Archaeology

This book prepared on Byzantine Coins of Çanakkale Museum includes an evaluation of the coins documented.

This book prepared on Byzantine Coins of Çanakkale Museum includes an evaluation of the coins documented.

Showcases innovative approaches to Latin literature, reading textual absence as a generative force for literary interpretation and reception.

This book interrogates post-Roman art, arguing for aesthetic variety as a cross-cultural concept in early medieval Europe and the Mediterranean.

Examines key technological innovations, knowledge transfer, connectivity and social meaning in the ancient and Medieval Sahara.

The Indo-European dispersal inalterably shaped the Eurasian linguistic landscape.

A pioneering study of Greek religion and cults at a key colonial frontier, with major consequences for antiquity at large.

Discusses how prehistoric humans responded to the environmental and climatic changes within the Nile Basin during the past million years.

From a single merchant''s list of baggage begins a history that explores the dynamic world of the medieval Indian Ocean.

A study of colonialism and indigenous health in Hawaiʻi, highlighting cultural change over time.

Presents a landmark study combining key specialists around the region with well-established international scholars, from a wide range of disciplines.

The first book to explore the development and importance of writing in ancient Cypriot society over 1,500 years.

Challenges current accounts of the French ars nova, a musical art that was both criticised and heralded for its modernity.

A collection of detailed case studies that emphasize partnerships with local and descendant communities to foster ethical, inclusive research practicesThis book highlights approaches to archaeological research that emphasize active involvement of local communities and descendant groups in the design, investigation, interpretation, and management of sites and heritage.

An innovative, scholarly introduction to the distinctive and enigmatic Christian liturgy of early medieval Iberia.

Explains how recent scientific advances have revolutionised our understanding of prehistoric diet, economy and society.

One of the only guides to the prehistoric archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula that engages with key anthropological and archaeological debates.

Sheds light on the motivations that lay behind the adoption of pottery, the challenges that had to be overcome.

This book traces changing perceptions of Egypt''s monastic landscape through an analysis of archaeological and documentary evidence from late antiquity.

Recreates the harsh mountain warfare during the Wehrmacht''s and Red Army''s clash on the highest battlefield of World War Two.

Reinterpretation of the Danube frontier in Late Antiquity, drawing on literary, archaeological, and numismatic sources.

This book reorients the study of sacrifice, examining the locus of ritual action - the altars of Republican Rome and Latium.

The economic, political and historical story of the Nile in ancient times is unearthed through its landscape.

Challenges contemporary understandings of ''globalization'' by focusing on the role of non-state prehistoric societies and their vast realms of connectivity.

The reuse of architectural and sculptural materials (spoliation) was common centuries earlier than previously realized, during the Roman empire.

Provides the first global analysis of the relationship between trade and civilisation from the beginning of civilisation until the modern era.

Reviews the complex relationship between Rome''s rich archaeology, changing cultural and ideological agendas, and its urban development.

This volume brings together scholars of Mediterranean archaeology, ancient history, and complexity science to advance the study of maritime connectivity.

Secret societies in tribal societies turn out to be key to understanding the origins of social inequalities and state religions.

Explores the tremendous discoveries historical archaeologists have made about English life in the Americas during the seventeenth century.

A thought-provoking book on the archaeology of power, knowledge, social memory, and the emergence of classical tradition in early China.

This book conceptualizes butchery as an expression of technological knowledge and culture embedded in action, defining the human-animal relationship.

Examines developments in the heartland of Greece after the reign of Alexander the Great, and rejects the usual pessimistic picture.

This book presents unique new insights into the development of human ritual and society through our heritage of play and performance.

The Anthropocene narrative reproduces an ideological divide between Society and Nature and forecloses an inclusive politics of global warming.

This book focuses on the material practice of ancient literacy through a contextual examination of Roman writing equipment.

By taking a look at colonization and subalternity, this book offers a different view on Classical Greece and its modern legacy.

This anthology translates and discusses texts authored by women of ancient Mesopotamia.

The fortlet, a previously overlooked military installation type, reveals how Rome built, secured, and lost its Empire.

This book explores the nature of creativity in the European Bronze Age through developments in pottery, textiles, and metalwork.

This extraordinary selection of objects from the European, Byzantine and Islamic worlds illuminates the rich cultures of medieval history.

A detailed overview of the Eastern African stone tools that make up the world''s longest archaeological record.

This volume looks at the effects of interaction and the nature of identity construction in a frontier or contact zone through the analysis of material culture, especially in mortuary settings.

Redefines musical analysis for a period that marks the beginnings of composition as we know it now.

Explores the complex relationship between art and religious belief in this important genre of painting.

The first study of a crucial aspect of Roman stone sculpture, exploring the functions and aesthetics of non-figural supports.

The violence of war and sacrifice were not the antithesis of civilization at Shang Anyang, but rather its foundation.

Martin Luther was the subject of a religious controversy that never really came to an end.

Demonstrates that the pre-Islamic Sahara was a more connected region than previously thought, with trade an essential linking element.