To die in style! : the residential lifestyle of feasting and dying In Iron Age, Stamna, Greece /
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This volume investigates the culture of feasting and the rituals of death among elite citizens in Iron Age Stamna, Greece, by studying archaeological finds from a large number of Protogeometric era tombs.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (100 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784919368 (ebook) :
Perspectives on materiality in ancient Egypt : agency, cultural reproduction and change /
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Growing out of a colloquium organised in Sao Paulo in March 2016, here nine papers approach the potential of materiality in Ancient Egypt based on several case studies covering a wide range of topics such as Egyptian art, recent perspectives on sex and gender, hierarchies, and the materiality of textual sources and images.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (iv, 110 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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9781784919344 (ebook) :
Country in the city : agricultural functions of protohistoric urban settlements (Aegean and Western Mediterranean) /
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Assembles contributions on the place of agricultural and Early Iron Age Mediterranean, concentrating on the second-millennium Aegean and the protohistoric north-western Mediterranean.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (iv, 200 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789691337 (ebook) :
Macedonia-Alexandria : the monumental funerary complexes of the late Classical and Hellenistic age /
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This text explores the influence of Macedonians and Greeks settling in Alexandria ad Aegyptum on the structural form of underground tombs, comparing in synthetic form the structural elements of the cist graves, chamber and rock-cut tombs of Macedonia with the Alexandrian hypogea, while taking into account geographical factors that conditioned them.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789691375 (ebook) :
Anglo-Saxon crops and weeds : a case study in quantitative archaeobotany /
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Farming practices underwent momentous transformations in the Mid Saxon period, between the 7th and 9th centuries AD. This study applies a standardised set of repeatable quantitative analyses to the charred remains of Anglo-Saxon crops and weeds, to shed light on crucial developments in crop husbandry between the 7th and 9th centuries.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (viii, 204 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789691931 (ebook) :
Iron age slaving and enslavement in northwest Europe /
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Commonly treated as a mere byproduct of incessant tribal warfare, it is generally held that slavery was not a significant phenomenon in temperate Europe before the Roman era. If slaving and enslavement can be shown to have been a significant transformative phenomena in Iron Age Europe, how would this affect the interpretation of (old and new) archaeological evidence, and how would this change ideas about broader socio-cultural developments that have long been considered known by those who have looked at these things through the lens of 'acculturation' or 'complexification'? Comparative research shows how slavery is a multifaceted phenomenon with complex interrelated material, behavioral, and ideological dimensions. This exploratory study of the dynamics of Iron Age slaving and enslaving in Northwest Europe contributes to a complex but neglected topic.
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1 online resource (vi, 58 pages) : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781789694192 (ebook) :
Mortuary variability and social diversity in Ancient Greece : studies on Ancient Greek death and burial /
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Brings together early career scholars working on funerary customs in Greece from the Early Iron Age to the Roman period. Papers present various thematic and interdisciplinary analysis in which funerary contexts provide insights on individuals, social groups and communities.
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1 online resource (ii, 196 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781789694437 (ebook) :
The archaeology of medieval towns : case studies from Japan and Europe /
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In recent years, major new archaeological discoveries have redefined the development of towns and cities in the Japanese archipelago. The uncovering of the plans of major port towns such as Sakai, Kusado Sengen and Ichijodani, and the revealing of early phases in the development of cities such as Kamakura and Hakata provide an important new resource in understanding the cultural and economic processes which shaped medieval Japan. This fully illustrated book provides a sampler of these findings for a western audience.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (154 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789694277 (ebook) :
Demography and migration : population trajectories from the Neolithic to the Iron Age : proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France).
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This volume presents combined proceedings of two complementary sessions of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (Paris, 2018). These sessions aimed to identify demographic variations during the Neolithic and Bronze Age and to question their causes while avoiding the potential taphonomic and chronological biases affecting the documentation.
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Also issued in print: 2020.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage.
Conference proceedings. :
1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781789696660 (ebook) :
Earthen construction technology : proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France), volume 11, session V /
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Presents papers from Session IV-5 of the 18th UISPP World Congress (Paris, June 2018). The archaeological study of earthen construction has until now focused on typology and conservation; papers here instead consider their construction and anthropological importance.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Conference proceedings.
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1 online resource (ii, 157 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789697247 (ebook) : :
Open access.
Colonial geopolitics and local cultures in the Hellenistic and Roman East (3rd century BC - 3rd century AD) = Géopolitique coloniale et cultures locales dans l'Orient hellénistique...
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What changes in the material culture can we observe, when a state is overwhelming a local population with soldiers, katoikoi, and civil officials or merchants? What were the mutual influences between native and colonial cultures? This collection addresses these questions and many more, focusing on the Hellenistic and Roman East.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
"proceedings of a panel held during the Celtic Conference in Classics 2014 ... [and] a number of papers given previously ... under the aegis of the Symposium international le livre, la Roumanie, L'Europe2--Introduction. :
1 online resource (v, 218 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) :
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9781789699838 (PDF ebook) :
The not very patrilocal European Neolithic : strontium, aDNA, and archaeological kinship analyses /
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Two decades of strontium isotope research on Neolithic European burials - reinforced by high-profile ancient DNA studies - has led to widespread interpretations that these were patrilocal societies, implying significant residential mobility for women. This volume questions that narrative from a social anthropological perspective on kinship.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations, maps :
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9781789699814 (PDF ebook) :
A landscape of conflict? : rural fortifications in the Argolid (400-146 BC) /
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This is a systematic study of Late Classical and Hellenistic rural fortifications in ancient Argos and the city-states of the Argolic Akte. Based on one of the largest regional corpora of Greek fortified sites, the volume investigates the function of rural fortifications by placing them in the context of their surrounding landscape.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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9781789699715 (PDF ebook) :
Post-Roman and medieval drying kilns : foundations of archaeological research /
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Drying kilns, corn-dryers, and malting ovens are familiar features in post-Roman, Anglo-Saxon and medieval archaeology, yet few works of synthesis are available. Robert Rickett's pioneering dissertation is published here with additional material from Mark McKerracher which sets the work within the context of more recent studies.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
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1 online resource (x, 139 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). :
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Open access.
Living with seismic phenomena in the Mediterranean and beyond between antiquity and the Middle Ages : proceedings of Cascia (25-26 October, 2019) and Le Mans (2-3 June, 2021) confe...
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In a Mediterranean area characterised by strong seismic activity, the earthquake that struck central Italy in 2016 caused considerable damage to the archaeological and historical heritage. This catastrophic event, as well as recent archaeological fieldwork and palaeoseimological research in the same area, led to the organisation in 2019 of the first International Conference Living with seismic phenomena in the Mediterranean from Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Cascia (Italy). In 2021, a second Conference, devoted to the same topic, was held at Le Mans University (France). The articles collected in this work constitute a selection of the oral presentations or posters presented during the two Conferences.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
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1 online resource (436 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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9781803272368 (PDF ebook) :
Down the bright stream : the prehistory of Woodcock Corner and the Tregurra Valley, Cornwall /
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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.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations, maps :
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9781803270050 (PDF ebook) :
Aelia Capitolina - Jerusalem in the Roman period : in light of archaeological research /
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The book discusses the history and the archaeology of Jerusalem in the Roman period (70-400 CE) following a chronological order, from the establishment of the Tenth Roman Legion's camp on the ruins of Jerusalem in 70 CE, through the foundation of Aelia Capitolina by Hadrian, in around 130 CE, and the Christianization of the population and the cityscape in the fourth century. Cemeteries around the city, the rural hinterland, and the imperial roads that led to and from Aelia Capitolina are discussed as well. Due to the paucity of historical sources, the book is based on archaeological remains, suggesting a reconstruction of the city's development and a discussion of the population's identity.
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1 online resource. :
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9789004417076
Brill's Companion to Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean /
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"Brill's Companion to Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean is a wide-ranging exploration of sieges and siege warfare as practiced and experienced by the cultures which lived around the ancient Mediterranean basin. From Pharaonic Egypt to Renaissance Italy, and from the Neo-Assyrian Empire to Hellenistic Greece and Roman Gaul, case studies by leading experts probe areas of both synergy and divergence within this distinctive form of warfare amongst the cultures in this broadly shared environment".
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A study of the narrator in Nonnus of Panopolis' Dionysiaca : storytelling in late antique epic /
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This Study of the Narrator in Nonnus of Panopolis' Dionysiaca by Camille Geisz investigates manifestations of the narratorial voice in Nonnus' account of the life and deeds of Dionysus (4th/5th century C.E.). Through a variety of interventions in his own voice, the narrator reveals much about his relationship to his predecessors, his own conception of story-telling, and highlights his mindfulness of the presence of his narratee. Narratorial devices in the Dionysiaca are opportunities for displays of ingeniousness, discussions of sources, and a reflection on the role of the poet. They highlight the innovative style of Nonnus' epic, written as a compendium of influences, genres, and myths, and encompassing the influence of a thousand years of Greek literature.
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Includes bibliographical references, glossary, and index. :
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Sacred thresholds : the door to the sanctuary in late antiquity /
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Sacred Thresholds. The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity offers a far-reaching account of boundaries within pagan and Christian sanctuaries: gateways in a precinct, outer doors of a temple or church, inner doors of a cella . The study of these liminal spaces within Late Antiquity - itself a key period of transition during the spread of Christianity, when cultural paradigms were redefined - demands an approach that is both interdisciplinary and diachronic. Emilie van Opstall brings together both upcoming and noted scholars of Greek and Latin literature and epigraphy, archaeology, art history, philosophy, and religion to discuss the experience of those who crossed from the worldly to the divine, both physically and symbolically. What did this passage from the profane to the sacred mean to them, on a sensory, emotive and intellectual level? Who was excluded, and who was admitted? The articles each offer a unique perspective on pagan and Christian sanctuary doors in the Late Antique Mediterranean.
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