Tombes d'époque parthe : chantiers de la ville des artisans /
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Among the hundred or so tombs of post-Alexander date excavated by Roman Ghirshman between 1947 and 1952 on the mound of the "Ville des Artisans" at Susa, six are remarkable for their construction and burial contents. Shortly before his death in 1979, Ghirshman, director of the French "Mission de Suse" from 1946 until 1968, had started to write up his final report. Based on his notes, the authors have engaged to publish these tombs, together with the original plans, drawings and photographs of the burial goods. The grave contents consisted mainly of pottery, but also included glass vessels, figurines, metal objects and other small finds. The study of the material from these large vaulted subterranean structures indicates that they were most likely intended as family tombs, thus remaining in use for several decades and should be dated in the first or second century AD. Similar tombs are known at other sites in the region of Susa, and even in Mesopotamia, e.g. at Seleucia on the Tigris. A synthesis of the evolution in tomb architecture and typology, as well as the burial practices, for the whole site of Susa between the Seleucid and early Sasanian periods (third century BC to third century AD), is also presented, based on the short reports and unpublished excavation notes of Ghirshman, in addition to unpublished reports by his predecessors at the site.
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1 online resource (91 pages, 35 pages of plates) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-91). :
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Volubilis après Rome : les fouilles UCL/INSAP, 2000-2005 /
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Le site archéologique le plus visité au Maroc, Volubilis est connu depuis longtemps pour ses mosaïques spectaculaires. Ce livre traite de ce qui est arrivé à la ville après le retrait de l'administration romaine à la fin du troisième siècle. Les fouilles publiées ici montrent comment la ville a continué à survivre jusqu'au cinquième siècle, avec des maisons d'élite commandant encore des mosaïques élégantes, et comment cette occupation a pris fin dans un séisme brutal. La ville renaît au sixième siècle avec de nouveaux occupants, la tribu berbère des Awraba. Au VIIIe siècle, il devint le siège de l'homme qui unit la plus grande partie du Maroc à la tête de l'Awraba, Idris I, descendant du prophète Mahomet. The most-visited archaeological site in Morocco, Volubilis has long been known for its spectacular mosaics. Instead, this book deals with what happened to the town after the Roman administration was withdrawn at the end of the third century. The excavations published here show how the town continued to survive into the fifth century, with élite houses still commissioning elegant and witty mosaics, and how this occupation came to an end in a brutal earthquake. The town revived in the sixth century with new occupants, the Berber Awraba tribe. In the eighth century, it became the headquarters of the man who united most of Morocco at the head of the Awraba, Idris I, a descendant of the prophet Mohammed. Contributeurs/Contributors: Ali Aït Kaci, Victoria Amoros-Ruiz, Mustafa Atki, Amira K. Bennison, Helen Dawson, Fatima-Zohra El-Harrif, Hafsa El Hassani, Abdallah Fili, Dorian Fuller, Guy Hunt, Anthony King, Tarik Moujoud, Gaetano Palumbo, Ruth Pelling, Susan Walker, Mark Wilson Jones.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004371583
Sharma : un entrepôt de commerce médiéval sur La Côte du Hadramawt : (Yémen, ca 980-1180) /
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Cited by al-Muqaddasi in c.985 and then by al-Idrisi in c.1150, the medieval port of Sharma was discovered in 1996 at the extremity of the Ra's Sharma, 50km east of al-Shihr on the Hadramawt coast of Yemen; it was excavated in 2001-2005. This unique site was actually a transit entrepôt, a cluster of warehouses probably founded by Iranian merchants and entirely devoted to the maritime trade. It knew a rather short period of activity, between around 980 and the second half of the 12th century, which may be acknowledged as the Sharma horizon. Excavations proved that this settlement experienced six occupation phases, which are closely related to the political and economic developments in the region at that time.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784911959 (PDF ebook) :
Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo /
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This text presents in detail the results of archaeological research carried out by the KongoKing project in the former northern provinces of the Kongo Kingdom, currently located in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (500 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784919733 (ebook) :
Pre and protohistoric stone architectures : comparisons of the social and technical contexts associated to their building : proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June...
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Proceedings, with full text in English and French, from session XXXII-3 of the XVIII UISPP World Congress, Paris, 2018. The volume aims to break the usual limits on the fields of study and to deconstruct some preconceived ideas.
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"Available both in print and Open Access"--Homepage.
Conference proceedings.
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1 online resource (xi, 186 pages) :
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9781789695465 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Le verre de Sabra al-Mansuriya : (Kairouan, Tunisie) milieu Xe-milieu XIe siècle : production et consommation : vaisselle - contenants - vitrages /
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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.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
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9781789696622 (ebook) :
SOMA 2014 : proceedings of the 18th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Wrocław - Poland, 24-26 April 2014 /
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Since prehistoric times the Mediterranean has acted as a stage for intense interactions between groups inhabiting regions that are now studied mainly within various sub-fields of ancient studies. In recent years, however, the development of research techniques and analytical models of archaeological evidence have identified similar historical paths that are similar, if not, in some cases, common to these disparate areas of the ancient world from West (Iberian peninsula) to East (Anatolia and Levant), from North (Europe, Black Sea Coast) to South (Maghreb and Egypt). The 18th SOMA provided a forum for presentations related to the above-mentioned topics, as well as general themes such as the role of the sea, trade, colonization, even piracy, using archaeological data collected within contexts associated with the Mediterranean Basin and the area referred to as the Ancient Near East.
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Previously issued in print: 2016.
Selected conference papers. :
1 online resource (vii, 192 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784914950 (ebook) :
Contribution of ceramic technological approaches to the anthropology and archaeology of pre- and protohistoric societies = apport des approches technologiques de la céramique à l'a...
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The reconstruction of the technical systems of ceramic production and of its 'chaâne opératoire' is a means of exploring certain social structures in time and space. Papers here highlight the contribution of technological approaches to ceramics, both in archaeology and in ethnology, to the analysis of pre- and protohistoric societies.
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Conference proceedings.
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1 online resource (iv, 100 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789697100 (PDF ebook) : :
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire = Grenzen des Römischen Reiches = Frontières de l'Empire Romain /
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This text illustrates the historical and archaeological significance of the Upper Germanic Limes and provides an up-to-date overview of its manifold features in the field.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
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1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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9781803271750 (PDF ebook) : :
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Du Mont Liban aux sierras d'Espagne : sols, eau et sociétés en Montagne : autour du projet Franco-Libanais CEDRE "Nahr Ibrahim" /
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This volume presents the results of the CEDRE multidisciplinary project 'Nahr Ibrahim' that was led on the Lebanese mountain centred around the Nahr Ibrahim valley (the famous Adonis valley in antiquity), in the hinterland of the ancient city of Byblos. The history of settlement patterns and the construction of agricultural mountainous landscapes since the Early Bronze Age is examined, with comparisons from other regions surrounding the Mediterranean basin.
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9781784911362 (PDF ebook) :
La parure en callaïs du néolithique européen /
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Callaïs refers to the green stones from which the remarkable ornaments discovered in several Neolithic sites in Western Europe are made. This volume brings together the contributions of the best European specialists in callas̈, variscite and turquoise, who spoke at a symposium on this ancient gemstone held in April 2015 in Carnac.
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1 online resource (viii, 634 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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9781789692815 (PDF ebook) :
Architectures néolithiques de l'Île d'Yeu (Vendée) /
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This volume gathers documentation, unpublished material and the principal results of studies, prospections, excavations and surveys carried out on domestic settlements, funeral monuments, quarries and symbolic sites on the Isle of Yeu Situated off the Atlantic coast of the Vendée (France).
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (vi, 283 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) :
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9781789695809 (PDF ebook) :
Corpus des amphores romaines produites dans les centres de mer Noire : collections des musées de la côte turque de la mer Noire (Eregli, Amasra, Sinop, Samsun, Giresun, Ordu, Trabz...
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The Black Sea cities of Turkey's northern coast - Eregli, 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.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations (colour), maps (colour). :
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9781789696981 (PDF ebook) :
Recherches archéologiques tuniso-françaises à Rougga.
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Located in Byzacena, 12km south-east of Thysdrus/El Jem, the municipality of Bararus/Henchir, Rougga is known for its large Roman cisterns first reported in the 18th century and for the discovery of a hoard of Byzantine gold coins. This volume gives an account of the results of excavations carried out at the site of the forum, from 1971-1974.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (xvi, 488 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789698268 (PDF ebook) : :
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Funerary practices in the second half of the second millennium BC in continental Atlantic Europe : from Belgium to the north of Portugal /
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This edited volume presents a selection of essays dedicated to funerary practices from Belgium to the north of Portugal. It aims at filling gaps in the documentation and helping to better understand the relationships between these Atlantic regions during the Bronze Age.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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9781789699395 (PDF ebook) :
Frontiers of the Roman Empire = Frontières de l'Empire Romain /
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The North Sea and Channel coasts form the geographic frontier of the Roman Empire with the sea - the edge of the then known world. This border represents a page in military maritime history, but its coasts, in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium and France, contain archaeological sites of high heritage value that deserve a large audience.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
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1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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9781803273051 (PDF ebook) : :
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire = Frontières de l'Empire Romain /
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This volume considers the military architecture and its impact on local communities in Rome's eastern frontier, which stretched from the north-east shore of the Black Sea to the Red Sea.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
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1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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9781803272658 (PDF ebook) : :
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Les sépultures mésolithiques de Téviec et Hoedic : révisions bioarchéologiques /
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This work presents the long lacking bioarchaeological review study of the Teviec and Hoedic graves, located in Brittany and excavated from 1928 to 1934 by Marthe and Saint-Just Péquart.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
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9781784914974 (ebook) :
Tinqueux 'la haubette' (Marne, France) : un site exceptionnel du Néolithique ancien /
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This volume presents the results of archaeological work at the Neolithic site of Tinqueux 'la Haubette' (Marne) dated to the 'Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain' (5000-4700 cal. BC). The site comprises five houses, a series of pits, and the remains of an oven. The analyses reveal hitherto unknown facets of the BVSG culture.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
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1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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9781789699777 (PDF ebook) : :
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Archaeologiae una storia al plural : studi in memoria di Sara Santoro /
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Dedicated to the late Sara Santoro, an archaeologist and multifaceted scholar who worked actively in Italy, France and Albania, this volume is divided into six sections, considering topics that include iconography and philology; Adriatic studies; field research; valorisation and planning in cultural heritage; 'minor' settlements; and more.
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Festschrift for Sara Santoro.
Also issued in print: 2022.
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1 online resource (766 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781803272979 (PDF ebook) :