Ancient history

Markets emerge in recent historical research as important spheres of economic interaction in ancient societies.

Markets emerge in recent historical research as important spheres of economic interaction in ancient societies.

The Brough of Birsay was the power-center of the Viking earldom of Orkney and is one of Historic Environment Scotland’s key monuments and visitor attractions on the islands.

The Brough of Birsay was the power-center of the Viking earldom of Orkney and is one of Historic Environment Scotland’s key monuments and visitor attractions on the islands.

Trinacria, the ancient name for Sicily extending back to Homeric Greek, has understandably been the focus of decades of archaeological research.

Trinacria, the ancient name for Sicily extending back to Homeric Greek, has understandably been the focus of decades of archaeological research.

With the decline in popularity of the term “Romanization” as a way of analyzing the changes in the archaeological record visible throughout the conquered provinces of the Roman Empire, scholars have increasingly turned to the important concept of “identity” to understand the experiences of local peoples living under Roman rule.

With the decline in popularity of the term “Romanization” as a way of analyzing the changes in the archaeological record visible throughout the conquered provinces of the Roman Empire, scholars have increasingly turned to the important concept of “identity” to understand the experiences of local peoples living under Roman rule.

This volume brings together recent excavations at two sites in Pocklington, East Yorkshire.

This volume brings together recent excavations at two sites in Pocklington, East Yorkshire.

This book explores the economic evidence for the settlement at Bornais on South Uist.

This book explores the economic evidence for the settlement at Bornais on South Uist.

This new collection of papers from leading experts provides an overview of cutting-edge research in Old World zooarchaeology.

This new collection of papers from leading experts provides an overview of cutting-edge research in Old World zooarchaeology.

Karia and the Dodekanese, Vol.

Karia and the Dodekanese, Vol.

The papers in Karia and the Dodekanese, Vol.

The papers in Karia and the Dodekanese, Vol.

One of the principal characteristics of the European Neolithic is the development of monumentality in association with innovations in material culture and changes in subsistence from hunting and gathering to farming and pastoralism.

One of the principal characteristics of the European Neolithic is the development of monumentality in association with innovations in material culture and changes in subsistence from hunting and gathering to farming and pastoralism.

Deeply stratified settlements are a distinctive site type featuring prominently in diverse later prehistoric landscapes of the Old World.

Deeply stratified settlements are a distinctive site type featuring prominently in diverse later prehistoric landscapes of the Old World.

Did the Exodus occur?

Did the Exodus occur?

Which ancient army boasted the largest fortifications, and how did the competitive build-up of military capabilities shape world history?

Late Antique artefacts, and the images they carry, attest to a highly connected visual culture from ca.

Late Antique artefacts, and the images they carry, attest to a highly connected visual culture from ca.

The first contacts between Greece, the Aegean and India are generally thought to have occurred at the beginning of the sixth century BC.

The first contacts between Greece, the Aegean and India are generally thought to have occurred at the beginning of the sixth century BC.

The intense bonds among the king and his family, friends, lovers, and entourage are the most enticing and intriguing aspects of Alexander the Great’s life.

The intense bonds among the king and his family, friends, lovers, and entourage are the most enticing and intriguing aspects of Alexander the Great’s life.

This book investigates the complex relationship between funerary treatment and wider social dynamics through a contextual analysis of human skeletal remains and associated mortuary data from Voudeni, an important Mycenaean (1450–1050 BC) chamber tomb cemetery in Achaea, Greece.

This book investigates the complex relationship between funerary treatment and wider social dynamics through a contextual analysis of human skeletal remains and associated mortuary data from Voudeni, an important Mycenaean (1450–1050 BC) chamber tomb cemetery in Achaea, Greece.

Writing in the ancient Mediterranean existed against a backdrop of very high levels of interaction and contact.

To date, Rome’s intervention to the West from the mid-second century BC has not really been looked at with any sense of overview.

For over a century our knowledge of Egypt’s Western Desert during the Third Intermediate Period relied almost entirely on the Greater and Smaller Dakhleh Stelae.

For over a century our knowledge of Egypt’s Western Desert during the Third Intermediate Period relied almost entirely on the Greater and Smaller Dakhleh Stelae.

By the 13th century BC, the Syrian city of Ugarit hosted an extremely diverse range of writing practices.

This volume brings together unpublished Italian and Albanian archaeological reports and new archaeological studies from recent fieldwork that throw new light on the archaeology and history of the Pavllas River Valley, the Mediterranean alluvial plain in the territory of Butrint, ancient Buthrotum, in southwestern Albania.

This volume brings together unpublished Italian and Albanian archaeological reports and new archaeological studies from recent fieldwork that throw new light on the archaeology and history of the Pavllas River Valley, the Mediterranean alluvial plain in the territory of Butrint, ancient Buthrotum, in southwestern Albania.

Archaeologists excavating burials often find that they are not the first to disturb the remains of the dead.

Archaeologists excavating burials often find that they are not the first to disturb the remains of the dead.

This new volume in the Oasis Papers series marks the 40th anniversary of archaeological fieldwork in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt’s Western Desert under the leadership of Anthony J.

This new volume in the Oasis Papers series marks the 40th anniversary of archaeological fieldwork in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt’s Western Desert under the leadership of Anthony J.

The construction of urban defences was one of the hallmarks of the late Roman and late-antique periods (300–600 AD) throughout the western and eastern empire.

The construction of urban defences was one of the hallmarks of the late Roman and late-antique periods (300–600 AD) throughout the western and eastern empire.

For many people it is clear: the actions and beliefs of Ancient Israel are described in the Bible.

For many people it is clear: the actions and beliefs of Ancient Israel are described in the Bible.

Temples are the most prestigious buildings in the urban landscape of ancient Italy, emerging within a network of centres of the then-known Mediterranean world.