Professor Challenger and his lost Neolithic world : the compelling story of Alexander Thom and British archaeoastronomy

: 'Professor Challenger and his Lost Neolithic World' combines the two great passions of the author's life: reconstructing the Neolithic mind and constructively challenging consensus in his professional domain. The book is semi-autobiographical, charting the author's investigation of Alexander Thom's theories, in particular regarding the alignment of prehistoric monuments in the landscape, across a number of key Neolithic sites from Kintraw to Stonehenge and finally Orkney. It maps his own perspective of the changing reception to Thom's ideas by the archaeological profession from initial curiosity and acceptance to increasing scepticism.

Remove that Pyramid! studies on the archaeology and history of predynastic and pharaonic Egypt...

: This volume in honour of the career of Stan Hendrickx includes 47 contributions that deal with the archaeology and history of Predynastic and Pharaonic Egypt. Given the influential role that Stan Hendrickx plays on our current knowledge of the Predynastic and Early Dynastic periods, many of the articles cluster in that time frame and deal with topics in material culture, iconography, and archaeology of early Egypt (pottery, stone vessels, lithics, state formation, and rock art). Contributions covering the pharaonic period primarily consist of ceramic studies, another field of expertise of Stan Hendrickx. Several articles focus on sites such as Elkab, Dayr al-Barsha, Adaima, and the Dakhla Oasis, where Stan Hendrickx has been involved as an archaeologist and a ceramologist.

The reach of the Assyrian and Babylonian empires. Case studies in Eastern and Western peripheries

: This volume deals with the Assyrian and the Babylonian Empires and seeks to provide new data for the ways that enabled these states to govern efficaciously their vast territories and diverse populations across the ancient Middle East. With both states exerting and distributing power and authority from centre to periphery, the channels through which these were asserted are understood to be of key concern in order to assess the imperial structures. Elucidating the mechanisms of control, especially in view of the always fragile relations between the state centre and remote peripheries, has long been a major subject in the study on ancient empires.0The volume edited by Shuichi Hasegawa and Karen Radner is specifically concerned with tracing the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires? reach into and their hold over their more peripheral regions. The papers collected in this volume cover the period from the 9th to the 6th century BCE and draw on the rich archaeological and textual data that has come to light in old and new excavations and survey projects in Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey, and in particular at the Dinka Settlement Complex (Gird-i Bazar and Qalat-i Dinka), the cemetery discovered at Sanandaj, Tel Rekhesh, Tell Ali al-Hajj, Tell Mastuma and Yasin Tepe.

A view from the herd : cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs in pharaonic Egypt : a primer for Egyptologists and archaeologists A view from the herd : cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs in ph...

: The importance of cattle, sheep, and goats; decision-making in ancient Egypt; and a little theory Taxonomy and nomenclature The origin of domestic cattle, sheep, and goats in Egypt Setting the stage. Environmental factors : floods, rains, and climate change; The ecological biogeography of pastoralism in ancient Egypt; Feeding and foddering; Herd size in ancient Egypt; The assumptions : a framework for modeling animal management in ancient Egypt; pulling it all together Cattle in pharaonic Egypt : herd dynamics, feeding behavior, production characteristics, and productivity. The Baladi breed : a model for cattle in ancient Egypt; Modeling pharaonic cattle management and productivity Sheep, goats, and pigs in pharaonic Egypt : herd dynamics, feeding behavior, production characteristics, and productivity. Unimproved breeds of sheep : a model for pharaonic sheep; Unimproved breeds of goats : a model for pharaonic goats; Modeling pharaonic sheep and goat management and productivity; The pig in ancient Egypt; Comparing cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs : predictions and two normative assumptions reexamined Consumption and nutrition. Butchering, nutrition, and patterns of consumption Explaining patterning in the faunal remains from Old Kingdom Egypt. Archaeological data from the Old Kingdom : patterns and explanations

An educator's handbook for teaching about the ancient world. Volume I

: With the right methods, studying the ancient world can be as engaging as it is informative. Many K-12 teachers, university instructors, and museum educators use hands-on, project-based, and experiential activities in their classes to increase student engagement and learning. This book aims to bring together such pedagogical methods and teaching activities about the ancient world for any educator to use. The teaching activities in this book are designed in a cookbook format so that educators can replicate these teaching 'recipes' (which include materials, budget, preparation time, levels of students) in their ancient art, archaeology, social studies, and history classes. They can be implemented online or in-person, in schools, universities, libraries, museums, or at home.

Mortuary Variability and Social Diversity in Ancient Greece: Studies on Ancient Greek Death and Burial

: This volume is born out of the international workshop for early career scholars entitled ‘Mortuary Variability and Social Diversity in Ancient Greece’ that was held at the Netherlands Institute at Athens, Greece on December 1-2, 2016. The idea for this workshop stemmed from our mutual interest in ancient Greek death practices, and in understanding how the political, economic, and social realities that characterized Greek history related to funerary ideology and informed the ways in which the Greeks dealt with their dead. Two main questions are central to this problem: 1) how were local social structure and social roles – for example those the elderly or children, men or women, locals or migrants, or the poor or the wealthy – reflected in and motivated the way people were treated in death, and 2) how did large-scale developments such as political change and processes of ‘globalization’ influence death practice on the level of the individual, the social group, the local community, and the region.

Glazed brick decoration in the Ancient Near East proceedings of a workshop at the 11th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (Munich) in April 2018 : f...

: Glazed bricks applied as a new form of colourful and glossy architectural decor first started to appear in the early Iron Age on monumental buildings of the Ancient Near East. This volume provides an updated overview of the development of glazed bricks and scientific research on the topic.

Le verre de Sabra al-Mansuriya (Kairouan, Tunisie) - milieu Xe-milieu XIe siècle : Production et consommation vaisselle - contenants - vitrages

: Knowledge of Islamic glass and its craftsmanship in the medieval period has relied heavily on Middle Eastern literature. The study of workshop and rich glass assemblage from Sabra al-Mansuriya (Kairouan), the Fatimid capital founded in 947/948 and destroyed in 1057, shows that Ifriqiya followed the technological evolutions of glass craftsmanship

Searching for the 17t Century on Nevis : the survey and excavation of two early plantation... sites

: 'Searching for the 17th Century on Nevis' is the first of a series of monographs dedicated to the archaeological investigation of the landscape, buildings and artefacts of the Eastern Caribbean by the Nevis Heritage Project. This volume presents the results of documentary research and excavation on two sugar plantation sites on the island of Nevis

Why did ancient states collapse? : the dysfunctional state

: Ancient states were rooted in agriculture, sedentism and population growth. They were fragile and prone to collapse, but there is no consensus on the causes or meaning of collapse, and there is an ongoing debate about the importance, nature and even existence of state-wide collapse Explanations of collapse in terms of competing mono-causal factors are found inferior to those incorporating dynamic, interactive systems. It is proposed that collapse should be explained as failure to fulfil the ancient state’s core functions: assurance of food supplies, defence against external attack, maintenance of internal peace, imposition of its will throughout its territory, enforcement of state-wide laws, and promotion of an ideology to legitimise the political and social status quo. To fulfil these functions certain necessary conditions must be met. The legitimacy of the political and social status quo, including the distribution of political power and wealth, needs to be accepted; the state should be able to extract sufficient resources to fulfil its functions such as defence; it must be able to enforce its decisions; the ruling elite should share a common purpose and actions; the society needs to reflect a shared spirit (asibaya) and purpose across elites and commoners who believe it is worthy of defence. Weaknesses and failure to meet any condition can interact to exacerbate the situation: maladministration, corruption and elite preoccupation with self aggrandisement can induce fiscal weakness, reduced military budgets and further invasion; it can induce neglect of key infrastructures (especially water management). Inequality, a commonly neglected factor despite ancient texts, can erode asibaya and legitimacy and alienate commoners from defence of the state. These themes are explored in relation to the Egyptian Old Kingdom, Mycenae, the Western Roman Empire (WRE), and the Maya. They all exhibit, to varying degrees, weaknesses in meeting the above conditions necessary for stability. (Some of the explanatory political and social factors involved have modern analogies but that issue is not examined).

Current perspectives in Sudanese and Nubian archaeology : a collection of papers presented at the 2018 Sudan Studies Research Conference, Cambridge

: Foreword - Kate Spence ; Sudanese and Nubian Archaeology: Scholarship Past and Present - Rennan Lemos and Samantha Tipper ; Libations and Luxury: the Use of Pilgrim Flasks in Nubia - Loretta Kilroe ; Understanding the Kerma Amulets: the Ladder and Baboon Amulet-Beads - Elena D'Itria ; A-Group Nubian Glyptic: Analysis and Preliminary Results - Siobhan Shinn ; The Dead and their Tools. A First Approach to the Relationship Between Macro-Lithic Tools and Skeletons from the Necropolis of Mahal Teglinos (Eastern Sudan) - Francesco Michele Rega, Eleonora Minucci and Giusy Capasso ; Human Population History from an East African Perspective: the Forgotten Land - Hisham M. Eldai and Hiba Babiker.

The archive of Thotsutmis, son of Panouphis : early Ptolemaic ostraca from Deir el Bahari (O. Edgerton)

: List of Abbreviations List of Papyrological Symbols List of Figures List of Plates List of Tables Acknowledgments Preface on Translations Bibliography 1. Introduction 2. Identification, Discovery, and History of the Archive 3. A Family Archive from Western Thebes in the Third Century BC 4. The Life and Times of Thotsutmis, Son of Panouphis, and His Family 5. Catalog of the Ostraca from the Archive of Thotsutmis, Son of Panouphis 6. Appendices Indices Plates

Geophysical phenomena and the Alexandrian littoral

On the origins of the cartouche and encircling symbolism in Old Kingdom pyramids

: This study suggests the development of the cartouche was closely related to the monumental encircling symbolism incorporated into the architectural designs of the Old Kingdom pyramids. By employing a new architectural style and a new iconographic symbol, the pharaoh sought to elevate his status above that of the members of his powerful court.

Fayoum Survey Project :The Themistou Meris: Volume A: The Archaeological and Papyrological Survey

: Conference papers and proceedings

Definición y caracterización de las cerámicas a mano con decoración pintada del sur de la península ibérica en época tartésica

: Las cerámicas a mano con decoración pintada constituyen uno de los materiales arqueológicos más destacados del Bronce Final y de la Primera Edad del Hierro en los valles del Guadalquivir y del Guadiana, contexto en el que se desarrolló la cultura tartésica. En este trabajo se ha abordado un estudio exhaustivo sobre estos estilos cerámicos, definiendo sus características técnicas, dispersión geográfica, formas, decoración, simbolismo, cronología, uso y significado. A este estudio de conjunto se añaden varias piezas inéditas de Alarcos, algunas con análisis arqueométricos y de contenido cuyos resultados cuestionan su tradicional consideración como ?cerámicas postcocción?.0Dicha caracterización permite una orientación en la clasificación de unos estilos tradicionalmente considerados como un conjunto monolítico, cuando realmente subyace un panorama mucho más complejo que obedece a diversas circunstancias cronológicas y culturales. Entre estas últimas destacan las relaciones y contactos establecidos entre las comunidades locales peninsulares y las poblaciones mediterráneas, dando lugar a fenómenos culturales de mestizaje o hibridación en el que se conjugó la tradición local con todas las aportaciones exógenas, una realidad fosilizada en estas producciones. En definitiva, se trata de la obra de conjunto más completa y actualizada sobre estas cerámicas, estudiadas desde la perspectiva de los nuevos enfoques teórico-metodológicos y las recientes interpretaciones.

The practice of Canaanite cult : the Middle and Late Bronze Ages

: 1 online resource (376 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts, plans

Geology of archaeologists: a short introduction

: This short introduction aims to provide archaeologists of all backgrounds with a grounding in the principles, materials, and methods of geology. Each chapter ends with a short reading list, and many have selected case-histories in illustration of the points made. Included is a glossary of technical terms.

Newsletter, 20 October 1955

: During the summer Dr. Simpson returned to New York, whereas I visited a number of Egyptian collections in France and England. The office was reopened early in September, and now, several weeks later, it seems to us as if we had never been absent from Egypt since last year. Once again the Nile has risen, and the muddy swift-moving waters barely seem to get through under the bridges. The crest of the flood was reached in the beginning of the month, but it will take several weeks before the inundation subsides visibly. The Cairo bridges, incidentally, are being illuminated at night by neon tubing which lines the contours of spans and girders. The new Shepheard's Hotel with its eight stories, to which the structure has now risen, already dwarfs the Semiramis in the next block, and lovely fountains have been installed on the Midan el Tahrir and the Opera Square. They incorporate sets of colored lights which change every few seconds and attract vast crowds in these pleasantly cool September evenings. The Corniche has been extended further and now follows the Nile embankment well north of the Bulaq Bridge. The palm trees on the street leading from the railroad station toward Heliopolis, once cut down by order of Farouk fearing assassination, have been replanted, and new buildings of 13 and 16 stories have sprung up all over town.

Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern palaces. $n Volume II : Proceedings of a workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, 25 -26 April 2016

: The study of the semiotics of palaces in the Ancient Near East and Ancient Egypt provides the historian with diverse information as size and type of architecture demonstrate the kind of representation chosen by rulers towards their world. Some features were adopted from temples in order to stage the appearance of the ruler like a divine epiphany. Some further integrate a temple within the palace, showcasing the desire of the ruler to live with a specific deity under one roof for divine support and protection. The importance of this ruler can also be reflected by the size of the throne room and the number of columns, showing as well a hierarchy in the use of space within the whole building complex and its different units. For instance, the presence of a rather intimate throne room or a second small throne room points to space for confidential exchange between the ruler and his visitors. The capacity of storerooms additionally gives us insight into the economic power standing behind the palace. The comparison of different elements between palatial and domestic architecture also proves helpful in identifying the origins of particular components.0Exploration of such semiotics was initiated with the publication of the first palace volume in 2018 (Verlag der ÖAW, Vienna) following a conference held in London 2013. The present volume stands in direct continuation and is the result of a second palace conference that took place at the 10th ICAANE 2016 in Vienna. Besides introducing other palaces in Egypt and Nubia, this volume is dedicated primarily to Near Eastern palaces which are presented and studied by prominent experts in this field