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.
Let a cow-skin be brought Cover Let a cow-skin be brought Cover
Format: 
Pages: 150
ISBN: 9789464260991
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 25+ b/w / 100+ full colour
Pages: 150
ISBN: 9789464260984
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 25+ b/w / 100+ full colour
Description:
One hundred years ago, Howard Carter, working for Lord Carnarvon, made one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all times in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor, Egypt): the nearly intact tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (ca. 1335-1325 BC). In addition to the king’s body, the tomb contained well over 5000 objects, which were recovered, conserved and recorded by Carter and his team.
Cyprus and Ugarit Cover Cyprus and Ugarit Cover
Format: 
Pages: 104
ISBN: 9789464263053
Pub Date: 16 Dec 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 5fc / 6bw
Pages: 104
ISBN: 9789464263046
Pub Date: 16 Dec 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 5fc / 6bw
Description:
This study considers the detailed archaeological and documentary records of Cyprus and Ugarit (Syria) to gain new insights into the long-term relations between two of the best known, well-connected polities in the Late Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean.I engage with concepts such as maritime space and spheres of interaction, merchants and mercantilism, actors and agents. Some background on both Ugarit and Cyprus is presented, followed by examination of the common material features of both (e.
Cremation in the Early Middle Ages Cover Cremation in the Early Middle Ages Cover
Format: 
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9789464271003
Pub Date: 12 Dec 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 83fc / 25bw
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9789464270990
Pub Date: 12 Dec 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 83fc / 25bw
Description:
Cremation in the Early Middle Ages draws together the latest research and thinking on early medieval cremation practices. The book takes you on a journey through 19 chapters exploring cremation practices from the fifth to the eleventh centuries CE in Fennoscandia, the UK and Ireland, Frisia, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, and France. In this way, the book aims to be a central resource for anyone interested in early medieval cremations, or indeed funerary practices more generally.

The Handle Core Concept

Lithic Technology and Knowledge Transmission
The Handle Core Concept Cover
Format: 
Pages: 406
ISBN: 9789464280760
Pub Date: 10 Dec 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: ROOTS Booklet Series
Illustrations: 120fc / 55bw
Pages: 406
ISBN: 9789464280753
Pub Date: 10 Dec 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: ROOTS Booklet Series
Illustrations: 120fc / 55bw
Description:
This work deals with topics related to mobility, contacts and transmission of knowledge. The study of these topics regarding the past can promote an understanding of the social implications of migration, communication and learning today through long-term perspectives of change. This volume focuses on these topics in the Mesolithic by analysing a specialised lithic concept known previously from Scandinavia and Northern Germany.
Identity, Power and Group Formation in Archaic Macedonia (600-400 BC) Cover Identity, Power and Group Formation in Archaic Macedonia (600-400 BC) Cover
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Pages: 272
ISBN: 9789464280791
Pub Date: 26 Nov 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 27fc / 19bw
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9789464280784
Pub Date: 26 Nov 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 27fc / 19bw
Description:
The first ever large-scale synthesis on identity and social dynamics across archaic Macedonia (600-400 BC), Christos Giamakis’s book provides a detailed narrative exploring the role of power as displayed through material culture in the formation of group identities across the region. Giamakis focuses on data from nine cemeteries in the region combining multiple datasets including grave goods, osteological evidence, burial rites, tomb types and the organisation of the cemetery space in order to explore both inter- and intra-site competition that led to the emergence of different group identities across the region. By doing so, he proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of the region as an alternative to past, ethnicity-based, approaches.
Figurine-making in the Neolithic Aegean Cover Figurine-making in the Neolithic Aegean Cover
Format: 
Pages: 250
ISBN: 9789464271034
Pub Date: 21 Nov 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 8fc / 72bw
Pages: 250
ISBN: 9789464271027
Pub Date: 21 Nov 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 8fc / 72bw
Description:
This volume presents a cutting-edge perspective on figurine studies in the Neolithic Aegean, sparking renewed interest and innovative ideas. It celebrates two significant milestones in the field: the 50th anniversary of Giorgos Hourmouziadis’ Ph.D.
Chariots on fire, reins of power Cover Chariots on fire, reins of power Cover
Format: 
Pages: 546
ISBN: 9789464262957
Pub Date: 18 Nov 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 235fc / 77bw
Pages: 546
ISBN: 9789464262940
Pub Date: 18 Nov 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 235fc / 77bw
Description:
‘Chariots on Fire, Reins of Power’ presents the first comprehensive overview of 5th century BC elite graves from the Lower Rhine-Meuse region. Characterised by imported grave goods such as bronze vessels, horse tack, weapons and occasionally two-wheeled vehicles, these strikingly rich cremation burials are the northernmost representatives of an elite culture that had its roots in the Late Hallstatt and Early La Tène culture of more southern regions in France and the German Rhineland. This book is the result of an interdisciplinary study of this northern group of graves, prompted by the recent discovery of a new chariot burial at Heumen, the Netherlands.
Das Fenster in der römischen Architektur Cover Das Fenster in der römischen Architektur Cover
Format: 
Pages: 415
ISBN: 9789464280678
Pub Date: 12 Nov 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 348fc / 31bw
Pages: 415
ISBN: 9789464280661
Pub Date: 12 Nov 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 348fc / 31bw
Description:
Fenster sind multifunktionale Bauteile, die sich sowohl nach Innen als auch nach Außen richten. Sie geben uns durch ihre Zahl, Größe und Art ihrer Verschlüsse wichtige Hinweise auf die Benutzungsarten und -zeiten der jeweiligen Räume, in denen sie angebracht sind. Darüber hinaus sind sie in der Lage zusammen mit dem decor eines Raumes eine Atmosphäre zu schaffen, in manchen Fällen sogar eine von der realen Welt entkoppelte Heterotopie.
Carved stones and Christianisation Cover Carved stones and Christianisation Cover
Format: 
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9789088909818
Pub Date: 10 Nov 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 85bw/315fc
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9789088909801
Pub Date: 10 Nov 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 85bw/315fc
Description:
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.
The Secret Signs in South New Guinea Art Cover The Secret Signs in South New Guinea Art Cover
Format: 
Pages: 450
ISBN: 9789464262674
Pub Date: 25 Sep 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 191fc / 224bw
Pages: 450
ISBN: 9789464262667
Pub Date: 25 Sep 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 191fc / 224bw
Description:
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.

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
Illustrations: 55fc / 39bw
Pages: 150
ISBN: 9789464262889
Pub Date: 25 Sep 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: PALMA
Illustrations: 55fc / 39bw
Description:
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.

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
Description:
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.
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
Description:
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.
Supplying the Roman Empire Cover Supplying the Roman Empire Cover
Format: 
Pages: 330
ISBN: 9789464262858
Pub Date: 02 Sep 2024
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Illustrations: 157fc / 23bw
Pages: 330
ISBN: 9789464262841
Pub Date: 02 Sep 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 157fc / 23bw
Description:
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.
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
Imprint: Sidestone Press
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
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 195fc / 20bw
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.