Book SynopsisThe frontiers of the Roman Empire together form the largest monument of one of the world’s greatest ancient states. They stretch for some 7,500 km through 20 countries which encircle the Mediterranean Sea. The remains of these frontiers have been studied by visitors and later by archaeologists for several centuries. Many of the inscriptions and sculptures, weapons, pottery and artefacts created and used by the soldiers and civilians who lived on the frontier can be seen in museums. Equally evocative of the lost might of Rome are the physical remains of the frontiers themselves. The aim of this series of books is not only to inform the interested visitor about the history of the frontiers but to act as a guidebook as well. Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of the great Wall which still bears his name ‘to separate the barbarians from the Romans’ (Historia Augusta, Life of Hadrian, 11). The complex of military installations, 117 km long, but with an extension without the linear barrier for about 40 km down the west coast, contained 74 km of stone wall, 43 km of turf rampart, 200 towers, 100 fortlets, 20 forts, took years to construct and was probably still being modified when Hadrian died in July 138. This highly illustrated book offers an accessible summary of Hadrian’s Wall, and an overview of the wider context of the Roman frontiers.Table of ContentsFRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Foreword by Francesco Bandarin Preface by Jane, Lady Gibson Common cultural heritage of the Roman Empire The ‘Frontiers of the Roman Empire’ World Heritage Site History and extent of frontiers The army and frontiers Research on Roman frontiers Protection and presentation of frontiers Future perspectives HADRIAN’S WALL The invasion and conquest of Britain The first plan for Hadrian’s Wall The second scheme The purpose of Hadrian’s Wall The military landscape The later history of Hadrian’s Wall Life on Hadrian’s Wall Civilians on Hadrian’s Wall Religion on Hadrian’s Wall Souvenirs of Hadrian’s Wall The afterlife of Hadrian’s Wall The importance of Hadrian’s Wall A World Heritage Site Research on Hadrian’s Wall The Pilgrimage of Hadrian’s Wall Museums on Hadrian’s Wall Where to see Hadrian’s Wall

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Book SynopsisThe Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia: The History and Results of Research in 19401980 combines details of discoveries of Palaeolithic sites in a vast region of Northeast Asia (covering mostly the northeastern part of modern Russia), and meticulous analysis of hypotheses, ideas, and concepts related to the Northeast Asian Palaeolithic. Written in the 1980s 1990s, it is based on the author's own experience and analysis of published and archival sources. The volume is especially important for better understanding the development of knowledge on this subject, closely related to the issue of the peopling of the New World. The author presents details on the conceptual issues developed by Soviet archaeologists, not previously available to the international scholarly community. This book is for archaeologists, ethnographers, and historians of science in the USSR and worldwide. It has a special interest for students of the peopling of the Americas.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is the first of several devoted to publishing the results of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society's surveys and excavations in the region of the Fourth Cataract. This, a component of the Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project, was conducted along a 40km stretch of the river on the left bank and on the islands.Following an introduction to the project, chapters focus on the palaeoenvironment in the concession area between Amri and Kirbekan, on the flora and toponyms, and on the folklore, agricultural practices, architecture and the life styles of the Manasir and Shaqiya inhabitants immediately before the inundation of the region by the Merowe Dam.

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Book SynopsisThrace through the Ages draws attention to the importance of pottery evidence in evaluating archaeological material from Thrace. The volume considers the informative value of pottery in tracing cultural and political phases, by providing us with important data about production centres, commercial relations, daily life, religious rituals and burial customs. The first chapter examines ceramic research in Thrace from past to present. The second chapter is devoted to the interpretation of the data presented by ceramics regarding interregional commercial relations and cultural interaction. In the third chapter, ceramics are evaluated from the perspective of cult rituals. The fourth chapter includes the excavation and survey ceramics. The fifth chapter is classified according to the ceramic ware. In the last two chapters of the volume, various data presented by ceramics were evaluated by considering their qualitative and quantitative characteristics.Table of ContentsForeword ; Research History ; Ceramic Research in Turkish Thrace: Past and Present, Approaches and New Methods – Zeynep Koçel Erdem ; Pottery As Evidence of Commercial and Cultural Interactions ; Thrace’s Gateway to Anatolia and the Aegean in the Bronze Age: Maydos-Kilisetepe – Göksel Sazcı, Meral Başaran Mutlu ; Variation in Late Iron Age Thracian Ceramics from Bulgaria: A Preliminary Evaluation of Cultural Interaction on Ceramic Manufacture and Consumption – Ashlee B. Hart ; On the Terracotta Sarcophagi from Ionia and the Northern Aegean – Melike Zeren-Hasdağlı ; Remarks on the Trade in Red-Figure Pottery in Macedonia and Aegean Thrace during the Fourth Century BC – Nikos Akamatis ; Attic Vases in Thrace as Agents of Commercial and Cultural Values – Despoina Tsiafaki, Amalia Avramidou ; Attic and Atticizing Glazed Pottery in Eastern Thrace: The Evidence from the Ganos (Işıklar Dağı/Tekirdağ) Survey – Reyhan Şahi̇n ; Interprétation des Timbres Amphoriques et des Monnaies provenant des Fouilles d’Héraion Teichos – Oya Yağız ; The Impact of Imports from Asia Minor on Local Production by Northern Thracians in the Second Century BC – First Century AD – Mariana-Cristina Popescu ; Ilion and Its Role in Aegean Trade – Billur Tekkök Karaöz ; The Commercial Network of Ainos from Hellenistic Times to Late Antiquity – Asuman Lätzer-Lasar ; Pottery In Cult Rituals ; Late Bronze-Early Iron Age Pottery Artefacts in Menekse Catagi Pit Sanctuary – Fisun Frank ; Pottery and Ceramic Finds in Domestic Cult Practices of Serdica – Mario Ivanov ; Evaluating a Cult Place in the Light of the Ceramics from the Northern Propontis – H. Arda Bülbül ; Evaluating Pottery from Surveys and Excavations ; Pre- and Protohistoric Ceramics from the Thracian Side of Istanbul – Haldun Aydıngün, Şengül G. Aydıngün ; Ainos Pottery from the Early Period – Sait Başaran ; Imported pottery at Kadıkalesi (Anaia): Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Periods – Yasemin Polat, R. Gül Gürteki̇n-Demir ; Newly Discovered Hellenistic Pottery from Western Istanbul – Gülseren Kan Şahi̇n, Şengül G. Aydıngün ; Pottery from the Lower Hebros and the Kocaçay Valley Survey – Ergün Karaca ; Ceramic Ware Studies ; Gebrauchskeramik aus nordgriechischen Befunden – Maria Deoudi ; Coarse Ware Study from Ganos: A Panoramic Approach – Sevingül Bi̇lgi̇n Kopçuk ; Byzantine Glazed Pottery from Thrace – Filiz İnanan ; Byzantine Glazed Pottery from Thracian Chersonessos: Karainebeyli – Hisarlık – Ayşe Ç. Türker ; Mould-Decorated Filter Jugs Unearthed During the İznik Tile Kilns Excavation – Belgin Demi̇rsar Arlı, Şennur Kaya, Özlem Erol, Hakan Arlı

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Book SynopsisRobert Koehl has long considered processions to have played an integral role in Aegean Bronze Age societies. Therefore, when assembling a volume to honor his retirement from Hunter College, contributing authors were asked to focus attention on this subject. Processions are a unique social phenomenon in that they engage large groups with a singular purpose or outcome, acting as a cohesive force in societies. Yet they are elusive both in Aegean art and texts, which has challenged the participants in this volume to approach the subject from various viewpoints, providing evidence of ritual and ceremonial places, pathways and practices, based on archaeological and, in one instance, textual evidence. Artistic depictions in a variety of media provide a means of identifying settings, participants and the possible roles they play, while specific ritual objects are the subject of some contributions, their context and imagery offering another means of enhancing our picture of processions. Papers concentrate mainly on evidence from Crete, the Cyclades and the Greek mainland, with additional perspectives from abroad, these geographic divisions forming the basic outline of the volume.  Download the following paper in Open Access: The Pylos Ta Series and the Process of Inventorying Ritual Objects for a Funerary Banquet - Thomas G. Palaima: DownloadTable of ContentsIntroduction: Processions Tributes Robert B. Koehl: Publications Crete Processions Aplenty: From Elite Palatial Parades to Mass Population Pilgrimages in Middle and Late Minoan Crete – Malcolm H. Wiener Processions in Aegean Iconography III: Where did they Take Place? – Fritz Blakolmer The Theatral Area of Knossos – Colin Macdonald The Kilts on the ‘Cupbearer’ and Men on the Procession Fresco from Knossos – Bernice R. Jones and Valerie Bealle Minoan Processions Leading to Marvelous Destinations at Mochlos – Jeffrey S. Soles Dressed Bodies in Motion: Toward a Sensorial Understanding of Funerary Ritual in Prepalatial Crete – Cynthia S. Colburn Dance or Procession? A Ritual Scene on a Fruit-stand from Protopalatial Phaistos, Crete – Luca Girella Rhyton Clusters in Neopalatial East Crete: Identity and the Ceremonial Prerogatives of the House – Brian S. Kunkel Reaper’s Rout or Mariner’s March? Reconsidering the ‘Harvester’ Vase from Ayia Triada – J. A. MacGillivray Deimatic Display or Nature’s Apotropaia: The Meaning and Function of the Octopus Iconography in the Bronze Age Aegean – Michele Mitrovich From Deep Waters to High Places: Reassessing the Ceremonial Significance of Triton-shells at Neolithic Phaistos (Crete) – Simona V. Todaro The Cyclades The Armed Warriors Procession: 1000 Years of Iconographic Development – Philip P. Betancourt Rhyta at Bronze Age Phylakopi on Melos – Jason W. Earle Ocular Signs of Ecstatic Possession and Procession in Aegean Art – Karen Polinger Foster Greek Mainland Late Bronze Age Iklaina and Processional Architecture – Michael Nelson Tribute from the Griffin Warrior at Pylos – Jack L. Davis and Sharon R. Stocker Processions in non-palatial Contexts: Social Ambitions and Narrative Idioms in Mycenaean Greece – Iphiyenia Tournavitou Processions, Participants, People, and the Palace: Musings from Fragments – James C. Wright The Creature of the Rings: An Unusual Jug Rhyton from LH IIIC Tiryns – Eleftheria Kardamaki, Maria Kostoula, Joseph Maran, and Alkestis Papadimitriou The Pylos Ta Series and the Process of Inventorying Ritual Objects for a Funerary Banquet – Thomas G. Palaima Evoking the Deceased in Mycenaean Mortuary Ritual – Mary K. Dabney ‘… For at this Place the Sea Comes Nearest to Athens.’ Funerary Processions in Archaic Athens – Stella Chryssoulaki and Ioannis Pappas Cyprus, Syria, the Levant, and Egypt From Stasis to Repetition: Tracing Processional Movements in Prehistoric Cyprus – Eleni Mantzourani Approaching Divinity in the Near East and the Aegean: Animals, Monsters, Demons, and Masked Human Processions – Joan Aruz and Judith Weingarten A Snapshot of a Victory Procession: A Winged Deity from Alalakh Wielding a Dagger – K. Aslıhan Yener The Iron Age Adventures of the God with the Fenestrated Axe – Assaf Yasur-Landau Offerings for Eternity: Egypt, Nubia, and the Puzzle of the Egyptian Faience Vessel from Alalakh – Morena Stefanova A Courtly Affair: Proceeding from Keftiu and ‘all Islands in the Middle’ to the Theban Necropolis – Nisha Kumar Italy Clues of Bronze Age Processions in the Central Mediterranean – Marco Bettelli, Elisabetta Borgna and Sara Tiziana Levi

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Book SynopsisDespite some high-profile exceptions, the archaeology of the South Caucasus (present-day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) remains marginalised and often overlooked – not receiving the wider exposure it deserves. This situation is partly a consequence of decades of occupation and academic isolation, and partly because of an unfortunate (and incorrect) perception that the South Caucasus is simply peripheral to the archaeologies of Europe and Asia. The chapters collected in this volume demonstrate the diversity and vibrancy of international research collaboration in the archaeology of Georgia, while all underline the enormous potential of the country’s archaeological resource. The importance of seeing the South Caucasus in its unique context, rather than as peripheral to Europe or Asia, is evident throughout. The increasing application of scientific techniques to archaeological research and landscape archaeology features prominently in many of these chapters. However, the key element is the multidisciplinary nature of much of the work, which allows specialists drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and scholarly traditions to contribute to the better understanding and appreciation of the Georgian historic environment.Table of ContentsIntroduction – Emanuele E. Intagliata and Paul Everill Chapter 1: The Javakheti Plateau: Megaliths, Villages, and Obsidian Mines in the Prehistory of the Lesser Caucasus of Georgia – Paolo Biagi, Renato Nisbet Chapter 2: Household Archaeology and the Agricultural Economy of an Iron Age Village: The 10th–3rd Centuries BC at Grakliani Gora, Shida Kartli, Georgia – Katie Campbell, Davit Naskidashvili, Katya Turchin, Vakhtang Licheli Chapter 3: The East Georgian Sanctuaries of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages – Simone Arnhold, Paata Bukhrashvili, Felix Blocher, Shorena Davitashvili Chapter 4: Work- and Lifescapes in 1st Millennium BC Udabno – Sabina Brodbeck-Jucker, René Kunze Chapter 5: Nokalakevi–Archaeopolis: Twenty Years of Anglo-Georgian Collaboration – Paul Everill, Nikoloz Murgulia, Davit Lomitashvili, Ian Colvin, Besik Lortkipanidze Chapter 6: Lighting up Arrian’s Room. Preliminary Remarks on the Lamps Found in the Roman Fort in Apsaros (Gonio, Georgia) – Maria Jaworska Chapter 7: Early Christian (4th-6th Centuries AD) Monuments of the Kingdom of Lazika, West Georgia – Nikoloz Murgulia, Besik Lortkipanidze, Davit Lomitashvili Chapter 8: A New Late Antique Church Complex at the Foot of the Greater Caucasus – Machkhomeri Hill (Khobi Municipality) – Emanuele E. Intagliata, Revaz Papuashvili, Andrey Vinogradov, Davit Naskidashvili, Gogita Chitaia Chapter 9: The Results of Landscape Survey from Samshvilde Environs (Chivchava River and Khrami River Valleys) – David Berikashvili

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Book SynopsisDimore della Cirenaica analyses urban housing in Cyrenaica (East Libya), with a specific focus on the cities of Cyrene and Ptolemais, from the early through to the late Roman imperial period.The first part, in the form of a gazetteer, comprises twenty-one case studies. An introduction to the urban layout and the main urban buildings is included in these sections. Each individual residence design is illustrated and parallels are outlined from the region and the wider imperial world. The second part draws out key themes previously treated separately to discuss them more broadly. The main topics here are floorplans and elevations, decoration and the socio-economic framework of Cyrenaica as outlined by housing features. This analysis attempts to reconstruct the history of the investigated buildings and to highlight the role of their architectural evolution as an indicator of local and wider changes over the period under examination.The book gathers information that is otherwise scattered across other publications, along with new data collected by the author during her fieldwork at the two sites and on visits to archives. It represents a corpus of evidence that will be a starting point for any future research on these topics.

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Book SynopsisReconstructing the Development of Somerset's Early Medieval Church uses Somerset as a case study in order to contribute to a broader understanding of how the Church developed across the British Isles during the transition from the post-Roman Church to that in existence in the 11th century. To facilitate this a large retrogressive data set was constructed which enabled new patterns of development to be identified; this has pushed forward understanding of how Somerset and the South-West evolved, including the reconstruction of Somerset's early great estates and early medieval parochiae. Crucially, it demonstrates how the medieval archdeaconries and deaneries correlate with Somerset's early great estates.This book identifies the pastorally pre-eminent early medieval churches across Somerset by using a weighting system which enables comparative assessments of different types of evidence, including both historical and topographical, to enable the chang

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Book SynopsisThe ancient Egyptian Civilization dominated the northeast corner of Africaincluding modern-day Egypt and, at times, northern Sudanfrom about 3000 BC at the beginning of the Dynastic period to AD 642 at the end of the Roman period. Most of what it left behind consists of stones of many kinds. There were building stones for temples, pyramids, mastaba tombs, and other monumental constructions; and utilitarian stones for tools, weapons, and a wide array of mundane applications, including the raw materials for faience, glass, medicines, paint pigments, and pottery. There were also ornamental stones for decorative and structural elements in buildings, obelisks, statues, sarcophagi, stelae, vessels, shrines, offering tables, mace heads, cosmetic palettes, and other sculpted objects; and gemstones for jewellery, amulets, seals, and other small decorative items. Still more stones were processed to extract their metals, including gold, copper, iron, and lead.Two persistent p

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Book SynopsisAdvances in UAE Archaeology details the results of new excavations conducted across the United Arab Emirates over the last few years. These excavations have revealed a wealth of new data on all periods of UAE archaeology from the Palaeolithic to the recent past. Some of these discoveries have filled in important gaps in our knowledge, while others have fundamentally revised what we thought we knew already. For example, the Marawah Island excavations have added a new facet to our understanding of the Neolithic period by revealing intriguing and hitherto unknown funerary rituals. Excavations in Al Ain in the emirate of Abu Dhabi continue to reveal extraordinary evidence of falaj irrigation, stretching back 3000 years. The ubiquity of this system across this oasis city further validates its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Of particular importance is the discovery of extensive remains from the Late Pre-Islamic period, a significant time in his

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Book SynopsisDisease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation presents a synthesis of what is currently known about health, disease and healing in the Indus Civilisation in the third to early second millennia BCE, underpinned by original research. It is the result of a detailed study of published human skeletal remains and material culture, with an increasing awareness of the natural environment. When combined with a knowledge of palaeoepidemiology and the natural history of disease, ancient climate change, and what is known of healing and health in contemporary Bronze Age societies of the Near East, with which the Indus Civilisation was in contact, it has been possible to piece together a picture of diseases in the period, the practice of healing and the development of public health. For the first time, the book illustrates the health, life expectancy, and the illnesses and injuries from which those at the bottom of society suffered, both at work and at home.

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Book SynopsisFrom Wilderness to Paradise presents an in-depth study of the large mosaic pavement in the East Church at Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenaica, Libya. The pavement, which survives almost in its entirety, consists of fifty panels, each containing a different image. Despite being described as the finest and most interesting set of Christian mosaics yet found in Libya' (Illustrated London News, December 1957), subsequent studies have generally dismissed the pavement as a random selection of images with no symbolic meaning and no overarching scheme. This book argues that the remarkably rich and complex mosaic should be understood as a coherent whole.A discussion about reading imagery in Late Antiquity precedes a meticulous iconographical study. Within the pavement's overall coherence, the grid layout allows the panels to be read in different directions, rather like a crossword puzzle, their meaning shifting with each change of focus. Particular attention is pai

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Book SynopsisThis book is the second of a series documenting a thousand years of selected London streets and their respective histories. Some of the streets have their roots and foundations in places of worship, locations for trading or because of their geographical location or particular topography. With St Paul's at its western end and St Mary-le-Bow as its centrepiece, Cheapside goes back further than a thousand years, all the way to the Romans and beyond. Its colourful history includes kings, queens, poets, playwrights, murderers, criminals, broadcasters, inventors, politicians, pioneers, philanthropists, religious fanatics, revolutionaries, diarists and architects who all played their part in making Cheapside what Charles Dickens Jnr called the greatest thoroughfare in the City of London. With London's streets harbouring a multitude of long lost stories ripe for the recounting, Mike Read's A Thousand Years of a London Street series is one with endless potential. The only question that remains is which street will pique the interest of this broadcaster turned historical supersleuth next?

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Book Synopsis‘This is the house by Cromer town …’Built in 1884 as the grand summer home for the well-connected Locker-Lampson family, the red -brick, turreted mansion Newhaven Court once sat high on a windswept hill above Cromer. Before its dramatic destruction in flames nearly eighty years later, the house played host to such eminent figures as Sir Winston Churchill, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Sir Ernest Shackleton, illustrator Kate Greenaway and French tennis superstar Suzanne Lenglen.It was a home where poets rubbed shoulders with politicians and aristocracy with artists and authors. There was dance, dining and song – but also family tragedy and hidden love. Follow the true story of Newhaven Court and its colourful inhabitants from the decadent years of the late nineteenth century and the elegant Edwardian era, through the tragedy of the First World War and terrible conflict of the Second to the roaring twenties and the uncertain post-war age.Trade Review"In its heyday it was visited by celebrated names including Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde and Ernest Shackleton. And now Newhaven Court in Cromer is the subject of a book written by a descendent of the family who once owned the house." * Coverage in Eastern Daily Press *“Helen Murray charts the true story of Newhaven Court and its colourful inhabitants from the decadent years of the late 19th century and the Edwardian era, through the tragedy of the two World Wars, and the uncertain post-war age.” * Family Tree magazine *“Read the story of this remarkable house" * This England magazine *

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Book SynopsisBetween 1965 and 1975, Britain discreetly supported the Sultanate of Oman in achieving a historic Cold War-era counterinsurgency win in its remote Dhofar Province. This book posits that UK military and non-martial assistance to Oman was the primary war-winning factor.

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Book SynopsisThere are few writers about whom opinions diverge so widely as Anthony Powell, whose Dance to the Music of Time sequence is one of the most ambitious literary constructions in the English language. In Different Speeds, Same Furies, Perry Anderson measures Powell's achievement against Marcel Proust's celebrated In Search of Lost Time.The literature on Dance is a drop in the ocean compared to that on Proust. Yet in construction of plot and depiction of character, Anderson ranks Powell above him. How much do particular advantages of this kind matter, and why is Powell an odd man out in English letters? At once so similar and dissimilar, the intricate retrospectives of the two novelists on bohemia and Society, upbringing and mortality, relationships and personality, invite interrelated judgements. The closing chapters of Different Speeds, Same Furies reach beyond their handlings of time to chart the historical novel from Waverley to Underworld, and the breakthrough in epistolatory fiction of Montesquieu's Persian Letters, held together by what its author described as 'a secret chain which remains, as it were, invisible'.Trade ReviewIt is Perry Anderson's achievement that stimulated me to have another go at Proust, even while his original criticism of Anthony Powell was instrumental in provoking yet one more reading of A Dance to the Music of Time. -- William H. Pritchard * Wall Street Journal *

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Book SynopsisDhirendra Jha's deeply researched history places Nathuram Godse's life as the juncture of the dangerous fault lines in contemporary India: the quest for independence and the rise of Hindu nationalism.On a wintry Delhi evening on 30 January 1948, Nathuram Godse shot Gandhi at point-blank range, forever silencing the man who had delivered independence to his nation. Godse's journey to this moment of international notoriety from small towns in western India is, by turns, both riveting and wrenching. Drawing from previously unpublished archival material, Jha challenges the standard account of Gandhi's assassination, and offers a stunning view on the making of independent India.Born to Brahmin parents, Godse started off as a child mystic. However, success eluded him. The caste system placed him at the top of society but the turbulent times meant that he soon became a disaffected youth, desperately seeking a position in the infant nation. In such confusing times, Godse was one of hundreds, and later thousands, of young Indian men to be steered into the sheltering fold of early Hindutva, Indian nationalism. His association with early formations of the RSS and far-right thinkers such as Sarvakar proves that he was not working alone. Today he is considered to be a patriotic hero by many for his act of bravery, despite being found guilty in court and executed in 1949.Trade ReviewDhirendra K. Jha has anatomized, with calm resourcefulness, the politics and psychology of a fanatic. He has also written a secret and sinister history of modern India-the one we need to understand our ruinous present -- Pankaj MishraThis book goes beyond the plot that resulted in Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, which the author meticulously analyses. It is indeed highly revealing of the omnipresence of the RSS on the Indian political scene in the 1940s. If the organization did not fight British colonialism and did not contest elections, it was intimately related to Savarkar's Hindu Mahasabha, the first Hindutva party, and, more importantly, organically linked to the Hindu Rashtra Dal, a militant body co-founded by Nathuram Godse - a man who, as Dhirendra K. Jha shows, never left the RSS -- Christophe Jaffrelot, author of Modi's IndiaNot just a very readable and credible account of the plot and the people behind Gandhi's murder, including a psychological analysis of his assassin, but a comprehensive study of the wider politics of the Hindu Mahasabha, the RSS and their leaders, including Savarkar, which makes it a must-read and highly relevant in today's context -- Mridula MukherjeeAlthough the biography of Godse is a biography of an assassin whose psychological profile might indicate his tendency towards extreme actions like political murder, it is also a story of a nation whose identity was forever mutated by the fact of British colonialism and the multiple atrocities that colonialism involved. -- Ron Jacobs * Counterpunch *

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Book SynopsisMany ancient, even prehistoric, monuments and temples around the world show an amazingly sophisticated understanding of the heavens. They reflect this sacred knowledge in celestial alignments – to the eternal cycles of the sun, moon, stars and planets. The ceremonies performed at sites such as Stonehenge in England or Teotihuacan in Mexico are now lost to us. But the time-worn stones and structures remain, and archaeoastronomers (experts in ancient astronomy) have studied how their sightlines relate to astronomical phenomena such as midwinter or midsummer sunrise or the rising of the Pleiades star cluster. Within, Ken Taylor dives into the fantastical: The principles of astronomy – the seasons, the solstices and equinoxes, the rising and setting of stars, the “lunar standstills” Solar alignments – the language of light and shadow, and the life-giving shows of the sun Lunar alignments – the drama of the eclipse and the mysterious energies of the night Alignments to stars and planets – reaching out to the immensity of the cosmos In exploring such connections, in words, superb photographs and clear explanatory artworks, Celestial Geometry opens a whole universe of mystery and wonder, and a window on the inner life of ancient civilizations.Trade Review'This book is subtitled, ‘Understanding the Astronomical Meanings of Ancient Sites’, and that is exactly what it does. There have been many attempts to rationalise and find a reason for the truly remarkable structures worldwide made by our forefathers. The author uses the comparatively recent science of ‘archaeoastronomy’ and sticks to what we know and can prove concerning such iconic sites as Stonehenge and Avebury in England, Chichen Itza in Mexico, Carnac in France, The Pyramids in Egypt, Hovenweep in the USA and the truly astonishing array of ancient standing stones predating the Pyramids at Callanish on the Western Isles of Scotland. Many of the other sites (and there are many) will be unknown to the reader, yet they are there and they fulfil exactly the same function. Our ancestors attempted to recreate heaven here on earth (as above so below) and show just how powerful the appeal of the heavens was. This is irrespective of whether it is the sun, the moon or indeed the stars and how many of the structures follow, track and frequently predict the way in which these celestial bodies move through the sky. This is a beautifully presented book with full colour plates and printed on high quality glossy paper that deals with a remarkable era in human development. It sets out its message in a readily accessible form and is well worth the purchase price'- Phenomena MagazineWhether digging down or dipping in, this stunningly illustrated book offers an unprejudiced, congenial and revelatory journey into the realms of archaeological astronomy. Chariots of the Gods this is not, so don’t be put off by the title. The informed and lucid narrative, suiting both young and old, casual and academic, eases you through the required principles of astronomy - the solstices and equinoxes, ‘lunar standstills’, the rising and setting stars. Then, suitable armed, you get to explore over 50 archaeological sites through spectacular photographs, floor plans and diagrams. It’s a fascinating collection that invites you to ponder the curiosity and creativity behind the structures that are seemingly aligned with the movements of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars.This isn’t however your usual celestial geometry fare. Yes, we have Stonehenge’s Darren stones, as well as the pyramids of Egypt, Machu Picchu’s temples, Easter Island and Chichen Itza’s nine-tiered Kukulcan marvel. But this book delves deeper. This lesser-known ancient, even prehistoric, megalithic structures, sacred sites and artefacts are also subject to Ken Taylor’s scrutiny. Spanning Europe, North and Central American, India, Australia, Indonesia and China, Taylor’s research unearths an amalgam of art, history, astronomy and mythology from star charts and tomb paintings. All reveal humankind’s fascination with the heavens, whether past, present or future. Is there a connection? That’s for you to decide. One thing’s for sure, I want to connect with my credit card and get visiting.-BBC Sky at Night

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Book SynopsisA vivid account of Marco Polo's astounding, continent-spanning adventures.

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Book SynopsisCrafts and Social Networks in Viking Towns explores the interface between craft, communication networks, and urbanisation in Viking-Age northern Europe. Viking-period towns were the hubs of cross-cultural communication of their age, and innovations in specialised crafts provide archaeologists with some of the best evidence for studying this communication. The integrated results presented in these papers have been made possible through the sustained collaboration of a group of experts with complementary insights into individual crafts. Results emerge from recent scholarly advances in the study of artefacts and production: first, the application of new analytical techniques (e.g. metallographic, isotopic, and biomolecular techniques) and second, the shift in interpretative focus from a concern with object function to considerations of processes of production, and of the social agency of technology. Furthermore, the introduction of social network theory and actor-network theory has redirected attention toward the process of communication, and highlighted the significance of material culture in the learning and transmission of cultural knowledge, including technology.The volume brings together leading UK and Scandinavian archaeological specialists to explore crafted products and workshop-assemblages from Viking towns, in order to clarify how such long-range communication worked in pre-modern northern Europe. Contributors assess the implications for our understanding of early towns and the long-term societal change catalysed by them, including the initial steps towards commercial economies. Results are analysed in relation to social network theory, social and economic history, and models of communication, setting an agenda for further research. The volume provides a landmark statement on our knowledge of Viking-Age craft and communication.Trade ReviewHighly relevant to anyone interested in the Viking Age, not just artefact and craft specialists. It sets out the basic research and chronologies, contains a wealth of new data, and importantly places these new results into the wider context of networks, thus adding individuals to the discussion. It's a book I will certainly return to. * Medieval Archaeology *The volume uses thoroughly researched studies of material evidence, underpinned by social network theory, to construct a compelling argument for the interdependence of craft, communication networks and urbanisation in Viking Age Northern Europe. * Antiquity *Table of Contents1. Crafting the urban network Steven P. Ashby and Søren M. Sindbæk 2. Craft: some pragmatic notes on the study of craft production and craftspeople in early medieval northern Europe Johan Callmer 3. Between domestic circles and urban networks Steven P. Ashby and Søren M. Sindbæk 4. The emergence of professional pottery production: York, a case study Ailsa Mainman 5. Textile networks in Viking-Age towns of Britain and Ireland Penelope Walton Rogers 6. Constructing specialism Steven P. Ashby and Søren M. Sindbæk 7. Combmaking in southern and eastern Scandinavia and the Baltic region (c. AD 700–900) Johan Callmer 8. A history of combmaking: biographies of innovation in Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia Steven P. Ashby 9. The archaeology of blacksmithing and the rise of urbanism in England and northern Europe c. 700–1100 Patrick Ottaway 10. Collaboration and expert knowledge Steven P. Ashby and Søren M. Sindbæk 11. From bronze-casting to non-ferrous metalworking: complexity, choices and cooperation in urban Scandinavian Viking-Age workshops Unn Pedersen 12. Non-ferrous metalworking networks in Scandinavian-influenced towns of Britain and Ireland Penelope Walton Rogers List of contributors

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

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Book SynopsisThis innovative study examines and analyses the wealth of evidence provided by the monumental effigies of Yorkshire, from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, including some of very high sculptural merit. More than 200 examples survive from the historic county in varying states of preservation. Together, they present a picture of the people able to afford them, at a time when the county was frequently at the forefront of national politics and administration, during the Scottish wars.Many monuments display remarkable realism, depicting people as they themselves wished to be remembered, and are accompanied by a great volume of contemporary sculptural and architectural detail. Stylistic analysis of the effigies themselves has been employed, better to understand how they relate to one another and give a firmer basis for their dating and production patterns. They are considered in relation to the history and material culture of the area at the time they were produced. A more soundly based appreciation of the sculptor's intentions and the aspirations of patrons is sought through close attention to the full extent of the visible evidence afforded by the monuments and their surroundings.The corpus is of sufficient size to permit meaningful analysis to shed light on aspects such as personal aspiration, social networks, patterns of supply and production, piety and wealth. It demonstrates the value of funerary monuments to the wider understanding of medieval society.The text will be accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue, making available a substantial body of research for the first time. The study considers the relationship between the monuments and related sculpture, architecture, painting, glass etc, together with contemporary documentary evidence, where it is available. This material and the underlying methodology are now available to illuminate monuments of the medieval period across the whole country. Its methods and messages extend understanding of all monuments, broadening its potential audience from the purely local to everyone concerned with medieval sculpture and church archaeology.Trade Review...the Gittos’ very evident expertise and dedication to these monuments have come together so fruitfully in this comprehensive book. * Medieval Archaeology *This engaging, authoritative and affordable study, with its additional online components, is indeed worth the wait. It will reinvigorate older debates and undoubtedly encourage new scholarship. * The Ecclesiological Society *Every medieval monument tells a story, both in its intent and origins, and in its subsequent history. It is clear that the authors realize this, and do their best to convey these stories, and the evidence that allows their recreation, to the reader. Their enthusiasm for this is contagious. * Archaeological Journal *Overall this a superbly researched and well-presented book which will doubtless become one of the great publications on medieval effigies and a much sought after addition to any bookshelf. For those interested in medieval arms and armour of the 13th and 14th centuries, this work is essential. * Arms and Armour: The Journal of Royal Armouries *The observational skills and contextual awareness of the authors, their breadth of scholarship and indomitable persistence are apparent throughout. […] While the effigies perpetuate the memories of the dead, this study if a worthy monument to the craftsmen who created them. * The Local Historian *Table of ContentsList of figures List of colour plates Acknowledgements Conventions 1 Introduction 2 The effigies 2a Description of the corpus 2b Aspects of design 2c Fate and fortune 2d Conclusions 3 Monuments in context 3a Introduction 3b Freestanding monuments 3c Canopied recesses 3d Tomb chests 3e Glass and painting 3f Armour and hearses 3g Dedicated locations 3h The churchyard 3i Conclusions 4 Makers and making 4a Fundamentals 4b Techniques 4c Relationships and series 4d Conclusions 5 Patrons and patronage 5a Historical context and Yorkshire society 5b The commemorated, their families and networks 5c Symbolism 6 Complexity and conclusions 6a The enigmatic priest’s monument at Welwick 6b Concluding remarks Bibliography Index List of Yorkshire's effigies to 1400

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Book SynopsisThis book shows how a military colony became a large, impressive and prosperous city. Legendary for its walls and port, it was able to play a basic role in the great strategy of ancient Rome between the Po and the Danube, spanning the centuries from its foundation (181 BC) to the fateful days of blood and violence of its fall (AD 452).Based on a study of ancient sources, contemporary literature and the latest archaeological research, and written in a fast-paced and accessible style, the book provides a portrait of Aquileia in a diachronic key, under various aspects; it sets the city in the complex societal and political system of the time, gives a thorough account of the great events of which it was a protagonist or victim and offers detailed portraits of key figures, whether famous or less well-known, and analyses of epic battles.Combining academic scholarship with storytelling, biographies of important personalities and stories of political intrigue, assassinations and full-scale warfare which narrate the evocative epic of the rise, decline and disappearance of ancient cities, the volume highlights a significant topic in Roman political, social, economic, religious and military history, but one which has been inexplicably neglected in the Anglo-Saxon world until now.Trade ReviewThis book traces the history of the Roman city-fortress of Aquileia, the fulcrum of the defensive system of the eastern Alps, from its foundation in 181 BCE. to its fall in 452 CE. to Attila the Hun, based on a study of ancient sources, contemporary literature, and the latest archaeological research. It shows how what started as a military colony became a large, impressive, and prosperous city, legendary for its wall and its port on the Adriatic Sea, and able to play a fundamental role in the strategy of ancient Rome between the Po and the Danube. * New Testament Abstracts *Table of ContentsAbbreviations Preface Introduction: The background 1. The northernmost stronghold 2. Caesar's seat for Illyrian affairs 3. The capital of the Regio X-Venetia et Histria 4. A portrait of a Roman city in the Early Empire 5. In the whirlwind of the Marcomannic Wars 6. Aquileia’s War 7. The Great Constantinian Aquileia 8. A residence of emperors and an evangelizing Church 9. Aquileia in the sunset of the Empire 10. Aquileia's fall Appendix: The Roman expansion in northern Italy Chronology Contemporary references Further reading

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Book SynopsisThe Hadrian's Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP) conducted a series of fieldwork projects along the Hadrian's Wall corridor between 2019 and 2021. The work focused on sites that were poorly understood or under particular threat and aimed to improve understanding of them so they could be better managed in future. At several sites excavation was followed by conservation and consolidation work.This volume brings together the final reports of these excavations, at seven Roman sites in the Wall corridor. As the sites were spread along the length of the Wall the character and afterlife of the Wall in very different landscape locations could be compared. An assessment of the Vallum at Heddon on the Wall identified how earthwork archaeology survived in a sloped, heavily ploughed landscape. Three excavations investigated the condition of the stone Wall curtain at Port Carlisle, Walltown Crags, and Steel Rigg and Cats Stairs. At each site the Wall builders had responded to the demands

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Book SynopsisFrom Concept to Monument: Time and Costs of Construction in the Ancient World celebrates Janet DeLaine’s seminal work on Roman architecture and construction. One of the foremost scholars of the last decades, her pioneering research has offered important insights not only into individual structures in central Italy but also into the processes involved in creating ancient buildings. Her approach has provided important conceptual frameworks that have allowed scholars to understand Roman buildings in their proper social and economic contexts. The volume collects papers from an international conference held in Janet’s honour at Wolfson College, Oxford, in January 2020. The various contributions focus on modelling the costs of construction over the course of 2,500 years, from Bronze Age Greece to the early Middle Ages. They discuss both broader issues of methodology and particular case studies, with particular attention to the effort needed in the different steps of architectural creation, such as the exploitation of raw materials (e.g. quarries), transport, and the construction processes on building sites. The papers not only cover a wide chronological and geographical area of the ancient world but also take up many of the themes explored by Janet throughout her career on Roman architecture, urbanism, building technologies, materials, and the principles of design. The wide range of papers reflects the scope and vibrancy of Janet’s scholarship on Roman architecture and her enormous contribution to the discipline.Table of ContentsPreface. Visionary and Pragmatic: Studying the Nuts and Bolts of Roman Architecture – Simon Barker and Dominik Maschek ; 1. From Tenney Frank to Janet DeLaine: Roman Architecture and Economic History – Dominik Maschek ; 2. Beyond Labour Figures: The ‘Hidden’ Costs of Stoneworking and their Application in Architectural Energetics – Simon J. Barker and Ben Russell ; 3. Reconstructing the Construction Process in Hispania: Epigraphy as a Source – Santiago Sánchez de la Parra Pérez ; 4. Issues Arising from Inheritance Tax Applied to Testamentary Legacies: Legal Aspects of Estimating the Value of Roman Construction Projects – Grzegorz Jan Blicharz ; 5. Demolitions, Collapses, and the Control of the Housing Market in Rome – Marguerite Ronin ; 6. La construcción del poder omeya. Recursos, costes y ciclo productivo arquitectónico de Madīnat al-Zahrā’ (The Construction of the Umayyad Power. Resources, Costs and Architectural Production Cycle of Madīnat al-Zahrā’) – Eneko Lopez-Marigorta and Christopher Courault ; 7. How to Define the ‘Status’ of Stonemasons Employed in a Rock-Hewn Worksite in the Medieval Period: Reflexions and Hypotheses – Anaïs Lamesa and Michael Gervers ; 8. The Energetics of Earth and Turf Construction in the Roman World – J. Riley Snyder, Ben Russell, Tanja Romankiewicz, Christopher T.S. Beckett ; 9. Quarrying Megaliths in Heliopolis Baalbek (Lebanon) The Jupiter Temple and the Hajjar al Hibla Quarry – Jeanine Abdul Massih ; 10. Quarrying at Mons Claudianus Costs and Time as Organisational Concerns (?) – Alfred M. Hirt ; 11. From Extraction to Transport: Technical and Management Aspects of Quarries of Building Stone – Anna Gutiérrez Garcia-M. ; 12. L’evoluzione costruttiva della “parte alta” di Tarraco in epoca romana: alcune osservazioni sulla costruzione del cosiddetto Foro Provinciale – Maria Serena Vinci ; 13. Labouring and Its Costs During the Aegean Late Bronze Age – Ann Brysbaert ; 14. Building Accounts, Monumental Construction Projects and Labour Rates in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods – Jari Pakkanen ; 15. On Toolmarks, Sequence of Carving and Labour Quantification in Roman Stone Carving: The Case of Heroon III at Miletus – Natalia Toma ; 16. Il Peristilio Inferiore della oDomus Augustanao sul Palatino: organizzazione del lavoro e calcolo dei costi di un’impresa imperiale – Francesca Caprioli, Alessandro Mortera, Patrizio Pensabene, Javier Á. Domingo ; 17. Quantifying the Forum of Pompeii: Building Economics, Material, and Labour – Cathalin Recko ; 18. Pompeian Wall Painting in Figures: Labour and Materials – Francesca Bologna ; 19. The Amphitheatres of Regio X –Venetia et Histria: The Impact of Stone Supplying Cost on Ancient Construction Processes – Caterina Previato ; 20. Templi romani giganteschi in Asia Minore: Problemi di costi e di finanziamento – Paolo Barresi ; 21. Diocletian’s Mausoleum in the Imperial Palace of Split. A Review of Its Architecture and an Estimate of Its Financial Cost. – Javier Á. Domingo and Daniela Matetić Poljak

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Book SynopsisHunting and fishing in the Neolithic and Eneolithic explores the extent of hunting and fishing activities, their role and importance in subsistence and also their place in social relations. The book contains 13 papers on hunting and fishing techniques, weapons and prey in the area from Anatolia to the Gibraltar region. The range of topics includes technological, typological and functional analyses of weapons used, analyses of hunting and fishing strategies and techniques, and zooarchaeological analyses of the role of hunted fauna in the economy and other aspects of lives of the past communities. Papers include specific case studies as well as syntheses of wider data sets and provide the latest methodological and theoretical perspectives on the role of hunting and fishing in early agricultural societies.

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