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Ancient Weapons of Oman. Volume 1: Edged Weapons
Vincenzo Clarizia
Omani men carried personal weapons until relatively recently. Swords and daggers were part of daily life attire and are still worn in social events. This book describes all the main types of Omani edged weapons, their origin, structure and accessories, with supporting illustrations and references to examples from museums and private collections. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00
Megaliths of the World
ed. Luc Laporte et al.
Bringing together the latest research on megalithic monuments throughout the world, 150 researchers offer 72 articles, providing a region-by region account in their specialist areas, and a summary of the current state of knowledge. Highlighting salient themes, the book is vital to anyone interested in the phenomenon of megalithic monumentality. READ MORE
Paperback: £170.00 | Open Access
Europe's Lost Frontiers: Volume 1
ed. Vincent Gaffney et al.
Europe’s Lost Frontiers was the largest directed archaeological research project in Europe, investigating the inundated landscapes of the Early Holocene North Sea – often referred to as ‘Doggerland’. The first in a series of monographs presenting the results of the project, this book provides the context of the study and method statements. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | Open Access
Aquatic Adaptations in Mesoamerica
Eduardo Williams
This book 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. READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00 | eBook: £16.00
Water in the Roman World
ed. Martin Henig et al.
Offering a wide and expansive new treatment of the role water played in the lives of people across the Roman world, papers consider ports and their lighthouses; water engineering, whether for canals in the north-west provinces, or for the digging of wells for drinking water; baths for swimming; and spas. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00
Ancient Weapons of Oman. Volume 2: Firearms
Vincenzo Clarizia
This book presents a detailed overview of the firearms used in Oman over the last four centuries. Portable firearms, rifles and cannons are all discussed in detail with supporting illustrations. The weapons described in this book are mostly from the National Museum Oman and Bait al Zubair Museum in Muscat. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | eBook Institution: £40.00
The Birth and Development of the Idealized Concept of Arcadia in the Ancient World
Antonio Corso
Bringing together for the first time all the available evidence for the origination and development of the concept of Arcadia, from the Homeric period to the early Roman Empire, this book brings to light a treasure-trove of evidence, both well-known and obscure or fragmentary, filling a significant gap in the scholarly bibliography. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Delta Survey Workshop: Proceedings from Conferences held in Alexandria (2017) and Mansoura (2019)
ed. Ayman Wahby et al.
This volume comprises the proceedings of two conferences organised by the Delta Survey Project held in Alexandria in 2017 and Mansoura in 2019. The papers contain the results of the latest fieldwork from the Nile Delta and Sinai.
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Pottery from the University of California, Berkeley Excavations in the Area of the Maški Gate (MG22), Nineveh, 1989-1990
Eleanor Barbanes Wilkinson et al.
Nineveh, Iraq, is one of the longest occupied cities in the world, dating at least back to the mid-7th millennium BC. UC Berkeley excavations uncovered a district of large dwellings and wide streets near the Maški Gate (MG22), providing a stratigraphic history of Late Assyrian ceramics at the centre of the empire through to the 7th century BC. READ MORE
Paperback: £32.00 | eBook: £16.00
Medieval Birmingham
John Hemingway
This book attempts to show through documentary and archaeological evidence how Birmingham evolved from a village into its present role as the second city of the United Kingdom. READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 51 2022
ed. Steve Karacic
The Seminar for Arabian Studies is the longest continually running academic forum for the presentation of cultural heritage research on the Arabian Peninsula. Subjects include archaeology, epigraphy, history, ethnography, art, architecture, linguistics, and literature from prehistory to the early twentieth century. READ MORE
Paperback: £69.00
Everyday Life in the Ice Age
Elle Clifford et al.
This is the first attempt to present a truly complete, balanced and realistic picture of life during the last Ice Age, while dispelling many of the myths and inaccuracies about our early ancestors. This highly illustrated and accessible book is aimed not only at students and specialists, but also and especially the interested public. READ MORE
Paperback: £24.99 | eBook: £16.00
Moel-y-Gaer (Bodfari): A Small Hillfort in Denbighshire, North Wales
Gary Lock
Moel-y-Gaer (Bodfari) is the northernmost of a series of hillforts atop the Clwydian hills in Wales. Nine seasons of survey and excavation reveal details of Moel-y-Gaer’s ramparts, entrances and interior. Discussion situates the site within the later prehistoric settlement record for north-eastern Wales paying particular attention to hillforts. READ MORE
Paperback: £28.00 | eBook: £16.00
Solarizing the Moon: Essays in honour of Lionel Sims
ed. Fabio Silva et al.
Lionel Sims has produced an influential body of work that has challenged existing narratives about British prehistoric monuments and provided innovative ways to approach and think about skyscapes. This book, in his honour, is divided into three parts: Anthropology and Human Origins, Prehistory and Megalithic Monuments, and Theory. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00
Arqueología de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Sudamérica
Daniel Schávelzon et al.
This study reports on a remarkable discovery and a pioneering example of historical archaeology in Latin America: an unknown settlement was found nestled between rocky cliffs in the Argentinian jungle. Dated to between 1943-6, finds are characterised by exotic European luxuries, German coins and coins from the occupied countries of Western Europe. READ MORE
Paperback: £42.00 | eBook: £16.00
Thin Section Petrography, Geochemistry and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Archaeological Ceramics
Patrick Sean Quinn
Using over 400 colour figures of a diverse range of artefact types and archaeological periods from 50 countries worldwide, this book outlines the mineralogical, chemical and microstructural composition of ancient ceramics and provides comprehensive guidelines for their scientific study within archaeology. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Circular Archetype in Microcosm: The Carved Stone Balls of Late Neolithic Scotland
Chris L. Stewart-Moffitt
This study is the culmination of seven years research into the Carved Stone Balls of Late Neolithic Scotland. It is the first study of these enigmatic artefacts since that undertaken by Dorothy Marshall in 1977 and includes all currently known examples in both museums and private hands, described and analysed in considerable detail. READ MORE
Paperback: £60.00 | Open Access
Contextualización del reconocimiento arqueológico de Eduard Seler en la Región de Chaculá, Departamento de Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Ulrich Wölfel
This study re-examines and contextualises Eduard Seler's investigations in the Chaculá-Region, Guatemala. A new study of the Ethnological Museum Berlin's materials from the region, including previously undocumented ceramics, reveals a chronology suggesting that the major settlements were occupied from the Late Classic to the Early Postclassic. READ MORE
Paperback: £65.00 | Open Access
A Prosopographic Study of the New Kingdom Tomb Owners of Dra Abu el-Naga
Ángeles Jiménez-Higueras
Containing the dating, kinship data and titles for each tomb owner of 54 tombs located in the southern area of the Theban cemetery of Dra Abu el-Naga during the New Kingdom, this book will prove of great assistance as a handbook or catalogue for research on New Kingdom Dra Abu el-Naga or the study of prosopography and kinship relationships. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Family of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy from Thebes (TT 414) Revisited
Julia Budka et al.
This book identifies a key figure in the family that reused the Saite tomb of Ankh-Hor (TT 414) in the Asasif: Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu. Examining the funerary assemblage revealed not only details of Late Dynastic and Ptolemaic burial customs in Thebes but also additional information on the priesthood of Khonsu and of the sacred baboons in this era. READ MORE
Paperback: £32.00 | Open Access
Funerary and Related Cups of the British Bronze Age
Claire Copper et al.
Cups are the least studied of all Bronze Age funerary ceramics and their interpretations are still based on antiquarian speculation. This book presents the first study of these often highly decorated items including a fully referenced and illustrated national corpus that will form the basis for future studies. READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00 | eBook: £16.00
Matriarchy in Bronze Age Crete
Joan M. Cichon
This book makes a compelling case for a matriarchal Bronze Age Crete. It is acknowledged that the preeminent deity was a Female Divine, and that women played a major role in Cretan society, but there is a lively, ongoing debate regarding the centrality of women in Bronze Age Crete. a gap in the scholarly literature which this book seeks to fill. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | Open Access
Moving on from Ebla, I crossed the Euphrates: An Assyrian Day in Honour of Paolo Matthiae
ed. Davide Nadali et al.
Six articles by leading scholars on the culture of the Assyrian world pay homage to Paolo Matthiae, known internationally for the discovery of the site of ancient Ebla in Syria. The articles deal with different aspects of Assyrian culture, with innovative and sometimes unexpected points of view, including its reception in the modern world. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
Waterlands: Prehistoric Life at Bar Pasture, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterborough
ed. Andy Richmond et al.
Presenting the results of a decade-long archaeological investigation at Bar Pasture Farm, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterborough, this book represents one of the most significant landscape excavations carried out in recent years. The 55-hectare site was the scene of human activity on the fenland edge from the Mesolithic through to the Late Iron Age. READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00 | Open Access
Traffici commerciali e approdi portuali nella Sardegna meridionale
Laura Soro
A study of trade flows on the southern coast of Sardinia in Late Antiquity through underwater finds, amphorae analysis and hypothetical docking points. Recent underwater surveys have highlighted multiple examples of possible cargoes from wrecks, especially of heterogeneous types, as in Cagliari, Nora (Pula) and in the sea around Sulcis. READ MORE
Paperback: £49.00 | Open Access
Down the Bright Stream: The Prehistory of Woodcock Corner and the Tregurra Valley, Cornwall
Sean R. Taylor
This volume reports on a series of fieldwork projects carried out in the Tregurra Valley, to the east of Truro, Cornwall between 2009-2015. The fieldwork led to the identification of a large number of pits and hearths across the site, the majority of which that have proved dateable spanning the Early Neolithic to the end of the Early Bronze Age. READ MORE
Paperback: £58.00 | eBook: £16.00
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Antonine Wall – A World Heritage Site
David J. Breeze et al.
The Antonine Wall lay at the very extremity of the Roman world. This volume, presented in English and German, presents a concise introduction to the wall which is, in many ways, one of the most developed frontier in Europe. Perhaps of greatest significance is the survival of the collection of Roman military sculpture, the Distance Slabs. READ MORE
Paperback: £14.99 | Open Access
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Roman Limes in Serbia
David J. Breeze et al.
The aim of this publication is not only to inform about historical and archaeological facts on the Limes in Serbia but also to act as a guidebook as well through the Danubian Limes. READ MORE
Paperback: £19.99 | Open Access
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Roman Army and the Limes / The Roman Limes in Hungary
David J. Breeze et al.
Pannonia province existed from the occupation during the reign of Emperor Augustus to the 20s and 30s of the 5th century A.D. Its border stretched alongside the Danube and was always one of the most important European frontiers in Roman times. READ MORE
Paperback: £19.99 | Open Access
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Slovakia
David J. Breeze et al.
Slovakia was situated at the edge of the classical world but still was a close neighbour of the Roman Empire. The Roman influence left distinct traces not only at the territories along the frontier but also in its broader fore field. READ MORE
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Lower German Limes
David J. Breeze et al.
The Roman frontier in Lower Germany was one of the earliest to be created; surviving into the early 5th century, it illustrates the whole range of Roman military installations. The Rhine delta boasts incredible organic remains including ships while upstream are great military bases supported by forts and fortlets. READ MORE
Paperback: £19.99 | Open Access
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Roman Frontiers of Dacia
David J. Breeze et al.
The Roman frontier In Dacia combined several elements, each relating to the landscape: there were riverain and mountain borders, some supplemented by linear barriers, and all connected by roads. The complex system of the border consisted primarily of a network of watchtowers, smaller or larger forts and artificial earthen ramparts or stone walls. READ MORE
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Challenging Preconceptions of the European Iron Age
ed. Wendy Morrison
This collection of essays by leading researchers in the archaeology of the European Iron Age pays tribute to Professor John Collis who, since the 1960s, has been involved in investigating and enriching our understanding of Iron Age society and, crucially, questioning the status quo of our narratives about the past. READ MORE
Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Watlington Hoard
John Naylor et al.
Presenting the complete publication of the objects and coins in the Watlington Hoard, the authors discuss its wider implications for our understanding of hoarding in late 9th-century southern Britain, interactions between the kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia, and the movements of the Viking Great Army after the Battle of Edington in 878.
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Da Roma a Gades/De Roma a Gades
ed. Darío Bernal-Casasola et al.
This volume, dedicated to the illustrious archaeologist Simon Keay. collects the scientific results of an international workshop held in Rome (2019), which discussed the management, elimination and reuse of artisanal and commercial waste in maritime and river ports, focussing on the Roman cities of Rome and Gades (modern day Cádiz). READ MORE
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The Ottoman Tanbûr
Hans de Zeeuw
Tanbûrs are long-necked lute-like instruments played in the art, Sûfî, and folk musical traditions along the Silk Road and beyond. This book provides a detailed study of the history of the tanbûr, its role in Ottoman music, construction and playing technique. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
In Pursuit of Visibility: Essays in Archaeology, Ethnography, and Text in Honor of Beth Alpert Nakhai
ed. Jennie Ebeling et al.
Fifteen diverse essays honour the distinguished career of Beth Alpert Nakhai, a scholar of Canaan and ancient Israel; in this volume, Professor Nakhai’s students and colleagues celebrate her important contributions to the field of Near Eastern Archaeology and tireless efforts to acknowledge and support women in the profession. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | Open Access
Archeologia dell’architettura religiosa e forme di potere all’Isola d’Elba tra XI e XII secolo
Marta Ricci
This study is a historical archaeological analysis of a territorial area including the Island of Elba, Monte Pisano and the neighboring plain, using the methodology of 'light' archeology: stratigraphic reading of the elevations and reading of the historical landscape. READ MORE
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The Past as a Digital Playground: Archaeology, Virtual Reality and Video Games
ed. Stefano Bertoldi et al.
This book collects the contributions to a two-day conference which illustrate a digital project developed at the Archaeological and Technological Park of Poggibonsi (Siena, Tuscany), where Virtual Reality and an educational video game are being used to enhance the archaeological content deriving from the excavation of the medieval site. READ MORE
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The View from Malakand: Harold Deane’s ‘Note on Udyana and Gandhara’
Llewelyn Morgan et al.
This volume presents a seminal and pioneering account of the antiquities of Swat and Peshawar (Pakistan) by Harold Deane, discovered in the fort at Malakand, Swat; it presents and transcribes the manuscript and provides extended notes identifying and describing the places that Deane discusses in his article. READ MORE
Paperback: £50.00 | Open Access
The Archaeology of Nucleation in the Old World
ed. Attila Gyucha et al.
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. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Archaeology of Tanamu 1
ed. Bruno David et al.
Presenting results from Tanamu 1, the first site to be published in detail in the Caution Bay Studies in Archaeology series. Yielding well-provenanced and finely dated assemblages of ceramics, faunal remains, and stone and shell artefacts, these remarkable sites extend the range of the Lapita cultural complex to the south coast of Papua New Guinea. READ MORE
Paperback: £58.00 | Open Access
Tomb of Kha-em-hat of the Eighteenth Dynasty in Western Thebes (TT 57)
Amani Hussein Ali Attia
This volume presents a study of the tomb of Kha-em-hat TT 57 at Qurna, West Luxor, which dates back to the 18th Dynasty – the reign of King Amenhotep III. It is considered one of the most important Egyptian tomb discoveries, containing rare scenes and revealing development of the religious rituals of the time. READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00 | eBook: £16.00
Image and Identity in the Ancient Near East: Papers in memoriam Pierre Amiet
ed. Laura Battini
This volume, consisting of two parts, gathers papers in honour of Pierre Amiet. Part 1 analyses the body as a biological entity as well as a social, sexual and cultural identity (persona). Part 2 includes articles closely related to the specialisms of Amiet: glyptics, state formation, and the organisation of craftsmen and statuary. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00
Well Built Mycenae, Fascicule 14: Tsountas House Area
Kim Shelton
Presenting results of excavations in the ‘Cult Centre’ area at Mycenae, the Tsountas House Area contains two buildings and multiple access ramps. This study is essential for understanding the conception and function of Mycenaean religious space and the socio-political development of cult. READ MORE
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Archaeology on the Apulian – Lucanian Border
Alastair Small et al.
The broad valley of the Bradano river and its tributary, the Basentello, separates the Apennine mountains in Lucania from the limestone plateau of the Murge in Apulia in southeast Italy. This book aims to explain how the pattern of settlement and land use changed in the valley over the whole period from the Neolithic to the late medieval.
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The Plague Cemetery of Alghero, Sardinia (1582-1583)
Valentina Giuffra
This study presents a bioarchaeological analysis of the individuals exhumed from the cemetery of Alghero (Sardinia), which is associated with the plague outbreak that ravaged the city in 1582-83. The results shed light on a population which lived during a period of plague, revealing lifestyles, activity patterns and illnesses. READ MORE
Paperback: £50.00 | Open Access
A Landscape of Conflict? Rural Fortifications in the Argolid (400–146 BC)
Anna Magdalena Blomley
This is the first systematic study of Late Classical and Hellenistic rural fortifications in ancient Argos and the city-states of the Argolic Akte. Based on one of the largest regional corpora of Greek fortified sites, the volume investigates the function of rural fortifications by placing them in the context of their surrounding landscape. READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00 | eBook: £16.00
Hadrian’s Wall: Exploring Its Past to Protect Its Future
ed. Marta Alberti et al.
Celebrating the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian’s visit to Britain and the building of the Wall, this book presents studies from from the point of view of those living, visiting, researching and working along it. The book offers a realistic discussion of current issues and solutions in the exploration, management and protection of Hadrian’s Wall. READ MORE
Paperback: £28.00 | Open Access
Down to Earth Archaeology
William Y. Adams
Professor William Y. Adams presents sixteen papers on Nubia, written at various times during his lengthy and productive academic career. Most of those selected had been previously published only in a limited way; encompassing a wide range of topics, Adams wanted to enable them to reach a wider readership than they had originally. READ MORE
Hardback: £59.00 | Open Access
The Making of a Roman Imperial Estate: Archaeology in the Vicus at Vagnari, Puglia
ed. Maureen Carroll
Excavation reports and analysis of material remains from Vagnari, southeast Italy, facilitate a detailed phasing of a rural settlement, both in the late Republican period, when it was established on land leased from the Roman state, and later when it became the hub (vicus) of a vast agricultural estate owned by the emperor himself. READ MORE
Paperback: £58.00 | eBook: £16.00
Acheloios, Thales, and the Origin of Philosophy
Nicholas J. Molinari
Through careful analysis of the archaeological record, close reading of ancient sources, and deep investigations into the languages of our past, this study demonstrates the importance of the influence of the cult of Acheloios on Thales, fundamentally changing our understanding of the origin of the philosophical experience in 6th century Ionia. READ MORE
Hardback: £60.00 | eBook: £16.00
Les mégalithes du département du Morbihan
Philippe Gouézin
Based on a corpus of architectural plans comprising 1413 megalithic monuments from the Department of Morbihan, including more than 250 unpublished monuments, this book aims at a better understanding of megalithism, or more precisely megalithisms, and presents a new approach to the relationship between standing stones (menhirs) and tombs (dolmens). READ MORE
Paperback: £88.00 | eBook: £16.00
Light of Devotion: Oil Lamps of Kerala
Carol Radcliffe Bolon
This in-depth study of the medieval oil lamps of Kerala and beyond considers these art objects as primary sources for a broader discussion on the ritual use of Hindu oil lamps, their related and unique cultural history, their motifs, style and subject matter. From an understudied region, many of the pieces presented are previously unpublished. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Maritime Economy of Ancient Cyprus in Terms of the New Institutional Economics
Andreas P. Parpas
This study considers the maritime economy of ancient Cyprus from 1450 BC to 295 BC, combining, for the first time, three distinct disciplines, that is History, Archaeology and Economic theory. The principles of New Institutional Economics are used to trace the island’s institutions and their continuity and to reconstruct its maritime history. READ MORE
Hardback: £58.00 | Open Access
The Fertile Desert: A History of the Middle Euphrates Valley until the Arrival of Alexander
Anas Al Khabour
This book attempts to reconstruct the history of the Euphrates Valley between the mouths of the Balikh and the Khabour. Several surveys, archaeological expeditions, and interventions of the Syrian Directorate of Antiquities, have made a significant amount of data available which contribute to an improved overview of the region. READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00 | eBook: £16.00
Stratton, Biggleswade: 1,300 Years of Village Life in Eastern Bedfordshire from the 5th Century AD
Drew Shotliff et al.
Presents the results of 12 hectares of archaeological excavation undertaken between 1990-2001. As well as uncovering roughly half of the medieval village, the investigations revealed that Stratton’s origins stretched back to the early Anglo-Saxon period, with the settlement remaining in continuous use through to c. 1700. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | Open Access
Urbanism of Roman Siscia
Tatjana Lolić
By processing data from every archaeological excavation, and analysis and interpretation of all available historical and modern documents, this volume presents a thorough overview of the structure of Roman Siscia (modern day Sisak, Croatia) and provides a comprehensive starting point for all future work on the Roman city. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Alexandrian Corinthian Capital and its Role in the Evolution of the Corinthian Order in Hellenistic, Roman, and Late Roman Architecture
Ahmed M. Bassioni
This study discusses the evolution of the Corinthian capital in Antiquity and how this centred around Alexandria rather than Mainland Greece. It tackles the rise of the Corinthian capital in Classical Greece and its adaptation on in Hellenistic Alexandria. READ MORE
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K'awiil: El dios maya del rayo, la abundancia y los gobernantes
Rogelio Valencia Rivera
This study of K'awiil analyses one of the most important deities of the Maya pantheon, and allows us to approach the religious thought of this people, since it is through the myths, rituals and other religious and cultural activities in which a deity participates, that we can try to understand how the Maya conceived their universe. READ MORE
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Living with Seismic Phenomena in the Mediterranean and Beyond between Antiquity and the Middle Ages
ed. Rita Compatangelo-Soussignan et al.
The first two sections of this book explore different ways of understanding seismic phenomena and present strategies for post-disaster management. Later sections present palaeoseimological and archaeological data (for the most part previously unpublished) on various sites in the Italian peninsula and the wider Mediterranean world and its frontiers. READ MORE
Paperback: £64.00 | Open Access
Boughton: The House, its People and its Collections
Richard Buccleuch et al.
It was the dream of the Duke of Buccleuch’s ambitious forebear Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu, to transform his ancestral home in Northamptonshire from a Tudor manor house into a grand seat with the majesty that had so impressed him at Versailles when he was Charles II’s envoy to the court of Louis XIV. READ MORE
Paperback: £20.00
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
Lithic Studies: Anatolia and Beyond
ed. Adnan Baysal
This volume aims to show networks of cultural interactions by focusing on the latest lithic studies from Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans, bringing to the forefront the connectedness and techno-cultural continuity of knapped and ground stone technologies. READ MORE
Paperback: £45.00 | eBook: £16.00
Schinkel ‘in Athens’: Meta-Narratives of 19th-Century City Planning
Dimitris N. Karidis
This book offers a fresh appraisal of Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s urban design legacy and his involvement in the design of modern Athens in the 1830s. It challenges the common perception of Schinkel’s proposed palace atop the Acropolis of Athens (1834) as a utopian scheme, detached from the realities of nineteenth-century Greece. READ MORE
Paperback: £44.00 | eBook: £16.00
Environment and Agriculture of Early Winchester
ed. Martin Biddle et al.
This wide-ranging study describes the natural environment of Winchester and its immediate surroundings from the late Iron Age to the early post-medieval period. Historical and archaeological evidence consider humanity's interactions with the environment, fashioning agricultural, gardening and horticultural regimes over a millennium and a half. READ MORE
Hardback: £75.00 | eBook: £16.00
Practice and Prestige: An Exploration of Neolithic Warfare, Bell Beaker Archery, and Social Stratification from an Anthropological Perspective
Jessica Ryan-Despraz
Drawing on the author's recent study that assessed the bone morphology of skeletons in Bell Beaker burials for signs of specialised archery activity, this book contextualises the osteological findings and explores the evidence for warfare and archery throughout the Neolithic period in general and the Bell Beaker period in particular. READ MORE
Paperback: £34.00 | Open Access
Late Roman Dorset Black-Burnished Ware (BB1)
Malcolm Lyne
Much has been written about Roman Dorset Black-Burnished Ware (BB1) and its Late Iron Age Durotrigian origins since the industry was first recognised at the end of the 1960s. However, this has mostly focused on the forms produced and distributed during the 1st to 3rd centuries. This publication covers those of the late 3rd to early 5th century. READ MORE
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Paisajes, espacios y materialidades: Arqueología rural altomedieval en la península ibérica
ed. Sara Prata et al.
Rural landscapes are increasingly important when analysing the processes of change following the collapse of the Roman imperial structure. This volume presents contributions from key researchers in early medieval peasant archaeology in the north-western quadrant of the Peninsula, offering a multi-scale image of the main lines of ongoing research. READ MORE
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SOMA 2016: Proceedings of the 20th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology
ed. Hakan Öniz et al.
SOMA 2016 focused on the archaeology of the Northern Black Sea; while rich in archaeological sites, the region is also subject to active industrial development. In addition to archaeological finds in various parts of the Mediterranean, papers focus on new ideas for the conservation and management of sites of historical and cultural heritage. READ MORE
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Du capsien chasseur au capsien pasteur
Lotfi Belhouchet
Studies on the Capsian culture have been considerably enriched in recent years, but have not yet been properly synthesised to establish the current state of research. This volume draws on recent fieldwork to put forward a model for neolithisation in the Eastern Maghreb. READ MORE
Paperback: £28.00 | Open Access
The Rediscovery and Reception of Gandhāran Art
ed. Wannaporn Rienjang et al.
From the archaeologists and smugglers of the Raj to the museums of post-partition Pakistan and India, from coin-forgers and contraband to modern Buddhism and contemporary art, this fourth volume of the Gandhāra Connections project presents the most recent research on the factors that mediate our encounter with Gandhāran art. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | Open Access
Early Anglo-Saxon Christian Reliquaries
Anthony Gibson
This volume presents a corpus and discussion of seventy-one Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy containers from forty-nine sites across England dating to the seventh and possibly eighth centuries, and variously described as work boxes, needle cases, amulet containers or Christian reliquaries. READ MORE
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An Experimental Approach to Archaeomorphometrics
Kalangi Rodrigo et al.
Measurements of bones and teeth play an important role in zooarchaeology. This study aims to publish a set of metapodial (Artiodactyl) measurements to facilitate comparisons with other bones from archaeological sites and to help the interpretation of measurement data; and to gain a better understanding of metric data. READ MORE
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Pottery Making and Communities During the 5th Millennium BCE in Fars Province, Southwestern Iran
Takehiro Miki
This book explores pottery making and communities during the Bakun period (c. 5000 – 4000 BCE) in the Kur River Basin, Fars province, southwestern Iran, through the analysis of ceramic materials collected at Tall-e Jari A, Tall-e Gap, and Tall-e Bakun A & B. READ MORE
Paperback: £65.00 | Open Access
Investigations into the Dyeing Industry in Pompeii
Heather Hopkins Pepper
The scale of processing associated with the dyeing industry in Pompeii is a controversial subject. This investigation uses a new multi-disciplinary triangulated approach, providing an understanding of the significance of the industry that is grounded in engineering and archaeological principles, but within the context of Pompeii. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00
Offa's Dyke Journal: Volume 3 for 2021
ed. Howard Williams et al.
ODJ has a concerted focus on the Anglo-Welsh borderlands alongside wider themes, debates and investigations concerning boundaries and barriers, edges and peripheries, from prehistory through to recent times. The public archaeology and heritage of frontiers and borderlands is also considered. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00
Tomb Families: Private Tomb Distribution in the New Kingdom Theban Necropolis
Katherine Slinger
Tomb Families investigates the apparently random distribution of New Kingdom private tombs in the Theban Necropolis by focusing on factors that may have influenced tomb location. This research provides a deeper understanding of the necropolis and how private tombs linked to the wider sacred landscape of Thebes. READ MORE
Paperback: £70.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Pax Assyriaca: The Historical Evolution of Civilisations and Archaeology of Empires
Benjamin Toro
This study of the evolutionary process of ancient civilisations stresses the complementarity between theoretical principles and the relevant historical and archaeological evidence. Taking its approach from World Systems Theory, it focuses on the origin, development and collapse of the first, ‘Near Eastern’, stage of the ‘Central Civilisation’. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00
The Neolithic Settlement of Aknashen (Ararat valley, Armenia)
ed. Ruben Badalyan et al.
This is the first monograph devoted to the Neolithic period in Armenia. The volume concerns the natural environment, material culture and subsistence economy of the populations of the first half of the 6th millennium BC, who established the first sedentary settlements in the alluvial plain of the Araxes river. READ MORE
Paperback: £50.00 | Open Access
Arqueología y Téchne: Métodos formales, nuevos enfoques
ed. José Remesal Rodríguez et al.
Presents papers resulting from the EPNet project (Production and Distribution of Food during the Roman Empire: Economic and Political Dynamics) which aimed to investigate existing hypotheses about the Roman economy in order to understand which products were distributed through the different geographical regions of the empire, and in which periods. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00 | Free Download | eBook Institution: £9.99
Rocks of Ages: Developing Rock Art Tourism in Israel
ed. Joshua Schmidt et al.
Developing Rock Art Tourism in the Negev desert of southern Israel presents the findings of an interdisciplinary project aimed at safeguarding the future of cultural heritage in the Negev Desert region of Israel, which is under threat from environmental change, militarisation, settlement and tourism.
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From Ritual to Refuse: Faunal Exploitation by the Elite of Chinikihá, Chiapas, during the Late Classic Period
Coral Montero López
From Ritual to Refuse explores the faunal exploitation by the Maya elite at the site of Chinikihá, Chiapas, during the end of the Late Classic period (AD 700-850) by applying zooarchaeological and statistical analyses to a faunal assemblage located in a basurero or midden behind a palatial structure at the core of the site. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00 | eBook: £16.00
New Approaches to the Archaeology of Beekeeping
ed. David Wallace-Hare
17 papers take a holistic view of beekeeping archaeology (including honey, wax, associated products, hive construction, and trade) in one large interconnected geographic region, the Mediterranean, central Europe, and the Atlantic Façade. The book serves as a handbook for current and future researchers considering the archaeology of beekeeping. READ MORE
Paperback: £48.00 | eBook: £16.00
Forthcoming Publications
The People of Early Winchester
ed. Caroline M. Stuckert
This volume traces the lives, health, and diseases of Winchester's inhabitants as seen in their skeletal remains from the mid-3rd to mid-16th century, a period of over 1,300 years. It offers a continuous chronological window, rather than a series of isolated studies, and is notable for the large sample of 8th-10th century Anglo-Saxon burials. READ MORE
Hardback: £80.00
Property and Piety in Early Medieval Winchester
Alexander R. Rumble
Winchester in the Anglo-Saxon and early Norman periods was an important royal and religious centre. This volume comprises an edition and translation, with extensive commentary, of thirty-three Anglo-Saxon and Norman documents relating to the topography and minsters of early medieval Winchester. READ MORE
Hardback: £58.00
Winchester in the Early Middle Ages
ed. Martin Biddle
This volume provides a full edition, translation, and analyses of the Winton Domesday and of the city depicted therein, drawing on the evidence derived from archaeological excavation and historical research in the city since 1961, on personal- and place-name evidence, and on contemporary advances in Anglo-Saxon numismatics. READ MORE
Hardback: £96.00
Survey of Medieval Winchester
Derek Keene
This survey is based on a reconstruction of the histories of the houses, plots, gardens, and fields in the city and suburbs of Winchester between c. 1300 and c. 1540. The reconstruction presents a gazetteer of 1,128 histories of properties, with accounts of 56 parish churches and the international fair of St Giles, all illustrated by detailed maps. READ MORE
Hardback: £210.00
Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester
Martin Biddle
Over 6000 objects were recovered during the Winchester excavations (1961-1971), offering insight not only into the industries and arts, but the economic, cultural, and social life of medieval Winchester. This volume covers all the objects from the finest products of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmith’s skill to the iron tenter-hooks of the cloth industry. READ MORE
Hardback: £195.00
The Winchester Mint and Coins and Related Finds from the Excavations of 1961–71
ed. Martin Biddle et al.
This volume records and illustrates the minting of silver pennies in Winchester between the reigns of Alfred the Great and Henry III. Five and a half thousand survive in museums and collections all over the world. Sought out and photographed (some 3200 coins in 6400 images detailing both sides), they have been minutely catalogued for this volume. READ MORE
Hardback: £115.00
The Cult of St Swithun
Michael Lapidge
Following the translation of his relics from a conspicuous tomb into the Old Minster, Winchester, the massive rebuilding of the cathedral, and a vigorous publicity campaign by Bishop Aethelwold (963-84), St Swithun became one of the most popular and important English saints, whose cult was widespread in England, Ireland, Scandinavia, and France. READ MORE
Hardback: £115.00
Hyblaea: Studi di archeologia e topografia dell’altopiano ibleo
ed. Antonino Cannata et al.
A collection of ten papers focusing on the prehistoric, late-ancient and medieval-historical archaeological heritage of the Hyblaean area and in the south-eastern apex of Sicily, with particular attention to rupestrian archaeology. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00
Signalling and Performance: Ancient Rock Art in Britain and Ireland
ed. Aron Mazel et al.
This lavishly illustrated volume presents a state of the art survey of the ancient rock art of Britain and Ireland. Bringing together new discoveries and new interpretations, it enhances our understanding and further establishes ancient British and Irish rock art as a significant archaeological assemblage worthy of attention and additional study. READ MORE
Paperback: £40.00
Wroxeter: Ashes under Uricon
Roger H. White
This book reflects on how people over time have viewed the abandoned Roman city of Wroxeter in Shropshire. It responds to three main artistic outputs: poetry, images and texts. It explores what locals and visitors thought of the site over time, and considers how access to the site has altered, impacting on who visits and what is understood. READ MORE
Paperback: £26.00
A History of the Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 1949-2022
David J. Breeze et al.
This volume celebrates the twenty-fifth Congress of Roman Frontier Studies. It presents the history of the congress accompanied by photographs and reminiscences from participants, a story populated by many of the well-known archaeologists of the last 75 years and, indeed, earlier as the genesis of the Congress lies in the inter-War years. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Roman Frontiers in Wales
David J. Breeze
Paperback: £14.99
Archaeologies & Antiquaries: Essays by Dai Morgan Evans
David Morgan Evans et al.
This book collects and republishes 14 key academic works by Dai Morgan Evans FSA (1944–2017). Spanning early medieval studies, the management and conservation of ancient monuments, histories of antiquarianism, and the Welsh church of Llangar, the chapters have been freshly edited and published together for the first time with new illustrations. READ MORE
Paperback: £48.00
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Eastern Frontiers
David J. Breeze
Paperback: £14.99
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Saxon Shore and the Maritime Coast
David J. Breeze
Paperback: £14.99
Diversity in Archaeology
ed. Elifgül Doğan et al.
30 papers explore a wide range of topics such as women’s voices in archaeological discourse; researching race and ethnicity across time; use of diversified science methods in archaeology; critical ethnographic studies; diversity in the archaeology of death, heritage studies, and archaeology of ‘scapes’. READ MORE
Paperback: £65.00
Archaeologiae Una storia al plural: Studi in memoria di Sara Santoro
ed. Sonia Antonelli et al.
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. READ MORE
Paperback: £110.00
Our Beloved Polites: Studies presented to P.J. Rhodes
ed. Delfim Leão et al.
Twenty-eight contributions pay tribute to one of the most remarkable historians of ancient Greece, Professor P. J. Rhodes, to celebrate his life and work which has been and will continue to be a major reference for scholars around the world. The volume is organised in four sections: History and Biography, Law, Politics, and Epigraphy. READ MORE
Paperback: £56.00
Who Were the Plunderers of Salmydessus?
Miroslav Ivanov Vasilev
A discussion of ten references (from different periods) concerning the piratical activities of the Thracians at Salmydessus in an attempt to identify who these Thracians were. It is a historical work, with a strong element of Quellenforschung, and provides a comprehensive examination of the literary and epigraphic evidence relevant to the topic. READ MORE
Paperback: £29.00 | Free Download | eBook Institution: £9.99
The Necropolis of Abila of the Decapolis 2019-2021
Abdulla Al-Shorman
This is the first comprehensive synthesis of burial types, practices, and evidence for societal collapse in the growing field of bioarchaeology of Jordan, focusing on Abila of the Decapolis, the largest Graeco-Roman city in Jordan with a tremendous wealth of funerary remains. READ MORE
Paperback: £48.00
Excavaciones en el baptisterio del conjunto eclesiástico de Son Peretó (Manacor, Mallorca, islas Baleares)
ed. Mateu Riera Rullan et al.
Archaeological excavations of the baptistery of the Late Antique site of Son Peretó (Manacor), located on the island of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands (Spain), provide interesting new findings related to the material culture of the 5th to 8th centuries AD and, above all, in relation to the tombs, pools and baptismal buildings on the site. READ MORE
Paperback: £55.00 | Free Download | eBook Institution: £9.99
Les sociétés humaines face aux changements climatiques: Volume 2
ed. François Djindjian
Is climate change a factor of change for human societies that can be witnessed through time, forcing them to adapt and find sustainable solutions? This book is the second of two volumes exploring human societies facing climate change in pre and protohistory. Volume 2 concerns protohistory, from the beginning of the Holocene to historical times. READ MORE
Paperback: £22.00
Modelling Christianisation: A Geospatial Analysis of the Archaeological Data on the Rural Church Network of Hungary in the 11th-12th Centuries
Mária Vargha
This book breaks new ground by studying the underutilised archaeological material for the Christianisation of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary; it draws on the archaeological record relating to the Christianisation of the commoners – rural churches and field cemeteries – and more precisely (digital) archaeological archival data. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00
Approaches to Disruptions and Interactions in Archaeology
ed. Penny Coombe et al.
A collection of papers presented at the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Conferences 2017-2019. The papers draw out different aspects of the key themes of interaction, mobility, entanglement and disruption amongst various communities and demonstrated through material culture, relating to a range of time periods. READ MORE
Paperback: £32.00
Les sociétés humaines face aux changements climatiques: Volume 1
ed. François Djindjian
Is climate change a factor of change for human societies that can be witnessed through time, forcing them to adapt and find sustainable solutions? This book is the first of two volumes exploring human societies facing climate change in pre and protohistory. Volume 1 concerns prehistory from the earliest humans to the end of the Pleistocene. READ MORE
Paperback: £22.00
The Public Archaeology of Treasure
ed. Howard Williams et al.
Select proceedings of the 5th University of Chester Archaeology Student Conference (31 January 2020) reflect on the shifting and conflicting meanings, values and significances for treasure in archaeology’s public engagements, interactions and manifestations. READ MORE
Paperback: £38.00
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