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Book SynopsisRecounted with his usual level of meticulous historical research, Rod weaves an easily readable account of the build-up to and implementation of Operation Desecrate 1 - the raid undertaken to destroy Japanese ships and aircraft in the lagoons of Palau. He uses his intimate knowledge of shipwrecks to reveal in glorious detail each of the 20 major Japanese WWII shipwrecks lying at the bottom of the Palauan lagoons today. On 30th March, 1944 Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters made an Initial fighter sweep of the lagoon to destroy Japanese air cover. Simultaneously Grumman Avenger torpedo-bombers dropped mines and successive group strikes of torpedo bombers and dive-bombers sank the shipping and destroyed the airfields. Palau was neutralised as a Japanese naval and air base in a repeat of the same Task Force 58 raid, Operation Hailstone, on Truk Lagoon 1,000 miles to the east just six weeks earlier. A number of long-lost wrecks have recently been relocated including a Japanese freighter filled with depth charges and Army helmets. This was found in 1989 but remained unidentified until now - after painstaking research Rod reveals her identify for the first time in the book. Each wreck is covered in detail and is supported by underwater photography and by fabulous illustrations by renowned artist Rob Ward. The shipwrecks of Palau are now revealed.Trade Review'Each of the main wrecks is supported by carefully researched recording of the vessel's history and final demise, together with excellent colour photographs, artist's illustrations and the essential details needed to support a dive. So if you are heading for a dive holiday there, lucky you, and you will need to take this book with you'. Warship World -------------------- 'Rod Macdonald's books are always eagerly awaited, and it is the level of detail that wreck-dive enthusiasts relish. His latest offering Dive Palau: The Shipwrecks, is no exception. ...sits perfectly alongside Dive Truk Lagoon. ...I enjoyed this easy-to-read book from cover to cover, but it would work equally well to dip into for reference'. Diver -------------------- '...a rather magnificent coverage of an action taken on 30 March 1944 in WWII on the island of Palau. ... He has managed in such books to admirably blend a combination of historical research, capable writing, and excellent illustrations. These works add a new dimension to understanding their subject matter, and should be considered well beyond the concepts of "dive books." Highly recommended'. Australian Naval Institute -------------------- 'Indispensable guide to wreck diving in this remote Pacific atoll. ...this is as near a definitive wreck diving guide as you'll ever read. ...the level of technical research in this book is breathtaking. Details such as when an attack was launched, the weight of explosive charge used or the exact power output of a Zero fighter. It's dizzying. ...a phenomenal record. ...brings an almost forgotten piece of war history firmly to life, and knowing exactly what happened in Palau - and why - would add an important new dimension to diving there. If you have an expedition planned, read Rod's book before you go'. British Diver -------------------- 'Diver Rod Macdonald became intrigued by the ship [Helmet Wreck] while researching his latest book Dive Palau - The Shipwrecks, which catalogues a series of wrecks found in the waters around the small Micronesian nation and the history of how they got there'. The Herald -------------------- '...the ideal resource for wreck divers to discover Palau in a different way. ...well-written, so you do not have to struggle through difficult texts and you will be glued to the text until the minute'. Duiken -------------------- `…displays his breadth of knowledge of the numerous ship and plane wrecks scattered around the theatre of the Pacific. … this is a well-researched and readable volume, which present a soundly considered introduction for those interested in World War II history. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in increasing their knowledge of Palau’s history and the Pacific conflict, or the archaeology of deep-water warship sites’. International Journal of Maritime History

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of phrases and excerpts that inspire a major contemporary artist. Over the past several years, renowned South African artist William Kentridge has made a collection of particular phrases and sentences that have called out to him from the pages of whatever he has been reading. And these phrases, which he has written into a studio notebook titled Words, have been put to work in many of his artistic projects. Kentridge has often begun a project by paging through the notebook, waiting for a phrase to claim its place in the new work. The text excerpts come from many sources: Aimé Césaire, Yehuda Amichai, Sigmund Freud, James Joyce, Setswana proverbs, the Book of Ecclesiastes, Tristan Tzara’s Dada Manifesto, and a range of eastern European poets. This volume presents a selection made from the notebook, with phrases arranged neither randomly nor with a clear agenda but finding a space in between. Cleverly designed by the artist and beautifully produced, Words is a thought-provoking collection that provides a window to the mind of a contemporary creative genius. Table of ContentsN

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Book SynopsisNato dall'esigenza di fornire a giovani ricercatori e professionisti un'opportunità di mettersi alla prova e mostrare i propri lavori, Spring Archaeology è un viaggio attraverso le molte sfaccettature dell'archeologia in Italia, un paese ricco di storia e innovazione. L'evento, promosso da un gruppo di studenti e archeologi provenienti dall'Università degli Studi di Siena (IT) e ri-organizzato online a causa delle restrizioni imposte dall'emergere della pandemia da Covid-19, ha visto la partecipazione di studenti con vari livelli di formazione, dalla laurea triennale al titolo di dottorato, liberi professionisti, istituzioni museali e associazioni culturali. Papers e posters presentati si articolano attorno a cinque temi principali: l'applicazione di nuove tecnologie all'archeologia, lo studio della cultura materiale, progetti di archeologia pubblica, progressi nelle ricerche e riflessioni metodologiche. Gli autori, sia italiani impegnati all'estero che stranieri impegnati in Italia, hanno presentato casi studio dalla preistoria al medioevo, principalmente dall'area mediterranea. Questi atti di convegno includono 29 papers, 22 presentazioni di posters e una sintesi della tavola rotonda conclusiva, centrata sullo stato attuale dell'archeologia in Italia e sui suoi possibili futuri sviluppi.Table of ContentsDUE PAROLE PER UN INVITO ALLA LETTURA – Prof. Stefano Moscadelli ; SPRING ARCHAEOLOGY 2020: DAL CONVEGNO IN PRESENZA AL CONVEGNO ONLINE – Andrea Bellotti, Luca Luppino, Maria Messineo, Mickey Scarcella ; Sezione I: Archeologia e Nuove Tecnologie ; INTRODUZIONE – Giulio Poggi ; Papers ; DOCUMENTARE I MONUMENTI IN ARCHEOLOGIA: IL CASO DI VILLA SAN MARCO A CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA (NA) – Dario Saggese ; L’IDENTITÀ NEL FRAMMENTO: RICONOSCIMENTO DEL TAXON ATTRAVERSO L’IMPRONTA PEPTIDICA NEL SITO ANTICO E MEDIO OLOCENICO DI TAKARKORI (LIBIA) – Martina Di Matteo, Francesca Alhaique, Wim Van Neer, Savino di Lernia ; LA DOMUS IN PIAZZA. STRUMENTI DIGITALI PER LO STUDIO E LA VALORIZZAZIONE DI UN CONTESTO ARCHEOLOGICO URBANO – Eleonora Delpozzo ; METODI INTEGRATI PER IL CONTROLLO CRONOSTRATIGRAFICO E L’INTERPRETAZIONE DI STRUTTURE IN PIETRA. UN ESEMPIO DAL SITO DI TAKARKORI, LIBIA SUD-OCCIDENTALE – Olivier Scancarello ; PERCEPIRE L’INVISIBILE NEL PAESAGGIO ARCHEOLOGICO. IL CASO STUDIO DI TELESIA (BN) – Davide Mastroianni ; RICOSTRUIRE PER QUANTIFICARE: LA FORNACE DEI DOMITII DI MUGNANO IN TEVERINA – Claudia Sorrentino ; Posters ; AUTOMATIC IMAGE COLORIZATION: L’INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE APPLICATA ALL’ARCHEOLOGIA FUNERARIA – Anna Lucia Rivieri ; CELLA TRICORA DI DAGALA DEL RE (CT) – Roberta Faro ; SIMULAZIONE DELLA RISPOSTA ALLE SOLLECITAZIONI SISMICHE DI UN EDIFICIO DI XII-XIII SECOLO A POGGIO BONIZIO – Devid Savegnago ; TOPOGRAFIA ARCHEOLOGICA DI CORBETTA E ALBAIRATE (MI): METODI TRADIZIONALI E NUOVE TECNOLOGIE – Alberto Massari ; UN’IPOTESI RICOSTRUTTIVA PER L’AUGUSTEUM DI ROSELLE – Caterina Grassi ; Sezione II: Comunicazione e Valorizzazione ; INTRODUZIONE – Francesco Ripanti ; PAPERS ; ARCHEOLOGIA ACCESSIBILE – UN CASO STUDIO DALLA SARDEGNA – Mattia Cogoni, Michela Scano, Federico Porcedda ; DALLA RICERCA ALLA DIVULGAZIONE, DALLA DIDATTICA ALLA COMUNICAZIONE: IL CASO STUDIO DELLO SCAVO PALAFITTICOLO DEL LUCONE DI POLPENAZZE – Marco Baioni, Elisa Zentilini, Daniele Mittica ; ITINERARI DEL ROMANICO TRA VERBANO, OSSOLA E GOLFO BORROMEO. CONOSCERE E VALORIZZARE UN PATRIMONIO COMUNE – Eleonora Casarotti, Chiara Ribolla ; L’APPLICAZIONE STRIBAR PER LA COMUNICAZIONE E VALORIZZAZIONE DEL SITO ARCHEOLOGICO FUNERARIO DI STRIBUGLIANO (GR). LE TECNOLOGIE DIGITALI PER UNA FRUIZIONE DEL SITO AUTONOMA ED IMMERSIVA DEI PUBBLICI – Francesca Prestipino ; MARGINALITÀ COME OPPORTUNITÀ. RICERCA E VALORIZZAZIONE NELLE AREE RURALI DEL TERRITORIO SIRACUSANO – Antonino Cannata, Valeria Platania ; USCIRE DAL SILENZIO DELIBERATO DEL DATO ARCHEOLOGICO ATTRAVERSO LA DIVULGAZIONE SCIENTIFICA. COME SI COMUNICA IL PASSATO ALL’ARCHEODROMO DI POGGIBONSI (SI) – Federica Foresi ; POSTERS ; ARCHEOLOGIA E COMUNITÀ: IL GONNOSTRAMATZA PROJECT – Marco Cabras, Cristina Concu ; ELINI PAESE MUSEO: DALL’IDEA PROGETTUALE ALLA VALORIZZAZIONE DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURALE LOCALE – Federico Porcedda ; SMART INNOVATION E PATRIMONIO CULTURALE: UNA “PIAZZA DIGITALE” PER SANT’AVENDRACE, UN QUARTIERE PERIFERICO DI CAGLIARI (SARDEGNA) – Giulia Porceddu ; Sezione III: Cultura Materiale ; INTRODUZIONE – Chiara De Marco ; PAPERS ; ANALISI INTRODUTTIVA DELLA CERAMICA ISLAMICA DALLO SCAVO ARCHEOLOGICO DI DŪMAT AL-ĞANDAL – Simona Berardino ; GLI STRUMENTI DA ESTRAZIONE IN PIETRA DELLA MINIERA DI CINABRO NEOLITICA DEL POGGIO DI SPACCASASSO (ALBERESE-GR) – Andrea Terziani ; INDAGINI ARCHEOLOGICHE IN PALAZZO MAGGI GAMBARA A BRESCIA: TESTIMONIANZE CERAMICHE TARDOANTICHE E ASSOCIAZIONI DI VASELLAME DI PRIMA ETÀ LONGOBARDA – Beatrice Bellicini, Chiara Pupella ; LA CERAMICA DA UN SILOS DI STOCCAGGIO NELLA CASA DELLE ANFORE A MARSILIANA D’ALBEGNA (MANCIANO, GR) – Sara Rojo Muñoz ; PRAEDIA PHILIPPIANORUM. UN ALLEVAMENTO DI CAVALLI NELLA SICILIA TARDO ANTICA – Antonina Arena ; RAINING STONES. PROIETTILI LITICI E PLUMBEI NEL SALENTO TARDO ELLENISTICO – Carlo De Mitri ; POSTERS ; CONSIDERAZIONI SUI MATERIALI DELLA TOMBA DEI GIGANTI DI SAN COSIMO (GONNOFANADIGA – SU): POSSIBILI INDICATORI DI CONTATTI EXTRAINSULARI – Gioia Concas ; Sezione IV: Scavo e Ricerca ; INTRODUZIONE – Stefano Bertoldi ; PAPERS ; ATLANTE DELLE TECNICHE MURARIE NEL BIELLESE. MATERIALI E TECNICHE COSTRUTTIVE NEI SECOLI XI-XIV – Sara Roberto ; IL CONTRIBUTO DEI RESTI ANIMALI ALLA COMPRENSIONE DELL’EVOLUZIONE SOCIOECONOMICA DEL SITO DI MIRANDUOLO (CHIUSDINO, SI) – Lisa Dall’Olio ; IL POPOLAMENTO RURALE DELL’OLTREPÒ PAVESE: QUATTRO CASI STUDIO – Lorenzo Radaelli ; L’ETÀ DEL BRONZO SULL’ALTOPIANO DEL GOLLEI – Lorenzo Bonazzi, Smeralda Riggio, Barbara Valdinoci ; LA PIANURA VERONESE TRA BRONZO FINALE E PRIMA ETÀ DEL FERRO: DINAMICHE DEL POPOLAMENTO E ORGANIZZAZIONE DEL TERRITORIO – Andrea Giunto ; PROBLEMI DI DATAZIONE E STUDIO PRELIMINARE DELLO SCAFO DELLA NAVE A – PISA SAN ROSSORE – Cristina Laurenti ; POSTERS ; I MOSAICI DELLA DOMUS DI CARSULAE – Alessandra De Nardo ; LA FELIX TEMPORUM REPARATIO A TUSCANIA. RISULTATI PRELIMINARI DI UNA RICOGNIZIONE SUPERFICIALE IN LOCALITÀ MARRUCHETO – TUSCANIA (VT) – Alessandro Tizi ; LA VITIS VINIFERA L. IN ETÀ NURAGICA. NUOVE ACQUISIZIONI DELLA RICERCA SCIENTIFICA – Giulia Marotto ; LE SEPOLTURE FRA NEOLITICO ANTICO E MEDIO-INIZIALE IN PUGLIA E BASILICATA ORIENTALE – Cleo Barbafiera ; MERCATO DI MORTE. LORENZO VALERI, SPEZIALE DI TOSCANELLA-TUSCANIA, E IL COMMERCIO DI REPERTI ARCHEOLOGICI NELL'OTTOCENTO – Alessandro Tizi ; OFFICINE SULLA RIVA: NUOVI DATI DI ETÀ TARDO MEDIEVALE E MODERNA DALL’ISOLA DI TORCELLO (VE) – Jacopo Paiano, Martina Bergamo ; POMPEI, INSULA IX.5: RICOSTRUZIONE DEI RINVENIMENTI ATTRAVERSO LA DOCUMENTAZIONE D’ARCHIVIO – Federica Ciminelli ; PRATICHE DI SEPPELLIMENTO RITUALI ED ANOMALE NELLA PREISTORIA – Luca Bianchi ; TESTIMONIANZE ARCHEOLOGICHE DELLA GUERRA: CASI DI STUDIO DAL MONDO GRECO ANTICO – Roberto Domenico Melfi, Chrysanthi Kourta ; UN EDIFICIO TERMALE DAL SITO DI VIGNALE (LI) – Jacopo Scoz ; Sezione V: Teoria e Metodo ; INTRODUZIONE – Rossella Pansini ; PAPERS ; IMPORT-EXPORT NELL’AREA IONICO-ADRIATICA IN ETÀ TARDOANTICA E ALTOMEDIEVALE. L’EVOLUZIONE COMMERCIALE ATTRAVERSO L’ANALISI DI DUE CASI STUDIO: LE CITTÀ LAGUNARI DI ORIKUM (ALBANIA) E SALAPIA (ITALIA) – Sara Loprieno ; LE DOMUS DELL’ETRURIA ROMANA (PROVINCE DI SIENA, AREZZO, GROSSETO). ASPETTI STRUTTURALI, SOCIALI E URBANISTICI – Anna Lidia Pugni ; METODOLOGIA DI STUDIO DI UN EDIFICIO ATTRAVERSO L’ANALISI DELLE MALTE DI ALLETTAMENTO E RIVESTIMENTO. IL CASO DELLE TERME ACHILLIANE DI CATANIA – Lucrezia Longhitano ; OLTRE IL RICICLO. ANALISI DEL BUTTO DEL CASTELLO DI MIRANDUOLO (CHIUSDINO, SI) – Carla Palmas ; PROGETTO MEDIA VALLE DEL CEDRINO: UNA METODOLOGIA PER LA RICOGNIZIONE – Lorenzo Bonazzi, Arianna Gaspari, Alessia Grandi, Smeralda Riggio ; POSTERS ; ASPETTI METODOLOGICI DELLO SCAVO DELL’ABITATO DELL’ETÀ DEL BRONZO DI SOLAROLO (RA) – Francesca Barchiesi ; NYMPHAEA ROMANA: ANALISI DI UNA SCENOGRAFIA D’ACQUA FRA FORME E CONTESTI – Angela Bosco ; ARCHEOLOGIA IN ITALIA: STATO DELL'ARTE E PROSPETTIVE DI SVILUPPO

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Book SynopsisCaithness, the most northerly county in mainland Britain, is one of the richest cultural landscapes in Europe. The relative geographical isolation of the area, traditional landholding and the survival of large estates, combined with the use of flagstone as the main building material since earliest times, has ensured the survival of a wide range of monuments in a profusion unequalled elsewhere in Scotland. In the 19th century, Caithness was at the forefront of archaeological endeavours with many sites central to our understanding of Scottish prehistory. Since then, despite intermittent activity, the archaeology of Caithness has become somewhat marginalized and there is a perception that there are only a handful of archaeological sites for visitors to enjoy and the archaeologist to uncover and interpret. However, the county is full of hidden riches and traces of the past are visible everywhere. Caithness is dominated by landscapes rich in archaeological remains of all periods; chambered cairns, stone settings, brochs, Pictish settlements, wags, castles, harbours and post-medieval settlement, amongst many others. The authors have presented a cross section of these monument types in an attempt to re-centre the county in archaeological and early historical narratives. For the last decade, the authors have been involved in a range of heritage projects in the county, thus allowing them time to discover, observe and consider its archaeology. Their peregrinations provided opportunities for deeper contemplation of the county's archaeology, the result of which is presented in some new interpretations and perspectives which convey the excitement of working on heritage in Caithness.Trade Review`...a pioneering one for the archaeology of Caithness... What is refreshing in this work is that the more recent discoveries and work by the people who actually live in the area...are celebrated. ...this entertaining and informative volume'. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland -------------------- '...this enjoyable new book. ... An engaging introduction to a fascinating region'. Current Archaeology -------------------- '...it is indeed a marvellous record. ... Amply illustrated, the authors have imbued the text with a personal touch that lifts the title well above being a dry, scholarly tome into an immensely readable, detailed and, above all, enjoyable account of the sites found in mainland Scotland's most northerly county'. The Orcadian -------------------- '...a readable account and a study of the places and the people of this fascinating part of Scotland'. The Scots Magazine -------------------- '...it is filled with well-informed lively comment and interpretation, a good deal of which is new. ...an inportant book which campaigns on behalf of the richness and importance of the archaeological sites and landscapes of Caithness... ...marks the new beginning made for the archaeology of Caithness in recent years...' Am Bratach -------------------- '...gives Caithness archaeology a deserved spotlight. ...provides an in-depth discussion of prehistory and archaeological research in this isolated part of Britain... This in-depth understanding...makes the book particularly valuable... This excellent discussion of Caithness' archaeology is supported with a wealth of illustrations... ...the book is a splendid presentation and discussion of well-selected aspects of the prehistoric and early historic archaeology of Caithness...highly recommended to anyone interested not only in Caithness, but Scottish prehistory in general... Hopefully this publication will raise awareness about the richness and significance heritage of Caithness...' The Megalithic Portal -------------------- '...this beautifully produced and fascinating book... ...their book is an excellent starting point for anyone wanting to find out more. Anyone living in the area, and especially anyone travelling north...should read this book. You will be intrigued and inspired, and more than a little wiser'. Undiscovered Scotland -------------------- 'The reader is taken on a journey through time and is provided with a discussion of the rich heritage of monuments and archaeological landscapes. ..a cleverly woven mix of historical investigation, description and explanation. ...a well-produced authoritative text on Caithness prehistory, that is well illustrated and provides an important insight...I would strongly recommend it not only to the visitor but also to the resident. For those interested in the prehistory of Caithness, this book is for you.' SAS Bulletin -------------------- '...an engaging, readable and well-produced volume that highlights the heritage of an unfairly neglected region'. British Archaeology -------------------- `...the book's richest sessions draw on the authors' work (including experimental) on the architecture of Neolithic chambered cairns and their re-excavations at a notable cluster of Iron Age brochs around Keiss. ... an engaging presentation'. Medieval Archaeology

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Book SynopsisThe ancient Maya used mainly stone tools, made of either ground stone and chipped stone, to achieve their extraordinary development. However, works focused on this aspect are still rare. This book presents the techno-typological analysis of lithic materials from La Blanca, a Mayan archaeological site located in the heart of the Southern Lowlands, which was mainly inhabited during the Late Classic and Terminal Classic periods. In addition, a general methodology for the techno-typological analysis and classification of Mayan lithic artefacts is presented, which is complemented by an extensive graphic section that includes the technical drawings of most of the chipped stone tools.Table of ContentsÍndice ; Índice de figuras ; Índice de gráficas ; Agradecimientos ; Capítulo 1. El núcleo urbano maya de La Blanca y las industrias lítica, ósea y malacológica ; Introducción ; Los estudios líticos en el área maya ; La Blanca y el sureste del Petén ; Objetos de la cultura material en La Blanca ; Capítulo 2. Artefactos de piedra tallada de La Blanca ; Artefactos de piedra tallada de La Blanca ; Puntas bifaciales ; Hachas bifaciales ; Cinceles bifaciales ; Raspadores ; Excéntricos ; Picos ; Perforadores ; Azuelas ; Discos tallados ; Indeterminados tallados ; Nódulos y núcleos ; Lascas ; Navajas ; Capítulo 3. Artefactos de piedra pulida de La Blanca ; Artefactos de piedra pulida de La Blanca ; Metates ; Manos ; Hachas/cinceles ; Machacadores ; Pulidores ; Cuentas ; Discos pulidos ; Esféricos ; Malacates ; Cinceles pulidos ; Pesas de pesca ; Elementos decorativos ; Percutores ; Misceláneos ; Indeterminados ; Capítulo 4. Consideraciones finales ; Lo que las piedras cuentan ; Una breve comparación ; Bibliografía ; Anexo ; Listado de objetos de La Blanca

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Book SynopsisNumerous metallic artefacts, which anciently were deposited in a hoard, came to light per chance on the campus of the Sultan Qaboos University in Al Khawd, Sultanate of Oman. Mostly fashioned from copper, these arrowheads, axes/adzes, bangles, daggers, knives, socketed lance/ spearheads, metal vessels, razors, rings, swords, and tweezers compare well with numerous documented artefact classes from south-eastern Arabia assigned to the Early Iron Age (1200–300 BCE). Discussion of the international trade between ancient Makan, Dilmun, and Mesopotamia during the 3rd millennium BCE dominates the archaeological literature about Arabia archaeology. The Al Khawd hoard and its contemporaries lend weight to the suggestion that 1st millennium BCE Qadē (the name of south-eastern Arabia at that time) was even more important than Bronze Age Makan in terms of the copper trade volume. A reassessment shows the Early Iron Age by no means to be a dark age, but rather an innovative, successful adaptive period characterised by evident population growth.Table of Contents1. Foreword ; 2. Introduction ; 3. Early Iron Age south-eastern Arabian archaeology: State of research sketch ; 4. The finds ; 5. The find contexts, functional comparisons ; 6. Mineralogical and geochemical analysis ; 7. The Early Iron Age metal technology behind the al-Ḫawḍ hoard ; 8. Out of Qadē ; 9. Conclusion and perspective ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Index of personal names ; Index of place names ; Index of things ; Tables ; Plates

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Book SynopsisThe story of Leith-built ships continues in this third volume from just after the conclusion of World War Two to 1965. However, the world was different; the men came back from the front and those women who had been working in the shipyards lost their jobs. All shipyards were experiencing full order books, replacing, or repairing ships lost or damaged in the conflict, but the industry was changing albeit slowly at first. The advent of electric welding would eventually change the way ships were built leading to the demise of the Rivet Squad, which was replaced as a cost cutting exercise as it became the accepted method of ship construction. Henry Robb Shipyard participated in the massive new shipbuilding programme with a great many vessels being ordered from two of the largest customers of the yard. Many orders came from the giant Ellerman Lines, while a great many more were ordered by other customers, such as the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. The Admiralty also remained a customer and a few large supply ships would be built in this time. In this volume the author has not forgotten the people who were the very fabric of the yard and community. Personal accounts are included from those who built or sailed on these vessels. This is the story of a mighty industry, but one which nonetheless had begun its decline. In the century from 1893, this nation went from producing 80% of all the worlds' commercial ships to producing no commercial ships at all. It is a sad fact, but this volume keeps alive the story of the Leith-built ships and the vibrant industry that once existed.

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Book SynopsisSurvey tra Fiumi, Pianure e Colline analyses the territory of Santa Croce di Magliano in the province of Campobasso, Molise, Italy and studies all its archaeological aspects in order to understand patterns of occupation of the human groups that have inhabited it and how they, through the evolution of social interactions, have received extraterritorial influences. It maintains a focus on this small area of the lower Molise in the wider regional context of the Frentano state. This study has been able to contribute further evidence to support attempts to explain the interactions between the Samnite cultures located north of the Fortore river and those located south of the same river, characterised by a Daunian culture (at least until the sixth century BC). It also highlights the evolution of settlement types over the centuries. Furthermore it has been also possible to highlight how the types of settlement have evolved over the centuries, up to the current urban form of the village considered in this study.Table of ContentsIntroduzione ; Capitolo 1 - Inquadramento geografico e geomorfologico del territorio di Santa Croce di Magliano ; Capitolo 2 - Santa Croce di Magliano: Status Quaestionis ; Testimonianze Archeologiche ; Testimonianze Epigrafiche ; Capitolo 3 - Le nuove indagini ricognitive ; Schede di Sito ; Capitolo 4 - La viabilità antica nel territorio di Santa Croce di Magliano ; La viabilità romana ; La viabilità medievale ; Capitolo 5 - Lettura diacronica del dato archeologico santacrocese nel contesto bassomolisano ; Bibliografia ; Appendice ; Carte di fase ; Mappe viabilità antica ; Carta archeologica di Santa Croce di Magliano

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Book SynopsisDer vorliegende Sammelband präsentiert die Ergebnisse des 2015 und darüber hinaus vom Institut für die Kulturen des Alten Orients der Universität Tübingen durchgeführten Surveys in Al-Khashbah, einem der größten frühbronzezeitlichen Fundorte auf der Omanischen Halbinsel. Zehn Monumentalgebäude, 273 Gräber sowie weitere Bauwerke aus der Hafit- (3100–2700 v. Chr.) und Umm an-Nar-Zeit (2700–2000 v. Chr.) konnten hier dokumentiert werden. Dadurch ist Al-Khashbah prädestiniert für die Untersuchung der Anfänge komplexer Siedlungen und Gesellschaftsstrukturen im nördlichen Inner-Oman am Übergang vom 4. zum 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr., denn viele der bislang der Umm an-Nar-Zeit zugeschriebenen Errungenschaften, so zum Beispiel die Monumentalarchitektur und das Schmelzen von Kupfer, sind hier bereits in der vorausgehenden Hafit-Zeit nachweisbar. In der Umm an-Nar-Zeit setzt sich die Entwicklung Al-Khashbahs kontinuierlich fort, wodurch der Fundplatz zusätzlich an Bedeutung gewinnt. Nach den Ergebnissen des Surveys scheint die Kupferproduktion vor Ort in dieser Zeit aber keine Rolle mehr zu spielen. Aus den auf die frühe Bronzezeit folgenden Epochen des 2. und 1. Jahrtausends v. Chr. sowie des 1. und 2. Jahrtausends n. Chr. gibt es in Al-Khashbah nur äußerst wenige Befunde. Erst im 18.–20. Jahrhundert n. Chr. erfährt der Ort eine intensive Wiederbelebung, wovon insbesondere die alte Lehmziegelsiedlung im Norden der Palmenoase, eine kleine Siedlung im Osten des Untersuchungsgebiets, eine Reihe von Bewässerungsanlagen, mehrere Friedhöfe, Petroglyphen sowie zahlreiche an der Oberfläche gefundene spätislamische Keramikscherben zeugen.Table of ContentsVorwort 1 Einleitung – Conrad Schmidt ; 2 Der Fundort Al-Khashbah – Conrad Schmidt & Stephanie Döpper ; 3 Methodik – Conrad Schmidt & Stephanie Döpper ; 4 Die Vermessungsarbeiten und der Luftbildsurvey – Matthias Lang & Philippe Kluge ; 5 Die geophysikalische Prospektion – Marion Scheiblecker, Jason T. Herrmann & Jörg W. E. Faßbinder ; 6 Die Türme – Jonas Kluge ; 7 Die Gräber – Conrad Schmidt & Mona Walter ; 8 Mauern, Trilithe, Lehmziegelgebäude und andere Strukturen – Conrad Schmidt ; 9 Die Keramik – Stephanie Döpper, Susanne Maier & Nick Kirchhoff ; 10 Die Steingefäße – Stephanie Döpper ; 11 Die Steingeräte aus Flint – Ullrich Ochs ; 12 Die Schmuckobjekte – Stephanie Döpper ; 13 Die Metallobjekte – Conrad Schmidt ; 14 Schlacke, Ofen- und Tiegelfragmente sowie andere Rückstände der Metallverarbeitung – Conrad Schmidt ; 15 Mollusken und Tierknochen – Conrad Schmidt ; 16 Die Großsteingeräte – Stephanie Döpper ; 17 Die Petroglyphen von Gebäude IV – Samantha Petrella ; 18 Die Siedlungsgeschichte von Al-Khashbah – Conrad Schmidt ; Bibliographie

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Book SynopsisA revealing picture of a time when Britain was losing its empire. It draws on letters written at the period by an airman, his vivid memories and experiences from the Canal Zone, Kenya during Mau Mau times, Cyprus and Jerusalem. His time encompassed conducting church services, being shipwrecked, numerous wildlife encounters and the formation of many lifelong friendships. The Canal Zone was no easy life and 50 years later a medal was awarded when the government was forced to admit it was deserved and to confess its own political chicanery in the events. Hamish paints a picture of the highs and lows of RAF life, a station being run down in Egypt, working in oppressive heat and now and then being shot at! He saw the Windrush a week before it exploded and sank in the Mediterranean; both the Windrush story and that of building the Suez Canal are detailed in an appendix. There is much to find in this story including background histories to events and the politics of the time. As a whole it provides a fascinating account of the era.

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Book SynopsisThe Family of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy from Thebes (TT 414) revisited provides fresh material about the identity of one of the key figures of the family that reused the Saite tomb of Ankh-Hor (TT 414) in the Asasif from the 4th century BCE onwards. It is the woman Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu, who was previously listed in the genealogical register of TT 414 as Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy’s daughter and wife of one of his sons, Hor. By examining objects found by the agents of the consuls in the 19th century CE and those found by the Austrian mission in the 1970s in TT 414 and in wider Theban contexts, the authors are able to identify Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu, wife of Hor, as another, until now overlooked individual, separate from his sister with the same name. The examination of the funerary assemblage of Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu and of objects belonging to her husband, daughter and sons reveals not only details of Late Dynastic and Ptolemaic burial customs in Thebes but also additional information on the priesthood of Khonsu and of the sacred baboons in this era. This new identification of a previously overlooked person, the mistress of the house and daughter of the first prophet of Amun, Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu (G108 + G137), demonstrates that the finds from TT 414 are still far from being processed in their totality. This material has the potential to provide answers to some of the open questions regarding Late Dynastic/Ptolemaic Thebes and to contextualise funerary assemblages.Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgements ; Prologue ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: The case study of Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu (G108 + G137) ; Chapter 3: Secondary sources related to the family of Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu (G108+G137) ; Doc. 1 Striding statue of Hor presenting an offering table ; Doc. 2 The situla of Hor ; Doc. 3 The funerary stela of Nes-Khonsu ; Doc. 4 The stela of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy II (London, BM, EA 8462) ; Doc. 5 Fragments of the qrsw-coffin of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy II (London, British Museum, EA 6945, 6946) ; Doc. 6 The wooden stela of Wesir-wer (Turin, Museo Egizio, P 3610) ; Doc. 7 Striding statue of Djed-her (Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 37357) ; Doc. 8 Funerary papyri of Djed-her ; Doc. 9 The canopic chest of Djed-her (EA 8537) ; Doc. 10 Book of the Dead papyrus (Turin, Museo Egizio di Torino, cat. no. 1830) ; Doc. 11 Funerary papyri of Pa-kher-Khonsu ; Doc. 12 Book of the Dead Papyrus of Pa-kher-Khonsu (Turin, Museo Egizio di Torino, cat. no. 1832) ; Doc. 13 Cuboid statue of Pa-kher-Khonsu (Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 38592) ; Doc. 14 Mummy bandages of Ta-sherit-Min (Paris, Louvre, AF 11954 (X. 25) +11956 (X. 24) + E 18865 + 27459) ; Chapter 4: Primary sources for the family of Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu (G108 + G137) from TT 414 ; Doc. 15 Coffin assemblage of Hor (Reg. Nos. 414b, 515, 790) ; Doc. 16 Coffin set of Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu (Reg. Nos. 683 + 699) ; Doc. 17 Inner anthropoid coffin of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy II (Reg. No. 672) ; Doc. 18 Canopic chest (Reg. No. 556, now in Cairo Egyptian Museum) ; Doc. 19 Ushebti figurines of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy II (Reg. Nos. 642 + 643) ; Doc. 20 Outer anthropoid coffin of Djed-her (Reg. No. 767) ; Doc. 21 Outer anthropoid coffin of Wesir-wer (Reg. No. 778) ; Doc. 22 Mummy bandages of Ta-sherit-Min (Reg. No. 545) ; Chapter 5: Summary and discussion ; Bibliography ; Indices

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Book SynopsisArchaeologies and Antiquaries collects and republishes 14 key academic works by the late Professor Dai Morgan Evans FSA (1944–2017), whose career spanned the civil service, learned societies, charitable organisations and the academy. His research focused on the archaeology of Wales and England. Spanning early medieval archaeology and history, the management and conservation of ancient monuments, histories of antiquarianism, and the Welsh church of Llangar, the chapters have been reformatted, freshly edited and published together for the first time with new illustrations. Together, the studies provide still-pertinent and insightful investigations, here contextualised by a multi-authored introduction surveying Dai’s career and contributions to archaeology and its public understanding.Table of ContentsDai Morgan Evans: A life in archaeology – Howard Williams, Chris Musson, Christopher Young, Rosemary Cramp, Adrian James and Sheena Evans ; The origins of Powys – Christian, heretic or pagan? ; Irish influence in post-Roman mid-Wales ; An early Christian monument from Llanwyddelan, Montgomeryshire ; Legacy hunting and Welsh identities ; ‘King Arthur’ and Cadbury Castle, Somerset ; Eighteenth-century descriptions of the Cerne Abbas Giant ; Et in Arcadia? The problem with ruins ; The Society of Antiquaries, 1707–18: Meeting places and origin stories ; ‘Banks is the villain!’? Sir Joseph Banks and the governance of the Society of Antiquaries ; Octavius Morgan: Journal of a tour through North Wales in 1821 ; Llangar – Church and community in the early eighteenth century ; Part I: The fabric of the church ; Part II: The poor, vermin and other matters ; Part III: christmas, holy communion, ale and the wardens ; Part IV: Hierarchy, liturgy, fixtures and fittings

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Book SynopsisThe American military presence in Scotland during the Cold War was greater than in either of the World Wars, bringing with it the largest peace-time number of foreign military personnel in Scotland’s history. This military power was delivered by individuals – the forgotten heroes. They worked to high standards of professionalism and most had no true concept of the danger they faced from the Soviet threat. This reality was only ever confronted during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The author, a former Cold War special forces officer, brings his personal expertise into play, examining this intriguing story by reaching out to more than one hundred veterans and expert witnesses. Their contributions cover the nitty-gritty end of history, not high-end diplomacy. This fast-moving account of their endeavours, often in long working conditions, highlights the value of teamwork, training and determination. It is clear that Scotland would have been a Soviet target of necessity once the American bases were established. Scotland was of great importance to the United States during the Cold War and this research shows that, for more than thirty years, Scotland was the capstone in Washington’s early Cold War strategy. Scotland was an active centre of US strategic operations and the vital importance of its geographic position is clearly demonstrated as each location is examined, and its benefits listed. There were six significant bases, the most important being America’s only nuclear-armed submarine squadron in the Holy Loch. He details the operations which were carried out by the large radio spy stations (SIGINT) at Kirknewton, Thurso and Edzell. And he reveals for the first time America’s most bizarre intelligence gathering activity of the early Cold War, which also took place in Scotland. Overall, this book provides an important addition to the conventional US/UK Cold War narrative. The United States desperately needed the assistance Scotland provided and the author presents a convincing narrative that Scotland was at the epicentre of the Cold War’s most terrifying episode – the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy’s success was greatly assisted by these Scottish bases which provided him with the firepower and intelligence to outwit Khrushchev. One section of the book deals with the visit of JFK’s top advisor to Holy Loch – a story that has never been revealed before. It emphasises the simple fact that Scotland’s role was a game changer. An interesting theme throughout the book is the espionage effort mounted by the KGB against these bases. The author has interviewed senior intelligence officers and their input is revealing. These were exciting times for the young Americans who crossed the ocean to serve their country and this is their Cold War story.

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

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Book SynopsisPottery from the University of California, Berkeley Excavations in the Area of the Maški Gate (MG22), Nineveh, 1989-1990 presents the pottery from the UC Berkeley excavations in 1989 and 1990. Nineveh is one of the longest occupied cities in the world, with a record of habitation extending back to at least the middle of the 7th millennium BC, continuing in an almost uninterrupted sequence through today. It was one of the major urban centres in which the fundamental features of modern civilization first emerged. Its political and religious significance – particularly during its apogee as the capital of the Assyrian Empire in the late 8th and 7th centuries BC – secured its status as a legendary metropolis in history and literature. In 1987, the University of California at Berkeley initiated a program of archaeological investigations at Nineveh. The expedition aimed to elucidate the character and layout of the city’s urban neighbourhoods; an aspect of Assyrian urbanism that had received little close attention in prior excavations. Near the Maški Gate (MG22), the UC Berkeley team uncovered a district of large dwellings and wide streets. Multiple layers of occupation and rebuilding suggest the area was occupied during the period when the city was handsomely embellished and enlarged by the Assyrian monarch, king Sennacherib (705/704-681 BC). The work in MG22 provides a stratigraphic history of Late Assyrian ceramics at the centre of the empire through at least the 7th century BC.Table of ContentsPreface ; Chapter 1. Introduction ; The MG22 Pottery Catalogue: Project History ; Historical Context of the MG22 Pottery Assemblage ; Regional Archaeological Context: Relating the MG22 Pottery to Other Sites ; Methodology ; The MG22 Pottery Data Set ; Chapter 2. MG22 Vessel Types: Representative Pottery Categories ; MG22 Vessel Types – Bowls ; MG22 Vessel Types – Jars ; Decorated Pottery ; Painted and Glazed Pottery (MG22 Catalogue Plates 9.07; 19.1-3; 19.21; 24.1-7; 27.08; 33.21; 33.23) ; Chapter 3. MG22 Pottery According to Stratigraphic Level ; Level IV ; Level IVd (Catalogue Plates 30-33) ; Level IVb (Catalogue Plate 25) and Level IVc (Catalogue Plates 26-29) ; Level IVa (Catalogue Plates 20-24) ; Level III ; Level IIIc (Catalogue Plates 13-19) ; Level IIIa (Catalogue Plate 12) and Level IIIb (Catalogue Plate 12) ; Level II ; Level IIb (Catalogue Plates 10-11) ; Level IIa (Catalogue Plates 5-9) ; Level I (Catalogue Plates 1-4) ; Chapter 4. Discussion ; The Identification of Post-Assyrian Pottery in MG22 ; Nineveh After 612 BC: Evidence from the Hinterlands ; The Occupation Sequence in MG22 ; Bibliography ; Catalogue of MG22 Pottery According to Level ; Catalogue Plates

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Book SynopsisThe Past as Digital Playground: Archaeology, Virtual Reality, and Video Games collects the contributions to a two-day conference which illustrate a digital project developed at the Archaeological and Technological Park of Poggibonsi (Siena, Tuscany), where Virtual Reality and an educational video game are being used to enhance the archaeological content deriving from the excavation of the medieval site. In recent decades, digital technologies have pervaded every aspect of the production of archaeological knowledge, from data collection to analysis and interpretation, to interaction with the public. The increasing convenience of 3D and interactive technologies has led to a proliferation of digital tools (VR, AR, mobile applications) used to communicate the past in a more engaging way, offering the public an experience that takes place largely outside of the traditional channels. Alongside the experience at Poggibonsi, the book also gathers important contributions originating from other Italian and international case studies in the fields of digital technologies applied to archaeological heritage.Table of ContentsIndice ; Introduzione – Stefano Bertoldi, Samanta Mariotti ; (Re)living Vindolanda: Designing Educational Computer Games for Outdoor Environments – Barbara Birley, Richard Davison, Claire Stocks ; Virtual Neapolis. Un’esperienza di visita immersiva in VR per le vie di Napoli – Francesco Gabellone, Maria Chiffi ; Virtual tour di Poggio Bonizio: teoria, tecnologia e applicazioni dalla grafica 3d alla VR – Stefano Bertoldi ; Designing video games for history classrooms – Juan Hiriart ; Archeologia, interazione, gioco: come il digitale ha mutato la disciplina. L’osservatorio di Archeovirtual – Augusto Palombini ; Hold the Hut, il progetto di valorizzazione della capanna arcaica di San Chirico Nuovo (Potenza, Basilicata) – Sabrina Mutino, Lucia Colangelo, Michele Scioscia ; A video game for the Archaeological Park of Poggibonsi (Italy). Towards new promotional and educational trends: potentials, challenges, and perspectives – Samanta Mariotti ; Tavola rotonda moderata da Stefano Bertoldi – Marco Valenti, Nicola Berti, Federico Salzotti, Maurizio Amoroso ; La “fine” ed un nuovo inizio: il Metaverso in archeologia – Stefano Bertoldi, Samanta Mariotti

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

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Book SynopsisThe Wider Island of Pelops explores the myriad ways in which pottery was created, utilized, and experienced in the prehistoric Aegean, across a period of more than 4000 years between the Middle Neolithic and the Early Iron Age transition. Pottery is capable both of creating bonds and creating barriers. It serves as a sociocultural call and response, marking similarity and difference, collectivism and individualism, knowledge, and the absence of knowledge. Contextually-bound, it embodies identities, memories and multiple histories. It reflects choice and reinforces orthodoxy; a product of change, and a driver of it, that both creates and curates understanding of the world. Necessity and commodity, at times anachronistic, and at others, avant-garde, it is subversive and slavish, innovative and derivative; visible always, and never without value. The seventeen papers collected here provide a diachronic perspective on the value of pottery in marking and mediating cross-scale sociocultural discourse; in framing and facilitating the transmission of knowledge and meaning; in driving economies; in the preservation of memory, in the practice of cult; and, in more recent times, as a vector in the dialogue of imperialism: at once introducing key themes in the study of Aegean pottery, and providing a snapshot of recent archaeological work in Greece.Table of ContentsPreface ; Professor Christopher Mee (1950-2013) ; The Late-Final Neolithic and Early Helladic I Pottery from Midea in the Argolid: Continuity and Change – Eva Alram-Stern, Clare Burke, Katie Demakopoulou, and Peter M. Day ; Kouphovouno and the Cyclades: A Note – Robin Barber ; A Submerged EH II Settlement at Lambayanna in the Argolid: The Preliminary Results of the 2015 Survey – Julien Beck, Patrizia Birchler Emery, Despina Koutsoumba ; Tradition, Transition, and the Impact of the New in Neolithic Greece – William Cavanagh and Josette Renard ; Final Neolithic and Early Helladic Pottery from Geraki – Joost Crouwel ; Understanding Mycenae – E.B. French † ; Localism and Interconnectivity in a Post-Palatial Laconian Maritime Landscape (Late Helladic IIIC to Submycenaean/Early Protogeometric) – Chrysanthi Gallou, Jon Henderson, Elias Spondylis, William Cavanagh ; Similarities and Differences between Korakou and Kolonna in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages – Walter Gauss ; The Ceramic Assemblage of Leska on Kythera – Mercourios Georgiadis ; Regional Diversities or Occupational Gap? Pottery Styles During the Late 14th and 13th Centuries BC at Ayios Vasileios – Eleftheria Kardamaki, Vasco Hachtmann, Adamantia Vasilogamvrou, Nektarios Karadimas, Sofia Voutsaki ; The Expansion of Mortuary Behaviour and Rites Across the Coastal Caves of the Mani Peninsula, Laconia, during the Final Neolithic: Evidence from the Burial Sites of Skoini 3 and Skoini 4 – Stella Katsarou and Andreas Darlas ; Attica during the Final Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age: Regional Ceramic Traditions and Connections with Neighbouring Areas – Margarita Nazou ; The Study of Mycenaean Pottery from Cyprus: A Short Story of the 1895 British Museum Excavations at Site D, Kourion – Angelos Papadopoulos ; Filling a Gap: First Steps in the Discovery of Early Helladic III Laconia – Aris Papayiannis ; Ceramic Surprises from LH IIIC Aigeira – Jeremy Rutter ; Coarse Labours Long Continued: Cooking Vessels, Culinary Technology and Prehistoric Foodways at Phylakopi, Melos – David Michael Smith ; Ritual Pyres in Minoan Peak Sanctuaries. Reality and Popular Myths – Iphigeneia Tournavitou

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Book SynopsisBetween 1990 and 1998, MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) undertook a series of archaeological excavations within Wollaston Quarry covering an area of 116ha. Eight excavation areas and a watching brief were undertaken. The proximity of the River Nene and at least four palaeochannels formed the dominant natural landscape features. This dynamic environment affected settlement and land use throughout prehistoric and Roman periods.Seventeen pits, largely in small groups, were identified containing early Neolithic to late Neolithic/early Bronze Age pottery. Some of these features were located within the area of the palaeochannels. Later, of especial interest was a notable collection of eleven different late Bronze Age to early Iron Age pit alignments, which were part of a co-axial landscape over an area of 2.5km. There was also a small area of domestic activity reflected by pits dating to the early Iron Age as well as two large watering holes in other locations. The pi

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Book SynopsisThis collective work reports on the studies and archaeological work carried out at the megalithic ruined necropolis of Wanar, Senegal, between 2008 and 2017. Along with Sine Ngayene in Senegal, and Wassu and Ker Batch in Gambia, the Wanar sanctuary is one of four sites classified as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2006. The first part sets out the general framework for the study of paleoenvironments as well as historical and archaeological data, and concludes with a brief summary of megaliths in Africa.The second part reports on all the observations made, starting with a presentation of the Wanar site in the context of human settlements along the Bao Bolon valley, followed by an account of the main study methods used. This is followed by a detailed presentation of the six monuments studied, three to the north of the necropolis with short, squat monoliths, and three to the south with narrow, elongated monoliths, built between the 11th and 13th centuries AD. The sanct

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Book SynopsisIn 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, grew to be the largest Indigenous protest movement in the twenty-first century, attracting tens of thousands of Indigenous and non-Native allies from around the world. Its slogan "Mni Wiconi"-Water is Life-was about more than just a pipeline. Water Protectors knew this battle for Native sovereignty had already been fought many times before, and that, even after the encampment was gone, their anti-colonial struggle would continue. In Our History is the Future, Nick Estes traces traditions of Indigenous resistance leading to the #NoDAPL movement from the days of the Missouri River trading forts through the Indian Wars, the Pick-Sloan dams, the American Indian Movement, and the campaign for Indigenous rights at the United Nations. While a historian by trade, Estes also draws on observations from the encampments and from growing up as a citizen of the Oceti Sakowin (the Nation of the Seven Council Fires), making Our History is the Future at once a work of history, a personal story, and a manifesto.Trade ReviewA touching and necessary manifesto and history featuring firsthand accounts of the recent Indigenous uprising against powerful oil companies...With an urgent voice, Estes reminds us that the greed of private corporations must never be allowed to endanger the health of the majority. An important read about Indigenous protesters fighting to protect their ancestral land and uphold their historic values of clean land and water for all humans. * Kirkus Reviews *A powerful blend of personal and historical narrative. A major contribution. -- Naomi Klein, author of This Changes EverythingEmbedded in the centuries-long struggle for Indigenous liberation resides our best hope for a safe and just future for everyone on this planet. Few events embody that truth as clearly as the resistance at Standing Rock, and the many deep currents that converged there. In this powerful blend of personal and historical narrative, Nick Estes skillfully weaves together transformative stories of resistance from these front lines, never losing sight of their enormous stakes. A major contribution. -- Naomi Klein, author of This Changes EverythingReading Our History is the Future is like standing in the middle of camp again. During the Standing Rock uprising, we witnessed what our ancestors always prayed for-making their dreams a reality. -- Bobbi Jean Three Legs, leader of the Standing Rock Youth RunnersIn Our History is the Future historian Nick Estes tells a spellbinding story of the 10 month Indigenous resistance at Standing Rock in 2016, animating the lives and characters of the leaders and organizers, emphasizing the powerful leadership of the women. Alone this would be a brilliant analysis of one of the most significant social movements of this century. But embedded in the story and inseparable from it is the centuries long history of the Oceti Sakowin' resistance to United States' genocidal wars and colonial institutions. And woven into these entwined stories of Indigenous resistance is the true history of the United States as a colonialist state and a global history of European colonialism. This book is a jewel-history and analysis that reads like the best poetry-certain to be a classic work as well as a study guide for continued and accelerated resistance. -- Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United StatesWhen state violence against peaceful protest at Standing Rock became part of the national consciousness, many noticed Native people for the first time -- again. Our History is necessary reading, documenting how Native resistance is met with settler erasure: an outcome shaped by land, resources, and the juggernaut of capitalism. Estes has written a powerful history of Seven Fires resolve that demonstrates how Standing Rock is the outcome of history and the beginning of the future. -- Louise Erdrich, author of the National Book Award winner The Round HouseA touching and necessary manifesto and history featuring firsthand accounts of the recent Indigenous uprising against powerful oil companies...With an urgent voice, Estes reminds us that the greed of private corporations must never be allowed to endanger the health of the majority. An important read about Indigenous protesters fighting to protect their ancestral land and uphold their historic values of clean land and water for all humans. * Kirkus Reviews *Our History is the Future offers a first draft of history that will serve as the last word for years to come. Combining the literary skill of the poet, the rich contextual knowledge of the historian, and the sharp edge of experience, Nick Estes has crafted a powerful account of the Standing Rock resistance, situating it in a struggle lodged deep in time and across the full reach of global solidarities. -- Philip J. Deloria, author of Playing IndianOur History is the Future brings the history of Native American anti-imperialism to the center of the study of racial capitalism while renewing the focus on political economy in Indigenous Studies; it brings the experience of the camp at Standing Rock to the study of history, and deep learning to the ongoing fight for sovereignty; it is a book by a young scholar that draws brilliantly on the wisdom of centuries of struggle. In short: you should read it. -- Walter Johnson, author of River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton KingdomOur History is the Future is a game-changer. In addition to providing a thorough and cogent history of the long tradition of Indigenous resistance, it is also a personal memoir and homage to the Oceti Sakowin; an entreaty to all their relations that demands the "emancipation of the earth." Estes continues in the legacy of his ancestors, from Black Elk to Vine Deloria, he turns Indigenous history right-side up as a story of self-defense against settler invasion. In so doing, he is careful and judicious in his telling, working seamlessly across eras, movements, and scholarly literatures, to forge a collective vision for liberation that takes prophecy and revolutionary theory seriously. The book will be an instant classic and go-to text for students and educators working to understand the "structure" undergirding the "event" of the Dakota Access Pipeline. This is what history as Ghost Dance looks like. -- Sandy Grande, author of Red Pedagogy: Native American Social and Political ThoughtThis extraordinary history of resistance counters the myth of Indigenous disappearance and insignificance while calling into question the very notion that resistance itself is impossible in a world saturated by capital and atrophying inequality. This is a radical Indigenous history in its finest form -- that connects individual lives to global scales of political articulation while remaining attentive to intellectual formation and coalitional politics from the 19th Century to the present. Estes draws from multiple archives and intellectual traditions and seeks to not only connect past to present but also to transform futures and possibilities for justice. -- Audra Simpson, Mohawk Interrupts: Political Life Across the Borders of the Settler StatesNick Estes is a forceful writer whose work reflects the defiant spirit of the #NoDAPL movement. Our History is the Future braids together strands of history, theory, manifesto and memoir into a unique and compelling whole that will provoke activists, scholars and readers alike to think deeper, consider broader possibilities and mobilize for action on stolen land. -- Julian Brave Noisecat, 350.orgFearless and inspiring, Nick Estes delivers a powerful rebuke of Euro-American Manifest Destiny with an Indigenous perspective that is inclusive and ideological precise. This book correctly, if not necessarily, focuses its energy on the natural evolutionary and revolutionary pathway of Oceti Sakowin resistance. Respectful, brilliant, and insightful, This book should be considered a key ingredient to achieve the universal Native construct of balance-something we must all have to ensure our continued existence. -- Marcella Gilbert, Lakota Water Protector, Warrior Women Film ProjectOur History is the Future establishes Nick Estes as one of the leading scholars of our time. This dynamic book offers a careful, deeply researched, and even-handed account of the events at Standing Rock, placing them in a long continuum of Oceti Sakowin resistance. This is a war story that links the #NoDAPL movement in the present to anti-colonial and anti-capitalist struggles in the past to demonstrate the possibilities of liberated futures. -- Jordan T. Camp, author of Incarcerating the Crisis: Freedom Struggles and the Rise of the Neoliberal StateIt is customary to hail a bold young author as the voice of their generation. In Our History is the Future, Nick Estes gives voice to many generations, those who've come before and those still to come. The book slips through time, evoking the scent of campfire that once indicted Indigenous people in the 19th century, a smoke that still lingers on 21st century Water Protectors and marks them as enemies of the state. This utterly astonishing book imparts the long history of Indigenous people, their relatives, and their struggle for liberation against capitalist North America's settler colonial violence. The long memory of the people, Estes shows, cannot be clipped by the oblivion of empire. The people do not forget. -- Christina Heatherton, co-editor of Policing the Planet: How the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives MatterA mindful and dynamic text. Nick Estes' narrative power gives dynamism and detailed realism to some of the most formative movements of our time. The book is expansive in its isolation and focus. The book embodies resistance and shows the true effort it takes to maintain it. -- Terese Mailhot, author of HeartberriesWith scrupulous research and urgent prose, [Nick Estes] declares the DAPL protest a flowering of indigenous resistance with roots deep in history and Native sacred land...A powerful work, Estes's condemnation of the United States government is clear and resonant. * Publishers Weekly *This book is a mustread for anyone interested in the #NoDAPL movement. It works as an introduction - and a fearless analysis of - one of the biggest social movements of our times. -- Fiorella Lecoutteux * Peace News *Activist, scholar, and Lower Brule Sioux citizen Estes challenges the power systems that have attacked and disenfranchised Indigenous peoples for centuries with both the story of northern Plains peoples as well as a political philosophy of Indigenous empowerment. The author provides context for contemporary struggles against the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access pipelines. * Library Journal *Our History Is The Future traces not just an Indigenous politics of opposition, but a vibrant and omnipresent theory of decolonisation that strives to create and preserve as well as resist...Perhaps the most powerful argument of the book is the conceptualisation of Indigenous resistance as an omnipresent process that runs throughout the course of American history. -- Shelley Angelie Saggar * Hong Kong Review of Books *Nick Estes gives voice to the new wave of indigenous environmental mobilisation. -- Neha Shah * Guardian *Our History Is the Future should be on the reading lists of historians, social scientists, and members of the public interested in grasping the interconnections and continuity among the many efforts of Indigenous resistance to settler colonialism and corporate encroachments onto their lands, waters, and natural resources. -- Simone Poliandri * American Indian Culture and Research Journal *

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Book SynopsisDiary of a Crisis explores the past tumultuous and traumatic year in Israel-Palestine. The eminent historian Saul Friedländer began a diary of Israeli politics in January 2023 as the country was convulsed by protests against Netanyahu’s attempt to overhaul the judiciary. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against this threat to democracy. But the protests said nothing about the Palestinian question—the 'elephant in the room,' according to Friedländer, who resumed his diary after Hamas’s 7 October assault on southern Israel. Israel was facing one of the worst crises in its history, he observes, under the worst possible internal conditions.Friedländer weaves together profound reflections on a national history in which he has been an active participant. He describes how Prime Minister Golda Meir once flatly declared to him, 'There is no Palestinian people.' For Friedländer, on the other hand, the fight for democrac

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Book SynopsisRock art in Dakhleh was produced for perhaps as long as 10 millennia, resulting in the formation of hundreds of sites displaying thousands of images. In some places, petroglyphs form a true melting pot of iconographic creations, elsewhere only isolated depictions appear on rock surfaces. Various rock art traditions, from prehistoric, through pharaonic, Graeco-Roman, and mediaeval, have all added to a tremendous variety of petroglyphs, their formal traits and subject matter.This book is the first ever monograph on Dakhleh Oasis rock art, providing both an introduction to the versatile topic as well as an overview of the current state of research. It is designed as a collection of essays that deal with specific aspects of the research. The reader is offered here not only old and new documentation, much of it previously unpublished, but also a great deal of innovative interpretation.All chapters, although devoted to different case studies, revolve around an all-encompassing concept of lan

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Book SynopsisFor over three hundred years some of the world''s most famous admirals, explorers, buccaneers, and aristocrats captained ships and luxury yachts whose sails were made from the exceptional Coker Canvas. This book explores the history of sailmaking in East Coker and how this global brand'' impacted the local area.

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Book SynopsisThe frontiers of the Roman empire together form the largest surviving monument of one of the world’s greatest states. They stretch for some 7,500 km through 20 countries which encircle the Mediterranean Sea. The remains of these frontiers have been studied by visitors and later by archaeologists for several centuries. Many of the inscriptions and sculpture, weapons, pottery and artefacts created and used by the soldiers and civilians who lived on the frontier can be seen in museums. Equally evocative of the lost might of Rome are the physical remains of the frontiers themselves. The aim of this series of booklets is not only to inform the interested visitor about the history of the frontiers but to act as a guidebook as well. The frontier in Lower Germany was one of the earliest to be created; surviving into the early 5th century, it illustrates the whole range of Roman military installations. In the Rhine delta, the watery nature of the landscape has ensured incredible survivals in the form of organic remains including ships. Upstream are great military bases created for the army poised to invade Germany, supported by forts and fortlets, all modified over time.Table of ContentsFrontiers of the Roman Empire ; 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 and remote sensing ; Protection and presentation of frontiers ; Future perspectives ; The Lower German Limes ; The river frontier that saw it all ; The setting of the Lower Rhine limes ; Landscape ; Historical background and development ; The classic frontier system (late 1st – late 3rd century) ; The Roman army ; Accommodation ; The Lower German deployment ; Outstanding values of the Lower German limes ; Chronological span ; The development of military architecture ; A complete system ; A ‘military-industrial complex’ ; Riverfronts and harbours ; Water management and shipping infrastructure ; Spectacular finds: ships and votive offerings ; The true treasure: sewage and waste ; Information stored in leather and timber ; The sealing properties of later townscapes ; Archaeological research and heritage management ; What to see? ; Museums and permanent exhibitions ; Visible remains and modern references ; Further reading ; Illustration acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisThermal establishments with mineral-medicinal waters represent a special case among Roman bath buildings, not only because of the adaptation of the space to the use of these waters for health issues, but also because of the infrastructures and engineering they developed, as well as for their function in the landscape.Thermalism in the Roman Provinces is focused on the role of thermal establishments with mineral-medicinal waters in the different territories of the Roman Empire, including their symbiosis with the landscape as well as the ways in which their construction was adapted to give greater comfort to those who came to take advantage of their health-giving properties. But, what was the role that these sites fulfilled in each province? Why was so much effort invested in the construction of these thermal complexes in the Roman period? What elements might inform us about the singularities of their construction in adapting to the characteristics of these

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Book SynopsisThis book evaluates the evidence for indirect connections between the Aegean and the Indus extending back to the third and fourth millennia BCE, particularly commodities such as tin and lapis lazuli, and discusses recently discovered objects, new methods of materials analysis techniques and topics, as well as iconographic investigation.

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

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Book SynopsisCounty Cork is the largest county in Ireland, with a heritage that has been recorded, celebrated and commemorated over many centuries. This book explores the historical curiosities within the county’s sweeping river valleys, epic mountainous locations and sprawling coastline.There are many sites and stories to discover that whisk the reader off through ancient underground worlds, myth-making landscapes and ghostly tales. From apparitions to zoomorphic images, Cork possesses a myriad of tales to stop the explorer in their tracks, all of which enhance County Cork’s strong sense of place.

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Book SynopsisA woman's book of household management

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Book SynopsisFor over sixty years, the Pym's Lane factory in Crewe produced the benchmark of British motoring elegance in its Rolls-Royces and Bentleys. It was the home of the company's car production from World War II until 2002, when its takeover by the Volkswagen Group meant an end to Rolls-Royce production and an expansion of Bentley.In this updated edition of Rolls-Royce and Bentley, motoring expert Malcolm Bobbitt focuses on the evolution of the characteristic models the Bentley Mk VI and the R-Types, and the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn, Silver Cloud, Silver Shadow and Silver Spirit, together with the Silver Seraph and Bentley Arnage while remembering the notable figures who played a vital role in the creation of these famous vehicles. Bobbitt illustrates the aftermath of the war on the company's car production and its move from Derby to Crewe, recounting its success in the 1950s and 1960s, the near bankruptcy of the company in the 1970s, its subsequent recovery and final takeover that removed Rolls-Royce from its production line.Within these pages, Bobbitt has cultivated a varied collection of photographs to create a visual account of the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars and to appreciate the company's organisation and its meticulous methods of design, testing and construction that led it to produce these legendary vehicles.

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Book Synopsis'Every page of Beachhead Assault has a tale of almost suicidal courage.' Tony Parsons, author of _Man and Boy_Each tale leaves you gasping at the almost nonchalant, offhandaccounts of extraordinary courage and dangers. This is apage-turner of a book.' _Journal of Naval Engineering_Compelling reading . . . David Lee clearly and rightly admiresthese wonderful men and their deeds.' Colonel Mark Noble in _Naval Review_The Royal Naval Commandos had one of the most dangerous andimportant tasks of any unit in World War II. They were first ontothe invasion beaches and they were the last to leave.Theirremarkable story, from their early formation and their training tothe invasions they spearheaded, is told here through a series ofbrilliantly linked anecdotes.Each tale is one of extraordinary courage and should ensure the legacy of the Commandos is not forgotten. The book includes a Foreword by _Man and Boy_ author Tony Parsons, whose father was a Royal Naval Commando who fought at Elba. It al

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Book SynopsisThe Maghreb - the region that today encompasses Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya - is a region apart within the larger Muslim and Arab world. Today the focus of popular uprisings for democracy and participation, it underwent long periods of colonisation and anti-colonial nationalist resistance, both peaceful and militant. To understand the nature of today''s developments in North Africa we need fully to appreciate the tumultuous history of the region and how its four discrete countries followed different trajectories, some marked by a continuity of social and political structures in both the colonial era and as independent states, while others were marked by sharp ruptures and violent struggles. These historical differences are still visible in the current era and tell us much about the societies in question. This short history of the Maghreb surveys its development from the coming of Islam to the present day, but with greatest emphasis on the modern period from the early nineteenth

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Book SynopsisSituated on Europe's northern periphery, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden found themselves caught between warring powers during World War II. Ultimately, these nations survived the conflict as sovereign states whose wartime experiences have profoundly shaped their historiography, literature, cinema and memory cultures. Nordic War Stories explores the commonalities and divergences among the five Nordic countries, examining national historiographies alongside representations of the war years in canonical literary works, travel writing, and film media. Together, they comprise a valuable companion that challenges the myth of Scandinavian homogeneity while demonstrating the powerful influence that the war continues to exert on national identities.

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Book SynopsisThe Argive Plain in the northeastern Peloponnese, Greece, was central to the Mycenaean culture during the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1200 BCE). While known for its settlements and treasures, little is understood about its agricultural sustainability. This study examines Mycenaean farming in the Argive Plain and its societal implications, investigating if resource depletion contributed to the Bronze Age collapse. Using agricultural potential modelling, it reconstructs farming practices within the region''s political hierarchy, assessing sustainability through food consumption, energy needs, and land usage. Results indicate sustainable agriculture despite challenges like drought. However, ruling elites'' additional production needs may have strained resources. The thesis also addresses estimations of Neolithic and Bronze Age Aegean subsistence space, highlighting the overlooked impact of livestock on agricultural potential. By incorporating dairy and meat production, future models can better represent food production and environmental sustainability. This research enhances understanding of Mycenaean agricultural practices before the Bronze Age collapse, illustrating how elite formation likely influenced local communities and broader society.

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Book SynopsisAudrey Cruse looks at the many different aspects of medicine and health in the Roman Empire, particularly Roman Britain.

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Book SynopsisMinimal Motoring is a selective history of both the cyclecar and microcar, accompanied by period photographs, advertisements and artwork.

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Book SynopsisInspired by decolonial thinking, this book challenges romantic images of Y Wladfa, the Welsh Patagonian settlement founded in 1865. Drawing on archival sources written in Spanish, Welsh and English, it exposes the complex human relationships of this settler colony, and in particular disrupts the myth of WelshIndigenous friendship by foregrounding Indigenous experience and revealing less familiar accounts in the record. A newly-developed framework applies three logics possession, racialization/barbarisation, and assimilation to make sense of settler colonialism in Patagonia and to debate Wales's complex position as both colonised and coloniser. A new analysis of contemporary cultural products (television, film, textbooks) further demonstrates how the romantic view continues to shape racial stereotypes today, concluding that such settler origin countries as Wales are vital sites of decolonial debate.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first major study to comprehensively analyze the art and architecture of the archdiocese of Bari and Canosa during the Byzantine period and the upheaval of the Norman conquest. The book places Bari and Canosa in a Mediterranean context, arguing that international connections with the eastern Mediterranean were a continuous thread that shaped art and architecture throughout the Byzantine and Norman eras. Clare Vernon has examined a wide variety of media, including architecture, sculpture, metalwork, manuscripts, epigraphy and luxury portable objects, as well as patronage, to illustrate how cross-cultural encounters, the first crusade, slavery and continuities and disruptions in the relationship with Constantinople, shaped the visual culture of the archdiocese. From Byzantine to Norman Italy will appeal to students and scholars of Byzantine art, the medieval Mediterranean and the Italo-Norman world.Trade ReviewThis is a fascinating look at the important mid-sized port city of Bari during the pivotal centuries of the transition from Byzantine to Norman authority in the region. Vernon deftly shows us that Bari was a town attentive to its wide-ranging connections with important sites in both the contemporary and ancient Mediterranean world. Exploring these connections through the lens of Bari’s buildings and monuments, Vernon brings our focus to the town’s efforts to demonstrate its economic prowess and its participation in the papal reform movement, crusading, and cutting-edge artistic developments. -- Sarah Davis-Secord, Associate Professor of History * University of New Mexico, USA *

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Book SynopsisA new biography of pioneering scientist Robert Hooke, from method to influence.

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

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Book SynopsisThe frontiers of the Roman empire together form the largest monument of one of the world’s greatest states. They stretch for some 7,500km through 20 countries which encircle the Mediterranean Sea. The remains of these frontiers have been studied by visitors and later by archaeologists for several centuries. Many of the inscriptions and sculpture, weapons, pottery and artefacts created and used by the soldiers and civilians who lived on the frontier can be seen in museums. Equally evocative of the lost might of Rome are the physical remains of the frontiers themselves. The aim of this series of books is not only to inform the interested visitor about the history of the frontiers but to act as a guidebook as well. The Roman military remains of Egypt are remarkable in their variety and in their state of preservation. They deserve to be better known. They include forts, quarries under the authority of the army and whose materials were used in the monumental buildings of Rome, as well as the roads which crossed the desert landscape and brought the Mediterranean into con¬tact with the Indian Ocean. It is hoped that each reader of this book will enjoy learning more about the remarkable Roman inheritance of Egypt. The full text is presented side-by-side dual-language in English and French.Table of ContentsFRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ; Foreword by David J. Breeze and Michel Reddé ; 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 ROMAN FRONTIERS IN EGYPT ; The garrison ; The distribution of troops across the territory ; Nubia ; The mines and quarries of the Eastern Desert ; The eastern trade trails ; Towards late Antiquity ; Late Antiquity ; The army of Egypt and its frontier ; General books on frontiers ; Select bibliography for Egypt ; Illustration acknowledgements

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