Australasian Egyptology Conference 4 : papers from the fourth Australasian Egyptology Conference, Monsh University, Melbourne, 16-18 September 2016 : dedicated to Gillian E. Bowen...
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This text presents papers from the fourth Australasian Egyptology Conference held at Monash University in 2016 and dedicated to Gillian E. Bowen, who retired from Monash that year. The contributions include several on Egypt's Western Desert where Monash has been engaged in fieldwork for many years in the the Dakhleh Oasis.
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Also issued in print: 2023.
Conference proceedings. :
1 online resource (xiv, 122 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781803274324 (PDF ebook) :
Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlement along the Empingham to Hannington pipeline in Northamptonshire and Rutland /
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This volume brings together reports on excavations by Northamtonshire Archaeology (now MOLA) in the south-east Midlands region. 19 sites were investigated, dating primarily to the Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
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9781784915353 (ebook) :
Loaves, beds, plants and Osiris : considerations about the emergence of the cult of Osiris /
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The emergence of the cult of Osiris is generally posited to have occurred quite suddenly at the end of the 5th dynasty. This study considers evidence to suggest this appearance was preceded by a period of development of the theology and mythology of the cult.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xxx, 220 pages) : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784919672 (ebook) :
The Tekenu and ancient Egyptian funerary ritual /
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Attested from the Fifth Dynasty until, and including, the Saite Period, the Tekenu is a puzzling icon depicted within funerary scenes in the tombs of some ancient Egyptian nobles. In this work four distinct types of Tekenu are identified and classified and then a Corpus Catalogue is formed.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789691832 (ebook) :
The prehistoric burial sites of Northern Ireland /
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Much has been written about the history of Northern Ireland, but less well-known is its wealth of prehistoric sites, particularly burial sites, from which most of our knowledge of the early inhabitants of this country has been obtained. This work brings together information on all the known sites in Northern Ireland that are in some way associated with burial.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784910075 (PDF ebook) :
Eastern Han (AD 25-220) tombs in Sichuan /
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This work explores the many factors underlying the extended popularity of the cliff tomb, a local burial form in the Sichuan Basin in China during the Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220). The development of the cliff tomb was linked to a complex set of connections involved with burial forms, and continued through associations with many other contemporary burial practices: brick chamber tombs, stone chamber tombs, and princely rock-cut tombs. These connections and links formed to a large extent through the incorporation of the Sichuan region within the Empire, which began in the fourth century BC.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784912178 (PDF ebook) :
Mediterranean landscapes in post antiquity : new frontiers and new perspectives /
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The study of landscape has in recent years been a field for considerable analytical archaeological experimentation. Although the Mediterranean is the home of classicism, it has seen the implementation of projects of this new kind, and in regions of Spain and Italy, after some delay, the proliferation of landscape archaeology studies.
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1 online resource (iv, 200 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789691917 (PDF 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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9781789695960 (PDF ebook) :
Rural settlements on Mount Carmel in antiquity /
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In the years 1983-2013, an archaeological expedition under the auspices of the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology of Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, was active on Mount Carmel, Israel. The expedition comprised archaeologists, team members, students and other professionals, as well as pupils from schools in the Sharon and Daliyat el-Carmel. This book describes ten rural mountain sites through which it seeks to reconstruct the character of all the settlements on the mountain and at its foot, from the Persian through the Byzantine periods.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781905739929 (PDF ebook) :
Rise of the Hyksos : Egypt and the Levant from the middle kingdom to the early second intermediate period /
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Manetho's obscure reference to a race of invaders has been a constant source of debate and controversy. But who are these invaders? They are named the 'Hyksos'. The Hyksos are correlated with the fifteenth dynasty of the second intermediate period, a time characterised by the destabilisation and regionalisation of the Egyptian state. Several scholars have pondered over their victory and rule in Egypt, from the manner in which they entered Egypt and the means with which they claimed the throne to their final expulsion from the land. This book assesses their rise to power, exploring the preliminary stages that enabled the Hyksos to gain control over a portion of Egyptian territory and thus to merit a small mention in Manetho's history.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784911348 (PDF ebook) :
Die Römische Villa als Indikator provinzialer Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsstrukturen /
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The investigation of the Roman villa and its economic structures in the western provinces of the Roman Empire has clearly shown that rural settlement developed at different paces and intensities that largely depended on the specific region in which a villa landscape was intended and created. The progress of Romanisation was strongly linked to the existence of pre- Roman infrastructure in a given region. This existing infrastructure was at first acquired and successively intensified by the Romans. In its sum, the Roman villa economy was a complex and dynamic system that in its configuration vastly differed, according to the specific province. Still, the system essentially served clear functional purposes such as self-subsistence and, ideally, surplus production for the supply of the Roman military in newly conquered provinces.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784911690 (PDF ebook) :
Old kingdom copper tools and model tools /
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This volume gathers the textual, iconographic and palaeographic evidence and examines artefacts in order to revise the common view on the use of copper alloy tools and model tools in the Old Kingdom.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784914431 (ebook) :
Croatia at the crossroads : a consideration of archaeological and historical connectivity : proceedings of conference held at Europe House, Smith Square, London, 24-25 June 2013 to...
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These papers focus on Croatia's particular interconnectedness in terms of social and cultural relationships with the wider region as the starting point for exploring issues across a broad chronological range, from human origins to modernity.
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Conference proceedings.
Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784915315 (ebook) :
Medieval urban landscape in northeastern Mesopotamia /
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The authors investigate the sites which formed an urban network from 6th to 19th centuries in the region of northeastern Mesopotamia, bounded by the rivers Great Zab, Little Zab and Tigris.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784915193 (ebook) :
The cultures of ancient Xinjiang, western China : crossroads of the Silk Roads /
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One of the least known but culturally rich and complex regions located at the heart of Asia, Xinjiang was a hub for the Silk Roads, serving international links between cultures to the west, east, north, and south. Trade, artefacts, foods, technologies, ideas, beliefs, animals, and people traversed the glacier covered mountain and desert boundaries. This book unveils the ancient secrets of Xinjiang, western China, one of the least known but culturally rich and complex regions located at the heart of Asia.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789694079 (ebook) :
Dating the tombs of the Egyptian Old Kingdom /
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The decorated tombs of the Egyptian Old Kingdom offer detailed knowledge of a society that in all probability was the first nation state in history. Yet scholars continue to find it difficult to access the full potential of this great body of data because so few of the tombs can be dated with sufficient precision to provide a relative chronology for the evidence they offer. The system of dating these monuments presented here builds on the work of previous scholars. In this volume the author explains how the dating method was devised. This required establishing 'life-spans' for 104 criteria, features drawn from tomb iconography.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781905739882 (PDF ebook) :
Prepared for eternity : a study of human embalming techniques in ancient Egypt using computerised tomography scans of mummies /
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Robert Loynes presents analyses of 60 CT scans of ancient Egyptian human mummies, collected from museums throughout the UK and continental Europe. The effect is that of performing 'virtual autopsies', allowing techniques of mummification to be examined. The historical age of the mummies ranges from the Middle Kingdom to the Roman period. Several observations are made regarding the preparation of mummies and confirmation of previously described themes is tempered by the observation of variations probably indicating individual workshop practices.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784911119 (PDF ebook) :
Quarrying in western Norway : an archaeological study of production and distribution in the Viking period and Middle Ages /
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The theme of this study is the large-scale exploitation of different stone products that took place in Norway during the Viking age and the Middle Ages (c. AD 800-1500). The research is based on analyses of two different quarry landscapes in western Norway: the quernstone quarries in Hyllestad, Sogn og Fjordane, and the bakestone quarries in Olve and Hatlestrand, Hordaland. The centre of attention is the production of utility artefacts: quernstones, millstones and bakestones, as well as more symbolic products such as stone crosses.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784911034 (PDF ebook) :
Social identity and status in the Classical and Hellenistic Northern Peloponnese : the evidence from burials /
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Classical and Hellenistic cemeteries can give us more than descriptions and styles of pottery, art and burial architecture; they can speak of people, societies, social conventions as well as of social distinctions. This book aims to employ and illustrate the unique strengths of burial evidence and its contribution to the understanding of social identity and status in the Classical and Hellenistic Northern Peloponnese.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784915070 (ebook) :
The Middle Ages revisited : studies in the archaeology and history of medieval southern England presented to Professor David A. Hinton /
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This volume, produced in honour of Professor David A. Hinton's contribution to medieval studies, re-visits the sites, archaeologists and questions which have been central to the archaeology of medieval southern England. Contributions are focused on the medieval period (from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Reformation) in southern England.
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Festschrift for David A. Hinton.
Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (ii, 160 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789690361 (ebook) :