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La industria ósea en la Hispania romana
F. Germán Rodríguez-Martín
This book considers the work of the bone industry in a specific province of the Roman Empire. Through this work we obtain a global and general vision of this industry in a wide territory, Hispania. It shows the peculiarities found in each territory, as well as the local and regional influences and connections, and with the rest of the Empire. READ MORE
Paperback: £90.00 | eBook: £16.00
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Metalworkers and their Tools: Symbolism, Function, and Technology in the Bronze and Iron Ages
ed. Linda Boutoille et al.
12 papers by 22 authors from the “Metools” symposium (Queens University, Belfast, 2016), aim to shine a spotlight on the tools of the metalworker and to follow their evolution from the beginning of the Bronze Age through to the Iron Age, as well as the place held by metalworking and its artisans in the economic and social landscape of the period. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | Open Access
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LRCW 6: Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry
ed. Valentina Caminneci et al.
This volume presents almost 100 papers deriving from the 6th International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean. Themes comprise sea and land routes, workshops and production centres, and regional contexts (western Mediterranean, eastern Mediterranean, Sicily and the Mediterranean islands). READ MORE
Paperback: £120.00 | eBook: £16.00
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Boom and Bust in Bronze Age Britain: The Great Orme Copper Mine and European Trade
R. Alan Williams
The Great Orme copper mine in North Wales is one of the largest surviving Bronze Age mines in Europe. This book presents new interdisciplinary research to reveal a copper mine of European importance, dominating Britain’s copper supply from c. 1600-1400 BC, with some metal reaching mainland Europe - from Brittany to as far as the Baltic. READ MORE
Paperback: £60.00 | eBook: £16.00
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Obsidian Across the Americas
ed. Gary M. Feinman et al.
This volume draws attention to recent obsidian studies in the Americas and acts as a reference for archaeologists and scholars interested in material culture and exchange. Moreover, it provides a wide range of case studies in obsidian characterization, material application, and theoretical interpretations in the Americas. READ MORE
Hardback: £35.00 | Open Access
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Historia Antigua en diálogo. Humanidades Digitales e innovaciones metodológicas
ed. Filipe N. Silva et al.
This volume discusses the implications of the adoption of new tools used in the humanities, specifically archaeology, epigraphy and ancient history, without ceasing to respect traditional scientific methods. READ MORE
Paperback: £49.00 | Free Download | eBook Institution: £9.99
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The Route of the Franks
Cristina Corsi
A scientific study of the journey that Archbishop Sigeric of Canterbury undertook from the British Isles to Rome, focussing on the segment included in the territory of modern France. It not only reconstructs the route, but also offers an archaeological snapshot of the urban developments along the route at the twilight of the first millennium AD. READ MORE
Paperback: £36.00 | eBook: £16.00
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South by Southeast: The History and Archaeology of Southeast Crete from Myrtos to Kato Zakros
ed. Emilia Oddo et al.
Contributions investigate the settlement patterns, maritime connectivity, and material culture of the southeast of Crete in a diachronic fashion, in an attempt to define it as a region and trace its history. Papers focus primarily on the archaeology of the sites along the coastal strip spanning between the Myrtos Valley and Kato Zakros. READ MORE
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Roman Pottery and Glass Manufactures: Production and Trade in the Adriatic Region and Beyond
ed. Goranka Lipovac Vrkljan et al.
32 papers consider issues of pottery production in the wider Adriatic area during Roman times, in particular relation to landscape and communication features, ceramic building materials, as well as general studies on ceramic production, pottery and glass finds. READ MORE
Paperback: £60.00 | eBook: £16.00
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Santa Cristina in Caio
ed. Stefano Bertoldi
This volume collects the results of the 2009-2015 excavation campaigns in Santa Cristina in Caio (Buonconvento, Siena) and contextualises the site in the wider phenomenon of mansiones, Roman secondary settlements, and their reuse between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
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Waterlands: Prehistoric Life at Bar Pasture, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterborough
ed. Andy Richmond et al.
Presenting the results of a decade-long archaeological investigation at Bar Pasture Farm, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterborough, this book represents one of the most significant landscape excavations carried out in recent years. The 55-hectare site was the scene of human activity on the fenland edge from the Mesolithic through to the Late Iron Age. READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00 | Open Access
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Down the Bright Stream: The Prehistory of Woodcock Corner and the Tregurra Valley, Cornwall
Sean R. Taylor
This volume reports on a series of fieldwork projects carried out in the Tregurra Valley, to the east of Truro, Cornwall between 2009-2015. The fieldwork led to the identification of a large number of pits and hearths across the site, the majority of which that have proved dateable spanning the Early Neolithic to the end of the Early Bronze Age. READ MORE
Paperback: £58.00 | eBook: £16.00
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The Watlington Hoard
John Naylor et al.
Presenting the complete publication of the objects and coins in the Watlington Hoard, the authors discuss its wider implications for our understanding of hoarding in late 9th-century southern Britain, interactions between the kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia, and the movements of the Viking Great Army after the Battle of Edington in 878.
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Urbanism of Roman Siscia
Tatjana Lolić
By processing data from every archaeological excavation, and analysis and interpretation of all available historical and modern documents, this volume presents a thorough overview of the structure of Roman Siscia (modern day Sisak, Croatia) and provides a comprehensive starting point for all future work on the Roman city. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | eBook: £16.00
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Early Anglo-Saxon Christian Reliquaries
Anthony Gibson
This volume presents a corpus and discussion of seventy-one Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy containers from forty-nine sites across England dating to the seventh and possibly eighth centuries, and variously described as work boxes, needle cases, amulet containers or Christian reliquaries. READ MORE
Hardback: £28.00 | eBook: £16.00
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Arqueología y Téchne: Métodos formales, nuevos enfoques
ed. José Remesal Rodríguez et al.
Presents papers resulting from the EPNet project (Production and Distribution of Food during the Roman Empire: Economic and Political Dynamics) which aimed to investigate existing hypotheses about the Roman economy in order to understand which products were distributed through the different geographical regions of the empire, and in which periods. READ MORE
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The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia
ed. Miljana Radivojević et al.
The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia is a landmark study in the evolution of early metallurgy in the Balkans. It demonstrates that far from being a rare and elite practice, the earliest metallurgy in the world was a common and communal craft activity.
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Later Prehistoric Settlement in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly: Evidence from Five Excavations
ed. Andy M Jones et al.
Later prehistoric settlement in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly reports on the excavation between 1996 and 2014 of five later prehistoric and Roman period settlements. All the sites were multi-phased, revealing similar and contrasting occupational patterns stretching from the Bronze Age into the Iron Age and beyond.
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Pits and Boots: Excavation of Medieval and Post-medieval Backlands under the Bon Accord Centre, Aberdeen
Michael Roy
Excavations in 2007-8, ahead of an extension to the Bon Accord Centre in Aberdeen, uncovered backlands that would have formed part of the industrial quarter of the medieval town. The excavation charts the changing nature of the area, from an industrial zone in the medieval period, to horticultural and domestic spaces in post-medieval times. READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00 | Open Access
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Corpus des amphores romaines produites dans les centres de mer Noire
Dominique Kassab Tezgör
The Black Sea cities of Turkey's northern coast – Ereğli, Amasra, Sinop, Samsun, Giresun, Ordu, and others – feature museums holding important collections of amphorae. Their state of preservation is exceptional since the majority were recovered intact from the sea. This volume brings them together for analysis in light of recent investigations. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
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Carving a Professional Identity: The Occupational Epigraphy of the Roman Latin West
Rada Varga
This volume presents the results of long-term research into occupational epigraphy from the Latin-language provinces of the Roman Empire. It catalogues stone epigraphs of 690 independent professionals (excluding state workers, imperial slaves, freedmen and military personnel) providing quantitative as well as qualitative analyses of the raw data. READ MORE
Paperback: £25.00 | eBook: £16.00
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The Poole Iron Age Logboat
ed. Jessica Berry et al.
This book is the culmination of significant multi-disciplinary work carried out by a variety of specialists, from conservators to woodworking and boatbuilding experts, exploring the history of the Poole Iron Age logboat (today imposingly displayed in the entrance to Poole Museum in Dorset) and also its functionality – or lack of – as a vessel. READ MORE
Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00
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De la provincia Celtiberia a la qūrā de Santabariyya: Arqueología de la Antigüedad tardía en la provincia de Cuenca (siglos V-VIII d.C.)
Rafael Barroso Cabrera
This volume presents a historical and archaeological study of the province of Cuenca in Late Antiquity. The study concludes with an examination of the archaeological collection from the province, which has been divided into three large groups: monumental sculpture and epigraphic items, ceramic productions and metalwork arts. READ MORE
Paperback: £75.00 | eBook: £16.00
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Archaic and Classical Harbours of the Greek World
Chiara Maria Mauro
A study of the archaeology and history of ancient harbours, with particular focus on the Greek world during the Archaic and Classical eras. It questions what locations were the most propitious for the installation of harbours; what kinds of harbour-works were built and for what purpose; and what harbour forms were documented. READ MORE
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Rural Cult Centres in the Hauran: Part of the broader network of the Near East (100 BC–AD 300)
Francesca Mazzilli
The first comprehensive multidisciplinary analysis of rural cult centres in the Hauran (southern Syria) from the pre-Roman to the Roman period (100 BC-AD 300). This volume re-evaluates the significance of contacts between the elite of the Hauran and other cultures of the Near East in shaping cult sites. READ MORE
Paperback: £32.00 | eBook: £16.00
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Pottery Production, Landscape and Economy of Roman Dalmatia
ed. Goranka Lipovac Vrkljan et al.
This book presents interdisciplinary research carried out on the Roman sites of pottery workshops active within the coastal area of the province of Dalmatia as well as on material recovered during the excavations. READ MORE
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The Function of the Roman Army in Southern Arabia Petraea
Mariana Castro
This volume provides a fresh perspective on the evolving and diverse functions of the Roman army in Arabia from the creation of the province to the end of the Byzantine period. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | eBook: £16.00
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The Grotte du Placard at 150: New Considerations on an Exceptional Prehistoric Site
Christophe Delage
The prehistoric site of Le Placard, Southwest France, was first explored 150 years. 19th-century excavations almost emptied the cavity, now surprisingly ill-known. This 150-year milestone grants an opportunity to look back at this exceptional site and what it can tell us about the Late Pleistocene hunting and gathering societies who dwelt there. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
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The Geography of Trade: Landscapes of competition and long-distance contacts in Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period
Alessio Palmisano
A reassessment of the Old-Assyrian trade network in Upper Mesopotamia and Central Anatolia during the Middle Bronze Age, this volume examines exchange networks and economic strategies, continuity and discontinuity of specific trade circuits and routes, and the evolution of political landscapes throughout the Near East. READ MORE
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Great Waterworks in Roman Greece
ed. Georgia A. Aristodemou et al.
This volume is the first presentation of large scale waterworks in the Greek provinces of the Roman Empire. As a collective work, it brings together a wide body of experts from the newly emerged and expanding field of water technology and water archaeology in Roman Greece, and it fills an essential gap in archaeological research. READ MORE
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Worlds Apart Trading Together: The organisation of long-distance trade between Rome and India in Antiquity
Kasper Grønlund Evers
This book sets out to replace the outdated notion of ‘Indo-Roman trade’, integrating new findings from the last 30 years. Analysis conducted demonstrates that highly substantial levels of trade took place between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean in the 1st–6th c. altering consumption and production in India, South Arabia and the Roman Empire. READ MORE
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Time and Stone: The Emergence and Development of Megaliths and Megalithic Societies in Europe
Bettina Schulz Paulsson
This analysis is concerned with the dating of megaliths in Europe and is based on 2410 available radiocarbon results and the application of a Bayesian statistical framework. It is, so far, the largest existing attempt to establish a supra-regional synthesis on the emergence and development of megaliths in Europe. READ MORE
Paperback: £48.00 | eBook: £16.00
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Medieval Urban Landscape in Northeastern Mesopotamia
Karel Nováček et al.
Investigates the sites which formed an urban network from 6th to 19th centuries in the region of northeastern Mesopotamia, bounded by the rivers Great Zāb, Little Zāb and Tigris. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00
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Castles, Siegeworks and Settlements
ed. Duncan W. Wright et al.
This volume comprises thirteen reports detailing fieldwork undertaken by a research project which sought to assess the archaeological evidence of the period of conflict that took place in mid-twelfth-century England popularly known as ‘the Anarchy’. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | Open Access
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Managing Archaeological Collections in Middle Eastern Countries
Dianne Fitzpatrick
In this guide, archaeologist Dianne Fitzpatrick sees archaeological collections management as a means of integrating achievable good-practice strategies into research designs and site management plans from the outset. READ MORE
Paperback: £26.00 | eBook: £16.00
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Networks of trade in raw materials and technological innovations in Prehistory and Protohistory: an archaeometry approach
ed. Davide Delfino et al.
Proceedings of the UISPP World Congress
Proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1–7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain) 12
Specialists from various disciplines (humanities and natural sciences) debate, from different perspectives, the networks in raw materials and technological innovation in Prehistory and Protohistory, involving investigation topics typical of archaeometry: archeometallurgy, petrography, and mineralogy READ MORE
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Late Bronze Age Flintworking from Ritual Zones in Southern Scandinavia
Mirosław Masojć et al.
This book is devoted to flintworking encountered in the so-called cult houses and ritual zones from the Late Bronze Age in southern Scandinavia, where thousands of barrows were built in the period from the Neolithic to the end of the Early Bronze Age READ MORE
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