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The WitchA History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the PresentBy Ronald HuttonIn this landmark book, Ronald Hutton examines attitudes on witchcraft and the treatment of suspected witches across the world, and from ancient pagan times to current interpretations. His fresh anthropological and ethnographical approach focuses on cultural inheritance and change while considering shamanism, folk religion, the range of witch trials, and how the fear of witchcraft might be eradicated. 376p, b/w illus (Yale UP 2017) 9780300229042 Hb £25.00

Alchemy and Medicine from Antiquity to the EnlightenmentEdited by Jennifer Rampling & Peter M. JonesThis volume reveals how physicians practiced alchemy and alchemists produced medicaments. Adopting a longue duree approach to explore these connections, the sixteen essays each address a key topic in the history of alchemy and medicine, including the relationship between court and city, print and manuscript, and theoretical and practical knowledge; the circulation of “secrets” literature; the role of chemical medicine in courts and universities; and the material and economic context of alchemy. 272p, b/w illus (Routledge 2017) 9781138286368 Hb £95.00

Childhood in HistoryPerceptions of Children in the Ancient and Medieval WorldsEdited by Reidar Aasgaard & Cornelia B. HornThis volume presents nineteen studies which explore ideas about children and childhood in the pre-modern history of European civilization. Drawing on a range of sources in genres that extend from philosophical, theological, and educational treatises, to law, art, and poetry, hagiography and autobiography, to school lessons and sagas, these studies aim to bring together these diverse fields and source materials, and to allow the development of new conversations. 400p, 14 b/w illus (Routledge 2017) 9781472468925 Hb £120.00

A Foot in the RiverWhy Our Lives Change – And the Limits of EvolutionBy Felipe Fernandez-ArmestoFelipe Fernandez-Armesto offers some radical answers to very big questions about the human species and its history, arguing that culture is exempt from evolution. Ultimately, no environmental conditions, no genetic legacy, no predictable patterns, no scientific laws determine our behaviour. A revolutionary book which challenges scientistic assumptions about culture and how and why cultural change happens. 304p (Oxford UP 2015, Pb 2017) 9780198744429 Hb £20.00, 9780198806806 Pb £12.99

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Understanding CollapseAncient History and Modern MythsBy Guy D. MiddletonIn this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically examines our ideas about collapse – how we explain it and how we have constructed potentially misleading myths around collapses – showing how and why collapse of societies was a much more complex phenomenon than is often admitted. Rather than positing a single explanatory model of collapse – economic, social, or environmental – Middleton gives full consideration to the overlooked resilience in communities of ancient peoples and the choices that they made. 300p, b/w illus (Cambridge UP 2017) 9781107151499 Hb £94.99, 9781316606070 Pb £29.99

Why Did Ancient Civilizations Fail?By Scott A.J. JohnsonThis engaging volume offers a new theory of collapse, that of social hubris. Hubris blinds people to evidence that would allow them to adapt. Comprehensive and well-written, this volume serves as an ideal text for undergraduate courses on ancient complex societies, as well as appealing to the scholar interested in societal collapse. This book Evaluates current theories on the collapse of ancient societies and discusses why they are incomplete in their ability to explain the failure of past civilizations Concludes that the population and leadership must have been aware impending collapse at some point, but acted too late to reorganize and sustain their way of life Demonstrates the theory through examination of Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Roman, Maya, Inca, and Aztec societies, with implications for contemporary societies. 280p, (Routledge 2017) 9781629582832 Pb £33.99

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NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSChildren, Death and BurialArchaeological DiscoursesEdited by Eileen Murphy & Mélie Le RoyChildren, Death and B u r i a l s a s s e m b l e s a panorama of studies with a focus on juvenile burials; the 16 papers have a wide geographic and temporal breadth and represent a range of methodological approaches. All have a similar objective in mind, however, namely to understand how children were treated in death by different cultures in the past; to gain insights concerning the roles of children of different ages in their respective societies and to find evidence of the nature of past adult–child relationships and interactions across the life course. A broad range of issues are addressed within the volume, including the inclusion/exclusion of children in particular burial environments and the impact of age in relation to the place of children in society. 240p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707124 Pb £40.00

Archaeologies of Gender and ViolenceEdited by Bo Jensen & Uroš MatićUroš Matić and Bo Jensen have brought together a team of both young and senior researches from many different countries in this first volume that aims to explore the complex intersect ion between archaeology, gender and violence. Papers range from theoretical discussions on previous approaches to gender and violence and the ethical necessity to address these questions today, to case studies dealing with gender and violence from prehistoric to early medieval Europe, but also including studies on ancient Egypt, Persia and Peru. The contributors deal both with representations of violence and its gendered background in images and text, and with bioarchaeological evidence for violence and trauma with a gendered background. 252p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706882 Pb £36.00

Not Just for ShowThe Archaeology of Beads, Beadwork and Personal OrnamentsEdited by Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer, Clive Bonsall & Alice M. ChoykeThese papers discuss the social narratives behind b e a d a n d b e a d wo r k manufacture, use and disposal; the way beads work visually, audibly and even tactilely to cue wearers and audience to their social message(s). Understanding the entangled social and technical aspects of beads require a broad spectrum of technical and methodological approaches including the identification of the sources for the raw material of beads. These scientific approaches are also combined in some instances with experimentation to clarify the manner in which beads were produced and used in past societies. 224p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706929 Hb £48.00

Engaging with the DeadExploring Changing Human Beliefs about Death, Mortality and the Human BodyEdited by Jennie Bradbury & Chris ScarreEngaging with the Dead adopts a cross-disciplinary, archaeologically focused, approach to explore a variety of themes linked to the interpretation of mortuary traditions, death and the ways of disposing of the dead. Nineteen papers highlight the current vitality of ‘death studies’ and the potential of future research and discoveries. Contributors explore changing beliefs and practices over time, considering how modern archaeology, ethnography and historical records can aid our interpretations of the past, as well as considering how past practices may have influenced understandings of death and dying within the modern world. 288p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706639 Hb £55.00

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Archaeological ResearchA Brief IntroductionBy Peter N. PeregrineThis book introduces the basic methods of archaeological research, including data collection, analysis, interpretation, as well as a consideration of the state of archaeology today. New to the Second Edition is updated information on geographic information systems and remote sensing strategies, and a greatly expanded discussion of practices in cultural resource management archaeology. 240p b/w illus (Routledge 2nd ed 2017) 9781629583426 Hb £110.00, 9781629583433 Pb £31.99

The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and GlobalizationEdited by Tamar HodosThis unique collection applies globalization concepts to the discipline of archaeology, using a wide range of global case studies from a group of international specialists. The volume spans from as early as 10,000 cal. BP to the modern era, analysing the relationship between material culture, complex connectivities between communities and groups, and cultural change. Papers consider social practices shared between different historic groups, and also the expression of their respective identities. 994p, b/w illus (Routledge 2016) 9780415841306 Hb £175.00

Archaeological Theory in the New MillenniumBy Oliver J.T. Harris & Craig N. CipollaThis book provides an account of the changing world of archaeological theory and a challenge to more traditional narratives of archaeological thought. It charts the emergence of the new emphasis on relations as well as engaging with other current theoretical trends and the thinkers archaeologists regularly employ, highlighting potential strengths and weaknesses of different approaches. 254p (Routledge 2017) 9781138888708 Hb £110.00, 9781138888715 Pb £29.99

European ArchaeologyIdentities & MigrationsEdited by Laurence Manolakakis, Nathan Schlanger & Anick CoudartWith contributions (written in French and in English) spanning from prehistory to the modern world, this volume in honour of Jean-Paul Demoule brings new insights and data to such issues as the processes of identity construction at different scales, migratory movements in Europe, the status of gender, the role of prestige objects and megalithic monuments in the emergence of social hierarchy and in the semiology of power. 520p, 62fc / 36bw (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088905216 Hb £195.00, 9789088905209 Pb £65.00 NYP

The Evolution of Human Co-operationRitual and Social Complexity in Stateless SocietiesBy Charles StanishHow do people living in small groups without money, markets, police and rigid social classes develop norms of economic and social cooperation that are sustainable over time? This book addresses this fundamental question and explains the origin, structure and spread of stateless societies. Stanish shows how ritual – broadly defined – is the key. Ritual practices encode elaborate rules of behaviour and are ingenious mechanisms of organizing society in the absence of coercive states. 352p (Cambridge UP 2017) 9781107180550 Hb £85.00

Human Dispersal and Species MovementFrom Prehistory to the PresentEdited by Nicole Boivin, Michael Petraglia & Remy CrassardThis collection of essays explores human movement through time, the impacts of these movements on landscapes and other species, and the ways in which species have co-evolved and transformed each other as a result. Exploring the spread of people, plants, animals, and diseases through processes of migration, colonisation, trade and travel, it assembles a broad array of case studies from the Pliocene to the present.572p, b/w and col illus (Cambridge UP 2017) 9781107164147 Hb £89.99

Ancient Complex SocietiesBy Jennifer C. Ross & Sharon R. SteadmanAncient Complex Societies examines the archaeological evidence for the rise and functioning of politically and socially “complex” cultures in antiquity. Particular focus is given to civilizations exhibiting positions of leadership, social and administrative hierarchies, emerging and already developed complex religious systems, and economic differentiation. Using case studies from Africa, Polynesia, and North America, discussion is dedicated to identifying what “complex” means and when it should be applied to ancient systems. 550p, b/w illus (Routledge 2017) 9781611321951 Hb £110.00, 9781611321968 Pb £28.99

Ancient States and Infrastructural PowerEurope, Asia, and AmericaEdited by Clifford Ando & Seth F. C. RichardsonWhile ancient states are often characterized in terms of the powers that they claimed to possess, this book argues that they were in fact fundamentally weak, both in the exercise of force outside of war and in the infrastructural and regulatory powers that such force would, in theory, defend. The contributions examine the ways in which early states built their territorial, legal, and political powers before they had the capabilities to enforce them. 352p, b/w illus (University of Pennsylvania Press 2017) 9780812249316 Hb £58.00

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The Bioarchaeology of Ritual and ReligionEdited by Alexandra Livarda, Richard Madgwick & Santiago Riera MoraBuilding on recent debates surrounding, for instance, performance, materiality and the false dichotomy between ritualistic and secular behaviour, this book investigates notions of ritual and religion through the lens of perishable material culture. It explores the diverse roles of plant, animal and other organic remains in ritual and religion, as foods, offerings, sensory or healing mediums, grave goods, and worked artefacts. It also provides insights into how archaeological science can shed light on the reconstruction of ritual processes and the framing of rituals. The temporal and geographical extends across Europe from the Mediterranean and Aegean to the Baltic and North Atlantic regions and from the Mesolithic to the medieval period. 288p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785708282 Hb £45.00

Care or Neglect?:Evidence of Animal Disease in ArchaeologyEdited by László Bartosiewicz & Erika GálThis volume presents a collection of studies in the discipline of animal palaeopathology. An international team of experts offer reviews of animal welfare at ancient settlements from both prehistoric and historic periods across Eurasia. Several chapters are devoted to the diseases of dog and horse, two animals of prominent emotional importance in many civilisations. Curious phenomena observed on the bones of poultry, sheep, pig and even fish are discussed within their respective cultural contexts. Some animal bones show signs of extreme cruelty but others also reveal the great attention paid to the recovery of sick animals. Such attitudes tend to be a largely hidden yet are characteristic aspects of how people relate to the surrounding world and, ultimately, to each other. 304p, (Oxbow Books 2018) 9781785708893 Pb £40.00

Public Archaeology and Climate ChangeEdited by Tom Dawson, Courtney Nimura, Elías López-Romero & Marie-Yvane DaireThis volume promotes new approaches to studying and managing sites threatened by climate change, specifically a c t i o n s t h a t e n g a g e communities or employ ‘citizen science’ initiatives. With examples from across the globe, this selection of 18 papers details the scale of the problem through a variety of case studies. Contributors examine differing responses and proactive methodologies for the protection, preservation and recording of sites at risk from natural forces and demonstrate how new approaches can better engage people with sites that are under increasing threat of destruction. 208p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707049 Pb £38.00

Making JourneysArchaeologies of MovementEdited by Catriona Gibson, Catherine Frieman & Kerri ClearyDespite notable explorations of past dynamics, much of the archaeological literature on mobility remains dominated by accounts of earlier prehistoric gatherer-hunters, or the long-distance exchange of materials. One route into exploring mobility in the past may be through exploring the movements and biographies of artefacts. Challenges lie not only in tracing the origins and final destinations of objects but in the less tangible ‘in between’ journeys and the hands they passed through, an under-explored middle-spectrum of mobility, a range nestled between everyday movements and one-off ambitious voyages. This collection of papers explores how these travels involved entangled meshworks of people, animals, objects, knowledge sets and identities. By crossing and re-crossing cultural, contextual and tenurial boundaries , such journeys could create diasporic and novel communities, ideas and materialities. 256p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2018) 9781785709302 Pb £40.00

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Archaeology and GeomaticsHarvesting the benefits of 10 years of training in the Iberian Peninsula (2006-2015)Edited by Victorino Mayoral Herrera, César Parcero-Oubiña & Pastor Fábrega-ÁlvarezThis volume consists of various studies on the use of methods such as LiDAR, archaeological prospection, visibility, mobility and the analysis of the spatial distribution of archaeological objects, applied in various contexts. The case studies vary widely and include the Late Pleistocene in the Northern Iberian Peninsula, the Roman Republican period in Southern Italy, the Formative period in the Andes and the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War. 285p, b/w and col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088904523 Hb £135.00, 9789088904516 Pb £45.00 NYP

Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Using RBy David L. CarlsonThis is the first hands-on guide to using the R statistical computing system written specifically for archaeologists. Part I includes tutorials on R, with applications to real archaeological data showing how to compute descriptive statistics, create tables, and produce a wide variety of charts and graphs. Part II addresses the major multivariate approaches used by archaeologists, while Part III covers specialized topics, including intra-site spatial analysis, seriation, and assemblage diversity. 440p, 94 b/w illus. (Cambridge UP 2017) 9781107040212 Hb £77.99, 9781107655577 Pb £29.99

The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic AnalysisEdited by Alice M. W. HuntThis volume draws together topics and methodologies essential for the socio-cultural, mineralogical, and geochemical analysis of archaeological ceramic. It provides a common vocabulary and offers practical tools and guidelines for ceramic analysis using techniques and methodologies ranging from network analysis and typology to rehydroxylation dating and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. 600p (Oxford UP 2016) 9780199681532 Hb £110.00

Integrative Approaches in Ceramic PetrographyBy Mary F. Ownby & Maria A. MasucciThis book highlights new results from this field and incorporates it prominently within current archaeological work. Case studies provide practical examples by combining petrography with scientific, ethnographic, and experimental methods. The varied uses of ceramic petrography and the insights it has generated illustrate the significance of this method for understanding past societies. 288p, b/w illus (University of Utah Press 2017) 9781607815068 Hb £74.50

History and its ObjectsAntiquarianism and Material Culture Since 1500By Peter N. MillerFr o m t h e e f f o r t s o f Renaissance antiquarians, who reconstructed life in the ancient world from coins, inscriptions, seals, and other detritus, to amateur historians in the nineteenth century working within burgeoning national traditions, Miller connects collecting to the professionalisation of the historical profession. He situates the struggle to articulate the value of objects as historical evidence at the heart both of academic history-writing and of the popular engagement with things. 320p, b/w illus (Cornell UP 2017) 9780801453700 Hb £32.95

The Archaeological Activities of James Douglas in Sussex between 1809 and 1819By Malcolm LyneJames Douglas (1753-1819) was a polymath, well ahead of his time in both the fields of archaeology and earth-sciences. His Nenia Britannica, published in 1793, reveals a remarkably accurate grasp of the dating of Anglo- Saxon burials; further illuminated by the contents of his common-place book for 1814-16, discovered by the author in a second-hand bookshop. This common-place book, correspondence with his contemporaries and other sources resulted in the present publication recounting his archaeological and other activities in Sussex during the first two decades of the 19th century. 68p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784916480 Pb £15.00

Archaeology of the Communist EraA Political History of Archaeology of the 20th CenturyEdited by Ludomir R. LoznyThis book contributes to better recognition and comprehension of the interconnection between archaeology and political pressure, especially imposed by the totalitarian communist regimes. It explains why, under such political conditions, some archaeological reasoning and practices were resilient, while new ideas leisurely penetrated the local scenes. It attempts to critically evaluate the political context and its impact on archaeology during the communist era world-wide. Included are discussions about the perception of archaeology and its findings by the public in communist states. 360p (Springer Verlag 2017) 9783319451060 Hb £82.00

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Understanding Ancient FortificationsBetween Regionality and ConnectivityEdited by Ariane Ballmer, Manuel Fernandez-Götz & Dirk P. MielkeI n m a n y r e g i o n s o f E u r o p e a n d b e y o n d fortifications belong to the most impressive of archaeological remains. However, fortifications are generally examined in a temporally, regionally or culturally limited context. Going a step further, this volume aims to bring into focus concepts of fortifications, which can be socially, symbolically or functionally, but also chronologically and supra-regionally aligned. An important question is to determine which fortification elements are culture-specific, and which can be regarded as convergence or even universal phenomena. Adopting a comparative view, the central aim of the volume is to highlight the diversity and the structural similarities of ancient fortifications. The chronological framework goes from the Neolithic to the Late Iron Age, and the geographical scope from the Ural steppes to the Iberian Peninsula. 192p, b/w (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707483 Hb £55.00

Working with the PastTowards an Archaeology of RecyclingEdited by Dragos Gheorghiu & Paul MasonR e c yc l i n g i s a b a s i c anthropological process o f h u m a n k i n d . T h e reutilization of materials or of ideas from the Past is a process determined by various natural or cultural causes. Recycling can be motivated by a crisis or by a complex symbolic cause like the incorporation of the Past into the Present. This book invites archaeologists to approach the significant process of recycling within the archaeological record at two different levels: of artefacts and of landscape. 144p, col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784916299 Pb £25.00

Drawing Lithic ArtefactsBy Yannick Raczynski-HenkDrawings are often the most informative images when it comes to the study of lithic artefacts because the lines and symbols in these drawing contain technological information which tells the audience how the artefact depicted was made. Conversely, making these drawings is an excellent way of learning to recognise and understand this technological information. This book is a concise how-to guide. 52p, b/w and col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088905308 Pb £20.00, NYP

FibresMicroscopy of Archaeological Textiles and FursBy Antoinette Rast-EicherFibres used in the manufacture of archaeological textiles are full of information. A variety of archaeological examples and their modern day counterparts are assembled as well as a chapter devoted to the historical background of each fibre and its use in Europe. 359p, b/w illus (Archaeolingua 2016) 9789639911789 Hb £49.95

Mobility and Pottery ProductionArchaeological and Anthropological PerspectivesEdited by Caroline Heitz & Regine StapferPottery vessels can move with their owners or be passed on and may thus shift between spatial, temporal, social, economic and cultural contexts. This volume presents contributions which address mobility and social ties by focusing on variability in pottery production within, as well as between, settlements and regions. Others take more actor-centred perspectives of making, distributing and using pottery. 270p, b/w and col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088904615 Hb £135.00, 9789088904608 Pb £45.00 NYP

Exploring Sex and Gender in BioarchaeologyEdited by Sabrina C. Agarwal & Julie K. WespArchaeologists have long used skeletal remains to identify gender. Contemporary bioarchaeologists, however, have begun to challenge the theoretical and methodological basis for sex assignment from the skeleton. Simultaneously, they have started to consider the cultural construction of the gendered body and gender roles, recognizing the body as uniquely fashioned from the interaction of biological, social, and environmental factors. As the contributors to this volume reveal, combining skeletal data with contextual information can provide a richer understanding of life in the past. 312p (University of New Mexico Press 2017) 9780826352583 Hb £88.95

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The Interactive PastArchaeology, Heritage, and Video GamesEdited by Angus A.A. Mol, Csilla E. Ariese-Vandemeulebroucke, Krijn H.J. Boom & Aris PolitopoulosThe Interactive Past brings together a diverse group of thinkers — including archaeologists, heritage scholars, game creators, conservators and more — who explore the interface of video games and the past in a series of unique and engaging writings. They address such topics as how thinking about and creating games can inform on archaeological method and theory, how games can be studied archaeologically and the challenges they present in terms of conservation, and why the deaths of virtual Romans and the treatment of video game chickens matters. 220p, col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088904370 Hb £120.00, 9789088904363 Pb £40.00

Ships And Maritime LandscapesProceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Amsterdam 2012By Joost Schokkenbroek, André van Holk & Jerzy GawronskiThis volume gathers 88 contributions related to the theme ‘Ships and Maritime Landscapes’ of the Thirteenth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology (2012). The contributions deal not only with the theme of maritime landscapes but also with a variety of ship related subjects, like regional watercraft, construction and typology, material applications and design, outfitting, reconstruction and current research. 525p, b/w and col illus (Barkhuis 2016) 9789492444141 Hb £95.00

Exploring the Materiality of Food ‘Stuffs’Transformations, Symbolic Consumption and EmbodimentsEdited by Louise Steel & Katharina ZinnThis volume explores the materiality of foodstuffs past and present, examining humanity’s intriguingly complex relationships with, and experiences of, food. The book also makes a fresh contribution to our understanding of materiality through a novel focus on material culture, analysing objects used to prepare, wrap, serve and consume food and the tactile experiences involved in its production and consumption. Papers consider a wide range of cultures, spanning from ancient China to modern-day Kenya. 320p, b/w illus (Routledge 2016) 9781138941199 Hb £110.00

Digital Atlas of Traditional Agricultural Practices and Food ProcessingBy R.T.J. Cappers, R. Neef, R. M. Bekker, F. Fantone & Y. OkurThis atlas documents the various processes involved in the production of food-from working the fields through to processing the crops for food, fodder, and other purposes. It aims to define and describe these various processes unambiguously by using a standardized vocabulary and by explicitly taking into account the intention behind each process. The atlas also includes detailed case studies of the practices and processes involving grapes, olives, date palms, barley, and wheat. 1990p, col illus (Barkhuis 2016) 9789492444004 Hb £305.00

HeritageEngaging HeritageEngaging CommunitiesEdited by Bryony Onciul, Michelle L. Stefano & Stephanie HawkeThis volume critically engages with and explores the latest debates and practices surrounding community collaboration. By exploring the different ways in which communities participate in heritage projects, the book questions the benefits, costs and limitations of community engagement. Whether communities are engaging through innovative initiatives or in response to economic, political or social factors, there is a need to understand how such engagements are conceptualised, facilitated and experienced by both the organisations and the communities involved. 208p, col illus (Boydell & Brewer 2017) 9781783271658 Hb £60.00

Ancient Monuments and Modern IdentitiesBy S. Voutsaki & Paul CartledgeThis volume investigates the role of archaeology in the creation of ethnic, national and social identities in 19th and 20th century Greece. The essays examine the development of interpretative and methodological principles guiding the recovery, protection and interpretation of material remains and their presentation to the public. The role of archaeology is examined alongside prevailing perceptions of the past, and is thereby situated in its political and ideological context. The book is organized chronologically and follows the changing attitudes to the past during the formation, expansion and consolidation of the Modern Greek State. 236p (Routledge 2017) 9780754652892 Hb £105.00

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The Restoration of Blythburgh Church, 1881-1906Edited by Alan MackleyIn 1881, after decades of mouldering into ruin, the grand fifteenth-century church of Blythburgh, Suffolk, “The Cathedral of the Marshes”, was closed as unsafe. Its rescue involved a bitter twenty-five year long dispute between Blythburgh vicars and committees, and William Morris and his Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, who feared that the medieval fabric would be over-restored and the character of the building lost forever. This volume presents an edition, with notes and introduction, of original documents from both sides – providing unique insights into a rancorous conflict. 362p (Boydell & Brewer 2017) 9781783271672 Hb £25.00

Place-Names of FlintshireBy Hywel Wyn Owen & Ken Lloyd GruffyddThis is the first thorough, authoritative study of the place-names of the entire pre-1974 Flintshire. The entry for each of the 800 names presents a grid reference, documentary and oral evidence with dates, derivation and meaning, and a discussion of the significance of the name in terms of history, language, landscape and industrial associations. 272p (University of Wales Press 2017) 9781786831101 Hb £40.00

EDITOR’S CHOICECollecting the WorldThe Life and Curiosity of Hans SloaneBy James DelbourgoHans Sloane (1660-1753) was the greatest collector of his time, and one of the greatest of all time. Sloane’s dream of universal knowledge, of a gathering together of every kind of thing in the world, was enabled by Britain’s rise to global ascendancy. Shortly after his death, Sloane’s vast collection was then acquired – as he had hoped – by the nation. It became the nucleus of the world’s first national public museum, the British Museum, which opened in 1759.This is the first biography of Sloane in over sixty years and the first based on his surviving collections. Early modern science and collecting are shown to be global

endeavours intertwined with imperial enterprise and slavery but which nonetheless gave rise to one of the great public

institutions of the Enlightenment, as the cabinet of curiosities gave way to the encyclopaedic museum. Collecting the World describes this pivotal moment in the emergence of modern knowledge, and brings this totemic figure back to life.

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Museums and ArchaeologyEdited by Robin SkeatesMuseums and Archaeology provides a combination of issue- and practice-based perspectives. The volume’s balance of theory and practice and its thematic and geographical breadth is explored and explained in an extended introduction, which situates the readings in the context of the extensive l i terature on museum archaeology, highlighting the many tensions that exist between idealistic ‘principles’ and real-life ‘practice’ and the debates that surround these. 684p, b/w illus (Routledge 2017) 9781138026223 Hb £155.00, 9781138026230 Pb £43.99

Analysing Maritime Archaeological ArchivesCollections Access and ManagementResearch to understand the nature and scale of the problems faced by maritime archaeological archives is presented within this volume. Subjects covered include a review of coastal museums and their approach to maritime archaeological archives and presentation of the results of an extensive survey which sought to discover where archives are held, their composition and issues of access ownership and storage. 180p (BAR BS 628, 2016) 9781407315669 Pb £37.00

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The Draining of the FensProjectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern EnglandBy Eric H. AshThe draining of the Fens in eastern England was one of the largest engineering projects in seventeenth-century Europe. A series of Dutch and English “projectors,” working over several decades and with the full support of the Crown, transformed hundreds of thousands of acres of putatively barren wetlands into dry, arable farmland. Eric H. Ash provides a detailed history of this ambitious undertaking. He explores the drainage from the perspectives of political, social, and environmental history, arguing that the efficient management and exploitation of fenland natural resources in the rising nation-state of early modern England was a crucial problem for the Crown, one that provoked violent confrontations with fenland inhabitants, who viewed the drainage (and accompanying land seizure) as a grave threat to their local landscape, economy, and way of life. 416p, b/w illus (Johns Hopkins UP 2017) 9781421422008 Hb £40.50

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Evolution’s BiteA Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human OriginsBy Peter S. UngarPeter Ungar brings together cutt ing-edge advances in understanding human evolution and cl imate change with new approaches to uncovering dietary clues from fossil teeth to present a remarkable investigation into the ways that teeth – their shape, chemistry, and wear – reveal how we came to be. He traces how diet and an unpredictable climate determined who among our ancestors was winnowed out and who survived, as well as why we transitioned from the role of forager to farmer. 248p b/w illus (Princeton UP 2017) 9780691160535 Hb £22.95

PrehensionThe Hand and the Emergence of HumanityBy Colin McGinnDrawing on evolutionary b i o l o g y , a n a t o m y , archaeology, linguistics, psychology, and philosophy, among other disciplines, McGinn examines the role of the hand in shaping human evolution. He finds that the development of our capacity to grasp, to grip, to take hold (also known as prehension) is crucial in the emergence of Homo sapiens. He speculates that the hand played a major role in the development of language, and presents a theory of primitive reference as an outgrowth of prehension. 208p (MIT Press 2015, Pb 2017) 9780262533645 Pb £14.95

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New ForestThe Forging of a LandscapeBy Hadrian CookProvides an historical narrative of the occupation and use of a vast area that was, for centuries, important as a Royal Hunting Forest and subject to many contentious laws and regulat ions , but which includes much economically marginal land. Four critical themes are explored through time: the shaping of the natural environment into human prehistory; human intervention through natural resource management; governance and management of the forest over time, stressing pressures on resources and attempts at exclusion of certain social groups; and policies and designations to conserve the New Forest. Cook aims to reflect a complicated narrative around the evolution caused by changing management and economic objectives reflecting governance arrangements at different times. 232p b/w and col illus (Windgather Press 2017) 9781911188193 Pb £34.99

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Palaeolithic PioneersBehaviour, abilities, and activity of early Homo in European landscapes around the western Mediterranean basin ~1.3-0.05 Ma.By Michael J. WalkerArchaic humans were present for over a million years in western Mediterranean Europe where they left very many traces of their early stone-age activities and behaviour, and sometimes even human skeletal remains. This book evaluates archaeological findings about their life-ways at many important sites in Italy, southern France, and Spain, from the earliest ones 1,300,000 years ago, to those of Neanderthals fifty-thousand years ago, just before they were superseded by skeletally-”modern” humans. The book focuses on their remarkable capacity to adapt. 206p, b/w illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784916206 Pb £25.00

Early HumansBy Nicholas AshtonThis book provides an up to date synthesis of the British Palaeolithic, drawing on recent discoveries and employing evidence from a range of disciplines. Ashton tells the story of the fauna, flora and developing geography of Britain against the backdrop of an ever-changing climate. Above all, he explores how early people began as brief visitors to this wild remote land, but over time through better ways of acquiring food and developing new technologies, they began to tame, shape and dominate the countryside we see today. 368p b/w illus (William Collins 2017) 9780008150334 Hb £60.00, 9780008150358 Pb £35.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEThe First ArtistsIn Search of the World’s Oldest ArtBy Paul Bahn & Michel LorblanchetWhere do we find the world’s very first art? When, and why, did people begin experimenting with different materials, forms and colours? Overturning the traditional Eurocentric vision of our artistic origins, which has focused almost exclusively on the Franco-Spanish cave art, Paul Bahn and Michel Lorblanchet take the reader on a search for the earliest art across the whole world. They show

that our earliest ancestors were far from being the creatively impoverished primitives of past accounts, and Europe was

by no means the only ‘cradle’ of art; the artistic impulse developed in the human mind wherever it travelled. The long universal history of art mirrors the development of humanity. 240p b/w and col illus (Thames and Hudson 2017) 9780500051870

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The InvadersHow Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to ExtinctionBy Pat ShipmanPa t S h i p m a n mu s te rs compelling evidence to show that the major factor in the Neanderthals’ demise was direct competition with newly arriving humans. She also reveals fascinating confirmation of humans’ partnership with the first domesticated wolf-dogs soon after Neanderthals first began to disappear. This alliance between two predator species, she hypothesizes, made possible an unprecedented degree of success in hunting large Ice Age mammals—a distinct and ultimately decisive advantage for humans over Neanderthals at a time when climate change made both groups vulnerable. 288p (Harvard UP 2015, Pb 2017) 9780674975415 Pb £15.95

Evolving GodA Provocative View on the Origins of Religion, Expanded EditionBy Barbara J. KingEvolving God draws on King’s own fieldwork among primates in Africa and palaeoanthropology of our extinct ancestors to offer a new way of thinking about the origins of religion, one that situates it in a deep need for emotional connection with others, a need we share with apes and monkeys. She traces an evolutionary path that connects us to other primates, who, like us, display empathy, make meanings through interaction, create social rules, and display imagination the basic building blocks of the religious imagination. 304p (University of Chicago Press 2017) 9780226360898 Pb £13.00

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Prehistoric Britain and IrelandNEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSNeolithic Stepping StonesExcavation and survey within the western seaways of Britain, 2008-2014By Duncan Garrow & Fraser SturtThis book’s primary focus is Early Neolithic settlement on islands within the ‘western seaways’ – sites that offer significant insight into the character of the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in this particular maritime zone. At the heart of the book lie the results of three substantial excavations at L’Erée, Guernsey; Old Quay, St Martin’s (Isles of Scilly); and An Doirlinn, South Uist. Key findings include: the first major Mesolithic flint assemblage recovered from Scilly; one of the most extensively excavated and long-lasting Neolithic/Bronze Age occupation sites in the Channel Islands; the first substantial Neolithic settlement on Scilly; and the longest sequence of Neolithic/Early Bronze Age occupation on a single site from the Outer Hebrides. 192p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785703478 Pb £38.00

Made for TradeA New View of Icenian CoinageBy John TalbotIn Made for Trade, John Talbot analyses the coinage of the Iceni in East Anglia with a view to establishing its original purpose and what it can tell us about society and the use of coinage in the Late Iron Age of this region. A die-study was performed on every known example – over 10,000 coins, which enabled definitive chronologies to be constructed and the underlying organisation of the coinage to be fully appreciated for the first time. Talbot further explores production, weight and metal content as the coinage evolved, the use of imagery and inscriptions, and patterns of hoarding. These various threads demonstrate that the coinage was economic in nature and reflected development of a more sophisticated monetary society than had previously been thought possible. 320p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785708121 Hb £55.00

The Earlier Iron Age in Britain and the Near ContinentEdited by Rachel Pope & Colin HaselgroveThe twenty-six papers in the book seek to establish what we now know (and do not know) about Earlier Iron Age communities in Britain and their neighbours on the Continent. The authors engage with a variety of current research themes, seeking to characterise the Earlier Iron Age via the topics of landscape, environment, and agriculture; material culture and everyday life; architecture, settlement, and social organisation; and with the issue of transition – looking at how communities of the Late Bronze Age transform into those of the Earlier Iron Age, and how we understand the social changes of the later first millennium BC. 416p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2006, Pb 2017) 9781785709098 Pb £56.00

The Later Iron Age in Britain and BeyondEdited by Tom Moore, Elizabeth Moore & Colin HaselgroveThe thirty-one papers collected here seek to re-conceptualise our visions of Later Iron Age societies in Britain by examining regions and topics that have received less attention in the past and by breaking d o w n t h e a r t i f i c i a l barriers often erected between artefact analysis and landscape studies. Themes considered include the expansion and enclosure of settlement, production and exchange, agricultural and social complexity, treatment of the dead, material culture and identity, at scales ranging from the household to the supra-regional. At the same time, the inclusion of papers on Ireland, northern France, the Low Countries, Denmark, and Germany allows insular Later Iron Age developments to be placed in a wider geographical context, ensuring that Britain is no longer studied in isolation. 536p, (Oxbow Books 2006, Pb 2017) 9781785709104 Pb £70.00

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Ceremonial Living in the Third Millennium BCBy Keith Parfitt & Stuart NeedhamThe discovery in 2001 of an exquisite Early Bronze Age gold cup at Ringlemere Farm in Kent prompted an extensive survey and excavation of the site from 2002–2006. Excavation revealed a site with a long history of use, the most striking evidence being for intensive activity in the third millennium BC associated with a henge monument, the interior of which was later buried beneath an Early Bronze Age mound. This volume presents a detailed report on a rich array of structural and artefactual evidence spanning a few thousand years of prehistory, and the site’s subsequent slide into agricultural anonymity. 200p b/w illus (British Museum Press 2018) 9780861592173 Pb £40.00, NYP

Hillforts, Warfare and Society in Bronze Age IrelandBy William O’Brien & James O’DriscollThis project combines remote sensing and GIS-based landscape analysis w i t h c o n v e n t i o n a l archaeological survey and excavation, to investigate ten prehistoric hillforts across southern Ireland. The results provide new insights into the design and construction of these immense sites, as well as details of their occupation and abandonment. The project provides a challenging insight into the relationship of hillforts to warfare, social complexity and the political climate of late prehistoric Ireland. 538p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784916558 Pb £60.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEThe Neolithic of Britain and IrelandBy Vicki CummingsThe Neolithic of Britain and Ireland provides a synthesis of this dynamic period of prehistory from the end of the Mesolithic through to the early Beaker period. Drawing on new excavations and the application of new scientific approaches to data from this period, this book considers both life and death in the Neolithic. It offers a clear and concise introduction to this period but with an emphasis on the wider and on-going research questions. The book begins by considering the Mesolithic prelude, specifically the millennium prior to the start of the

Neolithic in Britain and Ireland. It then goes on to consider what life was like for people at the time, alongside the monumental

record and how people treated the dead. This is presented chronologically, with separate chapters on the early Neolithic, middle Neolithic, late Neolithic and early Beaker periods. Finally it considers future research priorities for the study of the Neolithic.

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William Boyd Dawkins and the Victorian Science of Cave PaintingBy Mark WhiteWilliam Boyd Dawkins was a controversial Victorian geologist, palaeontologist and archaeologist. For some, he was a pioneer of Darwinian science as a member of the Lubbock-Evans network, while for others he was little more than a reckless vandal who destroyed irreplaceable evidence and left precious little for future generations to assess. In this volume, Professor Mark White provides a balanced archaeological and geological account of Boyd Dawkins’ career and legacy. At the heart of this book is a detailed study of the circumstances surrounding the Victorian excavations at Creswell Crags, which became a cause celebre. 302p b/w illus (Pen & Sword 2017) 9781473823358 Hb £25.00

The Origins of the IrishBy J. P. MalloryIn this study J. P. Mallory emphasizes that the Irish did not have a single origin, but are a product of multiple influences that can only be tracked by employing the disciplines of archaeology, genetics, geology, linguistics, and mythology. Beginning with the collision that fused the two halves of Ireland together, the origins of its first farmers and their monumental impact on the island is followed by an exploration of how metallurgists in copper, bronze, and iron brought Ireland into increasingly wider orbits of European culture. 328p, b/w illus (Thames and Hudson 2013, Pb 2017) 9780500293300 Pb £9.99

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Horcott Quarry, Fairford and Arkell’s Land, KempsfordPrehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxon Settlement and Burial in the Upper Thames Valley in GloucestershireBy C. Hayden, R. Early, E. Biddulph, P. Booth, A. Dodd, A. Smith, Granville Laws & K. WelshAt Horcott, on the second terrace, there was periodic activity from the early Mesolithic onwards. A major earlier Iron Age settlement contained roundhouses and at least 135 four-post structures, suggesting an exceptional focus on grain storage. Later occupation comprised a Romano-British farmstead and a substantial Anglo-Saxon settlement. By contrast, at Arkell’s Land, on the first gravel terrace, activity on a significant scale only began in the later 1st century AD, comprising enclosures, field systems and trackways, with no post-Roman occupation. 552p, 259 illustrations, 134 tables (Oxford Archaeology 2017) 9781905905386 Hb £25.00

The Iron Age in Northern BritainBritons and Romans, Natives and SettlersBy Dennis William HardingThe Iron Age in Northern Britain examines the archaeological evidence for earlier Iron Age communities from the southern Pennines to the Northern and Western Isles and the impact of Roman expansion on local populations, through to the emergence of historically-recorded communities in the post-Roman period. The text has been comprehensively revised and expanded to include new discoveries and to take account of advanced techniques, and also addresses the key issues of social reconstruction, gender, and identity, as well as assessing the impact of developer-funded archaeology on the discipline. 420p, b/w and col illus (Routledge 2nd ed 2017) 9781138126312 Hb £105.00, 9781138126305 Pb £39.99

Late Iron Age CallevaThe Pre-Conquest Occupation At Silchester Insula IX. Silchester Roman Town: The Insula IX Town Life Project: Volume 3By Michael Fulford, Amanda Clarke, Emma Durham & Nicholas PankhurstThe late Iron Age oppidum of Calleva underlies the Roman town at Silchester. Excavation (1997-2014) revealed evidence of a rectilinear, NE/SW-NW/SE-oriented layout of the interior of the oppidum, dating from 20/10BC, with the remains of the larger part of one compound separated from its neighbours by fenced trackways. Within the compound was a large, 47.5m long hall surrounded by smaller, rectangular buildings associated with groups of rubbish pits. A concluding discussion characterises the oppidum, integrating and contextualising a series of major contributions reporting the pre-conquest finds and environmental evidence with the structural story. 480p, b/w illus (Roman Society Publications 2018) 9780907764458 Pb £75.00, NYP

A Lake Dwelling in Its LandscapeIron Age settlement at Cults Loch, Castle Kennedy, Dumfries & GallowayBy Graeme Cavers & Anne CroneCults Loch, at Cast le Kennedy in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, loch lies within a landscape rich in prehistoric cropmark sites and within the loch itself are two crannogs, one of which has been the focus of this study. The Cults Loch crannog is only the second prehistoric site in Scotland to be dated by dendrochronology and analysis has revealed the very short duration of activity on the crannog in the middle of the 5th century BC. The wealth of well-preserved evidence from the crannog, particularly the rich ecofactual assemblages, as well as the higher chronological resolution possible through the dendro-dating of waterlogged timbers, are brought to bear on our understanding of the evidence from the cropmark sites around the loch. 304p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785703737 Hb £30.00

Excavations at Milla Skerra, SandwickRhythms of Life on Iron Age UnstBy Olivia LelongThe Iron Age settlement at Milla Skerra was occupied for at least 500 years before it was covered with storm-blown sand and abandoned. Excavation revealed many details of the life of the settlement and how it was reused over many generations. From the middle of the 1st millennium BC people were constructing stone-walled yards and filling them with hearth waste and midden material. Later inhabitants built a house on top, with a paved floor and successive hearths. Outside were new yards and workshops for crafts and metalworking, which were remodelled several times. Thousands of artefacts and environmental remains from Milla Skerra reveal the everyday practices and seasonal rhythms of the people that lived in this windswept and remote island settlement and their connections to both land and sea. 144p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2018) 9781785703430 Hb £25.00

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Across the Alps in PrehistoryIsotopic Mapping of the Brenner Passage by BioarchaeologyEdited by Gisela Grupe, Angela Grigat & George C. McGlynnThis book demonstrates how isotopic landscapes combined with data mining can provide insights on prehistoric migration and cultural transfer. An interdisciplinary research group focused on the archaeological isotopic landscape of the transalpine migration route via the Brenner Pass which has been in use since the Mesolithic. A systematic and large scale investigation of cremated remains was conducted, an isotopic map was established, and innovative methods of data mining and similarity research have been applied. 252p, b/w and col illus (Springer Verlag 2017) 9783319415482 Hb £100.50

Soilscapes in ArchaeologySettlement and Social Organization in the Neolithic of the Great Hungarian PlainBy Roderick B SalisburyIn this book, the author uses the soilscapes from small Late Neolithic and Early Copper Age settlements in the Körös Region of the Great Hungarian Plain to explore the relationship between spatial distributions and community organization during the major social and economic transformations that occurred at the turn of the Neolithic and Copper Age. Focusing on soil, rather than on artefact distributions or architecture, reveals patterns of continuity in spatial organization at small settlements in contrast with large, nucleated Late Neolithic settlements, which differ considerably. 329p b/w illus (Archaeolingua 2016) 9789639911796 Hb £50.00

Going West?The Dissemination of Neolithic Innovations Between the Bosporus and the CarpathiansEdited by Agathe Reingruber, Zoi Tsirtsoni & Petranka NedelchevaThe seventeen authors of this book have dedicated their research to a renewed evaluation of an old problem: namely, the question of how the complex transformations at the transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic can be explained. They have focused their studies on the vast area of the eastern Balkans and the Pontic region between the Bosporus and the rivers Strymon, Danube and Dniestr. Going West? thus offers an overview of the current state of research concerning the Neolithisation of these areas, considering varied viewpoints and also providing useful starting points for future investigations. 194p, b/w and col illus (Routledge 2017) 9781138714830 Hb £105.00

European PrehistoryThe Earliest Europeans – a Year in the LifeSurvival Strategies in the Lower PalaeolithicBy Rob HosfieldThe Earliest Europeans explores the early origins of man in Europe through the perspective of ‘a year in the life’: how hominins in the Lower Palaeolithic coped with the year-round practical challenges of mid-latitude Europe with its distinctive temperatures, seasonality patterns, and available resources. By testing the l ikelihood of different scenarios by comparing short-term, site-based insights with long-term, regional trends, Hosfield is able to put forward ideas on how our earliest European ancestors survived and what their lives were like. 160p, b/w figs (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707612 Pb £15.99

The Times of their LivesHunting History in the Archaeology of Neolithic EuropeBy Alasdair WhittleThe Times of their Lives explains how archaeologists can now move away from thinking about history in terms of thousands of years, to periods from one or two centuries down to lifetimes and generations — a little more than two decades. This vastly improved precision comes from the application of Bayesian chronological frameworks for the interpretation of radiocarbon dates. This book shows how temporally much more precise accounts of the past can be achieved, across a broad range of contexts and situations. It offers a series of case studies across much of the continent, to provide much more precise timings of key features and trends in the European Neolithic sequence than are currently available, and to construct much more precise estimates of the duration of events and phenomena. 240p, (Oxbow Books 2018) 9781785706684 Hb £40.00

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The Metal Hoard from Pile in Scania, SwedenPlace, Things, Time, Metals & Worlds Around 2000 BCEBy Helle VandkildeIn 1864, a large metal hoard of copper, bronze and silver objects was discovered at Pile in Scania. The hoard has been dated to the onset of the Nordic Bronze Age, and emerges as the earliest, finest and one of the largest of the Nordic sacrificial deposits of metalwork in or near water. This volume provides the first detailed documentation, scientific examination and historical interpretation of the assemblage. 250p b/w illus (Aarhus UP 2017) 9788771841435 Hb £25.00

Physical Barriers, Cultural ConnectionsA Reconsideration of the Metal Flow at the Beginning of the Metal Age in the AlpsBy Laura PerucchettiThis volume considers the early copper and copper-alloy metallurgy of the entire Circum- Alpine region. It introduces a new approach to the interpretation of chemical composition data sets, which has been applied to a comprehensive regional database for the first time. An extensive use of GIS has been applied to investigate the role of topography in the distribution of metal and to undertake spatial and geostatistical analysis that may highlight patterns of distribution of some specific key compositional elements. 186p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784916145 Pb £35.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEWarfare in Neolithic EuropeAn Archaeological and Anthropological AnalysisBy Julian HeathThere is a considerable (and growing) body of archaeological data that is indicative of episodes of warfare between Neolithic communities. This evidence should not be taken as proof that warfare was endemic across Neolithic Europe, but it does strongly suggest that it was more common than some

scholars have proposed. Here Julian Heath provides an accessible synthesis, explaining how violence and warfare can be identified

in the archaeological record (and how warfare might be distinguished from interpersonal violence), and setting out the debates about the prevalence of warfare between Neolithic groups.

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Territoires et Ressources des Sociétés Néolithiques du Bassin ParisienLe Cas du Neolithique Moyen (4500 – 3800 av. n. e.)By Claira LietarThe aim of this book is to study forms of territorial patterning and resource management in the middle Neolithic I and II, between 4500 and 3800 BC in the Paris basin. Using a database of middle Neolithic occupation, integrated in a geographic information system, a multiscalar spatial analysis was undertaken. The models of occupation that are revealed show diversity in forms of territorial patterning, derived from regional development processes, between the middle of the 5th and the beginning of the 4th millennium. French text. 178p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784916527 Pb £28.00

Balkan DialoguesNegotiating Identity Between Prehistory and the PresentEdited by Maja Gori & Maria IvanovaThis timely volume fulfils the need for an up-to-date and theoretically informed dialogue on group identity in Balkan prehistory. Thirteen case studies covering the beginning of the Neolithic to the Middle Bronze Age and written by archaeologists conducting fieldwork in the region, as well as by ethnologists with a research focus on material culture and identity, provide a robust foundation for exploring these issues. 294p, b/w illus (Routledge 2017) 9781138941137 Hb £110.00

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North Meets SouthTheoretical Aspects on the Northern and Southern Rock Art Traditions in ScandinaviaEdited by Peter Skoglund, Johan Ling & Ulf BertilssonThis latest volume in the Swedish Rock Art series bridges the gap between analysis and interpretation of rock art imagery, location and chronology in the northern and southern regions of Scandinavia. Long viewed as belonging to distinctive regional traditions, there are many underlying similarities, themes and formats in common, overlain by regional complexities and variations. Even though there are obvious differences in space and time regarding these two traditions, there are also features and formats in common across both time and space, and a significant theme running through the contributions presented here is to highlight the interaction between these rock art traditions. A major conclusion to be drawn from this exercise is the great complexity and variation of rock art and the need for perspectives comparing various regions across Scandinavia. 176p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785708206 Hb £20.00

Frozen Saqqaq Sites of Disko Bay, West GreenlandQeqertasussuk & Qajaa (2400-900 BC)By Bjarne GronnowQeqertasussuk and Qajaa are the only known sites of the Early Arctic Small Tool tradition in the Eastern Arctic, where all kinds of organic materials wood, bone, baleen, hair, skin are preserved in permafrozen culture layers. Together, the sites cover the entire Saqqaq era in Greenland (c. 2400-900 BC). Technological and contextual analyses of the excellently preserved archaeological materials from the frozen layers form the core of this publication. Bjarne Gronnow draws a new picture of a true Arctic pioneer society with a remarkably complex technology. 592p b/w illus (Museum Tusculanum Press 2017) 9788763545617 Hb £66.50

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NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSAppropriating InnovationsEntangled Knowledge in Eurasia, 5000–1500 BCEEdited by Joseph Maran & Philipp StockhammerA p p r o p r i a t i n g Innovations sheds light on conditions that may f a c i l i t a te t h e ra p i d spread of technological i n n o va t i o n a n d o n processes involved in the integration of new technologies into the life world of the appropriating societies. In particular, papers concentrate on two key innovations, namely the transmission of the various components of the so-called “Secondary Products Revolution” in parts of the Near East and Europe during the 4th millennium BCE and the appropriation of early bronze casting technology, which spread from the Near East to Europe and China in the late 3rd and early 2nd millennium BCE. 296p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707247 Hb £48.00

Movement, Exchange and Identity in Europe in the 2nd and 1st Millennia BCBeyond FrontiersEdited by Anne Lehoërff & Marc TalonRecent decades have since a massive increase in large-scale excavation programmes on either side of the Channel, resulting in the acquisition of huge, complex new datasets enabling new insights into later prehistoric life. Papers consider the role of several key archaeologists in transforming our appreciation of the connectivity of the sea in prehistory; consider the extent to which the Channel zone developed into a unified cultural zone during later Bronze Age in terms of communities that serviced the movement of artefacts across the Channel with both sides sharing widely in the same artefacts and social practices; examine funerary practices and settlement evidence and consider the relationship between communities in social, cultural and ideological terms; and consider mechanisms for the transmission of ideas and how they may be reflected in the archaeological record. 256p, b/w (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707162 Hb £48.00

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Cultural Encounters in Iron Age EuropeEdited by Ian Armit, Hrvoje Potrebica, Matija Cresnar, Philip Mason & Lindsey BusterCultural encounters form a dominant theme in the study of Iron Age Europe. This was particularly acute in regions where urbanising Mediterranean civilisations came into contact with ‘barbarian’ worlds. This volume presents preliminary work from the ENTRANS Project, which explores the nature and impact of such encounters in south east Europe, alongside a series of papers on analogous European regions. A range of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches are offered in an effort to promote dialogue around these central issues in European protohistory. 324p, (Archaeolingua 2016) 9789639911833 Pb £35.00

NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSBodies of ClayOn Prehistoric Humanised PotteryEdited by Heiner Schwarzberg & Valeska BeckerSince the earliest use of pottery, vessels have been associated with both the general shape and specific parts of the human body. This collection of 12 papers stems from work on anthropomorphic features of Neolithic communities between the Near East and Europe. Contributors are engaged in questions about the analysis of human features and characteristics on vessels, their occurrence, function and disposal. Beginning with the European Neolithic and moving on through the Bronze and Iron Ages, papers focus on diachronic archaeological patterns and contexts as well as on the theoretical background of this particular type of container in order to shed light on similarities and differences through the ages and to understand possibilities and limits of interpretation. 160p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706967 Pb £38.00

Fragmenting the ChieftainA practice-based study of Early Iron Age Hallstatt C elite burials in the Low CountriesBy Sasja Van der Vaart-VerschoofThere is a cluster of Early Iron Age (800–500 BC) elite burials in the Low Countries in which bronze vessels, weaponry, horse-gear and wagons were interred as grave goods. This volume presents the results of an in-depth and practice-based archaeological analysis of these Dutch and Belgian elite graves and the burial practice through which they were created. It establishes that the elite burials are embedded in the local burial practices – as reflected by the use of the cremation rite, the bending and breaking of grave goods, and the pars pro toto deposition of human remains and objects, all in accordance with the dominant local urnfield burial practice. 300p, b/w and col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088905124 Hb £135.00, 9789088905117 Pb £45.00 NYP

Fragmenting the Chieftain – CatalogueLate Bronze and Early Iron Age elite burials in the Low Countries CountriesBy Sasja Van der Vaart-VerschoofThis catalogue presents the first comprehensive overview of the Dutch and Belgian elite graves (in English) and the objects they contain. 330p col and b/w illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088905155 Hb £195.00, 9789088905148 Pb £65.00 NYP

The Human Body in Early Iron Age Central EuropeBurial Practices and Images of the Hallstatt WorldBy Katharina Rebay-SalisburyThis study tracks changing identities of early Iron Age people in central Europe through body-related practices: the treatment of the body after death and human representations in art. The human remains themselves provide information on biological parameters of life, such as sex, biological age, and health status. Objects associated with the body in the grave and funerary practices give further insights on how people of the early Iron Age understood life and death, themselves, and their place in the world. 332p b/w and col illus (Routledge 2017) 9781472453549 Hb £115.00

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A Time of ChangeQuestioning the “Collapse” of Anuradhapura, Sri LankaBy Keir Magalie StricklandThe study of Anuradhapura’s terminal period has long been dominated by an over-reliance upon textual sources, resulting in the establishment of a monocausal narrative that depicts a violent eleventh century invasion by the South Indian Chola Empire as the primary cause of Anuradhapura’s collapse. This book re-examines the issue, synthesising and analysing archaeological data from over a century of investigation. 2 0 0 p , b /w a n d co l i l l u s (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784916329 Pb £28.00

First IslandersPrehistory and Human Migration in Island Southeast AsiaBy Peter BellwoodIncorporating research findings over the last twenty years, First Islanders examines the human prehistory of Island Southeast Asia. This fascinating story is explored from a broad swathe of multidisciplinary perspectives and pays close attention to migration in the period dating from 1.5 million years ago to the development of Indic kingdoms late in the first millennium CE. 384p (Wiley-Blackwell 2017) 9781119251545 Hb £60.00

The World from 1000 BCE to 300 CEBy Stanley M. BursteinThis book provides the first comprehensive history of Afro-Eurasia during the first millennium BCE and the beginning of the first millennium CE. The history of these 1300 plus years can be summed up in one word: connectivity. The growth in connectivity during this period was marked by increasing political, economic, and cultural interaction throughout the region, and the replacement of the numerous political and cultural entities by a handful of great empires at the end of the period. 176p b/w illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780199336135 Pb £12.99

South Asian Religions and Visual Forms in Their Archaeological ContextEdited by Vincent LefevreThis volume reflects the new directions of research in South Asian archaeology and art. Priority is given to work with primary sources: results of recent fieldwork, including the study of museum collections, results of previous unpublished field work and new discoveries, interpretations and supporting documentation, highlighting new trends. Twenty-six contributions have been arranged according to a chronological and thematic perspective. This book deals with the material expression of diverse religious trends. 402p, b/w illus (Brepols 2017) 9782503568041 Pb £55.00

Relics and Relic Worship in the Early Buddhism of South Asia and BurmaEdited by Janice StargardtThe papers in this volume, the culmination of a research project focussing on relic worship and Buddhism, cover a rich variety of themes. Subjects include a discussion of what constitutes a relic; the placement and treatment of relics in situ, in addition to the wider archaeological contexts for relics, relic chambers and reliquaries; the relics and reliquaries themselves; and the vibrant relic culture of Burma. 130p b/w and col illus (British Museum Press 2018) 9780861592180 Pb £35.00, NYP

World ArchaeologyNEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSPus.pika Volume 4Tracing Ancient India Through Text and TraditionsEdited by Lucas den Boer & Daniele CuneoPuṣpikā Volume 4 contains the proceedings of the seventh International I n d o l o g y G r a d u a t e Research Symposium (Leiden 2015). The fourteen papers included here cover a rich variety of topics related to the intellectual traditions of South Asia such as grammar, poetry and philosophy, examined from a plurality of disciplinary perspectives, with a particular emphasis on philology, history and sociology. 182p, b/w figures (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707568 Pb £30.00

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Extracting StoneThe Archaeology of Quarry LandscapesBy Anne S. Dowd & Mary Beth D. TrubbittThis exciting new addition to the American Landscapes series provides an in-depth account of how flintknappers obtained and used stone based on archaeological, ge o l o g i c a l , l a n d s c a p e , and anthropological data. Featuring case studies from three key regions in North America, this book gives readers a comprehensive view of quarrying activities ranging from extracting the raw material to creating finished stone tools. Authors Dowd and Trubitt show how sites functioned in a broad landscape context, which site locations or raw material types were preferred and why, what cultures were responsible for innovative or intensive quarry resource extraction, as well as how land use changed over time. 240p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2018) 9781785706240 Pb £38.00

Transforming the LandscapeRock Art and the Mississippian CosmosEdited by Carol Diaz-Granados, Jan Simek, George Sabo, Mark Wagner & James R. DuncanThis beautifully illustrated volume examines American Indian rock art across an expansive region of eastern North America during the Mississippian Period (post AD 900). The focus is on the widespread use of cosmograms depicted in Mississippian rock art imagery. This approach anchors broad distributional patterns of motifs and themes within a powerful framework for cultural interpretation, yielding new insights on ancient concepts of landscape, ceremonialism, and religion. It also provides a unified, comprehensive perspective on Mississippian symbolism. A selection of landscape cosmograms from various parts of North America and Europe taken from the ethnographic records are examined and an overview of American Indian cosmographic landscapes provided to illustrate their centrality to indigenous religious traditions across North America. 240p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2018) 9781785706288 Pb £38.00

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Ancient Effigy Mound Landscapes of Upper Midwestern North AmericaBy Robert A. BirminghamAncient Effigy Mound Landscapes provides an overview of the effigy mound phenomenon of the Upper Midwest centred on southern Wisconsin. It documents the nature of these unique landscapes, describing the use of topography and natural features to create the ceremonial landscapes, and provides the interpretation that these were living landscapes in which ancestral animals and supernatural beings were ritually brought back to life at places where the spirits are best evoked in a continuous cycle of death and rebirth of the earth and its people. These monuments can often only be fully appreciated by modern observers from the air and Robert Birmingham includes both high quality historical and modern maps, aerial photographs and the results of the very latest LIDAR imagery to reveal detail of the stunning complexity and ordered layouts of these mysterious spiritual landscapes. 240p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2018) 9781785700873 Pb £38.00

The Caribbean Before ColumbusBy William F. Keegan & Corinne L. HofmanThe Caribbean before Columbus is a new synthesis of the region’s insular history. The presentation operates on multiple scales: temporal, spatial, local, regional, environmental , social , and political. In addition, individual sites are used to highlight specific issues. The authors challenge the long-held conventional wisdom concerning island colonization, societal organization, interaction and transculturation, inter- and intra-regional transactions (exchange), and other basic elements of cultural development and change. 360p, b/w illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780190605254 Pb £26.49

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Ancient Settlement Patterns in the Area of Aksum (Tigray, Northern Ethiopia) – Ca. 900 BCE–800/850 CEBy Luisa SernicolaThis study provides an updated assessment of the archaeological area of Aksum, including an overview of the taphonomic processes affecting the preservation of archaeological sites, and presents the results of the statistical and spatial analysis undertaken for the reconstruction of the ancient settlement pattern and for the investigation of the ancient dynamics of human-environmental interactions in the area. 150p, b/w and col illus (BAR 2860, 2017) 9781407314747 Pb £30.00

Nubia in the New KingdomEdited by Neal Spencer, A. Stevens & M. BinderThese papers focus on the relationship between Egypt and Nubia during the New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC). Until recently characterised in terms that mirror the ideology promulgated on ancient temple walls – the pharaonic state enjoying complete political control and cultural dominance over ‘wretched Kush’ – the re-assessment of this relationship has foregrounded models of cultural entanglement and hybridisation. The papers reflect a variety of disciplinary approaches – archaeological, epigraphic, architectural, environmental and bioarchaeological. 642p (Peeters Publishers 2017) 9789042932586 Hb £140.00

Archaeological Survey and Excavations at Mikindani, Southern TanzaniaBy Matthew PawlowiczThe archaeological project detailed in this book explores the functioning of Swahili networks in the early second millennium CE by examining their influence in the region around the town of Mikindani in southern Tanzania through a thorough programme of survey and excavations. In so doing, it reveals historical trajectories for coastal communities that rely more heavily on interior than Indian Ocean connections, recognizing that elements thought ‘characteristic’ of Swahili culture were part of social and economic strategies that were adopted, or not, to suit regional circumstances. 196p b/w and col illus (BAR 2859, 2017) 9781407314860 Pb £39.00

Excavations at Kranka DadaAn Examination of Daily Life, Trade, and Ritual in the Bono Manso RegionBy Anne ComptonThe Bono Manso region of central Ghana was occupied from the late 12th to mid-18th centuries CE, spanning much of the zenith of the sub-Saharan and Atlantic Trade eras. The author discusses how the satellite village of Kranka Dada and its domestic economies were shaped by regional, continental and global trade and interaction, in particular with the urban centre of Bono Manso. 189p, b/w and col illus (BAR 2857, 2017) 9781407315843 Pb £38.00

EgyptCollections at RiskNew Challenges in a New EnvironmentEdited by Claire Derricks & Luc DelvauxConflicts and wars, and m o re s p e c i f i c a l l y t h e 2011 Revolution in Egypt, have brought to light the worrying question of the preservation of the country’s cultural heritage. The organizers devoted the 29th Annual Meeting of ICOM’s International Committee for Egyptology (CIPEG) to the theme of Collections at Risk: New Challenges in a New Environment and several of the papers are published here. 360p (Lockwood Press 2017) 9781937040604 Pb £41.00

Lost and Now FoundExplorers, Diplomats and Artists in Egypt and the Near EastEdited by Neil Cooke & Vanessa DaubneyThe 18 papers in this rich and varied collection include: the lost diary of a member of the Prussian scientific expedition to Egypt of 1842-45; the illustrated journal of a Croatian travelling through Egypt, Nubia and Sudan in 1853-4; the competition between Officers of the East India Company to find the fastest trade routes through Syria between India and the Red Sea; and identifying the Dutch artist who made paintings of Constantinople. 330p, b/w il lus, 42 col pls (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784916275 Pb £32.00

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Women, Gender and Identity in Third Intermediate Period EgyptThe Theban Case StudyBy Jeanette LiThis volume clarifies the role of women in Egyptian society during the first millennium BCE, allowing for more nuanced discussions of women in the Third Intermediate Period. Unlike past studies which have relied heavily on literary evidence, Li presents a material culture-based analysis of identity construction in elite female burial practices. This close examination of the archaeology of women’s burial presents an opportunity to investigate the social, professional and individual identities of women beyond the normative portrayals of the subordinate wife, mother and daughter. 196p (Routledge 2016) 9781138125421 Hb £115.00

Egypt at Its Origins 4Edited by Matthew Douglas Adams31 articles on the rise of the early Egyptian state are organised under three major headings: Tell el-Farkha and Lower Egyptian Sites; Abydos, Hierakonpolis and Upper Egyptian Sites; Objects and Iconography. Recent discoveries from major sites such as Hierakonpolis, Abydos, and Tell el Farkha, are the subject of different articles, but also other sites, such as Abu Rawash and the area of the First Cataract, are discussed. 620p b/w illus (Peeters 2016) 9789042933859 Hb £120.00

Mrs. Naunakhte & FamilyThe Women of Ramesside Deir Al-MedinaBy Koenraad Donker van HeelThe so-called Will of Naunakhte (1154 BCE) has become rightly famous in Egyptology. By carefully studying the documents mentioning members of the family and including all the material mentioning the women of the New Kingdom village of Deir al-Medina and other sources, the author once again puts to the forefront the remarkable role played by ordinary women in ancient Egypt. 264p, b/w illus (American University in Cairo Press 2016) 9789774167737 Hb £24.95

Resurrection in AlexandriaThe Painted Greco-Roman Tombs of Kom Al-ShuqafaBy Anne-Marie Guimier-Sorbets, Andre Pelle & Mervat Seif El-DinIn 1993 in the Greco-Roman catacombs of Alexandria, researchers discovered faint traces of paintings on walls previously thought to be blank, or underneath other painted scenes. Then in 2012, new computer technology was used to reveal the lost images and colours even more clearly. Here the team present, examine, and interpret what they found, teasing meaning and intent from the alternating scenes of Greek and Egyptian mythology. 176p, b/w and col illus (American University in Cairo Press 2017) 9789774168291 Hb £35.00

Prehistoric Pottery from Dakhleh Oasis, EgyptBy Ashton R. WarfeThis book presents a major study on the ceramics recovered from early and mid-Holocene sites in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis, which come from 96 registered sites and five other findspots and comprise more than 10,000 sherds. None of the ceramic objects come from burials. They derive instead from settlement sites that display evidence of living activities (hut circles, hearths, chipped stone scatters, etc.), or sites for which there is no other evidence of human activity. Through detailed description, classification and quantification, a detailed cultural sequence has been determined, demonstrating descrete stylistic variations between sites and over time, and highlighting growing diversity and innovation in local pottery-making from the late seventh to mid-third millennia cal. BC. 144p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785708244 Hb £45.00

Ancient Egyptian CoffinsPast – Present – FutureEdited by Julie Dawson & Helen StrudwickThis collection of papers by leading international experts on the subject of ancient Egyptian coffins, builds on a project based at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, to study and record in detail its collection. Papers address a series of topics including: the development of coffins in antiquity, including iconographic and text-based studies; the post-antiquity history of coffins, including their acquisition and subsequent treatment in museums around the world; developments in technical examination and methods of studying coffins, especially the use of multispectral imaging to provide non-invasive analysis of materials; and increasing evidence of the re-use of materials and complete re-working of coffins for new owners. 288p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2018) 9781785709180 Hb £70.00

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Tombs of the South Asasif NecropolisNew Discoveries and Research 2012-2014: Volume 2Edited by Elena PischikovaThis volume reports on three seasons of work (2012-14) dedicated to the clearing, restoration, and reconstruction of the tombs of Karabasken (TT 391) and Karakhamun (TT 223) of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, and the tomb of Irtieru (TT 390) of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, on the West Bank of Luxor. Essays concentrate on new archaeological finds, reconstruction of the tombs’ decoration and introduction of the high officials who usurped the tombs of Karakhamun and Karabasken in the Twenty Sixth Dynasty. 352p, b/w illus (American University in Cairo Press 2017) 9789774167249 Pb £49.50

The Survey of Memphis IX: Kom Rabi’aThe Objects from the Late Middle Kingdom Installations (Levels VI-VIII)By Lisa GiddyThis volume presents over twelve hundred objects found at the site of Kom Rabia from 1986 to 1990, when late Middle Kingdom installations were excavated. It completes the publication of a sequence of objects that spans many centuries of the ‘life’ of one sector of Memphis, from the late Middle Kingdom through the New Kingdom dynasties and into the Third Intermediate Period. 254p, b/w illus (Egypt Exploration Society 2017) 9780856982286 Pb £70.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEPharaoh’s Land and BeyondAncient Egypt and its NeighborsEdited by Richard H. Wilkinson & Pierce Paul CreasmanAncient Egypt was a rich tapestry of social, religious, technological, and economic interconnections among numerous cultures from disparate lands,

and these interconnections form the subject of this edited volume. Essays are grouped thematically and explore: the

geographical contexts of interconnections; the human principals of association; the impact of natural events; physical manifestations of interconnections in the form of objects; and ideas.

352p, b/w and col illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780190229078 Hb £25.99

Nefertiti’s Sun TempleA New Cult Complex at Tell El-AmarnaBy Jacquelyn WilliamsonThis book publishes stone relief fragments excavated from the site of Kom el-Nana at Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, dating to approximately 1350 BCE. Jacquelyn Williamson reconstructs the architecture, art, and inscriptions from the site to demonstrate that Kom el-Nana is the location of Queen Nefertiti’s ‘Sunshade of Re’ temple and to challenge assumptions about Nefertiti’s role in Pharaoh Akhenaten’s religious movement dedicated to the sun god Aten. 2 vols, 436p illus (Brill 2016) 9789004325524 Hb £172.00

Company of ImagesModelling the Imaginary World of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1500 BC)Edited by Gianluca Miniaci, Marilina Betro & Stephen QuirkeThis volume explores the fertile imaginary world of Middle Bronze Age Egypt (2000-1500 BC). Images do not exist in their ontological isolation, but they form a complex agency network with other images and with the society that produced them, hence the title “Company of Images”. Eighteen papers focus on this intricate web, tackling the topic from different perspectives: material culture, archaeological finds, anthropological and social relations, iconographic representations, and analysis of the written sources, including linguistic approaches. 525p (Peeters Publishers 2017) 9789042934955 Hb £115.00

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The Erbstreit PapyriBy K. Vandorpe & S. P. VleemingThe Erbstreit papyri, nineteen papyri with twenty texts, now dispersed over five different collections, represent a bilingual dossier that was collected in Antiquity as a result of inheritance disputes. The dossier is composed of written evidence produced by the parties, court minutes, court decisions, copies of temple oaths and amicable settlements. This volume provides a substantial introduction outlining the respective stages in the juridical dealings as well as (re-)editions of and comments in detail on the Greek and demotic texts. 267p (Peeters 2017) 9789042931886 Pb £102.00

The Coffins of the Priests of AmunEgyptian coffins from the 21st Dynasty in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in LeidenEdited by Lara WeissThis edited volume focusses on the lavishly decorated coffins of the Priests of Amon that are currently in the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. Six chapters present the history of the Priests of Amon, the production of their coffins and use-life of the coffins from Ancient Egypt until modern times. 150p, col illus (Sidestone Press 2018) 9789088904936 Hb £100.00, 9789088904929 Pb £35.00 NYP

Through Hermopolitan LensesStudies on the So-Called Book of Two Ways in Ancient EgyptBy Wael SherbinyThe so-called Book of Two Ways is a long and complex composition containing both texts and images. It reached us on the insides of some coffins and tomb walls, principally from the Hermopolitan nome in the Egyptian Middle Kingdom (2055-1650 BC). This volume challenges many of the traditional views related to this composition as part of the Coffin Texts. It also provides an integrated pictorial and textual analysis. 724p (Brill 2017) 9789004336711 Hb £210.00

Studies in Ancient Egyptian Funerary LiteratureEdited by Susanne Bickel & Lucia Diaz-IglesiasAncient Egyptian funerary literature encompasses a complex, dynamic, and open group of texts and images selected to be deposited in mortuary settings. The twenty contributions assembled in this volume have the three-fold objective of: offering new theoretical and methodological perspectives to evaluate the structure, content, and history of these compositions; opening challenging avenues for new interpretations; and presenting novel textual and iconographic sources. 673p (Peeters Publishers 2017) 9789042934627 Hb £115.00

Ancient Near EastAt the Dawn of HistoryAncient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of J. N. PostgateEdited by Martin Worthington & Adam N. StoneNearly 50 students, colleagues, and friends of Nicholas Postgate join in tribute to an Assyriologist and Archaeologist who has had a profound influence on both disciplines. The essays embrace the full range of Postgate’s interests, including government and administration, art history, population studies, the economy, religion and divination, foodstuffs, ceramics, and Akkadian and Sumerian language—in a word, all of ancient Mesopotamian civilisation. 1032p b/w illus (Eisenbrauns 2017) 9781575064710 Hb £140.00

The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ancient Near EastEdited by Brigitte Lion & Cecile MichelThis book examines occupations involving women over the course of three millennia of Near Eastern history. It presents the various aspects of women as economic agents inside and outside of the family structure. The contributions address issues in various domains: social, economic, religious etc., and from varied points of view: archaeological, historical, sociological, anthropological, and with a gender perspective. 585p (Walter de Gruyter 2016) 9781614519133 Hb £150.00

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The PersiansBy Geoffrey Parker & Brenda ParkerIn this book, Geoffrey and Brenda Parker tell the story of the Persian Empire and its enduring legacy to the world. They examine the environmental difficulties the early Persians encountered and how, in overcoming them, they were able to develop a unique culture that would culminate in the massive, first empire, the Achaemenid Empire. And the authors paint vivid portraits of Persian cities and their spectacular achievements, including road networks and irrigation sytems. 224p, b/w illus (Reaktion Books 2017) 9781780236506 Hb £15.00

Semiramis’ LegacyPersian History According to Diodorus of SicilyBy Jan P. StronkIn this book Jan Stronk provides the first complete translation of Diodorus’ account of the history of Persia. He also examines and evaluates both Diodorus’ account and the sources he used to compose his work, taking into consideration the historical, political and archaeological factors that may have played a role in the transmission of the evidence he used to acquire the raw material underlying his Bibliotheca. 606p (Edinburgh UP 2017) 9781474414258 Hb £120.00

The Economy of Late Achaemenid and Seleucid BabyloniaBy Reinhard PirngruberReinhard Pirngruber provides a full reassessment of the economic structures and market performance in Late Achaemenid and Seleucid Babylonia. He draws heavily on archival cuneiform documents as well as providing the first exhaustive contextualisation of the price data contained in the Babylonian Astronomical Diaries. Investigations include the impact of imperial politics on prices in the form of exogenous shocks affecting supply and demand, as well as the amount of money in circulation. 260p, b/w illus (Cambridge UP 2017) 9781107106062 Hb £64.99

The Socio-Economic Organisation of the Urartian KingdomBy Ali CifciAli Cifci presents a detailed study of the life of the highland communities of eastern Anatolia, Armenia and north-west Iran between the 9th and 6th centuries BC. He investigates various aspects of the Urartian Kingdom from its economic resources and the movement of commodities to the management of those resources and the administrative organisation of the state. This includes the Urartian concept of kingship and the king’s role in administration, construction, the division of the kingdom, as well as the income generated by warfare. 374p (Brill 2017) 9789004347588 Hb £88.00

Engraved GemsFrom antiquity to the presentEdited by B.J.L Van den Bercken & V.C.P. BaanThis edited volume discusses some of the finest precious and semi-precious stones from the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities – more than 5,800 engraved gems from the ancient Near East, Egypt, the classical world, renaissance and 17th-20th centuries. Papers investigate the engravers, the people that used the gems, the people that re-used them and above all the gem collectors. 230p, b/w and col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088905063 Hb £150.00, 9789088905056 Pb £50.00 NYP

The Late Third Millennium in the Ancient Near EastChronology, C14, and Climate ChangeEdited by Felix HöflmayerThree major topics are covered in this collection of papers: The radiocarbon evidence for the mid to late third millennium BC Near East, the chronological implications of new dates and how historical/archaeological chronologies should/could be adapted, and — based on this evidence — if and how climate change can be related to transitions in the late Early Bronze Age. 510p (Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago 2017) 9781614910367 Pb £20.95

Ancient IvoryMasterpieces of the Assyrian EmpireBy Georgina HerrmannDuring the early first millennium BC literally thousands of carved ivories found their way to the Assyrian capital city of Kalhu, or modern Nimrud, in northern Iraq. The majority were not made there, but arrived as gift, tribute or booty gathered by the Assyrian kings from neighbouring states. Ancient Ivory documents these outstanding works and includes a general history of the art of ancient ivory, creating a resource of exceptional importance, as so many works have been destroyed or lost in the sacking of the Iraq Museum. 208p, b/w and col illus (Thames and Hudson 2017) 9780500051917 Hb £40.00

The Religious Aspects of War in the Ancient Near East Greece and Rome, Volume 1Edited by Krzysztof UlanowskiWith coverage of the Ancient Near East, Greece and Rome, the contributors focus on the theology of war, the role of priests in warfare, natural phenomena as signs for military activity, cruelty, piety, the divinity of humans in specific martial cases, rituals of war, iconographical representations and symbols of war, and even the archaeology of war. 440p, b/w illus (Brill 2016) 9789004324756 Hb £153.00

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At the Northern Frontier of Near Eastern Archaeology / An Der Nordgrenze Der Vorderasiatischen ArchaologieRecent Research on Caucasia and Anatolia i: 3 (Subartu)Edited by Elena Rova & Monica Tonussi35 papers present archaeological research on the pre-classical cultures of the Caucasus and Anatolia. The volume covers a wide chronological span – from the late 5th to the early 1st millennium BC, and includes contributions about a wide range of topics (reports of archaeological excavations and surveys, chronology, economy, social organization of the ancient populations, technology, long-distance exchange of raw materials and artefacts, archaeometallurgy, landscape archaeology, etc.). 500p b/w illus (Brepols 2017) 9782503548975 Pb £115.00

The Archaeobotany of AsvanEnvironment & Cultivation in Eastern Anatolia from the Chalcolithic to the Medieval PeriodBy Mark Nesbitt, Jennifer Bates, Gordon Hillman & Stephen MitchellThis volume contains the final publication of the archaeobotanical remains recovered from four sites at the village of Aşvan in eastern Turkey, which were excavated between 1968 and 1973. The report traces the evolution of cultivation in the region from the Chalcolithic to the Medieval period, charting the dominance of emmer and hulled barley in the Chalcolithic period, the emergence of free-threshing wheats in the Early Bronze Age and the introduction of irrigated summer crops, especially millet, by the Hellenistic period. 244p, b/w illus (British Institute at Ankara 2017) 9781898249177 Hb £45.00, NYP

EDITOR’S CHOICETreasures from the OxusThe Art and Civilization of Central AsiaBy Massimo VidaleIn history, this grand arterial 1500-mile waterway was always seen as the natural frontier between the northern provinces of the Iranian empires and the outer Turanian lands. It was for centuries central to Achaemenid and later Persian power. But, as the author shows, it has a prehistory which goes very much further back: and a succession of skilled yet still elusive Bronze Age cultures flourished here well before the rise of Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BCE. This richly illustrated book explores the fascinating history, art and archaeology of the region, including its primal trade in silk and foodstuffs;

the mineral wealth of the Oxus basin; its exotic myths and beliefs; and the converging tribes and peoples which led to a

new stability, economic growth and urbanism. The volume contains 150 full-colour photographs of notable artefacts, including silver decorated vessels, inlaid stone pots, agate beads and 25 ‘Bactrian Princesses’: remarkable statuettes made in chlorite and limestone.

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Sasanian PersiaBetween Rome and the Steppes of EurasiaEdited by Eberhard W. SauerThis volume explores the Sasanian Empire’s relations with its neighbours and key phenomena which contributed to its wealth a n d p owe r, f ro m t h e empire’s armed forces to agriculture, trade and treatment of minorities. The latest discoveries, notably major urban foundations, fortifications and irrigations systems, feature prominently. 256p b/w illus (Edinburgh UP 2017) 9781474401012 Hb £80.00

The Armies of Ancient PersiaThe SassaniansBy Kaveh FarrokhThe Sassanians, the native Iranian dynasty that ousted their Parthian overlords in AD 226, developed a highly sophisticated army that was able for centuries to hold off all comers. They continued the Parthians’ famous winning combination of swift horse archers with heavily-armoured cataphract cavalry, also making much use of war elephants, but Kaveh Farrokh interestingly demonstrates that their oft-maligned infantry has been much underestimated. He draws on the latest research and new archaeological evidence, to focus on the organization, equipment and tactics of the Sassanian armies. 256p, b/w illus (Pen & Sword 2017) 9781848848450 Hb £30.00

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NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSA Wayside Shrine in Northern MoabExcavations in Wadi ath-ThamadEdited by P. M. Michèle Daviau & Margreet L. SteinerAn isolated shrine site at Wadi ath-Thamad Site WT-13 in northern Moab which contained numerous finds of Iron Age figurines and statues has been the subject of detailed excavation. The rich harvest of figurines, ceramic statues, beads, miniature ceramic vessels, architectural models, faunal remains and shells and fossils constitutes the evidence for repeated cultic activities. The links between WT-13 and the surrounding town sites are only now coming to light with excavation at Atarus and Khirbat al-Mudayna, as well as at the Ammonite site of Tall Damiyah in the Jordan Valley, where a comparable shrine has recently been uncovered. WT-13 clearly serves as a link between the Jordan Valley and the Negev, adding to our knowledge of local and foreign influences in the region during the Iron Age. 272p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707087 Hb £50.00

Jerusalem Throne GamesThe battle of Bible stories after the death of DavidBy Peter FeinmanJ e r u s a l e m T h r o n e Games puts forward a new assessment of the authorship of key sections of the Old Testament, and aims to understand the creation and meaning of those stories in their original political context. F e i n m a n e x p l o r e s the political battle for power to succeed David expressed through selected stories from the Book of Genesis. Wielding a new weapon of war that was changing the course of human history – the alphabet prose narrative – competing factions or priesthoods vying for power battled for the throne through storytelling. In this book six of those stories from Gen. 4-11 are analysed through the lens of the succession of Solomon and the collapse of his kingdom. 352p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706165 Pb £25.00

Bordered Places – Bounded TimesCross-Disciplinary Perspectives on TurkeyEdited by Emma. L. Baysal & Leonidas KarakatsanisThis volume presents crossdiscipl inary communication on the study of borders, frontiers and boundaries through time, with a focus on Turkey. Turkey emerges as a place carrying a rich history of multiple layers of borders that have been drawn, shifted or unmade: from Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers to the period of early states in the Bronze Age, from the poleis of classical antiquity to the period of the empires defined by the Roman expansion and Byzantine rule, from the imprints of the Ottoman state’s expanded frontiers to contemporary Turkey’s national borders. 224p, b/w illus (British Institute at Ankara 2017) 9781898249382 Hb £45.00, NYP

Syria’s MonumentsTheir Survival and DestructionBy Michael GreenhalghThis volume examines the fate of the various monuments in Syria (including present-day Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine/Israel) from Late Antiquity to the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. The book charts the reasons why monuments lived or died, varying from earthquakes and desertification to neglect and re-use, and sets the political and social context for the Empire’s transformation toward a modern state, provoked by Western trade and example. An epilogue assesses the impact of the recent civil war on the state of the monuments, and strategies for their resurrection. 490p (Brill 2017) 9789004329577 Hb £180.00

Quaternary of the LevantEnvironments, Climate Change and HumansEdited by Yehouda Enzel & Ofer Bar-YosefFocusing on southeast Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel, this volume brings together over 80 contr ibut ions from leading researchers to review 2.5 million years of environmental change a n d h u m a n c u l t u r a l evolution. Information from prehistoric sites and p a l a e o a nt h ro p o l o g i c a l studies contributing to our understanding of ‘out of Africa’ migrations, Neanderthals, cultures of modern humans, and the origins of agriculture are assessed within the context of glacial-interglacial cycles, marine isotope cycles, plate tectonics, geochronology, geomorphology, palaeoecology and genetics. 785p b/w and col illus (Cambridge UP 2017) 9781107090460 Hb £110.00

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The Archaeology of the Ostraca House at Israelite SamariaBy Ron E. TappyThe Israelite Ostraca, discovered in 1908, depict Hebrew-character inscriptions of Biblical names and memoranda of commercial shipments, but the precise provenance of these historic inscriptions has remained unclear. This new book considers in great detail the depositional history of the Ostraca House and its immediate surroundings. It seeks to clarify the date and nature of the archaeological contexts from which excavators recovered the inscriptions, and evaluates the quantity and quality of data presented in the official excavation report. 240p (American Schools of Oriental Research 2017) 9780897570954 Hb £74.00

The Shephelah During the Iron AgeRecent Archaeological StudiesEdited by Oded LipshitsThe current volume includes reports from eight excavations currently being conducted in the Judaean foothills (Azekah, Beth Shemesh, Gezer, Khirbet Qeiyafa, Tel Burna, Tel Halif, Tell es-Safi/Gath, and Tel Zayit), as well as a general study of the region by Ido Koch. 250p, col illus (Eisenbrauns 2017) 9781575064864 Hb £50.00

What are the Stones Whispering? Ramat Rahel3,000 Years of Forgotten HistoryBy Oded LipschitsThe excavations at Ramat Raḥel, just south of Jerusalem, revealed a complex of structures that existed for hundreds of years in which the Kingdom of Judah was a vassal of diverse empires. Over some 500 years, jars bearing seals were stored at the site. The findings throw new light on the late First Temple period and on most of that of the Second Temple. During these centuries Ramat Raḥel was the administrative contact point between Judah and the ruling empires. 189p (Eisenbrauns 2017) 9781575064987 Pb £65.00

Socoh of the Judean Shephelah2010 SurveyBy Yosef Garfinkel, Michael G. Hasel & Shifra WeissThis is the first monograph dedicated to the site of Socoh in the Judean Shephelah. A history of the research conducted over the past 190 years by explorers, geographers, and archaeologists is compiled, before providing the full report on the results of an intensive site survey conducted at Socoh in 2010. Finally, specialized studies of the finds and a report of recent salvage excavations of burial caves nearby give a state-of-the-art presentation of the latest information known about this important biblical site in southern Judah. 240p, (Eisenbrauns 2017) 9781575067667 Hb £65.00

Revolutions in the DesertThe Rise of Mobile Pastoralism in the Southern LevantBy Steven RosenRevolutions in the Desert investigates the development of pastoral nomadism in the arid regions of the ancient Near East, challenging the prevailing notion that such societies left few remains appropriate for analytic study. Rosen offers the first archaeological analysis of the rise of herding in the desert, from the first introduction of domestic goats and sheep into the arid zones, more than eight millennia ago, to the evolution of more recent Bedouin societies. 330p (Routledge 2017) 9781629585437 Hb £100.00, 9781629585444 Pb £28.99

A Short History of the PhoeniciansBy Mark WoolmerMark Woolmer presents a fresh appraisal of the Phoenicians. Discussing material culture, language and alphabet, religion, funerary custom and trade and expansion into the Punic west, he explores Phoenicia in all its paradoxical complexity. Above all he shows them to have been to have been masters of the sea: this was a civilization that circumnavigated Africa two thousand years before Vasco da Gama. 234p (I.B. Tauris 2017) 9781780766188 Pb £10.99

Expressions of Cult in the Southern Levant in the Greco-Roman PeriodManifestations in Text and Material CultureEdited by Oren Tal & Zeev WeissThis volume explores processes of change and continuity in the cults of the Greco-Roman southern Levant both synchronically and diachronically, along three different axes – cultic places, personnel, and objects. The 18 articles investigate whether cultic practices formed a coherent cultural system and consider the co-existence and competition of the different religious systems. The approaches presented in the volume are varied and interdisciplinary, combining archaeological, philological, historical, and art-historical analyses of multiple bodies of evidence. 300p, b/w illus (Brepols 2017) 9782503553351 Pb £102.00

Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan, Volume 5Survey, Zooarchaeology and EthnoarchaeologyEdited by P. M. Michele DaviauThis volume brings together regional survey, salvage excavation, zooarchaeology, ceramic typology, experimental archaeology and ethnoarchaeology. It illustrates areas threatened and later destroyed by modern development and is a contribution to heritage documentation. These studies illuminate aspects of family and town life in the Iron Age, Roman, Byzantine and Late Ottoman–Early Mandate periods in central Jordan. 571p, b/w illus (Brill 2016) 9789004316195 Hb £185.00

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Knossos and the Near EastA contextual approach to imports and imitations in Early Iron Age tombsBy Vyron AntoniadisThis book presents a contextual study of the Near Eastern imports which reached Crete during the Early Iron Age and were deposited in the Knossian tombs. It reveals the ways in which imported commodities were used to create or enhance social identity in the Knossian context. The author explores the reasons that made Knossians deposit imported objects in their graves as well as investigates whether specific groups could control not only the access to these objects but also the production of local imitations. 184p, b/w illus, col pls (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784916404 Pb £30.00

Le Guerrier, le Chat, l’Aigle, le Poisson et la Colonne: la Voie Spiralée des SignesApproche semiologique, structurale et archéologique du disque de PhaistosBy Serge ColletCollet brings a new approach to the study of the Phaistos Disc. It is not a deciphering but an interpretation, a depiction of the Minoan Weltanschauung through the symbols on the Disc and their connections with reality. This begins with the spiral-shaped construction of the inscription and its possible temporal allusions, and moves on to a structuralist view of use of the signs, in which the repetitions take on almost ritual significance. French text. 90p (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784916169 Pb £14.00

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The King and the LandA Geography of Royal Power in the Biblical WorldBy Stephen C. RussellStephen C. Russell offers a history of space and power in the biblical world by demonstrating how the monarchies in ancient Israel and Judah asserted their power over strategically important spaces such as privately-held lands, r e l i g i o u s b u i l d i n g s , collectively-governed towns, and urban water systems. Steeped in archaeological and textual evidence, this book contextualizes Israelite and Judahite royal and tribal politics within broader patterns of ancient Near Eastern spatial power. 304p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780199361885 Hb £74.00

Human Interaction with the Environment in the Red SeaSelected Papers of Red Sea Project: No. 6Edited by Dionysius Agius, Emad Khalil, Eleanor Scerri & Alun WilliamsThis volume contains a selection of fourteen papers presented at the Red Sea VI conference held at Tabuk University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2013. It sheds light on many aspects related to the environmental and biological perspectives, history, archaeology and human culture of the Red Sea, opening the door to more interdisciplinary research in the region. 360p, col illus (Brill 2017) 9789004326033 Hb £135.00

The Akko Marina Archaeological ProjectBy Ehud GaliliThis book analyses archaeological finds retrieved from the Akko marina and its surroundings. Analysis of structures and installations casts light on the harbour’s building and destruction cycles, while finds including ceramic, glass, shipwrecks and anchors demonstrate the harbour’s international connections. A unique 13th century hoard of gold florins reveals the last days of Crusader Akko. 352p, b/w and col illus (BAR 2862, 2017) 9781407315027 Pb £59.00

Babatha’s OrchardThe Yadin Papyri and an Ancient Jewish Family Tale RetoldBy Philip F. EslerIn 1961 archaeologists discovered a family archive of legal papyri in a cave near the Dead Sea where their owner, the Jewish woman Babatha, had hidden them in 135 CE at the end of the Bar Kokhba revolt. This book uses the documents to reconstruct the events surrounding the purchase of a date-palm orchard by Babatha’s father that he later gave to her, throwing light on Nabataean law and society, including the high status of Nabataean women. 288p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780198767169 Hb £30.00

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Communities in TransitionThe Circum-Aegean Area in the 5th and 4th Millennia BCEdited by Søren Dietz, Fanis Mavridis, Žarko Tankosić & Turan TakaoğluCommunities in Transition brings together scholars from different countries and backgrounds united by a common interest in the transition between the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age in the lands around the Aegean. The 5th to 4th millennium BC transition is one of inclusions, entanglements, connectivity, and exchange of ideas, raw materials, finished products and, quite possibly, worldviews and belief systems. Most of the papers presented here are multifaceted and complex in that they do not deal with only one topic or narrowly focus on a single line of reasoning or dataset. Arranged geographically they explore a series of key themes: Chronology, cultural affinities, and synchronization in material culture; changing social structure and economy; inter- and intra-site space use and settlement patterns, caves and include both site reports and regional studies. 616p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707209 Hb £70.00

Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave in the Mani, GreeceEdited by Anastasia Papathanasiou, William A. Parkinson, Daniel J. Pullen, Michael L. Galaty & Panagiotis KarkanasA s a s e a l e d , s i n g l e -component, archaeological site, the Neolithic settlement complex of Alepotrypa Cave is one of the richest sites in Greece and Europe in terms of number of artefacts, preservation of biological materials, volume of undisturbed deposits, and horizontal exposure of archaeological surfaces of past human activity. The goal of this edited volume is to offer a full scholarly interdisciplinary study and interpretation of the results of approximately 40 years of excavation and analysis in one book. 488p b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706486 Hb £70.00

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From the Foundations to the Legacy of Minoan ArchaeologyStudies in Honour of Professor Keith BraniganEvaluating the general frameworks within which M i n o a n a r c h a e o l o g y operates, scholars assess the usefulness of chronological horizons in understanding continuity and change and providing a critical framework for the diachronic analysis of culture, the degree to which the study of settlement patterns can reveal structural continuity through time and the political reach of territorial states. The largest portion of discussion is devoted to mortuary practices. Some contributors focus on reassessing the significance of micro-patterns in the articulation of mortuary behaviour, while others emphasize broader temporal and spatial processes that affect practices of ostentatious display in burial, all being unified under the overarching perspective provided by recent osteoarchaeological studies which throw critical light on mortuary ritual and the constitution of the social units using the cemeteries. 320p, b/w (Oxbow Books 2018) 9781785709265 Pb £38.00

Excavations at the Mycenaean Cemetery at Aigion – 1967Rescue Excavations by the late Ephor of Antiquities, E. MastrokostasBy Thanasis I. Papadopoulos & Evangelia Papadopoulou-ChrysikopoulouIn this monograph the authors present the finds of four Mycenaean chamber tombs, from the rescue excavation of Ephor Mastrokostas at Aigion in 1967. In contrast 11 other excavated tombs from the site, they produced a much greater number of finds, indicating richer burials. Furthermore, some of these finds are rare and unique in the Achaean Mycenaean ceramic repertory, while the total absence of terracotta figurines as well as the rarity of small objects is surprising. 132p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784916183 Pb £20.00

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Kythera Excavations and StudiesBy J.N. Coldstream & G.L. HuxleyNicolas Coldstream and George Huxley began excavations on the Greek island of Kythera in 1963. Their mission was to find out if the Minoans of ancient Crete had established a maritime empire, as Herodotus, Aristotle and other classical authors claimed. Digging in the fertile valley of Paleopoli, they were quickly successful, finding plentiful evidence of homes, agriculture, trade, shipping, cults and burials. Over the next nine years they made further visits to the island, studying the rich archaeological finds and writing up the results in this remarkable book, originally published in 1972, but long out of print, which includes articles commissioned from leading scholars on Kythera’s history, geology and topography. 458p, b/w pls (Genius Loci Publications 2017) 9781907859229 Pb £35.00

SOMA 2014. Proceedings of the 18th Symposium on Mediterranean ArchaeologyWroclaw – Poland, 24-26 April 2014Edited by Blazej Stanislawski & Hakan OEnizThe 18th SOMA provided a forum for presentations related to connectivity across the Mediterranean, as well as general themes such as the role of the sea, trade, colonization, even piracy, ranging chronologically from the Prehistoric to Medieval periods. This current volume contains 22 papers selected from the 90 presented. 2 0 0 p , b /w a n d co l i l l u s (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784914943 Pb £30.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEMinoan Architecture and UrbanismNew Perspectives on an Ancient Built EnvironmentEdited by Quentin Letesson & Carl KnappettMinoan Crete is rightly famous for its idiosyncratic architecture, as well as its palaces and towns such as Knossos, Malia, Gournia, and Palaikastro. Indeed, these are often described as the first urban settlements of Bronze Age Europe. However, we still know relatively little about the dynamics of these early urban centres. Analysis has mostly found itself confined to building materials and techniques, basic formal descriptions, and functional evaluations. Critical evaluation of these data as constituting a dynamic built environment has thus been slow in coming. This volume aims to provide a first step in this direction. It brings together international scholars whose research focuses on Minoan

architecture and urbanism as well as on theory and methods in spatial analyses. By combining methodological contributions

with detailed case studies across the different scales of buildings, settlements and regions, the volume proposes a new analytical and interpretive framework for addressing the complex dynamics of the Minoan built environment.

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Minoan EarthquakesBreaking the Myth Through InterdisciplinarityEdited by Manuel SintubinIn spite of more than a century of archaeological explorations on the island of Crete, researchers still do not have a clear understanding of the effects of earthquakes on Minoan society. This volume, gathering the contributions of Minoan archaeologists, geologists, seismologists, palaeoseismologists, geophysicists, architects, and engineers, provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary appraisal of the role of earthquakes in Minoan society and in Minoan archaeology – what we know, what are the remaining issues, and where we need to go. 440p, 128 figures, 10 tables (Leuven UP 2017) 9789462701052 Hb £60.50

Petras, Siteia. The Pre- and Proto-palatial cemetery in contextActs of a two-day conference held at the Danish Institute at Athens, 14-15 February 2015Edited by Metaxia TsipopoulouAn international group of specialists present and discuss various aspects of one of very few excavations started in Crete in the 21st century – the remains of the large, unplundered cemetery at Petras, Siteia and the adjacent settlements traces. In contextualizing the cemetery they try to understand it in the historical, economic and political framework of Pre- and Proto-palatial Crete in general, and Eastern Crete in particular. 448p b/w and col illus (Aarhus UP 2017) 9788771841572 Hb £50.00

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Popular Culture in the Ancient WorldEdited by Lucy GrigTraditionally neglected by classical scholars, popular culture provides a new window through which we can view the ancient world. An international group of scholars tackles a fascinating range of subjects and objects – from dice oracles to dressing up, from toys to theological speculation. Diverse comparative and theoretical approaches are used alongside many different ancient sources to provide a wide-ranging and rigorous approach to ancient popular culture. 320p (Cambridge UP 2017) 9781107074897 Hb £75.00

Taste and the Ancient SensesBy Kelli RudolphOlives, bread, meat and wine: it is deceptively easy to evoke ancient Greece and Rome through a few items of food and drink. But how were their tastes different from ours? How did they understand the sense of taste itself, in relation to their own bodies and to other modes of sensory experience? This volume, the first of its kind to explore the ancient sense of taste, draws on the literature, philosophy, history and archaeology of Greco-Roman antiquity to provide answers to these central questions. 290p, b/w illus (Routledge 2017) 9781844658688 Hb £110.00, 9781844658695 Pb £23.99

Women in AntiquityReal Women across the Ancient WorldEdited by Stephanie Lynn Budin & Jean MacIntosh TurfaThis volume gathers brand new essays from some of the most respected scholars of ancient history, archaeology, and physical anthropology to create an engaging overview of the lives of women in antiquity. The book is divided into ten sections covering Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Cyprus, the Levant, the Aegean, Italy, and Western Europe. Women’s experiences are explored, from ordinary daily life to religious ritual and practice, to motherhood, childbirth, sex, and building a career. Forensic evidence is also treated for the actual bodies of ancient women. 1074p (Routledge 2016) 9781138808362 Hb £175.00

The AmazonsThe Real Warrior Women of the Ancient WorldBy John ManSince the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of ruthless, hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Drawing on recent archaeological discoveries, John Man travels to the grasslands of Central Asia, from the edge of the ancient Greek world to the borderlands of China, to discover the truth about the warrior women mythologized as Amazons. In this deeply researched, sweeping historical epic, Man redefines our understanding of the Amazons and their culture, and examines the significance of their legend today. 328p (Transworld Publishers 2017) 9780593077597 Hb £20.00

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PicenumA Landscape of Ritual and MythBy Eleanor BettsThis book explores the sacred landscape of the region and interprets the evidence for Picene (ca. 900-268 BCE) religion for the first time. The book explores the relationship between the material evidence (votive deposits of figurines and pottery, monumentalised inscriptions), the topographical landscape and the people who used them. It considers how the Picenes may have experienced their environment and given it meaning, with a particular emphasis on sacred sites which have a mountain peak, water feature or cave as their cult focus. 256p (Routledge 2017) 9781472429575 Hb £105.00

Landscape and Land Use in First Millennium BC Southeast ItalyPlanting the Seeds of ChangeBy Daphne LentjesThis book offers a comprehensive overview of landscape and land use in southeast Italy in the first millennium BCE. Using the most up-to-date techniques, it combines archaeobotanical and archaeozoological data with information from excavations, field surveys, and ancient written texts to place the relationship between people and landscapes in a broad geographical and chronological framework. It also confronts questions of food habits, the scale and organisation of agricultural production, the influx of Greek and Roman colonists, and the effects of globalisation on local and regional land use. 306p, col illus (Amsterdam UP 2016) 9789089647948 Hb £70.00