Sidestone Press
Sidestone Press is an academic publishing house founded by scholars, for scholars. As a publisher they have one clear ambition, that is to make scientific information available to all. They believe scientific information should be available at all times, at all places and to each and every one. This means that the printing and selling of books is but one part of what they believe a good publisher should do.

Apart from printed books that can be found in libraries and bookstores around the world, Sidestone books can also be freely accessed online through different channels such as Google Books, Google Scholar and through their own digital ebook library. By offering access to their books for free, more people than ever have access to our publications. First of all this is beneficial for our authors as it greatly increases the exposure of their work, and in effect, the impact of their research. Second, of course, it enables their readers – scholars and students around the world – to access their publications at any time and at any place, including those parts of the world where access to good quality academic libraries is not guaranteed.

From 2012 onwards Sidestone books have been published under one of three different imprints: Sidestone Press Academics, Sidestone Press Dissertations and Sidestone Press.
Carved stones and Christianisation Cover Carved stones and Christianisation Cover
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Pages: 400
ISBN: 9789088909818
Pub Date: 10 Nov 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
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Pages: 400
ISBN: 9789088909801
Pub Date: 10 Nov 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 85bw/315fc
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The early medieval period witnessed one of the deepest and most significant transformations of European societies and cultures with the process of Christianisation. The emergence and establishment of Christianity created a new dimension of power in society with an appeal to supernatural forces combined with an access to a broader transnational authority. Carved stones did not merely reflect these changes, but enabled them within northern societies with traditions of sculpture and epigraphic representations.

Roman Pottery in the Low Countries

Past Research, Current State, Future Directions

Roman Pottery in the Low Countries

Past Research, Current State, Future Directions
Format: 
Pages: 150
ISBN: 9789464262896
Pub Date: 25 Sep 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: PALMA
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Pages: 150
ISBN: 9789464262889
Pub Date: 25 Sep 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: PALMA
Illustrations: 55fc / 39bw
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This edited volume was written on the occasion of the 33rd Congress of the Rei Cretariæ Romanæ Fautores (www.fautores.org), which was held in September 2024 in Leiden, and offers a status quaestionis of Roman pottery studies in the Netherlands and adjacent regions.
The Secret Signs in South New Guinea Art Cover The Secret Signs in South New Guinea Art Cover
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Pages: 450
ISBN: 9789464262674
Pub Date: 25 Sep 2024
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Pages: 450
ISBN: 9789464262667
Pub Date: 25 Sep 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 191fc / 224bw
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The chain of linked cultures of the southern coast of New Guinea, from the Asmat in the west to the Papuan Gulf in the east all share remarkably similar mythology and rituals, inspired by a common ancient worldview.In this book art historian and anthropologist Dr. Holger Braun takes us on a step by step journey to discover the underlying principles of this ancient worldview which is visible as a secret sign language inscribed into the art objects of this area and intended to be legible exclusively to the initiated.

Serial Learners

Interactions between Funnel Beaker West and Corded Ware Communities in the Netherlands during the Third Millennium BCE from the Perspective of Ceramic Technology

Serial Learners

Interactions between Funnel Beaker West and Corded Ware Communities in the Netherlands during the Third Millennium BCE from the Perspective of Ceramic Technology
Format: 
Pages: 284
ISBN: 9789464280647
Pub Date: 18 Sep 2024
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Illustrations: 57fc / 19bw
Pages: 284
ISBN: 9789464280630
Pub Date: 18 Sep 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 57fc / 19bw
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5,000 years ago, a migration shaped Europe’s future. Migrating communities spread across Europe within two centuries, leaving lasting changes in interconnectivity, language, and ancestry. Yet these migrating communities did not enter an empty continent.
Supplying the Roman Empire Cover Supplying the Roman Empire Cover
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Pages: 330
ISBN: 9789464262858
Pub Date: 02 Sep 2024
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Pages: 330
ISBN: 9789464262841
Pub Date: 02 Sep 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 157fc / 23bw
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This publication – Supplying the Roman Empire – is the fourth volume of the LIMES XXV’s congress proceedings and deals with various aspects of the supply and provisioning of the Roman empire, and the role of the Roman armies housed on its fringes herein. The result is a wide-ranging collection of papers dealing with topics such as: finds of organic material; riverine and maritime supply and security; militarily controlled mining; building material procurement and processing; agro-political schemes and water management; military material culture. The proceedings are all arranged around the original sessions, trying to create coherent thematical collections that make the vast output more accessible to generalists and specialists alike.
Strategy and Structures along the Roman Frontier Cover Strategy and Structures along the Roman Frontier Cover
Format: 
Pages: 390
ISBN: 9789464262797
Pub Date: 02 Sep 2024
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Illustrations: 154fc / 43bw
Pages: 390
ISBN: 9789464262780
Pub Date: 02 Sep 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 154fc / 43bw
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This publication – Strategy and Structures along the Roman Frontiers – is the second volume of the LIMES XXV’s congress proceedings and deals with the following themes: Roman military activities during the Republic; the early frontier formation processes and tribal reshuffling; new insights in the installations of the Roman armies; an odyssey along different Limes regions; the collapse of Roman frontiers; the afterlife of frontier fortifications. The proceedings are all arranged around the original sessions, creating coherent thematical collections that make the vast output more accessible to generalists and specialists alike.Frontiers are zones, or lines, of contact and coercion, of exchange and exclusion.
Living and dying on the Roman Frontier and beyond Cover Living and dying on the Roman Frontier and beyond Cover
Format: 
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9789464262827
Pub Date: 02 Sep 2024
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Illustrations: 161fc / 22bw
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9789464262810
Pub Date: 02 Sep 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 161fc / 22bw
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This publication – Living and Dying on the Roman Frontiers and Beyond – is the third volume of the LIMES XXV’s congress proceedings and deals with a variety of themes, including the iconography of victory; aspects of frontier societies; mobility and the place of children; funerary archaeology; the significance of Roman imports beyond the frontiers. The proceedings are mostly arranged around the original sessions, creating coherent thematical collections that make the vast output more accessible to generalists and specialists alike.Frontiers are zones, or lines, of contact and coercion, of exchange and exclusion.
Current Approaches to Roman Frontiers Cover Current Approaches to Roman Frontiers Cover
Format: 
Pages: 340
ISBN: 9789464262766
Pub Date: 02 Sep 2024
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Pages: 340
ISBN: 9789464262759
Pub Date: 02 Sep 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 195fc / 20bw
Description:
This publication – Current Approaches to Roman Frontiers – is the first volume of the LIMES XXV’s congress proceedings arranged around the original sessions, in order to form coherent thematical collections that make the vast output more accessible to generalists and specialists alike. This volume starts with a recap of the congress. Regarding the themes it deals with a contemporary feminist approach; new digital methodologies and computational modelling; three themes on archaeological heritage management dealing inter alia with preservation, protection, citizen science and World Heritage aspects, and a comparison between the Roman Limes and the Great Wall of China.
Five New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara Cover Five New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara Cover
Format: 
Pages: 442
ISBN: 9789464262728
Pub Date: 28 Aug 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: PALMA
Illustrations: 400fc/250bw
Pages: 442
ISBN: 9789464262711
Pub Date: 28 Aug 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: PALMA
Illustrations: 400fc/250bw
Description:
The five tombs dealt with in this book were explored between 2009 and 2017 by the Leiden-Turin Expedition in the New Kingdom necropolis of Saqqara. All of them can be described as minor tombs, constructed wherever some space was still available in the cemetery between the major monuments of 18th Dynasty date. Some of them were clearly built against the exterior walls of these previous monuments, whereas their unusual plans show how the builders had to adapt to the cramped conditions in the cemetery.
Silver of the Possessed Cover Silver of the Possessed Cover
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Pages: 212
ISBN: 9789464280739
Pub Date: 27 Jun 2024
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Illustrations: 155fc / 7bw
Pages: 212
ISBN: 9789464280722
Pub Date: 27 Jun 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 155fc / 7bw
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In the 19th century an African possession cult called zār arrived in Egypt and became hugely popular. Jewellery formed an integral part of this cult, and silver pendants with images of spirits started to appear in the early 20th century. And there is more: zār also used beaded jewellery as well as a wide range of other jewels.

Arqueología histórica venezolana

Perspectivas actuales sobre el contacto, el colonialismo y la independencia

Arqueología histórica venezolana

Perspectivas actuales sobre el contacto, el colonialismo y la independencia
Format: 
Pages: 582
ISBN: 9789464270976
Pub Date: 30 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Taboui
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Pages: 582
ISBN: 9789464270969
Pub Date: 30 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Taboui
Illustrations: 125fc / 45bw
Description:
Este volumen ofrece una visión panorámica de la arqueología histórica de Venezuela, siendo la primera vez que un estudio de esta índole está disponible tanto en inglés como en español. Reúne el trabajo de destacados arqueólogos venezolanos e incluye trabajos de campo recientes e investigaciones inéditas, abarcando una amplia gama de estudios de caso desde la época precolonial hasta el periodo republicano.Estructurado en cinco partes, el libro comienza con una revisión exhaustiva de la arqueología histórica venezolana, destacando sus contribuciones y sugiriendo futuras direcciones.
Artefact Biographies from Mesolithic and Neolithic Europe and Beyond Cover Artefact Biographies from Mesolithic and Neolithic Europe and Beyond Cover
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Pages: 220
ISBN: 9789464261523
Pub Date: 30 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia
Illustrations: 81fc / 14bw
Pages: 220
ISBN: 9789464261516
Pub Date: 30 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia
Illustrations: 81fc / 14bw
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This volume has been written in honour of Professor Annelou van Gijn in order to celebrate her distinguished career as an archaeologist and, above all, as an expert in the study of material culture. Annelou started her research with the use-wear analysis of prehistoric flint from the Netherlands, and she extended her interests in every possible direction: time, space, materials and technologies. This volume has been compiled to reflect the broad oeuvre of her work.

Venezuelan Historical Archaeology

Current Perspectives on Contact, Colonialism, and Independence

Venezuelan Historical Archaeology

Current Perspectives on Contact, Colonialism, and Independence
Format: 
Pages: 582
ISBN: 9789464270945
Pub Date: 30 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Taboui
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Pages: 582
ISBN: 9789464270938
Pub Date: 30 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Taboui
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Description:
This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the historical archaeology of Venezuela, marking the first time such a detailed study is available in both English and Spanish. It compiles the work of leading Venezuelan archaeologists and includes recent fieldwork and unpublished research, covering a wide range of case studies from precolonial times to the republican period.Structured in five parts, the book starts with a thorough review of the history of Venezuelan historical archaeological research, highlighting its contributions and future directions.
Community, Technology and Tradition Cover Community, Technology and Tradition Cover
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Pages: 192
ISBN: 9789464270914
Pub Date: 23 May 2024
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Pages: 192
ISBN: 9789464270907
Pub Date: 23 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 23fc / 34bw
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In the second millennium BC, mining for copper ore on the Great Orme, Wales, created one of Europe’s largest surviving prehistoric copper mines. The ore from the mine was smelted into metal that was cast and worked into the rich variety of copper and bronze objects synonymous with the Bronze Age in Britain and Europe.This book presents an original synthesis and reinterpretation of the complex prehistoric archaeology of the Great Orme mine.
Neu (im) Land – erste Bäuer:innen in der Peripherie Cover Neu (im) Land – erste Bäuer:innen in der Peripherie Cover
Format: 
Pages: 170
ISBN: 9789464270884
Pub Date: 21 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: ROOTS Booklet Series
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Pages: 170
ISBN: 9789464270877
Pub Date: 21 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: ROOTS Booklet Series
Illustrations: 32fc / 14bw
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Bei einer Ausgrabung im havelländischen Lietzow in Brandenburg wurden jungsteinzeitliche Siedlungsbefunde entdeckt. Sie gehören zu zwei Hofstellen der jüngeren Linienbandkeramik, die um 5100-5000 v. u.
Decoding the Jewels Cover Decoding the Jewels Cover
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Pages: 200
ISBN: 9789464262582
Pub Date: 15 May 2024
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Illustrations: 104fc / 3bw
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9789464262575
Pub Date: 15 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 104fc / 3bw
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For the first time, National Museums Scotland’s important collection of Renaissance jewellery from Scotland is considered together in this fully illustrated volume alongside significant items from the Royal Collection. The book was inspired by the acquisition by NMS of the extraordinary Fettercairn Jewel: the fine iconography of this exquisitely enamelled locket held coded messages for its sixteenth century owners, and continues to intrigue its viewers today. Renaissance jewellery like this in Scotland is particularly notable given the rare survival of such jewels from the sixteenth century.