Ländliche siedlungsstrukturen im römischen Spanien : das Becken von Vera und das Camp de Tarragona - zwei Mikroregionen im Vergleich /
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The present study deals with the comparison of rural settlements, aiming to compare developments in various settlements of the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman era. This is to show to what extent structures in the hinterland show parallels or are different from one another and to explore the causes of these similarities and differences. Aspects of the Roman economy must be taken into account as well as the micro-regional influences of pre-Roman settlement or topographical conditions. To achieve this goal, various aspects of rural settlements such as the dating, size or status of a place and its location and environmental conditions are analyzed and related. Archaeological, geographic and statistical methods of investigation are used. These methods, along with the complete resulting data, are fully disclosed in order to allow the comparison to be extended to other regions.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (colour). :
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9781784915551 (ebook) :
Latrinae : Roman toilets in the northwestern provinces of the Roman Empire /
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This volume presents a selection of papers and case studies on toilets and toilet-use in the Northwestern provinces of the Roman Empire. It is hoped this volume will promote and stimulate further research in this interesting research topic.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (ii, 152 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784917265 (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) :
Aquatic adaptations in Mesoamerica : subsistence activities in ethnoarchaeological perspective /
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This text explores the subsistence strategies that ancient Mesoamericans implemented to survive and thrive in their environments. It discusses the natural settings, production sites, techniques, artifacts, cultural landscapes, traditional knowledge, and other features linked to human subsistence in aquatic environments.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789699128 (PDF ebook) :
Metallurgy in ancient Ecuador : a study of the collection of archaeological metallurgy of the Ministry of Culture, Ecuador /
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Metallurgical activity was present in Ecuador from at least 1500 BC; by around the beginning of the Common Era metallurgical manufacture and use had extended to most of the Costa and Sierra. Regional styles soon evolved giving rise to high levels of technical craftsmanship and to shaping particular iconographic and decorative patterns. Copper, gold, silver and platinum were mined, processed and converted into thousands of ornaments, offerings, tools and weapons extensively used both by elites and by the common people. This work discusses this topic.
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1 online resource : illustrations (colour). :
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9781784911614 (PDF ebook) :
Composite artefacts in the Ancient Near East : exhibiting an imaginative materiality, showing a genealogical nature /
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This volume represents a first attempt to conceptualise the construction and use of composite artefacts in the Ancient Near East by looking at the complex relationships between environments, materials, societies and materiality.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (vi, 96 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784918545 (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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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789697247 (ebook) : :
Open access.
Glass and glass production in the Near East during the Iron Age : evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis /
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Glass and Glass Production in the Near East during the Iron Age Period' examines the history of glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia and neighbouring regions (1000-539 BCE). This is the first monograph to cover this region and period comprehensively and in detail and thus fills a significant gap in glass research. It focuses on an identification of the different types of glass objects and their respective manufacturing techniques that existed in the Iron Age period. Both the material glass and individual glass objects are investigated for such topics as how raw glass (primary production) and glass objects (secondary production) were manufactured at that time, how both these industries were organized, and how widespread glass objects were in Mesopotamian society in the Iron Age period. Such a comprehensive picture of glass and its production in the Iron Age can only be achieved by setting archaeological data in relation to cuneiform texts, archaeometric analyses and experimental-archaeological investigations. With regard to the different disciplines incorporated into this study, an attempt was made to view them together and to establish connections between these areas.
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viii, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. :
9781789691542
Iron Age hillfort defences and the tactics of sling warfare /
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Sling accuracy at a hillfort is measured here for the first time, in a controlled experiment comparing attack and defence across single and developed ramparts.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
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9781784914110 (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) :
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9781784913908 (ebook) :
Considering creativity : creativity, knowledge and practice in Bronze Age Europe /
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The papers in this volume view Bronze Age objects through the lens of creativity in order to offer fresh insights into the interaction between people and the world, as well as the individual and cultural processes that lie behind creative expression.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (x, 164 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784917555 (ebook) :
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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1 online resource (viii, 42 pages). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693034 (PDF ebook) :
The archaeology of nucleation in the Old World : spatiality, community, and identity /
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Fourteen papers take advantage of advances in archaeological methods and theory to explore the role of the built environment in expressing and shaping community organization and identity at prehistoric and historic nucleated settlements and early cities in the Old World.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781803270913 (PDF ebook) :
Houses in Graeco-Roman Egypt : arenas for ritual activity /
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This title examines different forms of ritual activities performed in houses of Graeco-Roman Egypt. It draws on the rich archaeological record of rural housing and evidence from literature or papyrological references to both urban and rural housing.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784914387 (ebook) :
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) :
[symbol of Greek letter Pi]otamikon : sinews of Acheloios : a comprehensive catalog of the bronze coinage of the man-faced bull, with essays on origin and identity /
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This work, 'Potamikon', presents an investigation into the origin and identity of the man-faced bull, as well as a catalogue of coins.
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"Title appears on resource with symbol for Greek letter Pi as the first letter."
Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
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9781784914028 (ebook) :
Metallurgical production in northern Eurasia in the Bronze Age /
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Copper is the first metal to play a large part in human history. This work is devoted to the history of metallurgical production in Northern Eurasia during the Bronze Age, based on experiments carried out by the author and analyses of ancient slag, ore and metal.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784912369 (PDF ebook) :
The lost abbey of Eynsham /
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Eynsham was one of the few religious foundations in England in continuous use from the late Saxon period to the Dissolution. This book aims to rescue this important abbey from obscurity by summarising its history and examining its material remains, most of which have never been published before.
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1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789692518 (PDF ebook) :
Commemorating conflict : Greek monuments of the Persian Wars /
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A holistic study of how the Greek peoples (of primarily the classical period) collectively commemorated the Persian Wars. This work analyses commemorative objects, places, and groups for a complete representation of the commemorative tradition.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (viii, 210 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784918408 (ebook) :