Greco-Roman cities at the crossroads of cultures : the 20th anniversary of Polish-Egyptian conservation mission Marina El-Alamein /
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These papers present research from different regions ranging from ancient Mauritania, through Africa, Egypt, Cyprus, Palestine, Syria, as well as sites in Crimea and Georgia. Topics include: topography, architecture, interiors and décor, religious syncretism, the importance of ancient texts, pottery studies and conservation.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (iv, 312 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789691498 (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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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789694079 (ebook) :
Cultural expression in the Old Kingdom Elite Tomb /
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'Cultural Expression in the Old Kingdom Elite Tomb' considers the material and immaterial culture left behind by the ancient Egyptian elite in their tombs starting some 5000 years ago. The book intends to understand this culture reflecting the 'intention' of the ancient Egyptians. All these 'intentions' are now inaccessible to us, a paradox indeed. The author starts by examining the ways in which other Egyptologists have understood tomb culture over the past century.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781905739790 (PDF ebook) :
Il Duomo di Siena : excavations and pottery below Siena Cathedral /
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This work is the result of the processing of the excavation data and of the pottery coming from the stratigraphy underneath the cathedral of Siena. The surveys were conducted between August 2000 and May 2003 by the Department of Archaeology and History of Arts of the University of Siena, with the scientific coordination of Professor Riccardo Francovich and Professor Marco Valenti and the collaboration of the Opera del Duomo di Siena.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781905739776 (PDF ebook) :
Archeologia a Firenze : città e territorio : Atti Del Workshop, Firenze, 12-13 Aprile 2013 /
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This volume presents the proceedings of the workshop 'Archeologia a Firenze: Città e Territorio', organized by CAMNES, Centre for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, in collaboration with the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana, in April 2013.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784910594 (PDF ebook) :
The origins and use of the potter's wheel in ancient Egypt /
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The invention of the wheel is often highlighted as one of humankinds' most significant inventions. Wheels do not exist in nature, and so can be viewed entirely as a human-inspired invention. Machinery too, was relatively rare in the ancient world. The potter's wheel is arguably the most significant machine introduced into Egypt, second only perhaps to the drill, the loom and the bellows for smelting metal. This volume examines this topic.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784910617 (PDF ebook) :
Isles of the dead? : the setting and function of the Bronze Age chambered cairns and cists of the Isles of Scilly /
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The number and density of megalithic chambered cairns in the Isles of Scilly, a tiny archipelago that forms the most south-westerly part of the British Isles, has been remarked upon since the 18th century. 'Isles of the Dead?' examines these sites, generally known as entrance graves, and the associated cist graves. Their physical structure and contents, as well as their landscape setting, orientation and inter-visibility, are discussed.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784911140 (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) :
The production, use and importance of flint tools in the archaic period and the old kingdom of Egypt /
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This volume represents a selection of contributions on Mediterranean themes from a wider international interdisciplinary conference on Magical Texts in Ancient Civilizations, organised by the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilizations at Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784912505 (PDF ebook) :
The Black Sea in the light of new archaeological data and theoretical approaches : proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on the Black Sea in antiquity held in Thessaloniki,...
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'The Black Sea in the Light of New Archaeological Data and Theoretical Approaches' contains 19 papers on the archaeology and ancient history of the Black Sea region, covering a vast period of time, from the Early Iron Age until the Late Roman - Early Byzantine Periods. The majority of papers present archaeological material that has come to light during the last few years, in excavations that have been taking place in several parts of Pontus. Additionally, there are papers that present theoretical approaches to historical issues concerning the Black Sea, its local peoples, cultural aspects or specific sites, while at the end there is as well as a section on the connections between the Black Sea and northern Greece.
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Previously issued in print: 2016.
Conference proceedings. :
1 online resource : illustrations (colour). :
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9781784915117 (ebook) :
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. :
1 online resource. :
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9781784914974 (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) :
Statio amoena : sostare e vivere lungo le strade Romane /
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New archaeological research and new studies on a rich and diverse body of extra-archaeological sources have recently reported the attention of the international scientific community on the subject of parking places, within the more general theme of the smaller settlements in the Roman world and their evolution in late antiquity and early medieval times. This volume brings together contributions from scholars from three different generations, starting from different sources and methodological approaches, converging towards the construction of an area of common reflection on a theme still relatively underdeveloped. The goal is to lay the foundation for a deepening of the interdisciplinary debate and to develop new research projects.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784914998 (ebook) :
La ocupación humana del territorio de la comarca del río Guadalteba (Málaga) durante el Pleistoceno /
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This investigation exhaustively gathers the archaeological evidence of the Palaeolithic human settlement in the Guadalteba river region (Malaga, Spain) during the Pleistocene. The main objective is to show the direct relationship between the reservoirs and the sources of raw materials, located in the fluvial terraces, in the geological outcrops and in the surface deposits.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
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9781784916138 (ebook) :
Bronze Age monuments and Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon landscapes at Cambridge Road, Bedford /
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Open area excavation on 14.45ha of land at Cambridge Road, Bedford was carried out in 2004-5 in advance of development. A background scatter of Early Neolithic flint, including a Langdale stone axe, may be related to the nearby presence of the Cardington causewayed enclosure.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (colour). :
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9781784916053 (ebook) :
Proceedings of the XI International Congress of Egyptologists, Florence, Italy 23-30 August 2015 /
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The eleventh International Congress of Egyptologists took place at the Florence Egyptian Museum (Museo Egizio Firenze), Italy in August 2015. The conference was organised by the International Association of Egyptologists (IAE), the Soprintendenza Archeologia della Toscana (Ministero dei Beni e delle Attivitá Culturali e del Turismo), CAMNES (Center for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies), the University of Florence (SAGAS department), and with the support of the Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici. This volume of the conference proceedings presents approximately 130 peer-reviewed papers alongside a selection of posters.
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Previously issued in print: 2017.
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9781784916015 (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) :
Cultural interactions during the Zhou period (c. 1000-350 BC) : a study of networks from the Suizao corridor /
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This volume concerns the cultural interactions during the Zhou period of China (c. 1000-350 BCE) between the Suizao corridor (near the present-day Yangtze River region) and its contemporaries within or outside the Zhou realm. It mainly, but not exclusively, concentrates on bronze ritual vessels from the Suizao corridor.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (vi, 140 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789690552 (ebook) :
Archaic and classical harbours of the Greek world : the Aegean and Eastern Ionian contexts /
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A study of the archaeology and history of ancient harbours, with particular focus on the Greek world during the Archaic and Classical eras. It questions what locations were the most propitious for the installation of harbours; what kinds of harbour-works were built and for what purpose; and what harbour forms were documented.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (viiii, 116 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789691290 (ebook) :
Digging up Jericho : past, present and future /
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Digging Up Jericho: Past Present and Future, arising from a conference exploring the heritage, archaeology and history of the Jericho Oasis, includes contributions by 21 internationally significant scholars. Once dubbed the 'Oldest City in the World', Jericho has been the focus of intense archaeological activity and media interest in the 150 years since its discovery. From early investigations in the 19th century, through Kathleen Kenyon's work at the site in the 1950s, to the recent Italian-Palestinian Expedition and Khirbat al-Mafjar Archaeological Project, Jericho and its surrounding landscape has always played a key role in our understanding of this fascinating region. Current efforts to get the site placed on the World Heritage List only enhance its appeal. Covering all aspects of work at the site, this volume offers the opportunity to re-evaluate and assess the legacy of this important site.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (320 pages). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789693522 (ebook) :