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De archeologische schatkamer Maaskant Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 468
ISBN: 9789088902253
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2014
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
This books present papers on the archaeology of the region between the river Meuse and the city of Oss (Netherlands), locally known as the "Maaskant". The papers presented in this volume discuss the period from 3000 BC until 1500 AD. The wealth of archaeological data from this region indicated this part of the Netherlands was inhabited by early farmers already 5000 years ago.
Knossos: A Middle Minoan Building in Bougadha Metochi Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 133
ISBN: 9780904887693
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2014
Series: BSA Studies
Description:
From at least 1700 BC, and for several centuries thereafter, a city of substantial houses flanked the palace of Knossos in north-central Crete. Those immediately adjacent to it, like the Royal Villa or the South House, excavated by Sir Arthur Evans, are well known, as are the Little Palace and Unexplored Mansion to the north-west. In fact the whole lower western hill-slope (Bougadha Metochi, the modern village) was terraced with fine, ashlar masonry buildings, served by well-engineered paved roads.
Rooted in Movement Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 118
ISBN: 9788788415889
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2014
Description:
The result of the synergy between four doctoral projects and an advanced MA-level course on Bronze Age Europe, this integrated assemblage of articles represents a variety of different subjects united by a single theme: movement. Ranging from theoretical discussion of the various responses to the reactions from the circulation of people, objects and ideas to the transmission of the spiral and the 'trade' in crafting expertise, this volume takes a fresh look at old questions. Each article within this monograph represents a different approach to mobility framed within a highly mobile and dynamic period of European prehistory.
Vergeten' Bandkeramiek Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 652
ISBN: 9789088902246
Pub Date: 15 Dec 2014
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
Het archeologisch onderzoek in Nederland naar de vroegneolithische Lineaire Bandkeramiek cultuur of LBK (5250-4950 v. Chr.) heeft een lange geschiedenis.
The Archaeology of the South-West Reinforcement Gas Pipeline, Devon Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 213
ISBN: 9780955353475
Pub Date: 30 Nov 2014
Illustrations: 132
Description:
Archaeological work ahead of pipeline construction in East and South Devon led to the excavation of over thirty sites spanning the earlier Neolithic to early modern times. Early features included a wide scatter of pits dating to the Neolithic and Beaker periods (c. 3700–2000 BC), and a variety of Middle Bronze Age features that included evidence for land division in the Otter valley and South Devon.
Wild Things Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9781782977469
Pub Date: 30 Nov 2014
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Description:
Recently, Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology has been breaking boundaries worldwide. Finds such as the Mesolithic house at Howick, the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome, and the recently discovered footprints at Happisburgh all serve to indicate how archaeologists in these fields are truly at the cutting edge of understanding humanity’s past. This volume celebrates this trend by focusing on recent advances in the study of the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic.
RRP: £38.00
Fingerprinting the Iron Age: Approaches to identity in the European Iron Age Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9781782976752
Pub Date: 13 Nov 2014
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w and colour images
Description:
Archaeology has long dealt with issues of identity, and especially with ethnicity, with modern approaches emphasising dynamic and fluid social construction. The archaeology of the Iron Age in particular has engendered much debate on the topic of ethnicity, fuelled by the first availability of written sources alongside the archaeological evidence which has led many researchers to associate the features they excavate with populations named by Greek or Latin writers. Some archaeological traditions have had their entire structure built around notions of ethnicity, around the relationships existing between large groups of people conceived together as forming unitary ethnic units.
RRP: £48.00
Elevated Rock Art Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9781782977629
Pub Date: 11 Nov 2014
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Swedish Rock Art Research
Illustrations: b/w and colour illustrations
Description:
How may Bohuslän rock art and landscape be perceived and understood? Since the Bronze Age, the landscape has been transformed by shore displacement but, largely due to misunderstanding and certain ideas about the character of Bronze Age society, rock art research in Tanum has drawn much of its inspiration from the present agrarian landscape. This perception of the landscape has not been a major issue.
RRP: £40.00
Exploring and Explaining Diversity in Agricultural Technology Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9781842175156
Pub Date: 11 Nov 2014
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Earth Series
Illustrations: 285 col illus.
Description:
This volume is the outcome of collaborative European research among archaeologists, archaeobotanists, ethnographers, historians and agronomists, and frequently uses experiments in archaeology. It aims to establish new common ground for integrating different approaches and for viewing agriculture from the standpoint of the human actors involved. Each chapter provides an interdisciplinary overview of the skills used and the social context of the pursuit of agriculture, highlighting examples of tools, technologies and processes from land clearance to cereal processing and food preparation.
RRP: £50.00
A Late Roman Town House and its Environs Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 436
ISBN: 9780907764397
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2014
Series: Britannia Monographs
Illustrations: 214
Description:
This report publishes the 1937–8 excavations in Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset, which revealed one of the best preserved late Roman town houses so far discovered in Roman Britain. Extensively decorated with mosaics, the building has recently been re-displayed in a new cover building by Dorset County Council. In addition to the town house and its mosaics, the report publishes the surrounding buildings in the north-west quarter of the town, also mostly of late Roman date, and associated occupation along with an extensive collection of artefacts, including outstanding finds of coins, glass, iron and Kimmeridge shale.
RRP: £36.00
Along the Road Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 330
ISBN: 9788771244496
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2014
Series: East Jutland Museum Publications
Description:
A volume in the East Jutland Museum Publications Series. This volume takes a new look at causewayed enclosures in South Scandinavia based on a research area restricted to the Djursland Peninsula in eastern Jutland. The Djursland Peninsula in eastern Jutland was selected as region of concentration because of the richness of the region in terms of megalithic graves and burial mounds and because it has the largest number by far of known Neolithic enclosures within the northern TRB Group distribution area.
Beni Hassan Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 82
ISBN: 9780856688461
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2014
Series: ACE Reports
Description:
The magnificent tomb of Khnumhotep II has never been completely recorded in drawing and photographs since its pioneering publication by P. E. Newberry in 1893.
Breaking with Tradition Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 204
ISBN: 9789088902758
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2014
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
Over 150 years of research in the Circum-Alpine region have produced a vast amount of data on the lakeshore and wetland settlements found throughout the area. Particularly in the northern region, dendrochronological studies have provided highly accurate sequences of occupation, which have correlated, in turn, to palaeoclimatic reconstructions in the area. The result has been the general conclusion that the lake-dwelling tradition was governed by climatic factors, with communities abandoning the lakeshore during periods of inclement conditions, and returning when the climate was more favourable.
Le costume médiévale au XIIIème siècle (1180-1320) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9782840483618
Pub Date: 30 Oct 2014
Imprint: Heimdal
Illustrations: Colour illustrations
Description:
After the success of Medieval Costumes, 1320-1480, comes another highly-anticipated volume. Once again, we discover the materials, the accessories (and jewels), the shoes, and various outfits for men, women, and children that characterize this period of history. Additionally, an appendix included with the volume details military dress and equipment of the era.
Structure, Image, Ornament Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
ISBN: 9781782977391
Pub Date: 16 Oct 2014
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w illus
Description:
This volume presents the proceedings of a conference hosted by the American School of Classical Studies, Athens and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Athens in 2004. There are additional contributions from Patricia Butz, Robin Osborne, Katherine Schwab, Justin St. P.
The Land of Assur and the Yoke of Assur Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9781782977414
Pub Date: 16 Oct 2014
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w illus.
Description:
This book brings together a selection of twenty-eight previously disparate articles by Nicholas Postgate that represent some thirty years of engagement with the nature of Assyrian society and government. Most are broadly synthetic and deal with general issues; they are a tremendous body of work, and this will be an invaluable collection for everyone interested in Assyria.