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Table of Contents
Theory & Method 3
Multi-Period 3
Prehistory: Britain Ireland 4
Prehistory: Europe 4
Egypt the Near East 6
Classical Civilizations / Late Antiquity / Byzantine 8
Early Medieval / Medieval 11
Early Modern / Modern 12
Asia 12
The Americas 12
Biography / Travel 13
Open Access 14
Forthcoming Publications 14
Bargains Special Offers 15
Ordering Information 15
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and related artefacts, including ceramic building
materials, refractories and plaster. Using over 200
colour photomicrographs of thin sections from a
diverse range of artefacts, archaeological periods and
geographic regions, this book illustrates the spectrum
of compositional and microstructural phenomena
that occur within ancient ceramics under the micro-
scope and provides comprehensive guidelines for
their study within archaeology. The book is structured
according to the main steps involved in the analysis and
interpretation of archaeological ceramic thin sections,
including classification, characterization, the determination of provenance and
the reconstruction of manufacturing technology. It can be used as a reference
manual for microscope research as well as a course book for specialist training
on thin section petrography and archaeological ceramic analysis.
Multi-Period
Evolution of a Community: The
Colonisation of a Clay Inland
Landscape Neolithic to post-medieval
remains excavated over sixteen years
at Longstanton in Cambridgeshire
by Samantha Paul and John Hunt.
Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015. PRINT
ISBN 9781784910860. £45.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910877. £38.25).
xii+245 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and
black white.
The movement of people from the fen edge and river valleys into the clay lands
of eastern England has become a growing area of research. The opportunity
of studying such an environment and investigating the human activities that
took place there became available 9 km to the north-west of Cambridge at
the village of Longstanton. The archaeological excavations that took place
over a sixteen year period have made a significant contribution to charting
the emergence of a Cambridgeshire clayland settlement and its community
over six millennia. Evolution of a Community chronologically documents the
colonisation of this clay inland location and outlines how it was not an area on
the periphery of activity, but part of a fully occupied landscape extending back
into the Mesolithic period. Subsequent visits during the Late Neolithic became
more focused when the locality appears to have been part of a religious
landscape that included a possible barrow site and ritual pit deposits. The
excavations indicate that the earliest permanent settlement at the site dates
to the Late Bronze Age, with the subsequent Iron Age phases characterised
as a small, modest and inward-looking community that endured into the
Roman period with very little evidence for disjuncture during the transition.
The significant discovery of a group of seventh-century Anglo-Saxon burials
which produced rare evidence for infectious deceases is discussed within the
context of ‘final phase’ cemeteries and the influence of visible prehistoric
features within the local landscape. The excavation of the Late Anglo-Saxon
and medieval rural settlement defined its origins and layout which, alongside
the artefactual and archaeobotanical assemblages recovered creates a profile
over time of the life and livelihood of this community that is firmly placed
within its historical context.
Archeologia a Firenze: Città e Territorio
Atti del Workshop. Firenze, 12-13 Aprile
2013 edited by Valeria d’Aquino, Guido
Guarducci, Silvia Nencetti and Stefano
Valentini. Archaeopress Archaeology,
2015. PRINT ISBN 9781784910587.
£58.00. (eBOOK ISBN 9781784910594.
£49.30).
iv+438 pages; illustrated throughout in black
white. Italian text. Abstracts for all papers in Italian
English.
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. This event experienced an
extraordinary participation by experts in the field, and resulted also in a
Theory Method
CAA2014. 21st Century Archaeology
Concepts,methodsandtools.Proceedings
of the 42nd Annual Conference on
Computer Applications and Quantitative
Methods in Archaeology edited by F.
Giligny, F. Djindjian, L. Costa, P. Moscati
andS.Robert.ArchaeopressArchaeology,
2015. PRINT ISBN 9781784911003.
£75.00.
vi+649 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and
black white.
This volume brings together a selection of papers proposed for the Proceedings
of the 42nd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology
conference (CAA), hosted at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University from
22nd to 25th April 2014. The program was divided into different themes
and this structure has been maintained in the arrangement of articles in
the various chapters of this book. Chapter headings include: Historiography;
Field and Laboratory Data Recording; Ontologies and Standards; Internet and
Archaeology; Archaeological Information Systems; GIS and Spatial Analysis;
Mathematics and Statistics in Archaeology; 3D Archaeology and Virtual
Archaeology; Multi-Agent Systems and Complex System Modelling.
Fractures in Knapping by Are Tsirk.
ISBN 9781784910228. £25.00. (eBOOK ISBN
9781784910235. £21.25).
xii+261 pages; illustrated throughout in black white.
This book is for students and practitioners of not only
knapping, lithic technology and archaeology, but also
of fractography and fracture mechanics. At conferences
on fractography of glasses and ceramics, the author
has often been asked to demonstrate knapping as well
as provide overviews of fractography learned from it. The first part of the book
is intended to stimulate such interests further, in order to solicit contributions
from a largely untapped pool of experts. Such contributions can advance
significantly our understandings of knapping as well as fractography. In Part II
of the book, fracture markings as the tools of fractography are introduced, with
their formation, meaning and utility explained. Observations on the presence
or absence of the markings in knapping are considered in Part III, along with
a number of interpretations of fracture features. The basic principles and
concepts of fracture mechanics and fractography apply to fractures produced
in any cultural context. This volume therefore addresses most questions on
fracture in a generic sense, independent of cultural contexts. In general,
understanding of fractures provides a sounder basis for lithic analysis, and use
of more recent scientific tools opens new avenues for lithic studies.
The European Archaeologist: 1 –
21a 1993 – 2004 edited by Henry
Cleere, Karen Waugh Ross Samson.
ISBN 9781784910129. £30.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910136. £25.50).
iv+356 pages; black white throughout.
This volume gathers together the first 10 years
of The European Archaeologist (ISSN 1022-0135),
from Winter 1993 through to the 10th Anniversary
Conference Issue, published in 2004 for the Lyon
Annual Meeting.
Ceramic Petrography The Interpretation of Archaeological
PotteryRelatedArtefactsinThinSectionbyPatrickSeanQuinn.
Archaeopress Archaeology, 2013. PRINT ISBN 9781905739592.
£35.00.
260 pages; illustrated in full colour throughout.
Thin section ceramic petrography is a versatile interdisciplinary analytical
tool for the characterization and interpretation of archaeological pottery

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The Prehistoric Burial Sites of Northern
Ireland by Harry and June Welsh.
ISBN 9781784910068. £63.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910075. £53.55).
xi+478 pages; illus. throughout in black and white.
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. It has
been compiled from a number of sources and includes many sites that have
only recently been discovered. A total of 3332 monuments are recorded in the
inventory, ranging from megalithic tombs to simple pit burials. In addition to
providing an inventory of all known sites, along with a selection of photographs
and plans, the work also includes an introduction to the prehistory of Northern
Ireland, an explanation of terms and a full bibliography.
The Evolution of Neolithic and Bronze
Age Landscapes: from Danubian
Longhouses to the Stone Rows of
Dartmoor and Northern Scotland by Alex
Carnes. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014.
PRINT ISBN 9781784910006. £31.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910013. £26.35).
ix+165 pages; illus. throughout in black and white.
At the heart of this book is a comparative study
of the stone rows of Dartmoor and northern
Scotland, a rare, putatively Bronze Age megalithic typology that has mystified
archaeologists for over a century. It is argued that these are ‘symbols’ of
Neolithic long mounds, a circumstance that accounts for the interregional
similarities; other aspects of their semantic structures are also analysed using
rigorous semiotic theory. The research presented here takes an evolutionary
approach, drawing on biological theory to explain the active role of these
monuments in social evolution and to investigate the processes at work in the
development of prehistoric landscapes. New theory is developed for analysing
such archaeological sequences, and for understanding and explaining material
culture more generally. The local sequences are contextualised by examining
European megalithic origins, tracing the long mound concept back to the
LBK longhouses. It is argued that all of these related forms — longhouses,
long mounds, and stone rows — are implicated in a process of competitively
asserting ancestral affinities, which explains the constraint on cultural
variation, and thus the formation of remarkably stable monument traditions,
that led to the convergence between Dartmoor and northern Scotland in the
Early Bronze Age.
Excavations at King’s Low and Queen’s
Low Two Early Bronze Age barrows
in Tixall, North Staffordshire by Gary
Lock, Dick Spicer and Winston Hollins.
ISBN 9781905739660. £17.50. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910716. £14.80).
x+112 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and
black and white.
These two barrows in the parish of Tixall, north
of Stafford, were excavated by the Stoke-on-Trent
Museum Archaeological Society between the years 1986 and 1994.
Prehistory: Europe
LBK Realpolitik: An Archaeometric Study of Conflict and
Social Structure in the Belgian Early Neolithic by Mark Golitko.
£33.00. (eBOOK ISBN 9781784910891. £28.05).
vi+188 pages; illustrated throughout in black white.
significant success in terms of public archaeological awareness. Almost
twenty years after the exhibition ‘Alle origini di Firenze’ and the publication
of its Catalogo, which is considered a signal point in Florentine archaeology,
the workshop provided an opportunity for discussion between all those who
conducted research, protection and enhancement of the archaeological
heritage of Florence thanks to the presentation of the most recent
excavations. Moreover, the origins of the city that took the leading role
during the Renaissance were discussed, finding in its roots the very reasons
for its glorious destiny. The sessions, organized in chronological order –
from prehistoric to medieval topics – were supplemented by contributions
concerned with conservation and enhancement of the historic landscape
whose reconstruction through research and excavation activities constantly
requires new discussions and often additional reflections.
Technology of Sword Blades from the
La Tène Period to the Early Modern
Age The case of what is now Poland by
Grzegorz Żabiński and Janusz Stępiński
with Marcin Biborski. Archaeopress
Archaeology, 2014. PRINT ISBN
9781784910280. £51.00. (eBOOK ISBN
9781784910297. £43.35).
vi+363 pages; illustrated throughout in black
white.
This book assesses the results of recent
metallographic examination of 45 sword blades (mid-2nd century BC to early-
16th century) from the territory of what is now Poland. Pre-Roman blades
were usually made from one piece of metal of varying quality (better quality
items were perhaps imported). Most high quality and complex technology
Roman blades were in all probability of Roman provenance, while some low
quality one-piece examples may have been made locally. The Migration Period
and Early Middle Ages witnessed the greatest diversification of technological
solutions. However it is much more difficult to define the provenance of blades
based on their technology in these periods. The range of technologies in use
strongly decreased in the High and Late Middle Ages.
Il Duomo di Siena: Excavations and
Pottery below Siena Cathedral by Gabriele
Castiglia. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014.
PRINT ISBN 9781905739745. £30.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781905739776. £25.50).
ii+159 pages; black and white illus. throughout.
This book is the result of the processing of the
excavation data and of the pottery coming from the
stratigraphy underneath the cathedral of Siena. The
ultimate goal is to trace a view of the settlement
types and economic framework that has affected
the hill of the Cathedral from the Classical age to
the late Middle Ages, combining stratigraphic data and the study of materials.
Prehistory: Britain Ireland
The Origins of Ireland’s Holy Wells by
Celeste Ray. Archaeopress Archaeology,
2014. PRINT ISBN 9781784910440. £33.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910457. £28.05).
ii+172 pages; illus. throughout in colour and black white.
This book re-assesses archaeological research into
holy well sites in Ireland and the evidence for votive
deposition at watery sites throughout northwest
European prehistory. Ray examines a much-ignored
and diminishing archaeological resource; moving
beyond debates about the possible Celticity of these sites in order to gain
a deeper understanding of patterns among sacred watery sites. The work
considers how and why sacred springs are archaeologically-resistant sites and
what has actually been found at the few excavated in Ireland. Drawing on the
early Irish literature (the myths, hagiographies, penitentials and annals), the
author gives an account of pre-Christian supermundane wells in Ireland and
what we know about their early Christian use for baptism, and concludes by
considering the origins of “rounding” rituals at holy wells.

During the international conference ‘Settlement,
Communication and Exchange around the Western
Carpathians’ held in Kraków in October 2012,
attention was focused on the complex issues
of long-term cultural change in the populations
surrounding the Western Carpathians, with
the aim of striking a balance between local
cultural dynamics, subsistence economy and
the alleged importance of far-reaching contacts,
and communication and exchange involved in
this process. Specialists from Germany, Hungary,
Poland, Slovakia and the United States met
and discussed for two days their archaeological
findings relating to questions of (Trans)Carpathian communication, settlement
patterns, and agricultural and technological changes that occurred (mainly)
during the Neolithic and Bronze Age. Additionally, case studies from Northern
Poland and Eastern Germany were included to provide a perspective on
the variability of traditions and economic strategies in different natural
environments and topographical settings. Drawing on a broad spectrum of
methods (including anthropological, archaeobotanical, geochemical, and
geophysical), and adhering to different theoretical approaches, the objective
was to contribute to a more holistic understanding of prehistoric settlement
strategies, adaptation to marginal (and not so marginal) environments, and
the role of communication for prehistoric populations to the north and south
of the Western Carpathians.
Around the Petit-Chasseur Site in
Sion (Valais, Switzerland) and New
Approaches to the Bell Beaker Culture
Proceedings of the International
Conference (Sion, Switzerland – October
27th – 30th 2011) edited by Marie Besse.
ISBN 9781784910242. £47.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910259. £39.95).
336 pages; illustrated throughout in black white.
All papers in English; abstracts for each paper in
English and French.
The necropolis of Petit-Chasseur still remains a key reference for the
understanding of the Final Neolithic period, not only in the Alpine countries,
but also throughout Europe. This publication includes twenty-five papers
referring to the periods represented at the Petit-Chasseur necropolis, namely
the end of the Neolithic, the Bell Beaker period and the beginning of the Early
Bronze Age.
ΑΘΥΡΜΑΤΑ: Critical Essays on the
ArchaeologyoftheEasternMediterranean
in Honour of E. Susan Sherratt edited
by Yannis Galanakis, Toby Wilkinson and
John Bennet. Archaeopress Archaeology,
2014. PRINT ISBN 9781784910181. £43.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910198. £36.55).
iv+274 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and
black white.
ΑΘΥΡΜΑΤΑ (athyrmata): Over her career
Susan Sherratt has questioned our basic
assumptions in many areas of the later prehistory of the Mediterranean
and Europe, deploying a canny eye for detail, but never losing sight of the
big picture. Her collected works include contributions on the relationship
between Homeric epic and archaeology; the economy of ceramics,
metals and other materials; the status of the ‘Sea Peoples’ and other
ethnic terminologies; routes and different forms of interaction; and the
history of museums/collecting (especially relating to Sir Arthur Evans).
The editors of this volume have brought together a cast of thirty-two scholars
from nine different countries who have contributed these twenty-six papers
to mark Sue’s 65th birthday – a collection that seeks to reflect both her broad
range of interests and her ever-questioning approach to uncovering the
realities of life in Europe and the Mediterranean in later prehistory.
The causes and consequences of violence and
warfare have long interested social scientists,
historians, and philosophers. While economic
motivations for conflict are among the most
commonly discussed drivers of human violence,
prehistorians have often downplayed economic
factors when studying non-state society. This
volume explores linkages between conflict and
socioeconomic organization during the early
Neolithic of eastern Belgium (c. 5200-5000 BC),
using compositional analysis of ceramics from
Linienbandkeramik villages to assess production
organization and map intercommunity connections
against the backdrop of increasing evidence for conflict.
Experiencing Etruscan Pots: Ceramics,
Bodies and Images in Etruria by Lucy
Shipley. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015.
PRINT ISBN 9781784910563. £29.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910570. £24.65).
vi+155 pages; illus. throughout in black white.
In a world without plastics, ceramics, alongside
organic containers, were used for almost
every substance which required protection or
containment: from perfume to porridge. The
experience of an Etruscan person, living day to day,
wouldhavebeenfilledwithinteractionswithceramics,makingthemobjectswhich
can recall intimate transactions in the past to the archaeologist in the present.
Characterising that experience of Etruscan pottery is the concern of this book.
What was it like to use and live with Etruscan pottery? How was the interaction
between an Etruscan pot structured and constituted? How can that experience
be related back to bigger questions about the organisation of Etruscan society,
its increasingly urban nature and relationship with other Mediterranean
cultures? More specifically, this volume aims to unpick both the physical
encounter between vessel and hand, and the emotional interaction between
the user of a pot and the images inscribed upon its surface.
From Cave to Dolmen Ritual and
symbolic aspects in the prehistory
between Sciacca, Sicily and the central
Mediterranean edited by Domenica
Gullì. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014.
PRINT ISBN 9781784910389. £45.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910396. £38.25).
white. Papers in English and Italian.
This book brings together the scientific
contributions of a wide panel of Sicilian and
mainland Italian specialists in prehistory. Taking inspiration from a conference
organised by the Soprintendenza ai Beni Culturali e Ambientali of Agrigento
and by the municipal council of Sciacca in November 2011, the decision
was taken to broaden and deepen some of the main themes discussed
on that occasion. Therefore this book focuses on the Sciacca region and its
landscape which is extraordinarily rich in natural geological phenomena and
associated archaeological activity, for example the Grotta del Kronio and the
numerous dolmens present nearby. This volume seeks to explore the various
aspects – habitational or ritual – of the prehistoric use of the numerous
caves present in the region and to analyse the many features of the island’s
megalithic architecture. The text includes an historical review of the processes
of discovery of the archaeological evidence, also an account of the current
research projects and research activities.
Settlement,CommunicationandExchange aroundtheWestern
Carpathians International Workshop held at the Institute of
Archaeology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, October 27–28,
2012 edited by T. L. Kienlin, P. Valde-Nowak, M. Korczyńska,
K. Cappenberg and J. Ociepka. Archaeopress Archaeology,
2014. PRINT ISBN 9781784910365. £47.00. (eBOOK ISBN
9781784910372. £39.95).
vi+403 pages; Illus. throughout in black white.

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to use as many methods as possible to better understand their production,
use and context. A database was compiled to find answers to questions
regarding patterns of distribution, context, fragmentation and deformation.
Aspects of production were considered through experimental archaeology,
metallographic analysis and a re-discovered axe blank with missing shaft-hole.
The typology was re-evaluated and modified to ensure comparability across
modern national boundaries. The integration of these approaches yielded
some interesting results. The great variability in shape clearly shows that a
variety of production techniques were used, but it is difficult to relate these
to specific geographic areas. In fact the typology as well as the practice of
marking the axes indicate that traditional archaeological ‘cultures’ rarely
correspond to axe types and marking practices. Instead there were different
spheres of influence, some more localised and others much larger than
specific ceramic traditions. These different levels of belonging show that it was
a period of complex cultural patterns and interactions. The axes were part of
these networks of daily life on many different levels from the utilitarian to the
ritualised placement in burial contexts.
Creating the Human Past An Epistemology
of Pleistocene Archaeology by Robert
G. Bednarik. Archaeopress Archaeology,
2013. PRINT ISBN 9781905739639. £14.95.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910730. £12.70).
ii + 186 pp., illustrated in colour and black and white.
How humans became what they are today is of
profound importance to understanding ourselves,
both as a species and individually. Our psychology,
cognition, diseases, intellect, communication
forms, physiology, predispositions, ideologies, culture, genetics, behavior,
and, perhaps most importantly, our reality constructs are all the result of
our evolutionary history. Therefore the models archaeology—especially
Pleistocene archaeology—creates of our past are not just narratives of what
happened in human history; they are fundamental to every aspect of our
existence.
Egypt the Near East
A History of Research into Ancient
Egyptian Culture in Southeast Europe
edited by Mladen Tomorad. Archaeopress
Egyptology 8. Archaeopress Archaeology,
2015. PRINT ISBN 9781784910907. £42.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910914. £35.70).
xii+272 pages; illustrated throughout in black
white.
The history of Ancient Egypt has been studied
in the region of Southeast Europe since the
end of the nineteenth century. In some of the
countries this was not the case for various reasons, but mainly because of
the undeveloped scholarly capabilities and institutions, insufficient funds
for archaeological research in Egypt, and the lack of cooperation with
scholars from other countries. From the 1960s, however, this situation
has changed for the better, firstly with the numerous publications of the
diffusion of the Ancient Egyptian cults during Graeco-Roman period, and
then with publications (articles, catalogues, books) on Ancient Egyptian
collections in various museum institutions located in Southeast Europe.
Fromtheearly1990sonecantracetheincreasedproductionofvariousscholarly
papers in which researchers from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia,
Romania, and Bulgaria not only researched the Egyptian cults in the Roman
Empire, but also on the various aspects of history, religion and literature of
AncientEgypt.Theirwork,however,wasmostlyunknowntothescholarsoutside
the region primarily because the results were written in the native languages.
This book will try to give a review of the history of the studies of Ancient
Egypt done in Southeast Europe, and present some of the latest research.
The book comprises a selection of papers in which scholars from various
institutions of the region reviewed the different aspects of past studies and
the development of the research of the Ancient Egypt in some countries, along
with recent research in the field. We hope that this publication will be useful
for all scholars who are unfamiliar with the historiography of this region.
Travelling Objects: Changing Values
The role of northern Alpine lake-
dwelling communities in exchange and
communication networks during the
Late Bronze Age by Benjamin Jennings.
ISBN 9781905739936. £37.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781905739943. £31.45).
x+219 pages; illustrated throughout in black and
white. With CD.
Since their initial discovery in the nineteenth
century, the enigmatic prehistoric lake-dwellings of the Circum-Alpine region
have captured the imagination of the public and archaeologists alike. Over 150
years of research have identified hundreds of lacustrine settlements spanning
from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age, when apparently, they ceased to
be built. Studies of Bronze Age material across Europe have often superficially
identified bronze objects as being of ‘Alpine lake-dwelling origin’ or ‘lake-
dwelling style’. Through a combination of material culture studies, multiple
correspondence analysis, and the principle of object biographies, the role of
the Late Bronze Age lake-dwelling communities in Central European exchange
networks is addressed. Were the lake-dwellers production specialists?
Did they control material flow across the Alps? Did their participation in
exchange routes result in cultural assimilation and the ultimate decline of their
settlement tradition? Travelling Objects: Changing Values offers insights and
answers to such questions.
Building the Bronze Age: Architectural
andSocialChangeontheGreekMainland
during Early Helladic III, Middle Helladic
and Late Helladic I by Corien Wiersma.
ISBN 9781905739868. £60.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781905739899. £51.00).
xxii+561 pages; illustrated throughout in black and
white with some colour.
Communities living on the Greek Mainland during
the end of the Early Bronze Age (EBA. ca. 2200-
2000 BC) and the earlier Middle Bronze Age (MBA, ca. 2000-1800 BC) were
thought to be relatively simple and egalitarian, while during the later MBA and
early Late Bronze Age (LBA, ca. 1700-1600 BC), monumental and rich graves
were suddenly constructed. The systematic analysis of domestic architecture,
which was long overdue, shows indeed that houses were relatively simple.
However, subtle differences between houses and settlements did exist and
change through did take place, especially during the later MBA and early LBA.
The architectural patterns could with some certainty, be ascribed to changes
in social relations, as well to internal developments and external influence.
During the late EBA, the household seems to have been the most important
social unit. It was self-sufficient, though to some extent dependent on the
wider community. This is reflected in the freestanding but homogenous
appearance of houses. During the earlier MBA, the first subtle changes take
place: more rectangular instead of apsidal houses are constructed, house size
and the number of rooms increase and slightly more architectural variation
is seen. These developments intensify during the later MBA and early LBA.
It is suggested that some households started to cooperate and that some
households expanded in size. These changes may have led to less dependency
of the household on the wider community, which subsequently enabled the
development of more architectural variation.
Copper Shaft-Hole Axes and Early
Metallurgy in South-Eastern Europe:
An Integrated Approach by Julia Heeb.
ISBN 9781905739837. £32.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781905739905. £27.20).
viii+167 pages; illustrated throughout in black and
white with some colour. With CD.
Although the copper axes with central shaft-hole
from south-eastern Europe have a long history
of research, they have not been studied on a
transnational basis since the 1960s. What has also been missing, is trying

accompany state organised military, trading and mining expeditions and what
was his role in healing? In the temple sphere he not only executed a variety
of ritual actions but he also directed ritual practices. What responsibilities
did he fulfil when sitting on legal assemblies, both temple-based and in the
community? Activities such as these that encompassed many aspects of
ancient Egyptian life are discussed in this volume.
Ägyptens wirtschaftliche Grundlagen
in der mittleren Bronzezeit by Rainer
Nutz. Archaeopress Egyptology 4.
ISBN 9781784910303. £32.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910310. £27.20).
x+177 pages. German text with English summary.
Economic issues are seemingly neglected topics
within Egyptology. This study attempts to highlight
selected economic aspects of the first half of
the second millennium BC. In this work the so-
called ‘Heqanakht Papyri’ are presented as case-studies to combine a more
general economic picture with concrete information concerning Heqanakht’s
household, in an attempt to develop an overall picture of his activities, even if
it must remain fragmentary.
Body, Cosmos and Eternity New Trends of
Research on Iconography and Symbolism
of Ancient Egyptian Coffins edited by
Rogério Sousa. Archaeopress Egyptology
3. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINT
ISBN 9781784910020. £35.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910037. £29.75).
viii+203 pages; illustrated throughout in colour
and black and white.
In February 2013, the Symposium Body, Cosmos
and Eternity: the Symbolism of Coffins in Ancient
Egypt convened at the historical building of the University of Porto to debate
conceptual frameworks underlying the contemporary study of Egyptian
coffins. The studies presented in this volume display an excellent overview
on the new trends of research on coffin studies, with diverse contributions
concerned either with symbolism or social significance of coffins, museums´
collections or archaeological finds. These studies superbly showcase the
richness of coffins as documental sources for the study of Egyptian religion,
economy and society.
Dating the Tombs of the Egyptian Old
Kingdom by Joyce Swinton. Archaeopress
2014. PRINT ISBN 9781905739820. £34.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781905739882. £28.90).
vii+191 pages; illus. throughout in black and white.
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.
The system is then applied to Memphite and provincial monuments spanning
the Fourth to the Sixth Dynasties.
Cultural Expression in the Old Kingdom Elite Tomb by Sasha
Verma. Archaeopress Egyptology 1. Archaeopress Archaeology,
2014. PRINT ISBN 9781905739783. £40.00. (eBOOK ISBN
9781905739790. £34.00).
vi+288 pages; illustrated throughout in black and white.
Cultural Expression in the Old Kingdom Elite Tomb considers the material and
immaterial culture left behind by the ancient Egyptian elite in their tombs
The Origins and Use of the Potter’s
Wheel in Ancient Egypt by Sarah
Doherty. Archaeopress Egyptology 7.
ISBN 9781784910600. £29.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910617. £24.65).
x+140 pages; illustrated throughout in black
white with two colour plates.
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. In Predynastic Egypt (c3500 B.C.), the
traditional methods of hand-building pottery vessels were already successful
in producing pottery vessels of high quality on a large scale for the domestic
market, so it would seem that the potter’s wheel was a rather superfluous
invention. However, the impact of this innovation would not just have affected
the Egyptian potters themselves learning a new skill, but also signalled
the beginnings of a more complex and technologically advanced society.
Despite many years work on the technology of pottery production it is perhaps
surprising that the origins of the potter’s wheel in Egypt have yet to be
determined. This present project seeks to rectify this situation by determining
when the potter’s wheel was introduced into Egypt, establishing in what
contexts wheel thrown pottery occurs, and considering the reasons why the
Egyptians introduced the wheel when a well-established hand making pottery
industry already existed.
Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia
A century in review edited by Ryan
Metcalfe, Jenefer Cockitt and Rosalie
David. Archaeopress Egyptology 6.
ISBN 9781784910266. £25.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910273. £21.25).
viii+169 pages; illus. throughout in black white.
The study of human remains from ancient Egypt and
Nubia has captured the imagination of many people
for generations, giving rise to the discipline of palaeopathology and fostering
bioarchaeological research. This book contains 16 papers that cover material
presented at a workshop entitled ‘Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia:
A Century in Review,’ held at the Natural History Museum, London (August
29–30, 2012), which formed part of a three-year research project, ‘Sir Grafton
Elliot Smith: Palaeopathology and the Archaeological Survey of Nubia.’ The
papers explore the subject of palaeopathology from its beginnings in the early
1900s through to current research themes and the impact of technological
development in the field. Revealing the diverse range of methods used to
study human remains in these regions, the book gives readers an insight into
the fascinating work carried out over the last century, and suggests some
possible future directions for the field.
The Role of the Lector in Ancient Egyptian
Society by Roger Forshaw. Archaeopress
2014. PRINT ISBN 9781784910327. £31.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910334. £26.35).
viii+165 pages; illus. throughout in black white.
The lector is first attested during the 2nd Dynasty
and is subsequently recognised throughout
ancient Egypt history. In previous studies the lector
is considered to be one of the categories of the
ancient Egyptian priesthood. He is perceived to be
responsible for the correct performance of rites, to recite invocations during
temple and state ritual, and to carry out recitations and perform ritual actions
during private apotropaic magic and funerary rites. Previous treatments of the
lector have rarely considered the full extent of his activities, either focusing
on specific aspects of his work or making general comments about his role.
This present study challenges this selective approach and explores his diverse
functions in a wide ranging review of the relevant evidence. Why did he

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attempt to understand the city during its Graeco-Roman years — a time when
Dora reached its largest physical extent and gained enough importance to
mint its own coins, numismatic sources provide key information. With their
politically, socio-culturally and territorially specific iconography, Dora’s coins
indeed reveal that the city was self-aware of itself as a continuous culture,
beginning with its Phoenician origins and continuing into its Roman present.
I vetri del Museo archeologico di Tripoli
by Sofia Cingolani. Archaeopress Roman
Archaeology 7. Archaeopress Archaeology,
2015. PRINT ISBN 9781784910945. £33.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910952. £28.05).
ii+182 pages; illustrated throughout in black
white with 3 colour plates. Italian text.
This volume is focused on the cataloguing of
glass conserved in the Archaeological Museum
of Tripoli. This is so far an unpublished corpus of
objects identified from investigations into the
necropolis and other burials in Tripoli and its
suburbs, in conjunction with the activities of the Italian Government in Libya
during the first twenty years of the last century. The main objective of the
work is filling the gaps in the state of knowledge concerning the production
of glass of the North-African area by providing as complete as possible a
documentation on the findings from Oea and its territory.
Egyptian Cultural Identity in the
Architecture of Roman Egypt (30 BC-AD
325)byYoussriEzzatHusseinAbdelwahed.
Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 6.
ISBN 9781784910648. £37.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910655. £31.45).
x+222 pages; illus. throughout in black white.
Egyptian Cultural Identity in the Architecture
of Roman Egypt (30 BC–AD 325) considers the
relationship between architectural form and
different layers of identity assertion in Roman Egypt. The Roman province of
Aegyptus was a peculiar province such that many scholars have generally
assumed that it was given a special status in the Roman Empire. The text covers
the period from the Roman conquest of Egypt under Octavian in 30 BC to the
official recognition of Christianity in AD 325. It stresses the sophistication of the
concept of identity, and the complex yet close association between architecture
and identity. This monograph is the outcome of four years of research at the
Department of Classics and Ancient History, the University of Durham. The book
will be of interest and value for both Classicists and Egyptologists working on the
archaeology of Egypt under Roman rule and the concept of identity.
TheEarlyandLateRomanRuralCemetery
at Nemesbőd (Vas County, Hungary)
edited by Gábor Ilon and Judit Kvassay.
ISBN 9781784910488. £34.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910495. £28.90).
x+194 pages; illus. throughout in black white.
The Roman Cemetery at Nemesbőd belonged to
a settlement or a villa which was located on the
territory of the Roman colony of Savaria (present
day Szombathey, Hungary) in Pannonia. The book deals with thirty-seven
graves, which consisted of mainly cremation but also of some inhumation
burials. Detailed analysis of grave goods (bronze vessels, pottery, glass,
personal accessories, lamps etc.) provides a study of burial customs and their
evolution. In addition, specialist reports on human remains and animal bone
as well as on epigraphic material are presented.
La difusión comercial de las ánforas vinarias de Hispania Citerior-
Tarraconensis (s. I a.C. – I. d.C.) edited by Verònica Martínez
Ferreras. Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 4. Archaeopress
Archaeology. PRINT ISBN 9781784910624. £40.00. (eBOOK ISBN
9781784910631. £34.00).
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. Two main clusters of thought
dominate the history of this topic, the literal
and/or the symbolic meaning. The author uses a
third mid-way course between the literal and the
symbolic; i.e. an attempt to study the evidence
in its reality and to search for common, universal
factors which may be present and which may aid
understanding. The result is an inventory, analysis and synthesis of the core
components of Egyptian cultural dynamics as reflected in the iconographic
evolution of Old Kingdom elite tombs.
Ships, Saints and Sealore: Cultural
Heritage and Ethnography of the
Mediterranean and the Red Sea edited
by Dionisius A. Agius, Timmy Gambin and
Athena Trakadas with contributions by
Harriet Nash. Archaeopress Archaeology,
2014. PRINT ISBN 9781905739950. £32.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781905739967. £27.20).
x+170 pages; illus. throughout in black and white.
Just as the sea has played a pivotal role in the
connectivity of people, economies and cultures,
it has also provided a common platform for inter-disciplinary cooperation
amongst academics. This book is a selection of conference papers and other
contributions that has seen the coming-together of scholars and researchers
from backgrounds as diverse as archaeology, history, ethnography, maritime
and heritage studies of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Its strength lies
in the way such diversity has been harnessed to provide an engaging and
insightful study of the sea and its influences on various factors of life - both
past and present.
Rural Settlements on Mount Carmel in
Antiquity by Shimon Dar. Archaeopress
9781905739875. £39.00. (eBOOK ISBN
9781905739929. £33.15).
198 pages; illustrated throughout in colour black
and white.
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. 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.
Classical Civilisations / Late Antiquity /
Byzantine
Material Culture and Cultural Identity:
A Study of Greek and Roman Coins
from Dora by Rosa Maria Motta.
ISBN 9781784910921. £25.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910938. £21.25).
xiv+103 pages; illus. throughout in black white.
The ancient harbor town of Dor/Dora in modern
Israel has a history that spanned from the Bronze
Age until the Late Roman Era. The story of its
peoples can be assembled from a variety of
historical and archaeological sources derived from the nearly thirty years of
research at Tel Dor — the archaeological site of the ancient city. Each primary
source offers a certain kind of information with its own perspective. In the

Römisches Zaumzeug aus Pompeji,
Herculaneum und Stabiae Metallzäume,
TrensenundKandarenbyChristinaSimon.
ISBN 9781784910341. £36.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910358. £30.60).
white. German text with English summary.
Few regions possess so many and mainly complete
Roman bridles as do the Vesuvian sites. Singular
find conditions permit both comprehensive antiquarian-historian analyses of
their production, functionality, and everyday use and new approaches to their
typology and chronology. The 103 catalogued specimens belong to four types of
bronze headstalls, namely metallic noseband, bitless metal bridle (“hackamore”),
multipartite metallic bridle (“metallic halter”), and muzzle as well as two types
of bits, namely snaffle bit with circular cheekpieces and curb bit. All of them
occurred in more or less numerous variants of local or provincial origin. Special
attention is paid to the reconstruction of application methods and combinations
of types as well as the replica of a snaffle bit with circular cheekpieces. Bitless
metal bridles followed Greek models, multipartite metallic bridles Celtiberian
ones and, in combination with Thracian or Italian curb bits, formed typical military
bridles. All Campanian finds came from civilian contexts such as luxury villae, villae
rusticae, urban houses, and workshops. Thanks to find circumstances they can be
attributed to draught animals, beasts of burden or mounts (horse, donkey, mule)
which also showed up in stables and skeletal remains.
Alexandria’s Hinterland Archaeology of
theWesternNileDelta,EgyptbyMohamed
Kenawi. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014.
PRINT ISBN 9781784910143. £48.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910150. £40.80).
black white.
This volume contains detailed information
about 63 sites and shows, amongst other things,
that the viticulture of the western delta was
significant in Ptolemaic and Roman periods, as
well as a network of interlocking sites, which connected with the rest of Egypt,
Alexandria, North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean. Far from
being a border area — as perhaps it had been in the Pharaonic period — the
west Delta network exerted an important economic production influence over
a very wide area.
Spatial ‘Christianisation’ in Context:
Strategic Intramural Building in Rome
from the 4th – 7th C. AD by Michael
Mulryan. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014.
PRINT ISBN 9781784910204. £25.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910211. £21.25).
vi+109 pages; illus. throughout in black and white.
This book is the first to closely examine the location
of the earliest purpose-built Christian buildings
inside the city of Rome in their contemporary
context. It argues that some of these were
deliberately sited by their builders so as to utilise prominent positions within the
urban landscape or to pragmatically reuse pre-existing bath facilities for Christian
liturgical practice. Several examples are discussed with the latest archaeological
discoveries explored. Two particular case studies are also examined within the
Subura area of the city, and their urban location is examined in relation to the
commercial, religious, social and public spaces around them, known through
a 3rd century A.D. survey of the city. Certain other Christian basilicas in the
city encroached or blocked roads, were situated by main arterial highways,
were located on hills and eventually reused prestigious public buildings. Other
examples were located by potent ‘pagan’ sites or important places of public
congregation, with two structures suggesting the political astuteness of a 4th
century pope. This book shows that the spatial Christianisation of Rome was
not a random and haphazard process, but was at times a planned project
that strategically built new Christian centres in places that would visually or
practically enhance what were generally small and modest structures.
x+220 pages; illustrated in colour and black white
throughout. Papers in Spanish and French with
English abstracts; Preface in Spanish and English.
This volume presents a series of studies of the
wine from Hispania Citerior-Tarraconensis traded
in amphorae, with the aim of demonstrating
(as has recently been done for the amphora
production) the existence of different trade
dynamics, according to individual cases, territories
and periods. While seeking to avoid descriptions
of a generalised nature, the present volume
aims to illustrate the complexity of the trading
system, emphasizing intra- and inter-provincial commercial patterns and
the way in which these evolved during the period considered. Although this
work includes the results of a few highly specific case studies (which cannot
replace the findings from other better or lesser known sites), they cover most
of the areas of wine production and trade and all the dimensions of analysis
in which archaeological, epigraphic and literary data related to the commercial
distribution might be framed.
DianaUmbronensisaScogliettoSantuario,
Territorio e Cultura Materiale (200 a.C. -
550 d.C.) edited by Alessandro Sebastiani,
Elena Chirico, Matteo Colombini and
Mario Cygielman. Archaeopress Roman
2015. PRINT ISBN 9781784910525. £50.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910532. £42.50).
x+396 pages; illustrated throughout in black
white. Papers in Italian with English abstracts.
This volume is the first in a series of works detailing
the archaeological investigations of the ager Rusellanus, in coastal southern
Etruria, undertaken by the Alberese Archaeological Project. It focuses on
the Roman temple and sanctuary dedicated to Diana Umbronensis, located
at Scoglietto (Alberese – GR) on the ancient Tyrrhenian coast. In so doing
it adds to the study of trade and settlement networks in ancient Italy, and
provides new data on the character of Roman and late antique Etruria.
The book discusses the changing aspect and character of the sanctuary over
approximately eight centuries – from its foundation in the mid-2nd century BC
and substantial refurbishment in the Antonine period, to its destruction in the
4th century AD and the varied use and reuse of the site through the following
two centuries. It includes archaeological, historical and landscape studies, as
well as detailed architectural and material culture studies for a composite
interpretation of the site and its history.
The Arverni and Roman Wine Roman
Amphorae from Late Iron Age sites in the
Auvergne (Central France): Chronology,
fabricsandstampsbyMatthewLoughton.
ISBN 9781784910426. £77.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910433. £65.45).
ix+626 pages; illustrated throughout in black and
white.
Large numbers of Greco-Italic and Dressel 1
amphorae were exported to many parts of Gaul during the late Iron Age and
they provide a major source of information on the development and growth of
the Roman economy during the late Republican period. This volume examines
in detail this trade to the Auvergne region of central France and provides a
typological and chronological study of the main assemblages of Republican
amphorae found on the farms, agglomerations, oppida, and funerary sites,
dating from the second century BC until the early first century AD. Other
topics examined include the provenance of the amphorae, the stamps,
painted inscriptions and graffiti, the distribution of Republican amphorae in
the Auvergne, and the evidence for their modification and reuse. Finally, a
gazetteer of Republican amphora findspots from France is also provided.

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archaeometric study of the wine amphorae produced in Hispania Citerior
(Tarraconensis, in Augustus’ reorganisation) between the first century BC and
the first century AD. Wine production expanded in this area at the beginning
of the first century BC, as new Roman towns were founded and new farms or
villae gradually emerged in rural areas. However, it was during Augustus’ reign
that wine production and trade reached their peak. The study aims to shed
new light on the composition of the wine amphorae produced in this area
as well as on the technological processes involved in their manufacture along
within the period considered. For that, the study includes the characterisation
of several amphora types produced in various ceramic workshops located
along the Catalan coast which initiated pottery activity at different times.
All the available archaeological information for each case study is reviewed,
considering data referring to the production centres and also to the geology
and the environment in which the pottery workshops were located.
Roman Pottery in the Near East.
Local Production and Regional Trade
Proceedings of the round table held in
Berlin, 19-20 February 2010 edited by
Bettina Fischer-Genz, Yvonne Gerber
and Hanna Hamel. Roman and Late
Antique Mediterranean Pottery 3.
ISBN 9781905739677. £35.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910686. £29.75).
ii+215 pages; illustrated throughout.
Discussions and scientific exchange are crucial for the advancement of
a young discipline such as the study of Roman pottery in the Near East.
Therefore, in addition to large conferences such as the ‘Late Roman Coarse
Ware Conference’ (LRCW) where the Near East plays only a marginal role, an
international workshop with 20 participants dedicated solely to the study of
Roman common ware pottery in the Near East was held in Berlin on 18th and
19th February 2010. The goal of this workshop was to provide researchers
actively engaged in the study of Roman common wares the possibility to meet
and discuss the current state of research as well as questions and problems
they are facing with their material. Some of the participants were able to bring
pottery samples, which provided the possibility to compare and discuss the
identification and denomination of specific fabrics on a regional and supra-
regional scale. This volume presents 17 papers from this stimulating event.
The Ancient Mediterranean Trade in
Ceramic Building Materials: A Case Study
in Carthage and Beirut by Philip Mills.
Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean
Pottery 2. Archaeopress Archaeology,
2013. PRINT ISBN 9781905739608. £30.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910679. £25.50).
black and white. With CD.
This study addresses the level of interregional
trade of ceramic building material (CBM),
traditionally seen as a high bulk low value commodity, within the ancient
Mediterranean between the third century BC and the seventh century AD.
It examines the impact of different modes of production, distribution and
consumption of CBM and how archaeological assemblages differ from what is
predicted by current models of the ancient economy. It also explores how CBM
can be used to investigate cultural identity and urban form.
LRFW 1. Late Roman Fine Wares. Solving
problems of typology and chronology. A
review of the evidence, debate and new
contexts edited by Miguel Ángel Cau, Paul
Reynolds and Michel Bonifay. Roman and
Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery 1.
ISBN 9781905739462. £30.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910662. £25.50).
xii+251 pages; illustrated throughout.
Contributions in English, French and Spanish.
L’incoronazione celeste nel mondo
BizantinoPolitica,cerimoniale,numismatica
e arti figurative by Andrea Torno Ginnasi.
ISBN9781905739974.£40.00.(eBOOKISBN
9781905739981. £34.00).
vi+251 pages; illustrated throughout in black and
white. Italian text with English Abstract.
This study deals with the iconographic theme
of imperial Byzantine ‘heavenly coronation’, or
André Grabar’s couronnement symbolique, with
particular attention to fine arts and numismatics. This theme, along with
the rituals of imperial investiture, represents the concept of divine kingship
in figurative terms, a significant ideological premise for Byzantine theocracy.
The book is structured in seven chapters, investigating both the origination
and conclusion of the iconographical subject and its political derivations. It
attempts to assemble all the known images of the ‘heavenly coronation’
theme and to explain its political and iconographical roots.
The Triumph of Dionysos Convivial
processions, from antiquity to the present
day by John Boardman. Archaeopress
9781905739707. £20.00. (eBOOK ISBN
9781905739738. £17.00).
ii+78 pages; highly illustrated throughout in colour
black and white.
Dionysos carried the blessing of wine to the whole
world, and his triumphant return from India became
a popular subject for the arts of Greece and Rome in many media. It became
associated with Alexander the Great’s comparable victories and later served
as a message of immortality for any mortal prince. The iconography survived
the ancient world into Renaissance and neo-Classical arts, and may even have
contributed to the practices of modern circus parades with their wild animals,
maenad-snake-charmers and clown-satyrs: an unusual, indeed unique,
survival.
El comercio tardoantiguo (ss.IV-VII)
en el Noroeste peninsular a través del
registro cerámico de la ría de Vigo by
Adolfo Fernández. Roman and Late
Antique Mediterranean Pottery 5.
ISBN 9781905739721. £55.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910709. £46.75).
xii+529 pages; illustrated throughout in black and
white with some colour pages. In Spanish.
This work investigates a large assemblage of
potentially late-dated Roman ceramics excavated in the early 1990s during
rescue interventions in Vigo (N/E Spain) and its surroundings. It is well
established that much of this material originated from the Mediterranean,
especially the eastern provinces of the Empire. Based on the analyses of
these investigations, this study goes on to assess the extent of the Atlantic
distribution route and link the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula well within
the trading dynamics of the Mediterranean world.
Ánforas vinarias de Hispania Citerior-
Tarraconensis (s. I a.C.– I d.C.)
Caracterización arqueométrica by
Verònica Martínez Ferreras. Roman and
Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery 4.
ISBN 9781905739691. £45.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910693. £38.25).
xvi+319 pages; illustrated throughout in colour
black and white. Spanish text with English
summary.
This volume presents the results of a multidisciplinary archaeological and

Binsey: Oxford’s Holy Place Its saint,
village, and people edited by Lydia Carr,
Russell Dewhurst and Martin Henig.
ISBN 9781905739844. £20.00.
black white.
Binsey is a village to the west of Oxford, on the
south bank of the main channel of the River
Thames, opposite Port Meadow. Its association with
Oxford’s patron saint St Frideswide alone makes
this an evocative place for anyone with an interest in the origins of this great
University city. Its holy well, dedicated to St Margaret like the church itself, was
a place of resort for those with eye problems or desirous of a child: Katharine
of Aragon’s lack of success in conceiving a male heir after resort to the well in a
sense precipitated the English Reformation! Later associations, which include
Charles Dodgson and Alice Liddell as well as Gerard Manley Hopkins and C. S.
Lewis, render Binsey a place for the literary as well as the religious pilgrim. This
book is a collection of essays on aspects of Binsey and its environs.
Towns in the Dark?UrbanTransformations
from Late Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon
England by Gavin Speed. Archaeopress
9781784910044. £34.00. (eBOOK ISBN
9781784910051. £28.90).
ix+196 pages; illustrated throughout in black and
white.
What became of towns following the official end
of ‘Roman Britain’ at the beginning of the 5th
century AD? Did towns fail? Were these ruinous
sites really neglected by early Anglo-Saxon settlers and leaders? Developed
new archaeologies are starting to offer alternative pictures to the traditional
images of urban decay and loss revealing diverse modes of material expression,
of usage of space, and of structural change. The focus of this book is to draw
together still scattered data to chart and interpret the changing nature of life
in towns from the late Roman period through to the mid-Anglo-Saxon period.
The research centres on towns that have received sufficient archaeological
intervention so that meaningful patterns can be traced. The case studies are
arranged into three regional areas: the South-East, South-West, and Midlands.
Individually each town contains varying levels of archaeological data, but
analysed together these illustrate more clearly patterns of evolution. Much of
the data exists as accessible but largely unpublished reports, or isolated within
regional discussions. Detailed analysis, review and comparisons generate
significant scope for modelling ‘urban’ change in England from AD 300-600.
‘Towns in the Dark’ dispels the simplistic myth of outright urban decline and
failure after Rome, and demonstrates that life in towns often did continue with
variable degrees of continuity and discontinuity.
Landscapes and Artefacts: Studies in
East Anglian Archaeology Presented
to Andrew Rogerson edited by Steven
Ashley and Adrian Marsden. Archaeopress
9781905739752. £40.00. (eBOOK ISBN
9781905739998. £34.00).
xiv+250 pages; illustrated throughout in colour
black and white.
Andrew Rogerson is one of the most important
and influential archaeologists currently working in
East Anglia. The various essays in this volume, presented to him by friends
and colleagues from both the university sector and public archaeology, closely
reflect his diverse interests and his activities in the region over many decades.
They include studies of ‘small finds’ from many periods; of landscapes, both
urban and rural; and of many aspects of medieval archaeology and history.
This important collection will be essential reading for all those interested in
the history and archaeology of Norfolk and Suffolk, in the interpretation of
artefacts within their landscape contexts, and in the material culture of the
Middle Ages.
“ROMAN AND LATE ANTIQUE MEDITERRANEAN POTTERY”. In November
2008, an ICREA/ESF Exploratory Workshop on the subject of late Roman fine
wares was held in Barcelona, the main aim being the clarification of problems
regarding the typology and chronology of the three principal table wares
found in Mediterranean contexts (African Red Slip Ware, Late Roman C and
Late Roman D). The discussion highlighted the need to undertake a similar
approach for other ceramic classes across the Mediterranean provinces.
Wroxeter, the Cornovii and the Urban
Process. Volume 2: Characterizing
the City. Final Report of the Wroxeter
Hinterland Project, 1994-1997 by R. H.
White, C. Gaffney and V. L. Gaffney with A.
Baker. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2013.
PRINT ISBN 9781905739615. £15.50.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910747. £13.18).
xii+227 pages; with summaries in German and
French. Illustrated throughout in colour and black
and white.
In the mid 1990s, the site of the Roman city of Viroconium Cornoviorum at
Wroxeter, Shropshire, was subjected to one of the most intensive campaigns of
geophysicalsurveyevercarriedoutonaRomantown.Theresultwasacomplete
plan of the city using magnetometry but also significant deployment of other
technologies including resistance, GPR and more experimental technologies.
Since that time, geophysical survey has continued intermittently, using the
site as a geophysical laboratory. This volume reports on the archaeological
interpretation of this work, marrying the extensive and nuanced geophysical
data with a detailed analysis of the existing aerial photographic record created
by Arnold Baker during the 1950s to 1980s.
Early Medieval/Medieval
Landscapes of Pilgrimage in Medieval
Britain by Martin Locker. Archaeopress
9781784910761. £43.00. (eBOOK ISBN
9781784910778. £36.55).
vi+292 pages; illus. throughout in black white.
This book seeks to address the journeying context
of pilgrimage within the landscapes of Medieval
Britain. Using four case studies, an interdisciplinary
methodology developed by the author is applied
to four different geographical and cultural areas of
Britain (Norfolk, Wiltshire/Hampshire, Flintshire/Denbighshire and Cornwall), to
investigate the practicalities of travel along the Medieval road network including
the routes themselves, accommodation, the built environments and natural
topographies encountered. An introduction, assessment of current theory and
scholarship is provided, followed by an explanation of the methodology used. The
four case studies are then presented (Ely to Walsingham, Salisbury to Winchester,
St Asaph to Holywell, and Camelford to Bodmin). Within each case study, both
the selected starting point for the pilgrimage (typically either a locale confirmed
in the historical record as linked to the pilgrim destination, or a settlement of
some significance within the local area and thus well connected to the route
network), and the site of the saint cult itself are analysed for their growth,
reaction and accommodation to the pilgrim phenomenon. Also addressed are
the route networks of the county as a whole, relationships to economic centres
and their impact on travel possibilities, the topography, the distribution patterns
for saint dedications in parish churches within the area, material culture and the
ecclesiastical built environment (for example pilgrim badges, monasteries), and
the physical landscapes through which the pilgrim travels. Here, the interaction
between the pilgrim and the environments through which they move is
addressed. Considerations include fatigue, exertion, panoramas and way-finding,
route visibility, sight lines to monuments, folklore within the landscape, and the
potential echoing of Christian scriptural motifs within certain landscape types/
features(e.g.wildernessandsanctuary).Withinthefinalsectionofthebookthese
themes are compared and expanded into the broader context of pilgrimage not
only in Medieval Christendom, but within Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic religious
traditions, in order to demonstrate the methodology’s validity and flexibility in
addressing pilgrimage holistically. Comparisons are made between the local and
universal pilgrim routes in terms of material culture, landscape interaction and
travel practicalities, and suggestions for future research and development of the
pilgrim studies field are also provided.

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Looted, Recovered, Returned: Antiquities
from Afghanistan A detailed scientific and
conservation record of a group of ivory
and bone furniture overlays excavated at
Begram, stolen from the National Museum
of Afghanistan, privately acquired on
behalf of Kabul, analysed and conserved
at the British Museum and returned to the
National Museum of Afghanistan in 2012
by J. Ambers, C. R. Cartwright, C. Higgitt, D.
Hook, E. Passmore, St J. Simpson, G. Verri,
C. Ward and B. Wills. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINT ISBN
9781784910167. £48.00. (eBOOK ISBN 9781784910174. £40.80).
342 pages, highly illustrated in colour throughout.
The “Begram ivories” are widely considered to be miniature masterpieces
of Indian art and are one of the largest archaeological collections of ancient
ivories. They were excavated at the site of Begram, in northern Afghanistan,
in 1937 and 1939 and belong to a period when Afghanistan, Pakistan and
northern India were united under rulers of the Kushan dynasty. Divided
soon afterwards between the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul
and the Musée national des arts asiatiques–Guimet in Paris, the collection
in Kabul suffered a disaster during the civil war which ravaged the country
during the early 1990s. Some of the pieces were successfully concealed
by museum staff but most were stolen, hundreds have since been
reported in different collections and very few have yet been recovered.
In 2011 a group of twenty bone and ivory plaques was generously acquired
for the National Museum of Afghanistan by a private individual. These were
scientifically analysed, conserved and exhibited at the British Museum and
returned to Kabul in 2012. This book describes their story from excavation to
display and return, with individual object biographies and detailed scientific
analyses and conservation treatments. It also discusses how these objects
have attracted very different interpretations over the decades since their
discovery, and how the new analyses shed a completely fresh light on the
collection. It is lavishly illustrated in full colour, and includes many previously
unpublished views of the objects when they were originally exhibited in Kabul.
This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the archaeology of
Afghanistan, Indian art, polychromy, museum studies, object biographies or
the history of conservation.
The Americas
Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient
Mesoamerica edited by Julie Nehammer
Knub, Christophe Helmke and Jesper
Nielsen. Archaeopress Pre-Columbian
2014. PRINT ISBN 9781784910501. £31.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910518. £26.35).
xiv+124 pages; illustrated throughout in colour
and black white.
Mesoamerica is one of the cradles of early
civilizations in the ancient world, featuring a
wide diversity of cultures exhibiting a high degree of social inequality and
stratification. At the pinnacle of the society was the ruler, the court and the high
elite. This social segment was responsible for the creation and consumption
of the hallmarks of civilizations, including monumental architecture, great
monolithic monuments and a wide array of highly decorated, exotic and
exceptional material culture. As such royal courts defined the very tastes
and styles that characterise entire civilizations. This volume collects eight
recent and innovative studies on the subject rulership, palatial compounds
and courtly culture by staff and students of the American Indian Languages
and Culture studies programme at Department of Cross-cultural and Regional
Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Together these studies span the
breadth of Mesoamerica, from the Early Classic metropolis of Teotihuacan (ad
200-550), to Tenochtitlan, the Late Postclassic capital of the Aztec (ad 1300-
1521), and from the arid central Mexican highlands in the west to the humid
Maya lowlands in the east.
Early Modern/Modern
TheArchaeologyofAnglo-JewryinEngland
and Wales 1656–c.1880 by Kenneth
Marks. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014.
PRINT ISBN 9781905739769. £35.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781905739912. £29.75).
xvi+437 pages; illustrated throughout in colour
black and white.
The Archaeology of Anglo-Jewry in England and
Wales 1656–c.1880 is a comprehensive study of
the urban topography of Anglo-Jewry in the period
before the mass immigration of 1881. The book
brings together the evidence for the physical presence of at least 80% of the
Jewish community. London and thirty-five provincial cities and towns are
discussed. The year 1656 marks the date of re-admission to the country by
Cromwell. His purpose was to re-establish London as a major trading centre
and the Jews were a key to this. The book traces the development of the
community from a handful of families in 1656 to c.60,000 persons in 1880,
mostly living in London. The immigrants who came to England and Wales in
the early 18th century were in the main fleeing from poverty and persecution
in Eastern Europe, and hoping to find a better life. The book discusses the
evidence for the demographic shift out of the slum areas in the major cities,
such as Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham, to the suburbs and the
decline of the early port communities from 1815.
Athens from 1456 to 1920 The Town
under Ottoman Rule and the 19th-
Century Capital City by Dimitris N. Karidis.
ISBN 9781905739714. £35.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910723. £29.75).
292 pages; illus. throughout in black and white.
Architectural and urban analysis of Athens between
1456 and 1920 discloses the metamorphosis of
a town to a city, experienced as an invigorating
adventure through the meandering routes of history.
Asia
The Archaeology and Epigraphy of
Indus Writing by Bryan K. Wells with
technical appendices by Andreas Fuls.
ISBN 9781784910464. £25.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910471. £21.25).
x+143 pages; illustrated throughout in black white.
The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing
is a detailed examination of the Indus script. It
presents new analysis based on an expansive text
corpus using revolutionary analytical techniques developed specifically for
the purpose of deciphering the Indus script. This exploration of Indus writing
examines the structure of Indus text at a level of detail that has never been
possible before. This advance in analytic techniques is combined with detailed
linguistic information to suggest a root language for the Indus script. Further
the syntax of the Indus script is demonstrated to match a Dravidian language.
In the process of analysis the place name for the ancient Indus site of Dholavira
is identified. This leads to the eventual identification of 17 signs with various
levels of certainty. These readings lead to the partial definition of the Indus
system of affixing. Using innovative analytical techniques Indus signs can be
defined functionally as logographic or syllabic. Further, specific sign sequences
are identified as verbs or nouns. The volumetric system used at Harappa
during the Indus period is demonstrated. This discovery gives us a good idea of
the scale and process of Indus exchange. The Indus inscriptions are analyzed
with an emphasis on their archaeological contexts. The analysis presented in
this book represents a significant advancement in our understanding of Indus
writing.

Biography/Travel
Bryan Faussett: Antiquary Extraordinary
by David Wright. Archaeological Lives.
Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015. PRINT ISBN
9781784910846. £28.00. (eBOOK £23.80).
black white.
A biography of Bryan Faussett, F.S.A., (1720-
1776), pioneering Kent genealogist, archaeologist
and antiquary who, at his death, had amassed
the world’s greatest collection of Anglo-Saxon
jewellery and antiquities. The material was famously rejected by the British
Museum, saved for the nation by a Liverpudlian philanthropist, and now
resides in the Liverpool World Museum. This episode led directly to the
British Museum’s setting up departments devoted to British Antiquities.
This volume is the first to focus on Faussett, presenting comprehensive
genealogical sections on the Faussetts and Godfreys; a history of the family
seat near Canterbury; and an introduction to antiquarianism and how the
history of the world was imperfectly viewed in the 18th century. A detailed
biography of Bryan Faussett’s life covers his education, career and scholarly
circle, with detailed descriptions of the sites he excavated. Surviving
archaeological notebooks offer insights into his working practice, and family
account-books reveal a great deal about his personal life and interests.
Bryan Faussett was a quintessentially Georgian cleric and antiquary whose
extraordinary archaeological career and collections are modestly well known
within the county, but deserve far greater national recognition. It is hoped that
this biography may further that aim.
Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg,
premier grand mayaniste de France by
Jean-Marie Lebon. Archaeological Lives.
ISBN 9781784910983. £30.00. (eBOOK
£25.50).
xii+377 pages; illustrated throughout in black
white with 6 colour plates. French text.
Two hundred years ago, on September 8, 1814, in
the northern French city of Bourbourg, a boy was
born into a family of local entrepreneurs connected to the local political or
judicial elite. The young Charles-Etienne Brasseur was lucky to spend days and
days in the impressive library of Alexandre Nicolas Muchembled, the son of
his godmother. The reading of exciting travel books there mapped out the
course of his truly adventurous life to come. Although a rebellious schoolboy,
he acquired a huge knowledge in many fields by his omnivorous reading
of books and journals. He was also a very curious young man, delving into
the private libraries of the local grand families, resulting in him contributing
many historical articles to newspapers and learned societies. At the age
of 24, while still in high school, he published his first novel. This biography
is the first to reveal insights into the many facets of the life of Brasseur; the
extent of his secret activities for the Vatican; his advanced ideas regarding
the dual phonetic and ideographic nature of Mayan writing, as early as 1843-
44, and explicitly confirmed by him in May 1852, which he later dramatically
rejected in 1870, thus failing to become the Champollion of Mesoamerica; his
continuous attempts to preserve documents while crossing territories ravaged
by civil wars; the immense value of the manuscripts he saved, like the Tzeltal
vocabulary of Copanabastla or the Motul dictionary; his unique dedication in
copying old manuscripts, with the help of his nephews, to be sent to other
pioneers of Mayan studies in Europe and America; his short-lived pioneering
work on the Huave (Wabis); details of his six expeditions to Mesoamerica,
often in terrible conditions, as shown by his later severe ill health; his defence
of the Indians against the academic community; details of the internal conflicts
in the Quebec Catholic Church; and his ideas on certain geophysical events,
such as the elevation of ocean beds and islands, which he wrongly dated to
the time of the ancient Mayans, or the shifting of the Earth’s rotation axis.
The Dodecanese: Further Travels Among the Insular Greeks
Selected Writings of J. Theodore Mabel V.A. Bent, 1885-1888
edited by Gerald Brisch. 3rdGuides - Archaeopress Travel 8.
£15.00. (eBOOK £12.75).
Rainfed Altepetl Modeling institutional
and subsistence agriculture in ancient
Tepeaca, Mexico by Aurelio López Corral.
Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology
3. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINT
ISBN 9781784910402. £26.00. (eBOOK
ISBN 9781784910419. £22.10).
ii+125 pages; illus. throughout in black white.
Climate variability and human management
strategies on crop stands were major factors that
frequently affected agricultural yields among
indigenous populations from central Mexico. This work seeks to model food
production in ancient Tepeaca, a Late Postclassic (AD 1325-1521) and Early
Colonial (16th century) state level-polity settled on the central highlands of
Puebla, by applying a model that recognizes the presence of two independent
and interconnected forms of food production: subsistence agriculture and
institutional agriculture. Crop stands within this region depended heavily
on rainfed conditions, a form of agriculture that often generates unstable
interannual fluctuations in yields. Archaeology acknowledges the effects
of such variations on the economy of households and institutions, but
attention has been largely put on estimating average productivity values
over long periods rather than focusing on interannual divergences. Such
instability of agricultural production was recorded among modern Tepeaca’s
agriculturalists through an ethnographic survey. This crucial information, along
with archaeological data and local 16th century historical sources, is used for
modeling the effects of climate variability among prehispanic populations and
serves to better comprehend the organization of past agrarian structures,
tribute systems and land tenure organization at the household and regional
levels.
StoneTreesTransplanted?CentralMexican
Stelae of the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic
and the Question of Maya ‘Influence’ by
Keith Jordan. Archaeopress Pre-Columbian
2014. PRINT ISBN 9781784910105. £35.00.
(eBOOK ISBN 9781784910112. £29.75).
xii+237 pages; illus. throughout in black white.
Stelae dating to the Epiclassic (650-900 CE)
and Early Postclassic (950-1150 CE) from Tula,
Xochicalco, and other sites in Central Mexico have
been presented in the archaeological and art historical literature of the last
four decades—when they have been addressed at all—as evidence of Classic
Maya ‘influence’ on Central Mexican art during these periods. This book
re-evaluates these claims via detailed comparative analysis of the Central
Mexican stelae and their claimed Maya counterparts. For the first time the
Central Mexican stelae are placed in the context of often earlier local artistic
traditions as well as other possible long-distance connections. While it is clear
that some Central Mexican stelae, especially Stela 4 from Tula, reflect Maya
contacts, this has to be balanced by consideration of local and other long
distance developments and connections.
The Archaeology of Yucatán: New
Directions and Data edited by Travis
W. Stanton. Archaeopress Pre-
Columbian Archaeology 1. Archaeopress
9781784910082. £50.00. (eBOOK ISBN
9781784910099. £42.50).
xix+514 pages; illustrated throughout in black
white. Papers in English and Spanish.
This volume was conceived to provide a forum for
Mexican and foreign scholars to publish new data and interpretations on the
archaeology of the northern Maya lowlands, specifically the State of Yucatán.
Increased communication among scholars has become increasingly important
for grasping a better understanding of the great amount of data emerging from
the State of Yucatán.

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these communities pointed the way for future skills and developments in
wheel and cart/wagon manufacture.
Shipwrecks and Global ‘Worming’
by P. Palma and L.N. Santhakumaran.
Archaeopress Open Access, 2014.
ii+62 pages; illustrated in full colour throughout.
Marine borers, particularly the shipworms, as
destroyers of timber, par excellence, are well
known from very ancient times. They attacked
the wooden hulls of ships with such intensity
that the weakened bottom planks broke up even
due to a mild impact caused by hitting a rock or
any floating objects inducing shipwrecks. Even
the survival of sunken ships as wrecks depends on the mercy of wood-
destroying organisms, which may turn these ‘port-holes’ to history into
meaningless junks. The silent saboteurs, involved in several early shipwrecks,
are the molluscan and crustacean borers, aided by bacteria and fungi.
This paper presents an account of the marine wood-borers, together with a
historical review of literature on their depredation on wooden ships, and on
protective methods adopted from antiquity to modern times.
Forthcoming Publications
TheTraditioLegis:AnatomyofanImageby
Robert Couzin. Archaeopress Archaeology,
2015. PRINT ISBN 9781784910815. £TBC.
vi+140 pages; extensively illustrated with 56
plates, 3 in colour.
Early Christian images commonly depicted
narratives drawn from biblical sources. Around
the middle of the 4th century, new forms of
representation were added to the visual repertoire.
These bore only an indirect link to scriptural
narrative. They may recall or evoke sacred history
without purporting to depict a specific event,
or even a condensation of several events, recounted in the textual sources.
Among these new motifs is a composition in which Christ stands between
the princes of the apostles. He raises his right hand and holds an unfurled
bookroll, or volumen, in his left. Paul stands on the left of the image (that is
to say, at the Lord’s right) while Peter approaches the open scroll from the
other side. This is the image that has come to be known as the traditio legis.
When representations are labelled by reference to the narrative theme
they depict, the definition of the category is clear even if classification is not
always straightforward. Early Christian images are rarely simple illustrations
of a biblical text. Nonetheless, the sacred narratives provide an anchor.
The traditio legis is more complex to define and categorise. Its iconography
has no direct scriptural source and probably no singular textual basis at all.
As a consequence, delimiting the corpus of monuments and even assigning
it a name become matters of opinion and potential controversy. The chapters
of Part I focus on a series of preliminary issues, providing an extended
introduction to the consideration of the meaning and reception of the traditio
legis, which is the subject of Part II.
Quarrying in Western Norway An archaeological study of
production and distribution in the Viking period and Middle
Ages by Irene Baug. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015. PRINT
ISBN 9781784911027. £TBC.
La valle del Sagittario e la conca peligna tra il IV e il I secolo
A.C. Dinamiche e sviluppi della romanizzazione: Parte I by Anna
Dionisio, 2015. PRINT ISBN 9781784911041. £TBC.
Aegean Mercenaries in Light of the Bible Clash of cultures in
the story of David and Goliath by Simona Rodan, 2015. PRINT
ISBN 9781784911065. PRICE £TBC.
An Anatomy of a Priory Church: The Archaeology, History and
Conservation of St Mary’s Priory Church, Abergavenny edited
by George Nash. 2015. PRINT ISBN 9781784911089. £TBC.
xiv+194 pages; illustrated throughout in black
white.
A sequel to The Cyclades, a compilation of late-
19th-century travel writings (with an archaeological/
ethnographical bias) centred on the Greek
Dodecanese islands (including Rhodes, Nissiros,
Tilos, Karpathos, Patmos, and Astypalea). The
authors are the British explorer J. Theodore Bent
(1852-1897), devotedly supported by his wife
Mabel Virginia Anna (1847-1929). Theodore met
Mabel shortly after coming down from Oxford in
1875 and they married two years later. They were of independent character
and means and spent the too few years until Theodore’s early death on a
breathless sequence of annual travels to the Eastern Mediterranean, Africa, and
Southern Arabia. Theodore’s publications are referenced still by archaeologists
and scholars working on sites or regions such as ‘Great Zimbabwe’, Aksum,
the Wadi Hadramaut, the Cilician littoral, and, of course, the Greek islands.
Bent’s first successful monograph was based on two winters spent in the
Cycladic isles (1882/3 and 1883/4). From the start the couple kept notebooks
from which all Theodore’s later lectures and literature sprang. His The Cyclades,
or Life Among the Insular Greeks was published in 1885 and has been rarely out
of print since. It remains one of the most delightful accounts in English of the
region, and few serious travellers and tourists to these islands fail to discover it.
In the year The Cyclades was published the Bents moved a little east and
explored the islands now commonly referred to as the Greek Dodecanese.
Unforeseen circumstances obliged the explorers to curtail their activities
before Theodore’s writings on the area could be edited into a monograph
to complement his earlier bestseller. Theodore’s Dodecanesian output was
channelled instead into a wide range of articles, while Mabel completed
three volumes of her personal Chronicles on their daily travels and travails.
Bent never presented his Dodecanese researches to the public in a compendium,
the way he had, so brilliantly, for the Cyclades. Now, 130 years later, his The
Dodecanese can appear for the first time: a collection of reminiscences and
studies on these sunny, blue-surrounded, and delightful islands.
Archaeopress Open Access
Arthur Evans in Dubrovnik and Split (1875-
1882) by Branko Kirigin. Archaeopress Open
Access, 2015.
ii+14 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and
black white.
Thanks to the biography by Joan Evans, sister of
Arthur Evans, the research of John J. Wilkes and the
new biography by Silvia L. Horwitz, we know much
about Arthur Evans’s work in the Balkans prior to his
discoveries on Crete. This work will not repeat here
the achievements Evans has made for archaeology,
ethnography and cultural history of the region including his remarkable
journalistic work where he showed deep knowledge of regional politics and
admiration towards the Slav freedom movement ‘against Turks, Austrians,
Russians, or any others – including Englishmen – who refused them their
right to self-determination’. This work presents some details on the everyday
life of Arthur Evans in Dubrovnik and Split as seen by the local people who
wrote about him in newspapers, journals or books, material that is not easily
available to those interested in Evans’s pre-Knossos period.
Die Anfänge des kontinentalen
TransportwesensundseineAuswirkungen
auf die Bolerázer und Badener Kulturen
by Tünde Horváth. Archaeopress Open
Access, 2015. ISBN 9781784910839.
iv+77 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and
black white. German text.
The earliest finds of wheeled vehicles in northern
and central Europe date to 3900-3600 BC. However
finds (3400–3300 BC) from the Boleráz sites of
Arbon/Bleiche 3 and Bad Buchau/Torwiesen II,
linked to pile-dwelling settlements, indicate methods of transport typical for
higher altitudes (slides, sleds, etc.). The nature of the finds relating to vehicles
associated with lake and riverine settlements reveal technical and material
features: there is evidence of a high degree of carving, if not decoration, and

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