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On the Edge, Above the Vale

Jonathan Hart et al.

Archaeological excavations on the former RAF Wroughton site revealed a sequence of activity from the Neolithic to the Roman period, including pit alignments, an Early to Middle Iron Age open settlement and burials, and a Late Roman cemetery, charting the long-term transformation of this chalkland plateau. READ MORE

Hardback: £25.00

Shami, Kal-e Chendar

Vito Messina et al.

This report details the Iranian-Italian Joint Expedition's research (2012-2018) at Kal-e Chendar, Khuzestan. It reveals a multifunctional religious complex from the Hellenistic and Parthian periods (3rd century BCE to 2nd century CE), with interconnected religious, funerary, and social functions. READ MORE

Paperback: £85.00 | Open Access

Life and Death in Roman Carlisle

Matthew S. Hobson

Finds from a Roman cremation cemetery in Carlisle offer an important study of burials and identity in the region. Excavated graves, including rare richly furnished burials, reveal cultural ties to the Nervii of Gallia Belgica and suggest a Nervian presence in early Roman Carlisle linked to military recruitment and local pottery production. READ MORE

Paperback: £40.00 | Open Access

Gematon: Living and Dying in a Kushite Town on the Nile, Volume IV

Anna M. Davies-Barrett et al.

This volume covers bioarchaeological findings from the Sudan Archaeological Research Society’s 1997-2018 Kawa excavations, focusing on human and animal bones. Human skeletons were meticulously documented and preserved, while archaeozoologists studied fragile animal bones. Additional materials supplement Volume I for context on Kawa's cemetery. READ MORE

Hardback: £60.00 | Open Access

Gematon: Living and Dying in a Kushite Town on the Nile, Volume II

ed. Derek A. Welsby

This volume documents the Sudan Archaeological Research Society’s 1997-2018 excavations at Kawa, Sudan, with topographical mapping and digs across urban sites and the Kushite cemetery. Recovered artefacts, from pottery shards to dressed stone blocks, highlight the site’s diverse material culture and ancient rituals. READ MORE

Hardback: £90.00 | Open Access

Archaeological Excavations at Little Paxton Quarry Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire

James Fairclough et al.

Archaeological excavations at Little Paxton Quarry, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire were undertaken by MOLA 2017-2021 reveal evidence of Neolithic pits, a middle Bronze Age cremation cemetery, and more. Permanent occupation took place from the middle Iron Age period, with one settlement continuing into the middle Roman period. READ MORE

Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00

The Archaeology of Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station, Somerset. Excavations in 2012-16. Volume 2

Andrew Mudd et al.

The cemetery had many characteristics in common with other cemeteries of this period in the western British Isles, including the extended, supine posture of the deceased in simple earth-cut graves largely aligned in a west/east orientation. There were a limited number and range of grave accompaniments. READ MORE

Hardback: £30.00

Rushen Abbey, Isle of Man

Peter Davey

Rushen Abbey was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1134 and suppressed in 1540. It was the most important religious institution on the Isle of Man wielding significant secular power as well as ecclesiastical authority. This book aims to provide a synthesis of all the available evidence for Rushen Abbey under one cover. READ MORE

Paperback: £40.00 | eBook: £16.00

Gematon: Living and Dying in a Kushite Town on the Nile, Volume I

ed. Derek A. Welsby

The first of a set of three volumes publishing the excavations at the site of Kawa, Northern Dongola Reach, between 1997 and 2018 by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society. Volume I contains a detailed study of the excavations carried out in Areas A, B, C, and F, as well as the temenos gateway, Building Z1 and the Kushite cemetery R18. READ MORE

Hardback: £95.00 | Open Access

Mediating Marginality: Mounds, Pots and Performances at the Bronze Age Cemetery of Purić-Ljubanj, Eastern Croatia

Sandy Budden-Hoskins et al.

This study draws on eight years of excavation and survey at the newly discovered Bronze Age Cemetery of Purić-Ljubanj in the county of Vukovar-Syrmia in eastern Croatia. READ MORE

Paperback: £32.00 | eBook: £16.00

The Romano-British Villa and Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Eccles, Kent

Nick Stoodley et al.

This volume presents a study of the central and lower Medway valley during the 1st millennium AD, focussing on the 1962–1976 excavation of the Eccles Roman villa and Anglo-Saxon cemetery directed by Alex Detsicas. The author gives an account of the long history of the villa, and a reassessment of the architectural evidence which Detsicas presented. READ MORE

Paperback: £45.00 | Open Access

Excavations at Chester. The Northern and Eastern Roman Extramural Settlements

Leigh Dodd

This publication presents the results of fifteen archaeological investigations carried out within the canabae to the north and east of the Roman legionary fortress at Chester between 1990 and 2019. READ MORE

Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00

A Kerma Ancien Cemetery in the Northern Dongola Reach

Derek A. Welsby

Presents the final report on the excavations of a Kerma Ancien cemetery discovered by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society during its Northern Dongola Reach Survey (1993-1997). It is one of the very few cemeteries of this date to have been fully excavated and provides interesting data on funerary culture as practised in a rural environment. READ MORE

Hardback: £58.00 | eBook: £16.00

Excavation of the Late Saxon and Medieval Churchyard of St Martin’s, Wallingford, Oxfordshire

Iain Soden

This volume presents the results of excavations by MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) undertaken in 2003-4 at the former St Martin’s churchyard, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. READ MORE

Paperback: £25.00 | eBook: £16.00

Reinterpreting chronology and society at the mortuary complex of Jebel Moya (Sudan)

Jonathan Brass

Jebel Moya (south-central Sudan) is the largest known pastoral cemetery in sub- Saharan Africa with more than 3100 excavated human burials. This research revises our understanding of Jebel Moya and its context. READ MORE

Paperback: £40.00 | Free Download | eBook Institution: £10.00

Excavations and Observations in Roman Cirencester 1998–2007

ed. Neil Holbrook

The excavations found a previously unrecorded corridor mosaic and interesting evidence for early Roman cremation ritual, along with later Roman inhumation burials in the western cemetery. A reflection of the last fifty years of excavation within Cirencester is also presented. READ MORE

Paperback: £14.95

Two Cemeteries from Bristol's Northern Suburbs

ed. Martin Watts

This volume presents two excavation reports: Henbury School revealed rare late Iron Age crouched burials, while Hewlett Packard, Filton uncovered a post-Roman cemetery with east-west aligned graves. Both sites offer insights into burial practices and regional cultural shifts in Western Britain. READ MORE

Paperback: £14.95

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