Social complexity in early medieval rural communities : the north-western Iberia archaeological record /
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This title presents an overview of the results of the research project DESPAMED funded by the Spanish Minister of Economy and Competitiveness. It discusses the theoretical challenges posed by the study of social inequality and social complexity in early medieval peasant communities in north-western Iberia.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784915094 (ebook) :
Mesoamerican religions and archaeology : essays in pre-Columbian civilizations /
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The main goal of this work is to produce a methodologically sound and ethically valid interdisciplinary introduction into the exciting world of ancient Mesoamerica.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784915032 (ebook) :
'Poedicvlorvm oppida' : spazi urbani della Puglia Centrale in età Romana /
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The indigenous persistence, texture, articulation, shape and functionality of the urban definition of the municipia in central Apulia demonstrate the nature of the complex history and settlement of this area in the long period between the age of Romanization and the 3rd century AD. The comprehensive collection and examination of the material evidence make it possible to reconstruct - for the first time, in an organic manner and in a global framework - the profile of the urban space of 'poediculorum oppida'.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784915933 (ebook) :
Birds, beasts and burials : a study of the human-animal relationship in Romano-British St. Albans /
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'Birds, Beasts and Burials' examines human-animal relationships as found in the mortuary record within the area of Verulamium that is now situated in the modern town of St. Albans.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784915971 (ebook) :
Alexandria and Qumran : back to the beginning /
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The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most well-known archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. This book addresses the proto-history and the roots of the Qumran community and of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the light of contemporary scholarship in Alexandria, Egypt.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (xxvi, 586 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784917296 (ebook) :
Autour de l'Infanterie d'Élite Macédonienne à l'Époque du Royaume Antigonide : cinq études militaires entre histoire, philologie et archéologie /
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This work presents five articles relating to military studies in the context of Macedonia of the Antigonids. Combining literary studies and archaeology, the author proposes several new concepts on Hellenistic Macedonian military studies. Articles consider the Macedonian phalanx, Antigonid Redcoats, heavy infantry and defensive weaponry.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (x, 278 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784917333 (ebook) :
Estudios para la configuracioń de las facies cerámicas altoimperiales en el Sur de la Península Ibérica /
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An exploration of the economy and trade in the South of the Iberian Peninsula during the High Roman Empire, focusing on the study of ceramic contexts in several market places and consumption centres located in the region.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (ii, 284 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784918125 (ebook) :
Agia varvara-Almyras : an Iron Age copper smelting site in Cyprus /
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The Iron Age copper smelting site situated near the Cypriot village Agia Varvara is of particular importance among the ancient copper processing places in the Near East because it has revealed spatial as well as technological aspects of copper production in a hitherto rarely-seen depth of detail. This title presents the results of a comprehensive post-excavation analysis of the stratigraphy (part I), also of the geology, metallurgical materials (furnaces, tuyeres), finds (pottery, furnace lining, stone tools), as well as a synthesis of the copper smelting technology at Agia Varvara-Almyras (part II). The excavation analysis not only focuses on pyrotechnical information from individual furnaces, but also provides a detailed study of the spatial organisation as well as of the living conditions on the smelting site.
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Previous edition issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xii, 294 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes discography and index. :
9781784918163 (ebook) :
New approaches to disease, disability and medicine in Medieval Europe /
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An interdisciplinary collection of papers focusing on infections, chronic illness, and the impact of infectious diseases on Medieval society, with contributions by academics from a variety of disciplines and a diverse range of international institutions.
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Previously issued in print: 2018.
Selected conference papers. :
1 online resource (ii, 152 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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9781784918842 (ebook) :
Rural cult centres in the Hauran as part of a broader network of the Near East (100 BC-AD 300) /
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This is a 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.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (viii, 208 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784919559 (ebook) :
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). :
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9781789690019 (ebook) :
Hatra : il territorio e l'urbanistica /
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The main purpose of the research presented in this volume has been the study of the city and the surrounding landscape of Hatra. To achieve this result, a multilayer GIS was created. It will remain an important resource for future excavations, which themselves may expand its dataset and verify it with additional ground control points.
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Also issued in print: 2018.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (x, 560 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789690064 (ebook) : :
Open access.
Glass and glass production in the Near East during the Iron Age period : evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis /
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This text examines the history of glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia and neighbouring regions (1000-539 BCE). This monograph covers this region and period comprehensively and in detail.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (viii, 316 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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9781789691559 (ebook) :
The Poole Iron Age logboat /
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This text 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.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (x, 122 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789691450 (ebook) :
Porti e approdi fluviali in Italia peninsulare : dall'età romana all'anno mille /
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Most Roman ports were located at river mouths and/or in lagoon areas and were connected with inland areas by rivers or artificial canals. For this reason, port structures (piers and warehouses) were set at some distance from the sea, as in Rome (Emporium of Testaccio along the Tiber), in Pisa-San Rossore and in the Po valley. According to historical sources, many river wharves were located along the Po while San Vincenzo abbey managed the Volturno river. The Carolingian river wharves of San Vincenzo were composed of timber, stone and, according to the Roman tradition, concrete structures. A slow recovery of maritime trades is already evident in the Carolingian Age. This book analyses the Roman and early medieval ports of Italy and the building techniques used in their structures; it displays the elements of continuity and discontinuity revealed during these centuries.
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1 online resource (x, 106 pages) : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781789692211 (ebook) :
Execution by Styrax in ancient Thasos /
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Sharing in the objectives of an ongoing archaeo-anthropological endeavour, aiming to better decipher and elucidate facets of the human condition while carrying out funerary archaeological research of Hellenistic to Roman periods family graves at the extensive ancient necropolis of Thasos, the most northern Aegean island, this essay addresses a case of unique forensic / bioarchaeological interest involving an older male individual, a member of one of the clusters of burials, who had been placed as a single interment in a most conspicuous limestone cyst grave of the Hellenistic period.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (vi, 40 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789692136 (e-Pdf) : :
Open access.
Why did ancient states collapse? : the dysfunctional state /
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Rooted in agriculture, sedentism and population growth, ancient states were fragile and prone to collapse. There is an ongoing debate about the importance, nature and even existence of state-wide collapse. This book investigates why ancient states collapsed and examines to what extent inequality contributed to their downfall.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (viii, 42 pages). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693034 (PDF ebook) :
Les restes humains Badegouliens de la grotte du Placard : cannibalisme et guerre il y a 20,000 ans /
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This book presents a detailed study of the Badegoulian human remains from le Placard, a major Upper Palaeolithic site in France. Despite the antiquity of the discovery, the remains still constitute a unique assemblage that contributes greatly to our knowledge of the behaviours of hunter-gatherer populations in European prehistory.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (viii, 138 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693706 (ebook) :
The festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year : their socio-religious functions /
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This title compares the religious and social functions of the festivals of Opet, the Valley and the New Year, the first two of which were often regarded by the Egyptians as a pair; the New Year Festival stands out on account of its corpus of surviving material and importance. Until now, detailed study of the New Year Festival has only been carried out with reference to the Greco-Roman period; this study turns its attention to the New Kingdom. The book analyses the broad perspectives that encompass Egyptian religion and cult practices which provided the context not only for worship and prayer, but also for the formation of social identity and responsibility. The festivals are examined in the whole together with their settings in the religious and urban landscapes. The best example is New Kingdom Thebes where large temples and burial sites survive intact today with processional routes connecting some of them.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations. :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789695960 (PDF ebook) :
Before/after : transformation, change, and abandonment in the Roman and late antique Mediterranean /
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The result of a workshop held at the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (2016), this book explores various aspects related to transformation and change in the Roman and Late Antique world, from the evolution of settlement patterns to spatial re-configuration after abandonment processes.
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"Available both in print and Open Access"--Home page.
Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (126 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696004 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.