Funerary archaeology and changing identities : community practices in Roman-period Sardinia /
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This work analyses in detail the funerary evidence from burial sites in southern and central Sardinia, proposing an alternative interpretation of the island and of other Roman Provinces in which local communities played an active and creative role in shaping back the Roman-world within the specific material and historical conditions they lived in.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781789690019 (ebook) :
For the gods of Girsu : city-state formation in ancient Sumer /
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This work demonstrates Girsu is a primary locale for re-analyzing, through an interdisciplinary approach combining archaeological and textual evidence, the origins of the Sumerian city-state.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
9781784913908 (ebook) :
Bioarchaeology and dietary reconstruction across late antiquity and the Middle Ages in Tuscany, Central Italy /
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This title presents the results of the first multidisciplinary bioarchaeological analysis to reconstruct living conditions in Tuscany between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. This was done through the examination of stress markers, including adult stature, periosteal reaction, cranial porosities, and linear enamel hypoplasia, and through palaeodietary reconstruction in order to explore the effects of socio-cultural and environmental factors in a diachronic perspective. The shift from Classical to Medieval times has long left its mark on the European historical consciousness. Nevertheless, the impact of this transition on living conditions and dietary practices remains a subject of debate, with a prevailing perception of these 'Dark Ages' as an impoverished phase following the collapse of the Roman agrarian villa system, particularly in the Mediterranean area.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (xii, 192 pages). : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789698664 (PDF ebook) :
Legendary rivals : collegiality and ambition in the tales of early Rome /
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In Legendary Rivals Jaclyn Neel argues for a new interpretation of the foundation myths of Rome. Instead of a negative portrayal of the city's early history, these tales offer a didactic paradigm of the correct way to engage in competition. Accounts from the triumviral period stress the dysfunctional nature of the city's foundation to capture the memory of Rome's civil wars. Republican evidence suggests a different emphasis. Through diachronic analyses of the tales of Romulus and Remus, Amulius and Numitor, Brutus and Collatinus, and Camillus and Manlius Capitolinus, Neel shows that Romans of the Republic and early Principate would have seen these stories as examples of competition that pushed the bounds of propriety.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004281851 :
0169-8958 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Suburbia and rural landscapes in medieval Sicily /
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This volume presents the results of the main ongoing archaeological and historical research focusing on medieval suburbia and rural sites in Sicily. It is divided into thematic areas: urbanscapes, suburbia, hinterlands; inland and mountainous landscapes; changes in rural settlement patterns; and defence and control of the territory.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (xiii, 253 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803275468 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.